Saint Stephen


Saint Stephen with a rose
In and out of the garden he goes
Country garland in the wind and the rain Wherever he goes the people all complain

 

Stephen prospered in his time
Well he may and he may decline
Did it matter? Does it now?
Stephen would answer if he only knew how

 

Wishing well with a golden bell
Bucket hanging clear to hell
Hell halfway twixt now and then
Stephen fill it up and lower down
And lower down again

 

Lady finger dipped in moonlight
Writing ‘what for?' across the morning sky

Sunlight splatters dawn with answers
Darkness shrugs and bids the day goodbye

 

Speeding arrow, sharp and narrow,
What a lot of fleeting matters you have spurned

Several seasons with their treasons

Wrap the babe in scarlet covers call it your own

 

Did he doubt or did he try?
Answers aplenty in the bye and bye
Talk about your plenty, talk about your ills
One man gathers what another man spills

 

Jam

 

 

 

Saint Stephen will remain,

All he's lost he shall regain
Seashore washed by the suds and the foam,
Been here so long he's got to calling it home

 

Fortune comes a crawlin, Calliope woman,

Spinning that curious sense of your own
Can you answer? Yes I can,

but what would be the answer to the answer man?

 

 

High green chilly winds and windy

vines in loops around the twining

shafts of lavender, they're crawling

to the sun

 

Wonder who will water all the

children of the garden when they

sigh about the barren lack of rain and droop so hungry 'neath the sky... I….

 

Underfoot the ground is patched with

climbing arms of ivy wrapped a-

round the manzanita, stark and shiny in the breeze

 

William Tell has stretched his bow till it

won't stretch no furthermore and/or it may

require a change that hasn't come before…



Saint Stephen

Intro Dsus2 = xx0230 or 557755

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||: E / Dsus2 / | A / E / :|| 10x (Single note intro)

 
Intro Lead 

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| E / Dsus2 / | A / E / |

1. Saint Stephen with a rose, in and out of the garden he goes,

| E / D / | A - - - |

Country garden in the wind and the rain, wherever he goes the people all complain.

 

Lead 1 ||: E / Dsus2 / | A / E / :||

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|-------7-------|----5---5-7b9r7-5---5-7pb9r7-|-5\--5b7r5---|----5----------|
|-9-7h9---9p7-7-|-/6---6-----------6----------|-----------7-|-/6---6\4-2----|
|---------------|-----------------------------|-------------|------------2--|
|---------------|-----------------------------|-------------|---ad lib------|

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| E / Dsus2 / | A / E / | E / D / | A - - - | E / / B |

2. Stephen prospered in his time, well he may and he may decline.

Did it matter, does it now? Stephen would answer if he only knew how.

 

 Lead 2 ||: E / Dsus2 / | A / E / :||

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|----------------|-------------11p9\7-9b11r9-7----7-9/11-|-------------|

|----------------|----3---------3-------------7h9--------|-1-----------|

 

|E / Dsus2 / |A / E / |

3. Wishing well with a golden bell, bucket hanging clear to hell,

|E / D / |

Hell halfway twixt now and then,

D G A E

Stephen fill it up and lower down and lower down again

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|-4-----------------------|

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|-Harm.-------------------|

 


Bridge

| E / D /| A / E / | D / A / | E / D / |

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Lady finger, dipped in moonlight, Writing "What for?" across the morning sky.

Sunlight splatters, dawn with answer, Darkness shrugs and bids the day goodbye.

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|------------|-----------------|--------9-11---------------|
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|-Lady-------|-----------------|---------------------------|

 

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| E / D / | A / D E | D / A / | E / D / | E / D / | A / E / | D / / / | E / D(F# bass) /|

Speeding arrow, sharp and narrow,

What a lot of fleeting matters you have spurned.

Several sea-sons with their treasons,

Wrap the babe in scarlet colors, call it your own. Ahhhh!

 

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4. Did he doubt or did he try? Answers aplenty in the bye and bye,

Talk about your plenty, talk about your ills,

One man gathers what another man spills.

 

JAM:

Lead

No Chords | Drums :|| : E / / / x4:|| | : E / A / x4 :||

 

E D G B A x4 “Hard to Handle Jam” (End with St. Stephen Theme)

 

E / Dsus2 / |A / E / :||

 

5. Saint Stephen will remain, all he's lost he shall regain,

Seashore washed by the suds and foam,

Been here so long he's got to calling it home.

 

|E / / / | % | D / / / | A / E / | E / / / | E / D / |A / / / | E / D / |

6. Fortune comes a crawlin', calliope woman,

Spinnin' that curious sense of your own.

Can you answer? Yes I can.

But what would be the answer to the answer man?

 



B

High green chilly winds and windy

vines in loops around the twining

shafts of lavender, they're crawling

A B

to the sun

B

Wonder who will water all the

children of the garden when they

sigh about the barren lack of rain and droop so

A B A B

hungry 'neath the sky... I….

 

B

Underfoot the ground is patched with

G#m

climbing arms of ivy wrapped a-

B A F#m

round the manzanita, stark and shiny in the breeze

 

E B G#m

William Tell has stretched his bow till it

A B

won't stretch no furthermore and/or it may

G#m F#m D

require a change that hasn't come before…