Eleanor's cake (which ate her)


My O 
My O
My

Do you really 
have to
cry?

Crying like a summer
rain
Lady let me ease your
pain
Don't be
sad and
down

Why O
why O
why?

Don't you spread your
wings and
fly

Flying like an autumn
wind
Lady did you lose a
friend
Don't be
sad and
down

Take another look a-
round
Maybe what you lost you
found
Don't be
sad and
down
(repeat & fade)

Kevin Ayers

Joy of a Toy 1969

Chords (2 beats/line)
x02200 Asus
x02220 A | x04420 Bsus11
x02220 A
x02220 A
x02200 Asus
x02220 A | x04420 Bsus11
x02220 A
x02220 A
200230 Dmaj9
x02220 A
200230 Dmaj9
x02220 A
x1333x Bb | x3555x C
xx3211 F   | xx5433 G
x02220 A
x02220 A
x02200 Asus
x02220 A | x04420 Bsus11
x02220 A
x02220 A
x02200 Asus
x02220 A | x04420 Bsus11
x02220 A
x02220 A
200230 Dmaj9
x02220 A
200230 Dmaj9
x02220 A
x1333x Bb | x3555x C
xx3211 F   | xx5433 G
x02220 A
x02220 A
200230 Dmaj9
x02220 A
200230 Dmaj9
x02220 A
x1333x Bb | x3555x C
xx3211 F   | xx5433 G
x02220 A

    Chords given in the form xxoo4o2 (Bm) represent the frets stopped on each of the six strings of the guitar, lowest pitch on the left, highest pitch on the right, with standard tuning EADGBE. A t means that the thumb is used to fret the low E string. An x means that this particular string is not played, or damped, and an o means that it is open (no fret is fingered for that string - or, if you like, the "zeroth" fret is stopped). A 4 (for example) means that a finger is placed on fingerboard behind (towards the tuning-peg end) the 4th fret. Or, if you like to think of it that way, in the 4th "space" between frets. (Most guitars have mother of pearl dots inlaid behind the 3rd, 5th 7th, 9th and 12th (octave) frets.)