Town Feeling

To-
day the
town seems like a
tomb

Everybody's
locked up in his
room

Making love, or
taking love, who
cares?

If you take a
walk out in the
street

Chances are there's
someone you will
meet
... If it's
someone you know
you'll say "hello" and
goodbye

(instrumental bridge)






Today's the very
first day of the spring
And a little girl is
playing on her swing
But she doesn't know
That a brand new show
be-gins

Now you've come and
told me that you're sad
But you never talk about it when you're glad
You criticise
and close your eyes
That's too bad

(instrumental and out)

Kevin Ayers

Joy of a Toy 1969

 Chords (4 beats/line)
 002220 A
 002220 A 004440 Bmaj11
002220 A
002220 A
002220 A
 002220 A 004440 Bmaj11
002220 A
002220 A
244322 F#
244222 F#m
002220 A
002220 A
002220 A
 002220 A 004440 Bmaj11
002220 A
002220 A
002220 A
 002220 A 004440 Bmaj11
002220 A
002220 A
244322 F#
244222 F#m
002220 A
002220 A (x3)
x00232 D
xx0343 Ebmaj7
x00232 D
xx0343 Ebmaj7
022100 E
244222 Bmin
022100 E 020100 E7 (x2)



















(no pretence that this is exactly like the record. It's just the way I do it)

    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.)

Tab for 1st verse picking pattern
 A   A    A   Bmaj11
|--------|--------|
|--2---2-|--2---4-|
|--2---2-|--2---4-|
|-2-2-2-2|-2-2-4-4|
|0---0---|0---0---|
|--------|--------|

Tab for instrumental bridge
 D        Ebmaj7   D        Ebmaj7
|--5-2--2|3565-3--|--5-2--2|3565-3--|
|--3-3--3|4---4-64|--3-3--3|4---4-64|
|-2-2-2-2|3---3-33|-2-2-2-2|3---3-33|
|0-----0-|0-------|0-----0-|0-------|
|--------|--------|--------|--------|
|--------|--------|--------|--------|
 E          Bm       E   E7   E   E7
|--4-0---  |----2---|00-022-2|44-40-0-|
|--0-0--3/5|32-2-2-2|00--00--|00--0-0-|
|-1-1-1--  |--2---2-|11-111-1|11-11-1-|
|------2-  |----4---|--2-00--|--2-0---|
|--------  |--------|--------|--------|
|0-------  |2-------|00----0-|00----0-|