This one has a bunch of different instruments, but this is my

play-along version.



Intro is done on cello, I believe.  Here are the notes

on guitar an octave higher.  These are also the notes

for the vocal line of the verses.



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Houses iced ..



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Cornered by the ...





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Here I wander...





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Down a sunbaked .... road



(Second verse sounds the same)





Then the bass comes in pulsing endless low A notes 5-x-x-x-x-x.





Chorus (sing along an octave lower):



------5-----7--9-----7-5-7-5--------

5--7-----7-------------------7--5---

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I'll unwind my old strings ...





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5--7-----7--------------------------

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Won't climb any ...





Word painting (sing these or simply repeat "Lofty Early 70's Lyrics"

               to the melody ;^))





Houses iced in whitewash guard a pale shoreline

Cornered by the cactus and the pine

Here I wander where sweet sage and strange herbs grow

Down a sunbaked crumpled stoney road



Dusty wheeels leaning rusting in the sun

Snuff brown walls where spanish lizards run (KC liked these critters!)

Here I'm shadowed by a dragon fig tree's fan

Ringed by ants and musing over man



I'll unwind my old strings 

While the stars shine down

Won't climb any high thing

While the stars shine

Formetera Lady sing your song for me

Formetera Lady sweet lover



Lamplight glows on old guitarsthe travellers strum

Inscense children dance to an indian drum

Here Odysseus charm-ed for dark Cercie fell

Still her perfume lingers still her spell



Time's gray hand won't catch me

While the stars shine down

Untie and unlatch me

While the stars shine

Formentera Lady dance your dance for me

Formetera Lady, dark lover





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Pete Palmer 

ppalmer@cray.com

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