CALYPSO (Suzanne Vega)
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[Fapo 3.]

A7  A7sus4  A7  A7sus4   A7  A7sus4  A7  A7sus4
[intro]

A7         A7sus4         A7             A7sus4
  My name is Calypso, and I have lived alone
A7              A7sus4     A7        A7sus4
  I live on an island, and I 'waken to the dawn
D           D7/6sus4   D                   D7/6sus4
Long time ago,       I watched him struggle with the sea
A7             A7sus4         A7                 A7sus4
  I knew that he was drowning, and I brought him in to me
Dsus4    Dsus4    D(4)    D(4)
  Now today, come morning light
F         Fmaj7     Bm7(4)    Bm7(4)     A      A7sus4  A          A7sus4
He sails away; after       one       last night,      I let him go

My name is Calypso; my garden overflows
Thick and wild and hidden is the sweetness there that grows
My hair, it blows long as I sing into the wind
I tell of nights where I could taste the salt on his skin
Salt of the waves and of tears
And though he pulled away, I kept him here for years
Now I let him go

[Guitar solo: same chords as one verse, but for all the E - E7sus4 parts,
 just play it like the "I let him go" parts at the end of the verses.]

My name is Calypso; I have let him go
In the dawn he sails away to be gone forever more
And the waves will take him in again, but he'll know their ways know
I will stand upon the shore with a clean heart and my song in the wind
The sand will sting my feet and the sky will burn
It's a lonely time ahead; I do not ask him to return; I let him go
I let him go




- transcribed by Adam Schneider, http://adamschneider.net/