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Great Heart Tabs

(ver. 1)
Buffett Jimmy

I’m open to corrects, if needed.  I don’t usually tab music, so I’m

Note:
I decided to tab both Johnny Clegg’s and Jimmy Buffett’s version of
“Great Heart”.  Since there are differences in the two version, I
labeled the things different in the Clegg version with “$”, and things
different in the Buffett version with “%”; before and after the
differences.  The similarities aren’t labeled.  Example: $Capo III$ - it
means that Clegg’s version has a capo on three, but Buffett’s doesn’t.

$Capo III (ALL CHORDS/TAB RELATIVE TO CAPO)$







%(Chant)%

e|-----7-----7--------------| 
B|---7---7-7---7---7--------| 
G|-9-------------9----------| (4x)
D|--------------------------| 
A|--------------------------| 
E|--------------------------|

				$
e|-4-4-2-0-(0)-2-2-0-------4-4-2-0-(0)-2-2-4-2-0----|  
B|-------------------4-(4)--------------------------| 
G|--------------------------------------------------| 
D|--------------------------------------------------| 
A|--------------------------------------------------| 
E|--------------------------------------------------|
				$

		%
e|-4-4-2-0-(0)-2-2-0--------| 
B|-------------------4-(4)--| 
G|--------------------------| (2x)
D|--------------------------| 
A|--------------------------| 
E|--------------------------|
		%

				%
e|--------------------------------------------------|  
B|--------------------------------------------------| 
G|----------------2-2-2-1-------------------2-2s1---|
D|-2----------1-4---------4--2----------1-4-------4-| 
A|---0-4-2--2------------------0-4-2--2-------------| 
E|--------------------------------------------------|
				%


E		 A	   B
The world is full of strange behavior

E		     A	    B 
Every man has to be his own savior

E		 A		   B 
I know I can make it on my own if I try

	   E		   E			  A		 B
But I'm $searching$ %searchin'% for a great heart to stand me by

     E	   A	     B 
Underneath the African sky
  E		     A	  B 
A great heart to stand me by
 
Chorus:

E   A			    B 
I'm searching for the spirit of the great heart

E  A		E	  B
To hold and keep me by

E   A			    B 
I'm searching for the spirit of the great heart

E A	  E	  B 
Under African sky 

E   A		E		  B	  %E%
Sometimes I feel that you rarely know me

		$
e|-7-7--------------------| 
B|-----9-10-7-9-5-7-5-4-0-| 
G|------------------------| 
D|------------------------| 
A|------------------------| 
E|------------------------|
		$

%A E	   B%
   %(sometimes)%
 
Sometimes there's so much you can show me

		$
e|-7-7--------------------| 
B|-----9-10-7-9-5-7-5-4-0-| 
G|------------------------| 
D|------------------------| 
A|------------------------| 
E|------------------------|
		$

%A E     B%
   %(sometime)%

				$
e|-4-4-2-0-(0)-2-2-0-------4-4-2-0-(0)-2-2-4-2-0----|  
B|-------------------4-(4)--------------------------| 
G|--------------------------------------------------| 
D|--------------------------------------------------| 
A|--------------------------------------------------| 
E|--------------------------------------------------|
				$

				%
e|--------------------------------------------------|  
B|--------------------------------------------------| 
G|----------------2-2-2-1-------------------2-2p1---|
D|-2----------1-4---------4--2----------1-4-------4-| 
A|---0-4-2--2------------------0-4-2--2-------------| 
E|--------------------------------------------------|
				%

There's a highway of stars across the heavens

				%
e|-------------------------------------------------- 
B|-------------------------------------------------- 
G|-----7----------------------------------------4--- 
D|-----7----------------------7-----------------4--- 
A|-----9----------------------7-----------------2--- 
E|-7s5------------------------5---------------------

------------------------| 
------------------------| 
------------------------| %(repeat throughout verse II)%
------------------------| 
------------------------| 
-5-7s9s7-0--------------| 
		%

There's a whispering song of the wind in the grass
There's a rolling thunder across the savannah 
$A$ %And a% hope and a dream at the edge of the sky 
And your life is the story $like$ %of% the wind 
Your life is a story like the wind 

Chorus: 
I'm searching for the spirit of the great heart 
To hold and $stand$ %keep% me by 
I'm searching for the spirit of the great heart 
Under African sky 
I'm searching for the spirit of the great heart 
I see the fire in your eyes 
I'm searching for the spirit of the great heart 
That beats my name inside 
Sometimes I feel that you rarely know me %(sometimes)% 
Sometimes there's so much you can show me %(sometime)% 

(chant)

			$
e|---------------------------2-0--| 
B|-------------------------------2| 
G|---1-------2-------4-------2----| 
D|-----2-------2-------4-------2--| 
A|-2-----2-0-----0-2-----2-0-----0| 
E|--------------------------------| 
			$

%Chorus: 
I'm searching for the spirit of the great heart 
To hold and stand me by 
I'm searching for the spirit of the great heart 
Under African sky 
I'm searching for the spirit of the great heart 
I see the fire in your eyes 
I'm searching for the spirit of the great heart 
That beats my name inside 
Sometimes I feel that you rarely know me (ah... sometimes) 
Sometimes there's so much you can show me (ay yai... sometime) 
I'm searching for the spirit of the great heart% 
 
I'm searching for the spirit of the great heart 
Guk a 'mzimbo sala 'nhilziyo 
I'm searching for the spirit of the great heart 
Guk a 'mzimbo sala 'nhilziyo

$I'm searching for the spirit of the great heart 
To hold and stand me by 
I'm searching for the spirit of the great heart 
Under African sky
I'm searching for the spirit of the great heart 
Guk a 'mzimbo sala 'nhilziyo 
I'm searching for the spirit of the great heart 
Guk a 'mzimbo sala 'nhilziyo$

I'm searching for the spirit of the great heart 
Guk a 'mzimbo sala 'nhilziyo
            
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