Esther

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  • F/C F+/C# Dm F7/Eb BbMaj7/D BbmMaj7/Db Am7 Gm7 C7
    --- --- --- ---- --- --- --- --- ---
    A A A A A A G Bb Bb
  • F F F F F F E G G
    C C# D Eb D C# C D E
     
  • E-------------------------------------------------------------|
    B---------------------------(3)--------(3)--------------------|
    G---2-----2------2----2------2----------2----------0----3---3-|
  • D---3-----3------3----3------3----------3----------2----5---5-|
    A---3-----4------5----6------5----------4----------3----5---7-|
    E-------------------------------------------------------------|
  •  
    (Notice that in the BbMaj7 and BbmMaj7/Db, the Bb is implied. When Mike comes in
    on the bass, the bass plays the Bb, but the organ doesn't. Likewise, the A isn't
  • stated in the Am7 until Mike plays it on the bass.)
     
    There are other chords in the song, but the fingering on them isn't as important
  • as for these, so you can use whatever is comfortable.
     
    Most of the song, especially at the start, has an "oom-pah-pah" feel (which kind
  • of makes sense, since the song is in 3/4.) To play the chords correctly, play the
    bass note, then the othertwo notes twice. For example, the intro starts like this:
     
  • F/C F+/C# Dm F+/C#
    ----- ------ ----- ------
    A A A A A A A A
  • F F F F F F F F
    C C# D C# ....
     
  • Find a good Hammond patch to play it with and your all set...
     
    "Circus theme" Intro:
  • F E Eb E Eb D C# C B C
     
    Intro:
  • F/C F+/C# Dm F+/C# F/C F+/C# Dm F+/C#
     
    F/C F+/C# Dm F7/Eb
  • It was late one fall night at a fairground near town
    BbMaj7/D BbmMaj7/Db F/A
    When Esther first saw the Armenian man
  • Am7 Dm
    Who grovelled toward her and stood by her side
    Gm7 C7
  • With a bucket that swung in his hand (Bass joins in here)
     
    F/C F+/C# Dm F7/Eb
  • His grin stretched the folds of his pasty white cheeks
    BbMaj7 BbmMaj7 F/A
    And his lips hurled a dollop of murk on the curb
  • Am7 Dm
    And the lights from the rides showed a mischievous sparkle
    Gm7 C7
  • That flashed in his hollow eyed stare
     
    (same)
  • He said "Little girl, you can chop off my legs
    And then peel off my socks if you want to.
    But I'd rather you took this old puppet from me
  • That I hold in my pail as we speak."
     
    (same except transition chords at end of verse)
  • And he stood looking down at the innocent girl
    And she stared at the bucket bewildered
    Til he lifted the doll for the young girl to see
  •  
    Gm7b5/Db Eb <--transition chords
    And a giant smile grew on his face
  •  
    Ab Adim Bbm Eb
    She saw the doll's eyes and she couldn't resist
  • Ddim Db Bbm Eb
    And she thanked the man quickly and ran to the church
    Ab Adim Bbm Eb
  • And she burst through the door with puppet held high
    Ddim Db Bbm
    And a hush filled the chapel, and the people looked mean
  •  
    C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C
    Ab Ab Ab Ab Ab Ab Ab Ab Ab Ab Ab Ab Ab Ab Ab Ab
  • F E Eb E F E Eb E
     
    E-----------------------------------------------------------------|
  • B-----------------------------------------------------------------|
    G---5--5-----5--5----5--5----5--5----5--5----5--5----5--5----5--5-|
    D---6--6-----6--6----6--6----6--6----6--6----6--6----6--6----6--6-|
  • A-8-------7--------6------7-------8-------7--------6------7-------|
    E-----------------------------------------------------------------|
     
  • B B B B B B B B B B B B B B C# C#
    G G G G G G G G G G G G G G A A
    E Eb D Eb E Eb D D
  •  
    E-----------------------------------------------------------------|
    B-----------------------------------------------------------------|
  • G----4-4---4-4---4-4---4-4---4-4---4-4---4-4---6-6----------------|
    D----5-5---5-5---5-5---5-5---5-5---5-5---5-5---7-7----------------|
    A-7------6-----5-----6----7------6-----5-----7--------------------|
  • E-----------------------------------------------------------------|
     
    D A/C# C G/B
  • Esther tried in vain to pacify the mob
    Bb D/A E7/G# Gm
    Quibble grew to spat, to wrangle, then to brawl
  • D/F# G E7/G# A
    The frenzied congregation struggled desperately to fetch
    A7 A6 A Dm7
  • The pretty puppet snugly nestled deep in Esther's leather sack
     
    (Dm7 arpegiation on guitar/piano:)
  • F D F A C F A C D A C D F C D F A D F A C F A C D
     
    E----------------------------------5-----5-8---5-8-10--|
  • B--------------------------6-----6-----6-----6---------|
    G----------5-----5-7---5-7---5-7-----7-----------------|
    D--------7-----7-----7---------------------------------|
  • A--8-5-8-----8-----------------------------------------|
    E------------------------------------------------------|
     
  • (same chords as earlier verses)
    Through the window of the church a storm began to rage
    And Esther knew the time had come to flee
  •  
    She scurried down the aisle toward the doorway in the distance
    And out into the rainstorm where she felt she would be free
  • But the wind was blowing harder
    And her skirt began to billow
    Until finally her feet began to lift
  • And she rose above the people and the houses
    and the chimneys
    Gm7b5/Db Eb
  • And Esther and the doll were set adrift
     
    Ab Adim Bbm Eb Ddim Db
  • Floating higher over the hills, and the valleys and treetops
    Bbm Eb
    they'd flutter and glide
  • Ab Adim Bbm Eb
    Soaring and turning suspended on air
    Ddim Db Bbm
  • With the earth far below them they'd tumble
    Eb E
    And dive through the clouds
  •  
    "Flying jam" chord progression:
    E->Em->F#m7->F#->B
  •  
    Transcription from Karl Schnaitter
    16th notes eighth notes
  • |----------------------------------------|--------------8--9--10----------|
    |-------------------7-8-9-10-11-10-9-8-7-|----------10--------------------|
    |----------7-8-9-10----------------------|--10--------------------10------|
  • |--9-10-11-------------------------------|------10--------------------10--|
    |----------------------------------------|--------------------------------|
    |----------------------------------------|--------------------------------|
  •  
     
    |--------------10--11--------------|-------------10--9-------------|
  • |----------10--10--10--10----------|---------11---------11---------|
    |------10------------------10------|-----10-----------------10-----|
    |--10--------------------------10--|--8-------------------------8--|
  • |----------------------------------|-------------------------------|
    |----------------------------------|-------------------------------|
     
  • |-----------6--8-----------|
    |--------6--------------6--|
    |-----5--------------5-----|
  • |--7--------------7--------|
    |--------------------------|
    |--------------------------|
  •  
    |--------------5------12--15--|----------------------------------|
    |--5--------5-----13----------|--15------15--13------------------|
  • |--------5--------------------|------14----------14------12--14--|
    |-----7-----------------------|----------------------15----------|
    |-----------------------------|----------------------------------|
  • |-----------------------------|----------------------------------|
     
     
  • |----------------------------------|
    |----------------------------------|
    |--15--12--------------------------|
  • |----------15--12----------12--15--|
    |------------------13--------------|
    |----------------------15----------|
  •  
     
    |--------------------------------|--------------8--9--10----------|
  • |--------------------------------|----------10--------------------|
    |--------15--12--------------12--|--10--------------------10------|
    |--14------------14------14------|------10--------------------10--|
  • |--------------------15----------|--------------------------------|
    |--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
     
  •  
     
    |--------------10--11--------------|-------------10--9-------------|
  • |----------10--10--10--10----------|---------11---------11---------|
    |------10------------------10------|-----10-----------------10-----|
    |--10--------------------------10--|--8-------------------------8--|
  • |----------------------------------|-------------------------------|
    |----------------------------------|-------------------------------|
     
  • |-----------6--8-----------|
    |--------6--------------6--|
    |-----5--------------5-----|
  • |--7--------------7--------|
    |--------------------------|
    |--------------------------|
  •  
     
    |--------------5------12--15--|----------------------------------|
  • |--5--------5-----13----------|--15------15--13------------------|
    |--------5--------------------|------14----------14------12--14--|
    |-----7-----------------------|----------------------15----------|
  • |-----------------------------|----------------------------------|
    |-----------------------------|----------------------------------|
     
  •  
    |----------------------------------|
    |----------------------------------|
  • |--15--12--------------------------|
    |----------15--12----------12--15--|
    |------------------13--------------|
  • |----------------------15----------|
     
     
  • |--------------------------------|----------------------------------|
    |--------------------------------|------13--------------13----------|
    |--------15--12----------11--12--|--13------13--12----------13--14--|
  • |--14------------14--15----------|------------------15--------------|
    |--------------------------------|----------------------------------|
    |--------------------------------|----------------------------------|
  •  
     
    |--------------------------15--14--|--13----------------------13------|
  • |------14--------------16----------|----------------------14------14--|
    |--15------15--12------------------|------13--------------------------|
    |------------------13--------------|----------13--14--15--------------|
  • |----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
    |----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
     
  •  
    |------16----------15------15--18--|--16------------------------------|
    |--16------18--19------16----------|------16--------------------------|
  • |----------------------------------|----------17----------17----------|
    |----------------------------------|--------------18--16------18--19--|
    |----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
  • |----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
     
     
  •  
    |--------------------------15--14--|--13----------------------13------|
    |------14--------------16----------|----------------------14------14--|
  • |--15------15----------------------|------13--------------------------|
    |--------------17--13--------------|----------13--14--15--------------|
    |----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
  • |----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
     
     
  •  
    |--13--16--13--14--15------15--18--|--16----16--14----12--------|
    |----------------------16----------|------------------------14--|
  • |----------------------------------|----------------------------|
    |----------------------------------|----------------------------|
    |----------------------------------|----------------------------|
  • |----------------------------------|----------------------------|
     
     
  • |--------------------------|
    |--12----------------------|
    |--------13----11----------|
  • |--------------------14----|
    |--------------------------|
    |--------------------------|
  •  
     
    Quiet volume pedal section starts here
  •  
    |--16----16--14----12--------|--------------------------|
    |------------------------14--|--12----------------------|
  • |----------------------------|--------13----11----------|
    |----------------------------|--------------------14----|
    |----------------------------|--------------------------|
  • |----------------------------|--------------------------|
     
     
  •  
    |----------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
    |--------------12----15------|------------------------|------------------17----|
  • |--12------14------------12--|------------------14----|--16------14------------|
    |----------------------------|--12------14------------|------------------------|
    |----------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
  • |----------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
     
     
  •  
    |----------------------|------------------------|--14--------------------|
    |--14------------------|----------17------------|----------16------14----|
  • |----------14----------|--15--------------15----|------------------------|
    |----------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
    |----------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
  • |----------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
     
     
  •  
    |----------------------------|--14------16--14----16----|--16------12--14----12-|
    |-----------------------(16)-|--------------------------|-----------------------|
  • |--16----------13----16------|--------------------------|-----------------------|
    |----------16----------------|--------------------------|-----------------------|
    |----------------------------|--------------------------|-----------------------|
  • |----------------------------|--------------------------|-----------------------|
     
     
  •  
    |--------------------------|--------------------------|------------------------|
    |--14----12----------------|--------------------------|--15--------------------|
  • |--------------13----11----|--12----------------12----|--------------12---13---|
    |--------------------------|----------12--14----------|------------------------|
    |--------------------------|--------------------------|------------------------|
  • |--------------------------|--------------------------|------------------------|
     
     
  •  
    |------------------------|--------------------------|----------------14----|
    |----------17------14----|--------------------------|----------------------|
  • |--14--------------------|--16----------------14----|--15------------------|
    |------------------------|-------14---16------------|----------------------|
    |------------------------|--------------------------|----------------------|
  • |------------------------|--------------------------|----------------------|
     
     
  •  
    |--------------------------|-----|
    |--16----14----------------|-----|
  • |--------------15----13----|--16-|
    |--------------------------|-----|
    |--------------------------|-----|
  • |--------------------------|-----|
     
     
  • |: :|
    E----11-14-11--
    B--12----------
  • G--------------
    D--------------
    A--------------
  • E--------------
     
    Hold the B chord
  • and play the above B arpeggio on the guitar:
     
    (B arpeggiation)
  • And she began to plummet earthward till she
    Landed in the nasty part of town
     
  • Em (Bass goes E->Eb->D->Eb and repeats)
     
    Trey plays : (repeat each as necessary, listen to a song)
  •  
    |: :| |: :| |: :| Slide down after this one back to the start
    E----------------------------------------
  • B--12------13------16------17------------
    G----------------------------------------
    D---9------10------13------14------------
  • A----------------------------------------
    E----------------------------------------
     
  •  
    She glanced about the village sure to find the evil men
    Fm
  • Who rob and pillage in the darkest hour of night
    Ebm
    Nervously she fumbled for the pouch that held the
  • Em
    Puppet on her rump.
     
  • (Same)
    Feeling quite outnumbered Esther hid behind
    A nearby pile of lumber, where she waited
  • Till the dawn
    Cause it would have been a blunder to
    Succumb to a hoodlum on the prowl
  •  
     
    D A/C# C G/B
  • When the morning came, she wandered through the streets
    Bb D/A E7/G# Gm
    Along the chilly lake that lay beside the town
  • D/F# G E7/G# A
    At last a peaceful moment, but she thought she heard a sound
    A7 A6 A Dm7 (arpeggiation)
  • It was an angry mob of joggers coming up to knock her down
     
    (same chords as verses)
  • As Esther stood and shook her head
    The joggers were approaching
    And she knew she had no choice left but to swim
  • As the frosty water sank its bitter teeth into her hide
    She tried to slide the heavy clothing from her skin
     
  • Naked now she made her way toward the shore
    When suddenly she felt a tiny tugging at her toe.
    And the puppet she'd fogotten wrapped its tiny
  • Gm7b5/Db Eb
    Little arms around her ankle and wouldn't let her go.
     
  • Ab etc...
    The waves seemed to open and swallow her whole
    As the doll pulled her down through the eerie green deep
  • And the sound of the laughing old man filled her ears
    As she drifted away to a tranquil
    E (flying jam)
  • And motionless sleep.
     
    Cool guitar solo over flying jam:
  • E Em
     
    E|-------------|-15-12-12----------------|
  • B|-12-14-------|----------12-12-------12-|
    G|-------13-13-|----------------12-14----|
    D|-------------|-------------------------|
  • A|-------------|-------------------------|
    E|-------------|-------------------------|
     
  • F#m F#
    /2
    E|-17-14-14--17-(17)-14-14--------|-18-14-14---18-14-14--|
  • B|--------------------------------|----------------------|
    G|--------------------------------|----------------------|
    D|--------------------------------|----------------------|
  • A|--------------------------------|----------------------|
    E|--------------------------------|----------------------|
     
  • B E Em
    E|-19-|-------------|-15-12-12----------------|
    B|----|-12-14-------|----------12-12-------12-|
  • G|----|-------13-13-|----------------12-14----|
    D|----|-------------|-------------------------|
    A|----|-------------|-------------------------|
  • E|----|-------------|-------------------------|
     
    F#m F#
  • /2
    E|-17-14-14--17-(17)-14-14--------|-18-14-14---18-14-14--|
    B|--------------------------------|----------------------|
  • G|--------------------------------|----------------------|
    D|--------------------------------|----------------------|
    A|--------------------------------|----------------------|
  • E|--------------------------------|----------------------|
     
    B E
  •  
    E|-19--|-21-23--|-12-|
    B|-----|--------|----|
  • G|-----|--------|----|
    D|-----|--------|----| Strike and hold an E chord to end.
    A|-----|--------|----|
  • E|-----|--------|----|
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