This version is pretty similar to the other versions, but i've found the song plays a
bit better with the G/B chord rather than G major. 
       

Tuning: Drop D = D-A-D-G-B-e

       Dadgbe
 =  x20033

Capo Third fret.

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CHORUS
          
Hey! Mr. Tambo

             
urine Man, pla

             
y a song for m

/
e,
             
I'm not sleepy

           
 and there is 

             
no place I'm g

         
oing to.
          
Hey! Mr. Tambo

             
urine Man, pla

             
y a song for m

/
e,
             
In the jingle-

           
jangle morning

             
 I'll come fol

          
lowin' you.



Verse 1
           
Though I know 

             
the evenings e

             
mpire has retu

          
rned into sand
             
Vanished from 

   
my hand
             
Left me blindl

           
y here to stan

            
d but still no

  
t sleeping
          
My weeriness a

             
mazes me, im b

             
randed on my f

/
eet
             
I have no one 

   
to meet
             
And the ancien

           
t empty street

            
s too dead for

  
 dreaming

CHORUS
          
Hey! Mr. Tambo

             
urine Man, pla

             
y a song for m

/
e,
             
I'm not sleepy

           
 and there is 

             
no place I'm g

         
oing to.
          
Hey! Mr. Tambo

             
urine Man, pla

             
y a song for m

/
e,
             
In the jingle-

           
jangle morning

             
 I'll come fol

          
lowin' you.


Verse 2
          
Take me on a t

              
rip upon your 

             
magic swirling

 
 ship
             
My senses have

           
 been stripped

             
, my hands can

           
't feel to gri

p
             
My toes too nu

           
mb to step, wa

             
it only for my

 
 boot heels 
      
To be wanderin

'
           
Im ready to go

            
 anywhere im r

            
eady for to fa


de
             
Into my own pa

           
rade, cast you

             
r dancing spel

     
l my way
            
I promise to g

  
o under it

CHORUS
          
Hey! Mr. Tambo

             
urine Man, pla

             
y a song for m

/
e,
             
I'm not sleepy

           
 and there is 

             
no place I'm g

         
oing to.
          
Hey! Mr. Tambo

             
urine Man, pla

             
y a song for m

/
e,
             
In the jingle-

           
jangle morning

             
 I'll come fol

          
lowin' you.


Verse 3
           
Though you mig

              
ht hear laughi

    
ng, spinning 
             
Swinging madly

            
 across the su


n,
             
Its not aimed 

           
at anyone, its

             
 just escaping

        
 on the run
             
And but for th

             
e sky, there a

/         
re no fences f

acing
           
And if you hea

             
r vague traces

             
 of skipping r

        
eels of rhyme
             
To your tambou

           
rine in time, 

             
its just a rag

          
ged clown behi

nd
             
I wouldn't pay

           
 it any mind, 

           
its just a sha

dow you're
            
Seeing that he

   
's chasing

CHORUS
          
Hey! Mr. Tambo

             
urine Man, pla

             
y a song for m

/
e,
             
I'm not sleepy

           
 and there is 

             
no place I'm g

         
oing to.
          
Hey! Mr. Tambo

             
urine Man, pla

             
y a song for m

/
e,
             
In the jingle-

           
jangle morning

             
 I'll come fol

          
lowin' you.

harmonica:

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Verse 4
           
 take me disap

             
 pearing throu

             
gh the smoke r

           
ings of my min

d
             
Down the foggy

           
 ruins of time

             
, far past the

        
 frozen leaves

 
             
Ther haunted f

           
rightened tree

             
s, out to the 

      
windy beach
             
Far from the t

           
wisted reach o

      
f crazy sorrow
           
Yes, to dance 

             
beneath the di

              
amond sky with

             
 one hand wavi

   
ng free
             
Silhouetted by

           
 the sea, circ

             
led by the cir

    
cus sands
             
With all memor

           
y and fate, dr

             
iven deep bene

         
ath the waves,
             
Let me forget 

            
about today un

      
til tommorow

CHORUS
          
Hey! Mr. Tambo

             
urine Man, pla

             
y a song for m

/
e,
             
I'm not sleepy

             
 and there is 

             
no place I'm g

         
oing to.
          
Hey! Mr. Tambo

             
urine Man, pla

             
y a song for m

/
e,
             
In the jingle-

           
jangle morning

             
 I'll come fol

          
lowin' you.

harmonica:

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