Biography:
The Incredible String Band (sometimes abbreviated as ISB) was a psychedelic folk band formed in Scotland in 1966. The band built a considerable following, especially within the British counterculture, before splitting up in 1974. The group's members are musical pioneers in psychedelic folk and, by integrating a wide variety of traditional music forms and instruments, in the development of world music. The group reformed in 1999 and continued to perform until 2006.
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- Greatest Friend
- Jobs Tears
- Koeeoaddi There
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- Log Cabin Home In The Sky
- Long Time Sun
- Lordly Nightshade
- Minotaurs Song
- No Sleep Blues
- October Song
- Painting Box
- Smoke Shovelling Song
- The Hedgehogs Song
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Four years of hard work!This month of May we celebrated four years on the air. We continue working on the dissemination of this wonderful instrument, thank you for participating in our story!
From the album "The 5000 Spirits or the Layers of the Onion"
Original is played in the key of F# approx. quarter tone flat of concert pitch,
in an open tuning, probably D with capo at 4
Chords
EADGBe
E/G# xx6400
B7sus4 xx4200
[Intro]
E A x2
[Verse 1]
B A E
I'm not the kind to complain that I never had a girl to love.
B A E
Many fine girl I tried hard to know, but I think I never tried enough.
B A E
Sitting one day by myself, and I'm thinking,"What could be wrong?"
E/G# B7sus4 E/G# B7sus4
When this funny little Hedgehog comes running up to me,
E/G# B7sus4 E
and it starts up to sing me this song.
[Chorus]
B A E
Oh, you know all the words, and you sung all the notes, but you never quite learned the song, she sung
B A E
I can tell by the sadness in your eyes, that you never quite learned the song.
[Instrumental Bridge]
E A x2
[Verse 2]
B A E
Every day when the sun go down, and the evening is so very still,
B A E
Many a fine girl I've held in my arms, and I hope there's many more that I will,
B A E
But just when everything is going fine, and absolutely nothing is wrong,
E/G# B7sus4 E/G# B7sus4
This funny little Hedgehog's always around
E/G# B7sus4 E
And every time he wants to sing me this song.
[Chorus]
B A E
Oh, you know all the words, and you sung all the notes, but you never quite learned the song, she sung
B A E
I can tell by the sadness in your eyes, that you never quite learned the song.
[Instrumental Bridge]
E A x2
[Verse 3]
B A E
One day when the moon was full I thought I might settle down,
B A E
Found myself a pretty little girl, and I stopped all my running around;
B A E
But just when the preacher come along, and he's just gonna pop on the ring,
E/G# B7sus4 E/G# B7sus4
This funny little Hedgehog comes running down the aisle,
E/G# B7sus4 E
And I don't have to tell you what he did sing.
[Chorus]
B A E
Oh, you know all the words, and you sung all the notes, but you never quite learned the song, she sung
B A E
I can tell by the sadness in your eyes, that you never quite learned the song.
[Instrumental Bridge]
E A x2
[Verse4]
B A E
I'm not the kind to complain, that I never had a girl to love;
B A E
Many fine girls I've tried hard to know, but I think I never tried enough.
B A E
But now I'll be looking all my days, and it isn't just me I got to please,
E/G# B7sus4 E/G# B7sus4
There's this funny little Hedgehog Who's always around,
E/G# B7sus4 E
And the only words he ever sings to me are these.
[Chorus]
B A E
Oh, you know all the words, and you sung all the notes, but you never quite learned the song, she sung
B A E
I can tell by the sadness in your eyes, that you never quite learned the song.
[Instrumental Bridge]
E A x2
[Outro]
B A E
I'm not the kind to compl- ai-n
Original is played in the key of F# approx. quarter tone flat of concert pitch,
in an open tuning, probably D with capo at 4
Chords
EADGBe
E/G# xx6400
B7sus4 xx4200
[Intro]
E A x2
[Verse 1]
B A E
I'm not the kind to complain that I never had a girl to love.
B A E
Many fine girl I tried hard to know, but I think I never tried enough.
B A E
Sitting one day by myself, and I'm thinking,"What could be wrong?"
E/G# B7sus4 E/G# B7sus4
When this funny little Hedgehog comes running up to me,
E/G# B7sus4 E
and it starts up to sing me this song.
[Chorus]
B A E
Oh, you know all the words, and you sung all the notes, but you never quite learned the song, she sung
B A E
I can tell by the sadness in your eyes, that you never quite learned the song.
[Instrumental Bridge]
E A x2
[Verse 2]
B A E
Every day when the sun go down, and the evening is so very still,
B A E
Many a fine girl I've held in my arms, and I hope there's many more that I will,
B A E
But just when everything is going fine, and absolutely nothing is wrong,
E/G# B7sus4 E/G# B7sus4
This funny little Hedgehog's always around
E/G# B7sus4 E
And every time he wants to sing me this song.
[Chorus]
B A E
Oh, you know all the words, and you sung all the notes, but you never quite learned the song, she sung
B A E
I can tell by the sadness in your eyes, that you never quite learned the song.
[Instrumental Bridge]
E A x2
[Verse 3]
B A E
One day when the moon was full I thought I might settle down,
B A E
Found myself a pretty little girl, and I stopped all my running around;
B A E
But just when the preacher come along, and he's just gonna pop on the ring,
E/G# B7sus4 E/G# B7sus4
This funny little Hedgehog comes running down the aisle,
E/G# B7sus4 E
And I don't have to tell you what he did sing.
[Chorus]
B A E
Oh, you know all the words, and you sung all the notes, but you never quite learned the song, she sung
B A E
I can tell by the sadness in your eyes, that you never quite learned the song.
[Instrumental Bridge]
E A x2
[Verse4]
B A E
I'm not the kind to complain, that I never had a girl to love;
B A E
Many fine girls I've tried hard to know, but I think I never tried enough.
B A E
But now I'll be looking all my days, and it isn't just me I got to please,
E/G# B7sus4 E/G# B7sus4
There's this funny little Hedgehog Who's always around,
E/G# B7sus4 E
And the only words he ever sings to me are these.
[Chorus]
B A E
Oh, you know all the words, and you sung all the notes, but you never quite learned the song, she sung
B A E
I can tell by the sadness in your eyes, that you never quite learned the song.
[Instrumental Bridge]
E A x2
[Outro]
B A E
I'm not the kind to compl- ai-n
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