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Xii (1978) Chords by Barclay James Harvest

Xii (1978) chords by Barclay James Harvest

Guitar chords with lyrics

  • Tuning: Standard tuning
  • Difficulty: Beginner
Album - XII (1978)
*******************

 1.  Fantasy: Loving Is Easy
 2.  Berlin
 3.  Classic: A Tale Of Two Sixties
 4.  Turning In Circles
 5.  Fact: The Closed Shop
 6.  In Search Of England
 7.  Sip Of Wine
 8.  Harbor
 9.  Science Fiction: Nova Lepidoptera
10.  Giving It Up
11.  Fiction: The Streets Of San Francisco

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Track 1                  Artist - Barclay James Harvest
                     ********************************
                     Song - Fantasy: Loving Is Easy
                     ********************************
                        Album - XII (1978)
                       ********************
                       Tabbed By - Ayreon77
                       **********************
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Tuning = Standard



INTRO
******
Bm A X3
G A Bm

Bm A X3
G A Bm


-------------------------
VERSE 1
********
G    F#      Bm
Even the bad times are good when you`re around
     G    A      Bm
Darlin`, you kiss away all my blues
G    F#       Bm
Even the hard times are easy to face
     G       A       Bm
`Cause I know that your love will come through


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VERSE 2
********
  G      F#       Bm
You light up my flame, then you drive me insane
      G      A     Bm
There ain`t nothing that you cannot do
     G     F#       Bm
Then you rip up my heart, you just tear it apart
   G      A     Bm
As I shoot all my love into you


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CHORUS
*******
Bm         A
Lovin` is easy with both eyes closed
  Bm             A
You know that`s the best way to feel it
Bm         A
Lovin` is easy with both eyes closed
      G    A      Bm
Just get a hold and watch how it grows


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VERSE 3
********
G    F#      Bm
Even the bad times are good when you`re around
     G    A      Bm
Darlin`, you kiss away all my blues
G    F#       Bm
Even the hard times are easy to face
     G       A       Bm
`Cause I know that your love will come through


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VERSE 4
********
  G     F#      Bm
You tear up my soul and then fill up the whole
    G      A     Bm
Of your being, your love, your desire
     G      F#       Bm
Then you grab for my heart you just tear it apart
   G      A      Bm
As I shoot all my love in your fire


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ORGAN/SOLO
***********
Bm A G X3

E  G A Bm  G F# G A Bm


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CHORUS
*******
Bm         A
Lovin` is easy with both eyes closed
  Bm             A
You know that`s the best way to feel it
Bm         A
Lovin` is easy with both eyes closed
      G    A      Bm
Just get a hold and watch how it grows


Bm         A
Lovin` is easy with both eyes closed
  Bm             A
You know that`s the best way to feel it
Bm         A
Lovin` is easy with both eyes closed
      G    A      Bm
Just get a hold and watch how it grows


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SOLO
*****
Bm A Bm E
Bm A G A Bm
Bm A Bm A G A Bm



ENJOY..........



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Track 2                  Artist - Barclay James Harvest
                     ********************************
                         Song - Berlin
                        ****************
                        Album - XII (1978)
                       ********************
                       Tabbed By - Ayreon77
                       **********************
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Tuning = Standard


INTRO
******
C Am C Am


--------------------------
VERSE 1
********
C      D
Came to your border
Em      G    C
Looking back into the night
Am   G      F        Am  Em
Falling down on the city lights far away
C      D
Tell me the answer
Em      G       C
Who knows the wrong from the right
Am    G    F
Years may come and years they go
F
You`ve seen your bridges burning
D
 And the wheels of time keep turning


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CHORUS
*******
Em   F
Like a ship in the night
  C        G#m      Am
You passed along the highways of my life
      F         C
And now my mind you`re always in
Em   F           C         G#m
And the ten-thirty flight will soon be headed my way
    Am        F       C
As she sails across the sky way of Berlin

D C Am


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VERSE 2
********
C          D
Thought I heard your bells cry
Em        G    C
Bringing the life to your face
Am      G     F
The time for tears has passed away
F
Can`t you see the night is lifting
D
And the sands of time are shifting


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CHORUS
*******
Em   F
Like a ship in the night
  C        G#m      Am
You passed along the highways of my life
      F         C
And now my mind you`re always in
Em   F           C         G#m
And the ten-thirty flight will soon be headed my way
    Am        F       C
As she sails across the sky way of Berlin


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BRIDGE
*******
Bm     Am        G#m       G
Oh, and to think of all the changes you have seen
Bm    Am       G#m        G
Oh, and reflect upon the way it might have been


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CHORUS
*******
F#m  G
Like a ship in the night
D          Bbm      Bm
You passed along the highways of my life
      G         D
And now my mind you`re always in
F#m   G           D         Bbm
And the ten-thirty flight will soon be headed my way
    Bm        G     D
As she sails across the sky way of Berlin


F#m  G
Like a ship in the night
D          Bbm      Bm
You passed along the highways of my life
      G         D
And now my mind you`re always in
F#m   G           D         Bbm
And the ten-thirty flight will soon be headed my way
    Bm        G     D
As she sails across the skyway of Berlin


F#m  G
Like a ship in the night
D          Bbm      Bm
You passed along the highways of my life
      G         D
And now my mind you`re always in
F#m   G           D         Bbm
And the ten-thirty flight will soon be headed my way
    Bm        G     D
As she sails across the skyway of Berlin



ENJOY...................


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Track 3                  Artist - Barclay James Harvest
                     ********************************
                      Song - A Tale Of Two Sixties
                     ******************************
                        Album - XII (1978)
                       ********************
                       Tabbed By - Ayreon77
                       **********************
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Tuning = Standard



INTRO
******
A D A G F#m


----------------------------
VERSE 1
********
  D          A
I`m hitting the road to heading nowhere
G   F#m   A
Got no place to go
  D        A
I`m stuck inside my generation
G        F#m A
Round and round I  go.
  D          A
I`m sick of the sound of Rolling Thunder
G     F#m  A
Times they were a-changing
  D           A
And Rock`n`Roll died with Easy Rider
G       A
Tearing up my traces.


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CHORUS
*******
E
David Bowie was Hunky Dory
D       A
Aladdin quite insane
E
Give the sound of Arthur Lee with
  D
Forever Changes, I`ll remember
  A
And more again, don`t leave me ever
E                 D
Buddy Holly said, "Baby, please be mine"
    A
All the time.

A D A G F#m


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VERSE 2
********
  D         A
I`m cutting out now before the New Wave
G    F#m    A
Takes my surf board flair
D           A
Remember the time when Zappa said
         D
"Punk, where you going with that
        A
Flower in your hair?"
D              A
There`s so many who`s who`s, Rolling Stones
  G         A
Rod Stewards and Small Faces
  D          A
And Tommy`s the King of Pinball flings
   G     F#m A
That chases my generation.


----------------------------
CHORUS
*******
E
David Bowie was Hunky Dory
D       A
Aladdin quite insane
E
Give the sound of Arthur Lee with
  D
Forever Changes, I`ll remember
  A
And more again, don`t leave me ever
E                 D
Buddy Holly said, "Baby, please be mine"
    A
All the time.


----------------------------
SOLO
*****

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CHORUS
*******
E
David Bowie was Hunky Dory
D       A
Aladdin quite insane
E
Give the sound of Arthur Lee with
  D
Forever Changes, I`ll remember
  A
And more again, don`t leave me ever
E                 D
Buddy Holly said, "Baby, please be mine"
    A
All the time.


----------------------------
SOLO
*****




ENJOY.......



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Track 4                  Artist - Barclay James Harvest
                     ********************************
                      Song - Turning In Circles
                      ***************************
                        Album - XII (1978)
                       ********************
                       Tabbed By - Ayreon77
                       **********************
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Tuning = Standard


INTRO
******
D E


----------------------------
VERSE 1
********
E
How come you happened to be hanging around

When I was looking for a good time

I thought I always had my feet on the ground

I`ve got the feeling that it won`t be for long
E    A            E
Take it easy, you`re moving too fast
       A             E
You`re gonna make it, but let`s make it last
        A             E
The way you`re dancing ain`t good for my soul
    A           E
The situation`s getting out of control


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CHORUS
*******
(You`ve got me)
F#
Turning in circles

Where do I go

Turning in circles
        B
Crazy I know


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VERSE 2
********
E
How come you happened to be hanging around

When I was looking for a good time

I thought I always had my feet on the ground

I`ve got the feeling that I`m spinning and spinning


----------------------------
CHORUS
*******
(You`ve got me)
F#
Turning in circles

Where do I go

Turning in circles
        B
Crazy I know


E  B
E  G
E   G


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CHORUS
*******
F#
Turning in circles

Where do I go

Turning in circles

Crazy I know


(You`ve got me)
F#
Turning in circles

Where do I go

Turning in circles

Crazy I know


     Fade Out.............


ENJOY...........



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Track 5                  Artist - Barclay James Harvest
                     ********************************
                      Song - Fact: The Closed Shop
                     ******************************
                        Album - XII (1978)
                       ********************
                       Tabbed By - Ayreon77
                       **********************
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Tuning = Standard



INTRO
******
Em A Em G
Em D Em C

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VERSE 1
********
C  G C       G
Born a poor worker`s son
G     Em  G      Em
Taught to fight for all his rights
C  G  C      G
Life for him is just begun
G   Em  Bm       Em
Union might is the leading light


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CHORUS
*******
    Em        C
It`s a shame and it`s a sin
Em                C
They don`t know the mood they`re in
 G    Em     C
Until they strike for what is right
       Em
Not what has been

Em A Em


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VERSE 2
********
C  G   C         G
Shop floor, that`s where he`s at
G    Em  G       Em
Back to back, bring out the rack
C    G     C   G
Squeeze them `til they retract
G     Em  G      Em
Wield the gun, see how they run


----------------------------
CHORUS
*******
    Em        C
It`s a shame and it`s a sin
Em                C
They don`t know the mood they`re in
 G    Em     C
Until they strike for what is right
       Em
Not what has been

Em A Em


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BRIDGE
*******
C          Em
All out for freedom, all out for more
C           Em
Show them we mean it, tell them the score
C          Em
Brother for brother, that`s what we`re for
   C
Don`t give us your reasons
  D            C
Our reason has gone out the door


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SYNTH
******
D Em G C


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VERSE 3
********
C  G C       G
Born a poor worker`s son
G     Em  G      Em
Taught to fight for all his rights
C  G  C      G
Life for him is just begun
G   Em  Bm       Em
Union might is the leading light


----------------------------
CHORUS
*******
    Em        C
It`s a shame and it`s a sin
Em                C
They don`t know the mood they`re in
 G    Em     C
Until they strike for what is right
       Em
Not what has been

Em A Em D X4


ENJOY............


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Track 6                  Artist - Barclay James Harvest
                     ********************************
                      Song - In Search Of England
                     *****************************
                        Album - XII (1978)
                       ********************
                       Tabbed By - Ayreon77
                       **********************
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Tuning = Standard


---------------
CAPO 3rd FRET
---------------


INTRO
******
E


----------------------------
THE BOY:
*******
   E        Abm
I was cast adrift, without a hope
  C#m E              B
My only friend    is my old boat
    F#m   B      E    C#m
With an empty   sea and an open sky
 C        D
A void no man can justify.


----------------------------
BREAK
******
B F#m


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THE OLD MAN:
***********
G     C     D
Your sacrifices will be ensure
F     G      C  Am
A port of refuge ever more.
C      F
  Lost and drowned
   C     G
We`ll wait `till England`s found

Again.


----------------------------
SOLO
*****

----------------------------
THE BOY:
*******
   E           Abm
I was torn between what was good and right
  C#m    E        B
And those who told me when to fight
    F#m   B      E    C#m
So they left me here and they sailed away
  C         D
To sink or swim `til Judgement Day.


----------------------------
BREAK
******
B F#m


----------------------------
THE OLD MAN:
***********
G     C     D
Your sacrifices will be ensure
F     G      C  Am
A port of refuge ever more.
C      F
  Lost and drowned
   C     G
We`ll wait `till England`s found

Again.


----------------------------
SOLO
*****

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THE BOY:
*******
B
I was cast adrift.



ENJOY............



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Track 7                  Artist - Barclay James Harvest
                     ********************************
                        Song - Sip Of Wine
                       ********************
                        Album - XII (1978)
                       ********************
                       Tabbed By - Ayreon77
                       **********************
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Tuning = Standard


INTRO
******
E A X4


----------------------------
VERSE 1
********
C#m          A
 On the road and I`m feeling low
E          B
Got a ticket for my way back home
F#           C#m
I start to feel like a rolling stone
    A     B
Without company
C#m           A
Down in the bar talking to the trees
E          B
Found a lady hanging on my sleeve
F#             C#m
I said, "I thank you but I have to leave"
      A          G#m
She said, "Stay with me, I need company
A    C#m       A
 Take a sip of my wine
      B       C#m
It`s gonna make you feel fine
A       F#    E   F#   G#m
Come tomorrow, leave it all behind."


----------------------------
VERSE 2
********
C#m      A
I didn`t see a warning sign
E               B
I held her breath and she was holding mine
F#             C#m
I think I`ll be here for a long, long time
    A       G#m
If you stay with me, got to be


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CHORUS
*******
A    B     C#m  B
"Take a sip of my wine
A     B       C#m
It`s gonna make you feel fine
A       F#    E   F#   G#m
Come tomorrow, leave it all behind."


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BREAK
******
E A X4


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SOLO
*****
C#m A E B F#
C#m A G#m A


----------------------------
CHORUS
*******
A    C#m       A
"Take a sip of my wine
A     C#m
It`s gonna make you fine
A  G#m    F#    E   F#   G#m
Come tomorrow, leave it all behind."


----------------------------
BREAK
******
E A
Repeat ths and Fade Out........



ENJOY.........


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Track 8                  Artist - Barclay James Harvest
                     ********************************
                         Song - Harbor
                        ***************
                        Album - XII (1978)
                       ********************
                       Tabbed By - Ayreon77
                       **********************
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Tuning = Standard


--------------
CAPO 1st FRET
--------------


INTRO
******
C Bb X8

----------------------------
VERSE 1
********
F        C
 To our fore the harbor lights
Bb        C
 Shining out like beacons burning
F         C
 They can stop this endless night
Bb         C
 They can stop the wheels from turning


----------------------------
CHORUS
*******
Bb
Faces in a setting sun
        C
Say again that we soon will be one


Gm Bb D

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VERSE 2
********
F           C
 Starlight rakes the silver wing
Bb         C
 Bringing home its sons and daughters
F         C
 No-one knows the state I`m in
Bb        C
 Spinning swift above the waters


----------------------------
CHORUS
*******
Bb
Faces in a setting sun
        C
Say again that we soon will be one

Gm Bb D


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Bass - No Chord
*****
Faces in a setting sun

C Bb


----------------------------
SOLO
*****
F Bb C X2


----------------------------
CHORUS
*******
Bb
Faces in a setting sun
        C
Say again that we soon will be one

Gm Bb D


C     Bb
Faces in a setting sun

 Repeat Fade Out...................



ENJOY...........


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Track 9                  Artist - Barclay James Harvest
                     ********************************
                       Song - Nova Lepidoptera
                      *************************
                        Album - XII (1978)
                       ********************
                       Tabbed By - Ayreon77
                       **********************
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Tuning = Standard


INTRO - Weird Stuff
******

PIANO
******
C

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VERSE 1
********
C    Am
Silver, drifting on high
Dm     F  G
Deep range star lords
C   Am
Rebel land of black night
Am  Dm F  G
Float by your stars


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CHORUS
*******
Am     C       F   Am
Mistress of fear see me towards always
Dm        G
Nova bright shine far beyond all time


-----------------------
VERSE 2
********
C   Am
Beings of the fourth kind
Am  Dm  F  G
Night time wanderers
C      Am
Ring worlds timeless in ice
Dm   F  Am
Deep inside gods


-----------------------
CHORUS
*******
Am     Dm      F   Am
Mistress of fear see me towards always
Am   Dm      F   F
Secret mood of corridors in hyperspace


-----------------------
BRIDGE
*******
G                Am
Nova bright shine far beyond the barriers of night
F
Take me through the laser beams
  G
The moving sands of Mars to see


-----------------------
SOLO
*****
C Am F C G X2


-----------------------
CHORUS
*******
Am     Dm      F   Am
Mistress of fear see me towards always
Am   Dm      F   F
Secret mood of corridors in hyperspace


-----------------------
BRIDGE
*******
G                Am
Nova bright shine far beyond the barriers of night
F
Take me through the laser beams
  G
The moving sands of Mars to see


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VERSE 3
********
C    Am
Silver, drifting on high
C  Dm  F  G
Deep range star lords
C   Am
Rebel land of black night
C   Dm F  G
Float by your stars


-----------------------
SOLO
*****
C Am F C G X4

    Fade Out................


ENJOY........



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Track 10                 Artist - Barclay James Harvest
                     ********************************
                       Song - Giving It Up
                       **********************
                        Album - XII (1978)
                       ********************
                       Tabbed By - Ayreon77
                       **********************
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Tuning = Standard



INTRO
******
C Am Dm C F C F C F Am


-----------------------
VERSE 1
********
C        F
  I give up my world
       C   Dm  F
And giving it up, it ain`t easy
C        F
  I give up my life
       C   Dm  F
And giving it up, it ain`t easy


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CHORUS
*******
F
I give up everything I have
C       G    F
Even give this heart of mine
G       Am  F
 I would give up my soul
F     G  Ab Am
Giving it all for you


-----------------------
VERSE 2
********
C        F
  I give up my time
       C   Dm  F
And giving it up, it ain`t easy
C         F
  I`ve made up my mind
       C   Dm  F
And making it up, it ain`t easy


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CHORUS
*******
G
Give up everything I have
C        G    F
Think about this heart of mine
G       Am  F
 I would give up my soul
F     G  Ab Am
Giving it all for you
F     G  Ab Am
Giving it all for you


-----------------------
SOLO
*****

-----------------------
CHORUS
*******
G
Give up everything I have
C        G    F
Think about this heart of mine
G       Am  F
 I would give up my soul
F     G  Ab Am
Giving it all for you
F     G  Ab Am
Giving it all for you
F     G  Ab Am
Giving it all for you
F     G  Ab Am
Giving it all for you

F     G  Ab Am Repeat and Fade Out.........



ENJOY...........



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Track 11                 Artist - Barclay James Harvest
                     ********************************
                  Song - Fiction: The Streets Of San Francisco
                 ***********************************************
                        Album - XII (1978)
                       ********************
                       Tabbed By - Ayreon77
                       **********************
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Tuning = Standard


INTRO
******
D


-----------------------
VERSE 1
********
   D
On a cold misty night
    E7
On the corner of Haight
  G         D
She stood with a Colt 45
  D
The gun in her hand
 E7
Awaiting her man
 G         D
A victim to take by surprise


-----------------------
CHORUS
*******
     Bm        G
She`s the Golden Gate Park killer
     Bm     A   G
She`s the scourge of `Frisco bay
     D        C   Bm    A
Where she got herself beat up and left for dead
   Bm   A     G
By a man she felt true love for
    Bm    A   G
But who left her out of hand
     D       C    Bm  A
Now she`s out to take revenge on every man
    D          G       D
As she stands there with a pistol in her hand


-----------------------
BREAK
******
D

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VERSE 2
********
  D
The victim arrives
  E7
She looks in his eyes
  G            D
He goes for the gun in her hand


----------------------------
VERSE 3
********
   D
Karl Malden was great
        (unlike the film, though)
  D
But just a bit late
        (this was the real show)
  G            D
And got it right between the eyes


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CHORUS
*******
     Bm        G
She`s the Golden Gate Park killer
     Bm     A   G
She`s the scourge of `Frisco bay
     D        C   Bm    A
Where she got herself beat up and left for dead
   Bm   A     G
By a man she felt true love for
    Bm    A   G
But who left her out of hand
     D       C    Bm  A
Now she`s out to take revenge on every man
    D          G       D
As she stands there with a pistol in her hand


     Bm        G
She`s the Golden Gate Park killer
     Bm     A   G
She`s the scourge of `Frisco bay
     D        C   Bm    A
Where she got herself beat up and left for dead
   Bm   A     G
By a man she felt true love for
    Bm    A   G
But who left her out of hand
     D       C    Bm  A
Now she`s out to take revenge on every man
    D          C       D
As she stands there with a pistol in her hand


-----------------------
BREAK
******
D

G   D

  Repeat And Fade Out.............



ENJOY.......

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