Barclay James Harvest

Turn Of The Tide (1981) by Barclay James Harvest

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Album - Turn of The Tide (1981)    
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 1.    Waiting On The Borderline
 2.    How Do You Feel Now?
 3.    Back To The Wall
 4.    Highway For Fools
 5.    Echoes And Shadows
 6.    Death Of A City
 7.    I`m Like A Train
 8.    Doctor Doctor
 9.    Life Is For Living
10.    In Memory Of The Martyrs


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                                          Artist - Barclay James Harvest 
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                                         Song - Waiting On The Borderline
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                                                     Track 1    
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                                              Tabbed By - Ayreon77
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Tuning = Standard
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CAPO 3rd FRET
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INTRO
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Em C D Bm X2


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VERSE 1
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Em                C
Going down with a troubled mind
D                           Bm
You leave me waiting on the border line
Em                  C
I`m thinking it`s a waste of time
D               Bm
Taking me for a ride


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VERSE 2
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Em                  C
You say that you`re good for me
D                   Bm
Was a time when I`d let it be
Em                 C
But now there`s no reality
D                     Bm
Do you think that I`m blind


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PRE CHORUS
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Em               G
Get back to your own side of the highway
F#m                 C
Straying across the line
Em                  G
    I know you`re a heart breaking lover
F#m             C
Isn`t any other time to take a ride


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CHORUS
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C               Em
Get back in the long grass
C               Em
Get back to the street
C               Bm
Go take another walk
             Em
Don`t bother me


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BREAK
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Em C D Bm 


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VERSE 3
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Em             C
Good loving is hard to find
D                    Bm
You keep playing the same old rhyme
Em                   C
Got the feeling that you`re gonna be
D                  Bm
Traveling down the line


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VERSE 4
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Em            C
You play in another key
D                           Bm
Go tell your friends that I set you free
Em                C
I know the way it used to be
D                    Bm
Watching you hitch a ride


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PRE CHORUS
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Em               G
Get back to your own side of the highway
F#m                 C
Straying across the line
Em                  G
    I know you`re a heart breaking lover
F#m             C
Isn`t any other time to take a ride


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CHORUS
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C               Em
Get back in the long grass
C               Em
Get back to the street
C               Bm
Go take another walk
             Em
Don`t bother me


SYNTH
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Em C D Bm X8

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


ENJOY........



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                                          Artist - Barclay James Harvest 
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                                              Song - How Do You Feel
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                                                     Track 2    
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                                               Tabbed By - Ayreon77
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Tuning = Standard

INTRO - Piano
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C G C G F G


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VERSE 1
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C         
How do you feel now
G                        Am
We`ve got a reason to go on
G        F
   Newly born
Dm                           G
Seems like I`ve waited for a lifetime
Am          C
But honey I believed in you

F G Am Bm


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VERSE 2
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C                   G
When I saw her face   I had to cry
             Am
I don`t know why
G         F
   Is she real
Dm                           G
Seems like I`ve waited for a lifetime
Am          C
But honey I believed in you
   Am             F
To make my dreams all come true
            C      Bm G
We`ve got a child


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CHORUS
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Am          G                Dm
I tried and tried to talk it over
Am               G                Dm
Seemed like we`d waited a million years
F        G                       C
Then you conceived our child was born
            F
And we were one
Dm
Picked her up put her by your side
G
Saw the smile that you couldn`t hide


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SAX
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C Bm G Am G F
Dm G Am C Am F
C Bm 


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CHORUS
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Am          G                Dm
I tried and tried to talk it over
Am               G                Dm
Seemed like we`d waited a million years
F        G                       C
Then you conceived our child was born
            F
And we were one
Dm
Picked her up put her by your side
G
Saw the smile that you couldn`t hide


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VERSE 3
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C         
How do you feel now
G                        Am
We`ve got a reason to go on
G        F
   Newly born
Dm                           G
Seems like I`ve waited for a lifetime
Am          C
But honey I believed in you
   Am             G
To make my dreams all come true
F           C
We`ve got a child


Am F C

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



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


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                                          Artist - Barclay James Harvest 
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                                              Song - Back To The Wall
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                                                     Track 3    
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                                              Tabbed By - Ayreon77
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Tuning = Standard


INTRO
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Am G Am


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VERSE 1
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Am
Stranger at the gate, let him in
Am
Stranger at the gate, let him in
G
Stranger at the gate, let him in
Am
Won`t you let him in?


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VERSE 2
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Am
He`s been waiting on the other side
Am
He`s been waiting on the other side
G
He`s been waiting for the turn of the tide
Am
Won`t you let him in?


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PRE CHORUS
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F                                  Am
Promises leave you with nothing to show
F                                  Am  Em
Destiny leaves you with nowhere to go


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CHORUS
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Am
Back to the wall

Have you seen the light

Is your soul worth saving
F
Back to the wall

Can you pay the price

Then your life is waiting
Dm
Down by the shore

We can help you no more
Am                G           Am
Standing with our back to the wall


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SOLO - Am C Am G Am X2
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BRIDGE
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Am
Is your soul worth saving
  (Stranger at the gate, let him in)
  (Stranger at the gate, let him in)
G
Have you seen the light
Am
  (Stranger at the gate, let him in, won`t you let him in)
Am
Then your life is waiting
  (He`s been waiting on the other side)
  (He`s been waiting on the other side)
G
Can you pay the price
  (He`s been waiting for the turn of the tide
Am
  (Won`t you let him in)


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PRE CHORUS
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F                                  Am
Promises leave you with nothing to show
F                                  Am  Em
Destiny leaves you with nowhere to go


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CHORUS
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Am
Back to the wall

Have you seen the light

Is your soul worth saving
F
Back to the wall

Can you pay the price

Then your life is waiting
Dm
Down by the shore

We can help you no more
Am                G           Am
Standing with our back to the wall  

Yea Yea Yea  

Am     G Am     G Am     G Am


ENJOY..........


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                                          Artist - Barclay James Harvest 
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                                              Song - Highway For Fools
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                                                     Track 4    
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                                               Tabbed By - Ayreon77
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Tuning = Standard


INTRO
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E              G

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VERSE 1
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A
You got the groove

I got to move
                           G
Cause suddenly something`s unreal
A
I got to go

Get up and go
                                E
`Cause you ain`t the way that I feel


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CHORUS
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E F           G    A
I know what I like
E            F          G    A
And it ain`t looking at you
E            F        G    A
If I have to believe
             Bm
I believe in myself and nobody else
                            E
Your kind of love ain`t for real

E            G

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VERSE 2
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A
I got the wheels

I got the deals
                          G
But suddenly you ain`t so cool
A
Great God above it`s diamond love
                            E
But that kind of rock don`t appeal


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CHORUS
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E F           G    A
I know what I like
E            F          G    A
And it ain`t looking at you
E            F        G    A
If I have to believe
             Bm
I believe in myself and nobody else
                            E
Your kind of love ain`t for real


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SOLO
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E
D A D A Bm E


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VERSE 3
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A
I got to change it`s feeling strange
                             E
And strange is a highway for fools
A
If it`s diamond love that makes you feel good
                             E
Then that kind of love I can steal


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CHORUS
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E F           G    A
I know what I like
E            F          G    A
And it ain`t looking at you
E            F        G    A
If I have to believe
             Bm
I believe in myself and nobody else
                            E
Your kind of love ain`t for real


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SOLO
*****
E..............

A ............

E............. 

A.............



ENJOY.........



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                                          Artist - Barclay James Harvest 
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                                            Song - Echoes And Shadows
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                                                     Track 5    
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                                               Tabbed By - Ayreon77
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Tuning = Standard


INTRO - Piano
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VERSE 1
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F            G         Am
Here lie the towers so tall
F             D          Am
Strange, they tumble and fall
C                       G
Time softly playing the chord
                     C
Could be lost in the void
G                   F
Do your eyes see it all


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VERSE 2
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F             G               Am
Gone like the dreams that you made
F       G      Am
Sad how memory fades
C                     G
Drawn by the mystical sight
                       Am
There`s a voice in the night
         G           F
And your eyes see it all

F G Am X2


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CHORUS
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Am
Stay with me
D
All I want from you
     Am
Just stay with me
D
All I want to do
   E
Is look in your eyes
    G
And sail on through the night
C
Echoes and shadows
G
Drift through tomorrow`s
F
Dreams that you follow
C
Echoes and shadows
G
Drift through tomorrow`s
F
Dreams that you follow
       Am
In the dark


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VERSE 3
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F           G              Am
Fools are entranced by the dawn
        F        G         Am
But the wise man misses it all
   C                        G
He laughs and the pages are torn
                    Am
While the intellect scorns
      G            F
As he clutches the straws

F G Am 


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CHORUS
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Am
Stay with me
D
All I want from you
     Am
Just stay with me
D
All I want to do
   E
Is look in your eyes
    G
And sail on through the night

C
Echoes and shadows
G
Drift through tomorrow`s
F
Dreams that you follow

C
Echoes and shadows
G
Drift through tomorrow`s
F
Dreams that you follow

C
Echoes and shadows
G
Drift through tomorrow`s
F
Dreams that you follow

C  G  F X2
Fade Out...........


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



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                                          Artist - Barclay James Harvest 
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                                               Song - Death Of A City
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                                                     Track 6    
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                                               Tabbed By - Ayreon77
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Tuning = Standard



VERSE 1
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  D                                C
I look down the street but there`s no one there
       G                         D
In the cold, in the dark, in the night air
  D                        C      
I call out for life but my heart feels despair
           G                      D
There`s no sign of a light in the cold dismal night


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VERSE 2
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    D                         C
The lights have all gone, the clothes are all torn
    G                       D
The people are gone but the victory`s won
  D                          C
I call out for life but it`s after the day
        G                        D
Now the people are gone just the city alone

D C D X2

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CHORUS
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D                         C
Eyes look from the second floor
                   G
Down to the street below
                     D     C
Calm now the wind is slow
D                       C
See posters once on the wall
C                      G
Now washed away in the rain
             D
Peeling from buildings tall

G 

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VERSE 3
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     D                           C
I`ll follow you friends to where life never ends
         G                     D
Make our mistakes again as our life lines descend
D                         C
Time is like dust and the dust is like snow
      G                       D
As it covers the ruins of the life that you know


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CHORUS
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D                              C
Trees once green now turned to stone
                       G
Objects that look like ghosts
                D      C
All of them overgrown
D                          C
Mist all sight and mind is blurred
                     G
Lie on your back and cry
                    D
Words uttered never heard

G

VERSE 4
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  D                                C
I look down the street but there`s no one there
       G                         D
In the cold, in the dark, in the night air
  D                        C      
I call out for life but my heart feels despair
           G                      D
There`s no sign of a light in the cold dismal night


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VERSE 5
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    D                         C
The lights have all gone, the clothes are all torn
    G                       D
The people are gone but the victory`s won
  D                          C
I call out for life but it`s after the day
        G                        D
Now the people are gone just the city alone


D 


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



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                                          Artist - Barclay James Harvest 
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                                              Song - I`m Like A Train
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                                                     Track 7    
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                                               Tabbed By - Ayreon77
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Tuning = Standard


INTRO - Piano
C D   C G A  D  G D C G 
A D 

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VERSE 1
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G               C
Look around and cry aloud
D                              C            G
Seems so much is happening but I have found
A                  D
When you awake the sky will shine
G         D      C    G   
Even on a cloudy day

A 
D
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VERSE 2
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G                C
Want to be where I can see
D                           C          G
Oh, so much is happening to you and me    
    A                 D               G            D          Em     G     A  D
Oh, will it end, will day turn black? Will we ever see things right? Oh no no
                                   G
And how can we make it through the night?


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SYNTH
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C G C G C D
G D C G D C G

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CHORUS
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           G            C
I`m like a train that`s jumping the track
                                           G
Caught up in the slide and I`ll never come back
                  G          C
I turn around and look for a way
        C                                 G
Nothing that I can do, nothing that I can say


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BRIDGE
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D                        C   G
What a life I was living before
D                  C            G
Hard to see if you can`t find a door
D                                         C       D
Seen the turning, know it`s burning me to be with you


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CHORUS
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           G            C
I`m like a train that`s jumping the track
                                           G
Caught up in the slide and I`ll never come back
                  G          C
I turn around and look for a way
        C                                 G
Nothing that I can do, nothing that I can say


           G            C
I`m like a train that`s jumping the track
                                           G
Caught up in the slide and I`ll never come back
                  G          C
I turn around and look for a way
        C                                 G
Nothing that I can do, nothing that I can say


           G            C
I`m like a train that`s jumping the track
                                           G
Caught up in the slide and I`ll never come back
                  G          C
I turn around and look for a way
        C                                 G
Nothing that I can do, nothing that I can say


           G            C
I`m like a train that`s jumping the track
                                           G
Caught up in the slide and I`ll never come back
                  G          C
I turn around and look for a way
        C                                 G
Nothing that I can do, nothing that I can say


SYNTH
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G   C   G   C   

Fade Out.....



ENJOY..........



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                                          Artist - Barclay James Harvest 
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                                               Song - Doctor Doctor
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                                                     Track 8    
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                                               Tabbed By - Ayreon77
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Tuning = Standard

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CAPO 2nd FRET
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INTRO
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Am F X3


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VERSE 1
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Am            G
Doctor doctor tell me if you can
        F
What is wrong with me
        Am
I can`t seem to find the key
Am                G
Doctor doctor I`m begging on my knees
          F
Won`t you tell me please
                 Am
What could be my malady


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CHORUS
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         G                    Am
When I`m down feeling kind of low
G       F                      E
I don`t want to be the last to know
         Am   G
When I`m down crawling cross the floor
F                   F
I don`t want to be, I can`t stand to be
    E
The last to know


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BRIDGE
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C             F
Doctor doctor help me through the day
        G                         C
Give me something natural I can depend on
F                  G
Doctor doctor it`s something that I need
       Am
It`s a natural panacea
       F
Like a cure for every fear
G
It`s some of her sweet love
Am
Mixed up with her young blood
F
True love and devotion
G
What a wonderful potion
   F       C
Tonight, tonight

F E F G


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SYNTH
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E F G Am Ab C Bb C 


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VERSE 2
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Am            G
Doctor doctor why am I alone
          F
Listening to my heart
                    Am
Beating through the cold dark night
Am                G
Doctor doctor I`m shaking in the gloom
           F
Could this be defeat
                         Am
Please don`t stop, don`t miss a beat



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CHORUS
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         G                    Am
When I`m down feeling kind of low
G       F                      E
I don`t want to be the last to know
         Am   G
When I`m down crawling cross the floor
F                   F
I don`t want to be, I can`t stand to be
    E
The last to know


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BRIDGE
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C             F
Doctor doctor help me through the day
        G                         C
Give me something natural I can depend on
F                  G
Doctor doctor it`s something that I need
       Am
It`s a natural panacea
       F
Like a cure for every fear
G
It`s some of her sweet love
Am
Mixed up with her young blood
F
True love and devotion
G
What a wonderful potion
   F       C
Tonight, tonight



ENJOY..........



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                                          Artist - Barclay James Harvest 
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                                            Song - Life Is For Living
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                                                     Track 9    
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                                              Tabbed By - Ayreon77
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Tuning = Standard


INTRO
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C G C G  C G D


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VERSE 1
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G
You and me
            C        G
Our life is drifting along
C            G             D
Watching the world as it`s singing it`s song
G
High above
           C          G
Someone is calling to me
C           G          D
Life is for living and living is free


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VERSE 2
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G
You to me
             C          G
Are like the sun in the sky
C           G            D
See how you fly you have wings of your own
G
You and me
              C            G
Our love will last without end


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VERSE 3
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C             G              D
Ride with the wind won`t you follow me home
G                       C          G
Turn around and see the circles we spin
          C          G          D        G
And we`re taking our chances on where we begin
G
Up above
            C          G
The rain is falling on me
C           G          D         G
Life is for living and living is free


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VERSE 4
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G
You to me
             C          G
Are like the sun in the sky
G           D                          G
See how you fly you have wings of your own
G
You and me
              C            G
Our love will last without end
C             G              D        
Ride with the wind won`t you follow me home

G C G C G D X2


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CHORUS
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D
Taking up time
          C                     Bm       C
Trying to write a line till the break of day
D
Given a sign
        C
Can you make it rhyme
        Bm      C
Tell me what to say
D                      C                    Bm     C
Making it fine can you ease my mind help me drift away

G C G C G D X2


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VERSE 5
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G
Turn around
            C          G
And see the circles we spin
C          G          D
Taking our chances on where we begin
G
Up above
            C          G
The rain is falling on me
C           G          D         G
Life is for living and living is free


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VERSE 6
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G
You to me
             C          G
Are like the sun in the sky
G           D                          G
See how you fly you have wings of your own
G
You and me
              C            G
Our love will last without end
C             G              D        
Ride with the wind won`t you follow me home

G C G C G D X4
 
    Fade Out.......


ENJOY..........



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                                          Artist - Barclay James Harvest 
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                                         Song - In Memory of the Martyrs
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                                                     Track 10    
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                                               Tabbed By - Ayreon77
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Tuning = Standard


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CAPO 1st FRET
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E

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VERSE 1
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E
Life is like a tall ship
         D                    
Drifting gently from the shore
A
Time is like a fair wind
       E
With a lifetime to explore
    E
The beauty that surrounds you
    D
Was meant to be adored
    A
The problems that surround you
     E
Were meant to be ignored
       D        A           E
We are love, we are, we are love
       D        A           E
We are love, we are, we are love


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VERSE 2
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E
I dreampt I held a baby
  D
I dreampt I held a child
  A
I dreampt I held a young man
  E
A prisoner in my hand
   E 
My hand I could not open
    D
The man grew up inside
  A
A prisoner without reason
     E
Just on the other side
       D        A           E
We are love, we are, we are love
       D        A           E
We are love, we are, we are love


D A E X2


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VERSE 3
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    E
The blood red rose of summer
      D
Grows elegant and tall
   A
In memory of the green grass
  E
Beyond the guardian wall
    E
The green grass grows forever
  D
Beneath the bloody sky
   A
In memory of the martyrs
       E
She`ll cover when they die
       D        A           E
We are love, we are, we are love
       D        A           E
We are love, we are, we are love
       D        A           E
We are love, we are, we are love
       D        A           E
We are love, we are, we are love


D A E X5


ENJOY........

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