Welcome To The Show (1990) chords by Barclay James Harvest
Guitar chords with lyrics
- Tuning: Standard tuning
- Difficulty: Beginner
Album - Welcome To The Show (1990) *********************************** 1. The Life You Lead 2. Lady Macbeth 3. Cheap The Bullet 4. Welcome To The Show 5. John Lennon`s Guitar 6. Halfway To Freedom 7. African Nights 8. Psychedelic Child 9. Where Do We Go 10. Origin Earth 11. If Love Is King 12. Shadows On The Sky
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Track 1 Artist - Barclay James Harvest
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Song - The Life You Lead
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Album - Welcome To The Show (1990)
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Tabbed By - Ayreon77
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Tuning = Standard
INTRO
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C F G
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CHORUS
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C
There`s a life that burns when the night has come
F C G
Makes me understand
C
You`re the one I see and I can`t say no
F C G
Take me by the hand
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VERSE 1
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F
Can`t believe that you want it to be
C G
Just the game and we`re playing the parts
F
Such a feeling, it won`t let me be
C G
Like an arrow that`s straight for the heart
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CHORUS
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C
`Cause the one you want is the one you lose
F C G
That`s what people say
C
And the life you lead is the one you choose
F C G
Help me on the way
C F C F
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BRIDGE
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F C Dm
Tell me why
C G Am G
You fill up my life this way
F Dm
Take me high
C G Am G
Together we`ll fly away
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SOLO
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C F C F
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VERSE 2
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F
Can`t believe that you want it to be
C G
Just the game and we`re playing the parts
F
Such a feeling, it won`t let me be
C G
Like an arrow that`s straight for the heart
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CHORUS
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C
`Cause the one you want is the one you lose
(We need someone)
(Help us along)
F C
That`s what people say
(Too many people can`t find a way)
And the life you lead is the one you choose
(We need someone)
(To carry on)
F C G
Help me on the way
(Helping us on the way)
C F C F X2
Fade Out..........
ENJOY............
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Track 2 Artist - Barclay James Harvest
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Song - Lady Macbeth
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Album - Welcome To The Show (1990)
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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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D Em
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VERSE 1
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Em
Like a jester dressed, in a silly gown
F Em
Something evil came to town
Em D
At the darkest hour, in the dead of night
F Em
All who`d listen gathered round
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CHORUS
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G Bm
From the uninspired, from the tortured sounds
C D
No one noticed what she`d done
Em D
By the pricking of my thumbs
C Em
Something wicked this way comes
D Em
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VERSE 2
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Em D
Like a fool possessed, evil grabbed the blade
F Em
Dripping blood upon the keys
Em D Em
With her cheap disguise, no one realized
F Em
How this jester could deceive
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CHORUS
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G Bm
From the uninspired, from the tortured sounds
C D
No one noticed what she`d done
Em D
By the pricking of my thumbs
C Em
Something wicked this way comes
D Em
This way comes
Em D Em D Em
Thiiiiiis waaaaaay comes
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SOLO
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Em D F Em X2
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CHORUS
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G Bm
From the uninspired, from the tortured sounds
C Eb
No one noticed what she`d done
G D
Tell us the truth
C Em
And her lies linger on
Em D
By the pricking of my thumbs
C D
Something wicked this way comes
Em D
By the pricking of my thumbs
C D
Something wicked this way comes
D Em
This way comes
Em D Em D Em
Thiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiis way comes
ENJOY............
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Track 3 Artist - Barclay James Harvest
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Song - Cheap The Bullet
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Album - Welcome To The Show (1990)
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Tabbed By - Ayreon77
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Tuning = Standard
INTRO
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C F
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VERSE 1
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C
The streets run red with the blood
Of the innocent, why? Why? Why?
We stab our knives in the back
F C
Of humanity, why? Why? Why?
There`s never peace, just a spiral
F C
Of the violence, why? Why? Why?
We`ll shoot you down for a difference
F C
Of opinion, why? Why? Why?
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CHORUS
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C F
Cheap the bullet, easy the gun
C F
Sons and daughters, lost and gone
C F
Cheap the bullet, easy the gun
C F
No talk, no thought, just shoot and run
Bb C F C X2
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VERSE 2
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C
Our children wake to the bomb
And the body search, why? Why? Why?
We fill their ears with the drums
F C
And the battle cries, why? Why? Why?
They burn your car when you stray
F C
It`s a game they play, why? Why? Why?
They`re fed on hate, it`s a circle
F C
We don`t want to break, why? Why? Why?
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CHORUS
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C F
Cheap the bullet, easy the gun
C F
Sons and daughters, lost and gone
C F
Cheap the bullet, easy the gun
C
No talk, no thought, just shoot and run
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BRIDGE
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F C
I`m baptized in your prejudice
F C
I`m confirmed with your hate
F Bb
I`m ordained into violence
C
I`m a child of the modern world
Ab Bb
Of the media world, of the TV world
C
Of the modern world
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SOLO
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C F C F C Ab Bb
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CHORUS
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C F
Cheap the bullet, easy the gun
C F
Sons and daughters, lost and gone
C F
Cheap the bullet, easy the gun
C
No talk, no thought, just shoot and run
C F
Cheap the bullet, easy the gun
C F
Sons and daughters, lost and gone
C F
Cheap the bullet, easy the gun
C
No talk, no thought, just shoot and run
C F
Cheap the bullet, easy the gun
C F
Sons and daughters, lost and gone
C F
Cheap the bullet, easy the gun
C
No talk, no thought, just shoot and run
Fade Out..............
ENJOY............
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Track 4 Artist - Barclay James Harvest
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Song - Welcome To The Show
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Album - Welcome To The Show (1990)
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Tabbed By - Ayreon77
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Tuning = Standard
VERSE 1
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E
We can`t all be right
B
We can`t all be wrong
C#m A
It`s a long journey
B
We travel on
E
Gypsies of the night
B
Riders of the storm
A
Though it`s heartbreaking
B
We must go on
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CHORUS
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A B
Wrong place
A B
Wrong face
A
Somewhere on the road
A B
Keep playing
C#m B
And saying
A
Welcome to the show
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VERSE 2
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E
Those who laugh the first
B
Must cry later they say
C#m A
As the stage curtain
B
Brings on the girls
E
And they surely do well
For the politicians who sell them
B
On TV today
A
Makes me uncertain
B
Of who runs the world
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CHORUS
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A B
Wrong place
A B
Wrong face
A
Somewhere on the road
A B
Keep playing
C#m B
And saying
A
Welcome to the show
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SOLO
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E B C#m A B
G D G D
E C#m A B
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VERSE 3
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E
My friends, all the trends that have gone
B
Are as one in the minds of today
C#m A E B
With their eyes open they can`t see the signs
E
And the moment belongs to the video songs
B
Leading nowhere at all
A B
And the fools talking, the blind lead the blind
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CHORUS
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A B
Wrong place
A B
Wrong face
A
Somewhere on the road
A B
Keep playing
C#m B
And saying
A
Welcome to the show
A B
Wrong place
A B
Wrong face
A
Somewhere on the road
A B
Keep playing
C#m B
And saying
A
Welcome to the show
B
A
We started something
B
A
We started something
B
Now we can`t get away from it all
A
We started something
A
We started something
B
Now we can`t get away from it all
Fade Out.................
ENJOY............
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Track 5 Artist - Barclay James Harvest
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Song - John Lennon`s Guitar
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Album - Welcome To The Show (1990)
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Tabbed By - Ayreon77
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Tuning = Standard
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CAPO 4th FRET
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INTRO
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C G D X3
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VERSE 1
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F#m G
Back in the autumn of seventy
A Bm
On the night shift at Abbey Road
G D
Four young men were recording a song named, `Galadriel`
G A
For an album they`d call `Once Again`
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VERSE 2
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Bm G
The producer was Norman Smith
A Bm
Who`d engineered with The Beatles and John
G D
Whose guitar was to be instrumental that day
A
When I came to play
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CHORUS
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C G D
I remember it well, as if it was yesterday
C G D
The day that I played, John Lennon`s guitar
C G D
I remember it well, as if it was yesterday
C G D
The day that I played, John Lennon`s guitar
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VERSE 3
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F#m G
Back in the autumn of seventy
A Bm
As I played on my borrowed guitar
G D
How could I know The Beatles would split the next day
Em A
My heroes break up and go their own way
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VERSE 4
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Bm G
Now autumns they come and they go
A Bm
But my friends and my memories remain
G
And my heroes, well some of them fell
D A
From the stage but their light still remains
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CHORUS
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C G D
I remember it well, as if it was yesterday
C G D
The day that I played, John Lennon`s guitar
C G D
I remember it well, as if it was yesterday
C G D
The day that I played, John Lennon`s guitar
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BREAK - C G D X2
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CHORUS
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C G
I remember the day
D
I remember the day
I remember the day
C
I remember the day
G D
The day that I played, John Lennon`s guitar
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BRIDGE
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C G D
I remember the day, as if it was yesterday
C G D
And I know that the memories will never fade
C G D
I remember the day, as if it was yesterday
C G D
The day that I played, John Lennon`s guitar
ENJOY.......
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Track 6 Artist - Barclay James Harvest
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Song - Halfway To Freedom
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Album - Welcome To The Show (1990)
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Tabbed By - Ayreon77
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Tuning = Standard
VERSE 1
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C G
You got to sing a new song
F
Cause the way that we`re going
C G
Is far too long
C G
Alone, when you can`t hear a sound
F
And you`re halfway to freedom
C G
It can`t be found
C
But we`ve got the love
F
And the feeling`s strong
C
And we`re going on
G
And we can`t go wrong
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CHORUS
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C
Halfway to freedom
F C
Sing out the word
C
Tables are turning
We`re learning
G
Our voice can be heard
C
Towers are falling
See how they burn
Hope for each other
Our brothers
G
All over the world
F
All over the world
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VERSE 2
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C G
Love like a cry in the night
F
We reach out for each other
C G
Peace to find
C G
Hear, when the bells start to chime
F
And you`re halfway to freedom
C G
It`s hard to find
C
But we`ve got the love
F
And the feeling`s strong
C
And we`re going on
G
And we can`t go wrong
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CHORUS
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C
Halfway to freedom
F C
Sing out the word
C
Tables are turning
We`re learning
G
Our voice can be heard
C
Towers are falling
See how they burn
Hope for each other
Our brothers
G
All over the world
C
All over the world
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SOLO
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C F C G
C G
C
Fade Out............
ENJOY...........
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Track 7 Artist - Barclay James Harvest
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Song - African Nights
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Album - Welcome To The Show (1990)
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Tabbed By - Ayreon77
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Tuning = Standard
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CAPO 1st FRET
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VERSE 1
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F
Driving down the road under the southern light
Looking back to see where we`ve come from
Bb
As we watched the sun go down rain it fell like diamonds
F
From Kimberley mines
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VERSE 2
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F
On the road to Jo`burg with the dying light
Farewell Durban city of Natal
Bb
Stopped a while to stretch my thoughts as we crossed the borderline
F
And into Transvaal
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CHORUS
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C Dm Bb
I saw the sun go down
C Bb F Bb
Under the southern skies
C Dm
Over and over
Bb
I`ll always remember
F
Those beautiful African nights
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VERSE 3
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F
In the old VW we`d count the miles
We traveled with a friend whose name was Farr
Bb
The stories that he told us talked of places
F
Times and faces sang and played his guitar
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VERSE 4
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F
Driving down the road we hear the morning rise
Leaving all the past so far behind
Bb
The sound man played the Eagles as we listen
F
Take It Easy echoes on through our lives
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CHORUS
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C Dm Bb
I saw the sun go down
C Bb F Bb
Under the southern skies
C Dm
Over and over
Bb
I`ll always remember
I still hear them call
No matter how far
Dm
Those beautiful African nights
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SYNTH
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Dm C Dm Bb F
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CHORUS
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C Dm Bb
I saw the sun go down
C Bb F Bb
Under the southern skies
C Dm
Over and over
Bb
I`ll always remember
I still hear them call
No matter how far
F
Those beautiful African nights
F
African nights
Bb F Bb F
ENJOY..............
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Track 8 Artist - Barclay James Harvest
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Song - Psychedelic Child
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Album - Welcome To The Show (1990)
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Tabbed By - Ayreon77
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Tuning = Standard
INTRO
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E
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VERSE 1
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A
My little red book, day tripper
UFO club, Pink Floyd, soft machine
E
Talk about a heavy scene
I`m a psychedelic child
A
Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, flower power
Oki poki, bells and beads, bell-bottom jeans
E
Talk about a heavy scene
I`m a psychedelic child
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CHORUS
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C
Talk about love
D E
And the power of a rock and roll dream
C
Talk about love
Bm A
On a bad trip, hear my scream
E
I`m a psychedelic child
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VERSE 2
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A
Exotic eastern mysticism, Vietnam and Kaftans
The Grateful Dead, The Charlatans
E
Heavy scene, so heavy man
I`m a psychedelic child
A
Ballad of a thin man looking for a Craw daddy
Hippy shit and LSD
E
Talk about a heavy scene
I`m a psychedelic child
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CHORUS
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C
Talk about love
D E
And the power of a rock and roll dream
C
Talk about love
Bm A Bm A
On a bad trip, hear my sceeeeeeeeeeeeam
E
I`m a psychedelic child
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SOLO
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E A E G A E
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CHORUS
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C
Talk about love
D E
And the power of a rock and roll dream
C
Talk about love
Bm A Bm A
On a bad trip, hear my sceeeeeeeeeeeeam
E
I`m a psychedelic child
A E G A
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OUTRO
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E
Talk about love
E Bm
Talk about love
E
Talk about love
A
E
Talk about love
G A
Talk about love
E Bm
Talk about love
E
Talk about love
E
Talk about love
Fade Out.............
ENJOY............
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Track 9 Artist - Barclay James Harvest
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Song - Where Do We Go
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Album - Welcome To The Show (1990)
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Tabbed By - Ayreon77
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Tuning = Standard
INTRO
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G Bm A
G Bm A C#m
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VERSE 1
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G
When you`re all alone
Bm A
And the dreams are waiting at your door
G
By the telephone
Bm A
No-one to talk to any more
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CHORUS
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Bm G A
Where did we go wrong
G A
Waited far too long
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VERSE 2
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G
When you`re worlds apart
Bm A
All feelings seem to disappear
G
And the night is dark
Bm A
You used to make it all so clear
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CHORUS
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Bm G A
Where did we go wrong
G A
Waited far too long
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BRIDGE
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D Bm
Where do we go
G A
Where do we go
D G A
And where is the love you once gave me
D G
I want to know
Bm A
I want to know
D G A D G
Where is my life, can`t you save me, Yea yea yea
Bm C Em F#m D
Oh, Oh, Oh, I thought you were a woman in love
Bm C Em D
Oh, Oh, Oh, we could have been in heaven above
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SAX
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Bm A D G X3
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CHORUS
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Bm G A
Where did we go wrong
G A
Waited far too long
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BRIDGE
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D Bm
Where do we go
G A
Where do we go
D G A
And where is the love you once gave me
D G
I want to know
Bm A
I want to know
D G A Bb C
Where is my life, can`t you save me,
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CHORUS
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F Bb C
Where did we go
F Bb
C F
Where is the love
G A
Waited far too long
F Bb C
Where did we go
F Bb
C F
Where is my life
Repeat and Fade Out..........
ENJOY............
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Track 10 Artist - Barclay James Harvest
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Song - Origin Earth
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Album - Welcome To The Show (1990)
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Tabbed By - Ayreon77
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Tuning = Standard
INTRO
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G C
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VERSE 1
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G D C G Am Bm
Loooost generations out of place
G Am Bm C G Am Bm C
Hidden from our eyes, your beauty, your grace
G D C G Am Bm
Loooovely visions from before our birth
G Am Bm C G C G
And the pictures say origin Earth
F G
I never lost my heart to anyone
C G
But I lost my heart today
F G
And now your secret`s ours we`ve got to try
Am Bm G
Somehow we must find a way
C G C G
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VERSE 2
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G D C G Am Bm C
Dreeeeams, fields of green and blue, blue sky
G Am Bm C G Am Bm C
Rivers of gold and mountains so high
G D C G Am G Am
Visiiions haunt now like an ancient curse
G Am Bm C G C G
And the pictures say origin Earth
F G
I never lost my heart to anyone
C G
But I lost my heart today
F G
And now your secret`s ours we`ve got to try
Am Bm C D
look for the sun star, no matter how far
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PRE CHORUS
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Em D
Somehow we`ll find a way
Em D
Somehow we`ll find a way
Em D
Somehow we`ll find a way
G
To go home
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CHORUS
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G C
Star bright, your light
G C
Guiding us back to a new tomorrow
(Origin Earth)
G C
Star bright, your light
D C
Bringing us peace and an end to sorrow
(Origin Earth)
G C
Star bright, your light
Bm C
Guiding us back to a new tomorrow
(Origin Earth)
G C
Star bright, your light
D C
Bringing us peace and an end to sorrow
(Origin Earth)
G C
Star bright, your light
Bm C
Guiding us back to a new tomorrow
(Origin Earth)
G C
Star bright, your light
G C
Bringing us peace and an end to sorrow
(Origin Earth)
C G C G
Origin Earth
C G C Bm
Origin Earth
C G C Bm
Origin Earth
C G C Bm
Origin Earth
C G C Bm
Origin Earth
Fade Out............
ENJOY............
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Track 11 Artist - Barclay James Harvest
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Song - If Love Is King
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Album - Welcome To The Show (1990)
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Tabbed By - Ayreon77
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Tuning = Standard
VERSE 1
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Am
A blind man in the night
G
Looking for a way down
F
Prophet of an unknown
Am
Just looking for a way home
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VERSE 2
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Am
A rich man taking fright
G
Looking for the lowdown
F
Guru of the jet set
Am G
Just looking for a safe bet
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CHORUS
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F G
If love is king
Am
Who wears the crown
F G Em
If music be the food of love
Am
Then someone ate the crown
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VERSE 3
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Am
A no count in the light
G
Looking for a way out
F
Savior of the closed door
Am
Just looking for a cool floor
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VERSE 4
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Am
And you`re out feeling great
G
Shooting for a high break
F
Prisoner of the real king
Am G
Just looking for a sure thing
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CHORUS
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F G
If love is king
Am
Who wears the crown
F G Am
If music be the food of love
F G
If love is king
Am
Who wears the crown
F G Em
If music be the food of love
Am
Then someone ate the crown
ENJOY...........
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Track 12 Artist - Barclay James Harvest
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Song - Shadows On The Sky
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Album - Welcome To The Show (1990)
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Tabbed By - Ayreon77
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Tuning = Standard
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CAPO 1st FRET
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INTRO
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D E A E D E D A
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VERSE 1
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E
See the river deep and wide
Could be free On the other side
A E
Oh, cross the water
When the gun and knife Have gone
Who`ll be here When tomorrow comes
A E
Oh, living in fear
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CHORUS
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E A E E A E
Sunrise, sunset, sunrise over
A
The rainbow they fly
E
Shadows on the sky
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VERSE 2
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E
Hear the sound that fills The skies
Killer man with dollar eyes
A E
Oh, bring disaster
You can stand, you can run
When you hear, the sound Of the gun
A E
Oh, Moving closer
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CHORUS
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E A E E A E
Sunrise, sunset, sunrise over
A
The rainbow they fly
E
Shadows on the sky
Come on now
E A E E A E
Sunrise, sunset, sunrise over
A
The rainbow they fly
E
Shadows on the sky
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BRIDGE
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Hear them come
A
And as far as the eye can see
E
Black as night is the cloud you`re under
Hear them come
A
There`s a chance that it cannot be
E
Hear the cries like the rolling thunder
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SOLO
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A E D A
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CHORUS
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E A E E A E
Sunrise, sunset, sunrise over
A
The rainbow they fly
E
Shadows on the sky
Come on now
E A E E A E
Sunrise, sunset, sunrise over
A
The rainbow they fly
E
Shadows on the sky
E A Add Lib...........
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