Chords with lyrics
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THE ENDLESS PLAIN OF FORTUNE - John Cale
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Band: John Cale
Song: The Endless Plain of Fortune
Album: Paris 1919 (1973)
Tuning: Standard
--INTRO--
A minorAm / / 
Am7Am7 (x4)
--VERSE 1--
A minorAm Am7Am7 A minorAm Am7Am7
Old taylor said
FF 
C majorC 
G+G
Old taylor meant to cry -- oh my
Field marshall meant
Field marshall went away again
--CHORUS 1--
FF C majorC
Watch out below; the tides
FF C majorC
Lean heavily like wine
FF C majorC G+G A minorAm
We are all innocent in spite of you and me
A minorAm
G+G|-2-------|
D MajorD|---2-----| (x4)
A augmentedA|-----3-0-|
E MajorE|---------|
--VERSE 2--
A minorAm Am7Am7 A minorAm Am7Am7
Then martha went
FF C majorC G+G
Yes martha went away again
Down in transvaal
Where crocodiles and men fight on
--CHORUS 2--
FF C majorC
They would have played all night
FF C majorC
Even with loaded dice
FF C majorC G+G A minorAm
It's gold that eats the heart away and leaves the bones to dry
A minorAm
G+G|-2-------|
D MajorD|---2-----| (x2)
A augmentedA|-----3-0-|
E MajorE|---------|
--INTERLUDE--
E MajorE D MajorD C majorC 
B minorBm
A minorAm
G+G FF 
E minorEm 
DmDm
C majorC G+G
--VERSE 3--
A minorAm Am7Am7 A minorAm Am7Am7
Segovia watched
FF C majorC G+G
Gendarmerie and all that's all
The radio man
Amanda did you choose your tune
--CHORUS 3--
FF C majorC
She walked away in time
FF C majorC
She walked a crooked line
FF C majorC G+G A minorAm
So gracefully she turned her head and smiled -- away
A minorAm
G+G|-2-------|
D MajorD|---2-----| (x12)
A augmentedA|-----3-0-|
E MajorE|---------|
Buenos Aires. January, 2014.
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