TRACK LISTING:
01.BLACK CAT
02.LUCK AND STRANGE
03.THE PIPER'S CALL
04.A SINGLE SPARK
05.VITA BREVIS
06.BETWEEN TWO POINTS (with Romany Gilmour)
07.DARK AND VELVET NIGHTS
08.SINGS
09.SCATTERED
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Track 01 - BLACK CAT
Writer/s: David Gilmour
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Accuracy Rating: - Votes: -
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CAPO: 1
Intro:
Bm
Part:
BmDGEmBmDGEmBmDGEmBmDGEm
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Track 02 - LUCK AND STRANGE
Writer/s: David Gilmour, Polly Samson
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NO CAPO
Intro:
EmEmDEmDEmDEmDEmDEmDEmDEmDEmDEmDEmDEmDVerse 1:
EmDEm
In the light before the dawn
DEmDEmD
Shadows shake in my peripheral
EmDEm
Mesmerise me, bring it on
DEmDEmD
Heart beats with fear here in the theatre of my soul
Chorus:
CD
You see, I hope it will go on and on
CD
And when the curtain call is done
EmDEmD
Morning always comes
Instrumental:
EmDEmDVerse 2:
EmDEm
It was a fine time to be born
DEmDEmD
De-mob happy street and free milk for us all
EmDEm
It was the right place to be sure
DEmDEmD
Those dreaming spires and, yeah, oh so pastoral
Chorus:
CD
But let's hope it’s not just luck and strange
CDA one-off peaceful goldеn age
EmDEmD
That's a dark thought in the dark
Instrumental:
EmDEmDBridge:
DD/C#C
Seek what you won't find, that is a wasted lifе
Em
Or so the Ancients dropped by to tell me
DD/C#CEm
They drank me dry but my oh my so far
Instrumental:
EmDEmDEmDEmDVerse 3:
EmDEm
Quite the time to be a boy
DEmDEmD
Six-string masters of an expanding universe
EmDEm
It was a high time to be sure
DEmDEmD
Soaring and free from the bounds of the Earth
Chorus:
CD
But let's hope it’s not just luck and strange
CDA one-off peaceful goldеn age
EmDEmD
That's a dark thought in the dark
Instrumental:
EmDEmDBridge:
DD/C#
Time for this mortal man to love the child that holds my hand
CEm
And the woman who smiles when I embrace here
DD/C#C
These eyes stay dry but my oh my guitar
Outro:EmDEmDEmDEmDEmDEmDEmDEmDEmDEmDEmDEmDEmDEmDEmDEmDEmDEmDEmDEmDEmDEmDEmDEmDEmDEmDEmDEmDEmDEmDEmDEmDEmDEmDEmDEmD
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Track 03 - THE PIPER'S CALL
Writer/s: David Gilmour, Polly Samson
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NO CAPO
Intro:
FGFGVerse 1:
F
Take these binds everlasting
G
Can't undo that voodoo that you do
F
And the knots that we fasten
G
Will not work themselves loose
Pre-Chorus 1:
CmF
Whatever it takes
CmD7
Steer clear of the snakes
Verse 2:
FG
The road to hell is paved with gold they'll tell you
FG
All the things that you don't need they'll sell you
Pre-Chorus 2:
CmF
Your conscience uncontrolled
CmD7
And beauty to behold
Chorus:
GmFEb
The promise of eternal youth
GmFEF7Ebmaj7F7
The spoils of fame, a carpe diem attitude
Verse 3:
FG
The flames are high, thе piper's call, contagious
FGA fixer who will numb your pain, and strangenеss
FG
The wheels are hot, the hangover outrageous
FGA stealer, he will trade your soul for favours
Pre-Chorus 3:
CmF
But you reap what you sow
DmD7
As I found long ago
Chorus:
DmFEb
The promise of eternal youth
GmFEbF7Ebmaj7F7
The spoils of fame, a carpe diem attitude
Outro:F5G5F5G5F5G5F5G5F5G5F5G5F5G5F5G5
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Track 04 - A SINGLE SPARK
Writer/s: David Gilmour, Polly Samson
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NO CAPO
Intro:
CDmGVerse 1:
C
These days of wild uncertain times, I ask the empty skies
DmG
Who will keep things rolling, who to sing Hosannas to
C
The temple calls but I can’t see what use my prayers will be
DmG
And will this world keep rolling with only good intentions
Verse 2:
C
Still, it fills the eye this line of stone
Incense, icons, coming on strong
DmE7
Here comes splendour, hallowed air and is it wonder or
Chorus:
Am
Despair bends my knee
The day’s dying flame
D7
Motes in its beam glitter and blaze
FE7
Say isn’t it true that it’s all through in a single spark
AmDm
Between two eternities
Verse 3:
C
I’ll watch the moon, kick off my shoes, reach for my old guitar
DmE7
Fed on milk and honeydew, what things can we undo
Chorus:
Am
Desire bends my knee
The dying embers flame
D7
Hungry to believe, but just the same
F
Isn’t it true that it’s all through
E7AmDm
In a single spark between two eternities
Verse 4:
C
Bittersweet the night’s embrace, I’m thankful and afraid
DmG
So pray to keep things rolling, I’ve only good intentions
Outro:CDmGCDmGCDmGCDmGCDmGCDmGCDmGCDmGCDmGC
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Track 05 - VITA BREVIS
Writer/s: David Gilmour
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NO CAPO
Part:
EmGBmF#mF#mAC#mBDAAGEmF#mAEm
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Track 06 - BETWEEN TWO POINTS (with Romany Gilmour)
Writer/s: Mark Tranmer, Roger Quigley
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NO CAPO
Intro:
GEmBmAVerse 1:
G
Broke an early promise
Em
Put trust in an unknown
Bm
Fell headlong into the arms
A
Of the first that stirred me
G
Unsteadied a steady heart
Em
And took me to a place I've never been
BmAA place I've never been since
Pre-Chorus:
G
Stopped hoping at an early age
Em
Stopped guessing at an early age
Bm
Start accepting things from day one
A
And then things can't go too wrong
Chorus:
G
Just let them walk all over you
Em
Laugh through the punches and the pain
Bm
Let the life-blood drain away from you
A
Thеy're right, you're wrong
Verse 2:
G
And you can see it in the way thеy look at you
Em
Feel it in the way they treat you
Bm
Always the last to know
A
Always the first to leave
G
And when the sky begins to fall
Em
The blame - all along in you - is yours
Bm
Wakes you with a fever at five
A
Your guardian angel gives up the ghost
Pre-Chorus:
G
And you can see it in the way they look at you
Em
Feel it in the way they treat you
Bm
Always the last to know
A
Always the first to leave
Chorus:
G
Just let them walk all over you
Em
Laugh through the punches and the pain
Bm
Let the life-blood drain away from you
A
Thеy're right, you're wrong
Outro:GEmBmAGEmBmAGEmBmAGEmBmAG
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Track 07 - DARK AND VELVET NIGHTS
Writer/s: David Gilmour, Polly Samson
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CAPO: 1
Intro:
BA#mG#F#mD#mBA#mG#F#mD#mEmVerse 1:
Em
I didn't think that this could be
Em
All that unto death do we
Em
'Til you managed the lock and magicked the key
Em
After a night of hard drinking and ecstasy
Pre-Chorus:
FAm
It's softer than words that are spoken
FEm
Blackened on paper that's shredded and torn
FAm
Or carved into stones lying shattered and broken
BmEm
Branches beckoned along the wrong path
BmE7
Winding up in the past
Chorus:
Em
And this dark and velvet night that surrounds us
Em
This dark and velvet night, I will wrap around us
FAm
It's softer than words that are spoken
FEm
Or painted as slogans and flung to the lions
FAm
Written on slips as the punters wait smoking
BmEmA leap of faith, the odds sky-high
BmE7
Said goodbye to your place or mine
Bridge:
FmCmDbmaj7Cm
Don't like to make promises that I can't keep
FmCmDbmaj7Cm
Don't want to hurt this old heart or wreck my sleep
Fm
Thinking how will we part?
CmDbmaj7Cm
Will I hold your hand or you be left holding mine?
BA#mG#D#m
Between this breath and then
BA#mG#D#m
There's this airlock of time
F#mB
This airlock of time
Chorus:
Em
And this dark and velvet night that surrounds us
Em
This dark and velvet night, I will wrap around us
FAm
It's softer than words that are spoken
FEm
In the towers of great cities that toppled and drowned
FAm
Engraved on gold rings or some other love token
BmEmBmE7
No walls, no bells to sanctify this dark and velvet night
Outro:EmEmFAmFEmFAmBmEmBmE7
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Track 08 - SINGS
Writer/s: David Gilmour, Polly Samson
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NO CAPO
Verse 1:
AGmaj7
Darling, turn back the clock
AGmaj7
Give me time, make it stop
AGmaj7
Let's hold back the news
AGmaj7
Stay inside this cocoon
Chorus:
Fmaj7Em7
No doubting you
Fmaj7Em7
No doubting me
Fmaj7Em7D
No doubt the mess we're in
Verse 2:
AGmaj7
Sail away in my dreams
AGmaj7
Away on untroubled seas
AGmaj7
From this worn-out world
AGmaj7
That's torn apart at the seams
Chorus:
Fmaj7Em7
No doubting you
Fmaj7Em7
No doubting me
Fmaj7Em7D
No doubt the mess we're in
Bridge:
G
Found a lifetime ago
DCD
Down the Portobello Road
Em
Lovers' snapshots of delight
FAmD
Those rosy days of black and white
Verse 3:
AGmaj7
Darling, don't make the tea
AGmaj7
Stay and snooze here with me
AGmaj7
I'm not ready for news
AGmaj7
Or to leavе this cocoon
Chorus:
Fmaj7Em7
No doubting you
Fmaj7Em7
No doubting me
Fmaj7Em7D
No doubt the mess we're in
Bridge:
G
Seems a lifetime ago
DCD
Power cuts that shut us down at night
Em
And the faces in my mind
FAmD
Glowing amber in the candlelight
G
And behind the kitchen shelves
DCD
Something's lost there and out of sight
Em
Young love's photographs
FAmD
Growing old in black and white
Outro:GAGAGCEmDADGDAGAGDAGmaj7AGmaj7AGmaj7AGmaj7Fmaj7Em7Fmaj7Em7DD
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Track 09 - SCATTERED
Writer/s: David Gilmour, Polly Samson, Charlie Gilmour
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NO CAPO
Intro:
EmVerse 1:
EmD
Take my arm and walk with me
Cmaj7
Once more down this dusty old path
D
The sunset cuts the hill in half
Cmaj7D
Our shadows stretch back to touch the night
Cmaj7
The light's fading, you say
D
But these darkening days
Em
Flow like honey
Verse 2:
Em
These days slowing down
DA whole life in a glance
Cmaj7
The clearest light shines in the darkness
D
Shining on me
Cmaj7
And we’re still doing this dance
D
One step at a time
Cmaj7
As the days slip by
D
As smooth as glass
Em
The moments pass
Chorus:
EmD
And all these precious things you gave
Cmaj7
That I've been holding in my hands
D
These grains of sand
Cmaj7A man stands in a river
D
Pushes against the stream
Cmaj7
Time is a tide that disobeys
DEm
It disobeys me
Instrumental:
G#dimGF#dimF7BbmADmEmVerse 3:
Em
These days slowing down
DA whole life in a glance
Cmaj7
The clearest light shines in the darkness
D
Still shining on me
Cmaj7
And we’re still doing this dance
D
One step at a time
Cmaj7
As the days slip by
D
As smooth as glass
Em
The moments pass
Instrumental:
EmDCmaj7DCmaj7DCmaj7DEmEmDCmaj7DCmaj7DCmaj7DEmEmDCmaj7DCmaj7DCmaj7DEmChorus:
EmD
And all these precious things you gave
Cmaj7
Falling through my hands
D
These worlds, this scattered sand
Cmaj7
I stand in a river
D
Push against the stream
Cmaj7
Time is a tide that disobeys
D
And it disobeys me
Em
It never ends
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