Man For All Seasons chords by Al Stewart

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Key: E MajorE

Difficulty: Intermediate


Intro:
| E MajorE | % | A augmentedA | A augmentedA D MajorD  |
(break)
| E MajorE | % | A augmentedA | A augmentedA D MajorD  |
  (break)
| E MajorE | % |
  (break)

Verse:
E MajorE            BB  Cdim7Cdim7 C# minorC#m
 What if you reached the age of  reason
Amaj7Amaj7         | Bsus4Bsus4    Bsus4Bsus4 BB |
Only to find there was no reprieve
E MajorE            BB  Cdim7Cdim7 C# minorC#m
Would you still be a man for all  seasons?
F#F#            | Bsus2Bsus2 BB |
 Or would you just have to leave
  A augmentedA
We measure our days out
  BB    CdimCdim C# minorC#m
In steps of un- certainty
  E MajorE     C# minorC#m      BB
Not turning to see how we've come
  A augmentedA  A/G#   A/F#m A/EA/E :
And peer down the highway
   BB    CdimCdim C# minorC#m B/D#B/D#
From here to e-  ternity
  E MajorE       C# minorC#m    | Bsus4Bsus4 BB |
And reach out for love on the run
     A augmentedA
While the man for all seasons
  BB        E MajorE :
Is lost behind the sun
 (break)


Interlude:
| E MajorE | % | A augmentedA | A augmentedA D MajorD  |
(break)
| E MajorE | % | A augmentedA | A augmentedA D MajorD  |
  (break)

Verse:
E MajorE            BB   Cdim7Cdim7 C# minorC#m
Henry Plantagenet still looks for  someone
Amaj7Amaj7          | Bsus4Bsus4    Bsus4Bsus4 BB |
 To bring good news in his hour of doubt
   E MajorE            BB   Cdim7Cdim7 C# minorC#m
While Thomas More waits in the Tower of  London
F#9F#9            | Bsus4Bsus4 BB |
Watching the sands running out
  A augmentedA
And measures the hours out
   BB    CdimCdim C# minorC#m
From here to ob- livion
  E MajorE      C# minorC#m    | Bsus4Bsus4 BB |
In actions that can't be undone
  A augmentedA  A/G#   A/F#m A/EA/E :
A augmentedA sailor through the darkness
   BB    CdimCdim C# minorC#m B/D#B/D#
He scans the meridian
  E MajorE       C#m/G#   | Bsus4Bsus4 BB |
And caught by the first rays of dawn
  A augmentedA
The man for all seasons
  BB         E MajorE :
Is lost beneath the storm
(break)


Bridge:
| E MajorE  BB | E MajorE  BB | E MajorE  BB | E MajorE |
          | BB  A augmentedA |
And I should know by now
BB         A augmentedA
 I should know by now
      E MajorE  A augmentedA E MajorE    | BB  A augmentedA |
I hear them call it out all around
                2/4
BB        A augmentedA  BB     C# minorC#m   | F#F# |
  Oh, they go: Aah, ah, ah-ah, aah, aah, aah
    E MajorE      BB
There's nothing to believe in
              2/4
      A augmentedA  BB     C# minorC#m   | F#F# |
Hear them: Aah, ah, ah-ah, aah, aah, aah
   E MajorE     C# minorC#m | Bsus4Bsus4     BB      C majorC :
Just daydreams, deceiving, they'll just let you down


Solo:
| C majorC | D MajorD | C majorC | B minorBm |
| C majorC | D MajorD | G+G | % |
| C majorC | D MajorD | C majorC | B minorBm |
| C majorC | D MajorD | E MajorE | % |
    (break)

Interlude:
| Amaj7Amaj7 | D MajorD | E MajorE | % |
| A augmentedA | D MajorD | E MajorE | % |

| A augmentedA | D MajorD | E MajorE | % |
| A augmentedA | D MajorD | E MajorE | % |


Verse: variation
E MajorE              BB  Cdim7Cdim7 C# minorC#m
So, what if you reached the age of  reason
Amaj7Amaj7         | Bsus4Bsus4    Bsus4Bsus4 BB |
 Only to find there was no reprieve
E MajorE            BB  Cdim7Cdim7 C# minorC#m
Would you still be a man for all  seasons?
F#9F#9          | Bsus4Bsus4 BB |
 Or would you just disbelieve?
  A augmentedA
We measure our gains out
  BB    CdimCdim C# minorC#m
In luck and co- incidence
E MajorE      C# minorC#m     | Bsus4Bsus4 BB |
Lanterns to turn back the night
  A augmentedA   A/G# A/F#m A/EA/E :
And put our defeats down
  BB     CdimCdim C# minorC#m B/D#B/D#
To chance or ex- perience
  E MajorE     C#m/G#   | Bsus4Bsus4 BB |
And try once again for the light
   A augmentedA   A/G# A/F#m A/EA/E :  BB    CdimCdim   C# minorC#m B/D#B/D#
Some wait for the waters   of fortune to cover them
   A augmentedA   A/G# A/F#m A/EA/E :  BB    CdimCdim C# minorC#m B/D#B/D#
Some just see the tides of ill chance running over them
   A augmentedA   A/G# A/F#m A/EA/E : BB    CdimCdim C# minorC#m B/D#B/D#
Some call on Jehovah, some cry out to  Allah
   A augmentedA   A/G# A/F#m A/EA/E :    BB   CdimCdim C# minorC#m B/D#B/D#
Some wait for the boats that still row to Val- hallah
         A augmentedA   A/G# A/F#m A/EA/E : BB     CdimCdim C# minorC#m B/D#B/D#
Well, you should try to accept what the fates are un- folding
   A augmentedA   A/G# A/F#m A/EA/E :     BB      CdimCdim C# minorC#m B/D#B/D#
While some say they're sure where the blame should be  falling
  A augmentedA   A/G# A/F#m A/EA/E : BB     CdimCdim C# minorC#m  B/D#B/D#
You look round for maybe a chance of fore-stalling
    E MajorE         BB
But too soon it’s over and done
   (break)
    A augmentedA
And the man for all seasons
  BB        E MajorE :
Is lost behind the sun


Outro:
| E MajorE | % | A augmentedA | D MajorD  |
(break)
| E MajorE | % | A augmentedA | D MajorD  | E MajorE