One Stage Before Bass tabs by Al Stewart

One Stage Before bass tab by Al Stewart

Bass tabs

Tuning: Standard tuning
Difficulty: Intermediate

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              Artist - Al Stewart
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             Song - One Stage Before
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            Album - Year Of The Cat (1976)
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              Tabbed By - Ayreon77
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Tuning = Standard



00:06
INTRO
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G|------------|
D|-5--------s-|
A|----5-6--5\-|
E|------------|X4

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00:18
VERSE 1
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It seems to me as though..................
G|------------|-------|----------------------------|
D|-5--------s-|-5-----|-----------------5--------s-|
A|----5-6--5\-|---5-6-|-5-3-------6--3-----5-6--5\-|
E|------------|-------|-----6--5-------------------|

These harlequins you see with me...................
G|------------|--------|------------------------|
D|-5--------s-|-5------|-----------------5------|
A|----5-6--5\-|----5-6-|-5-3-------6--3-----5-6-|
E|------------|--------|-----6--5---------------|


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00:42
CHORUS
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I see those half-familiar faces in the second row
G|-------|--------------|------------|
D|-------|--------------|------------|
A|-5-3---|---5-6-8----8-|-6--5--3----|
E|-----6-|-6--------8---|----------6-|

Ghost-like with the footlights in their eyes, But where or when we met like this last time....
              h
G|-------------7-7-|-----|-5-7-----|---7-----------|-------------|---------|
D|-----------------|-----|-----7---|-7-------------|-------------|---------|
A|-8----8----------|-3-5-|-------5-|-----5-6--5--3-|-3-3---------|-------3-|
E|----8---6-8------|-----|---------|---------------|-----6--5--3-|-3-5-6---|

It`s like a chord that rings and never dies
G|---5-----|---------|----------|
D|-5---5---|-------3-|-3--------|
A|-------3-|-3-5-6---|---6-5--5-|
E|---------|---------|----------|


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BREAK
******
for infinity
G|------------|
D|-5--------s-|
A|----5-6--5\-|
E|------------|X4


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01:20
VERSE 2
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And now these figures in the wings..............
G|------------|-------|----------------------------|
D|-5--------s-|-5-----|-----------------5--------s-|
A|----5-6--5\-|---5-6-|-5-3-------6--3-----5-6--5\-|
E|------------|-------|-----6--5-------------------|

They walk the backstage corridors.....................
G|------------|--------|------------------------|
D|-5--------s-|-5------|-----------------5------|
A|----5-6--5\-|----5-6-|-5-3-------6--3-----5-6-|
E|------------|--------|-----6--5---------------|


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01:44
CHORUS
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But did they move upon the stage a thousand years ago
G|-------|--------------|------------|
D|-------|--------------|------------|
A|-5-3---|---5-6-8----8-|-6--5--3----|
E|-----6-|-6--------8---|----------6-|

In some play in Paris or Madrid, And was I there among them then, in some travelling show
              h
G|-------------7-7-|-----|-5-7-----|---7-----------|-------------|---------|
D|-----------------|-----|-----7---|-7-------------|-------------|---------|
A|-8----8----------|-3-5-|-------5-|-----5-6--5--3-|-3-3---------|-------3-|
E|----8---6-8------|-----|---------|---------------|-----6--5--3-|-3-5-6---|

And is it all still locked inside my head
G|---5-----|---------|----------|
D|-5---5---|-------3-|-3--------|
A|-------3-|-3-5-6---|---6-5--5-|
E|---------|---------|----------|


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BREAK
******
for infinity
G|------------|
D|-5--------s-|
A|----5-6--5\-|
E|------------|X4


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02:21
VERSE 3
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And some of you are harmonies....................
G|------------|-------|----------------------------|
D|-5--------s-|-5-----|-----------------5--------s-|
A|----5-6--5\-|---5-6-|-5-3-------6--3-----5-6--5\-|
E|------------|-------|-----6--5-------------------|

While others talk in secret keys.................
G|------------|--------|------------------------|
D|-5--------s-|-5------|-----------------5------|
A|----5-6--5\-|----5-6-|-5-3-------6--3-----5-6-|
E|------------|--------|-----6--5---------------|


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02:44
CHORUS
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So one more time we`ll dim the lights and ring the curtain up
G|-------|--------------|------------|
D|-------|--------------|------------|
A|-5-3---|---5-6-8----8-|-6--5--3----|
E|-----6-|-6--------8---|----------6-|

And play again like all the times before, But far behind the music you can almost hear the sounds
              h
G|-------------7-7-|-----|-5-7-----|---7-----------|-------------|---------|
D|-----------------|-----|-----7---|-7-------------|-------------|---------|
A|-8----8----------|-3-5-|-------5-|-----5-6--5--3-|-3-3---------|-------3-|
E|----8---6-8------|-----|---------|---------------|-----6--5--3-|-3-5-6---|

Of laughter like the waves upon the shores
G|---5-----|---------|----------|
D|-5---5---|-------3-|-3--------|
A|-------3-|-3-5-6---|---6-5--5-|
E|---------|---------|----------|


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BREAK
******
for infinity
G|------------|
D|-5--------s-|
A|----5-6--5\-|
E|------------|X4


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03:22
SOLO 1
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G|------------|--------|------------------------|
D|-5--------s-|-5------|-----------------5------|
A|----5-6--5\-|----5-6-|-5-3-------6--3-----5-6-|
E|------------|--------|-----6--5---------------|


G|------------|--------|------------------------|-------|
D|-5--------s-|-5------|-----------------5------|-------|
A|----5-6--5\-|----5-6-|-5-3-------6--3-----5-6-|-5-3---|
E|------------|--------|-----6--5---------------|-----6-|

03:47
G|--------------|------------|
D|--------------|------------|
A|---5-6-8----8-|-6--5--3----|
E|-6--------8---|----------6-|

              h
G|-------------7-7-|-----|-5-7-----|---7-----------|-------------|---------|
D|-----------------|-----|-----7---|-7-------------|-------------|---------|
A|-8----8----------|-3-5-|-------5-|-----5-6--5--3-|-3-3---------|-------3-|
E|----8---6-8------|-----|---------|---------------|-----6--5--3-|-3-5-6---|


G|---5-----|---------|----------|
D|-5---5---|-------3-|-3--------|
A|-------3-|-3-5-6---|---6-5--5-|
E|---------|---------|----------|


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BREAK
******
for infinity
G|------------|
D|-5--------s-|play this
A|----5-6--5\-|  and fade out......
E|------------|

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