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One Stage Before Chords by Al Stewart

One Stage Before chords by Al Stewart

Guitar chords with lyrics

  • Tuning: Standard tuning
  • Difficulty: Beginner
Artist - Al Stewart
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                    Song - One Stage Before
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                    Album - Year Of The Cat
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                     Tabbed By - Ayreon77
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CHORDS ARE
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Gm - 3 5 5 3 3 3
Eb - X 6 8 8 8 6
Bb - 6 8 8 7 6 6
 F - 1 3 3 2 1 1
Cm - 3 3 5 5 4 3
Dm - X X 0 2 3 1
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INTRO - Acoustic Strumming - Gm Eb X6
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    Electric Guitar - strums the chords once through the song.
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VERSE 1
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Gm        Eb        Gm       Eb
It seems to me as though I`ve been upon this stage before
  Bb   F    Cm           Gm   Eb
And juggled away the night for the same old crowd
Gm          Eb        Gm        Eb
These harlequins you see with me, they too have held the floor
  Bb    F     Cm            Gm   Eb
As here once again they strut and they fret their hour

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BRIDGE
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Bb        F       Eb   Gm   Cm
I see those half-familiar faces in the second row
F          Cm         Dm
Ghost-like with the footlights in their eyes
Eb      Bb   Cm      Bb      F     Gm
But where or when we met like this last time, I just don`t know
   Cm                F   Dm   (Gm    Eb X4)
It`s like a chord that rings and never dies   for infinity

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VERSE 2
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Gm          Eb      Gm           Eb
And now these figures in the wings with all their restless tunes
  Bb   F     Cm          Gm   Eb
Are waiting around for someone to call their names
Gm           Eb      Gm         Eb
They walk the backstage corridors and prowl the dressing rooms
  Bb    F     Cm          Gm   Eb
And vanish to specks of light in the picture-frames

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BRIDGE
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Bb        F        Eb    Gm  Cm
But did they move upon the stage a thousand years ago
F        Cm    Dm
In some play in Paris or Madrid
Eb    Bb  Cm        Bb   F     Gm
And was I there among them then, in some travelling show
  Cm                F   Dm   (Gm    Eb X4)
And is it all still locked inside my head   for infinity

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VERSE 3
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Gm         Eb      Gm       Eb
And some of you are harmonies to all the notes I play
  Bb   F    Cm           Gm   Eb
Although we may not meet still you know me well
Gm          Eb       Gm       Eb
While others talk in secret keys and transpose all I say
  Bb   F    Cm             Gm   Eb
And nothing I do or try can get me through the spell

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BRIDGE
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Bb           F         Eb    Gm   Cm
So one more time we`ll dim the lights and ring the curtain up
F          Cm      Dm
And play again like all the times before
Eb   Bb    Cm       Bb   F    Gm
But far behind the music you can almost hear the sounds
  Cm                F    Dm   (Gm    Eb X4)
Of laughter like the waves upon the shores   of infinity


GUITAR SOLO
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03:22                b          p p
[--rbp----------|---s---13--17-15-|-18-18-17--18-17-15--18-17-15-]
[-13--11--13-11-|-13-15-----------|------------------------------]
[---------------|-----------------|------------------------------]
[---------------|-----------------|------------------------------]
[---------------|-----------------|------------------------------]
[---------------|-----------------|------------------------------]

                     whammy bar     br
[---------18---17-|-15-13--------------brb-|----------15-|-18---15-]
[-18-16-15---13---|-------16-15-13-11-13~-~|-18-16-15----|---------]
[-----------------|------------------------|-------------|---------]
[-----------------|------------------------|-------------|---------]
[-----------------|------------------------|-------------|---------]
[-----------------|------------------------|-------------|---------]

  b     p p
[-20-20--18-18-17-15-15-15-|-18-20----|---p--p------|---p--p----whammy-bar]
[--------------------------|-------18-|-16-15-13-15-|-13-11-10-15~-~-~-~--]
[--------------------------|----------|-------------|---------------------]
[--------------------------|----------|-------------|---------------------]
[--------------------------|----------|-------------|---------------------]
[--------------------------|----------|-------------|---------------------]

03:48
  b     p        s     p p
[-20-20-18-20-18-20-|-17-13-13-15-|-17-18-17-15------------s---]
[-------------------|-------------|-------------18-15-18-18-20-]
[-------------------|-------------|----------------------------]
[-------------------|-------------|----------------------------]
[-------------------|-------------|----------------------------]
[-------------------|-------------|----------------------------]



[-18-17-------|--------rb-s--]
[-------18-13-|-11-13-13-----]
[-------------|--------------]
[-------------|--------------]
[-------------|--------------]
[-------------|--------------]


Tricky Bit
     p s   p
[-13-13-13-11-10--11-10-------h--p--------------------------]
[-----------------------13--11-13-11---p---------p----------]
[------------------------------------12-10-----10-8---p-----]
[------------------------------------------13-------10-8-10-]
[-----------------------------------------------------------]
[-----------------------------------------------------------]


[------------------------|----------|----------|----------|----------]
[--------s------11-10----|-11-16-16-|-15-13-16-|-15-13-16-|-15-13-15-]
[-8-10-10-12-10-------12-|----------|----------|----------|----------]
[------------------------|----------|----------|----------|----------]
[------------------------|----------|----------|----------|----------]
[------------------------|----------|----------|----------|----------]

      s up  b     p     p
[-14-14-15------|-18-18-15-18-15-15--18-15-------whammy bar-]
[---------------|-----------------------------brb-----------]
[---------------|---------------------------14--------------]
[---------------|-------------------------------------------]
[---------------|-------------------------------------------]
[---------------|-------------------------------------------]


A nice Al stewart track. Great solo to play along to,
tricky bit is hard but gets easier
the more you play it. Enjoy..............

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