Man For All Seasons chords by Al Stewart
Guitar chords with lyrics
Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)
Key: E
Difficulty: Intermediate
Intro:
| E | % | A | A D |
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Verse:
E B Cdim7 C#m
What if you reached the age of reason
Amaj7 | Bsus4 Bsus4 B |
Only to find there was no reprieve
E B Cdim7 C#m
Would you still be a man for all seasons?
F# | Bsus2 B |
Or would you just have to leave
A
We measure our days out
B Cdim C#m
In steps of un- certainty
E C#m B
Not turning to see how we've come
A A/G# A/F#m A/E :
And peer down the highway
B Cdim C#m B/D#
From here to e- ternity
E C#m | Bsus4 B |
And reach out for love on the run
A
While the man for all seasons
B E :
Is lost behind the sun
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Interlude:
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Verse:
E B Cdim7 C#m
Henry Plantagenet still looks for someone
Amaj7 | Bsus4 Bsus4 B |
To bring good news in his hour of doubt
E B Cdim7 C#m
While Thomas More waits in the Tower of London
F#9 | Bsus4 B |
Watching the sands running out
A
And measures the hours out
B Cdim C#m
From here to ob- livion
E C#m | Bsus4 B |
In actions that can't be undone
A A/G# A/F#m A/E :
A sailor through the darkness
B Cdim C#m B/D#
He scans the meridian
E C#m/G# | Bsus4 B |
And caught by the first rays of dawn
A
The man for all seasons
B E :
Is lost beneath the storm
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Bridge:
| E B | E B | E B | E |
| B A |
And I should know by now
B A
I should know by now
E A E | B A |
I hear them call it out all around
2/4
B A B C#m | F# |
Oh, they go: Aah, ah, ah-ah, aah, aah, aah
E B
There's nothing to believe in
2/4
A B C#m | F# |
Hear them: Aah, ah, ah-ah, aah, aah, aah
E C#m | Bsus4 B C :
Just daydreams, deceiving, they'll just let you down
Solo:
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Interlude:
| Amaj7 | D | E | % |
| A | D | E | % |
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Verse: variation
E B Cdim7 C#m
So, what if you reached the age of reason
Amaj7 | Bsus4 Bsus4 B |
Only to find there was no reprieve
E B Cdim7 C#m
Would you still be a man for all seasons?
F#9 | Bsus4 B |
Or would you just disbelieve?
A
We measure our gains out
B Cdim C#m
In luck and co- incidence
E C#m | Bsus4 B |
Lanterns to turn back the night
A A/G# A/F#m A/E :
And put our defeats down
B Cdim C#m B/D#
To chance or ex- perience
E C#m/G# | Bsus4 B |
And try once again for the light
A A/G# A/F#m A/E : B Cdim C#m B/D#
Some wait for the waters of fortune to cover them
A A/G# A/F#m A/E : B Cdim C#m B/D#
Some just see the tides of ill chance running over them
A A/G# A/F#m A/E : B Cdim C#m B/D#
Some call on Jehovah, some cry out to Allah
A A/G# A/F#m A/E : B Cdim C#m B/D#
Some wait for the boats that still row to Val- hallah
A A/G# A/F#m A/E : B Cdim C#m B/D#
Well, you should try to accept what the fates are un- folding
A A/G# A/F#m A/E : B Cdim C#m B/D#
While some say they're sure where the blame should be falling
A A/G# A/F#m A/E : B Cdim C#m B/D#
You look round for maybe a chance of fore-stalling
E B
But too soon it’s over and done
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A
And the man for all seasons
B E :
Is lost behind the sun
Outro:
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