Man For All Seasons chords by Al Stewart

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Key: E

Difficulty: Intermediate


Intro:
|  E  | % | A | A D   |
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| E |  %  | A | A D   |
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| E |  %  |
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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:
|  E  | % | A | A D   |
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| E |  %  | A | A D   |
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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:
| C | D | C | Bm |
| C | D | G | % |
| C | D | C | Bm |
| C | D |  E  | % |
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Interlude:
| Amaj7 | D | E | % |
| A | 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
      (break)
        A
And the man for all seasons
   B               E :
Is lost behind the sun


Outro:
|  E  | % | A | D   |
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| E |  %  | A | D   |  E