One Stage Before chords by Al Stewart

• Tuning: Standard tuning
• Difficulty: Beginner

Artist - Al Stewart
                                         **********************
                                        Song - One Stage Before
                                       *************************
                                        Album - Year Of The Cat
                                       *************************
                                          Tabbed By - Ayreon77
                                         **********************


CHORDS ARE
***********
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

INTRO - Acoustic Strumming - Gm Eb X6
***************************
        Electric Guitar - strums the chords once through the song.
        ****************
------------------------------------------------------------
VERSE 1
********
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

------------------------------------------------------------
BRIDGE
*******
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

------------------------------------------------------------
VERSE 2
*********
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

------------------------------------------------------------
BRIDGE
*******
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

------------------------------------------------------------
VERSE 3
********
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

------------------------------------------------------------
BRIDGE
*******
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
************
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..............