Turn Of The Century chords by Yes

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Difficulty: Novice


 Intro:

A minorAm Am G+G DmDm A minorAm  G+G   A minorAm

 Verse 1:

A minorAm
Realising a form out of stone
G+G
Set hands moving
G+G
Roan shaped his heart

Through his working hands
   G+G    C majorC           G+G       DmDm    FF    C majorC
Work to mold his passion into clay, like the sun
C majorC
In his room, his lady
             DmDm
She would dance and sing so completely
 C majorC
So be still he now cries
              DmDm     A minorAm    DmDm  G+G
I have time, oh let clay transform thee so
DmDm
In the deep cold of night
             E minorEm      G+G
Winter calls, he cries "Don't deny me!"
      A minorAm       DmDm
For his lady, deep her illness
     G+G
Time has caught her
        FF
And will for all reasons take her
    A minorAm          DmDm
In the still light of dawn, she dies
    G+G        DmDm
Helpless hands soul revealing
   C majorC    G+G    C majorC
Like leaves we touch we learn
   A minorAm     G+G   D MajorD
We once knew the story
   G+G  C majorC   G+G
As winter calls he will starve
  A minorAm   FF        DmDm
All but to see the stone be life

 Solo:
C majorC DmDm C majorC DmDm C majorC
DmDm G+G

  Verse 2:
  FF
Now Roan, no more tears
            DmDm
Set to work his strength
    G+G
So transformed him
DmDm        C majorC
Realising a form out of stone, his work
 G+G
So absorbed him
FF      DmDm
Could she hear him?

Could she see him?
  G+G
All aglow was his room dazed in this light
 FF      A minorAm
He would touch her

He would hold her
D MajorD       C majorC
Laughing as they danced
 FF
Highest colors touching others

 Chorus:

 C majorC       A minorAm    G+G
Did her eyes at the turn of the century
 DmDm    C majorC
Tell me plainly
 FF      C majorC           G+G          C majorC
When we meet, how we'll love, oh let life so transform me
 C majorC          G+G
Like leaves we touched we danced
Bb majorBb    DmDm   FF
We once knew the story

       A minorAm
As autumn called and we both
     E minorEm   C minorCm FF          DmDm
Remembered all those many years ago
 FF     C majorC
I'm sure we know

 Solo 2:

E minorEm  A minorAm  E minorEm  D MajorD   C majorC  E minorEm  A minorAm   D MajorD   C majorC E minorEm C majorC  D MajorD  C majorC
E minorEm  C majorC   D MajorD   DmDm  C majorC  D MajorD   G+G   D MajorD   C majorC
E minorEm  D MajorD   C majorC    E minorEm  A minorAm   D MajorD    C majorC    E minorEm
  E MajorE   A minorAm D MajorD  C majorC   E minorEm   G+G  A minorAm  D MajorD   C majorC A minorAm
E MajorE

 Verse 3:

 FF
Was the sign with a touch
          DmDm
As I kiss your fingers
   G+G    DmDm
We walk hands in the sun
C majorC       G+G
Memories when we're young
G+G
Love lingers so

Was it sun through the haze
  FF       A minorAm
That made all your looks

As warm as moonlight?
 D MajorD       C majorC
As a pearl deep in your eyes
 FF
Tears have flown away
   G+G
All the same light

 Chorus:

 C majorC       A minorAm    G+G
Did her eyes at the turn of the century
 DmDm    C majorC
Tell me plainly
FF      C majorC
When we meet how we'll look
   G+G          C majorC
As we smile time will leave me clearly
E MajorE           C# minorC#m
Like leaves we touch, we see
D MajorD E MajorE   F# minorF#m     G# minorG#m
We will know the story
 A augmentedA   BB   E MajorE   G# minorG#m     C majorC G+G
As autumn calls we'll both remember
A augmentedA            BB
All those many years ago

 Coda:
E MajorE  A augmentedA  E MajorE  A augmentedA  G#G# C# minorC#m BB  A augmentedA
BB  A augmentedA E MajorE  A augmentedA  C# minorC#m
BB  A augmentedA  A minorAm C majorC
E MajorE

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