Turn Of The Century chords by Yes

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Difficulty: Novice


 Intro:

Am Am G Dm Am  G   Am

 Verse 1:

Am
Realising a form out of stone
G
Set hands moving
G

Roan shaped his heart

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

 Solo:
C Dm C Dm C
Dm G

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

Could she see him?
  G
All aglow was his room dazed in this light
 F      Am
He would touch her

He would hold her
D       C
Laughing as they danced
 F
Highest colors touching others

 Chorus:

 C       Am    G
Did her eyes at the turn of the century
 Dm    C
Tell me plainly
 F      C           G          C
When we meet, how we'll love, oh let life so transform me
 C          G
Like leaves we touched we danced
Bb    Dm   F
We once knew the story

       Am
As autumn called and we both
     Em   Cm F          Dm
Remembered all those many years ago
 F     C
I'm sure we know

 Solo 2:

Em  Am  Em  D   C  Em  Am   D   C Em C  D  C
Em  C   D   Dm  C  D   G   D   C
Em  D   C    Em  Am   D    C    Em
  E   Am D  C   Em   G  Am  D   C Am
E

 Verse 3:

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

Was it sun through the haze
  F       Am
That made all your looks

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

 Chorus:

 C       Am    G
Did her eyes at the turn of the century
 Dm    C
Tell me plainly
F      C
When we meet how we'll look
   G          C
As we smile time will leave me clearly
E           C#m
Like leaves we touch, we see
D E   F#m     G#m
We will know the story
 A   B   E   G#m     C G
As autumn calls we'll both remember
A            B
All those many years ago

 Coda:
E  A  E  A  G# C#m B  A
B  A E  A  C#m
B  A  Am C
E