Album - XII (1978)
*******************
1. Fantazy: Loving Is Easy
2. Berlin
3. Classic: A Tale Of Two Sixties
4. Turning In Circles
5. Fact: The Closed Shop
6. In Search Of England
7. Sip Of Wine
8. Harbor
9. Science Fiction: Nova Lepidoptera
10. Giving It Up
11. Fiction: The Streets Of San Francisco
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Track 1 Artist - Barclay James Harvest
********************************
Song - Fantazy: Loving Is Easy
********************************
Album - XII (1978)
********************
Tabbed By - Ayreon77
**********************
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Tuning = Standard
INTRO
******
Bm A X3
G A Bm
Bm A X3
G A Bm
-------------------------
VERSE 1
********
G F# Bm
Even the bad times are good when you're around
G A Bm
Darlin', you kiss away all my blues
G F# Bm
Even the hard times are easy to face
G A Bm
'Cause I know that your love will come through
-------------------------
VERSE 2
********
G F# Bm
You light up my flame, then you drive me insane
G A Bm
There ain't nothing that you cannot do
G F# Bm
Then you rip up my heart, you just tear it apart
G A Bm
As I shoot all my love into you
-------------------------
CHORUS
*******
Bm A
Lovin' is easy with both eyes closed
Bm A
You know that's the best way to feel it
Bm A
Lovin' is easy with both eyes closed
G A Bm
Just get a hold and watch how it grows
-------------------------
VERSE 3
********
G F# Bm
Even the bad times are good when you're around
G A Bm
Darlin', you kiss away all my blues
G F# Bm
Even the hard times are easy to face
G A Bm
'Cause I know that your love will come through
-------------------------
VERSE 4
********
G F# Bm
You tear up my soul and then fill up the whole
G A Bm
Of your being, your love, your desire
G F# Bm
Then you grab for my heart you just tear it apart
G A Bm
As I shoot all my love in your fire
-------------------------
ORGAN/SOLO
***********
Bm A G X3
E G A Bm G F# G A Bm
-------------------------
CHORUS
*******
Bm A
Lovin' is easy with both eyes closed
Bm A
You know that's the best way to feel it
Bm A
Lovin' is easy with both eyes closed
G A Bm
Just get a hold and watch how it grows
Bm A
Lovin' is easy with both eyes closed
Bm A
You know that's the best way to feel it
Bm A
Lovin' is easy with both eyes closed
G A Bm
Just get a hold and watch how it grows
-------------------------
SOLO
*****
Bm A Bm E
Bm A G A Bm
Bm A Bm A G A Bm
ENJOY..........
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Track 2 Artist - Barclay James Harvest
********************************
Song - Berlin
****************
Album - XII (1978)
********************
Tabbed By - Ayreon77
**********************
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Tuning = Standard
INTRO
******
C Am C Am
--------------------------
VERSE 1
********
C D
Came to your border
Em G C
Looking back into the night
Am G F Am Em
Falling down on the city lights far away
C D
Tell me the answer
Em G C
Who knows the wrong from the right
Am G F
Years may come and years they go
F
You've seen your bridges burning
D
And the wheels of time keep turning
--------------------------
CHORUS
*******
Em F
Like a ship in the night
C G#m Am
You passed along the highways of my life
F C
And now my mind you're always in
Em F C G#m
And the ten-thirty flight will soon be headed my way
Am F C
As she sails across the sky way of Berlin
D C Am
--------------------------
VERSE 2
********
C D
Thought I heard your bells cry
Em G C
Bringing the life to your face
Am G F
The time for tears has passed away
F
Can't you see the night is lifting
D
And the sands of time are shifting
--------------------------
CHORUS
*******
Em F
Like a ship in the night
C G#m Am
You passed along the highways of my life
F C
And now my mind you're always in
Em F C G#m
And the ten-thirty flight will soon be headed my way
Am F C
As she sails across the sky way of Berlin
--------------------------
BRIDGE
*******
Bm Am G#m G
Oh, and to think of all the changes you have seen
Bm Am G#m G
Oh, and reflect upon the way it might have been
--------------------------
CHORUS
*******
F#m G
Like a ship in the night
D Bbm Bm
You passed along the highways of my life
G D
And now my mind you're always in
F#m G D Bbm
And the ten-thirty flight will soon be headed my way
Bm G D
As she sails across the sky way of Berlin
F#m G
Like a ship in the night
D Bbm Bm
You passed along the highways of my life
G D
And now my mind you're always in
F#m G D Bbm
And the ten-thirty flight will soon be headed my way
Bm G D
As she sails across the skyway of Berlin
F#m G
Like a ship in the night
D Bbm Bm
You passed along the highways of my life
G D
And now my mind you're always in
F#m G D Bbm
And the ten-thirty flight will soon be headed my way
Bm G D
As she sails across the skyway of Berlin
ENJOY...................
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Track 3 Artist - Barclay James Harvest
********************************
Song - A Tale Of Two Sixties
******************************
Album - XII (1978)
********************
Tabbed By - Ayreon77
**********************
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Tuning = Standard
INTRO
******
A D A G F#m
----------------------------
VERSE 1
********
D A
I'm hitting the road to heading nowhere
G F#m A
Got no place to go
D A
I'm stuck inside my generation
G F#m A
Round and round I go.
D A
I'm sick of the sound of Rolling Thunder
G F#m A
Times they were a-changing
D A
And Rock'n'Roll died with Easy Rider
G A
Tearing up my traces.
----------------------------
CHORUS
*******
E
David Bowie was Hunky Dory
D A
Aladdin quite insane
E
Give the sound of Arthur Lee with
D
Forever Changes, I'll remember
A
And more again, don't leave me ever
E D
Buddy Holly said, "Baby, please be mine"
A
All the time.
A D A G F#m
----------------------------
VERSE 2
********
D A
I'm cutting out now before the New Wave
G F#m A
Takes my surf board flair
D A
Remember the time when Zappa said
D
"Punk, where you going with that
A
Flower in your hair?"
D A
There's so many who's who's, Rolling Stones
G A
Rod Stewards and Small Faces
D A
And Tommy's the King of Pinball flings
G F#m A
That chases my generation.
----------------------------
CHORUS
*******
E
David Bowie was Hunky Dory
D A
Aladdin quite insane
E
Give the sound of Arthur Lee with
D
Forever Changes, I'll remember
A
And more again, don't leave me ever
E D
Buddy Holly said, "Baby, please be mine"
A
All the time.
----------------------------
SOLO
*****
----------------------------
CHORUS
*******
E
David Bowie was Hunky Dory
D A
Aladdin quite insane
E
Give the sound of Arthur Lee with
D
Forever Changes, I'll remember
A
And more again, don't leave me ever
E D
Buddy Holly said, "Baby, please be mine"
A
All the time.
----------------------------
SOLO
*****
ENJOY.......
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Track 4 Artist - Barclay James Harvest
********************************
Song - Turning In Circles
***************************
Album - XII (1978)
********************
Tabbed By - Ayreon77
**********************
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Tuning = Standard
INTRO
******
D E
----------------------------
VERSE 1
********
E
How come you happened to be hanging around
When I was looking for a good time
I thought I always had my feet on the ground
I've got the feeling that it won't be for long
E A E
Take it easy, you're moving too fast
A E
You're gonna make it, but let's make it last
A E
The way you're dancing ain't good for my soul
A E
The situation's getting out of control
----------------------------
CHORUS
*******
(You've got me)
F#
Turning in circles
Where do I go
Turning in circles
B
Crazy I know
----------------------------
VERSE 2
********
E
How come you happened to be hanging around
When I was looking for a good time
I thought I always had my feet on the ground
I've got the feeling that I'm spinning and spinning
----------------------------
CHORUS
*******
(You've got me)
F#
Turning in circles
Where do I go
Turning in circles
B
Crazy I know
E B
E G
E G
----------------------------
CHORUS
*******
F#
Turning in circles
Where do I go
Turning in circles
Crazy I know
(You've got me)
F#
Turning in circles
Where do I go
Turning in circles
Crazy I know
Fade Out.............
ENJOY...........
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Track 5 Artist - Barclay James Harvest
********************************
Song - Fact: The Closed Shop
******************************
Album - XII (1978)
********************
Tabbed By - Ayreon77
**********************
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Tuning = Standard
INTRO
******
Em A Em G
Em D Em C
----------------------------
VERSE 1
********
C G C G
Born a poor worker's son
G Em G Em
Taught to fight for all his rights
C G C G
Life for him is just begun
G Em Bm Em
Union might is the leading light
----------------------------
CHORUS
*******
Em C
It's a shame and it's a sin
Em C
They don't know the mood they're in
G Em C
Until they strike for what is right
Em
Not what has been
Em A Em
----------------------------
VERSE 2
********
C G C G
Shop floor, that's where he's at
G Em G Em
Back to back, bring out the rack
C G C G
Squeeze them 'til they retract
G Em G Em
Wield the gun, see how they run
----------------------------
CHORUS
*******
Em C
It's a shame and it's a sin
Em C
They don't know the mood they're in
G Em C
Until they strike for what is right
Em
Not what has been
Em A Em
----------------------------
BRIDGE
*******
C Em
All out for freedom, all out for more
C Em
Show them we mean it, tell them the score
C Em
Brother for brother, that's what we're for
C
Don't give us your reasons
D C
Our reason has gone out the door
----------------------------
SYNTH
******
D Em G C
----------------------------
VERSE 3
********
C G C G
Born a poor worker's son
G Em G Em
Taught to fight for all his rights
C G C G
Life for him is just begun
G Em Bm Em
Union might is the leading light
----------------------------
CHORUS
*******
Em C
It's a shame and it's a sin
Em C
They don't know the mood they're in
G Em C
Until they strike for what is right
Em
Not what has been
Em A Em D X4
ENJOY............
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Track 6 Artist - Barclay James Harvest
********************************
Song - In Search Of England
*****************************
Album - XII (1978)
********************
Tabbed By - Ayreon77
**********************
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Tuning = Standard
---------------
CAPO 3rd FRET
---------------
INTRO
******
E
----------------------------
THE BOY:
*******
E Abm
I was cast adrift, without a hope
C#m E B
My only friend is my old boat
F#m B E C#m
With an empty sea and an open sky
C D
A void no man can justify.
----------------------------
BREAK
******
B F#m
----------------------------
THE OLD MAN:
***********
G C D
Your sacrifices will be ensure
F G C Am
A port of refuge ever more.
C F
Lost and drowned
C G
We'll wait 'till England's found
Again.
----------------------------
SOLO
*****
----------------------------
THE BOY:
*******
E Abm
I was torn between what was good and right
C#m E B
And those who told me when to fight
F#m B E C#m
So they left me here and they sailed away
C D
To sink or swim 'til Judgement Day.
----------------------------
BREAK
******
B F#m
----------------------------
THE OLD MAN:
***********
G C D
Your sacrifices will be ensure
F G C Am
A port of refuge ever more.
C F
Lost and drowned
C G
We'll wait 'till England's found
Again.
----------------------------
SOLO
*****
----------------------------
THE BOY:
*******
B
I was cast adrift.
ENJOY............
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Track 7 Artist - Barclay James Harvest
********************************
Song - Sip Of Wine
********************
Album - XII (1978)
********************
Tabbed By - Ayreon77
**********************
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Tuning = Standard
INTRO
******
E A X4
----------------------------
VERSE 1
********
C#m A
On the road and I'm feeling low
E B
Got a ticket for my way back home
F# C#m
I start to feel like a rolling stone
A B
Without company
C#m A
Down in the bar talking to the trees
E B
Found a lady hanging on my sleeve
F# C#m
I said, "I thank you but I have to leave"
A G#m
She said, "Stay with me, I need company
A C#m A
Take a sip of my wine
B C#m
It's gonna make you feel fine
A F# E F# G#m
Come tomorrow, leave it all behind."
----------------------------
VERSE 2
********
C#m A
I didn't see a warning sign
E B
I held her breath and she was holding mine
F# C#m
I think I'll be here for a long, long time
A G#m
If you stay with me, got to be
----------------------------
CHORUS
*******
A B C#m B
"Take a sip of my wine
A B C#m
It's gonna make you feel fine
A F# E F# G#m
Come tomorrow, leave it all behind."
----------------------------
BREAK
******
E A X4
----------------------------
SOLO
*****
C#m A E B F#
C#m A G#m A
----------------------------
CHORUS
*******
A C#m A
"Take a sip of my wine
A C#m
It's gonna make you fine
A G#m F# E F# G#m
Come tomorrow, leave it all behind."
----------------------------
BREAK
******
E A
Repeat ths and Fade Out........
ENJOY.........
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Track 8 Artist - Barclay James Harvest
********************************
Song - Harbor
***************
Album - XII (1978)
********************
Tabbed By - Ayreon77
**********************
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Tuning = Standard
--------------
CAPO 1st FRET
--------------
INTRO
******
C Bb X8
----------------------------
VERSE 1
********
F C
To our fore the harbor lights
Bb C
Shining out like beacons burning
F C
They can stop this endless night
Bb C
They can stop the wheels from turning
----------------------------
CHORUS
*******
Bb
Faces in a setting sun
C
Say again that we soon will be one
Gm Bb D
----------------------------
VERSE 2
********
F C
Starlight rakes the silver wing
Bb C
Bringing home its sons and daughters
F C
No-one knows the state I'm in
Bb C
Spinning swift above the waters
----------------------------
CHORUS
*******
Bb
Faces in a setting sun
C
Say again that we soon will be one
Gm Bb D
----------------------------
Bass - No Chord
*****
Faces in a setting sun
C Bb
----------------------------
SOLO
*****
F Bb C X2
----------------------------
CHORUS
*******
Bb
Faces in a setting sun
C
Say again that we soon will be one
Gm Bb D
C Bb
Faces in a setting sun
Repeat Fade Out...................
ENJOY...........
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Track 9 Artist - Barclay James Harvest
********************************
Song - Nova Lepidoptera
*************************
Album - XII (1978)
********************
Tabbed By - Ayreon77
**********************
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Tuning = Standard
INTRO - Weird Stuff
******
PIANO
******
C
-----------------------
VERSE 1
********
C Am
Silver, drifting on high
Dm F G
Deep range star lords
C Am
Rebel land of black night
Am Dm F G
Float by your stars
-----------------------
CHORUS
*******
Am C F Am
Mistress of fear see me towards always
Dm G
Nova bright shine far beyond all time
-----------------------
VERSE 2
********
C Am
Beings of the fourth kind
Am Dm F G
Night time wanderers
C Am
Ring worlds timeless in ice
Dm F Am
Deep inside gods
-----------------------
CHORUS
*******
Am Dm F Am
Mistress of fear see me towards always
Am Dm F F
Secret mood of corridors in hyperspace
-----------------------
BRIDGE
*******
G Am
Nova bright shine far beyond the barriers of night
F
Take me through the laser beams
G
The moving sands of Mars to see
-----------------------
SOLO
*****
C Am F C G X2
-----------------------
CHORUS
*******
Am Dm F Am
Mistress of fear see me towards always
Am Dm F F
Secret mood of corridors in hyperspace
-----------------------
BRIDGE
*******
G Am
Nova bright shine far beyond the barriers of night
F
Take me through the laser beams
G
The moving sands of Mars to see
-----------------------
VERSE 3
********
C Am
Silver, drifting on high
C Dm F G
Deep range star lords
C Am
Rebel land of black night
C Dm F G
Float by your stars
-----------------------
SOLO
*****
C Am F C G X4
Fade Out................
ENJOY........
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Track 10 Artist - Barclay James Harvest
********************************
Song - Giving It Up
**********************
Album - XII (1978)
********************
Tabbed By - Ayreon77
**********************
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Tuning = Standard
INTRO
******
C Am Dm C F C F C F Am
-----------------------
VERSE 1
********
C F
I give up my world
C Dm F
And giving it up, it ain't easy
C F
I give up my life
C Dm F
And giving it up, it ain't easy
-----------------------
CHORUS
*******
F
I give up everything I have
C G F
Even give this heart of mine
G Am F
I would give up my soul
F G Ab Am
Giving it all for you
-----------------------
VERSE 2
********
C F
I give up my time
C Dm F
And giving it up, it ain't easy
C F
I've made up my mind
C Dm F
And making it up, it ain't easy
-----------------------
CHORUS
*******
G
Give up everything I have
C G F
Think about this heart of mine
G Am F
I would give up my soul
F G Ab Am
Giving it all for you
F G Ab Am
Giving it all for you
-----------------------
SOLO
*****
-----------------------
CHORUS
*******
G
Give up everything I have
C G F
Think about this heart of mine
G Am F
I would give up my soul
F G Ab Am
Giving it all for you
F G Ab Am
Giving it all for you
F G Ab Am
Giving it all for you
F G Ab Am
Giving it all for you
F G Ab Am Repeat and Fade Out.........
ENJOY...........
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Track 11 Artist - Barclay James Harvest
********************************
Song - Fiction: The Streets Of San Francisco
***********************************************
Album - XII (1978)
********************
Tabbed By - Ayreon77
**********************
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Tuning = Standard
INTRO
******
D
-----------------------
VERSE 1
********
D
On a cold misty night
E7
On the corner of Haight
G D
She stood with a Colt 45
D
The gun in her hand
E7
Awaiting her man
G D
A victim to take by surprise
-----------------------
CHORUS
*******
Bm G
She's the Golden Gate Park killer
Bm A G
She's the scourge of 'Frisco bay
D C Bm A
Where she got herself beat up and left for dead
Bm A G
By a man she felt true love for
Bm A G
But who left her out of hand
D C Bm A
Now she's out to take revenge on every man
D G D
As she stands there with a pistol in her hand
-----------------------
BREAK
******
D
-----------------------
VERSE 2
********
D
The victim arrives
E7
She looks in his eyes
G D
He goes for the gun in her hand
----------------------------
VERSE 3
********
D
Karl Malden was great
(unlike the film, though)
D
But just a bit late
(this was the real show)
G D
And got it right between the eyes
-----------------------
CHORUS
*******
Bm G
She's the Golden Gate Park killer
Bm A G
She's the scourge of 'Frisco bay
D C Bm A
Where she got herself beat up and left for dead
Bm A G
By a man she felt true love for
Bm A G
But who left her out of hand
D C Bm A
Now she's out to take revenge on every man
D G D
As she stands there with a pistol in her hand
Bm G
She's the Golden Gate Park killer
Bm A G
She's the scourge of 'Frisco bay
D C Bm A
Where she got herself beat up and left for dead
Bm A G
By a man she felt true love for
Bm A G
But who left her out of hand
D C Bm A
Now she's out to take revenge on every man
D C D
As she stands there with a pistol in her hand
-----------------------
BREAK
******
D
G D
Repeat And Fade Out.............
ENJOY.......