Biography:
Al Stewart (born in Glasgow, Scotland on 5 September 1945) is a British songwriter and musician. He is best known for his 1976 single Year of the Cat and its 1978 follow-up Time Passages (both produced by Alan Parsons). Stewart's inspiration for his songs primarily comes from the past; indeed, he is credited with creating his own genre, "historical folk rock". At one time in his life, Stewart took guitar lessons from King Crimson guitarist Robert Fripp.
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Other songs:
- A League Of Notions
- Almost Lucy
- Angry Bird
- Apple Cider Reconstitution
- Broadway Hotel
- Carol
- Electric Los Angeles Sunset
- Flying Sorcery
- If It Doesnt Come Naturally Leave It
- Im Falling
- In Brooklyn
- Katherine Of Oregon
- Last Days Of The Century
- Laughing Into 1939
- Life In Dark Water
- Lord Grenville
- Lord Salisbury
- Love Chronicles
- Manuscript
- Marion The Chtelaine
- Midas Shadow
- News From Spain
- Night Of The Fourth Of May
- Nostradamus
- Old Admirals
- On The Border
- One Stage Before
- Palace Of Versailles
- Red Toupee
- Roads To Moscow
- Running Man
- Samuel Oh How Youve Changed
- Sand In Your Shoes
- Song On The Radio
- Strange Girl
- Terminal Eyes
- The Ballad Of Mary Foster
- The Carmichaels
- The Dark And The Rolling Sea
- The Loneliest Place On The Map
- Three Mules
- Time Passages
- Timeless Skies
- Trespasser
- Year Of The Cat
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Artist - Al Stewart
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Song - One Stage Before
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Album - Year Of The Cat
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Tabbed By - Ayreon77
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CHORDS ARE
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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
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Electric Guitar - strums the chords once through the song.
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VERSE 1
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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
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BRIDGE
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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
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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
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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
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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 what I say
Bb F Cm Gm Eb
And nothing I do or try can get me through the spell
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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
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03:22 b p p
[--rbp----------|---s---13--17-15-|-18-18-17--18-17-15--18-17-15-]
[-13--11--13-11-|-1315-----------|------------------------------]
[---------------|-----------------|------------------------------]
[---------------|-----------------|------------------------------]
[---------------|-----------------|------------------------------]
[---------------|-----------------|------------------------------]
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-|-17-13-1315-|-17-18-17-15------------s---]
[-------------------|-------------|-------------18-15-18-1820-]
[-------------------|-------------|----------------------------]
[-------------------|-------------|----------------------------]
[-------------------|-------------|----------------------------]
[-------------------|-------------|----------------------------]
[-18-17-------|--------rb-s--]
[-------18-13-|-11-13-13----]
[-------------|--------------]
[-------------|--------------]
[-------------|--------------]
[-------------|--------------]
Tricky Bit
p S p
[-13-13-13-1110--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-]
[-8-10-1012-10-------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..............
**********************
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 what 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-|-1315-----------|------------------------------]
[---------------|-----------------|------------------------------]
[---------------|-----------------|------------------------------]
[---------------|-----------------|------------------------------]
[---------------|-----------------|------------------------------]
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-|-17-13-1315-|-17-18-17-15------------s---]
[-------------------|-------------|-------------18-15-18-1820-]
[-------------------|-------------|----------------------------]
[-------------------|-------------|----------------------------]
[-------------------|-------------|----------------------------]
[-------------------|-------------|----------------------------]
[-18-17-------|--------rb-s--]
[-------18-13-|-11-13-13----]
[-------------|--------------]
[-------------|--------------]
[-------------|--------------]
[-------------|--------------]
Tricky Bit
p S p
[-13-13-13-1110--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-]
[-8-10-1012-10-------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..............
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