Biography:
Barclay James Harvest were an English progressive rock band. They were founded in Saddleworth, Yorkshire, United Kingdom, in September 1966 by John Lees, Les Holroyd, Stuart "Woolly" Wolstenholme (1947–2010), and Mel Pritchard (1948–2004). They are best-known for their first four albums released in quick succession from 1970-1972.
The Barclay James Harvest story begins in the early sixties in the Oldham area of North-West England. John Lees and Stuart “Woolly” Wolstenholme met at Oldham Art School
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Other songs:
- A Tale Of Two Sixties
- African
- African Nights
- After The Day
- All My Life
- Alone In The Night
- Alright Down Get Boogie
- Baby James Harvest
- Back To The Wall
- Ball And Chain
- Barclay James Harvest And Other Short Stories
- Believe In Me
- Berlin
- Beyond The Grave
- Blue Johns Blues
- Capricorn
- Cheap The Bullet
- Child Of The Universe
- Crazy City
- Crazy Over You
- Dark Now My Sky
- Death Of A City
- Delphown Morn
- Delphtown Morn
- Early Morning
- Echoes And Shadows
- Everyone Is Everybody Else
- Eyes Of The Universe
- Face To Face
- Fact The Closed Shop
- Fifties Child
- Following Me
- For No One
- For Your Love
- Friend Of Mine
- Galadriel
- Giving It Up
- Gone To Earth
- Good Love Child
- Guitar Blues
- Halfway To Freedom
- Happy Old World
- Harbor
- Harbour
- Hard Hearted Woman
- Harrys Song
- He Said Love
- High Wire
- Highway For Fools
- Hold On
- How Do You Feel Now
- Hymn
- If Love Is King
- Im Like A Train
- In Memory Of Martyrs
- In Memory Of The Martyrs
- In My Life
- In Search Of England
- Inside My Nightmare
- Ive Got A Feeling
- John Lennons Guitar
- Jonathan
- Just A Day Away
- Just A Day Away Forever Tomorrow
- Kiev
- Lady Loves
- Lady Macbeth
- Lepers Song
- Life Is For Living
- Little Lapwing
- Looking From The Outside
- Love Is Like A Violin
- Love On The Line
- Loving Is Easy
- May Day
- Medicine Man
- Midnight Drug
- Mill Boys
- Mocking Bird
- Moongirl
- Moonwater
- Mother Dear
- Negative Earth
- Nova Lepidoptera
- Octoberon
- On The Wings Of Love
- Once Again
- One Hundred Thousand Smiles Out
- One Night
- Origin Earth
- Paper Wings
- Paraiso Dos Cavalos
- Pariso Dos Cavalos
- Play To The World
- Polk Street Rag
- Poor Boy Blues
- Poor Mans Moody Blues
- Prisoner Of Your Love
- Psychedelic Child
- Ra
- Rebel Woman
- Ring Of Changes
- Rock N Roll Lady
- Rock N Roll Star
- Say Youll Stay
- Sea Of Tranquility
- See Me See You
- Shadows On The Sky
- She Said
- Sideshow
- Sip Of Wine
- Skin Flicks
- Someone There You Know
- Song For Dying
- Song For You
- Song With No Meaning
- Sperratus
- Spirit Of The Water
- Suicide
- Summer Soldier
- Sweet Jesus
- Taking Me Higher
- Taking Some Time On
- Teenage Heart
- Thank You
- The Closed Shop
- The Great 1974 Mining Disaster
- The Iron Maiden
- The Life You Lead
- The Poet
- The Song
- The Streets Of San Francisco
- The Sun Will Never Shine
- The World Goes On
- Time Honored Ghosts
- Title
- Titles
- Turn Of The Tide
- Turn The Key
- Turning In Circles
- Ursula
- Vanessa Simmons
- Victims Of Circumstance
- Waiting For The Right Time
- Waiting On The Borderline
- Watching You
- Welcome To The Show
- When The World Was Woken
- Where Do We Go
- Xii
- You Need Love
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Artist - Barclay James Harvest
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Song - African
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Face To Face (1987)
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Tabbed By - Ayreon77
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Tuning = Standard
VERSE 1
********
E
Through the eyes of a child
There's no wrong or right
A
No reason to hate
No need for a fight
E
No color, no creed
A G
No malice, no greed
A
Till the child becomes a man
E G A E
E
Give up your freedom
D
Hand back your rights
A
Then change your color now
C
You're black not white
A C
And there'll never be a piece of the action
E
Now you're an African
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VERSE 2
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E D
Forget beliefs and swallow your pain
A
You're just a number now
C
And Boy's your name
A C
And you'll never get a piece of the action
E
Now you're a working man
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PRE CHORUS
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E A E
African, Asian, it's all the same
E A
Brown, black, Caucasian
E
It's all the same
E A
Slave labor, working class
E
What's in a name
G A
Far left, far right, center
E
It's power they crave
E C E
E A G A E
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CHORUS
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E
The politics of Apartheid
D
The politics of shame
A
The cold abuse of human rights
C
Of torture and of pain
A
Are only part of the action
C E
When you're an African
E
The politics of making more
D
The politics of greed
A
The cold abuse of poverty
C
To keep your labor cheap
A
Are only part of the action
C E
When you're a working man
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PRE CHORUS
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E A E
African, Asian, it's all the same
E A
Brown, black, Caucasian
E
It's all the same
E A
Slave labor, working class
E
What's in a name
G A
Far left, far right, center
G A
Far left, far right, center
C D
Far left, far right, center
E
It's power they crave
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SOLO
*****
E A C E A
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CHORUS
*******
E
The politics of buying arms
When there's no food to eat
D
The politics of digging gold
Instead of planting seeds
C
The leader with his private golf course
And his flashy cars
A
Sits playing with his diamond wrist watch
While the people starve
E
The politics of shooting down
A plane that brings relief
D
By fat men playing power games
Who've got enough to eat
C
The politics of racial hate
The politics of war
A
The men who sell the guns have fun
While we all count the score
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BRIDGE
*******
C
One, two, three, four
D
Thousands, millions
C D
People dying just to keep
E
Them in the action
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VERSE 3
********
A
Through the eyes of a man
D
There's wrong and there's right
A
A reason to hate
There's need for a fight
E
There's color, there's creed
A G
There's malice, there's greed
A
When the child becomes a man
ENJOY..........
Artist - Barclay James Harvest
********************************
Song - African
****************
Face To Face (1987)
*********************
Tabbed By - Ayreon77
**********************
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Tuning = Standard
VERSE 1
********
E
Through the eyes of a child
There's no wrong or right
A
No reason to hate
No need for a fight
E
No color, no creed
A G
No malice, no greed
A
Till the child becomes a man
E G A E
E
Give up your freedom
D
Hand back your rights
A
Then change your color now
C
You're black not white
A C
And there'll never be a piece of the action
E
Now you're an African
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VERSE 2
********
E D
Forget beliefs and swallow your pain
A
You're just a number now
C
And Boy's your name
A C
And you'll never get a piece of the action
E
Now you're a working man
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PRE CHORUS
***********
E A E
African, Asian, it's all the same
E A
Brown, black, Caucasian
E
It's all the same
E A
Slave labor, working class
E
What's in a name
G A
Far left, far right, center
E
It's power they crave
E C E
E A G A E
-----------------------
CHORUS
*******
E
The politics of Apartheid
D
The politics of shame
A
The cold abuse of human rights
C
Of torture and of pain
A
Are only part of the action
C E
When you're an African
E
The politics of making more
D
The politics of greed
A
The cold abuse of poverty
C
To keep your labor cheap
A
Are only part of the action
C E
When you're a working man
-----------------------
PRE CHORUS
***********
E A E
African, Asian, it's all the same
E A
Brown, black, Caucasian
E
It's all the same
E A
Slave labor, working class
E
What's in a name
G A
Far left, far right, center
G A
Far left, far right, center
C D
Far left, far right, center
E
It's power they crave
-----------------------
SOLO
*****
E A C E A
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CHORUS
*******
E
The politics of buying arms
When there's no food to eat
D
The politics of digging gold
Instead of planting seeds
C
The leader with his private golf course
And his flashy cars
A
Sits playing with his diamond wrist watch
While the people starve
E
The politics of shooting down
A plane that brings relief
D
By fat men playing power games
Who've got enough to eat
C
The politics of racial hate
The politics of war
A
The men who sell the guns have fun
While we all count the score
-----------------------
BRIDGE
*******
C
One, two, three, four
D
Thousands, millions
C D
People dying just to keep
E
Them in the action
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VERSE 3
********
A
Through the eyes of a man
D
There's wrong and there's right
A
A reason to hate
There's need for a fight
E
There's color, there's creed
A G
There's malice, there's greed
A
When the child becomes a man
ENJOY..........
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