Close to The Edge
(Anderson/Howe)
Album: Close to the Edge (1972)
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A R G E N T I N A
I The Solid Time Of Change
[Verse 1]
Am A
A seasoned witch could call you from the depths of your disgrace
Am A
And rearrange your liver to the solid mental grace
Am A
And achieve it all with music that came quickly from afar
Am Gm
Then taste the fruit of man recorded losing all against the hour
Am A
And assessing points to nowhere, leading every single one
Am A
A dewdrop can exalt us like the music of the sun
Am
And take away the plain in which we move
Gm
And choose the course you're running
Em D G F#m
Down at the edge, round by the corner
B Bm
Not right away, not right away
Em D G F#m
Close to the edge, down by a river
B Bm
Not right away, not right away
Am F C F C
F C
Crossed the line around the changes of the summer
F C
Reaching out to call the color of the sky
F C
Passed around a moment clothed in mornings faster than we see
F C
Getting over all the time I had to worry
F C
Leaving all the changes far from far behind
F C
We relieve the tension only to find out the master's name
Em D G F#m
Down at the end, round by the corner
Em D G F#m Em
Close to the edge, just by a river
C D G
Seasons will pass you by
D G Bm
I get up, I get down
F C
Now that it's all over and done
F C
Now that you find, now that you're whole
II Total Mass Retain
Am A
My eyes convinced, eclipsed with the younger moon attained with love
Am A
It changed as almost strained amidst clear manna from above
Am A
I crucified my hate and held the word within my hand
Am Gm
There's you, the time, the logic, or the reasons we don't understand
Am A
Sad courage claimed the victims standing still for all to see
Am A
As armoured movers took approached to overlook the sea
Am Gm
There since the cord, the license, or the reasons we understood will be
Em Dm Am
Em F#m
Down at the edge, close by a river
Em F#m
Close to the edge, round by the corner
Em Dm Am
Em F#m
Close to the end, down by the corner
Em F#m
Down at the edge, round by the river
Em Dm Am Em F#m
F C
Sudden problems shouldn't take away the startled memory
F C
All in all, the journey takes you all the way
F C
As apart from any reality that you've ever seen and known
F C
Guessing problems only to deceive the mention
F C
Passing paths that climb halfway into the void
F C
As we cross from side to side, we hear the total mass retain
Em D G F#m
Down at the edge, round by the corner
Em D G F#m
Close to the end, down by a river
C D G
Seasons will pass you by
D G Bm
I get up, I get down
Am F C G Am F C
Am F C G C Am G F
G Am G F
E
III I Get Up, I Get Down
G#m Bm F#m
In her white lace, you could clearly see the lady sadly looking
Am
Saying that she'd take the blame
B
For the crucifixion of her own domain
Emaj7 C#m
I get up, I get down
Emaj7 C#m
I get up, I get down
G#m Bm
Two million people barely satisfy
F#m Am B
Two hundred women watch one woman cry, too late
G#m Bm
The eyes of honesty can achieve
F#m Am B
How many millions do we deceive each day?
Emaj7 C#m
I get up, I get down
Emaj7 C#m
I get up, I get down
G#m Bm
In charge of who is there in charge of me
F#m Am B
Do I look on blindly and say I see the way?
G#m Bm
The truth is written all along the page
F#m Am B
How old will I be before I come of age for you?
Emaj7 C#m
I get up, I get down
Emaj7 C#m
I get up, I get down
Emaj7 C#m
I get up, I get down
IV Seasons Of Man
Am A
The time between the notes relates the color to the scenes
Am A
A constant vogue of triumphs dislocate man, it seems
Am A
And space between the focus shape ascend knowledge of love
Am Gm
As song and chance develop time, lost social temp'rance rules above
Em F#m
Ah, ah
Am A
Then according to the man who showed his outstretched arm to space
Am A
He turned around and pointed, revealing all the human race
Am Gm
I shook my head and smiled a whisper, knowing all about the place
F C
On the hill we viewed the silence of the valley
F C
Called to witness cycles only of the past
F C
And we reach all this with movements in between the said remark
Em D G F#m
Down at the edge, round by the corner
Em D G F#m
Close to the end, down by a river
C D G
Seasons will pass you by
Em F#m
Now that it's all over and done
Em F#m
Called to the seed, right to the sun
Em F#m
Now that you find, now that you're whole
C D G
Seasons will pass you by
D G Bm
I get up, I get down
D G Bm
I get up, I get down
D G Bm
I get up, I get down
D G
I get up