Biography:
The Alan Parsons Project was a British rock group active from 1975 until 1990, founded by Alan Parsons and Eric Woolfson both from London, England. The group is based on a number of regular group members such as Stuart Elliot and Ian Bairnson, complemented with varying lead vocals such as Colin Blunstone (the Zombies), Chris Rainbow and Gary Brooker (Procol Harum). The group is well known for its concept albums, which cover themes such as Edgar Allan Poe, Gaudi, and Freud.
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Other songs:
- Eye In The Sky
- Ammonia Avenue
- Breakdown
- Children Of The Moon
- Closer To Heaven
- Damned If I Do
- Day After Day The Show Must Go On
- Days Are Numbers
- Dont Answer Me
- Dont Hold Back
- Dont Let It Show
- Freudiana
- Games People Play
- I Dont Wanna Go Home
- I Wouldnt Want To Be Like You
- If I Could Change Your Mind
- Inside Looking Out
- La Sagrada Familia
- Lets Talk About Me
- Light Of The World
- Limelight
- Little Hans
- May Be A Price To Pay
- Nothing Left To Lose
- Oh Life There Must Be More
- Old And Wise
- One Good Reason
- One More River
- Prime Time
- Psychobabble
- Separate Lives
- Shadow Of A Lonely Man
- Silence And I
- Since The Last Goodbye
- Some Other Time
- Sooner Or Later
- Standing On Higher Ground
- The Cask Of Amontillado
- The Eagle Will Rise Again
- The Same Old Sun
- The Voice
- Time
- To One Paradise
- Turn Of A Friendly Card
- Voyager
- Vulture Culture
- What Goes Up
- You Dont Believe
- Youre Gonna Get Your Fingers Burned
Four years of hard work!This month of May we celebrated four years on the air. We continue working on the dissemination of this wonderful instrument, thank you for participating in our story!
Special Chords:
Bm Bm/A Bm/G# Bm/G D/C# G6
e|-0-----0-----0-----0-----2-----0-|
B|-3-----3-----3-----3-----3-----0-|
G|-4-----4-----4-----4-----2-----0-|
D|-4-----4-----4-----4-----0-----0-|
A|-2-----0-----------------4-----2-|
E|-------------4-----3-----------3-|
[Intro]
Bm A G x2
[Verse 1]
Bm Bm/A Bm/G# Bm/G
By the last breath of the four winds that blow
Bm Bm/A Bm/G# Bm/G
I'll have revenge upon Fortunato
Bm Bm/A Bm/G# Bm/G
Smile in his face I'll say "come let us go
Em G6
I've a cask of Amontillado"
[Verse 2]
Bm Bm/A Bm/G# Bm/G
Sheltered inside from the cold of the snow
Bm Bm/A Bm/G# Bm/G
Follow me now to the vault down below
Bm Bm/A Bm/G# Bm/G
Drinking the wine as we laugh at the time
Em G6 A
Which is passing incredibly slow
[Chorus 1]
D D/C# Bm Bm/A G D/F# Em A
(What are these chains that are binding my arm?)
Part of you dies each passing day
D D/C# Bm Bm/A G D/F# Em A
(Say it's a game and I'll come to no harm)
You'll feel your life slipping away
[Bridge 1]
// Play x4 then hold on Bm
Bm Bm/A Bm/G#
e|-----------------|
B|-----------------|
G|-----------------|
D|--------------0--|
A|----------2-4----|
E|--0-2-3-5--------|
[Verse 3]
Bm Bm/A Bm/G# Bm/G
You who are rich and whose troubles are few
Bm Bm/A Bm/G# Bm/G
May come around to see my point of view
Bm Bm/A Bm/G# Bm/G
What price the Crown of a King on his throne
Em G6 A
When you're chained in the dark all alone
[Chorus 2]
D D/C# Bm Bm/A G D/F# Em A
(Spare me my life only name your reward)
Part of you dies each brick I lay
D D/C# Bm Bm/A G D/F# Em A
(Bring back some light in the name of the Lord)
You'll feel your mind slipping away
[Bridge 2]
// Play x12 into fade out
Bm Bm/A Bm/G#
e|-----------------|
B|-----------------|
G|-----------------|
D|--------------0--|
A|----------2-4----|
E|--0-2-3-5--------|
Bm Bm/A Bm/G# Bm/G D/C# G6
e|-0-----0-----0-----0-----2-----0-|
B|-3-----3-----3-----3-----3-----0-|
G|-4-----4-----4-----4-----2-----0-|
D|-4-----4-----4-----4-----0-----0-|
A|-2-----0-----------------4-----2-|
E|-------------4-----3-----------3-|
[Intro]
Bm A G x2
[Verse 1]
Bm Bm/A Bm/G# Bm/G
By the last breath of the four winds that blow
Bm Bm/A Bm/G# Bm/G
I'll have revenge upon Fortunato
Bm Bm/A Bm/G# Bm/G
Smile in his face I'll say "come let us go
Em G6
I've a cask of Amontillado"
[Verse 2]
Bm Bm/A Bm/G# Bm/G
Sheltered inside from the cold of the snow
Bm Bm/A Bm/G# Bm/G
Follow me now to the vault down below
Bm Bm/A Bm/G# Bm/G
Drinking the wine as we laugh at the time
Em G6 A
Which is passing incredibly slow
[Chorus 1]
D D/C# Bm Bm/A G D/F# Em A
(What are these chains that are binding my arm?)
Part of you dies each passing day
D D/C# Bm Bm/A G D/F# Em A
(Say it's a game and I'll come to no harm)
You'll feel your life slipping away
[Bridge 1]
// Play x4 then hold on Bm
Bm Bm/A Bm/G#
e|-----------------|
B|-----------------|
G|-----------------|
D|--------------0--|
A|----------2-4----|
E|--0-2-3-5--------|
[Verse 3]
Bm Bm/A Bm/G# Bm/G
You who are rich and whose troubles are few
Bm Bm/A Bm/G# Bm/G
May come around to see my point of view
Bm Bm/A Bm/G# Bm/G
What price the Crown of a King on his throne
Em G6 A
When you're chained in the dark all alone
[Chorus 2]
D D/C# Bm Bm/A G D/F# Em A
(Spare me my life only name your reward)
Part of you dies each brick I lay
D D/C# Bm Bm/A G D/F# Em A
(Bring back some light in the name of the Lord)
You'll feel your mind slipping away
[Bridge 2]
// Play x12 into fade out
Bm Bm/A Bm/G#
e|-----------------|
B|-----------------|
G|-----------------|
D|--------------0--|
A|----------2-4----|
E|--0-2-3-5--------|
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