Biography:
The co-founder, keyboard player, and one of the three principal singers of the Moody Blues, Mike Pinder was a very visible presence in early progressive rock circles. A pioneering user of the early electronic keyboard instrument the Mellotron as a substitute for a full orchestra, Pinder's work served as the model for the playing of musicians such as Barclay James Harvest's Woolly Wolstenholme, Blue Weaver of the Strawbs, and, to a lesser degree, Ian McDonald of King Crimson
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The Promise (Mike Pinder)
F / / / Bb / / / F / / / Bb Dm Gm F
Gm Gm7 C F Bb
% The world, is full of people, some are trying to lend a hand
The first book, ever written, was a symbol of our home
Oh sweet, loving music, I hear your tender call
D7 Gm Gm7 Eb
To help us learn to recognise, so we can understand
It came from solar heaven, where our life wave was born
To me you are a river, pure love your waterfall
Gm Gm7 C F Bb
That life holds many secrets, they stand before our doors
We came in ships a-singing, the praise of one above
A tide forever bathing, a rough and rocky shore
D7 Gm Gm7 C / / /
Admit the ones you're hiding now, so you may know them all
Like children in a garden, our hearts were full of love
Please take us on a journey, so we can learn some more
F / / Eb D / / / / / F Eb D / / / / / F Eb D
D Em
# Twelve vibrations long ago are the cause
Ezekiel's wheels seem to be turning up now
(instr.)..................................
(instr.)..................................
D Em
Of me and mine, and you and yours
The pillar of fire, a luminous cloud
(instr.)............................
(instr.)............................
F D
Just let them be and all the doors will open wide
I know I've seen them and they do make a sound
(instr.)......................................
(instr.)......................................
G C
To paintings on the rocks, gigantic Stonehenge blocks
They filled my soul, with music of the spheres
I dream by day, I dream by night
(instr.)........................
Em A F
The pyramids and the sphinx, the temples are the links
It's been my goal for 9 long years, to write this song
Through coloured rays I feel your might, and now I claim my right
(instr.).........................................................
C# Bb F C Dm
To lead us through, our past, so we might find ourselves at last
So I can say, exactly what, I believe is coming down
A son of God, eternal life, the promise of your rainbow light Go $
(instr.)..................................................... Go &
Bb / / / F / / / Bb Dm Gm F Go %
$ Bb / / / F / / Eb D Go #
& Bb / / / F END
-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Put your problems out with the cat -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
Written by: Mick Anderson [email protected]
or [email protected]
Assisted by: Ria Heeringa
Shelley Giblin
-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Must be lamb today cause beef was last week =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
#This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the #
#song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. #
#------------------------------------------------------------------------------##
The Promise (Mike Pinder)
F / / / Bb / / / F / / / Bb Dm Gm F
Gm Gm7 C F Bb
% The world, is full of people, some are trying to lend a hand
The first book, ever written, was a symbol of our home
Oh sweet, loving music, I hear your tender call
D7 Gm Gm7 Eb
To help us learn to recognise, so we can understand
It came from solar heaven, where our life wave was born
To me you are a river, pure love your waterfall
Gm Gm7 C F Bb
That life holds many secrets, they stand before our doors
We came in ships a-singing, the praise of one above
A tide forever bathing, a rough and rocky shore
D7 Gm Gm7 C / / /
Admit the ones you're hiding now, so you may know them all
Like children in a garden, our hearts were full of love
Please take us on a journey, so we can learn some more
F / / Eb D / / / / / F Eb D / / / / / F Eb D
D Em
# Twelve vibrations long ago are the cause
Ezekiel's wheels seem to be turning up now
(instr.)..................................
(instr.)..................................
D Em
Of me and mine, and you and yours
The pillar of fire, a luminous cloud
(instr.)............................
(instr.)............................
F D
Just let them be and all the doors will open wide
I know I've seen them and they do make a sound
(instr.)......................................
(instr.)......................................
G C
To paintings on the rocks, gigantic Stonehenge blocks
They filled my soul, with music of the spheres
I dream by day, I dream by night
(instr.)........................
Em A F
The pyramids and the sphinx, the temples are the links
It's been my goal for 9 long years, to write this song
Through coloured rays I feel your might, and now I claim my right
(instr.).........................................................
C# Bb F C Dm
To lead us through, our past, so we might find ourselves at last
So I can say, exactly what, I believe is coming down
A son of God, eternal life, the promise of your rainbow light Go $
(instr.)..................................................... Go &
Bb / / / F / / / Bb Dm Gm F Go %
$ Bb / / / F / / Eb D Go #
& Bb / / / F END
-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Put your problems out with the cat -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
Written by: Mick Anderson [email protected]
or [email protected]
Assisted by: Ria Heeringa
Shelley Giblin
-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Must be lamb today cause beef was last week =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
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