Album - Barclay James Harvest And Other Short Stories (1971)
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1. Medicine Man
2. Someone There You Know
3. Harry's Song
4. Ursula
5. Little Lapwing
6. Song With No Meaning
7. Blue John's Blues
8. The Poet
9. After The Day
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Track 1 Artist - Barclay James Harvest
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Song - Medicine Man
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Album - Barclay James Harvest And Other Short Stories (1971)
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Tabbed By - Ayreon77
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Tuning = Standard
G#m E
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VERSE 1
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G#m E G#m E G#m E
Didn't anybody see his hand move faster
F#
Than the lightning in his eyes
Oh! what a cold surprise the flying horses cried
G#m E G#m E
And didn't anybody want to ask the calliope
F#
To call the tune
The flying horses crooned but did not know
E B
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VERSE 2
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G#m E
The Medicine Man sits on the stage
G#m E F#
Eats fire and water, earth and air while we all stare
The silver blade burns bright
E
And tells us to beware
G#m E G#m E
Of mirrored passages that throw a thousand images
F#
Of younger days
G#
The wheel spins slower as it calls us back to play
E B
G#m E
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VERSE 3
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G#m F#
Round and round now we go
Shout your name to the wind
Bbm
As it spins by your side
G#m E
Colored lights echo as the sound slips on by
F#
Could that have been me
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SOLO
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G#m E F
ENJOY...............
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Track 2 Artist - Barclay James Harvest
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Song - Someone There You Know
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Album - Barclay James Harvest And Other Short Stories (1971)
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Tabbed By - Ayreon77
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Tuning = Standard
INTRO
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G D G D G Em
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VERSE 1
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D G
I've been looking for a place that I know well
Bm D G
It's a long long way from here and when I get there
Bm A Bm Em
I will tell, I will tell
G
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VERSE 2
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D G
I've been looking for a time that I once knew
D G Bm A
I could spend some happy hours just being there with you
Bm Em
It doesn't matter where you go
G D
Long as there is someone there you know
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CHORUS
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A D A
If you need a friend you can depend on me
G D
'Cause I know what it feels to be alone
G
A G A
And in the darkest night you need a light to see
G
Your shadow's sinking low
D
Just like a stone
G
Feels like a broken bone
Bm Em
Guess I'll go on home
G
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VERSE 3
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D G
I've been looking for someone I know so well
D G
She's a long long way from me and when I find her
Bm A
I will tell her
D Em
It doesn't matter where she goes
G D
Long as there is someone there she knows
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CHORUS
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A D A
If you need a friend you can depend on me
G D
'Cause I know what it feels to be alone
G
A G A
And in the darkest night you need a light to see
G
Your shadow's sinking low
D
Just like a stone
G
Feels like a broken bone
Bm Em
Guess I'll go on home
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VERSE 4
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D G
I've been looking for someone I know so well
D G
She's a long long way from me and when I find her
Bm A
I will tell her
D Em
It doesn't matter where she goes
G D
Long as there is someone there she knows
G D
Long as there is someone there she knows
G D
Long as there is someone there she knows
ENJOY............
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Track 3 Artist - Barclay James Harvest
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Song - Harry's Song
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Album - Barclay James Harvest And Other Short Stories (1971)
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Tabbed By - Ayreon77
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Tuning = Standard
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CAPO 3rd FRET
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INTRO
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A D B E D A
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VERSE 1
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E D A
There's a little bit of you and some of me
E D C#
There's a little bit of everything you see
E B
But you don't know why Harry cried
E D A
There's a time right after love when you feel low
E D C#
Like a bird with perfect wings denied the sky
E B
But you don't know why Harry cried
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CHORUS
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D
Take a look at the common man
E
He can talk with the use of his hands
C D
Pass you on by with a smile
E
Like he just don't care
D
Take a look at yourself in the light
E
People see by the look in your eyes
C D
Either you're deaf or you're blind
A
Or you just don't care
B
Well something stirred today
E
Young Harry he passed away
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SOLO
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E D A E
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VERSE 2
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E D A
Something moves and a leaf falls to the ground
E D C#
Morning comes and he is not around
E B
But you don't know why Harry cried
E D A
Well you pick him up and you put him in your hand
E D C#
And he slips on through like tiny bits of sand
E B
But you don't know why Harry cried
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CHORUS
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D
Take a look at the common man
E
He can talk with the use of his hands
C D
Pass you on by with a smile
E
Like he just don't care
D
Take a look at yourself in the light
E
People see by the look in your eyes
C D
Either you're deaf or you're blind
A
Or you just don't care
B
Well something stirred today
E
Young Harry he passed away
E D A E X10
Fade Out............
ENJOY...........
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Track 4 Artist - Barclay James Harvest
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Song - Ursula
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Album - Barclay James Harvest And Other Short Stories (1971)
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Tabbed By - Ayreon77
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Tuning = Standard
INTRO
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A
VERSE 1
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E A D A
I once loved a lady who did change into a child
E D A
I saw the light of day shine in her eyes
A D A
I loved her like a baby and I raised her to the sky
E D A
It seems the light of day did pass us by
CHORUS
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D A
How she walks along the seashore
D Bm E
And she listens to the sea
A E A
And I can't say if she ever thinks of me
VERSE 2
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A
If I were of the ocean
D A
Or a wave upon the sand
E D A
Or just a drop of water in her hand
A
A pebble or a broken shell
D A
A rock upon the shore
E D A
I doubt if I could love her any more
CHORUS
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D A
Now she walks along the seashore
D Bm E
And she listens to the sea
A E A
And I can't say if she ever thinks of me
A D A E D A
A D A E D A
CHORUS
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D A
Now she walks along the seashore
D Bm E
And she listens to the sea
A E A
And I can't say if she ever thinks of me
A E A
No I can't say if she ever thinks of me
ENJOY........
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Track 5 Artist - Barclay James Harvest
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Song - Little Lapwing
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Album - Barclay James Harvest And Other Short Stories (1971)
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Tabbed By - Ayreon77
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Tuning = Standard
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CAPO 4th FRET
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INTRO
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D G X4
VERSE 1
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D G D
Bye, bye, bye
G D Bm
The time has come round again, my friend
Em D A
A life and some time I just gotta spend
G D G
So bye bye, my friend
D
VERSE 2
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D G D
See you again
G D Bm
My mind in my pocket the sun in my eye
Em
There's gold in the mountains
D A
The streams run by
G D
So see you again
G D
F#m Em
F#m D G
VERSE 3
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D G D
Swing low, swing high
G D Bm
Talk of the times, the love and the laughing
Em D A
I'll come back to you in the spring, little lapwing
G D
Till then, bye bye
G D G Bm Em D A
G D X4
G D G Bm Em D A X2
G D
Repeat and Fade Out...........
ENJOY............
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Track 6 Artist - Barclay James Harvest
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Song - Song With No Meaning
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Album - Barclay James Harvest And Other Short Stories (1971)
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Tabbed By - Ayreon77
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Tuning = Standard
INTRO
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D Em X4
D
VERSE 1
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D Em D Em
Passing time in the sun
D Em G D
To think of things, lost and done
G F#m
You wonder why she left so soon
Em D
No word or reason why
G F#m Em
All feelings born can only die
D
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SOLO
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G D Em
VERSE 2
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D F#m G
Lazy days passing by
F#m G A D
With memories you just can't hide
G F#m
The song flows on you can't pursue
G D
Your words don't mean a thing
G F#m Em
The mood's too hard for you to sing
D
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SOLO
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G D
G
Du Du Du Du
F#m
Du Du Du Du
Em
Du Du Du Du
D
Du Du Du Du
VERSE 3
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D F#m G
Moving on with a sigh
D G D
A silhouette against the sky
G D
The seconds they dripped right on by
G D
And slowly filled the day
G F#m Em D G
And feelings born can only fade away
SOLO
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D
ENJOY.............
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Track 7 Artist - Barclay James Harvest
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Song - Blue John's Blues
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Album - Barclay James Harvest And Other Short Stories (1971)
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Tabbed By - Ayreon77
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Tuning = Standard
VERSE 1
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D G C G
Mystery is following me down that lonesome road
D G D G
And I don't know my way, my way back home
D Em C G
Someone on my shoulder and he will not share a load
D G D G D G
And I don't know my way, my way back home
VERSE 2
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D A
There's a certain something deep inside
Em G
Like a rolling sea or a river wide
D G
And the orchestra starts playing
D G
Get down Joe
VERSE 3
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D A
You can see his face, you can feel his smile
C G
Put your head down low and let those tears run wild
D g
When the orchestra starts playing
D
Blue John's Blues
PRE CHORUS
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A D A
Think about me, girl, and the things I ain't said
D F#m A D G
I could not be sad, thinkin' 'bout the things that we do
G
While the folks around me sing on
D
Blue John's Blues
CHORUS
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F C#m C D Bm
Band is swinging, people singing
D
Get down Joe
F
Get down Joe
G
Get down Joe
D
Get down Joe
D
Get down Joe
G
Would you get back Joe
D
Oh Lord get back Joe
SOLO
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D G D
VERSE 4
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D A
There's a place down home where people meet
C G
They clap their hands and they stamp their feet
D G
When the orchestra starts and the band playing
D
Get down Joe
VERSE 5
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D A
They sing out loud and they sing out clear
C G
Turn your head round girl and you might just hear
D G
If you do then start down singing
D
Blue John's Blues
PRE CHORUS
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A D A
Think about me, girl, and the things I ain't said
D F#m A D G
I could not be sad, thinkin' 'bout the things that you do
C G
While the folks around me sing on
D
Blue John's Blues
CHORUS
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F C#m C D Bm
Band is swinging, people singing
D
Get down Joe
F
Get down Joe
G
Get down Joe
D
Get down Joe
D
Get down Joe
G
Would you get back Joe
D
Oh Lord get back Joe
SOLO
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D G D
BRIDGE
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A
Take hold of John's blues
Must be a thousand hues
D
Blue John's Blues
C G
Get back Joe
A
Take back all of your dough
You've got no place to go
D
Blue John's Blues
C G
Get back now Joe
A
My sweetest girl that I ever had
G
She's drive any poor man bad
D
Blue John's Blues
C G
A Em A
My Ma and my Papa said, Son
A
You'll get the KB when you're not on the run
VERSE 6
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A D C G
Blue John's Blues
A
Well my lady and me we're gonna dance all night
Yeah yeah we're gonna dance until the broad broad light
D C G
Blue John's Blues
A
The sweetest girl that I ever had
G
Was guaranteed to drive a poor man bad
D
Blue John's Blues
G
Blue John Blues
D
Blue John's Blues
D
Get back Joe
D
Get back Joe
D
Get back Joe
D
Lord, get back Joe
Fade Out..................
ENJOY............
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Track 8 Artist - Barclay James Harvest
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Song - The Poet
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Album - Barclay James Harvest And Other Short Stories (1971)
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Tabbed By - Ayreon77
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Tuning = Standard
INTRO
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G F Am F
G Am F C
G Am G F Am
G F Am
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VERSE 1
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G F
Here I sit watching the day out
Am F Am
No one beside me who may doubt
Am F G
All of the words that I could chose to say
Am F G
So listen, believe, or be gone from this day
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CHORUS
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F Am
I need a friend to walk with me
G G Am
Sit in the shade of an old tree
Am F G
To think nothing much, just agree with my thoughts
Am F G
To say nothing much, never tell what I ought
Dm Am F C Bm Dm
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VERSE 2
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G F Am
Watching the people pass by now
G F E Dm
They just don't know why or know how
Am F G
They don't seem to care about all that I've seen
Am F G
They just walk on by never knowing I've been
F Am
Sitting up here where I'm wind blown
G F Am
Only to ask and to be shown
Am F G
Things that would make you believe what I say
Am F G
I'll tell you myself and I'll show you some day
Dm Am F C Bm Dm
G F Am X2
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ORCHESTRAL
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ENJOY..........
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Track 9 Artist - Barclay James Harvest
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Song - After The Day
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Album - Barclay James Harvest And Other Short Stories (1971)
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Tabbed By - Ayreon77
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Tuning = Standard
INTRO
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A G F E X2
C
C D Bm F#m
A D Bm
F#m A DBm
A
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VERSE 1
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F#m A
The eyes of night march slowly by
The last grain falls
D Bm A
The kneeling man just sighs
F#m A
Protected by the one great wall
D
Of colored parts
Bm A
He probes his clouded mind
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CHORUS
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C#m
If he takes a look around him
F#m
Is there nothing left to see
D
Is there nothing left at all
A
After the day
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VERSE 2
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F#m A
With trembling hands he wipes his eyes
A
He tries to stand
D A
But does not feel the need
F#m A
The morning sun shines on
D
The multicolored cross
A
Left standing through it all
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CHORUS
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C#m
If he takes a look around him
F#m
Is there nothing left to see
D
Is there nothing left at all
A
After the day
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SOLO
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F#m A D C#m D
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VIOLIN
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F#m D Bm A X2
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CHORUS
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C#m
If he takes a look around him
F#m
Is there nothing left to see
D
Is there nothing left at all
E
After the day
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SOLO
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A G F E X2
A G F A E
A G F E X2
A
ENJOY............