Turn Of The Tide (1981) chords by Barclay James Harvest
Guitar chords with lyrics
- Tuning: Standard tuning
- Difficulty: Beginner 👶
Album - Turn of The Tide (1981)
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1. Waiting On The Borderline
2. How Do You Feel Now?
3. Back To The Wall
4. Highway For Fools
5. Echoes And Shadows
6. Death Of A City
7. I`m Like A Train
8. Doctor Doctor
9. Life Is For Living
10. In Memory Of The Martyrs
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Artist - Barclay James Harvest
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Song - Waiting On The Borderline
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Track 1
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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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Em C D Bm X2
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VERSE 1
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Em C
Going down with a troubled mind
D Bm
You leave me waiting on the border line
Em C
I`m thinking it`s a waste of time
D Bm
Taking me for a ride
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VERSE 2
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Em C
You say that you`re good for me
D Bm
Was a time when I`d let it be
Em C
But now there`s no reality
D Bm
Do you think that I`m blind
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PRE CHORUS
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Em G
Get back to your own side of the highway
F#m C
Straying across the line
Em G
I know you`re a heart breaking lover
F#m C
Isn`t any other time to take a ride
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CHORUS
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C Em
Get back in the long grass
C Em
Get back to the street
C Bm
Go take another walk
Em
Don`t bother me
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BREAK
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Em C D Bm
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VERSE 3
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Em C
Good loving is hard to find
D Bm
You keep playing the same old rhyme
Em C
Got the feeling that you`re gonna be
D Bm
Traveling down the line
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VERSE 4
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Em C
You play in another key
D Bm
Go tell your friends that I set you free
Em C
I know the way it used to be
D Bm
Watching you hitch a ride
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PRE CHORUS
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Em G
Get back to your own side of the highway
F#m C
Straying across the line
Em G
I know you`re a heart breaking lover
F#m C
Isn`t any other time to take a ride
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CHORUS
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C Em
Get back in the long grass
C Em
Get back to the street
C Bm
Go take another walk
Em
Don`t bother me
SYNTH
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Em C D Bm X8
Fade Out...........
ENJOY........
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Artist - Barclay James Harvest
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Song - How Do You Feel
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Track 2
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Tabbed By - Ayreon77
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Tuning = Standard
INTRO - Piano
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C G C G F G
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VERSE 1
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C
How do you feel now
G Am
We`ve got a reason to go on
G F
Newly born
Dm G
Seems like I`ve waited for a lifetime
Am C
But honey I believed in you
F G Am Bm
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VERSE 2
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C G
When I saw her face I had to cry
Am
I don`t know why
G F
Is she real
Dm G
Seems like I`ve waited for a lifetime
Am C
But honey I believed in you
Am F
To make my dreams all come true
C Bm G
We`ve got a child
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CHORUS
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Am G Dm
I tried and tried to talk it over
Am G Dm
Seemed like we`d waited a million years
F G C
Then you conceived our child was born
F
And we were one
Dm
Picked her up put her by your side
G
Saw the smile that you couldn`t hide
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SAX
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C Bm G Am G F
Dm G Am C Am F
C Bm
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CHORUS
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Am G Dm
I tried and tried to talk it over
Am G Dm
Seemed like we`d waited a million years
F G C
Then you conceived our child was born
F
And we were one
Dm
Picked her up put her by your side
G
Saw the smile that you couldn`t hide
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VERSE 3
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C
How do you feel now
G Am
We`ve got a reason to go on
G F
Newly born
Dm G
Seems like I`ve waited for a lifetime
Am C
But honey I believed in you
Am G
To make my dreams all come true
F C
We`ve got a child
Am F C
Repeat and Fade Out...........
ENJOY...........
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Artist - Barclay James Harvest
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Song - Back To The Wall
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Track 3
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Tabbed By - Ayreon77
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Tuning = Standard
INTRO
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Am G Am
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VERSE 1
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Am
Stranger at the gate, let him in
Am
Stranger at the gate, let him in
G
Stranger at the gate, let him in
Am
Won`t you let him in?
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VERSE 2
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Am
He`s been waiting on the other side
Am
He`s been waiting on the other side
G
He`s been waiting for the turn of the tide
Am
Won`t you let him in?
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PRE CHORUS
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F Am
Promises leave you with nothing to show
F Am Em
Destiny leaves you with nowhere to go
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CHORUS
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Am
Back to the wall
Have you seen the light
Is your soul worth saving
F
Back to the wall
Can you pay the price
Then your life is waiting
Dm
Down by the shore
We can help you no more
Am G Am
Standing with our back to the wall
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SOLO - Am C Am G Am X2
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BRIDGE
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Am
Is your soul worth saving
(Stranger at the gate, let him in)
(Stranger at the gate, let him in)
G
Have you seen the light
Am
(Stranger at the gate, let him in, won`t you let him in)
Am
Then your life is waiting
(He`s been waiting on the other side)
(He`s been waiting on the other side)
G
Can you pay the price
(He`s been waiting for the turn of the tide
Am
(Won`t you let him in)
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PRE CHORUS
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F Am
Promises leave you with nothing to show
F Am Em
Destiny leaves you with nowhere to go
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CHORUS
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Am
Back to the wall
Have you seen the light
Is your soul worth saving
F
Back to the wall
Can you pay the price
Then your life is waiting
Dm
Down by the shore
We can help you no more
Am G Am
Standing with our back to the wall
Yea Yea Yea
Am G Am G Am G Am
ENJOY..........
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Artist - Barclay James Harvest
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Song - Highway For Fools
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Track 4
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Tabbed By - Ayreon77
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Tuning = Standard
INTRO
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E G
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VERSE 1
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A
You got the groove
I got to move
G
Cause suddenly something`s unreal
A
I got to go
Get up and go
E
`Cause you ain`t the way that I feel
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CHORUS
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E F G A
I know what I like
E F G A
And it ain`t looking at you
E F G A
If I have to believe
Bm
I believe in myself and nobody else
E
Your kind of love ain`t for real
E G
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VERSE 2
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A
I got the wheels
I got the deals
G
But suddenly you ain`t so cool
A
Great God above it`s diamond love
E
But that kind of rock don`t appeal
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CHORUS
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E F G A
I know what I like
E F G A
And it ain`t looking at you
E F G A
If I have to believe
Bm
I believe in myself and nobody else
E
Your kind of love ain`t for real
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SOLO
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E
D A D A Bm E
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VERSE 3
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A
I got to change it`s feeling strange
E
And strange is a highway for fools
A
If it`s diamond love that makes you feel good
E
Then that kind of love I can steal
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CHORUS
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E F G A
I know what I like
E F G A
And it ain`t looking at you
E F G A
If I have to believe
Bm
I believe in myself and nobody else
E
Your kind of love ain`t for real
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SOLO
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E..............
A ............
E.............
A.............
ENJOY.........
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Artist - Barclay James Harvest
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Song - Echoes And Shadows
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Track 5
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Tabbed By - Ayreon77
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Tuning = Standard
INTRO - Piano
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VERSE 1
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F G Am
Here lie the towers so tall
F D Am
Strange, they tumble and fall
C G
Time softly playing the chord
C
Could be lost in the void
G F
Do your eyes see it all
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VERSE 2
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F G Am
Gone like the dreams that you made
F G Am
Sad how memory fades
C G
Drawn by the mystical sight
Am
There`s a voice in the night
G F
And your eyes see it all
F G Am X2
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CHORUS
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Am
Stay with me
D
All I want from you
Am
Just stay with me
D
All I want to do
E
Is look in your eyes
G
And sail on through the night
C
Echoes and shadows
G
Drift through tomorrow`s
F
Dreams that you follow
C
Echoes and shadows
G
Drift through tomorrow`s
F
Dreams that you follow
Am
In the dark
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VERSE 3
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F G Am
Fools are entranced by the dawn
F G Am
But the wise man misses it all
C G
He laughs and the pages are torn
Am
While the intellect scorns
G F
As he clutches the straws
F G Am
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CHORUS
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Am
Stay with me
D
All I want from you
Am
Just stay with me
D
All I want to do
E
Is look in your eyes
G
And sail on through the night
C
Echoes and shadows
G
Drift through tomorrow`s
F
Dreams that you follow
C
Echoes and shadows
G
Drift through tomorrow`s
F
Dreams that you follow
C
Echoes and shadows
G
Drift through tomorrow`s
F
Dreams that you follow
C G F X2
Fade Out...........
ENJOY............
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Artist - Barclay James Harvest
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Song - Death Of A City
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Track 6
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Tabbed By - Ayreon77
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Tuning = Standard
VERSE 1
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D C
I look down the street but there`s no one there
G D
In the cold, in the dark, in the night air
D C
I call out for life but my heart feels despair
G D
There`s no sign of a light in the cold dismal night
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VERSE 2
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D C
The lights have all gone, the clothes are all torn
G D
The people are gone but the victory`s won
D C
I call out for life but it`s after the day
G D
Now the people are gone just the city alone
D C D X2
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CHORUS
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D C
Eyes look from the second floor
G
Down to the street below
D C
Calm now the wind is slow
D C
See posters once on the wall
C G
Now washed away in the rain
D
Peeling from buildings tall
G
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VERSE 3
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D C
I`ll follow you friends to where life never ends
G D
Make our mistakes again as our life lines descend
D C
Time is like dust and the dust is like snow
G D
As it covers the ruins of the life that you know
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CHORUS
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D C
Trees once green now turned to stone
G
Objects that look like ghosts
D C
All of them overgrown
D C
Mist all sight and mind is blurred
G
Lie on your back and cry
D
Words uttered never heard
G
VERSE 4
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D C
I look down the street but there`s no one there
G D
In the cold, in the dark, in the night air
D C
I call out for life but my heart feels despair
G D
There`s no sign of a light in the cold dismal night
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VERSE 5
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D C
The lights have all gone, the clothes are all torn
G D
The people are gone but the victory`s won
D C
I call out for life but it`s after the day
G D
Now the people are gone just the city alone
D
ENJOY...........
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Artist - Barclay James Harvest
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Song - I`m Like A Train
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Track 7
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Tabbed By - Ayreon77
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Tuning = Standard
INTRO - Piano
C D C G A D G D C G
A D
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VERSE 1
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G C
Look around and cry aloud
D C G
Seems so much is happening but I have found
A D
When you awake the sky will shine
G D C G
Even on a cloudy day
A
D
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VERSE 2
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G C
Want to be where I can see
D C G
Oh, so much is happening to you and me
A D G D Em G A D
Oh, will it end, will day turn black? Will we ever see things right? Oh no no
G
And how can we make it through the night?
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SYNTH
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C G C G C D
G D C G D C G
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CHORUS
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G C
I`m like a train that`s jumping the track
G
Caught up in the slide and I`ll never come back
G C
I turn around and look for a way
C G
Nothing that I can do, nothing that I can say
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BRIDGE
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D C G
What a life I was living before
D C G
Hard to see if you can`t find a door
D C D
Seen the turning, know it`s burning me to be with you
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CHORUS
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G C
I`m like a train that`s jumping the track
G
Caught up in the slide and I`ll never come back
G C
I turn around and look for a way
C G
Nothing that I can do, nothing that I can say
G C
I`m like a train that`s jumping the track
G
Caught up in the slide and I`ll never come back
G C
I turn around and look for a way
C G
Nothing that I can do, nothing that I can say
G C
I`m like a train that`s jumping the track
G
Caught up in the slide and I`ll never come back
G C
I turn around and look for a way
C G
Nothing that I can do, nothing that I can say
G C
I`m like a train that`s jumping the track
G
Caught up in the slide and I`ll never come back
G C
I turn around and look for a way
C G
Nothing that I can do, nothing that I can say
SYNTH
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G C G C
Fade Out.....
ENJOY..........
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Artist - Barclay James Harvest
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Song - Doctor Doctor
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Track 8
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Tabbed By - Ayreon77
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Tuning = Standard
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CAPO 2nd FRET
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INTRO
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Am F X3
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VERSE 1
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Am G
Doctor doctor tell me if you can
F
What is wrong with me
Am
I can`t seem to find the key
Am G
Doctor doctor I`m begging on my knees
F
Won`t you tell me please
Am
What could be my malady
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CHORUS
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G Am
When I`m down feeling kind of low
G F E
I don`t want to be the last to know
Am G
When I`m down crawling cross the floor
F F
I don`t want to be, I can`t stand to be
E
The last to know
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BRIDGE
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C F
Doctor doctor help me through the day
G C
Give me something natural I can depend on
F G
Doctor doctor it`s something that I need
Am
It`s a natural panacea
F
Like a cure for every fear
G
It`s some of her sweet love
Am
Mixed up with her young blood
F
True love and devotion
G
What a wonderful potion
F C
Tonight, tonight
F E F G
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SYNTH
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E F G Am Ab C Bb C
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VERSE 2
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Am G
Doctor doctor why am I alone
F
Listening to my heart
Am
Beating through the cold dark night
Am G
Doctor doctor I`m shaking in the gloom
F
Could this be defeat
Am
Please don`t stop, don`t miss a beat
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CHORUS
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G Am
When I`m down feeling kind of low
G F E
I don`t want to be the last to know
Am G
When I`m down crawling cross the floor
F F
I don`t want to be, I can`t stand to be
E
The last to know
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BRIDGE
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C F
Doctor doctor help me through the day
G C
Give me something natural I can depend on
F G
Doctor doctor it`s something that I need
Am
It`s a natural panacea
F
Like a cure for every fear
G
It`s some of her sweet love
Am
Mixed up with her young blood
F
True love and devotion
G
What a wonderful potion
F C
Tonight, tonight
ENJOY..........
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Artist - Barclay James Harvest
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Song - Life Is For Living
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Track 9
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Tabbed By - Ayreon77
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Tuning = Standard
INTRO
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C G C G C G D
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VERSE 1
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G
You and me
C G
Our life is drifting along
C G D
Watching the world as it`s singing it`s song
G
High above
C G
Someone is calling to me
C G D
Life is for living and living is free
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VERSE 2
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G
You to me
C G
Are like the sun in the sky
C G D
See how you fly you have wings of your own
G
You and me
C G
Our love will last without end
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VERSE 3
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C G D
Ride with the wind won`t you follow me home
G C G
Turn around and see the circles we spin
C G D G
And we`re taking our chances on where we begin
G
Up above
C G
The rain is falling on me
C G D G
Life is for living and living is free
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VERSE 4
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G
You to me
C G
Are like the sun in the sky
G D G
See how you fly you have wings of your own
G
You and me
C G
Our love will last without end
C G D
Ride with the wind won`t you follow me home
G C G C G D X2
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CHORUS
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D
Taking up time
C Bm C
Trying to write a line till the break of day
D
Given a sign
C
Can you make it rhyme
Bm C
Tell me what to say
D C Bm C
Making it fine can you ease my mind help me drift away
G C G C G D X2
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VERSE 5
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G
Turn around
C G
And see the circles we spin
C G D
Taking our chances on where we begin
G
Up above
C G
The rain is falling on me
C G D G
Life is for living and living is free
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VERSE 6
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G
You to me
C G
Are like the sun in the sky
G D G
See how you fly you have wings of your own
G
You and me
C G
Our love will last without end
C G D
Ride with the wind won`t you follow me home
G C G C G D X4
Fade Out.......
ENJOY..........
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Artist - Barclay James Harvest
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Song - In Memory of the Martyrs
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Track 10
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Tabbed By - Ayreon77
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Tuning = Standard
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CAPO 1st FRET
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E
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VERSE 1
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E
Life is like a tall ship
D
Drifting gently from the shore
A
Time is like a fair wind
E
With a lifetime to explore
E
The beauty that surrounds you
D
Was meant to be adored
A
The problems that surround you
E
Were meant to be ignored
D A E
We are love, we are, we are love
D A E
We are love, we are, we are love
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VERSE 2
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E
I dreampt I held a baby
D
I dreampt I held a child
A
I dreampt I held a young man
E
A prisoner in my hand
E
My hand I could not open
D
The man grew up inside
A
A prisoner without reason
E
Just on the other side
D A E
We are love, we are, we are love
D A E
We are love, we are, we are love
D A E X2
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VERSE 3
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E
The blood red rose of summer
D
Grows elegant and tall
A
In memory of the green grass
E
Beyond the guardian wall
E
The green grass grows forever
D
Beneath the bloody sky
A
In memory of the martyrs
E
She`ll cover when they die
D A E
We are love, we are, we are love
D A E
We are love, we are, we are love
D A E
We are love, we are, we are love
D A E
We are love, we are, we are love
D A E X5
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