Tricks Of The Light by Mike Oldfield

Tricks Of The Light chords by Mike Oldfield

Guitar chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard tuning
Difficulty: Intermediate

.                     Artist - Mike Oldfield
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                    Song - Tricks Of The Light
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                      Album - Discovery
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                     Tabbed By - Ayreon77
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INTRO - Drums & Bass
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Accuracy Rating: - Votes: -

 Guitar 1 - Distorted
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|Guitar 2 - Clean                    rake        |
[--------------------------------------------------------------------------]
[----------------------------------------------------------9-12-9----------]
[---------------------------------------------------------9-------11-9-8-9-]
[--------------------------------------------------------9-----------------]
[--------------------------------------------------------------------------]
[--------------------------------------------------------------------------]


 Guitar 1 - Distorted
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[-17-16--14-16--14-16--14-16-17-16-14-|-17-16-17-16-14-]
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VERSE 1
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B    E
I have a crazy man
B      E
Waiting for confirmation.
B      E
Signs keep a-changing and.
B        E  F#
I need some more information.

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CHORUS
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C#         G#m       C#   G#m
Some tricks of the light, you never know.
    C#         G#m     C#
Make a flickering midnight light into a glow.

G#m         C#   (Play Section 1)
It`s a trick of the light.


Guitar 1 - Distorted
 C#                A   B
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[-17-16--14-16--14-16--14-16-17-16-14-|-17-16-17-------]
[-------------------------------------|----------------]
[-------------------------------------|----------------]
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C#   B
It`s a trick of the light.

Guitar 1 - Distorted
 C#                 A   B      C#
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[-17-16--14-16--14-16--14-16-17-16-14-|-17-16-17-16-14-]
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VERSE 1
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B       E
Something that tells me how,
B        E
Her bright blue eyes are smiling.
B      E
She turns up her head now,
B        E
Where she walks, she`ll deny him.


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CHORUS
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C#         G#m       C#  G#m
Some tricks of the light, you never know.

Guitar 2 - Clear
 rake
[--------------------]
[--------------------]
[---9-11-8-8---------]
[--9---------11-9----]
[-9---------------11-]
[--------------------]
    C#         G#m     C#   B
Make a flickering midnight light into a glow.

Guitar 2 - Clear
 rake
[---9-12-11-11-9-------]
[--9-------------12--b-]
[-9-----------------11-]
[----------------------]
[----------------------]
[----------------------]
    C#          G#m         C#  G#m
And the spot that you saw so bright was just for show.
 rake
[-----21-19-18-19----------------]
[---21------------21-21-19-16--b-]
[-21--------------------------18-]
[--------------------------------]
[--------------------------------]
[--------------------------------]

     C#          G#m         C#   G#m
Could it ever have turned out right You`ll never know.
 rake
[---9-11-12-11-9------------]
[--9-------------12-9-----b-]
[-9-------------------11-11-]
[---------------------------]
[---------------------------]
[---------------------------]

G#m         C#
It`s a trick of the light.

Guitar 1 - Distorted
 C#                A   B
[-------------------------------------|----------14-16-]
[-17-16--14-16--14-16--14-16-17-16-14-|-17-16-17-------]
[-------------------------------------|----------------]
[-------------------------------------|----------------]
[-------------------------------------|----------------]
[-------------------------------------|----------------]

C#   B
It`s a trick of the light.

Guitar 1 - Distorted
 C#                 A   B      C#
[-------------------------------------|----------------]
[-17-16--14-16--14-16--14-16-17-16-14-|-17-16-17-16-14-]
[-------------------------------------|----------------]
[-------------------------------------|----------------]
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It`s a trick of the light.

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VERSE 3
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B       E
She turns, she takes his hand,
B      E
Breaking his concentration.
B      E
She burns at his command,
B          E
That ends some man`s recollection.

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02:07
CHORUS
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C#         G#m       C#  G#m
Some tricks of the light, you never know.

Guitar 2 - Clear
 rake
[-----------------------]
[----9----9-------------]
[---9--11---11-8-8------]
[--9---------------11-9-]
[-----------------------]
[-----------------------]
    C#         G#m     C#   B
Make a flickering midnight light into a glow.

 rake
[---9-12-11-9------------]
[--9----------12-12-11-9-]
[-9----------------------]
[------------------------]
[------------------------]
[------------------------]
    C#          G#m         C#  G#m
And the spot that you saw so bright was just for show.
 rake
[-----21-19-18-19----------------------]
[---21------------21-21-19-16----------]
[-21--------------------------18-16----]
[-----------------------------------18-]
[--------------------------------------]
[--------------------------------------]

     C#          G#m         C#   G#m
Could it ever have turned out right? You`ll never know.
 rake
[--------------------]
[--------------------]
[---9-11-9-8---------]
[--9---------11------]
[-9-------------9-11-]
[--------------------]

G#m         C#
It`s a trick of the light.

Guitar 1 - Distorted
 C#                A   B
[-------------------------------------|----------14-16-]
[-17-16--14-16--14-16--14-16-17-16-14-|-17-16-17-------]
[-------------------------------------|----------------]
[-------------------------------------|----------------]
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C#   B
It`s a trick of the light.

Guitar 1 - Distorted
 C#                 A   B      C#
[-------------------------------------|----------------]
[-17-16--14-16--14-16--14-16-17-16-14-|-17-16-17-16-14-]
[-------------------------------------|----------------]
[-------------------------------------|----------------]
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It`s a trick of the light.

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02:48
SOLO
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[------------------------h--p-------|-9-9-9----9-------]
[-----------------------9-10-9----9-|-------12---12--b-]
[---9----8------8-9-11---------11---|---------------11-]
[--9--11---9-11---------------------|------------------]
[-9---------------------------------|------------------]
[-----------------------------------|------------------]

there`s diff ways to do this
find whats good for yourself.
[-------------------------------|----------------------------h---------]
[---h---12-12---h---12-12-------|----------------h-----h---12-14-12----]
[-11-13-------11-13-------13-13-|-----------h---9-11-11-13----------13-]
[-------------------------------|------h---9-11------------------------]
[-------------------------------|--h--7-9------------------------------]
[-------------------------------|-7-9----------------------------------]

 rake         p                  Whammy Bar^^^^^
[---12-9-11----9-11--12-11---p---|-------16--------19------21-------------]
[--9--------12-------------14-12-|-14-14----14--17-------21---------------]
[-9------------------------------|---------------------21-----------------]
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(There`s is 2 guitars through the last bit, i can,t make out one.)


PRE CHORUS
***********            Could it ever have turned out right, now
 C#                A   B
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[-17-16--14-16--14-16--14-16-17-16-14-|-17-16-17-------]
[-------------------------------------|----------------]
[-------------------------------------|----------------]
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It`s a trick of the light.    That is something you never know.
 C#                 A   B      C#
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[-17-16--14-16--14-16--14-16-17-16-14-|-17-16-17-16-14-]
[-------------------------------------|----------------]
[-------------------------------------|----------------]
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It`s a trick of the light.

      Repeat PRE CHORUS again

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                 Could it ever have turned out right, now
 C#                A   B
[-------------------------------------|----------14-16-]
[-17-16--14-16--14-16--14-16-17-16-14-|-17-16-17-------]
[-------------------------------------|----------------]
[-------------------------------------|----------------]
[-------------------------------------|----------------]
[-------------------------------------|----------------]

It`s a trick of the light.
 C#                 A   B      C#
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[-17-16--14-16--14-16--14-16-17-16-14----------------------]
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       |Guitar 2                  |
       |   h p     h p          |
       [-16-19-16----|-16-19-16----|-16-------------]
       [----------19-|----------19-|----19-17-16----]
       [-------------|-------------|-------------18-]
       [-------------|-------------|----------------]
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That is something you never, something you never,
Something you never, something you never,
Something you never, something you never,
Something you never, something you never....


This guitar is low at the end it plays with the lyrics above,
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[-19---17-19---19~-~-~---17------------------------------]
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