Al Stewart - Man for all seasons

^E What if you reached the ^Bage ^Cdim7of ^C#mreason Amaj7 | Bsus4 Bsus4 B | Only to find there was no reprieve ^EWould you still be a man ^Bfor ^Cdim7all ^C#mseasons? F# | Bsus2 B | Or would you just have to leave We ^Ameasure our days out In ^Bsteps of ^Cdimun- ^C#mcertainty Not ^Eturning to ^C#msee how we've ^Bcome A [ A/G# A/F#m A/E ] And peer down the highway From ^Bhere to ^Cdime- ^C#mterni^B/D#ty E C#m | Bsus4 B | And reach out for love on the run While the ^Aman for all seasons B [ E ] Is lost behind the sun (break)

^EHenry Plantagenet still ^Blooks ^Cdim7for ^C#msomeone Amaj7 | Bsus4 Bsus4 B | To bring good news in his hour of doubt While ^EThomas More waits in the ^BTower ^Cdim7of ^C#mLondon F#9 | Bsus4 B | Watching the sands running out And ^Ameasures the hours out From ^Bhere to ^Cdimob- ^C#mlivion E C#m | Bsus4 B | In actions that can't be undone A [ A/G# A/F#m A/E ] A sailor through the darkness He sc^Bans the ^Cdimmerid^C#mian ^B/D# E C#m/G# | Bsus4 B | And caught by the first rays of dawn The ^Aman for all seasons B [ E ] Is lost beneath the storm (break)

^B I should know by ^Anow E A E | B A | I hear them call it out all around 2/4 B A B C#m | F# | Oh, they go: Aah, ah, ah-ah, aah, aah, aah There's ^Enothing to be^Blieve in 2/4 A B C#m | F# | Hear them: Aah, ah, ah-ah, aah, aah, aah E C#m | Bsus4 B [ C ] Just daydreams, deceiving, they'll just let you down

^ESo, what if you reached the ^Bage ^Cdim7of ^C#mreason Amaj7 | Bsus4 Bsus4 B | Only to find there was no reprieve ^EWould you still be a man ^Bfor ^Cdim7all ^C#mseasons? F#9 | Bsus4 B | Or would you just disbelieve? We ^Ameasure our gains out In ^Bluck and ^Cdimco- ^C#mincidence E C#m | Bsus4 B | Lanterns to turn back the night A [ A/G# A/F#m A/E ] And put our defeats down To ^Bchance or ^Cdimex- ^C#mperie^B/D#nce E C#m/G# | Bsus4 B | And try once again for the light A [ A/G# A/F#m A/E ] B Cdim C#m B/D# Some wait for the waters of fortune to cover them A [ A/G# A/F#m A/E ] B Cdim C#m B/D# Some just see the tides of ill chance running over them A [ A/G# A/F#m A/E ] B Cdim C#m B/D# Some call on Jehovah, some cry out to Allah A [ A/G# A/F#m A/E ] B Cdim C#m B/D# Some wait for the boats that still row to Val- hallah A [ A/G# A/F#m A/E ] B Cdim C#m B/D# Well, you should try to accept what the fates are un- folding A [ A/G# A/F#m A/E ] B Cdim C#m B/D# While some say they're sure where the blame should be falling A [ A/G# A/F#m A/E ] B Cdim C#m B/D# You look round for maybe a chance of fore-stalling But too ^Esoon it’s over and ^Bdone (break) And the ^Aman for all seasons B [ E ] Is lost behind the sun