Artist - Al Stewart ********************** Song - One Stage Before

Album - Year Of The Cat

Tabbed By - Ayreon77 **********************

CHORDS ARE *********** Gm - 3 5 5 3 3 3 Eb - X 6 8 8 8 6 Bb - 6 8 8 7 6 6 F - 1 3 3 2 1 1 Cm - 3 3 5 5 4 3 Dm - X X 0 2 3 1 INTRO - Acoustic Strumming - Gm Eb X6 *** Electric Guitar - strums the chords once through the song. **************** ------------------------------------------------------------ VERSE 1 ********

^GmIt seems to me as ^Ebthough I've been ^Gmupon this stage ^Ebbefore And ^Bbjuggled ^Faway the ^Cmnight for the same old ^Gmcrowd ^Eb ^GmThese harlequins you ^Ebsee with me, they ^Gmtoo have held the ^Ebfloor As ^Bbhere once ^Fagain they ^Cmstrut and they fret their ^Gmhour ^Eb

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^BbI see those half-^Ffamiliar faces ^Ebin the ^Gmsecond ^Cmrow ^FGhost-like with the ^Cmfootlights in their ^Dmeyes ^EbBut where or ^Bbwhen we ^Cmmet like this ^Bblast time, I ^Fjust don't ^Gmknow Cm F Dm (Gm Eb X4) It's like a chord that rings and never dies for infinity

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^GmAnd now these figures ^Ebin the wings ^Gmwith all their restless ^Ebtunes Are ^Bbwaiting ^Faround for ^Cmsomeone to call their ^Gmnames ^Eb ^GmThey walk the backstage ^Ebcorridors and ^Gmprowl the dressing ^Ebrooms And ^Bbvanish to ^Fspecks of ^Cmlight in the picture-^Gmframes ^Eb

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^BbBut did they move ^Fupon the stage a ^Ebthousand ^Gmyears ^Cmago ^FIn some play in ^CmParis or ^DmMadrid ^EbAnd was I ^Bbthere ^Cmamong them then, ^Bbin some ^Ftravelling ^Gmshow Cm F Dm (Gm Eb X4) And is it all still locked inside my head for infinity

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^GmAnd some of you are ^Ebharmonies to ^Gmall the notes I ^Ebplay Alth^Bbough we ^Fmay not ^Cmmeet still you know me ^Gmwell ^Eb ^GmWhile others talk in ^Ebsecret keys and ^Gmtranspose all I ^Ebsay And ^Bbnothing ^FI do or ^Cmtry can get me through the ^Gmspell ^Eb

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^BbSo one more time we'll ^Fdim the lights and ^Ebring the ^Gmcurtain ^Cmup ^FAnd play again like ^Cmall the times ^Dmbefore ^EbBut far ^Bbbehind the^Cm music you can ^Bbalmost ^Fhear the ^Gmsounds Cm F Dm (Gm Eb X4) Of laughter like the waves upon the shores of infinity

GUITAR SOLO ************ 03:22 b p p [--rbp----------|---s---13--17-15-|-18-18-17--18-17-15--18-17-15-] [-13--11--13-11-|-13\15-----------|------------------------------] [---------------|-----------------|------------------------------] [---------------|-----------------|------------------------------] [---------------|-----------------|------------------------------] [---------------|-----------------|------------------------------] whammy bar br [---------18---17-|-15-13--------------brb-|----------15-|-18---15-] [-18-16-15---13---|-------16-15-13-11-13~-~|-18-16-15----|---------] [-----------------|------------------------|-------------|---------] [-----------------|------------------------|-------------|---------] [-----------------|------------------------|-------------|---------] [-----------------|------------------------|-------------|---------] b p p [-20-20--18-18-17-15-15-15-|-18-20----|---p--p------|---p--p----whammy-bar] [--------------------------|-------18-|-16-15-13-15-|-13-11-10-15~-~-~-~--] [--------------------------|----------|-------------|---------------------] [--------------------------|----------|-------------|---------------------] [--------------------------|----------|-------------|---------------------] [--------------------------|----------|-------------|---------------------] 03:48 b p s p p [-20-20-18-20-18-20-|-17-13-13\15-|-17-18-17-15------------s---] [-------------------|-------------|-------------18-15-18-18\20-] [-------------------|-------------|----------------------------] [-------------------|-------------|----------------------------] [-------------------|-------------|----------------------------] [-------------------|-------------|----------------------------] [-18-17-------|--------rb-s--] [-------18-13-|-11-13-13--\--] [-------------|--------------] [-------------|--------------] [-------------|--------------] [-------------|--------------] Tricky Bit p S p [-13-13-13-11\10--11-10-------h--p--------------------------] [-----------------------13--11-13-11---p---------p----------] [------------------------------------12-10-----10-8---p-----] [------------------------------------------13-------10-8-10-] [-----------------------------------------------------------] [-----------------------------------------------------------] [------------------------|----------|----------|----------|----------] [--------s------11-10----|-11-16-16-|-15-13-16-|-15-13-16-|-15-13-15-] [-8-10-10\12-10-------12-|----------|----------|----------|----------] [------------------------|----------|----------|----------|----------] [------------------------|----------|----------|----------|----------] [------------------------|----------|----------|----------|----------] s up b p p [-14-14-15-\----|-18-18-15-18-15-15--18-15-------whammy bar-] [---------------|-----------------------------brb-----------] [---------------|---------------------------14--------------] [---------------|-------------------------------------------] [---------------|-------------------------------------------] [---------------|-------------------------------------------] A nice Al stewart track. Great solo to play along to, tricky bit is hard but gets easier the more you play it. Enjoy..............

Al Stewart - One stage before