Al Stewart – A Man For All Seasons (Guitar)

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E                        B   Cdim7 C#m
 What if you reached the age of    reason

Amaj7                 | Bsus4       Bsus4 B |
Only to find there was no reprieve

E                        B   Cdim7 C#m
Would you still be a man for all   seasons?

F#                        | Bsus2 B |
 Or would you just have to leave

   A
We measure our days out

   B        Cdim C#m
In steps of un-  certainty

    E          C#m           B
Not turning to see how we've come

    A  [ A/G#     A/F# A/E ]
And peer down the highway

     B       Cdim C#m  B/D#
From here to e-   ternity

    E             C#m       | Bsus4 B |
And reach out for love on the run

          A
While the man for all seasons

   B              [ E ]
Is lost behind the sun

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E                       B     Cdim7 C#m
Henry Plantagenet still looks for   someone

Amaj7                    | Bsus4       Bsus4 B |
 To bring good news in his hour of doubt

      E                        B     Cdim7 C#m
While Thomas More waits in the Tower of    London

F#9                       | Bsus4 B |
Watching the sands running out

    A
And measures the hours out

     B       Cdim C#m
From here to ob-  livion

   E            C#m       | Bsus4 B |
In actions that can't be undone

    A  [ A/G#     A/F# A/E ]
A sailor through the darkness

     B       Cdim C#m  B/D#
He scans the meridian

    E             C#m/G#      | Bsus4 B |
And caught by the first rays of dawn

    A
The man for all seasons

   B                [ E ]
Is lost beneath the storm

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And I should know by now

B                 A
 I should know by now

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I hear them call it out all around

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   Oh, they go: Aah, ah, ah-ah, aah, aah, aah

        E            B
There's nothing to believe in

           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

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E                           B   Cdim7 C#m
So, what if you reached the age of    reason

Amaj7                 | Bsus4       Bsus4 B |
 Only to find there was no reprieve

E                        B   Cdim7 C#m
Would you still be a man for all   seasons?

F#9                    | Bsus4 B |
 Or would you just disbelieve?

   A
We measure our gains out

   B        Cdim C#m
In luck and co-  incidence

E           C#m          | Bsus4 B |
Lanterns to turn back the night

    A    [ A/G# A/F# A/E ]
And put our defeats down

   B         Cdim C#m  B/D#
To chance or ex-  perience

    E         C#m/G#      | Bsus4 B |
And try once again for the light

     A    [ A/G# A/F# A/E ]    B       Cdim     C#m  B/D#
Some wait for the waters    of fortune to cover them

     A    [ A/G# A/F# A/E ]    B        Cdim  C#m  B/D#
Some just see the tides of ill chance running over them

     A    [ A/G# A/F# A/E ]  B       Cdim C#m  B/D#
Some call on Jehovah,  some  cry out to   Allah

     A    [ A/G# A/F# A/E ]        B      Cdim C#m  B/D#
Some wait for the boats that still row to Val- hallah

                 A    [ A/G# A/F# 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# 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#  A/E ] B         Cdim C#m    B/D#
You look round for maybe  a chance of fore-stalling

        E                  B
But too soon it's over and done

        A
And the man for all seasons

   B              [ E ]
Is lost behind the sun

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