Al Stewart – Manuscript (Guitar Live)
Key
-
Versions
(2)
Guitar Live
Guitar
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Speed:
1.0x
Chords
[Intro]
D G e|-2--2-2--2--2-2-|---3--3-2-3-2-0----| B|-3--3-3--3--3-3-|---3--3-3-3-3-3--3-| G|-2--2-2--2--2-2-|---0--0-0-0-0-0--0-| D|-0--0-0--0--0-0-|-----------------0-| A|----------------|-------------------| E|----------------|-3-----------------|X2
This is also played at the end of the second and fourth line of each verse
[Verse 1]
D Am G Prince Louis Battenberg is burning the Admiralty lights down low D A G Silently sifting through papers sealed with a crown D Am G D Admiral Lord Fisher is writing to Churchill, calling for more Dreadnoughts A G The houses in Hackney are all falling down
D
A D And my grandmother sits on the beach in the days before the war F G Young girl writing her diary, while time seems to pause Bb D Watching the waves as they come one by one to die on the shore Bb Bbmaj7 A Eb/D D Kissing the feeeeeeeeeeet of England.
G D G D
[Verse 2]
D Am Oh the lights of Saint Petersburg come on as usual G D A G Although the air seems charged with a strangeness of late, yet there's nothing to touch D Am G And the Tsar in his great Winter Palace has called for the foreign news D A G An archduke was shot down in Bosnia, but nothing much
D
A D And my grandmother sits before the mirror in the days before the war F G Smiling a secret smile as she goes to the door Bb D And the young man rides off in his carriage, homeward once more Bb Bbmaj7 A Eb/D D And the sun sets gentlyyyyyyyyyyyy on England.
G D G D
[Verse 3]
D Am G Ah the day we decided to drive down to Worthing, it rained and rained D A G Giving us only a minute to stand by the sea D Am G And crunching my way through the shingles, it seemed there was nothing changed D A G Though the jetty was maybe more scarred that I'd known it to be
D
A D And Mandi and I stood and stared at the overcast sky F G Where ten years ago we had stood, my Grandfather and I Bb D And the waves still rushed in as they had the year that he died Bb D And it seemed that my lifetime was shrunken and lost in the tide Bb Bbmaj7 A Eb/D D As it rose and fell on the sideeeeeeeeeee of England
G D G D
D A F Prince Louis Battenberg is burning the Admiralty lights
Al plays the chords F, G and Bb in the 5th, 7th and 10th position with a droning D as follow:
F: xx0565
G: xx0787
Bb: xx010/11/10
Similarly the Eb/D is played xx0343
The Bbmaj7 can be played 003330