Al Stewart – Nostradamus (Guitar)
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Chords
This is how I play my simplified acoustic version of this song.
I play the G as 320033
and Cadd9 as x32033
Intro - D
D A In the east the wind is blowing G D The boats across the sea A And their sails will fill the morning G D And their cries ring out to me D Cadd9 D D Cadd9 D A Oh oh oh........oh the more it changes G D The more it stays the same A And the hand just re-arranges G D The players in the game
Bridge
D Cadd9 D D D Bm G Oh oh oh oh oh oh I had a dream D It seems I stood alone D D Bm G And the ve e eil of all the years A D Goes sinking from my eyes like a stone
D G A D x 6
Verse 1
G A D A king shall fall and put to death by the English parliament shall be G A D Fire and plagues to London come in the year of six and twenties three G A D An emperor of France shall rise who will be born near Italy G A D D Cadd9 D Cadd9 His rule shall cost his empire dear Napoleron his name shall be
Verse 2
D G A D From Castile does Franco come and the government driven out shall be G A D An English king seeks divorce and from his throne cast out is he G A D One named Hister shall become a captain of Greater Germanie G A D D Cadd9 D Cadd9 No law does this man observe and bloody his rise and fall shall be
Chorus
D G A D Man man your time is sand your ways are leaves upon the sea G A D I am the eyes of Nostradamus all your ways are known to me D G A D Man man your time is sand your ways are leaves upon the sea G A D Cadd9 D Cadd9 D I am the eyes of Nostradamus all your ways are known to me
D G A D x 6
Verse 3
D G A D In the new land of America three brothers now shall come to power G A D Two alone are born to rule but all must die before their hour G A D Two great men but brothers not make the north united stand G A D D Cadd9 D Cadd9 It's power be seen to grow and fear possess the eastern lands
Verse 4
D G A D Three leagues from the gates of Rome a Pope named Pol is doomed to die G A D A great wall that divides a city at this time is cast aside G A These are the signs I bring to you to show you when the time is nigh
Chorus
D G A D Man man your time is sand your ways are leaves upon the sea G A D I am the eyes of Nostradamus all your ways are known to me D G A D Man man your time is sand your ways are leaves upon the sea G A D A Bb G D Cadd9 D I am the eyes of Nostradamus....all your ways are known..to me