Al Stewart – Time Passages (Guitar)
Capo 1
Key
-
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Speed:
1.0x
Chords
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Written by: Stewart/White
From: "Time Passages" (1978)
Tabbed by: maguri
Tuning: Standard
Capo: 1st fret
Play: D
Key: Eb
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CHORDS
E-A-D-G-B-e
A/D x-x-0-2-2-0
G/D x-5-5-4-3-x
F#m7 2-x-2-2-2-0
Gm6/Bb x-1-2-0-3(0) (= Bb6-5)
G/A x-0-5-4-3-3
E/G# 4-x-2-1-0-0
D/A x-0-0-2-3-2---------------------------------------------------------------------------
It is difficult to include the melody. Here’s as far as I got:
[Intro] [D [A/D [A/D [G/D [D [A [F#m7 [G 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + e|2-----0---------|0-5-0-----------|2-0---0---------|0---------------| B|3-----2-------3-|2---2-----3-----|3---3-2-------3-|2---------3-----| G|2-----2---------|2---2-----4-----|2-----2---------|2---------4-----| D|0-----0---------|0---------5-----|0-----2---------|2---------5-----| A|----------------|----------5-----|------0---------|----------5-----| E|----------------|----------------|----------------|2---------3-----|
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[Intro]
[Rhodes]
D A/D G/D D A F#m7 G |/ / / / |/ / / / |/ / / / |/ / / / | D A/D G/D D A F#m7 G |/ / / / |/ / / / |/ / / / |/ / / / |
[full band]
D A/D G/D D A F#m7 G |/ / / / |/ / / / |/ / / / |/ / / / | D A/D G/D D A F#m7 G/A |/ / / / |/ / / / |/ / / / |/ / / / |
[Verse]
D A/D F#m7 G It was late in December, the sky turned to snow G A Bm A G All round the day was going down slow D A/D F#m7 G Night like a river beginning to flow G A Bm A G I felt the beat of my mind go drifting into
[Chorus]
D A/D G/D Time passages D A Bm E Years go falling in the fading light D A/D G/D Time passages G F#m7 A [ D ] Buy me a ticket on the last train home tonight
[Interlude]
D A/D G/D D A F#m7 G |/ / / / |/ / / / |/ / / / |/ / / / | D A/D G/D D A F#m7 G/A |/ / / / |/ / / / |/ / / / |/ / / / |
[Verse]
D A/D F#m7 G Well, I'm not the kind to live in the past G A Bm A G The years run too short and the days too fast D A/D F#m7 G The things you lean on are things that don't last G A Bm A G Well, it's just now and then my line gets cast into these
[Chorus]
D A/D G/D Time passages D A Bm E There's something back here that you left behind D A/D G/D Oh, time passages G F#m7 A [ D ] Buy me a ticket on the last train home tonight
[Interlude]
D A/D G/D D A F#m7 G |/ / / / |/ / / / |/ / / / |/ / / / |
[Middle 8]
Bb Gm6/Bb D Hear the echoes and feel yourself starting to turn Bb Gm6/Bb Bm Don't know why you should feel that there's something to learn E [ D ] It's just a game that you play
(break)
[Link]
D A/D G/D D A/C# A F#m G A |/ / / / |/ / / / |/ / / / |/ / / / | D A/D G/D D A F#m7 G |/ / / / |/ / / / |/ / / / |/ / / / |
[Solo]
(guitar)
| D A/D | A/D G/D| Em A | F#m7 G |
| D A/D | A/D G/D| D A | F#m7 G |
[Solo]
(saxophone)
| Bb | Bb | G/A Dmaj7 | G/A Dmaj7 |
| Bb | Bb | Dmaj7 | Dmaj7 |
| Gm | E/G#| D/A | Bm |
| Gm | Gm | Asus4 | A |
[Interlude]
|2/4 F#m | Bm | A | A F#m | Bm | A | A F#m | Bm | A | A (break) |
[Verse]
D A/D F#m7 G Well, the picture is changing, now you're part of a crowd G A Bm A G They're laughing at something and the mu-sic's loud D A/D F#m7 G A girl comes towards you, you once used to know G A Bm A G You reach out your hand but you're all a-lone in these
[Chorus]
D A/D G/D Time passages D A Bm E I know you're in there, you're just out of sight D A/D G/D Oh, time passages G F#m7 A [ D ] Buy me a ticket on the last train home tonight
[Interlude]
D A/D G/D D A F#m7 G |/ / / / |/ / / / |/ / / / |/ / / / | D A/D G/D D A F#m7 G |/ / / / |/ / / / |/ / / / |/ / / / |
[Link]
| D A/D | A/D G/D| Em A | F#m7 G |
| D A/D | A/D G/D| D A | F#m7 G |
[Solo]
(saxophone)
| Bb | Bb | G/A Dmaj7 | G/A Dmaj7 |
| Bb | Bb | Dmaj7 | Dmaj7 |
| Gm | E/G#| D/A | Bm |
| Gm | Gm | Asus4 | A |
[Outro]
|2/4 F#m |
| Bm | A | A F#m | Bm | A | A F#m | (repeat til fade)