Ayreon – The First Man On Earth (Guitar)

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[ Intro ] Em B | G F# | F C | Esus4 E | [ Solo ] Em B | G F# | F C | Esus4 E | Em B | G F# | F C | Esus4 E | [ Verse 1 ]
Em             B     G            F#
  In fields of green, vast as the oceans

F           C            Am  E
  Is this a dream? Is it evermore?

Em         B     G            F#
 A million years,  vast as an ocean

F           C               Bm     E
  I stand alone here on the silent shore
[ Pre-Chorus 1 ]
          F
I'm after prey in the fields

Am                         C
Shelter in a cave from the cold and lonely nights

           F
And now it all seems so real

Am                        C                         A  E
Warming at the fireside beneath the pale moonlight
[ Chorus ]
            Em           B    G               F#
This is the dawn of time - (I am the first to stand)

F                  C            E
Looking through the eyes of the primal man

            Em          B   G              F#
This is the dawn of time - (Witnessing the birth)

F          C            E
  I am the first man on   Earth
[ Verse 2 ]
Em             B      G            F#
  The skies of blue - reach to the heavens

          C            Am  E
  They go on and on forevermore

Em      B     G        F#
  No avenues - no city sidewalks

F        C           Bm      E
  Planet Mars is but ancient lore
[ Pre-Chorus 2 ]
               F
This place has all that I need

      Am                            C
No computers glowing screens, no industrial machines

           F
Somehow it all seems surreal

Am                           C                   A  E
Memories of days gone by, a slowly fading scene
[ Chorus ]
            Em           B    G               F#
This is the dawn of time - (I am the first to stand)

F                  C            E
Looking through the eyes of the primal man

            Em          B   G              F#
This is the dawn of time - (Witness to the birth)

F          C            E
  I am the first man on   Earth
[ Bridge ]
F#m                B
    No one here to blame me

F#m               B
    No one here to hurt

F#m                     A
  So much space here to occupy my mind

      G#m                         B
I can breathe the breath of virgin land

F#m                B
    The firefly at nighttime

F#m                      B
    The sounds of nothing known

F#m                       B
 And I belong here like I never have before

    G#m                      B
The wandering child returning home
A [ Verse 3 ]
Em            B     G           F#
When twilight falls, red is the sunset

F           C             Am    E
Planets appear across the colored sky

Em          B     G            F#
  No prison walls,  no war, no bloodshed

F           C              Am    E
  Hard to believe this new world will die
[ Pre-Chorus 3 ]
            F                  Am
I wish that I could stay for a while

                            C
In the dream world that the sequencer creates

              F
And though it all seems so real

Am                             C                        A  E
Now I fear the time is gone, I feel its heavy weight
[ Chorus ]
            Em           B    G               F#
This is the dawn of time - (I am the first to stand)

F                  C            E
Looking through the eyes of the primal man

            Em          B   G              F#
This is the dawn of time - (Witnessing the birth)

F          C            E
  I am the first man on   Earth
[ Interlude ]
Em   B           G         F#
Hold on (to this moment in time)

F           C                            E
Savour this moment (Savour a life how it used to be)

E
How it used to be

Em    B          G           F#       F
(Hold on to this world in its  prime) In its prime

 F              C             E
(Breathe in the air, feel the energy) Feel the energy
[ Solo ] F#m | B | F#m | B F#m | A | G#m | B F#m | B | F#m | B F#m | A | G#m [ Outro ] G | F# | A | B Em