Big Country – Close Action (Guitar)

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[Intro] A D A Asus4 A D A D A D A Asus4 A D A D [Verse 1]
  A              D         A
A score of years this line has run

      E    D          A
Above the crests that drown the sun

            D            A
A mile high the turbines turned

            E          D       A
The stokers sweat, the monkeys burned
[Chorus]
  A              Dmaj7         F#m        E          
I will carry you home with the gods in my eyes

  A              Dmaj7          F#m        E
I will carry you home while the westerlies sigh

  A              Asus4  A
I will carry you home

   [Instrumental]
   F#m         E          F#m     E      F#m        E      F#m        E
e|-12-------12------------------------|--10----9-10--------10----9-10--------|
B|----12-10----12-10---12-9---12-9----|-----10------10-7------10------10-7---|
G|--------------------------9------9--|--------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|

   D                 E                  F#m      E          F#m        E
e|------------------------------------|-12-------12--------14-14-14-14-17-21-|
B|-12-10-9-10-9-10-9-------------10-12|----12-10----12-10--------------------|
G|-------------------11-9---9-11------|--------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|

   F#m          E    D        E
e|-12-------12-------14-14-14-14-12---|
B|----12-10----12-10---------------14-|
G|------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------|
[Link] A D A Asus4 A D A D A D A Asus4 A D A D [Verse 2]
    A          D        A
The continents will fly apart

    E      D          A
The oceans scream and never part

              D         A
Divided souls can never rest

              E       D         A
Must join the nations break the test
[Chorus]
  A              Dmaj7         F#m        E          
I will carry you home with the gods in my eyes

  A              Dmaj7          F#m        E
I will carry you home while the westerlies sigh

  A              Dmaj7         F#m        E          
I will carry you home with the gods in my eyes

  A              Dmaj7          F#m        E
I will carry you home while the westerlies sigh

  A              Asus4  A
I will carry you home

   [Instrumental]
  F#m                    E                 F#m                     E
e|--------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
G|-----6--9--11-11-11-11-14-141414-11-9-|-----6--9--11-11-11-11-11-14-11--9--|
D|--7-----------------------------------|--7---------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------|------------------------------------|

   F#m                    E                D
e|--------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
G|---6--9--11-11-11-11-14-14-14-14-11-9-|--9-9--6----------------------------|
D|-7------------------------------------|------------7----4---4-----6- 4-----|
A|--------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------|------------------------------------| x2

  E
e|--------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------|
G|--------4--6----------7--6--4---------|
D|--4--7--------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------|  1st Time

  E                          E5
e|--------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------|
G|--------4----6--------7--6------------|
D|--4--7--------------------------------|
A|---------------------------7-7-7-7-7-7|
E|--------------------------------------|  2nd time
[Verse 3]
    A             D          A
For endless hours the sirens wail

      E             D      A
Await the tide that brings the sail

             D                   A
Cling to the walls and close the shore

           E        D       A
The lovers wait who walk no more
[Chorus]
  A              Dmaj7         F#m        E          
I will carry you home with the gods in my eyes

  A              Dmaj7          F#m        E
I will carry you home while the westerlies sigh

  A              Dmaj7         F#m        E          
I will carry you home with the gods in my eyes

  A              Dmaj7          F#m        E
I will carry you home while the westerlies sigh
[Outro]
A                Asus4  A
I will carry you home

A                Asus4  A
I will carry you home

A                Asus4  A
I will carry you home

A                Asus4  A
I will carry you home
Mark W