Misc Musicals – Godspell - Turn Back O Man (Guitar)

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[Verse 1]
Am   C/G
Turn back,

D/F#    F
O       man

Am           B7      E7
Forswear thy foolish ways

A7         Bb7
Old now is earth

             Bm7b5
And none may count her days
E [Verse 2]
Am  C/G
Yet thou,

D/F#  F
her   child

      Am      B7           E7
Whose head is crowned with flames

A7             Bb7
Still will not hear

      Bm7b5 E7  Am
Thine inner God proclaims
[Bridge]
Bm7b5       E7
Turn back, O man (is your seat comfortable sir?)

Bm7b5       E7
Turn back, O man (is my seat comfortable sir?)

Bm7b5       E7
Turn back, O man (can you take it?)

Bm7b5        E7      Am
Forswear thy foolish ways
[Verse 3]
Am    C/G
Earth might

D/F#  F
be    fair

Am          B7       E7
And all men glad and wise

A7        Bb7              Bm7b5
Age after age their tragic empires rise
E [Verse 4]
Am    C/G
Built while

D/F#  F
they dream

    Am      B7       E7
And in that dreaming weep

A7            Bb7
Would man but wake

     Bm7b5   E7      Am
From out his haunted sleep
[Bridge]
Bm7b5         E7
Turn back, O man...

Bm7b5         E7
Turn back, O man...

Bm7b5         E7
Turn back, O man...

Bm7b5        E7      Am
Forswear thy foolish ways
[Interlude] Am C/G D/F# B7 [Verse 5]
Em   G/D
Earth

A/C#     C
shall be fair

     Em     F#7    B7
And all her people one

E7              F7
   Not till that hour

                  F#m7b5       B7
Shall God's whole will be done
[Verse 6]
Em   G/D
Now

A/C#     C
even     now

     Em        F#7      B7
Once more from Earth to sky

E7                F7
   Peals forth in joy

      F#m7b5    B7      Em
Man's old     undaunted cry
[Verse 7]
F#m7b5         B7
Earth shall be fair

    B7             Em
And all her people one
E7 [Verse 8]
Fm   Ab/Eb
Turn back,

Bb/D    Db
O       man

Fm           G7      C7
Forswear thy foolish ways

F7         Gb7
Old now is earth

             Gm7b5
And none may count her days
[Verse 9]
C7
Hey - yeah - yeah - yeah
[Verse 10]
Fm   Ab/Eb
Yet  thou,

Bb/D    Db
Her     child

      Fm      G7           C7
Whose head is crowned with flames

F7             Gb7
Still will not hear

      Gm7b5 C7  Fm
Thine inner God proclaim
[Bridge]
Gm7b5       C7
Turn back o man

Gm7b5       C7
Turn back o man

Gm7b5       C7
Turn back o man
[Outro]
        C7   Db7     D7    C7
Forswear  thy    fool- ish

Fm  Ab/Eb  Bb/D Db
ways

C
 Ba-da-m-ba-da

Fm
Bow!