Pete Seeger – From Way Up Here (Guitar)

Capo 4
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Notes: This is the version from the Pete Seeger Smithsonian Folkways Collection. It is an unusual song since It doesn't stay in any key for long. It adds to the eeriness of this amazing song. Starting key of this version is A flat minor (or G sharp minor), which means you either need to be tuned a half step down from standard (to use standard open chord shapes) or use capo. This tab has the standard (or G sharp minor), etc. I'll also add the tuned down standard chord shapes version and the standard tuning w/ barre chords. [Verse 1]
Em                       Am               Bm
    From way up here the earth looks very small,

     Am            Bm
It's just a little ball of rock and sea and sand,

                  Em
No bigger than my hand.
[Verse 2]
                     Am               Bm
From way up here the earth looks very small,

Am                      Bm
They shouldn't fight at all

                            Em
Down there upon that little sphere.
[Chorus]
      A       B        A              B
Their time is short, a life is just a day,

      A                   B
You'd think they'd find a way

Em
To use the time that runs

A
Among the distant suns
[Whistling] Em Am D G C Am D7 B7 B [Chorus]
      A       B        A              B
Their time is short, a life is just a day,

     A              B
Must be some better way

Em
    To use the time that runs

A                           
Among the distant suns
[Verse 3]
Em                       Am              Bm
    From way up here the earth is just a ball

      Am          Bm
A precious little ball

                             Em
so small, so precious and so dear
[Whistling] Em Am D G C Am D7 B7 B Em