Ralph McTell – All Things Change (Guitar)

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One of Ralph's best and I would say one of the greatest songs of all time. Magic captured within 3 minutes. [Verse 1]
Gm                                    Dm
The bar is dressed for Christmas with coloured lights

Bb                          Eb  Ebm
Renee the landlady looks so nice tonight

       Bb           C             Bb              C
And the lights flickering, like her smile, and she still wears her hair

                        F
In the 1940s style, she prefers it that way

            Bb                 Am
Though it's turned from red to grey
[Chorus]
           Dm               Bb                A7
All things change, the only one who looks the same

                    Dm
Is the fairy on the Christmas tree
[Verse 2]
    Gm                      Dm
Big Eddie and his songs are growing old

    Bb
The piano player blames his fingers

Eb           Ebm      Bb            C             Bb
Says they're freezing cold, and the tinsel hardly shines

       C
On the faded paper chains that limply hang in lines

         F                           Bb                   Am
With the laughter in the air that is breathed and that is shared
[Chorus]
           Dm               Bb                A7
But people change, the only one who stays the same

                    Dm
Is the fairy on the Christmas tree
[Bridge]
G              Em   G                 Em
Outside by the wall where snails have crawled

G              Em
Leaving tinsel trails shining in the moonlight

D           Am       Adim                   Em
Pale Lovers promising nothing's ever gonna change

                C                A
The things they share, breathing promises

                 A7                         Dm
Of cloudy vapour disappearing in the frosty Christmas air
[Instrumental] [Chorus]
            Bb                 Am
Though it's turned from red to grey

           Dm               Bb                A7
All things change, the only one who looks the same

                    Dm
Is the fairy on the Christmas tree