The Moody Blues – Gypsy Of A Strange And Distant Time (Guitar Tab)

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The Moody Blues – Gypsy (Of A Strange And Distant Time) Em 022000 A x02220 D xx0232 Aadd9 577600 G 320003 C/G 332010 G6 355400 Cmaj7 8-10-10-9-0-0 From The Moody Blues November 1969 album "To Our Children's Children's Children". Written and sung by Justin Hayward, it explored a darker theme of isolation and distance or time and space travel. The song was inspired by the space race and the July 1969 Apollo 11 moon landing. The gypsy is wandering afar, perhaps never to return... these days perhaps more relatable to the interstellar Voyager probes.
[Intro]                          
e|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
D|---------------------7-5-5-4-0-|---------------------7-5-5-4-0-|
A|---2---5---7-----7/9-----------|---2---5---7-----7/9-----------|
E|-0---5---7----0----------------|-0---5---7----0----------------|

[Link]
   .  .  .                           .  .  .
   Em D  Em   Em Em                  Em D  Em   Em Em
e|-0--2--0----0--0-----------------|-0--2--0----0--0-----------------|
B|-0--3--0----0--0-----------------|-0--3--0----0--0-----------------|
G|-0--2--0----0--0----2--0--0------|-0--2--0----0--0----2--0--0------|
D|-2--0--2----2--2/4-----------4p0-|-2--0--2----2--2/4-----------4p0-|
A|-2-----2----2--2-----------------|-2-----2----2--2-----------------|
E|-0-----0----0--0-----------------|-0-----0----0--0-----------------|

   Em       G6       Aadd9    Cmaj7      Em       G6       Aadd9    Cmaj7     
e|-0--------0--------0--------0--------|-0--------0--------0--------0--------|
B|-0--------0--------0--------0--------|-0--------0--------0--------0--------|
G|-0--------4--------6--------9--------|-0--------4--------6--------9--------|
D|-2--------5--------7-------10--------|-2--------5--------7-------10--------|
A|-2--------5--------7-------10--------|-2--------5--------7-------10--------|
E|-0--------3--------5--------8--------|-0--------3--------5--------8--------|
[Verse 1] Em G A A gypsy of a strange and distant time, Em G A Travelling in panic, all direction blind, Em G A Aching for the warmth of a burning sun, Em G A Freezing in the emptiness of where he'd come from.
    Em                                C/G                          
e|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
G|------------------------0--------|------------------------0--------|
D|--2----0-----2----0--2-----4--0--|--2----0-----2----0--2-----4--0--|
A|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
    Ahhh ah    Ahhh ah ah ah ah ah    Ahhh ah    Ahhh ah ah ah ah ah |

    Em             D              Am                 
e|--0--------------2--------------0-----------------|
B|--0--------------3--------------1-0---------------|
G|--0--------------2--------------2---2-0-----------|
D|--2--------------0--------------2--------4-2-0----|
A|--2-----------------------------0--------------3--|
E|--0-----------------------------------------------|
    Left without a hope of coming home.

[Link]
   .  .  .                           .  .  .
   Em D  Em   Em Em                  Em D  Em   Em Em
e|-0--2--0----0--0-----------------|-0--2--0----0--0-----------------|
B|-0--3--0----0--0-----------------|-0--3--0----0--0-----------------|
G|-0--2--0----0--0----2--0--0------|-0--2--0----0--0----2--0--0------|
D|-2--0--2----2--2/4-----------4p0-|-2--0--2----2--2/4-----------4p0-|
A|-2-----2----2--2-----------------|-2-----2----2--2-----------------|
E|-0-----0----0--0-----------------|-0-----0----0--0-----------------|

   Em       G6       Aadd9    Cmaj7      Em       G6       Aadd9    Cmaj7     
e|-0--------0--------0--------0--------|-0--------0--------0--------0--------|
B|-0--------0--------0--------0--------|-0--------0--------0--------0--------|
G|-0--------4--------6--------9--------|-0--------4--------6--------9--------|
D|-2--------5--------7-------10--------|-2--------5--------7-------10--------|
A|-2--------5--------7-------10--------|-2--------5--------7-------10--------|
E|-0--------3--------5--------8--------|-0--------3--------5--------8--------|
[Verse 2] Em G A Speeding through a shadow of a million years, Em G A Darkness is the only sound to reach his ears, Em G A Frightening him with visions of eternity, Em G A Screaming for a future that could never be.
   Em                                 C/G                          
e|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
G|------------------------0--------|------------------------0--------|
D|--2----0-----2----0--2-----4--0--|--2----0-----2----0--2-----4--0--|
A|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
    Ahhh ah    Ahhh ah ah ah ah ah    Ahhh ah    Ahhh ah ah ah ah ah |

    Em             C/G            Am                 
e|--0--------------0--------------0-----------------|
B|--0--------------1--------------1-0---------------|
G|--0--------------0--------------2---2-0-----------|
D|--2--------------2--------------2--------4-2-0----|
A|--2--------------3--------------0--------------3--|
E|--0--------------3--------------------------------|
    Left without a hope of coming home.
[Bridge] Em (play 8x rapidly with palm mute)
 |  Em            |  Em             |  C/G          | C/G           |
e|----------------|-----------------|---------------|---------------|
B|----------------|-----------------|---------------|---------------|
G|----------------|-----------------|---------------|---------------|
D|--2-----0-------|--2-----0--------|---------------|---------------|
A|-----------2----|-----------2-----|--3--3-3--3-3--|--3--3-3--3-3--|
E|----------------|-----------------|---------------|---------------|
    Ahhh  ah ah,     Ahhh  ah ah,      Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

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   .  .  .                             .  .  .
   Em D  Em   Em Em                    Em D  Em   Em Em   Em  D  D
e|-0--2--0----0--0-------------------|-0--2--0----0--0----0---2--2--|
B|-0--3--0----0--0-------------------|-0--3--0----0--0----0---3--3--|
G|-0--2--0----0--0----2--0--0--------|-0--2--0----0--0----0---2--2--|
D|-2--0--2----2--2/4-----------4p0---|-2--0--2----2--2----2---0--0--|
A|-2-----2----2--2-------------------|-2-----2----2--2----2---------|
E|-0-----0----0--0-------------------|-0-----0----0--0----0---------|
   Ahhh  ah           Ahhh     ahhhh   Ahhh  ah
Em G6 Aadd9 Cmaj7 Em G6 Aadd9 Cmaj7 [Verse 3] Em G A A gypsy of a strange and distant time, Em G A Travelling in panic, all direction blind, Em G A Aching for the warmth of a burning sun, Em G A Freezing in the emptiness of where he'd come from.
   Em                                 C/G                          
e|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
G|------------------------0--------|------------------------0--------|
D|--2----0-----2----0--2-----4--0--|--2----0-----2----0--2-----4--0--|
A|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
    Ahhh ah    Ahhh ah ah ah ah ah    Ahhh ah    Ahhh ah ah ah ah ah |

    Em             D              Am                 
e|--0--------------2--------------0-----------------|
B|--0--------------3--------------1-0---------------|
G|--0--------------2--------------2---2-0-----------|
D|--2--------------0--------------2--------4-2-0----|
A|--2-----------------------------0--------------3--|
E|--0-----------------------------------------------|
    Left without a hope of coming home.

[Link]
   .  .  .                           .  .  .
   Em D  Em   Em Em                  Em D  Em   Em Em
e|-0--2--0----0--0-----------------|-0--2--0----0--0-----------------|
B|-0--3--0----0--0-----------------|-0--3--0----0--0-----------------|
G|-0--2--0----0--0----2--0--0------|-0--2--0----0--0----2--0--0------|
D|-2--0--2----2--2/4-----------4p0-|-2--0--2----2--2/4-----------4p0-|
A|-2-----2----2--2-----------------|-2-----2----2--2-----------------|
E|-0-----0----0--0-----------------|-0-----0----0--0-----------------|

[Outro] 2x
   .  .  .                        .  .  .    
   Em D  Em   Em Em   Em  D  D    Em D  Em   Em Em   Em  D  D
e|-0--2--0----0--0----0---2--2--|-0--2--0----0--0----0---2--2--|
B|-0--3--0----0--0----0---3--3--|-0--3--0----0--0----0---3--3--|
G|-0--2--0----0--0----0---2--2--|-0--2--0----0--0----0---2--2--|
D|-2--0--2----2--2----2---0--0--|-2--0--2----2--2----2---0--0--|
A|-2-----2----2--2----2---------|-2-----2----2--2----2---------|
E|-0-----0----0--0----0---------|-0-----0----0--0----0---------|

[Then continue playing below pattern over fading verse]
   .  .  .                        .  .  .    
   Em D  Em   Em Em   Em  D  D    Em D  Em   Em Em   Em  D  D
e|-0--2--0----0--0----0---2--2--|-0--2--0----0--0----0---2--2--|
B|-0--3--0----0--0----0---3--3--|-0--3--0----0--0----0---3--3--|
G|-0--2--0----0--0----0---2--2--|-0--2--0----0--0----0---2--2--|
D|-2--0--2----2--2----2---0--0--|-2--0--2----2--2----2---0--0--|
A|-2-----2----2--2----2---------|-2-----2----2--2----2---------|
E|-0-----0----0--0----0---------|-0-----0----0--0----0---------|
   Left without a hope of coming home.
                                 Left without a hope of coming home.
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