The Zombies – Smokey Day (Guitar)

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Song: Smokey day (Demo) Artist: The Zombies Composers: Rod Argent and Chris White Album: 'Zombie heaven' box set Tabbed by DJ Sept 2012 To hear the song, copy and paste this link: A 'lost' gem that would have fitted in well on their classic 'Odessey & oracle' album. A later, orchestrated version, was recorded by Colin Blunstone on his solo album 'One year' This transcription is intended to be played fingerstyle, IMPORTANT NOTE: Please IGNORE ALL CHORD BOXES the website displays, they are not my personal choices. Those diagrams are generated automatically from the site's generic database and often do not show the best options for a particular chord progression. Please use the voicings suggested in the text column numbers. Am = x02210 Asus2 = x02200 Dbm7 = x4x45x Am6 = x02212 Asus2/G = 302200 Bbm/Db = x4x32x Bm6/A = x04434 F = 133211 Cm7 = x3x34x Am* = 577555 G = 355433 Bbm7 = x1x12x Fmaj7 = 103210 Bb/E = xx2330 Amadd9 = x07500 G6 = 320000 Bb/D = xx0331 Bb = 688766 Please take a second to just scroll down to the bottom of the page and select a star rating for my tab, many thanks. =============================================================== [Intro]
  Am   Am6     Bm6/A  Am*    Am    Am6    Bm6/A   Am*
| /  /  /  / |  /  /  /  / | /  /  /  / | /  /  /  /  |
[Verse 1]
Am     Am6   Bm6/A        Am*
Smokey day,         hey--------,

          Fmaj7   G6    Asus2  Asus2/G
Bring the dust of dusky even - ing,

Fmaj7            G6       Asus2  Asus2/G
       Weave the spell of even - ing...

F        G              Am   Am6  Bm6/A  Am*
 ...Into patterns of my life
[Verse2]
Am     Am6   Bm6/A       Am*
Smokey day,      ...hey------,

        Fmaj7   G6         Asus2  Asus2/G
How her perfume still en - tran - ces,

Fmaj7           G6       Asus2  Asus2/G
      Soft se - rene she dan  - ces...

F          G                  Am   Am6  Bm6/A  Am*
 ...Moving sweetly through my life
[Bridge]
Am     Am6   Bm6/A      Am*
Smokey day,     ... hey------,

         Bb/E    Bb/D      Dbm7  Bbm/Db
Hear the call of plaintive voi - ces,

Bb/E         Bb/D   Dbm7  Bbm/Db
      Dulcet vesper voi - ces,

Cm7         Bbm7           Am   Am6  Bm6/A  Am*
    Calling gently for the night

   Am    Am6     Bm6/A  Am*
|  /  /  /  /  |  /  /  /  /  |
[Verse 3]
Am     Am6   Bm6/A        Am*
Smokey day,       ...hey-------,

          Fmaj7    G6       Asus2  Asus2/G
Your en - chanting light is leav - ing,

Fmaj7        G6      Asus2  Asus2/G
      Silver haze in even - ing,

F               G
   And bringing to me peaceful...

     Amadd9                      Bb
  ...night

e|---0---7---5-------|-----------6---||
B|---0-----------5---|-------5---6---||
G|---5---------------|---5-------7---||
D|---7---------------|-----------8---||
A|---0---------------|-----------8---||
E|-------------------|-----------6---||