Uriah Heep – Tales (Ukulele)

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#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------# #This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the # #song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. # #------------------------------------------------------------------------------## From: [email protected] Daniel S. Fisher Title : Tales By: Uriah Heep From: The Magician's Birthday (1972) INTRO [w/Pedal Steel Guitar] 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / ... Am Em G Am Em G Am VERSE 1
Am                Em G
We told our tales as we

Am                 Em  G
sat under mornin's sleepy

Am              Em G
sky
Am Em G Am Em G
Am                   Em G
With all the colours of the

Am              Em G
sunrise shining in our

Am              Em G
eyes
Am Em G Am Em G
F                 Em   G
One, then another with a

F           Em G
story of yesterday's

Am          Em G
lives
Am Em G Am Em G
F             Em  G
or of a lover who had

F           Em   G
gone in a moment of

Am          Em G
strife
[Pedal Steel Guitar solo over the same chords] VERSE 2
Am                  Em G
No thought of sleep ever

Am              Em   G
dwells upon the wise man's

Am              Em G
mind
Am Em G Am Em G
Am               Em G
Some task or audience

Am                    Em G
stealing every moment of his

Am              Em G
time
Am Em G Am Em G
F                       Em   G
Thus we have learned to live while

F                  Em   G
mortal man lies waiting to

Am          Em G
die
Am Em G Am Em G
F                  Em   G
How can we do what must be

F            Em  G
done in just one short

Am          Em G
life?
BRIDGE
C#m
And if you ask, then you should

Ab
know, if you still doubt you should be

F
told, it was not we that made it

Ab
so, it was by those who went

  Am
before...
Am Em G Am Em G CHORUS
Am                  Em G
And there you sit tomorrow's

Am                        Em   G
child, so full of love so full of

Am                         Em   G
life, but you must rise to meet the

Am                    Em G
day, lest you become another

Am                        Em G
tale, and there you sit tomorrow's   ...(repeat CHORUS and FADE)
**** I remember singing this at my high school talent show. That was in 1979 and I got some very nice complements on it. DSF