Before the Deluge - Jackson Browne

Intro: (play 2 times)
|G      |C      |G       |C       |
|G      |C      |G       |D       |


GSome (320003@1)of them were dreamers
C (x32010@1)                   GAnd (320003@1)some of them were fools
         Em (022000@1)             C (x32010@1)                G (320003@1)  C (x32010@1)GWho (320003@1)were making plans and thinking of the future
         GWith (320003@1)the energy of the innocent
          C (x32010@1)           GThey (320003@1)were gathering the tools
           Em (022000@1)               C (x32010@1)             G (320003@1)   
GThey (320003@1)would need to make their journey back to nature
          Em (022000@1)                     GWhile (320003@1)the sand slipped through the opening
          C (x32010@1)                   GAnd (320003@1)their hands reached for the golden ring
           Em (022000@1)                       C (x32010@1)               D (xx0232@1) 
 DWith (xx0232@1)their hearts they turned to each other's heart for refuge
       Em (022000@1)                C (x32010@1)             G (320003@1)    C (x32010@1)GIn (320003@1)the troubled years that came before the deluge


GSome (320003@1)of them knew pleasure
    C (x32010@1)               GAnd (320003@1)some of them knew pain
        Em (022000@1)                C (x32010@1)                  G (320003@1)     
GAnd (320003@1)for some of them it was only the moment that mattered
           GAnd (320003@1)on the brave and crazy wings of youth
          C (x32010@1)                  GThey (320003@1)went flying around in the rain
          Em (022000@1)              C (x32010@1)                    G (320003@1)    
GAnd (320003@1)their feathers, once so fine, grew torn and tattered
           Em (022000@1)                  GAnd (320003@1)in the end they traded their tired wings
        C (x32010@1)              GFor (320003@1)the resignation that living brings
     Em (022000@1)                       CAnd (x32010@1)exchanged love's bright and fragile glow
        D (xx0232@1)                        Em (022000@1) DFor (xx0232@1)the glitter and the rouge
           Em (022000@1)             C (x32010@1)              G (320003@1)   C (x32010@1)name="chord_320003@1">G
And in the moment they were swept before the deluge


                           G (320003@1)          C (x32010@1)     G (320003@1)     CNow (x32010@1)let the music keep our spirits high
                               G (320003@1)           CAnd (x32010@1)let the buildings keep our children dry
G (320003@1)            D (xx0232@1)                      G (320003@1)    CLet (x32010@1)creation reveal it's secrets by and by
       G (320003@1)         CBy (x32010@1)and by...
         G (320003@1)               C (x32010@1)                   G (320003@1)      DWhen (xx0232@1)the light that's lost within us reaches the sky


GSome (320003@1)of them were angry
       C (x32010@1)                GAt (320003@1)the way the earth was abused
       Em (022000@1)                   C (x32010@1)                   G (320003@1)  
GBy (320003@1)the men who learned how to forge her beauty into power
          GAnd (320003@1)they struggled to protect her from them
C (x32010@1)            GOnly (320003@1)to be confused
       Em (022000@1)                 C (x32010@1)               G (320003@1)    
GBy (320003@1)the magnitude of her fury in the final hour
             Em (022000@1)                  GAnd (320003@1)when the sand was gone and the time arrived
       C (x32010@1)               GIn (320003@1)the naked dawn only a few survived
       Em (022000@1)             C (x32010@1)              D (xx0232@1)               
DAnd (xx0232@1)in attempts to understand a thing so simple and so huge
              Em (022000@1)                   C (x32010@1)         G (320003@1)    
GBelieved (320003@1)that they were meant to live after the deluge


                           G (320003@1)          C (x32010@1)     G (320003@1)     CNow (x32010@1)let the music keep our spirits high
                               G (320003@1)           CAnd (x32010@1)let the buildings keep our children dry
G (320003@1)            D (xx0232@1)                      G (320003@1)    CLet (x32010@1)creation reveal it's secrets by and by
       G (320003@1)         CBy (x32010@1)and by...
         G (320003@1)               C (x32010@1)                   G (320003@1)      DWhen (xx0232@1)the light that's lost within us reaches the sky


Coda:
|G      |C      |G       |C       |
|G      |C      |G       |D       |

Repeat coda and fade

Transcribed by Gerard Koot (Amsterdam, Netherlands) - may 2007
email: gerardkoot@hotmail.com


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I've added a sample fingerstyle arrangement of the intro. The intro is not played like 
the original recording but it's a way of playing
the intro violin melody combined with chords.

The vertical lines (|) above the high e string indicate the quarter note beats of the measures.

Tuning: EADGBe
Intro:

   G (320003@1)               C (x32010@1)               G (320003@1)               C (x32010@1)  |   |   |   |     |   |   |   |     |   |   |   |     |   |   |   |
e|-----------------|---3---------5---|-7-----8-7-5-----|---3---------5---|
B|-3-----3-----3-5-|-----5-----------|-----8-------8-5-|-----5-----------|
G|-----4-----------|-------5---5---5-|---7-------------|-------5---5---5-|
D|---5-------5-----|-----------------|-5-------5-------|-----------------|
A|-----------------|-3-------3-------|-----------------|-3-------3-------|
E|-3-------3-------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|

   G (320003@1)               C (x32010@1)               G (320003@1)    C/E (x3111x@5)D/F# (200232@1)  |   |   |   |     |   |   |   |     |   |   |   |     |   |   |   |
e|-7-----8-7-5-----|---3---------5---|-7-----7-------7-|-5-----5---------|
B|-----8-------8-5-|-----5-----------|-----8-------8---|-----7---8---10--|
G|---7-------------|-------5---5---5-|---7-------7-----|---7-----9---11--|
D|-5-------5-------|-----------------|-5-------5-------|-----------------|
A|-----------------|-3-------3-------|-----------------|-5-------7---9---|
E|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|