• Song:

    Seasons in the Sun

  • Artist:

    Terry Jacks

  • Album:

    Into the Past

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Date: Thu, 17 Aug 1995 14:52:22 GMT+0100
From: Espen Pedersen 
Subject: CHR/LYR:Seasons in the sun by Terry Jacks

Seasons in the sun

F
Good bye to you my thrusted friend, we`ve known each other since we were
Gm
nine or ten; together we climbed hills and trees,
F                          Gm                  C7
learned of love A B C; skinned our harts and skinned our
 F                                                                                              Gm
knees. Good bye my friend it`s hard to die, when all the birds are singing in the sky
                                 C7     F
now that the spring is in the air
                               Gm      C7                             F
pretty girls are ev'`ry where, think of me and I`ll be there

                                                Gm
We had joy, we had fun, we had seasons in the sun,
            C7                                                            F  Eb E
but the hills thet we climb were just seasons out of time.


Goodbye papa plees pray for me, I was the blacksheep of the family,'
you tried to teach me right from wrong, too much wine and too much song,
wounder how I got along.
Goodbye papa it`s hard to die, when all the birds are singing in the sky,
now that the spring is in the air,
little children everywere ,
when you see them I'll be there.

We had joy we had fun we had seasons in the sun,
but the wine and the song like the seasons out of time.

Goodbye Michelle my little one,
you gave me love and helped me find the sun,
and every time that  I was down,
you always come around and
get my feet back on the ground,
Goodbye Michelle it's hard to die,
when all the birds are singing in the sky,
now that the spring is in the air,
whit the flowers everywhere,
I wish that we could both be there.

We had joy we had fun we had seasons in the sun
but the stars we could reach were just starfish on the beach
"Every thing was better in the good old days,
 when everybody was in pain"


From: jeffnmoe@MCS.COM (jeffnmoe)
Subject: CRD: 'Seasons in the Sun' - Terry Jacks

        'Seasons in the Sun' - Terry Jacks

   standard tuning (EBGDAE)

   guaranteed to clear the room every time (although I
   long for the day when Codeine or Low does a cover)

             chords
   A   - x02220   E   - 022100
   Bb  - x13331   F   - 133211
   Bm  - x24432   F#  - 244322
   Cm  - x35543   Abm - 466444
   C#  - x46664

         riff 1                 riff 2
   ----------------------     -----------|
   ----------------------     -----------|
   ----------------------     -----------|
   ----------------------     -----------|
   -0-1-2-0-----0-1-2-0--     --0-1-2----|
   ----------------------     --------2--|
   (play both of these with lots of reverb)


         how it all goes together.....

   (note: in the song, theres no guitar during the first
    half of each verse, just a cheesy keyboard figure. I've
    listed guitar chords anyway; I usually play them with
    a palm mute to simulate the keyboard)
   ********************************************************

   (intro: play riff 1 twice, then play riff 2 once)
                               F#
   goodbye to you my trusted friend
                                        Abm
   we've known each other since we were nine or ten
                                    F#
   together we've climbed hills and trees
                       Abm
   learned of love and ABCs
               C#                     F#
   skinned our hearts and skinned our knees
                                 F#
   goodbye my friend its hard to die
                                  Abm
   when all the birds are singing in the sky
                                 F#
   now that the spring is in the air
                    Abm
   pretty girls are everywhere
   C#                      F#
   think of me and I'll be there

          F#                    Abm
   we had joy we had fun we had seasons in the sun
           C#
   but the hills that we climbed
                            F#
   were just seasons out of time


   (play riff 2 once)
                                F#
   goodbye papa please pray for me
                                Abm
   I was the black sheep of the family
                                    F#
   you tried to teach me right from wrong
                              Abm
   too much wine and too much song
          C#         F#
   wonder how I got along
                            F#
   goodbye papa its hard to die
                                  Abm
   when all the birds are singing in the sky
                                 F#
   now that the spring is in the air
                   Abm
   little children everywhere
   C#                        F#
   when you see them I'll be there

          F#                    Abm
   we had joy we had fun we had seasons in the sun
           C#
   but the wine and the song
                             F#
   like the seasons have all gone
          A                     Bm
   we had joy we had fun we had seasons in the sun
           E
   but the wine and the song
                             A
   like the seasons have all gone


   (play riff 2 once)
                              F#
   goodbye Michelle my little one
                                  Abm
   you gave me love and helped me find the sun
                             F#
   and every time that I was down
                         Abm
   you would always come around
              C#               F#
   and get my feet back on the ground
                                F#
   goodbye Michelle its hard to die
                                  Abm
   when all the birds are singing in the sky
                                 F#
   now that the spring is in the air
                    Abm
   with the flowers everywhere
   C#                           F#
   I wish that we could both be there

          F#                    Abm
   we had joy we had fun we had seasons in the sun
           C#
   but the stars we could reach
                             F#
   were just starfish on the beach
          A                     Bm
   we had joy we had fun we had seasons in the sun
           E
   but the stars we could reach
                             A
   were just starfish on the beach
          Bb                    Cm
   we had joy we had fun we had seasons in the sun
           F
   but the wine and the song
                             Bb
   like the seasons have all gone
           Bb                      Cm
   all our lives we had fun we had seasons in the sun
           F
   but the hills that we climbed
                            Bb
   were just seasons out of time


   (fade out, mercifully)


   ...questions, comments, corrections to jeffnmoe@mcs.com
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