Tabbed by: maguri
Tuning: Standard
Al Stewart
Time Passages (1978)
(Stewart/White)
From: "Time Passages"
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CHORDS
E-A-D-G-B-e
A/D x-x-0-2-2-0
G/D x-5-5-4-3-x
F#m7 2-x-2-2-2-0
Bb6-5 x-1-2-0-3(0)
G/A x-0-5-4-3-3
E/G# 4-x-2-1-0-0
D/A x-0-0-2-3-2
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Capo 1st fret
It is difficult to include the melody. Here?s as far as I got:
INTRO
D A/D A/D G/D D A F#m7 G
e | 2-----0--------- | 0-5------------- | 2-0---0--------- | 0--------------- |
B | 3-----2-------3- | 2---------3----- | 3---3-2-------3- | 2---------3----- |
G | 2-----2--------- | 2---------4----- | 2-----2--------- | 2---------4----- |
D | 0-----0--------- | 0---------5----- | 0-----2--------- | 2---------5----- |
A | ---------------- | ----------5----- | ------0--------- | ----------5----- |
E | ---------------- | ---------------- | ---------------- | 2---------3----- |
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Capo 1st fret
INTRO
[Rhodes]
D A/D G/D D A F#m7 G
| / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / |
D A/D G/D D A F#m7 G
| / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / |
[full band]
D A/D G/D D A F#m7 G
| / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / |
D A/D G/D D A F#m7 G/A
| / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / |
D A/D F#m7 G
It was late in December, the sky turned to snow
G A Bm A G
All round the day was going down slow
D A/D F#m7 G
Night like a river beginning to flow
G A Bm A G
I felt the beat of my mind go drifting into
D A/D G/D
Time passages
D A Bm E
Years go falling in the fading light
D A/D G/D
Time passages
G F#m7 A [ D ]
Buy me a ticket on the last train home tonight
INTRO
D A/D G/D D A F#m7 G
| / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / |
D A/D G/D D A F#m7 G/A
| / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / |
D A/D F#m7 G
Well, I'm not the kind to live in the past
G A Bm A G
The years run too short and the days too fast
D A/D F#m7 G
The things you lean on are things that don't last
G A Bm A G
Well, it's just now and then my line gets cast into these
D A/D G/D
Time passages
D A Bm E
There's something back here that you left behind
D A/D G/D
Oh, time passages
G F#m7 A [ D ]
Buy me a ticket on the last train home tonight
INTRO
D A/D G/D D A F#m7 G
| / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / |
Bb Bb6-5 D
Hear the echoes and feel yourself starting to turn
Bb Bb6-5 Bm
Don't know why you should feel that there's something to learn
E (break) [ D ]
It's just a game that you play
LINK
D A/D G/D D A/C# A F#m G A
| / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / |
D A/D G/D D A F#m7 G
| / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / |
SOLO [guitar]
D A/D A/D G/D Em A F#m7 G
D A/D A/D G/D D A F#m7 G
SOLO [saxophone]
Bb Bb G/A D7M G/A D7M
Bb Bb D7M D7M
Gm E/G# D/A Bm
Gm Gm A4 A
INTERLUDE
2/4 F#m Bm A A F#m Bm A A F#m Bm A A (break)
D A/D F#m7 G
Well, the picture is changing, now you're part of a crowd
G A Bm A G
They're laughing at something and the mu-sic's loud
D A/D F#m7 G
A girl comes towards you, you once used to know
G A Bm A G
You reach out your hand but you're all a-lone in these
D A/D G/D
Time passages
D A Bm E
I know you're in there, you're just out of sight
D A/D G/D
Oh, time passages
G F#m7 A [ D ]
Buy me a ticket on the last train home tonight
OUTRO
D A/D G/D D A F#m7 G
| / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / |
D A/D G/D D A F#m7 G
| / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / |
D A/D A/D G/D Em A F#m7 G
D A/D A/D G/D D A F#m7 G
SOLO [saxophone]
Bb Bb G/A D7M G/A D7M
Bb Bb D7M D7M
Gm E/G# D/A Bm
Gm Gm A4 A
FADE
2/4 F#m
Bm A A F#m Bm A A F#m
(repeat til fade)
