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Artist - Mike Oldfield
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Song - Minutes
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Album - Man On The Rocks
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Tabbed By - Ayreon77
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Tuning:Standard
INTRO
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G D
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This distorted sounding guitar is played through out all the song.
play it as a constant strumming,in the background
just listen to the song to play it.
G D C Em
e|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
B|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
G|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|Ect
D|-----------|-7-7-7-7-7-|-5-5-5-5-5-|-----------|
A|-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-|-3-3-3-3-3-|-2-2-2-2-2-|
E|-3-3-3-3-3-|-----------|-----------|-0-0-0-0-0-|
VERSE 1
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G D
Minutes seem like hours
C D
And hours they seem like days
G D
When the ones you want are missing
C D
And they've gone their separate ways
C G Em D
Walking in a sunny garden empty like the moon
C G
And birds that once could fly so high
Em D
Now sing a different tune
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VERSE 2
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G D
Walking in the park
C D
The leaves are turning now it's fall
G D
The time has come for leaving
C D
In their eyes that says it all
C G
Pictures on the mantle
Em D
Tell the tales of better times
C G Em
Moments from a long long time ago
D
When things were fine
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CHORUS
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D G
One fine day
C D
When the wild birds return
D Em
We'll look back and say
C D
What a lesson in life I've learned
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VERSE 3
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G D
So light a broad wick candle
C D
In the window make it bright
G D
You need to find your way home
C D
In the dark and deepest nights
C G
And if you're lost and homeless
Em D
In some lonely city zone
C G
Just follow back that winding road
Em D
That leads you back on home
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CHORUS
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02:20
SOLO - G D C D X2
***** C G Em D X2
D G C D D Em C D D = Ohhhhhhhh
e|----------s---------------s--------|
B|---8-10-10\12-----------10\12-8-10-|
G|-7------------7---9---7------------|
D|-----------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------|
e|--------------s-----------s-----------s--------|
B|-------8-10-10\12-----10-10\12------10\12-8-10-|
G|-7-7-7------------7------------9--7------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------|
s s s
e|----8-10-10\12-10---------|-10\12/10----------br-|
B|-10---------------12-10-8-|----------12-10-8-10--|
G|--------------------------|----------------------|
D|--------------------------|----------------------|
A|--------------------------|----------------------|
E|--------------------------|----------------------|
H s
e|------------8-8-10-12-8\10---------|-10-10-10--b--------|
B|-----10-10-----------------12-10-8-|----------10-10-8---|
G|-7-7-------------------------------|------------------7-|
D|-----------------------------------|--------------------|
A|-----------------------------------|--------------------|
E|-----------------------------------|--------------------|
Ohhhhhhh
02:52 s
e|-------8-8\10---------------8---s------|------------b-r--|
B|-10-12------------8-8-8-8-8---10\12-10-|-----10-12-12--8-|
G|--------------7-7----------------------|-7-7-------------|
D|---------------------------------------|-----------------|
A|---------------------------------------|-----------------|
E|---------------------------------------|-----------------|
H H p
e|-----------7-8-7-8-7----|-----10-|
B|-------8-8-----------10-|--------|
G|-9-7-9------------------|-7-7----|
D|------------------------|--------|
A|------------------------|--------|
E|------------------------|--------|
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VERSE 4
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G D
Minutes seem like hours
C D
And the hours they seem like days
G D
When the ones you want are missing
C D
And they've gone their separate ways
C G Em D
Walking in a sunny garden empty like the moon
C G
And birds that once could fly so high
Em D
Now sings a different tune
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CHORUS X3
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play these bits of solos through the last 3 choruses.
03:44
s 03:54 04:00 s s
e|-8\10-8---------|--s------h-------|-10-8----8-10-10\12-----10\12-10----|
B|--------12-10-8-|-8\10-8-7-8-10---|------12------------8-8----------10-|
G|----------------|---------------7-|------------------------------------|
D|----------------|-----------------|------------------------------------|
A|----------------|-----------------|------------------------------------|
E|----------------|-----------------|------------------------------------|
04:10 04:17 s 04:21
e|----s------h-p----|-16-10-10\12-7-8-10-|------br--------s------h-------|
B|---8\10-8-7-8-7---|--------------------|-10--12-8------8\10-8-7-8-10---|
G|-9--------------7-|--------------------|----------11-9---------------7-|
D|------------------|--------------------|-------------------------------|
A|------------------|--------------------|-------------------------------|
E|------------------|--------------------|-------------------------------|
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OUTRO
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G D G
D G
When wild birds return
04:30
e|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---|
B|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---|
G|-----2-4-2-2-----|-----2-4-2-2-----|-----2-4-2-2-----|---|
D|-5-5---------5-4-|-5-5---------5-4-|-5-5---------5-4-|-5-|
A|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---|
E|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---|
D
Cool Tune.
ENJOY...............
