• Song:

    Seasons in the Sun

  • Artist:

    Terry Jacks

  • Album:

    Into the Past

(Consider the letters in the tabs below like hexadecimal when it comes to determining 
fret is used. 0-9 is self-explanatory, A=10th fret, B=11th and so on.)

[INTRO]
                              Goodbye to you my trusted...

G:--------|--------|--------|--------|
A:--------|--------|--------|--------|
D:-----012|0----012|0----012|--------|
E:--------|--------|--------|2-------|

[VERSE]
  ...Friend                             We've known each other since we were 9 or 10

  Together we climbed hills and trees   Learned of love and ABCs

  Skinned our hearts and skinned our knees     Good bye my friend it's hard to...

G:--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|
A:--------|4~~~~~~~|--------|6~~~~~~~|--------|4~~~~~~-|6-------|44--44--|
D:-------4|--------|-------6|--------|-------4|-------4|---64--4|---4---4|
E:--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|

     F#                                     G#
  ...Die     When all the birds are singing in the sky
                                F#                              G#
  Now that the spring is in the air       Pretty girls are everywhere
  C#                         F#
     Think of me and I'll be there
  F#                G#                F#                G#       C#       F#
G:--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|-----|
A:44--44--|44--44--|66--66--|66--66--|44--44--|44--44--|66--66--|--------|44---|
D:---4---4|---4---4|---6---6|---6---4|---4---4|---4---4|---6---6|44--44-4|--46-|
E:--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|---4----|-----|

[CHORUS]
         F#                    G#
  We had joy we had fun we had seasons in the sun
          C#                                             F#
  But the hills that we climbed were just seasons out of time

  Goodbye papa please pray for...

  F#       G#       c#       F#
G:--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|
A:44--44--|66--66--|--------|---34---|--------|--------|
D:--46--46|--68--86|44--44--|446-----|-----012|--------|
E:--------|--------|--46--46|--------|--------|2-------|

[VERSE]
  ...me           I was the black sheep of the family

  You tried to teach me right from wrong    But too much wine and too much song

  Wonder how I got along                       Goodbye papa it's hard to...

G:--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|
A:--------|4~~~~~~~|--------|6~~~~~~~|--------|4~~~~~~-|6-------|44--44--|
D:-------4|--------|-------6|--------|-------4|-------4|---64--4|---4---4|
E:--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|

  F#                                         G#
  die         When all the birds are singing in the sky
                                F#                           G#
  Now that the spring is in the air     Little children everywhere
  C#                          F#
    When you see them I'll be there

  F#                G#                F#                G#       C#       F#
G:--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|-----|
A:44--44--|44--44--|66--66--|66--66--|44--44--|44--44--|66--66--|--------|44---|
D:---4---4|---4---4|---6---6|---6---4|---4---4|---4---4|---6---6|44--44-4|--46-|
E:--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|---4----|-----|
[CHORUS]
         F#                    G#
  We had joy we had fun we had seasons in the sun
          C#                                          F#
  But the wine and the song like the seasons have all gone
         A                     B
  We had joy we had fun we had seasons in the sun
          E                                           A
  But the wine and the song like the seasons have all gone

  F#       G#       c#       F#       A        B        E        A
G:--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--|
A:44--44--|66--66--|--------|---344--|77--77--|99--99--|--------|---67---|--------|--|
D:--46--46|--68--86|44--44--|446-----|--79--79|--9B--B9|77--77--|779-----|-----012|--|
E:--------|--------|--46--46|--------|--------|--------|--79--79|--------|--------|2-|

[VERSE]
  Goodbye Michelle my little one        You gave me love and helped me find a son
  And every time I was down             You would always come around and
  Get my feet back on the ground        Goodbye Michelle it's hard to...

G:--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|
A:--------|4~~~~~~~|--------|6~~~~~~~|--------|4~~~~~~-|6-------|44--44--|
D:-------4|--------|-------6|--------|-------4|-------4|---64--4|---4---4|
E:--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|

     F#                                                                   G#
  ...Die                                   When all the birds are singing in the sky
                                F#                          G#
  Now that the spring is in the air        With the flowers everywhere
  C#                             F#
    I wish that we could both be there

  F#                G#                F#                G#       C#       F#
G:--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|-----|
A:44--44--|44--44--|66--66--|66--66--|44--44--|44--44--|66--66--|--------|44---|
D:---4---4|---4---4|---6---6|---6---4|---4---4|---4---4|---6---6|44--44-4|--46-|
E:--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|---4----|-----|

[CHORUS]
         F#                    G#
  We had joy we had fun we had seasons in the sun
          C#                             F#
  But the stars we could reach were just starfish on the beach
         A                     B
  We had joy we had fun we had seasons in the sun
          E                              A
  But the stars we could reach were just starfish on the beach

  F#       G#       c#       F#       A        B        E        A
G:--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|
A:44--44--|66--66--|--------|---344--|77--77--|99--99--|--------|---677--|
D:--46--46|--68--86|44--44--|446-----|--79--79|--9B--B9|77--77--|779-----|
E:--------|--------|--46--46|--------|--------|--------|--79--79|--------|

         A#                    C
  We had joy we had fun we had seasons in the sun
          F                                           A#
  But the wine and the song like the seasons have all gone
          A#                      C
  All our lives we had fun we had seasons in the sun
          F                               A#
  But the hills that we climbed were just seasons out of time

  A#       C        F        A#       A#       C        F        A#
G:--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|
A:88--88--|AA--AA--|--------|---78---|88--88--|AA--AA--|--------|---78---|
D:--8A--8A|--AC--CA|88--88--|88A-----|--8A--8A|--AC--CA|88--88--|88A-----|
E:--------|--------|--8A--8A|--------|--------|--------|--8A--8A|--------|

Tabbed by Michael Oxner (moxner@nbnet.nb.ca)
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