• Song:

    Before Then

  • Artist:

    The Blind King

  • Album:

    The Silent Wheel

BEFORE THEN
by The Blind King
--
standard tuning
capo 4
3/4 time

*where it says G-->Em, you're walking down from G to Em. listen to the song for the 
timing, but this is the pattern:

32000x
22000x
022000 (Em)

Intro: (listen to song for strumming pattern, ornamentations)
Em C G D
Em C D
Em C G D
Em C D

Em (022000@1)                           C (x32010@1)                 G (320003@1)         DWhen (xx0232@1)you wake with a start and your arms are asleep
                Em (022000@1)       C (x32010@1)                DAnd (xx0232@1)she's left in the night with her things
Em (022000@1)                       C (x32010@1)        G (320003@1)                     DWill (xx0232@1)you think of the time we made time stand still
       Em (022000@1)        C (x32010@1)        DAnd (xx0232@1)cried, and lied, no regrets
?
C (x32010@1)                      D (xx0232@1)          G-->Em*
Hope you call me up before then
D (xx0232@1)                                     EmBefore (022000@1)it's all washed out to sea
C (x32010@1)                     D (xx0232@1)       G-->Em*
Before you wake up to a note on the door
C (x32010@1)                      D (xx0232@1)          EmHope (022000@1)you call me up before then
C (x32010@1)                      D (xx0232@1)           EmHope (022000@1)you call me up before then

Em x2 (two more bars of Em on its own)
?
Hmmm, hmmm (verse)
Em C D G
Em C D
Em C D G
Em C D
?
              Em (022000@1)         C (x32010@1)                G (320003@1)                  DNow (xx0232@1)you finger your sleeve as the evening drones on
       Em (022000@1)     C (x32010@1)           DAnd (xx0232@1)notice a fly in your drink
       Em (022000@1)          C (x32010@1)    G (320003@1)                   DYou (xx0232@1)think of the time, forget what she said
       Em (022000@1)     C (x32010@1)        DAnd (xx0232@1)cry, and lie, and regret
?
C (x32010@1)                      D (xx0232@1)          G-->Em*
Hope you call me up before then
D (xx0232@1)                                     EmBefore (022000@1)it's all washed out to sea
C (x32010@1)                     D (xx0232@1)              G----------------->Em*
Before you wake up and your dreams are all gone
C (x32010@1)                      D (xx0232@1)          EmHope (022000@1)you call me up before then
Hope you call me up before then
Hope you call me up before then
[End on Em]
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