Easiest ways to play it:
1. Standard tuning, capo 6
2. Half step down tuning, no capo (transpose 5 steps down to the key of Em, play open chords)
3. Standard tuning, no capo (transpose 6 steps down to the key of Ebm, play bar chords)
4. Half step down tuning, capo 7
-You could play with more people tuned in these different ways (combination of 1
and 2 might sound very powerful, add 3 or even 4 and you'll have the entire
orchestra coveredā?¦ kind of).
-1 and 4 will probably sound the same, for your information.
Both lyrics and chords I transcribed by ear in about two hours.
My Youtube channel is www.youtube.com/CompleteDistortion
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You can kind of guess the chords of course, but I'll still point out how I play it.
YOU MIGHT WANT TO TAKE A LOOK AT THE "Am/D" BELOW.
Am/D (actually it's a "C 6add9(no 5th)", but I wrote it as Am/D because that's easier to follow)
x00210
Am
x02210
Asus2
x02200
Cmaj7
x32000
Fmaj7
x33210
G
32003x
F
133211
Dm
xx0231
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INTRO:
(Am Asus2 Am Asus2)
VERSE 1:
Am Cmaj7 Am/D Fmaj7
To be rich is
Am Cmaj7 Am/D F
to still re- member
Am Cmaj7 G F
To treasure your first dime
Am Cmaj7 G F
To have a chance to say farewell
CHORUS:
Am
Story of your life
C
Time of solitude and strife
G
Freedom of the northern road
F
Hoping many miles to go
Am
Promises to keep
C
Countless gold fields to reap
G
To be rich is to seek
F
To relive the memory
VERSE 2:
Am Cmaj7 Am/D Fmaj7
Far off lands, quests of old
Am Cmaj7 Am/D F
Self respect, true grit
Am Cmaj7 G F
Never care, my fortune, my wife
Am Cmaj7 G F
To seek is to be rich
CHORUS:
(Am C G F)
Story of your life
Time of solitude and strife
Freedom of the northern road
Hoping many miles to go
Promises to keep
Countless goldfields to reap
To be rich is to seek
To relive the memory
BRIDGE:
Am C
All the strangers on your path
G
Crossroads that lead us from home
Dm
The cooling hymn for soulful Yuletid hearth
Am C
All the songs of wilderness
G
The truth in which you fall
Dm F
They're your lost troves, but that's what you recall
CHORUS:
(Am C G F)
Story of your life
Time of solitude and strife
Freedom of the northern road
Hoping many miles to go
Promises to keep
Countless goldfields to reap
To be rich is to seek
To relive the memory
[repeat chorus]
Guitar solo [which is very, very longā?¦]
(Am C G F)
Outro
F
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Thanks for stopping by, I'm very much looking forward to Tuomas' upcoming solo
album "The Life And Times of Scrooge McDuck."
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