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)