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Version 2
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Time Passages – Al Stewart
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Written by: Stewart/White
From: "Time Passages" (1978)
Tabbed by: maguri
Tuning: Standard
Capo: 1st fret
Play: D
Key: Eb
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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
Gm6/Bb x-1-2-0-3(0) (= Bb6-5)
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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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
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
e|2-----0---------|0-5-0-----------|2-0---0---------|0---------------|
B|3-----2-------3-|2---2-----3-----|3---3-2-------3-|2---------3-----|
G|2-----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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[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
|/ / / / |/ / / / |/ / / / |/ / / / |
[Verse]
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
[Chorus]
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
[Interlude]
D A/D G/D D A F#m7 G
|/ / / / |/ / / / |/ / / / |/ / / / |
D A/D G/D D A F#m7 G/A
|/ / / / |/ / / / |/ / / / |/ / / / |
[Verse]
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
[Chorus]
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
[Interlude]
D A/D G/D D A F#m7 G
|/ / / / |/ / / / |/ / / / |/ / / / |
[Middle 8]
Bb Gm6/Bb D
Hear the echoes and feel yourself starting to turn
Bb Gm6/Bb Bm
Don't know why you should feel that there's something to learn
E [ D ]
It's just a game that you play
(break)
[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 Dmaj7 | G/A Dmaj7 |
| Bb | Bb | Dmaj7 | Dmaj7 |
| Gm | E/G#| D/A | Bm |
| Gm | Gm | Asus4 | A |
[Interlude]
|2/4 F#m | Bm | A | A F#m | Bm | A | A F#m | Bm | A | A (break) |
[Verse]
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
[Chorus]
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
[Interlude]
D A/D G/D D A F#m7 G
|/ / / / |/ / / / |/ / / / |/ / / / |
D A/D G/D D A F#m7 G
|/ / / / |/ / / / |/ / / / |/ / / / |
[Link]
| 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 Dmaj7 | G/A Dmaj7 |
| Bb | Bb | Dmaj7 | Dmaj7 |
| Gm | E/G#| D/A | Bm |
| Gm | Gm | Asus4 | A |
[Outro]
|2/4 F#m |
| Bm | A | A F#m | Bm | A | A F#m |
(repeat til fade)
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