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From: "Rob Watson" <rob@gcmac.demon.co.uk>
Subject: TAB:Al Stewart Whats Going On
Date : 23-06-2001
Modern Times - Al Stewart & Dave Mudge
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Hello old friend etc....
G F
So call the bar-man over here
Em D C D
And let us fill our glasses
G Em
And drink a toast to olden times
D C D
Where all our memories lie,
G D Em
Where all our memories lie.
G Em C G
Do you remember, the time when we were young
Em C F C/E
Lowly lowly low
G Em C G
Outside the window the frosty moonlight hung
Em C
On the midnight snow
D C G
So we pulled our scarves up around our faces in the night
D C G
Huddled on the doorsteps where the fairylights shone bright
D C A
Singing christmas carols while our breath hung in the light
G D A C D Em
It all comes back like yesterday
D C
It almost seems like yesterday
G Em C G
Do you remember the changes as we grew
Em C F C/E
Slowly, slowly, slow
G Em C G
Sneaking in the back in to movies after school
Em C
For the evening show
D C G
Chasing skinny blue jean girls across the building site
D C G
Checking out the dance floor while the band played hold me tight
D C A
See the blonde one over there - I bet she'd be alright
G D A C D Em
It all comes back like yesterday
D C
It almost seems like yesterday.
G D A
While I talked he sat and never made a sound
C G D E
Staring at the glass beside me
C G D A
Hey old friend tell me whats on your mind
C G D E D C
Silence grows on you like i-vy i-vy
G Em C G
Do you remember the church across the sands
Em C F C/E
Holy, holy, ho
G Em C G
You stood outside and planned to travel to the lands
Em C
Where the pilgrims go
D C G
So you packed your world up inside a canvas sack
D C G
Set off down the highway with your rings and Kerouac
D C A
Someone said they saw you in Nepal a long time back
G D A C D Em
Tell me why you look away
D A
Don't you have a word to say?
G
He said I don't remember, don't want to remember
F G A
In fact I've heard too much already
G
I don't want to think, just leave me here to drink
F G A
Wrapped up in the warmth of New York City
C G D A
Oh oh, it seems you just don't know
C G D E
And you just don't understand me
C G D A
Got no use for the tricks of modern times
C G D E D C
They tangle all my thoughts like ivy, ivy.
G Em C G
So I left him and I went out to the street
Em C F C/E
Lowly, lowly, low
G Em C G
Where the red light girls were coming after me
Em C
Forty dollar show
D C G
All across the city the lights were coming on
D C G
The hotel lift softly hummed a Cole Porter song
D C A
If I looked for him I knew he would be gone
G D A C D Em
A picture-card of yesterday
D C
A photograph of yesterday
C G D A
And far off in a deserted part of town
C G D E
The shadows like a silent army
C G D A
Flooded out the rooms in pools of blue and brown
C G D E D C D E
And stuck to all the walls like ivy, ivy, ivy.
Instrumental (roughly) :
Fmaj7 G A Fmaj7 G A Fmaj7 G A Fmaj7 G A
C G D A C G D E C G D A C G D E (as last part of song)
Rather orchestral part - not sure about the chords!
C G D A C G D E C G D A C G D E (as last part of song)
D E D C repeat a few times ---> D E
Guitar Solo Transcribed by Rob Watson rob@gcmac.demon.co.uk
Fmaj7 G A Fmaj7 G A
Fmaj G A
E|12---|10------|---|-|12---10|10-17|17--|17-19|20---|19-17---|17-|--|
B|-----|---10b12|r10|-|-------|-----|----|-----|-----|------20|---|--|
G|-----|--------|---|-|-------|-----|----|-----|-----|--------|---|--|
D|-----|--------|---|-|-------|-----|----|-----|-----|--------|---|--|
A|-----|--------|---|-|-------|-----|----|-----|-----|--------|---|--|
E|-----|--------|---|-|-------|-----|----|-----|-----|--------|---|--|
Fmaj7 G A C G D A
E|20b22|20-19-17---|17--|------|-----|----------|--|------|
B|-----|---------20|----|------|-----|----------|--|------|
G|-----|-----------|----|------|-----|----------|--|---2-2|
D|-----|-----------|----|------|--0h2|0---------|--|------|
A|-----|-----------|----|---0-2|3----|---3-2-0--|0-|2h4---|
E|-----|-----------|----|-3----|-----|---------3|--|------|
C G D E C G D A
E|-----------|---------|-----|------|0-|3---------|-|----0--------|
B|-----------|---------|-----|------|1-|0---------|-|------3-2----|
G|0----------|---------|-----|------|0-|0--2b4r2-0|2|--2-------2--|
D|--3-3-2-2-0|0--------|-----|------|2-|0---------|-|-------------|
A|-----------|--3-2-0--|0-2-2|------|3-|2---------|-|-------------|
E|-----------|--------3|-----|0-0-0-|3-|3---------|-|-------------|
C G D E D C Fmaj7 G
E|0-0--|--3-|5--7|-|5b7r5-3-5|3---------3----|5----------|-------------|
B|1---1|3---|----|-|---------|--5-5-3-5---5-5|--5-3s1----|-------------|
G|0----|----|----|-|---------|---------------|--------2tr|0h2----------|
D|2----|----|----|-|---------|---------------|-----------|----2p0---2p0|
A|3----|----|----|-|---------|---------------|-----------|-------------|
E|3----|----|----|-|---------|---------------|-----------|--------3----|
A Fmaj7 G A Fmaj7
E|---------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-|--------0--|0-1-3-5-3|
B|---------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-|--0-2s3---2|---------|
G|---------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-|-----------|---------|
D|---------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-|-----------|---------|
A|0-----0--|4-2-0-2-4--|3-2-0-2-3--|3-2-0-----0|-|-----------|---------|
E|--4b5----|----------0|----------0|------3-0--|-|-----------|---------|
G A Fmaj7 G A
E|1----|--------------|------12------------|---------------------|-----|
B|--3-1|3b5-3-1-3-1---|15b17----15-13------|---------------------|-----|
G|-----|------------2-|---------------14-12|14-------------------|-----|
D|-----|--------------|--------------------|----12s10-12-10------|-----|
A|-----|--------------|--------------------|----------------12-10|12---|
E|-----|--------------|--------------------|---------------------|-----|
C G
E|17-15----15------------------------|--------------------|------------|
B|------17----17-15-17-15----15------|--------------------|------------|
G|------------------------17----17-14|17b19-17-14---------|---14-------|
D|-----------------------------------|------------17-14---|17---17-14--|
A|-----------------------------------|------------------17|----------17|
E|-----------------------------------|--------------------|------------|
D A C G D E
E|-------------------|---------------|----------|----------|---------|-|
B|-------------------|---------------|-----8---8|10b12r10-8|10b12s12-|-|
G|-------------------|------9-11-9---|---9---9--|----------|---------|-|
D|--12p10----------11|11-12--------11|10--------|----------|---------|-|
A|--------12-10-12---|---------------|----------|----------|---------|-|
E|-------------------|---------------|----------|----------|---------|-|
C G D A C G D E
E|--|--15-15-15|19b20-19-17|-----|----------------|--------------|-----|
B|--|----------|-----------|15b17|15b17-r15-13----|------12-13-15|---12|
G|--|----------|-----------|-----|-------------14-|12-14---------|14---|
D|--|----------|-----------|-----|----------------|--------------|-----|
A|--|----------|-----------|-----|----------------|--------------|-----|
E|--|----------|-----------|-----|----------------|--------------|-----|
D C D E D C
E|----------------|------|--------------|------|-----------|-------|---|
B|------12--------|------|--------------|------|-----------|-------|---|
G|12b14---r12-9---|------|--------------|------|13h14p13---|-------|---|
D|--------------12|12-10-|12-10-12----10|12-14-|---------14|12-10--|---|
A|----------------|------|---------12---|------|-----------|-------|---|
E|----------------|------|--------------|------|-----------|-------|---|
D E D C D E D C D E
E|-------|----------|------|------12s|16----|------|17-15|---|14-16--|
B|-------|12h13p12--|------|13-15----|------|------|-----|---|-------|
G|-------|----------|------|---------|------|------|-----|---|-------|
D|12-14--|----------|------|---------|------|------|-----|---|-------|
A|-------|----------|------|---------|------|------|-----|---|-------|
E|-------|----------|------|---------|------|------|-----|---|-------|·