None of them
Artist - Al Stewart
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Song - One Stage Before
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Album - Year Of The Cat
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Tabbed By - Ayreon77
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CHORDS ARE
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Gm - 3 5 5 3 3 3
Eb - X 6 8 8 8 6
Bb - 6 8 8 7 6 6
F - 1 3 3 2 1 1
Cm - 3 3 5 5 4 3
Dm - X X 0 2 3 1
INTRO - Acoustic Strumming - Gm Eb X6
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Electric Guitar - strums the chords once through the song.
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VERSE 1
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Gm Eb Gm Eb
It seems to me as though I've been upon this stage before
Bb F Cm Gm Eb
And juggled away the night for the same old crowd
Gm Eb Gm Eb
These harlequins you see with me, they too have held the floor
Bb F Cm Gm Eb
As here once again they strut and they fret their hour
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BRIDGE
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Bb F Eb Gm Cm
I see those half-familiar faces in the second row
F Cm Dm
Ghost-like with the footlights in their eyes
Eb Bb Cm Bb F Gm
But where or when we met like this last time, I just don't know
Cm F Dm (Gm Eb X4)
It's like a chord that rings and never dies for infinity
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VERSE 2
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Gm Eb Gm Eb
And now these figures in the wings with all their restless tunes
Bb F Cm Gm Eb
Are waiting around for someone to call their names
Gm Eb Gm Eb
They walk the backstage corridors and prowl the dressing rooms
Bb F Cm Gm Eb
And vanish to specks of light in the picture-frames
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BRIDGE
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Bb F Eb Gm Cm
But did they move upon the stage a thousand years ago
F Cm Dm
In some play in Paris or Madrid
Eb Bb Cm Bb F Gm
And was I there among them then, in some travelling show
Cm F Dm (Gm Eb X4)
And is it all still locked inside my head for infinity
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VERSE 3
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Gm Eb Gm Eb
And some of you are harmonies to all the notes I play
Bb F Cm Gm Eb
Although we may not meet still you know me well
Gm Eb Gm Eb
While others talk in secret keys and transpose all I say
Bb F Cm Gm Eb
And nothing I do or try can get me through the spell
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BRIDGE
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Bb F Eb Gm Cm
So one more time we'll dim the lights and ring the curtain up
F Cm Dm
And play again like all the times before
Eb Bb Cm Bb F Gm
But far behind the music you can almost hear the sounds
Cm F Dm (Gm Eb X4)
Of laughter like the waves upon the shores of infinity
GUITAR SOLO
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03:48
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Tricky Bit
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A nice Al stewart track. Great solo to play along to, tricky bit is hard but gets easier
the more you play it. Enjoy..............
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