Theme From An Imaginary Western ukulele

Theme From An Imaginary Western

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Song:      Theme For An Imaginary Western (Live)
Artist:    The Leslie West Trio
Where:     At the 'Iridium' in NYC on June 12, 2012
URL's:     http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QhasPx1DL0s;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
Leslie_West;https://www.facebook.com/events/472806329401090/;
           http://www.mountainrockband.com/leslie-west.html
Tempo:     4/8
Method:    Slow Ballad
Tuning:    Half-Step Down
Style:     Blues with slides and pull-off's () shown in curved brackets. 
           Chord harmonies  over riffs in square brackets
           Finger vibrato <> in carets

Chord:
Strings    123456 (EbAbDbGbBbeb)
           ====== Equivalent to -
G          320033 :F#
A11        540055 :Ab11
Em7        020033 :Ebm7
Em         022000 :Ebm
A7         002020 :Ab7
C/E        032010 :B/Eb 
F5         133200 :E5 
F#5        244300 :F5
G5         355200 :F#5
C/G        332010 :B/F#
Emadd2     022002 :Ebmadd2
D          XX0232 :Db


Audience: "Yeah!..." (Claps over Tuning)

Intro: (Arpegiatted Guitar)
|G (A11)       Em7 Em| A7     C/E|
|G (A11)    F5 F#5 G5| A7 C/G C/E|
|<G>   Em7  Emadd2 Em| A7 C/G C/E|
|<G>   Em7  Emadd2 Em|C/G C/E G D|


Verse 1:
               G          Em7  Emadd2 Em 
When the wagons leave the city, 
         A7                C/E
For the forest and further on.
G       Em7          Emadd2 Em  
Painted wagon of the morning,
      A7                  C/G C/E
Dusty roads where they´ve gone.
          <G>       Em7         Emadd2  Em 
Sometimes travelin´ through the darkness,
        A7            C/G C/E
Met the summer comin´ home.
       <G>   Em7    Emadd2 Em
Fallen faces by the wayside,
          C/E     A7         G     (A11)   
Looked as if they might have known.


Chorus 1:
       Em         Bm
Oh the sun was in their eyes,
       Em          Bm
And the desert was dry.
     C/E     G    (A11)
In a country town, 
          A7     Em     Bb (C)
Where the laughter sounds.


Verse 2:
       G       Em7     Emadd2 Em 
Oh the dancing and the singing,
       A7              C/E
In the music when they played.
       G     Em7       Emadd2 Em
Oh the fires that they started,
       A7            C/G C/E
Oh the girls with no regret.
<G>       Em7        Emadd2  Em
Sometimes they found it,
<G>       Em7         Emadd2  Em
Sometimes they hocked it.
       A7                 C/G C/E
Fought each each other on the way,
        <G>   Em7    Emadd2  Em
Painted wagon of the morning.
          C/E     A7         G     (A11)   
Looked as if they might have known.


Chorus 2:
       Em         Bm
Oh the sun was in their eyes,
       Em          Bm
And the desert was dry.
     C/E     G    (A11)
In a country town, 
          A7     Em     Bb (C)
Where the laughter sounds.


Instrumental 1: 
|G (A11)       Em7 Em| A7     C/E|
|G (A11)    F5 F#5 G5| A7 C/G C/E|
|<G>   Em7  Emadd2 Em| A7 C/G C/E|
|<G>   Em7  Emadd2 Em|C/G C/E   G|


Chorus 3: (Part Instrumental)
|Em Bm|...
       Em          Bm
And the desert was dry.
     C/E     G    (A11)
In a country town, 
          A7     Em     Bb (C)
Where the laughter sounds.


Instrumental 2: 
|G (A11)       Em7 Em| A7     C/E|
|G (A11)    F5 F#5 G5| A7 C/G C/E|
|<G>   Em7  Emadd2 Em| A7 C/G C/E|...


Instrumental 3: (CEOTTK Riff)
West: "If we had a little green lighting guy, he'd be doing this ...about now."
...|<G>   Em7  Emadd2 Em|C/G C/E   G||

West: "Thank you very much!"


End


Notes.
1. These LWT live lyrics are different from the original Bruce/Brown lyrics.
2. This performance at the 'Iridium'is post Leslie West's loss of his right leg 
from diabetes, a year earlier.  It is flavoured with staunch self-determination.
3. CEOTTK = Close Encounters Of The Third Kind (Theme).
4. This is the accompaniment only. A guitar TAB remains a separate undertaking.  

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