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#Before the DelugeJackson Browne
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#Intro: (play 2 times)
#|G|C|G |C |
#|G|C|G |D |
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GSome of them were dreamers
CAnd some of them were Gfools
Who were Emmaking plans and Cthinking of the futGureC G
With the Genergy of the innocent
They were Cgathering the Gtools
They would Emneed to make their Cjourney back to nat Gure C G
While the Emsand slipped through the Gopening
And their Chands reached for the Ggolden ring
With their Emhearts they turned to each C other's heart for Drefuge Em D
In the Emtroubled years that Ccame before the Gdeluge C G


GSome of them knew pleasure
And Csome of them knew Gpain
And for Emsome of them it was Conly the moment that matGtered C G
And on the Gbrave and crazy wings of youth
They went Cflying around in the Grain
And their Emfeathers, once so Cfine, grew torn and tatGtered C G
And in the Emend they traded their Gtired wings
For the Cresignation that Gliving brings
And eEmxchanged love's bright and Cfragile glow
For the Dglitter and the rougeEm D
And in the Emmoment they were Cswept before the GdelugeCG


Now let the music keep our Cspirits high GCG
And let the buildings keep our Cchildren dryGC
GLet creation reDveal it's secrets by and Gby C
By and Gby... C
When the Glight that's lost Cwithin us reaches the GskyD


GSome of them were angry
At the Cway the earth was aGbused
By the Emmen who learned how to Cforge her beauty into powGer C G
And they sGtruggled to protect her from them
COnly to be confGused
By the Emmagnitude of her Cfury in the final hoGur C G
And when the Emsand was gone and the Gtime arrived
In the Cnaked dawn only a Gfew survived
And in Emattempts to underCstand a thing so Dsimple and so huge Em D
Believed that Emthey were meant to live C after the delGugeCG


Now let the music keep our Cspirits high GC
GAnd let the buildings keep our Cchildren dry G C
GLet creation reDveal it's secrets by and Gby C
By and Gby... C
When the Glight that's lost Cwithin us reaches the GskyD


Coda:
|G|C|G |C |
|G|C|G |D |

Repeat coda and fade

Transcribed by Gerard Koot (Amsterdam, Netherlands)may 2007
email: gerardkoot@hotmail.com




Ive added a sample fingerstyle arrangement of the intro. The intro is not played like
the original recording but its a way of playing
the intro violin melody combined with chords.

The vertical lines (|) above the high e string indicate the quarter note beats of the measures.

Tuning: EADGBe
Intro:

G| | | | C| | | | G| | | | C| | | |


e|-----------------|---3---------5---|-7-----8-7-5-----|---3---------5---|




B|-3-----3-----3-5-|-----5-----------|-----8-------8-5-|-----5-----------|




G|-----4-----------|-------5---5---5-|---7-------------|-------5---5---5-|




D|---5-------5-----|-----------------|-5-------5-------|-----------------|




A|-----------------|-3-------3-------|-----------------|-3-------3-------|




E|-3-------3-------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|



| C/E|D/F# | | | | | | | | | | | | | |


e|-7-----8-7-5-----|---3---------5---|-7-----7-------7-|-5-----5---------|




B|-----8-------8-5-|-----5-----------|-----8-------8---|-----7---8---10--|




G|---7-------------|-------5---5---5-|---7-------7-----|---7-----9---11--|




D|-5-------5-------|-----------------|-5-------5-------|-----------------|




A|-----------------|-3-------3-------|-----------------|-5-------7---9---|




E|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|