Chord/Tab song: Tales

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Title : Tales

INTRO (w/Pedal Steel Guitar)

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[Am] [Em] [G] [Am] [Em] [G] [Am]
VERSE 1

[Am]We told our tales [Em]as [G]we
[Am]sat under mornin's [Em]slee[G]py
[Am]sky[Em][G]

[Am] [Em] [G]
[Am] [Em] [G]
[Am]With all the colours [Em]of [G]the
[Am]sunrise shining [Em]in [G]our
[Am]eyes[Em][G]

[Am] [Em] [G]
[Am] [Em] [G]
[F]One, then another [Em]with [G]a
[F]story of yes[Em]ter[G]day's
[Am]lives[Em][G]

[Am] [Em] [G]
[Am] [Em] [G]
[F]or of a lover [Em]who [G]had
[F]gone in a mo[Em]ment [G]of
[Am]strife[Em][G]

(Pedal Steel Guitar solo over the same chords)

VERSE 2

[Am]No thought of sleep [Em]eve[G]r
[Am]dwells upon the [Em]wise [G]man's
[Am] [Em] [G]
[mind]
[Am] [Em] [G]
[Am] [Em] [G]
[Am]Some task or audi[Em]enc[G]e
[Am]stealing every moment [Em]of [G]his
[Am]time[Em][G]

[Am] [Em] [G]
[Am] [Em] [G]
[F]Thus we have learned to [Em]live [G]while
[F]mortal man lies wai[Em]ting [G]to
[Am]die[Em][G]

[Am] [Em] [G]
[Am] [Em] [G]
[F]How can we do what [Em]must [G]be
[F]done in just [Em]one [G]short
[Am]life?[Em][G]

BRIDGE

[C#m]And if you ask, then you should
[Ab]know, if you still doubt you should be
[F]told, it was not we that made it
[Ab]so, it was by those who went
be[Am]fore...

[Am] [Em] [G]
[Am] [Em] [G]
CHORUS
[Am]And there you sit to[Em]mor[G]row's
[Am]child, so full of love so [Em]full [G]of
[Am]life, but you must rise to [Em]meet [G]the
[Am]day, lest you become a[Em]not[G]her
[Am]tale, and there you sit to[Em]mor[G]row's ...(repeat CHORUS and FADE)



I remember singing this at my high school talent show. That was in 1979 and
I got some very nice complements on it.

DSF