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Intro: ( A A# B C D ) x2
A A# B C D
Oh let the sun beat down upon my face, stars to fill my dream
A A# B C D
I am a traveler of both time and space, to be where I have been
A A# B C D
To sit with elders of the gentle race, this world has seldom seen
A A# B C
They talk of days for which they sit and wait, and all will be revealed
Bridge: ( A D F C G A C G Bb F ) x2 A# B C D
A A# B C D
Talk and song from tongues of lilting grace, whose sounds caress my ear
A A# B C D
But not a word I heard could I relate, the story was quite clear
A A# B C D A A# B C D
Oh.... Oh....
Bridge: ( A D F C G A C G Bb F ) x2 A# B C
( A D F C G A C G Bb F ) A
A
Oh, I been flying, Mama, there ain't no denyin'
A
I've been flying, ain't no denyin', no denyin' (vocal improv...)
Bridge: ( A D F C G A C G Bb F ) x2
G A G A
All I see turns to brown, as the sun burns the ground
G A G A
And my eyes, fill with sand, as I scan, this wasted land
G A A A# B C D A A# B C D
Trying to find, trying to find where I've been
A A# B C D
Oh, pilot of the storm who leaves no trace, like thoughts inside a dream
A A# B C D
Heed the path that led me to that place, yellow desert stream
A A# B C D
My Shangri-La beneath the summer moon, I will return again
A A# B C D
Sure as the dust that floats high in June, when movin' through Kashmir
Bridge: ( A D F C G A C G Bb F ) x2 A# B C D
A A# B C D
Oh, father of the four winds, fill my sails, across the sea of years
A A# B C D
With no provision but an open face, along the straits of fear
A A# B C D A A# B C D
Ohh ooh
Bridge: ( A D F C G A C G Bb F ) x2 A# B C
( A D F C G A C G Bb F ) x2 A
G A
When I'm on, when I'm on my way, yeah
G A
When I see, when I see the way, you stay, yeah
G A G A G A
Ooh, yeah-yeah, ooh, yeah-yeah, when I'm down...
G A
Ooh, yeah-yeah, ooh, yeah-yeah, well I'm down, so down
G A G A G
Ooh, my baby, oooh, my baby, let me take you there
main riff (D bass drones throughout, not shown in chord names above)
A A# B C D
e-----------------------------------------------------
B-----------------------------------------------------
G--2--3--4--5--7--------------------------------------
D--0--0--0--0--0--------------------------------------
A-----------------------------------------------------
E-----------------------------------------------------
turnaround:
A D F C G A C G Bb F
e-----------------------------------------------------
B---8-7-6-5--3-----5-3-3-1----------------------------
G---7-7-5-5--4-2---5-4-3-2----------------------------
D---9-7-7-5--5-0---5-5-3-3-3-2-0----------------------
A-----------------------------------------------------
E-----------------------------------------------------
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