The Actor
Song: The actor
18th June 2013
Tuning: Standard
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e|---------------|
B|---------------|
G|---------------|
D|---------------|
A|---3---3---3---|
E|---------------|
D Cadd9 G/B Cadd9
The curtain rises on a scene,
DCGCadd9
With someone shouting to be... free--------,
D Cadd9 G/B Cadd9
The play un - folds before my eyes,
DCGCDCadd9
There stands the actor who is... me-------------------!
^ ^ ^
G/B Cadd9 D Cadd9 G/B Cadd9
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D Cadd9 G/B Cadd9
The sleeping hours take us far,
DCGCadd9
From traffic, telephones, and... fear--------,
D Cadd9 G/B Cadd9
Put out your problems with the cat,
D Cadd9 G/B C
Escape un - til the bell you... hear!
^ ^ ^
Am G
Our reasons are the same, but there's no one we can blame,
F
For there's nowhere we need go,
E (E7) Am
And the only truth we know... comes so easily!
e|---------------------|
B|---------------------|
G|---------------------|
D|---4--0--------------|
A|---------3--2--3--0--|
E|---------------------|
C G Am
The sound I have heard in your hel - lo,
Em F Em
Oh---, darling, you're almost part of me,
FEm
Oh---------, darling, you're all I'll ever see!
FFC
Ah-----, ah------, ah---------!
D Cadd9 G/B Cadd9 D Cadd9 G/B Cadd9
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D Cadd9 G/B Cadd9
It's such a rainy after - noon,
DCGCadd9
No point in going any-----where-------,
D Cadd9 G/B Cadd9
The sounds just drift across my room,
DCGCDCadd9
I wish this feeling I could... share---------------!
^ ^ ^
G/B Cadd9 D Cadd9 G/B Cadd9
| / / / / | / / / / | / / / / |
D Cadd9 G/B Cadd9
It's such a rainy after - noon,
DCGCDdd9
She sits, and gazes from her... win-------dow,
Cadd9 G/B Cadd9
Her mind tries to recall his face,
D Cadd9 G/B C
A feeling deep inside her... grows-----!
^ ^ ^
Am G
Our reasons are the same, but there's no one we can blame,
F
For there's nowhere we need go,
E (E7) Am
And the only truth we know... comes so easily!
e|---------------------|
B|---------------------|
G|---------------------|
D|---4--0--------------|
A|---------3--2--3--0--|
E|---------------------|
C G Am
The sound I have heard in your hel - lo,
Em F Em
Oh----, darling, you're almost part of me,
F Em
Oh----, darling, you're all I'll ever see!
C G Am
The sound I have heard in your hel - lo,
Em F Em
Oh----, darling, you're all I'll ever see,
F Em
Oh----, darling, you're almost part of me!
FFC
Ah-----, ah------, ah---------!
(Gradually slow down on third repeat)
D Cadd9 G/B Cadd9 D Cadd9 G/B Cadd9
||: / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | / / / /:||(x3)
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D = xx0232 Am = x02210 E7 = 020100
Cadd9 = x32033 G = 355433 Em = 022000
G/B = x20033 F = 133211 Fm = 133111
C = x32010 E = 022100