Tales

#------------------------------------------------------------------------------## Title : Tales INTRO (w/Pedal Steel Guitar) 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / ... AEGAEGAm VERSE 1 Am Em G We told our tales as we Am Em G sat under mornin's sleepy Am Gm sky AEG AEG Am Em G With all the colours of the Am Em G sunrise shining in our Am Gm eyes AEG AEG F Em G One, then another with a F Em G story of yesterday's Am Gm lives AEG AEG F Em G or of a lover who had F Em G gone in a moment of Am Gm strife (Pedal Steel Guitar solo over the same chords) VERSE 2 Am Em G No thought of sleep ever Am Em G dwells upon the wise man's AEG mind AEG AEG Am Em G Some task or audience Am Em G stealing every moment of his Am Gm time AEG AEG F Em G Thus we have learned to live while F Em G mortal man lies waiting to Am Gm die AEG AEG F Em G How can we do what must be F Em G done in just one short Am Gm life? 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 Am before... AEG AEG CHORUS Am Em G And there you sit tomorrow's Am Em G child, so full of love so full of Am Em G life, but you must rise to meet the Am Em G day, lest you become another Am Em G tale, and there you sit tomorrow'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