It would be very nice if someone would bother to post with its strumming pattern
Thanks in advance
Matteo
Yesterday I finally managed to play it alongside the record so I could try to post it. Of course any corrections will be appreciated. First of all it is a beautiful song included in "Magician's birthday" album, one of Uriah heep's best moments.
here is the song:
VERSE 1
Am Em G
We told our tales as we
Am Em G
sat under mornin's sleepy
Am Em G
sky
Am Em G
Am Em G
Am Em G
With all the colours of the
Am Em G
sunrise shining in our
Am Em G
eyes
Am Em G
Am Em G
F Em G
One, then another with a
F Em G
story of yesterday's
Am Em G
lives
Am Em G
Am Em G
F Em G
or of a lover who had
F Em G
gone in a moment of
Am Em G
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
Am Em G
mind
Am Em G
Am Em G
Am Em G
Some task or audience
Am Em G
stealing every moment of his
Am Em G
time
Am Em G
Am Em G
F Em G
Thus we have learned to live while
F Em G
mortal man lies waiting to
Am Em G
die
Am Em G
Am Em G
F Em G
How can we do what must be
F Em G
done in just one short
Am Em G
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...
Am Em G
Am Em G
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)
What made it quite tricky to play is its pattern which remains the same all over the song. Actually you have to play 3 beats on Am while the fourth one is split between Em and G. On the listening it is quite easy to confuse the last beat of one pattern with the first one of the following one. In any case,let's take the most common progression (Am, Em, G) this is what I managed to play
beat 1: Am, play a full downstroke (D)
beat 2: Am, play two sixtheens and one octave (dud)
beat 3: Am, play two sixtheens, one sixtheens pause, one sixtheens (du/d)
beat 4: Em and G, play two octaves (d d)
and then start again with the full donstroke on beat 1. The full pattern becomes:
D dud du/u dd
Ok, here it is and let me know
Matteo
Hey matteo, it would be helpful if you could copy your original text, then use the code option at the top of the reply page and paste the text and then press the code tab again. That way the chord changes should stay in the right place rather than bunching up at the beginning of the text.
But hey, don't worry too much it took me a while to get the hang of it.
Try it, it should work !! :wink:
Be excellent to each other & party on dudes!
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VERSE 1
Am Em G
We told our tales as we
Am Em G
sat under mornin's sleepy
Am Em G
sky
Am Em G
Am Em G
Am Em G
With all the colours of the
Am Em G
sunrise shining in our
Am Em G
eyes
Am Em G
Am Em G
F Em G
One, then another with a
F Em G
story of yesterday's
Am Em G
lives
Am Em G
Am Em G
F Em G
or of a lover who had
F Em G
gone in a moment of
Am Em G
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
Am Em G
mind
Am Em G
Am Em G
Am Em G
Some task or audience
Am Em G
stealing every moment of his
Am Em G
time
Am Em G
Am Em G
F Em G
Thus we have learned to live while
F Em G
mortal man lies waiting to
Am Em G
die
Am Em G
Am Em G
F Em G
How can we do what must be
F Em G
done in just one short
Am Em G
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...
Am Em G
Am Em G
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)
Ok I did it, hope it will work :D
By the way I play it again with a friend of mine and I partially changhed the strummin which is
1= D (am)
2= dud (Am)
3= du/ud (Am)
4= d d (E, and G)
Well not 100% sure about the beat subdivison but I can assure you that this is the proper strummin to play it! Last thing it is not so slow as you could think because if you play it alongside the cd it has a certain country flavour.
Let me know any mistakes
Thanks again
Matteo
