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Thread #71662 Message #1245334
Posted By: M.Ted
11-Aug-04 - 08:31 PM
Thread Name: Chords Req: A Year to Go By (Phil Ochs)
Subject: RE: Chord Req: phil ochs- a year to go by
Here are the chords, blocked out so you can play four counts to the measure--the first few times through, he is a bit unsure as to what chords to play on a tag that follows each verse, but he seems to settle on what I've put down (which is a lot like a vamp from the Everly Bros version of "Devoted to You"--
He plays an intro, which is simply the first two chords in the song, then starts the chord progression and begins singing on the F#m--I think that he really meant for the lyrics to start on the D, but was a bit behind because he was just walking through the tune--
(Intro) |D D/ F#m F#m| VERSE ||D D/ F#m F#m/D D/ F#m F#m/ D D/ Bm Bm/ Em Em /A7 A7/ GG/ F#m F#m/GG/ F#m F#m/ D D /Bm Bm//Em Em/A7 a7/ TAG ||G G /F#m F#m/Em Em/A7 A7|
Here is the first verse, with the chords, to give an idea how it fits--
||D D/ F#m F#m/ Here I am D D/ F#m F#m/ 10 years have I D D/ Bm Bm / Em Em / A7 A7/ Watch me run, watch me play, watch me cry GG/ F#m F#m/ Time has no time GG/ F#m F#m/ The world is mine D D /Bm Bm//Em Em/A7 a7/ And it takes 10 years for a year to go by
||G G /F#m F#m/Em Em/A7 A7|
The TAG comes after the A7, and at the end of the last verse, he sings the last lines while playing the TAG, finally resolving it to a D chord--