One Stage Before

Artist - Al Stewart                                          **********************                                         Song - One Stage Before                                        *************************                                         Album - Year Of The Cat                                        *************************                                           Tabbed By - Ayreon77                                          ********************** CHORDS ARE *********** Gm - 3 5 5 3 3 3 Eb - X 6 8 8 8 6 Bb - 6 8 8 7 6 6  F - 1 3 3 2 1 1 Cm - 3 3 5 5 4 3 Dm - X X 0 2 3 1 INTRO - Acoustic Strumming - Gm Eb X6 ***************************         Electric Guitar - strums the chords once through the song.         **************** ------------------------------------------------------------ VERSE 1 ******** It seems to me as though I’ve been upon this stage before And juggled away the night for the same old crowd   These harlequins you see with me they too have held the floor As here once again they strut and they fret their hour    ------------------------------------------------------------ BRIDGE ******* I see those half-familiar faces in the second row Ghost-like with the footlights in their eyes But where or when we met like this last time I just don’t know It’s like a chord that rings and never dies      for infinity   ------------------------------------------------------------ VERSE 2 ********* And now these figures in the wings with all their restless tunes Are waiting around for someone to call their names   They walk the backstage corridors and prowl the dressing rooms And vanish to specks of light in the picture-frames ------------------------------------------------------------ BRIDGE ******* But did they move upon the stage a thousand years ago In some play in Paris or Madrid And was I there among them then in some travelling show And is it all still locked inside my head      for infinity   ------------------------------------------------------------ VERSE 3 ******** And some of you are harmonies to all the notes I play Although we may not meet still you know me well    While others talk in secret keys and transpose what I say And nothing I do or try can get me through the spell   ------------------------------------------------------------ BRIDGE ******* So one more time we’ll dim the lights and ring the curtain up And play again like all the times before But far behind the music you can almost hear the sounds Of laughter like the waves upon the shores      of infinity   GUITAR SOLO ************ 03:22                                b                    p  p [--rbp----------|---s---13--17-15-|-18-18-17--18-17-15--18-17-15-] [-13--11--13-11-|-13\15-----------|------------------------------] [---------------|-----------------|------------------------------] [---------------|-----------------|------------------------------] [---------------|-----------------|------------------------------] [---------------|-----------------|------------------------------]                                          whammy bar          br [---------18---17-|-15-13--------------brb-|----------15-|-18---15-] [-18-16-15---13---|-------16-15-13-11-13~-~|-18-16-15----|---------] [-----------------|------------------------|-------------|---------] [-----------------|------------------------|-------------|---------] [-----------------|------------------------|-------------|---------] [-----------------|------------------------|-------------|---------]    b          p  p [-20-20--18-18-17-15-15-15-|-18-20----|---p--p------|---p--p----whammy-bar] [--------------------------|-------18-|-16-15-13-15-|-13-11-10-15~-~-~-~--] [--------------------------|----------|-------------|---------------------] [--------------------------|----------|-------------|---------------------] [--------------------------|----------|-------------|---------------------] [--------------------------|----------|-------------|---------------------] 03:48    b         p                s          p  p [-20-20-18-20-18-20-|-17-13-13\15-|-17-18-17-15------------s---] [-------------------|-------------|-------------18-15-18-18\20-] [-------------------|-------------|----------------------------] [-------------------|-------------|----------------------------] [-------------------|-------------|----------------------------] [-------------------|-------------|----------------------------] [-18-17-------|--------rb-s--] [-------18-13-|-11-13-13--\--] [-------------|--------------] [-------------|--------------] [-------------|--------------] [-------------|--------------] Tricky Bit           p  S      p [-13-13-13-11\10--11-10-------h--p--------------------------] [-----------------------13--11-13-11---p---------p----------] [------------------------------------12-10-----10-8---p-----] [------------------------------------------13-------10-8-10-] [-----------------------------------------------------------] [-----------------------------------------------------------] [------------------------|----------|----------|----------|----------] [--------s------11-10----|-11-16-16-|-15-13-16-|-15-13-16-|-15-13-15-] [-8-10-10\12-10-------12-|----------|----------|----------|----------] [------------------------|----------|----------|----------|----------] [------------------------|----------|----------|----------|----------] [------------------------|----------|----------|----------|----------]            s up    b         p         p [-14-14-15-\----|-18-18-15-18-15-15--18-15-------whammy bar-] [---------------|-----------------------------brb-----------] [---------------|---------------------------14--------------] [---------------|-------------------------------------------] [---------------|-------------------------------------------] [---------------|-------------------------------------------] A nice Al stewart track. Great solo to play along to tricky bit is hard but gets easier the more you play it. Enjoy..............