Once Again
Barclay James Harvest
Album - Once Again (1971) ************************** 1. Taking Some Time On 2. Mother Dear 3. The Sun Will Never Shine 4. When The World Was Woken 5. Good Love Child 6. The Iron Maiden 7. Dark Now My Sky 8. She Said 9. Happy Old World 10. Song For Dying 11. Galadriel 12. Mocking Bird 13. Vanessa Simmons 14. Ball And Chain 15. Lady Loves ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Track 1 Artist - Barclay James Harvest ******************************** Song - Taking Some Time On **************************** Album - Once Again (1971) *************************** Tabbed By - Ayreon77 ********************** ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Tuning = Standard INTRO ****** -------------------------- VERSE 1 ******** Let’s come on and get together Like the sky gets to the sea Just taking some time on Let’s come on and make it better Let’s make everybody see Just taking some time on -------------------------- CHORUS ******* For those who feel inclined To talk about the hiden feelings of their mind Let’s come on and get together Let’s come on and get together Like the sky with the sea Like the sky with the sea Just taking some time on -------------------------- SOLO ***** -------------------------- VERSE 2 ******** Let’s come on and tell the story Of the way it used to be Just taking some time on Let’s come on and sing a song now Of the days when we were free Just taking some time on -------------------------- CHORUS ******* For those who feel inclined To talk about the hiden feelings of their mind Let’s come on and get together Let’s come on and get together Like the sky with the sea Like the sky with the sea Just taking some time on -------------------------- SOLO ***** X6 -------------------------- VERSE 3 ******** Let’s come on the feeling’s right now We want everyone to be Just taking some time on Let’s come on and get together Like the sky gets to the sea Just taking some time on -------------------------- CHORUS ******* For those who feel inclined To talk about the hiden feelings of their mind Let’s come on and get together Let’s come on and get together Like the sky with the sea Like the sky with the sea Just taking some time on -------------------------- SOLO ***** Repeat And Fad Out........... ENJOY.............. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Track 2 Artist - Barclay James Harvest ******************************** Song - Mother Dear ******************** Album - Once Again (1971) *************************** Tabbed By - Ayreon77 ********************** ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Tuning = Standard INTRO ****** -------------------------- VERSE 1 ******** Oh Mother dear What a night this has been I awoke in the light of a vision in white The prettiest girl that I have ever seen Lately my love said the lady in white I have watched from afar but love draws me near Now take my hand hold tight Mother dear Do you know what this could mean Mother dear Was it just another dream in the night -------------------------- VERSE 2 ******** Mother dear on that same silver night Saw a figure in black by the lady in white He said his name was death was he right Do you know what this could mean Mother dear Was it just another dream in the night Was it just another dream in the night -------------------------- VERSE 3 ******** Mother dear Do you know what this could mean Mother dear Was it just another dream in the night Mother dear what a night this has been It’s so cold by your side no don’t cry can’t you see Won’t you listen to me please Mother dear Do you know what this could mean Mother dear Was it just another dream Mother dear A Ahhhhhhhhh Ahhhhh hhhhhh Ahh Ahhhhh ENJOY............. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Track 3 Artist - Barclay James Harvest ******************************** Song - The Sun Will Never Shine ********************************* Album - Once Again (1971) *************************** Tabbed By - Ayreon77 ********************** ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Tuning = Standard --------------- CAPO 3rd FRET --------------- VERSE 1 ******** In corridors of air the clouds were waiting there They knew that never again the skies would be so blue They took away the sun and with it took the fun It’s true and now there is really nothing I can do So I look outside my window at the sheets of pouring rain And I wonder if the sun will come again -------------------- CHORUS ******* But the sun will never shine the way it used to do The clouds won’t let it through Oh the sun will never shine its smile for me and you The clouds won’t let it through The clouds won’t let it through X2 -------------------- VERSE 2 ******** It wasn’t long ago the people that I know were glad And nothing they ever thought about was sad But since the sun has gone their laughing times are none That’s bad to make them forget the happy times they’ve had So they look outside their window at the sheets of pouring rain And they wonder if the sun will come again -------------------- CHORUS ******* But the sun will never shine the way it used to do The clouds won’t let it through Oh the sun will never shine its smile for me and you The clouds won’t let it through The clouds won’t let it through X2 -------------------- CHORUS ******* Oh the sun will never shine the way it used to do The clouds won’t let it through Oh the sun will never shine its smile for me and you The clouds won’t let it through The clouds won’t let it through X2 ENJOY............ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Track 4 Artist - Barclay James Harvest ******************************** Song - When The World Was Woken ********************************* Album - Once Again (1971) *************************** Tabbed By - Ayreon77 ********************** ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Tuning = Standard -------------- CAPO 1st FRET -------------- VERSE 1 ******** When the world was woken Save all unknowing eyes And thoughts that once were spoken Left only to despise And when the dawn is breaking Look upward to the sky If life is so hard to live Why not die --------------------- VERSE 2 ******** When the world has woken And shadows leave the air Then each spell will be broken For everyone who cares The day will then be endless The night will soon pass by If life is so hard to live Why not die --------------------- VERSE 3 ******** When the world has woken For all who see the sun And gentle words are spoken The dawning has begun Then man can live together With one triumphant cry If life is so hard to live Why not die Repeat and Fade Out.......... ENJOY........ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Track 5 Artist - Barclay James Harvest ******************************** Song - Good Love Child ************************ Album - Once Again (1971) *************************** Tabbed By - Ayreon77 ********************** ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Tuning = Standard INTRO ****** E A X4 ---------------------- VERSE 1 ******** Get up get up get up child Get off your knees Take it take it take it I’m easy We’re here to please Put your hands in the air Put your feet on the ground Put your mind in a dream ’Cause there’s nothing we ain’t seen ---------------------- CHORUS ******* Good love child You know what I mean Good love child You’ve got to keep it clean Good love child Gonna steal the scene E A X4 ---------------------- VERSE 2 ******** Make love make love make love child And make it mean Take love take love take love child And keep it clean Put your hands in the air Put your feet on the ground Put your mind in a dream ’Cause there’s nothing we ain’t seen ---------------------- CHORUS ******* Good love child You know what I mean Good love child You’ve got to keep it clean Good love child Gonna steal the scene E A X4 ---------------------- SOLO ***** X2 Good love child Good love child Good love child ---------------------- CHORUS ******* Good love child You know what I mean Good love child You’ve got to keep it clean Good love child Gonna steal the scene ---------------------- VERSE 3 ******** Make love make love make love child And make it mean Take love take love take love child And keep it clean Put your hands in the air Put your feet on the ground Put your mind in a dream ’Cause there’s nothing we ain’t seen ---------------------- CHORUS ******* Good love child You know what I mean Good love child You’ve got to keep it clean Good love child Gonna steal the scene ---------------------- CHORUS ******* Good love child You know what I mean Good love child You’ve got to keep it clean Good love child Gonna steal the scene ---------------------- SOLO ***** X2 Good love child Good love child Good love child E A X4 ---------------------- VERSE 4 Get up get up get up child Get off your knees Take it take it take it I’m easy It’s here to squeeze Put your hands in the air Put your feet on the ground Put your mind in a dream ’Cause there’s nothing we ain’t seen ---------------------- CHORUS ******* Good love child You know what I mean Good love child You’ve got to keep it clean Good love child Gonna steal the scene E A X4 ENJOY........... ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Track 6 Artist - Barclay James Harvest ******************************** Song - The Iron Maiden ************************ Album - Once Again (1971) *************************** Tabbed By - Ayreon77 ********************** ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Tuning = Standard INTRO ****** ---------------------- VERSE 1 ******** She walks on through the night Her circumstances slight Are only helping her to fail And though she feels she’s right She tries with all her might And makes the deepest peril pale ---------------------- CHORUS ******* Oh but she is unreal Oh but she doesn’t feel Oh but she is unreal ---------------------- VERSE 2 ******** She chooses who to love And then unlike a dove She takes the laughter from their smile She wears a velvet glove Her friends may find it rough It is a gauntlet all the while ---------------------- CHORUS ******* Oh but she is unreal Oh but she doesn’t feel Oh but she is unreal ---------------------- CHORUS ******* Oh but she is unreal Oh but she doesn’t feel Oh but she is unreal ENJOY.......... ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Track 7 Artist - Barclay James Harvest ******************************** Song - Dark Now My Sky ************************ Album - Once Again (1971) *************************** Tabbed By - Ayreon77 ********************** ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Tuning = Standard VERSE 1 ******** (Spoken) Don’t ask me how I know But this dark sky will soon be blue Don’t ask no don’t ask Just watch as the grey mists of winter fall Like so many drops of dew Feel the ice melt to warm tears in my eyes Uner the light of a tin sun Do not ask me how I know The effect of light on unseeing eyes How should I know? How could I know? -------------------- SOLO ***** -------------------- ORCHESTRAL *********** -------------------- ORGAN ****** -------------------- VERSE 2 ******** Dark now my sky The sea of peace has left my shore No birds sing The silent spring will overflow Oh you’ll never know I love you so You’ll always be A part of me -------------------- VERSE 3 ******** Dark now my eyes The sea of peace has met the sky No birds sing And like the Spring life whispers by Oh you’ll never know I love you so You’ll always be A part of me -------------------- SOLO ***** -------------------- VERSE 4 - Key Change ******** Dark now my sky The winds of time have swept my shore No birds fly The trees that fall will rise no more Oh you’ll never know I love you so You’ll always be A part of me -------------------- SOLO ***** -------------------- ORCHESTRAL *********** -------------------- ORGAN ****** -------------------- SOLO ***** ENJOY......... ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Track 8 Artist - Barclay James Harvest ******************************** Song - She Said ***************** Album - Once Again (1971) *************************** Tabbed By - Ayreon77 ********************** ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Tuning = Standard VERSE 1 ******** She said Why don’t you come and stay with me Far away from people we know We could live our lives together Happiness wherever we go ----------------------- CHORUS ******* And I will always love her And I will always care And I will always love her ----------------------- VERSE 2 ******** Wasn’t long before she grew tired of me And the life she thought would redeem All the love she’d thrown away as a child All the things she thought she had seen ----------------------- CHORUS ******* And I will always love her And I will always care And I will always love her ----------------------- SOLO ****** ----------------------- CHORUS ******* And I will always love her And I will always care And I will always love her ----------------------- SOLO ***** ENJOY.......... ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Track 9 Artist - Barclay James Harvest ******************************** Song - Happy Old World ************************ Album - Once Again (1971) *************************** Tabbed By - Ayreon77 ********************** ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Tuning = Standard VERSE 1 ******** Looking like something from out of space we came Nothing much to look at but did he complain He didn’t mind us being here to live in peace and grace What we’re doing to him now could put us back in space ---------------------- VERSE 2 ******** We’re thinking like some creatures off the ocean floor Losing sight of what we’ve really come here for Can I be heard above the sounds of prejudice and hate Take time to look around before it gets too late ---------------------- CHORUS ******* It’s a happy old world Give and take a bit that’s what you make of it A happy old world But I’m sorry to be leaving it It’s a happy old world Give and take a bit that’s what you make of it A happy old world But I guess I still I still believe in it It’s a happy old world ---------------------- VERSE 3 ******** We’re tearing up the rivers and a thousand streams And highways they’re in places where they’ve never been We’re building towers in the sky and racing for the sun Oh Lord any eye can see what harm we’ve done ---------------------- VERSE 4 ******** Need some help to get myself out of this maze We can both just say goodbye and go our separate ways My mind’s not on this song I sing my heart’s not in the lines Guess I’ll go and kill myself so would you kindly close the blinds ---------------------- CHORUS ******* It’s a happy old world Give and take a bit that’s what you make of it A happy old world But I’m sorry to be leaving it It’s a happy old world Give and take a bit that’s what you make of it A happy old world But I guess guess I still believe in it It’s a happy old world ---------------------- ELEC PIANO *********** Fade Out.......... ENJOY......... ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Track 10 Artist - Barclay James Harvest ******************************** Song - Song For Dying *********************** Album - Once Again (1971) *************************** Tabbed By - Ayreon77 ********************** ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Tuning = Standard VERSE 1 ******** Two of them watched in the dawn’s early light And two of them died in the morning Search not your soul if you want to be right But two of them died in the morning --------------------------- CHORUS ******* It’s not for you we cry No not for those who die It is only for their sons Forget the lives of others who are gone --------------------------- VERSE 2 ******** Two and by two in the dawn’s early light All went to die in the morning Search not your souls for the truth and the right For all went to die in the morning light --------------------------- CHORUS ******* It’s not for you we cry No not for those who die It is only for their sons Forget the lives of others who are gone Forget the lives of others who are gone Forget the lives of others who are gone --------------------------- CHORUS ******* It’s not for you we cry No not for those who die It is only for their sons Forget the lives of others who are gone Forget the lives of others who are gone Forget the lives of others who are gone Repeat And Fade Out.................. ENJOY............ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Track 11 Artist - Barclay James Harvest ******************************** Song - Galadriel ****************** Album - Once Again (1971) *************************** Tabbed By - Ayreon77 ********************** ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Tuning = Standard INTRO ****** VERSE 1 ******** She comes up with the morning sun And tells me life has just begun Oh what it is to be young -------------------------- PRE CHORUS *********** And in the early evening light She brings me flowers from the sun Oh what it is to be young -------------------------- CHORUS ******* And if you see her you will know She’s like a shadow Falling softly on the snow -------------------------- PRE CHORUS *********** And in the early evening light She brings me flowers for the night Oh what it is to be young -------------------------- CHORUS ******* And if you see her you will know She’s like a shadow Falling softly on the snow -------------------------- PRE CHORUS *********** And in the early evening light She brings me flowers for the night Oh what it is to be young ENJOY............ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Track 12 Artist - Barclay James Harvest ******************************** Song - Mocking Bird ********************* Album - Once Again (1971) *************************** Tabbed By - Ayreon77 ********************** ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Tuning = Standard INTRO ****** X2 --------------------- VERSE 1 ******** Rain sea surf sand clouds and sky Hush now baby don’t you cry --------------------- CHORUS ******* There’s a mocking bird Singing songs in the trees There’s a mocking bird Singing songs Just for you and me. --------------------- VERSE 2 ******** Rain sea surf sand clouds and sky Time will see your tears run dry --------------------- CHORUS ******* There’s a mocking bird Singing songs in the trees There’s a mocking bird Singing songs Just for you and me. --------------------- TRUMPET ******** --------------------- CHORUS ******* There’s a mocking bird Singing songs in the trees There’s a mocking bird Singing songs Just for you and me. --------------------- VERSE 3 ******** Rain sea surf sand clouds and sky Bless the tears of love now gone --------------------- CHORUS ******* There’s a mocking bird Singing songs in the trees There’s a mocking bird Singing songs Just for you and me. X3 --------------------- SOLO ***** x7 ENJOY............ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Track 13 Artist - Barclay James Harvest ******************************** Song - Vanessa Simmons ************************ Album - Once Again (1971) *************************** Tabbed By - Ayreon77 ********************** ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Tuning = Standard INTRO ****** .... ---------------------- VERSE 1 ******** Vanessa Simmons funny kind of name Young and yet wise only a child Wake up in the morning frown across your face I know your name but not your place ---------------------- CHORUS ******* Wish I could show you how to live your life But I’m not sure which one of us is right God only knows the tears I’ve cried ---------------------- VERSE 2 ******** Vanessa Simmons funny kind of name Have you got life wrong is it just a game Wake up in the morning find a friend at night Friends are hard to find especially at night ---------------------- CHORUS ******* Wish I could show you how to live your life But I’m not sure which one of us is right God only knows and He’s the one that shows the tears I’ve cried ---------------------- BRIDGE ******* And if I asked you for the sun would you not say "Light’s not the only way to be And if I asked you for your love would you not say "Love is not what you want from me And would I not be right To sit alone and wonder every night ---------------------- VERSE 3 ******** Vanessa Simmons funny kind of name Young and yet wise only a child Wish I could show you how to live your life But I’m not sure which one of us is right God only knows and He’s the one that shows the tears I’ve cried ---------------------- CHORUS ******* Wish I could show you how to live your life But I’m not sure which one of us is right God only knows and He’s the one that shows the tears I’ve cried ENJOY........... ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Track 14 Artist - Barclay James Harvest ******************************** Song - Ball And Chain *********************** Album - Once Again (1971) *************************** Tabbed By - Ayreon77 ********************** ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Tuning = Standard INTRO ****** Am D X4 ----------------------- VERSE 1 ******** If I had my way I would not be here Not for one day my leaving is clear ----------------------- CHORUS ******* I’ve had my share of heartache and pain For happiness I’m searching in vain I’ve got to get rid of my ball and chain Am D X2 ----------------------- VERSE 2 ******** For all of my life the times they’ve been bad And hard luck and strife they’re all I’ve ever had ----------------------- CHORUS ******* I’ve had my share of heartache and pain For happiness I’m searching in vain I’ve got to get rid of my ball and chain I’ve just got to be free Am D X4 ----------------------- SOLO ***** God in heaven help me ----------------------- VERSE 3 ******** If I had my way I would not would not be here No not for one day my leaving my leaving is clear ----------------------- CHORUS ******* I’ve had my share of heartache and pain For happiness I’m searching in vain I’ve got to get rid of my ball and chain I’ve had my share of heartache and pain For happiness I’m searching in vain I’ve got to get rid of my ball and CHAIN! ENJOY............ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Track 15 Artist - Barclay James Harvest ******************************** Song - Lady Loves ******************* Album - Once Again (1971) *************************** Tabbed By - Ayreon77 ********************** ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Tuning = Standard VERSE 1 ******** The lady loves while she may The lady loves while she may In the pale moonlight or a sunny day The lady loves mmm mmm she loves ---------------------------- VERSE 2 ******** The lady dreams while she may The lady dreams while she may In the pale moonlight or a sunny day The lady dreams oh oh she dreams ---------------------------- CHORUS ******* She’ll take your children by the hand She’ll lead them to the promised land Holding hands and singing songs In the smile on her face you just know she can’t be wrong ---------------------------- VERSE 3 ******** The lady sleeps while she may The lady sleeps while she may In the pale moonlight or a sunny day The lady sleeps oh oh sleeps ---------------------------- CHORUS ******* She’ll take your children by the hand She’ll lead them to the promised land Holding hands and singing songs In the smile on her face you just know she can’t be wrong X3 ---------------------------- SOLO ***** ---------------------------- CHORUS ******* She’ll take your children by the hand She’ll lead them to the promised land Holding hands and singing songs In the smile on her face you just know she can’t be wrong She just can’t be wrong She just can’t be wrong She just can’t be wrong She just can’t be wrong Fade Out........... ENJOY................