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[Song: Roy Harper "The Same Old Rock"]
[Transcription by Ian Piumarta ]
The Same Old Rock
=================
[intro]
Em7(1) ||: Em7(1) Am(2) :|| repeat twice
Cmaj7 B11 Em7(1) Am(2) Em7(1) D Em7 ... G
All along the ancient wastes the thin reflections spin
(G) C D G
That gather all the times and tides at once we love within
C D G
That build the edges round the shrouds that cloud the setting sun
D G D G C D G
And carry us to other days and other days to one
D C G C D G
And full the single stillness of the mirror that is made
C D G
By each and every one of all the colours in a shade
C D G
Inside each eye is sitting like the sword inside the blade
D G D G C D
And longs for once upon a chance to open loves cascade
D C G C D G
For here we stand hand to hand
D
Fighting for the promised land
G D C G/B Am Em D
G G/F# Em7... Em7(1)
And you try to tell me with consternation
Am Em7
That you have found me a brand new lock
Cmaj7 B11 Em7(1)
Then you try to warn me that there's only one combination
Am Em7(1) D
One new sling the same old rock
(D) D11 Em7 ....... E7
There was a famous stragler stood on the edge of time
Emaj A D A
Who held the staff but did not feel the pain
G D A E A
He multiplied the mystery with utterance sublime
D A
And crossed his heart for those who died insane
G D A E A
His friend a restless mouthpiece seven thousand years of age
D A
Trends to flash a face to shape his ways
G D A E A
Everlasting light is burning bright inside his cage
D A
He's only got to breathe to fan the blaze
G D A E A
Such a groove to have him here on board her ladyship
D A
The man who makes his living out of bed
G D A E A (diminuendo...)
Such a gas to see him flying through his ceaseless lip
(no chord)
One day someday soon he'll lose his head
G D A E A
And withering in the galleries with eyes fixed on the door
D A
Are who and you and me and thanks a lot
G D A E A
And those who see but cannot stand to walk on any floor
D A
For fear that good is something bad is not
G D A E A
But loud and clear is the call
D
In black and white across your wall
A
And Damn it all man
E7
Can't you see?
A
D A E7 A A/G A/F# Fmaj7.... Em7(1)
And you try to tell me with consternation
Am(2) Em7(1)
That you have found me a brand new lock
Cmaj7 B11 Em7(1)
Then you try to warn me that there's only one combination
Am(2) Em7(1) D
One new sling the same old rock
(D) D11 Em7
[first instrumental section]
||: Em(3) :|| repeat 4 times
||: Em(4) :|| repeat 3 times
[vocal section]
Em ad lib (translates to: "I'm too lazy to write this out")
[second instrumental section and solo]
||: Em(3) :|| repeat 4 times
Em
||: Am Am/E Am Am/E Bm Bm/F# Bm Bm/F# :|| repeat 9 times
(forte!) Amaj ... Em (tinkle your piano iff you have one...)
The Chords
==========
x = damped
o = open
0 to 4 = thumb throughlittle finger
(fingering is only meant as a vague suggestion!)
1---1 = barred chord
x=o=======o ==o=======o ==o=======o x=o=======o o=o=======o
|_|_|_|_|_| |_|_|_|_|_| |_|_|_|_|_| |_|_|_|_1_| |_|_|_|_1_|
|_|_1_2_3_| 0_|_1_2_3_| |_|_1_2_3_| |_|_2_3_|_| |_|_2_3_|_|
|_|_|_|_|_| |_|_|_|_|_| 4_|_|_|_|_| |_|_|_|_|_| |_|_|_|_|_|
|_|_|_|_|_| |_|_|_|_|_| |_|_|_|_|_| |_|_|_|_|_| |_|_|_|_|_|
|_|_|_|_|_| |_|_|_|_|_| |_|_|_|_|_| |_|_|_|_|_| |_|_|_|_|_|
A A/F# A/G Am Am/E
x=======o=o x=======o== x========== =========== x=====o====
|_|_1_|_|_| |_|_1_|_|_| |_|_|_|_|_| |_|_|_|_|_| |_|_|_|_1_|
|_2_|_3_|_| |_2_|_3_|_4 1---------1 1---------1 |_|_2_|_|_|
|_|_|_|_|_| |_|_|_|_|_| |_|_|_|_2_| |_|_|_|_2_| |_3_|_|_|_4
|_|_|_|_|_| |_|_|_|_|_| |_|_3_4_|_| |_|_3_4_|_| |_|_|_|_|_|
|_|_|_|_|_| |_|_|_|_|_| |_|_|_|_|_| |_|_|_|_|_| |_|_|_|_|_|
B11 B7 Bm Bm/F# C
x=====o=o=o x=x=o====== x=x=o=o===o o=======o=o o===o===o=o
|_|_|_|_|_| |_|_|_|_|_| |_|_|_|_|_| |_|_|_1_|_| |_|_|_1_|_|
|_|_2_|_|_| |_|_|_1_|_2 |_|_|_|_|_| |_2_3_|_|_| |_2_|_|_|_|
|_3_|_|_|_| |_|_|_|_3_| |_|_|_|_3_| |_|_|_|_|_| |_|_|_|_*_| = hammer on or
pull off (the direction should be obvious), __ = slur (slide the notes
smoothly together). Timing is whole beat ticks under the TAB.
(1) Em7 riff (Roy's half)
Em7 ^ v ^ v
E|-------0--0--------------0--0---------|
B|-------0--0--------------0--0--0------|
G|-------0--0--------------0--0-----0---| (repeat)
D|-------2--2--0->2--------2--2---------|
A|-------2--2--------------2--2---------|
E|-0-----------------0------------------|
| | | | | |
Em7 riff (Jimmy Page's half, if I remember it right...)
(no chord)
|----------------0---|
|-------------3------| (1st finger)
|--------------------| (repeat)
|-------2__5---------| (3rd finger)
|--------------------|
|-0------------------|
| | |
(2) Am riff
Am ^ ^ v ^ v
|---0-----0--0--0--0--|
|---1-----0--1--0--0--|
|---2-----0--2--0--0--| (repeat)
|---2-----2--2--0--0--|
|---0-----0--0--0--0--|
|---------------------|
| | |
(3) Em instrumental riff 1
Really bash the open Es and Em chord as hard as you dare!
(no chord) Em
|-------------------------------------------------------------0-----------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------0-----------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------0-----------| (repeat)
|-------------------------------------------------------------2-----------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------2-----------|
|-0--7--5--0--7--5--0--5--3--0--5--3--0--3--2--0--3--2--0-----------------|
| | | | | | | | | | | |
(4) Em instrumental riff 2
(no chord) Em
|-------------------------------------------------------------0-----------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------0-----------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------0-----------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------2-----------| (repeat)
|-------------------------------------------------------------2-----------|
|-0--7-----0--5-----0--5-----0--3-----0--3-----0--2-----0-----------------|
| | | | | | | | | | | |
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