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                       A Man For All Seasons - Al Stewart
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Intro       E E A D E
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Verse
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  E                       B   B*   C#m
  What if you reached the age of reason

  Amaj7                  B7
  Only to find there was no reprieve

  E                  B     B*   C#m
  Would you be a man for all seasons

  F#9                       A/B   B
  Or would you just have to leave

     A                       B     B*   C#m
  We measure our days out in steps of uncertainty

      E          C#m           B
  Not turning to see how we've come

      A             F#m          B    B*  C#m     B/D#
  And peer down the highway from here to eternity

      E             C#m         A/B  B
  And reach out for love on the run

            A                      B               E     ---> 2nd verse or
  While the man for all seasons is lost behind the sun.         bridge




Bridge
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B E                      B
      And I should know by now

A B                                    E    A     E         B
      I should know by now, I hear them call it out all around

A B             A  B  C#m  F#   E                    B
      Oh they go aaaaaaaaaaaaah, there's nothing to believe in

                A  B  C#m  F#
      Hear them aaaaaaaaaaaaah

           E       C#m7  A/B              B            C
      Just daydreams   deceiving; they'll just let you down


      D   C   Bm7   C   D   E   E           ---->  last verse
    (some of the instrumental goes here)

Guitar Solo   Transcribed by Rob Watson rob@gcmac.demon.co.uk

   C                 D                       C                    Bm
E|12-12-12-12-14-15|15p14p12-12s14-14-----|--------------------|------------|
B|-----------------|-----------------15-12|--------------------|------------|
G|-----------------|----------------------|14b16r14-12-11-12-14|----------11|
D|-----------------|----------------------|--------------------|12---12-14--|
A|-----------------|----------------------|--------------------|------------|
E|-----------------|----------------------|--------------------|------------|
   C                 D           G                           G  F# F 
(single notes)
E|-----------------|-----------|--------10--12--------|-----15-14-13-|
B|-----------------|-----------|---10h12------15-12---|--------------|
G|12-11------11-12-|14--14---11|12------------------14|12------------|
D|------14---------|--14--14---|----------------------|--------------|
A|-----------------|-----------|----------------------|--------------|
E|-----------------|-----------|----------------------|--------------|
   C                        D                  C                 Bm
E|------12--17b19r17-17s15|17--17-17-17-15-14|15----------14-15|14--TAD13TAR14|
B|15b17-------------------|------------------|---17-17-17------|--15TAD14TAR15|
G|------------------------|------------------|-----------------|--------------|
D|------------------------|------------------|-----------------|--------------|
A|------------------------|------------------|-----------------|--------------|
E|------------------------|------------------|-----------------|--------------|
   C                      D                      E
E|---------12-----------|----------14----------|----|
B|----13-15---15-13-----|-----15-17--17-15---15|s17-|
G|--12--------------12--|---14---------------14|s16-|
D|--------------------14|s16--------------16---|----|
A|----------------------|----------------------|----|
E|----------------------|----------------------|----|

Last verse   - the same as the first 2 verses up until:
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                A/B   B
......for the light

       A          F#m7    B   B*     C#m        B/D#
  Some wait for waters of fortune to cover them

       A                F#m7     B      B*      C#m       B/D#
  Some just see the tides of ill chance rushing over them

       A          F#m7       B   B*     C#m   B/D#
  Some call on Jehovah, some cry out to Allah

       A              F#m7           B   B*    C#m   B/D#
  Some wait for the boats that still row to Valhalla

           A          F#m7        B     B*    C#m     B/D#
  Well you try to accept what the fates are unfolding

        A                   F#m7    B     B*        C#m    B/D#
  While some say they're sure where blame should be falling

      A               F#m7    B         B*   C#m    B/D#
  You look 'round for maybe a chance of forestalling

          E                  B
  But too soon it's over and done

          A                      B               E     E A D E E
  And the man for all seasons is lost behind the sun.




The non-straight-forward chords are shown as:


B*  : X3X242   ( B* means B#o7)
F#9 : 242324
A/B : X2X22O
B/D#: XX1XO2