Blow Your Mansion Down
                        ----------------------
                        by Al Stewart


                G  C D    x4


                          G
                There's a sign in the distance
                C       D         G      C  D
                 In the Hollywood hills
                         G                       C
                And it's calling the faithful to come
                        D              G      C  D
                And you know that they will
                        G
                See the pied piper standing up
                C       D          G     C  D
                 In the limousine shine
                G
                Saying here is your ticket 
                     C         D          G     C  D
                Just go to the end of the line
                       G                F
                But if you get off this train
                       G                    Eb 
                You're never gonna get back on again
                       G                   F
                And if you get out of this car
                  G                               Eb
                I don't believe you're ever gonna get too far
                       G                   Em
                And if you should leave me now
                C                D                 C
                Sudden wind will blow your mansion down
                D            C     D
                Just blow it down

                G  C D      x4

                       G
                I said hey wait a minute
                C       D          G     C  D
                 Do you mind if we talk
                            G                  C
                Though your company's surely a thrill
                    D             G     C  D
                I believe I might walk
                                 G                      C
                'Cause there's a crash on the freeway behind
                            D        G     C  D
                And lots of traffic ahead
                         G
                Could we meet later on
                        C            D            G      C  D
                I don't think so was all that you said
                       G                F
                And if you get off this train
                       G                    Eb
                You're never gonna get back on again
                       G                   F
                And if you get out of this car
                  G                               Eb
                I don't believe you're ever gonna get too far
                       G                   Em
                And if you should leave me now
                C                D                 C
                Sudden wind will blow your mansion down
                D            C      D 
                Just blow it down


                G  C  D    x4
                Bb Eb F    x8 (over sax solo)

                G                   C
                Left him a kind old hand
                      D          G    C  D
                I was waving goodbye
                         G                C
                And they melted away in a smile
                       D         G    C  D
                Fading into the sky
                       G
                But it seemed that I heard them
                       C          D        G   C  D
                As the night came tumblin' in
                          G
                They were having a party
                    C        D          G      C  D
                And somebody started to sing
                   G                F
                If you get off this train
                       G                    Eb
                You're never gonna get back on again
                       G                   F
                And if you get out of this car
                  G                               Eb
                I don't believe you're ever gonna get too far
                       G                   Em
                And if you should leave me now
                C                D                 C
                Sudden wind will blow your mansion down
                D            C     D
                Just blow it down


                G  C  D   x6
                Bb Eb F   repeat and fade


                The actual key is Ab not G as notated.

       Patrick suggests that:
                I think the intro and signature guitar riff is:

                G   D Dsus (xx0233) C   D

                I base this on the fact that this progression
                means that you fret the treble E string in the
                following way:

                3--3--2--3--0--0--0--2

                which is as close to the riff as I can get! If my
                version is correct, it means that the repeats of
                the riff throughout the song should also be like
                that. For instance:

                          G
                There's a sign in the distance
                C       D         G      D Dsus C D
                 In the Hollywood hills
                         G                       C
                And it's calling the faithful to come
                        D              G     D Dsus C D
                And you know that they will




Notated by:     Ray Hewitt
                R.A.Hewitt@man1301.wins.icl.co.uk