One Stage Before
Al Stewart
- Am
- Am/G
- B7
- Bm
- C
- C/B
- D
- Em
- G
- G/F#
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Key:
Am/G = 3x2210 B7 = x21202 Bm = x24432 C = x32010 C/B = x20010 D = xx0232Em = 022000G = 320003G/F# = 2x0003 [Intro} Em C (repeat 6 times) [Verse I]Em C It seems to me as though I'veEm C been upon this stage beforeG D C And juggled away the night for theAm Em C same old crowdEm C These harlequins you see with me,Em C they too have held the floorG D C As here once again they strut andAm Em they fret their hourG D C I see those half-familiar facesC/B Am Am/G in the second rowContinues after the adD Am Ghost-like with the footlights inBm their eyesC C/B Am But where or when we met likeG G/F# Em this last time I just don't knowAm It's like a chord that rings andD B7 never diesEm C Em C Em C Em C For infinity [Verse II]Em C And now these figures in the wingsEm C with all their restless tunesG D C Are waiting around for someone toAm Em C call their namesEm C They walk the backstage corridorsEm C and prowl the dressing roomsG D C And vanish to specks of light inAm Em the picture framesG D But did they move upon the stage aC C/B Am Am/G thousand years agoD Am Bm In some play in Paris or Madrid?C C/B Am And was I there among them then,G G/F# Em in some travelling showAm And is it all still locked insideD B7 my headEm C Em C Em C Em C For infinity [Verse III]Em C And some of you are harmonists toEm C all the notes I playG D C Although we may not meet stillAm Em C you know me wellEm C While others talk in secret keysEm C and transpose all I sayG D C And nothing I do or try can getAm Em C through the spellG D So one more time we'll dim theC C/B Am lights and ring the curtain upAm/GD Am And play again like all theBm times beforeC C/B Am But far behind the music you canG G/F# Em almost hear the soundsAm Of laughter like the waves upon theD B7 shoresEm C Em C Em C Em C Of infinity