8th October 2000, 5.48pm
Shaun Hand, Birmingham.
THE AUTUMN STONE
(Marriott-Lane)
From the LP ‘The Autumn Stone’
This is a weird song to play ‘cos it’s got a weird structure,
but it’s easy enough to play once you got the hang of it.
Chords used:
E: 022100
F#madd11: 244200
D: xx0232
A: x02220
E: xx6454 (used when the chords go E B D A)
B: x2444x
E F#madd11 E (x4)
E F#madd11 E
I was nowhere,
D A
Til you changed my mind.
E F#madd11 E
Love is sent through being good to you.
E F#madd11 E
F#madd11 E F#madd11 E
Then you were somewhere,
D
Somewhere hard to find,
A E F#madd11 E
Only what you always were, it’s true.
E F#madd11 E
E B
I’m looking for an open door,
D A E F#madd11 E
Where I can sit and play in peace and quiet.
E F#madd11 E (x3) D A
E F#madd11 E (x4) D A
} flute solo.
E F#madd11 E (x2) E B D A
E F#madd11 E (x2)
E F#madd11 E
Tomorrow changes.
E F#madd11 E
D
Fields of green today,
A E F#madd11 E
Yesterday is dead, but not my memory.
E F#madd11 E
E F#madd11 E
We were strangers.
D
And then you came to stay,
A E F#madd11 E
The sweetest spring old morning sings to me.
E F#madd11 E
E B
So now I’ve found a living sound,
D A E F#madd11 E
That moves, that breathes, and then makes love to me.
E F#madd11 E
E
(speeds up w/acoustic guitar solo and jaw’s harp)
