From: poirier@bnr.ca (Daniel Poirier)
Newsgroups: alt.guitar.tab
Subject: Re: Renaissance (was Re: CSN (&Y))
Date: 1 Oct 92 14:03:20 GMT
Organization: Bell-Northern Research, Ottawa, Canada

In article <rzlucy.38.717854850@hikos.rz.uni-konstanz.de> rzlucy@hikos.rz.uni-konstanz.de (Dierk Lucyga) writes:
>In article <92273.132030SJH5@psuvm.psu.edu> SJH5@psuvm.psu.edu (Steve Hess) writes:
>
>>Whatever happened to the person who volunteered to post all sorts of Crosby,
>>Stills, Nash (and sometimes Young) stuff if there was interest?  Was it posted
>>and I missed it??  If it was never posted, by all means, post it!! (or at least
>>e-mail it to me :-)  ).
>
>The person is alive but rather busy at the moment. Are you intererested in 
>any special songs? Ah, and btw the person feels also a bit dissapointed that 
>nobody knew the chords of two of his most-loved songs: "At the Harbour" and
>"Carpet of the Sun" by Renaissance... :-)
>
>I hope I will have some spare time next week.
>
>/Dierk
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Dierk, do not despair. I just didn't have time to type them in. The two Renaissance
songs (the group, not the period, for those who are unfortunate enough not to know
the delicious music of Renaissance, a British (I think) progressive-rock group of
the seventies) are also two of my all-time favorites. Here they are, in all their
glory. All typos are obviously mine, and you may want to refine some of the chords
by listening closely. Remember that Renaissance is mostly keyboard oriented. 


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AT THE HARBOUR                                            Renaissance

(they use a capo at 7th fret and play open chords as follows - i.e. where
it says Em, with the capo on 7th, you really are playing a Bm)
                                         6
(also, for ease of typing, I use A* for A /C, kind of hard to type in)
                                         9


(intro : Em   A*   G   Asus2   perhaps twice or three times, can't
remember)

Em              A*          G                 Asus2
Out at daybreak to the sun. Seas are drifting glass.
    Em                 A*            G                 Asus2
The tides were turning to the storm, winds were moving fast.
C             D               G             B
Women waiting at the harbour, silent stand around,
C               D               G               B
Weather storms another day, for men the sea had found.


Em             A*               G                  Asus2
Fishermen were laying nets. The barrels spread the bait.
    Em               A*            G                   Asus2
The seagulls warning echoed round, winds that wouldn't wait.
C               D              G               B
People gathered at the harbour waiting for the tide.
C                 D                     G                 B
Eyes half closed against the spray, and tears they cannot hide.
 

Em              Am              D            G
Shadows falling at the harbour. Women stand around.
Em              C               D        B       Em       A*   G   Asus2
Weather storms another way, for men, the sea had drowned.


Em                   A*              G                  Asus2
Hulls were creaking, crashing sails. Rains were slating down.
Em                     A*           G                 Asus2
The oilskins flapping, decks awash, slanting, turning round.
C               D               G              B
Thunder roaring at the harbour. Women drawn in fear.
C            D                 G                 B
Huddle up to wait the time and pray the sky will clear.


Em                    A*           G                 Asus2
Howling winds and the raging waves cracked up on the boats
     Em                A*              G               Asus2
And, torn from safety, torn from life, men with little hope.
C              D              G             B
Ghostly echoes at the harbour whispering of death
C              D                G                     G
Women weeping, holding hands of those they still have left.



Em              Am              D            G
Shadows falling at the harbour. Women stand around.
Em              C               D        B       Em       A*   G   Asus2
Weather storms another way, for men, the sea had drowned.



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CARPET OF THE SUN                                        Renaissance


(intro : B   Bsus4   B   Bsus4   B   E   B   E   B   E   B   E   


B               Bsus4        B             Bsus4
Come along with me,          down into the world of seeing.
B                  Bsus4    B                Bsus4
Come and you'll be free.    Take the time to find the feeling.
D              A         Bm                    Gmaj7
See everything on its own, and you'll find you know the way.
D                  A                  Bm               Gmaj7  B  E  B  E
And you'll see the things you're shown, owe everything to the day.


B              E         B                E
See the carpet of the sun, the greengrass soft an sweet,
B              E             B           E
Sands upon the shores of time, of oceans mountains deep:
Gmaj7       E              B
Part of the world that you live in.
Gmaj7       E                B       E   B   E
You are the part that you're giving.


B             Bsus4          B                 Bsus4
Come into the day,           feel the sunshine warmth around you.
B                Bsus4       B            Bsus4
Sounds from far away,        music of the love that found you.
D                 A          Bm             Gmaj7
The seed that you plant today tomorrow will be a tree.
D               A          Bm                 Gmaj7   B   E   B   E
And living goes on this way. It's all part of you and me.



B              E         B                E
See the carpet of the sun, the greengrass soft an sweet,
B              E             B           E
Sands upon the shores of time, of oceans mountains deep:
Gmaj7       E              B
Part of the world that you live in.
Gmaj7       E                B       E   B   A   E   B   Dmaj7/F#   B   E
You are the part that you're giving.



B             E               B   E
See the carpet of the sun
B             E               B   E
See the carpet of the sun
B             E               B   E
See the carpet of the sun
B             E               G   E   B
See the carpet of the sun


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