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Same Old Rock

Roy Harper

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From: Aaro J Koskinen 

[Song: Roy Harper "The Same Old Rock"]
[Transcription by Ian Piumarta ]

The Same Old Rock
=================

[intro]

Em7(1)   ||:  Em7(1)  Am(2)  :||  repeat twice


Cmaj7   B11   Em7(1)  Am(2)  Em7(1)  D   Em7 ... G


All along the ancient wastes the thin reflections spin
(G)            C                   D           G

That gather all the times and tides at once we love within
		      C                  D               G

That build the edges round the shrouds that cloud the setting sun
		 D      G        D          G         C      D       G

And carry us to other days and other days to one
	    D      C   G  C           D      G

And full the single stillness of the mirror that is made
		       C          D                  G

By each and every one of all the colours in a shade
		   C          D                 G

Inside each eye is sitting like the sword inside the blade
	    D           G  D          G      C         D

And longs for once upon a chance to open loves cascade
	       D     C      G   C       D         G

For here we stand hand to hand
		   D

Fighting for the promised land
G   D    C   G/B Am Em    D

G  G/F#  Em7...  Em7(1)

And you try to tell me with consternation
		 Am                Em7

That you have found me a brand new lock
	       Cmaj7                B11          Em7(1)

Then you try to warn me that there's only one combination
		 Am                           Em7(1)           D

One new sling the same old rock
(D)               D11   Em7      .......   E7

There was a famous stragler stood on the edge of time
Emaj  A                           D               A

Who held the staff but did not feel the pain
     G         D        A       E       A

He multiplied the mystery with utterance sublime
				D           A

And crossed his heart for those who died insane
      G         D         A         E       A

His friend a restless mouthpiece seven thousand years of age
				     D                  A

Trends to flash a face to shape his ways
G           D      A        E         A

Everlasting light is burning bright inside his cage
				D               A

He's only got to breathe to fan the blaze
      G    D        A       E         A

Such a groove to have him here on board her ladyship
				   D             A

The man who makes his living out of bed
    G       D          A     E      A   (diminuendo...)

Such a gas to see him flying through his ceaseless lip
(no chord)

One day someday soon he'll lose his head
G        D      A          E        A

And withering in the galleries with eyes fixed on the door
				     D                 A

Are who and you and me and thanks a lot
     G      D       A       E      A

And those who see but cannot stand to walk on any floor
					 D           A

For fear that good is something bad is not
     G        D          A      E      A

But loud and clear is the call
	       D

In black and white across your wall
	      A

And Damn it all man
	       E7

Can't you see?
	   A

D   A   E7  A  A/G  A/F#  Fmaj7....  Em7(1)


And you try to tell me with consternation
		 Am(2)             Em7(1)

That you have found me a brand new lock
	       Cmaj7                B11          Em7(1)

Then you try to warn me that there's only one combination
		 Am(2)                        Em7(1)           D

One new sling the same old rock
(D)               D11   Em7

[first instrumental section]

||:  Em(3)  :|| repeat 4 times

||:  Em(4)  :|| repeat 3 times

[vocal section]

Em ad lib (translates to: "I'm too lazy to write this out")

[second instrumental section and solo]

||:  Em(3)  :|| repeat 4 times

Em

||:  Am  Am/E  Am  Am/E  Bm  Bm/F#  Bm  Bm/F#  :|| repeat 9 times

(forte!) Amaj ... Em (tinkle your piano iff you have one...)

The Chords
==========

x      = damped
o      = open
0 to 4 = thumb throughlittle finger
	 (fingering is only meant as a vague suggestion!)
1---1  = barred chord


x=o=======o   ==o=======o  ==o=======o  x=o=======o  o=o=======o
|_|_|_|_|_|   |_|_|_|_|_|  |_|_|_|_|_|  |_|_|_|_1_|  |_|_|_|_1_|
|_|_1_2_3_|   0_|_1_2_3_|  |_|_1_2_3_|  |_|_2_3_|_|  |_|_2_3_|_|
|_|_|_|_|_|   |_|_|_|_|_|  4_|_|_|_|_|  |_|_|_|_|_|  |_|_|_|_|_|
|_|_|_|_|_|   |_|_|_|_|_|  |_|_|_|_|_|  |_|_|_|_|_|  |_|_|_|_|_|
|_|_|_|_|_|   |_|_|_|_|_|  |_|_|_|_|_|  |_|_|_|_|_|  |_|_|_|_|_|

     A            A/F#         A/G           Am          Am/E


x=======o=o  x=======o==  x==========  ===========  x=====o====
|_|_1_|_|_|  |_|_1_|_|_|  |_|_|_|_|_|  |_|_|_|_|_|  |_|_|_|_1_|
|_2_|_3_|_|  |_2_|_3_|_4  1---------1  1---------1  |_|_2_|_|_|
|_|_|_|_|_|  |_|_|_|_|_|  |_|_|_|_2_|  |_|_|_|_2_|  |_3_|_|_|_4
|_|_|_|_|_|  |_|_|_|_|_|  |_|_3_4_|_|  |_|_3_4_|_|  |_|_|_|_|_|
|_|_|_|_|_|  |_|_|_|_|_|  |_|_|_|_|_|  |_|_|_|_|_|  |_|_|_|_|_|

    B11          B7           Bm          Bm/F#          C


x=====o=o=o  x=x=o======  x=x=o=o===o  o=======o=o  o===o===o=o
|_|_|_|_|_|  |_|_|_|_|_|  |_|_|_|_|_|  |_|_|_1_|_|  |_|_|_1_|_|
|_|_2_|_|_|  |_|_|_1_|_2  |_|_|_|_|_|  |_2_3_|_|_|  |_2_|_|_|_|
|_3_|_|_|_|  |_|_|_|_3_|  |_|_|_|_3_|  |_|_|_|_|_|  |_|_|_|_*_|  = hammer on or
pull off (the direction should be obvious), __ = slur (slide the notes
smoothly together).  Timing is whole beat ticks under the TAB.

(1)     Em7 riff (Roy's half)

 Em7     ^  v              ^  v
E|-------0--0--------------0--0---------|
B|-------0--0--------------0--0--0------|
G|-------0--0--------------0--0-----0---| (repeat)
D|-------2--2--0->2--------2--2---------|
A|-------2--2--------------2--2---------|
E|-0-----------------0------------------|
   |     |     |     |     |     |


	Em7 riff (Jimmy Page's half, if I remember it right...)

(no chord)
|----------------0---|
|-------------3------| (1st finger)
|--------------------|               (repeat)
|-------2__5---------| (3rd finger)
|--------------------|
|-0------------------|
  |     |     |


(2)     Am riff

Am  ^     ^  v  ^  v
|---0-----0--0--0--0--|
|---1-----0--1--0--0--|
|---2-----0--2--0--0--| (repeat)
|---2-----2--2--0--0--|
|---0-----0--0--0--0--|
|---------------------|
    |     |     |


(3)     Em instrumental riff 1

Really bash the open Es and Em chord as hard as you dare!

(no chord)                                                    Em
|-------------------------------------------------------------0-----------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------0-----------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------0-----------| (repeat)
|-------------------------------------------------------------2-----------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------2-----------|
|-0--7--5--0--7--5--0--5--3--0--5--3--0--3--2--0--3--2--0-----------------|
  |     |     |     |     |     |     |     |     |     |     |     |


(4)     Em instrumental riff 2

(no chord)                                                    Em
|-------------------------------------------------------------0-----------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------0-----------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------0-----------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------2-----------| (repeat)
|-------------------------------------------------------------2-----------|
|-0--7-----0--5-----0--5-----0--3-----0--3-----0--2-----0-----------------|
  |     |     |     |     |     |     |     |     |     |     |     |

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Same Old Rock

Roy Harper