{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":2846174,"song":"One Stage Before","artist":"Al Stewart","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11644314-one-stage-before-chords-by-al-stewart/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2846174?type=chord","rating":4.86599,"votes":5,"content":"ONE STAGE BEFORE\r\n\r\nCAPO 3rd Fret\r\n\r\n(pop-up chord fingering may not be accurate, refer to the shapes indicated below)\r\n\r\n[ch]Am[/ch] = x02210\r\n[ch]Am/G[/ch] = 3x2210\r\n[ch]B7[/ch] = x21202\r\n[ch]Bm[/ch] = x24432\r\n[ch]C[/ch] = x32010\r\n[ch]C/B[/ch] = x20010\r\n[ch]D[/ch] = xx0232\r\n[ch]Em[/ch] = 022000\r\n[ch]G[/ch] = 320003\r\n[ch]G/F#[/ch] = 2x0003\r\n\r\n\r\n[Intro}\r\nEm C (repeat 6 times)\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse I]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nIt seems to me as though I've been upon this stage before[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd juggled away the night for the same old crowd[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThese harlequins you see with me, they too have held the floor[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAs here once again they strut and they fret their hour[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]C/B[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]Am/G[/ch]\r\nI see those half-familiar faces in the second row[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nGhost-like with the footlights in their eyes[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]C/B[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]G/F#[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nBut where or when we met like this last time I just don't know[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]B7[/ch]\r\nIt's like a chord that rings and never dies[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nFor infinity[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse II]\r\n[tab] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd now these figures in the wings with all their restless tunes[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAre waiting around for someone to call their names[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThey walk the backstage corridors and prowl the dressing rooms[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAnd vanish to specks of light in the picture frames[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]C/B[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]Am/G[/ch]\r\nBut did they move upon the stage a thousand years ago[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nIn some play in Paris or Madrid?[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]C/B[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]G/F#[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAnd was I there among them then, in some travelling show[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]B7[/ch]\r\nAnd is it all still locked inside my head[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nFor infinity[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse III]\r\n[tab] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd some of you are harmonists to all the notes I play[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAlthough we may not meet still you know me well[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWhile others talk in secret keys and transpose all I say[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd nothing I do or try can get through the spell[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]C/B[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]Am/G[/ch]\r\nSo one more time we'll dim the lights and ring the curtain up[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nAnd play again like all the times before[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]C/B[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]G/F#[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nBut far behind the music you can almost hear the sounds[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]B7[/ch]\r\nOf laughter like the waves upon the shores[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nOf infinity[/tab]\r\n\r\n(repeat one entire progression for the guitar solo)","plain_text":"ONE STAGE BEFORE\n\nCAPO 3rd Fret\n\n(pop-up chord fingering may not be accurate, refer to the shapes indicated below)\n\nAm = x02210\nAm/G = 3x2210\nB7 = x21202\nBm = x24432\nC = x32010\nC/B = x20010\nD = xx0232\nEm = 022000\nG = 320003\nG/F# = 2x0003\n\n\n[Intro}\nEm C (repeat 6 times)\n\n\n[Verse I]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse II]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse III]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n(repeat one entire progression for the guitar solo)","chords":["Am","Am/G","B7","Bm","C","C/B","D","Em","G","G/F#"],"chord_diagrams":{"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"Am/G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[3,0,2,2,1,0],"frets":[3,0,2,2,1,0]},"B7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,1,3,0,4],"frets":[-1,2,1,2,0,2]},"Bm":{"barres":[2],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,3,4,2,1],"frets":[-1,2,4,4,3,2]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"Em":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,0,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,0,0]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}