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sorry, the previous one was mistaken, it was  F#mand not Fm  
Emerson, Lake & Palmer - Take a Pebble
[Verse 1]
EmJust take a pebble and F#mcast it to the sea,
EmThen watch the ripples that F#munfold into me,
My fA5ace spill so gently G5intD5/Ao your G5eyes,
DistuA5rbing the waters of our CliBm/F#ves.E  
[Verse 2]
EmShread of our memories are lF#mying on your grass;
EmWounded words of laughter are grF#maveyards of the past.
PhA5otographs are grey and torn, scG5attD5/Aered in your G5fields
LA5etters of your mem'ries arCe nBm/F#ot real.E  
[Keyboard Solo]
[Guitar Rhythmics]
(changes the bass in the arpeggio and then bends the minor third) IN D#  
[Keyboard Solo in F#]
[Verse 3]
EmSadness on your shoulders like a wF#mornout overcoat
EmIn pockets creased and tattered hang tF#mhe rags of your hope.
The dA5aybreak is your midnight; the cG5olours D5/Ahave all G5died.
A5Disturbing the waters of our lives, of ouCr Bm/F#lives, Eof our CliBm/F#ves, lAivGes,
Flives...
Of our lEmives.

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Take A Pebble

by Emerson, Lake & Palmer

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Chords in this song · guitar

F#m

D5/A

Bm/F#

F#m Fm

sorry, the previous one was mistaken, it was and not

Emerson, Lake & Palmer - Take a Pebble

[Verse 1]

Em F#m

Just take a pebble and cast it to the sea,

Em F#m

Then watch the ripples that unfold into me,

A5 G5 D5/A G5

My face spill so gently into your eyes,

A5 C Bm/F# E

Disturbing the waters of our lives.

[Verse 2]

Em F#m

Shread of our memories are lying on your grass;

Em F#m

Wounded words of laughter are graveyards of the past.

A5 G5 D5/A G5

Photographs are grey and torn, scattered in your fields

A5 C Bm/F# E

Letters of your mem'ries are not real.

[Keyboard Solo]

[Guitar Rhythmics]

(changes the bass in the arpeggio and then bends the minor third) IN

[Keyboard Solo in F#]

[Verse 3]

Em F#m

Sadness on your shoulders like a wornout overcoat

Em F#m

In pockets creased and tattered hang the rags of your hope.

A5 G5 D5/A G5

The daybreak is your midnight; the colours have all died.

A5 C Bm/F# E C Bm/F# A G

Disturbing the waters of our lives, of our lives, of our lives, lives,

lives...

Of our lives.

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