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Roy Harper "Twelve Hours of Sunset"
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Twelve Hours of Sunset
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Sweeping skies and breezey greens, can maybe show us what it means,
CTo feel the worlds, imagination.Em  
                         D  Em(7)
I'll come and see you yesterday, we'll close our eyes and drift away,
CCan we be real, without escaping?Em  
                          D  Em(7)
     Twelve hours of sunset,       six thousand miles.
     A6Illusions and moEm7vies,            A6far away smEm7iles.
                   A6       Em7  C*                 D  Em(7)
     Twelve hours of sunset,  half a day in the skies,
  A6(I'll) be with you Em7tomrrow,        A6as the steel Em7crow flies........
                           A6  C*                  D  Em(7)
.....oh...........how time flies......
C*                   D            Em  C*                   D  Em  
I used to think I wasn't mad, but now I know its all I had,
Can hope be lost, or only seeming.
Now that time's turned into space, there's no time to check the pace,
And no-one cares, except for dreaming, (dream.......)
     Twelve hours of sunset,        twilight sublime,
     A6Be with you tomoEm7rrow,        A6backwards in tiEm7me.
                   A6     Em7  C*                  D  Em  
.....oh...........how time flies......
C*                   D  Em  
(o)====o===o    o=====o=o=o    x(o)o======   (o)o========    o=o===o=o=o
 |_|_|_|_1_|    |_|_|_|_|_|    |_|_|_|_|_|    |_|_|_|_|_|    |_|_|_|_|_|
 |_|_2_|_|_|    |_1_2_|_|_|    |_|_|_1_|_2    |_|_1-1-1-1    |_|_1_|_|_|
 |_3_|_|_|_|    |_|_|_|_|_|    |_|_|_|_3_|    |_|_|_|_|_|    |_|_|_|_|_|
 |_|_|_|_|_|    |_|_|_|_|_|    |_|_|_|_|_|    |_|_|_|_|_|    |_|_|_|_|_|
     C              Em              D             A6             Em7
(C*= first finger
taken off and
during strumming)
Some of the Em chords may be Em7, and various other fingers can come
and go in the middle of chords (like taking the first finger out of the
D occasionally, like the C* chord above).
The key to playing this song is to get the strumming right, especially
The A6 is essentially one strum from bottom (ie lowest) string to top
(best to miss out the bottom E really), and then the strings plucked
appropriately back down to the middle E (D-string), and then strummed
whilst playing it :-)

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Twelve Hours Of Sunset

by Roy Harper

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Em7

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Roy Harper "Twelve Hours of Sunset"

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Twelve Hours of Sunset

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Sweeping skies and breezey greens, can maybe show us what it means,

C Em

To feel the worlds, imagination.

D Em

(7)

I'll come and see you yesterday, we'll close our eyes and drift away,

C Em

Can we be real, without escaping?

D Em

(7)

Twelve hours of sunset, six thousand miles.

A6 Em7 A6 Em7

Illusions and movies, far away smiles.

A6 Em7 C D Em

* (7)

Twelve hours of sunset, half a day in the skies,

A6 Em7 A6 Em7

(I'll) be with you tomrrow, as the steel crow flies........

A6 C D Em

* (7)

.....oh...........how time flies......

C D Em C D Em

* *

I used to think I wasn't mad, but now I know its all I had,

Can hope be lost, or only seeming.

Now that time's turned into space, there's no time to check the pace,

And no-one cares, except for dreaming, (dream.......)

Twelve hours of sunset, twilight sublime,

A6 Em7 A6 Em7

Be with you tomorrow, backwards in time.

A6 Em7 C D Em

.....oh...........how time flies......

C D Em

(o)====o===o o=====o=o=o x(o)o====== (o)o======== o=o===o=o=o

|_|_|_|_1_| |_|_|_|_|_| |_|_|_|_|_| |_|_|_|_|_| |_|_|_|_|_|

|_|_2_|_|_| |_1_2_|_|_| |_|_|_1_|_2 |_|_1-1-1-1 |_|_1_|_|_|

|_3_|_|_|_| |_|_|_|_|_| |_|_|_|_3_| |_|_|_|_|_| |_|_|_|_|_|

|_|_|_|_|_| |_|_|_|_|_| |_|_|_|_|_| |_|_|_|_|_| |_|_|_|_|_|

C Em D A6 Em7

(*= first finger

taken off and

during strumming)

Some of the Em chords may be Em7, and various other fingers can come

and go in the middle of chords (like taking the first finger out of the

D occasionally, like the C* chord above).

The key to playing this song is to get the strumming right, especially

The A6 is essentially one strum from bottom (ie lowest) string to top

(best to miss out the bottom E really), and then the strings plucked

appropriately back down to the middle E (D-string), and then strummed

whilst playing it :-)

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