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     F  /  /  /  Bb  /  /  /  F  /  /  /  Bb  Dm  Gm  F
%    GmThe worldGm7, is full of pCeople, some are tFrying to lend a hBband
     The first book, ever written, was a symbol of our home
     Oh sweet, loving music, I hear your tender call
     To help us learn D7to recognise, so Gmwe caGm7n understEband
     It came from solar heaven, where our life wave was born
     To me you are a river, pure love your waterfall
     GmThat life hGm7olds many sCecrets, they stFand before our dBboors
     We came in ships a-singing, the praise of one above
     A tide forever bathing, a rough and rocky shore
                                        D7      Gm            Gm7    C/  /  /
     Admit the ones you're hiding now, so you may know them all
     Like children in a garden, our hearts were full of love
     Please take us on a journey, so we can learn some more
     F  /  /  Eb  D  /  /  /  /  /  F  Eb  D  /  /  /  /  /  F  Eb  D
#    TwDelve vibrations long aEmgo are the cause
     Ezekiel's wheels seem to be turning up now
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     Of Dme and mine, and yEmou and yours
     The pillar of fire, a luminous cloud
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     FJust let them be and all the doDors will open wide
     I know I've seen them and they do make a sound
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     GTo paintings on the rocks, gigantic Stonehenge blCocks
     They filled my soul, with music of the spheres
     I dream by day, I dream by night
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     EmThe pyramids and the sphAinx, the temples are the liFnks
     It's been my goal for 9 long years, to write this song
     Through coloured rays I feel your might, and now I claim my right
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     To lead us thrC#ough, our pBbast, so we might fFind ourseClves at lDmast
     So I can say, exactly what, I believe is coming down
     A son of God, eternal life, the promise of your rainbow light      Go $
     Bb  /  /  /  F  /  /  /  Bb  Dm  Gm  F              Go %
$    Bb  /  /  /  F  /  /  Eb  D                         Go #
&    Bb  /  /  /  F                                      END

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Promise

by Mike Pinder

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Gm7

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F / / / Bb / / / F / / / Bb Dm Gm F

Gm Gm7 C F Bb

% The world, is full of people, some are trying to lend a hand

The first book, ever written, was a symbol of our home

Oh sweet, loving music, I hear your tender call

D7 Gm Gm7 Eb

To help us learn to recognise, so we can understand

It came from solar heaven, where our life wave was born

To me you are a river, pure love your waterfall

Gm Gm7 C F Bb

That life holds many secrets, they stand before our doors

We came in ships a-singing, the praise of one above

A tide forever bathing, a rough and rocky shore

D7 Gm Gm7 C

/ / /

Admit the ones you're hiding now, so you may know them all

Like children in a garden, our hearts were full of love

Please take us on a journey, so we can learn some more

F / / Eb D / / / / / F Eb D / / / / / F Eb D

D Em

# Twelve vibrations long ago are the cause

Ezekiel's wheels seem to be turning up now

(instr.)..................................

D Em

Of me and mine, and you and yours

The pillar of fire, a luminous cloud

(instr.)............................

F D

Just let them be and all the doors will open wide

I know I've seen them and they do make a sound

(instr.)......................................

G C

To paintings on the rocks, gigantic Stonehenge blocks

They filled my soul, with music of the spheres

I dream by day, I dream by night

(instr.)........................

Em A F

The pyramids and the sphinx, the temples are the links

It's been my goal for 9 long years, to write this song

Through coloured rays I feel your might, and now I claim my right

(instr.).........................................................

C# Bb F C Dm

To lead us through, our past, so we might find ourselves at last

So I can say, exactly what, I believe is coming down

A son of God, eternal life, the promise of your rainbow light Go $

Bb / / / F / / / Bb Dm Gm F Go %

$ Bb / / / F / / Eb D Go #

& Bb / / / F END

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