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Artist:     Rush
Song:       Circumstances
Album:      Hemispheres
Tabbed by:  Wiktor R. Ko&#322;owiecki
E-mail:     [email protected]
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Intro:  Am   Bm    Am   G   D   G    Dx2
Verse 1:
A Bboy alone, and so Gfar from home
DEndless AroofDtops Afrom F#my window
I felt the gloom of empty rooms
On rainy afternoons
Prechorus 1:
GSometimes, in confBusion
I felt so Clost and disAillusioned
DInnocence gave me D#confidence
To go Eup against realityC  G  
Chorus:
AmAll the same
We take our BmchanAmces
GLaughed at by Dtime
CTricked by circumsGtances
Plus a Amchange
Plus c'est la Bmmeme Amchose
ThGe more that things cDhange
The Cmore they stay the AmsameBm  Am  G  D  G  D  
Verse 2:
Now I've gained some understanding
Of the only world that we see
Things that I once dreamed of
Have become reality
Prechorus 2:
These walls that still surround me
Still contain the same old me
Just one more whos searching for
A world that ought to be
Chorus
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Circumstances

by Rush

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Artist: Rush

Song: Circumstances

Album: Hemispheres

Tabbed by: Wiktor R. Kołowiecki

E-mail: [email protected]

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Am Bm Am G D G D

Intro: x2

Verse 1:

B G

A boy alone, and so far from home

D A D A F#

Endless rooftops from my window

I felt the gloom of empty rooms

On rainy afternoons

Prechorus 1:

G B

Sometimes, in confusion

C A

I felt so lost and disillusioned

D D#

Innocence gave me confidence

E C G

To go up against reality

Chorus:

All the same

Bm Am

We take our chances

G D

Laughed at by time

C G

Tricked by circumstances

Plus a change

Bm Am

Plus c'est la meme chose

G D

The more that things change

C Am Bm Am G D G D

The more they stay the same

Verse 2:

Now I've gained some understanding

Of the only world that we see

Things that I once dreamed of

Have become reality

Prechorus 2:

These walls that still surround me

Still contain the same old me

Just one more whos searching for

A world that ought to be

Chorus

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