Al Stewart – Man For All Seasons chords

[Intro]
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[Verse]
E                        B   Cdim7 C#m What if you reached the age of    reason
Amaj7                 | Bsus4       Bsus4 B |Only to find there was no reprieve
E                        B   Cdim7 C#mWould you still be a man for all   seasons?
F#                        | Bsus2 B | Or would you just have to leave
   AWe measure our days out
   B        Cdim C#mIn steps of un-  certainty
    E          C#m           BNot turning to see how we've come
    A  [ A/G#     A/F#m A/E ]And peer down the highway
     B       Cdim C#m  B/D#From here to e-   ternity
    E             C#m       | Bsus4 B |And reach out for love on the run
          AWhile the man for all seasons
   B              [ E ]Is lost behind the sun
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[Interlude]
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[Verse]
E                       B     Cdim7 C#mHenry Plantagenet still looks for   someone
Amaj7                    | Bsus4       Bsus4 B | To bring good news in his hour of doubt
      E                        B     Cdim7 C#mWhile Thomas More waits in the Tower of    London
F#9                       | Bsus4 B |Watching the sands running out
    AAnd measures the hours out
     B       Cdim C#mFrom here to ob-  livion
   E            C#m       | Bsus4 B |In actions that can't be undone
    A  [ A/G#     A/F#m A/E ]A sailor through the darkness
     B       Cdim C#m  B/D#He scans the meridian
    E             C#m/G#      | Bsus4 B |And caught by the first rays of dawn
    AThe man for all seasons
   B                [ E ]Is lost beneath the storm
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[Bridge]
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                    | B   A |And I should know by now
B                 A I should know by now
            E    A  E        | B   A |I hear them call it out all around
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B               A    B          C#m      | F# |   Oh, they go: Aah, ah, ah-ah, aah, aah, aah
        E            BThere's nothing to believe in
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           A    B          C#m      | F# |Hear them: Aah, ah, ah-ah, aah, aah, aah
     E         C#m | Bsus4          B           [ C ]Just daydreams,  deceiving, they'll just let you down


[Solo]
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[Interlude]
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[Verse] variation
E                           B   Cdim7 C#mSo, what if you reached the age of    reason
Amaj7                 | Bsus4       Bsus4 B | Only to find there was no reprieve
E                        B   Cdim7 C#mWould you still be a man for all   seasons?
F#9                    | Bsus4 B | Or would you just disbelieve?
   AWe measure our gains out
   B        Cdim C#mIn luck and co-  incidence
E           C#m          | Bsus4 B |Lanterns to turn back the night
    A    [ A/G# A/F#m A/E ]And put our defeats down
   B         Cdim C#m  B/D#To chance or ex-  perience
    E         C#m/G#      | Bsus4 B |And try once again for the light
     A    [ A/G# A/F#m A/E ]    B       Cdim     C#m  B/D#Some wait for the waters     of fortune to cover them
     A    [ A/G# A/F#m A/E ]   B        Cdim  C#m  B/D#Some just see the tides of ill chance running over them
     A    [ A/G# A/F#m A/E ] B       Cdim C#m  B/D#Some call on Jehovah,  some  cry out to   Allah
     A    [ A/G# A/F#m A/E ]       B      Cdim C#m  B/D#Some wait for the boats that still row to Val- hallah
                 A    [ A/G# A/F#m A/E ]  B         Cdim C#m  B/D#Well, you should try to accept what  the  fates are un-  folding
      A    [ A/G# A/F#m A/E ]         B            Cdim C#m  B/D#While some say they're sure where the blame should be   falling
    A    [ A/G# A/F#m A/E ]  B         Cdim C#m    B/D#You look round for maybe  a  chance of fore-stalling
        E                  BBut too soon it’s over and done
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        AAnd the man for all seasons
   B              [ E ]Is lost behind the sun


[Outro]
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