Whew! This one was a toughie! I think that there's one electric & two acoustic guitars in this one. There's also: a piano, an electric piano, a harpsichord, and some very strange bass notes. I'm going to show you the chords, a few of the bass notes and offer a lot of tips. Be sure to visit my tab page in order to understand how I write tablature on the web. Give this beautiful song a shot - don't let the chord names scare ya... it's easier to play than it looks! Since I'm not 100% sure of these chords, this page may change periodically!!

By the way, I interpreted these chords from listening to the CD - I did not use any other written music as an aid in writing the tab presented on this page. If you think that I have made a mistake, please let me know about it by dropping me a quick note.

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THE CHORDS:
 
C/G   C/G    C/G    C/G 
(Acoustic Guitars / Electric Piano Intro)
 
C/G   Dsus2/B    Am7 (ccbbaaee) 
C/G   Dsus2/B    Am7 (ccbbaaee)
(Band joins in)
 
 
C/G 
when the man comes to you
 
Dsus2/B                            Am7   (ccbbaaee)
tells you what you always knew was comin'
 
C/G
you feel it came twice as fast
 
Dsus2/B                                     Am7  (ccbba)  Asus2(add 7th)
you always thought the world would last way past you
 
C/G
but now you find it's time
 
Dsus2/B                            Am7  (ccbbaaee)
'cause there's nothin' left around you
 
C/G                      Dsus2/B                 Am7  (ccbba)  Asus2(add 7th)
spaceship orion's there waiting to part the air above you
 
 
           Cmaj7/G
waiting to take you
 
           Bm7/F#
waiting to place you
 
     Cmaj7/G
in a world exactly different
 
         Bm7/F#
from the one you leave behind
 
       Cmaj7/G
if you find it man you're lucky
 
 
       Bm7/F#
but it still won't be the same
 
         C/G 
it can't be like home
 
          Am7            Dsus4
it can't feel like home
 
        G       Am7
to you there
 
         C/G
if can't be like home
 
         Am7             Dsus4
it can't feel like home
 
       G      Am7
to you there
 
         C/G
if can't be like home
 
         Am7              Dsus4
it can't feel like home
 
        G     Am7
to you there 
 
 
C/G   Am7   G

THE TAB:

C/G

1 -|| --------0-----------------------0
2 -|| --------1-----------------------1
3 -|| --------0-----------------------0
4 -|| ----------------2---------------2
5 -|| -----------------------4--------3
6 -|| -----------------------3--------3

Dsus2/B

1 -|| -----0--------------------------0
2 -|| ------------------------4-------3
3 -|| -------------3------------------2
4 -|| -----0--------------------------0
5 -|| -------------2------------------2
6 -|| ----------------------------------

Am7

1 -|| -----------------------4--------3
2 -|| ----------1---------------------1
3 -|| -----0--------------------------0
4 -|| ----------------2---------------2
5 -|| -----0--------------------------0
6 -|| ----------------------------------

Asus2(add 7th)

1 -|| ----------------------------------
2 -|| -----0--------------------------0
3 -|| -----0--------------------------0
4 -|| ---------------2----------------2
5 -|| -----0--------------------------0
6 -|| ----------------------------------

Cmaj7/G

1 -|| --------0-----------------------0
2 -|| --------0-----------------------0
3 -|| --------0-----------------------0
4 -|| ----------------2---------------2
5 -|| -----------------------4--------3
6 -|| -----------------------3--------3

Bm7/F#

1 -|| --------1-----------------------2
2 -|| ----------------2---------------3
3 -|| --------1-----------------------2
4 -|| ----------------------3---------4
5 -|| --------1-----------------------2
6 -|| --------1-----------------------2

G

1 -|| -----------------------3--------3
2 -|| --------0-----------------------0
3 -|| --------0-----------------------0
4 -|| --------0-----------------------0
5 -|| ---------------2----------------2
6 -|| -----------------------3--------3

Dsus4

1 -|| --------------(2)-----4---------3
2 -|| -----------------------3--------3
3 -|| ---------------1----------------2
4 -|| --------0-----------------------0
5 -|| ---------------------------------
6 -|| ---------------------------------

TIPS:

Intro (acoustic guitars)

The intro is:

C/G   C/G    C/G    C/G 
(Acoustic Guitars Intro)

Each chord receives three strums:

On the down-beat of beat one, play the C/G chord like this and strum:

1 -|| ---------------------------------
2 -|| ---------------------------------
3 -|| --------0-----------------------0
4 -|| --------0-----------------------0
5 -|| -----------------------4--------3
6 -|| -----------------------3--------3

(This is just the C/G chord with the 2nd finger lifted up and playing only the lower strings)

On the up-beat of beat one, play the C/G chord like this and strum:

1 -|| ---------------------------------
2 -|| ---------------------------------
3 -|| --------0-----------------------0
4 -|| ----------------2---------------2
5 -|| -----------------------4--------3
6 -|| -----------------------3--------3

(This is chord above with the 2nd finger put down)

On the up-beat of beat two, play the C/G chord and strum:

1 -|| --------0-----------------------0
2 -|| --------1-----------------------1
3 -|| --------0-----------------------0
4 -|| ----------------2---------------2
5 -|| -----------------------4--------3
6 -|| -----------------------3--------3

(This is the usual C/G chord - play all strings)

Remember to play this sequence four times.

Intro (where band joins in)

When playing this part,

C/G  Dsus2/B   Am7 (ccbbaaee) 
C/G  Dsus2/B   Am7 (ccbbaaee)
(Band joins in)
 

this is what ya do:

The C/G is played just like the above.

The Dsus2/B and Am7 follow the same pattern.

The Dsus2/B is played like:

On the down-beat of beat one, play the Dsus2/B chord like this and strum:

1 -|| --------------------------------
2 -|| ---------------------------------
3 -|| -------------3------------------2
4 -|| -----0--------------------------0
5 -|| -------------2------------------2
6 -|| ----------------------------------

(This is just the lower strings of the Dsus2/B chord.

On the up-beat of beat one, play the Dsus2/B chord like this and strum:

1 -|| ----------------------------------
2 -|| ----------------------------------
3 -|| -------------3------------------2
4 -|| -------------1------------------2
5 -|| -------------2------------------2
6 -|| ----------------------------------

(This is chord above with the 1st finger put down)

On the up-beat of beat two, play the Dsus2/B chord and strum:

1 -|| -----0--------------------------0
2 -|| -----------------------4--------3
3 -|| -------------3------------------2
4 -|| -----0--------------------------0
5 -|| -------------2------------------2
6 -|| ----------------------------------

(This is the usual Dsus2/B chord - play all marked strings)

The Am7 is played like:

On the down-beat of beat one, play the Am7 chord like this and strum:

1 -|| ----------------------------------
2 -|| ----------------------------------
3 -|| -----0--------------------------0
4 -|| -----0--------------------------0
5 -|| -----0--------------------------0
6 -|| ----------------------------------

(This is just the lower strings of the Am7 chord.

On the up-beat of beat one, play the Am7 chord like this and strum:

1 -|| ----------------------------------
2 -|| ----------------------------------
3 -|| -----0--------------------------0
4 -|| ----------------2---------------2
5 -|| -----0--------------------------0
6 -|| ----------------------------------

(This is chord above with the 2nd finger put down)

On the up-beat of beat two, play the Am7 chord and strum:

1 -|| -----------------------4--------3
2 -|| ----------1---------------------1
3 -|| -----0--------------------------0
4 -|| ----------------2---------------2
5 -|| -----0--------------------------0
6 -|| ----------------------------------

(This is the usual Am7 chord - play all marked strings)

The Am7 chord does this sequence twice.

Can you see the pattern among the three chords?

They all play a 'd' note to an 'e' note on the first beat (string/fret: 4/0, 4/2).

The (ccbbaaee) and (ccbba) Things:

These are just single notes that can be played (string/fret):

(ccbbaaee) is: 2/1, 2/1, 2/0, 2/0, 3/2, 3/2, 4/2, 4/2.

(ccbba) is: 2/1, 2/1, 2/0, 2/0, 3/2.

They can also be played: 1/8, 1/8, 1/7, 1/7, 1/5, 1/5, 2/5, 2/5 and 1/8, 1/8, 1/7, 1/7, 1/5.

Both of these are played over the Am7.

After the (ccbba) you need to play the Asus2(add 7th) chord fairly quickly.

The Vocals:

Play the usual chords on the down-beat of beat one, the up-beat of beat two, and the down-beat of beat four - play just the straight chords - none of the moving from 'd' to 'e'. You can also play on every down and up beat while accenting the aforementioned beats , but lightly - this sounds great if you are playing alone.

The Ending:

The last three chords are:

C/G   Am7   G

For the C/G and Am7, try lifting your 1st finger up on the up-beat of the first beat.