Big Country – The Seer chords
Chords:
[intro] G F G G x4 [verse 1] G F Am G Long ago I heard a tale I never will forget G F C G The time was in the telling on the bank the scene was set G F Am G The sky was rolling blindly on, the daylight had not gone G F C G She washed her hair among the stones and saw what was to come G F G G G F G G All this will pass [verse 2] G F Am G There will be blood among the corn and heroes in the hills G F C G But there is more to come my boy before you've had your fill G F Am G Men will come and rape the soil as though it were their own G F C G And they will bathe their feet in oil as I have bathed my own G F G G F G All this will pass Dm Am C All things must come Bb C E Just as I tell you here [verse 3] G F Am G Stones will stand together as if searching for the stars G F C G And all come crashing down again before they reach too far G F Am G She turned to face the setting sun, I turned to walk away G F C G But then she called my name again and beckoned me to stay G F G G F G All this will pass Dm Am C All things must come Bb C E Just as I tell you here [verse 4] G F Am G She told me of the famous sons who write their names in peace G F C G Dm Am C Yet be cut down before the time has come for our release Bb C E Just as I tell you here [bridge] C Em Even now I wait for the coming day C Em Even now she waits in the dawn G Em D Em For the tales she tells, for the gifts that she will sell G Em D Em For the sight she knows, for a vision that still grows Em C Bm With the dream in her eyes no one's seen [solo] C C C C Em Em Em Em x4 [verse 5] G F Am G I listened for so long that day that I can hardly tell G F C G If what she said was heaven sent or brought to bear in hell G F Am G That men of hope would stand alone and still be cast a lie G F C G Dm Am C Just as Romans cast them on the day they were to die G F G All this will pass Dm Am C All things must come Bb C E Just as I tell you here [bridge] C Em Even now I wait for the coming day C Em Even now she waits in the dawn G Em D Em For the tales she tells, for the gifts that she will sell G Em D Em For the sight she knows, for a vision that still grows Em C Bm With the dream in her eyes no one's seen [outro] C C C C Em Em Em Em x4 G G G G D D D D x2 G F G G G F G G Dm Am C Bb C E X