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 ) _ < \  /   ( (__  /(__)\  )(    \__ \  )(   )__)  \  /  )__)  )  ( \__ \
(____/ (__)    \___)(__)(__)(__)   (___/ (__) (____)  \/  (____)(_)\_)(___/

*Words and music by Cat Stevens, 1974
*Interpreted and tabbed by Jacky Bryant, January, 7th 2007
*Dedicated to all the Sun/C79 listeners. (Listen to the Live version on Majicat :D)

INTRO

|| A7(no3) | Dadd9/A | A7(no3) | Dadd9/A | A2 | Dadd9/A ||

     A7(no3)                      Dadd9/A
E||-----0---------0-------------|-------------------------------|
B||-----5---------5-------------|--------3--------3-------------|
G||-----0---------0-------------|--2--------2--------2----------|
D||-----7---------7-------------|-----4--------4---------4/-7---|
A||-----0---------0-------------|--0----------------------------|
E||-----------------------------|-------------------------------|

     A7(no3)                      Dadd9/A
E||-----0-----------------------|-------------------------------|
B||---------5h7-5---------------|--------3----------------------|
G||--0----------------0---------|--2--------2-------------------|
D||-/7--------------------------|-----4--------4--4--2--0-------|
A||--0-------------0------------|--0----------------------------|
E||-----------------------------|-------------------------------|

     A2                                Dadd9/A       >
E||--------0-----------------0-------|---------------0----------||
B||-----0----------------------------|--------3------3----------||
G||--2-------0--2---------2-----2h-4p|--2--------2---2----------||
D||---------------0h-2-0-------------|-----4---------4----------||
A||--0-------------------------------|---------------0----------||
E||----------------------------------|--------------------------||

VERSE 1
A7(no3)                Dadd9/A
        The sun is the reason
        A7(no3)         Dadd9/A
And the  world  it will bloom.
G                      F#m
  'Cause sun likes the sky
        E              A/D  
And the sun lights the moon.
     D
E||--2-----0h-2------|
B||--3--3-------3----|
G||------------------|
D||--0------------0--|
A||------------------|
E||------------------|

VERSE 2
A7(no3)                Dadd9/A
            Sun is the reason
        A7(no3)          Dadd9/A
All the happy  trees are green.
G                      F#m
        Then who can explain
      E            A/D
The light in your dream________.


INTERLUDE

|| A7(no3) Dadd9/A | A7(no3) Dadd9/A | A7(no3) Dadd9/A | A7(no3) Dadd9/A 

 |  E*   | Dadd9/A |  E*  | Dadd9/A  ||
 Dream ______ .


VERSE 3
E*                               Dadd9/A
Sit you down, sit you down young gentle-men,
E*                                 Dadd9/A
   There's something I want you to know.
E*                           Dadd9/A
Keep on asking, keep on ask-ing me why, why are we here,
E*                        Dadd9/A
   It started long time a-go -
             A          B7                        D
Me and your mom on the night yeah, yeah, yeah we met____ >


CHORUS
D     E              A6
   I was on the road a-gain,
D  E          A6          D
   She was in C. Seventy-Nine
   E             A6      D
   I'll never never for-get,
        E          A6   E*       Dadd9/A           E*       Dadd9/A
I'll never forget that night, no_________. Oh____ woah____.


VERSE 5
E*                        Dadd9/A
We met in the back row be-hind the stage,
E*                             Dadd9/A
   She had  the best figure by far.
E*                           Dadd9/A
         A thousand hours I looked at her eyes,
E*                          Dadd9/A
But I still don't know what color they are.
             A          B7                        D
Me and your mom on the night yeah, yeah, yeah we met____ >


CHORUS
D     E              A6
   I was on the road a-gain,
D  E          A6          D
   She was in C. Seventy-Nine
   E             A6      D
   She was a junkie then,
       E         A6        D      E           A6
And I was having a good (time),  back on the road again.


INTERLUDE #2

|| E* | Dadd9/A | E* | Dadd9/A          |
                             Oh Momma!

CHORUS
D     E              A6
   I was on the road a-gain,
D  E          A6          D
   She was in C. Seventy-Nine
   E             A6      D
   I'll never never for-get,
        E          A6   D  
I'll never forget that time,
      E              A6
   back on the road a-gain,
D  E       A6          D
   I'm traveling that line
   E            A6   D
   I was a pop-star then,
        E          A6    E*
I'm still having a good time.



OUTRO

|| Dadd9/A | E* | Dadd9/A             |
                          Ooh, Ooh___

                                x2
||  E* | Dadd9/A | E* | Dadd9/A |

ending on E*.


NOTES:

1. When playing E, you can alternate between the normal E and E7.

2. When playing E* alternate between E* and Eadd9+ in the bar;
   same goes for D9add/A, and the alternative D9add9*.


CHORDS:

  A7(no3)  Dadd9/A  D9add9*   A2
  x07050   x04230   x04250  x00220  
  --R-I-   --RIM-   --RIL-  ---IM-
  
    G        F#m       E       E7
  320001   244222   022100  022130  
  RM---L   IRLIII   -MRI--  -MRIL-

    A/D      E*     Eadd9+    B7
  x00220   0x6450   0x6470  021202  
  ---IM-   --RIM-   --RIL-  -MIR-L
  
    A6
  x02222
  --IIII
  --IMRL

CHORD FINGERING:   T= Thumb                
                   I= Index finger
                   M= Middle finger
                   R= Ring finger
                   L= Little finger

                             
               



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