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Lonely Sky And Other Stories (album) by Chris De Burgh
Chris de Burgh - Lonely Sky and Other Stories
Released: 1976
Record Company: A&M Records
Duration: 38:28
The Band:
Chris de Burgh - Acoustic Guitars, Lead and all Backing Vocals
and Piano on "The Tower" and "This Song For You"
Barry de Souza - Drums
Ray Glynn - Electric Guitars
Lennox Laington - Percussion
Tony Hymas - Keyboards
Tony Reeves - Bass and String Bass on "A Spaceman Came Travelling"
Phillip Goodhand-Tait - Harmonium
Chris Laurence - String Bass
Ken Freeman - String Synthesizer
Chris Mercer - Sax on "The Painter"
Mick Eves - Sax on "The Painter"
Robert Kirby - String, Choir, Recorders and Ocerinas Arrangements on "The Tower" and "Lonely sky"
and Brass Arrangements for "Old Friend" and "This Song For You"
David Hentschel - Arranged and Performed Synthesizer on "A Spaceman Came Travelling"
Richard Hewson - Arranged the Strings and Brass for "Just Another Poor Boy"
Track List:
Nr. Name Time Tabber
01. Lonely Sky 3:52 frankowillo
02. This Song For You 4:14 NBA96
03. Patricia the Stripper 3:30 Betty Lou
04. A Spaceman Came Travelling 5:10 JonPebble and Sick_of_you
05. I'm Going Home 3:34 NBA96
06. The Painter 4:20 NBA96
07. Old Friend 3:40 Lyverbe
09. The Tower 5:22 rogidez
09. Just Another Poor Boy 4:46 Betty Lou
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01. Lonely Sky 3:52
Tabbed by: frankowillo
CAPO: 5th Fret
INTRO: Cadd9 C Am Dm G Cadd9 C
C
That cold North wind they call "La Bise"
E7
Is swirling 'round about my knees
Am Dm G
Trees are crying leaves into the river
C
I'm huddled in this French cafe
E7
I never thought I'd see the day
Am Dm G
When winter's here and summer's nearly over
F G
Even the birds have packed up and gone
C F
They're flying south with this song
C F
And my love, she too has gone
G
She had to fly, take care
CHORUS:
C
It's such a lonely sky
Am Dm G
They'll trap your wings, my love, and hold your flight
C Am
They'll build a cage and steal your only sky
Dm
Fly away, fly to me, fly when the wind is high
G C Am Dm G C
I'm sailing beside you in your lonely sky
C
The old cathedral lights are low
E7
She and I, we'd often go there
Am Dm G
To admire and sometimes kneel in prayer
C
Lords and ladies lying in stone
E7
Hand in hand from long ago
Am Dm G
Though their hands are cold, their love's forever
F G
Even the choir rehearses those songs
C F
For Christmas is not long
C F
And we may sing our song
G
She had to fly, out there
CHORUS: (# fade towards end #)
C
It's such a lonely sky
Am Dm G
They'll trap your wings, my love, and hold your flight
C Am
They'll build a cage and steal your only sky
Dm
Fly away, fly to me, fly when the wind is high
G C Am
I'm sailing beside you in your lonely sky
Dm
Fly away, fly to me, and if you need my love
G C Am
I'm sailing beside you in your lonely sky
Dm
I'm coming in with the dawn____
G C Am
I'm sailing beside you in your lonely sky
Dm
On the wings of the morn____
G C Am
I'm sailing beside you in your lonely sky
Dm
Above the world we'll be flying____
G C Am
I'm sailing beside you in your lonely sky
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02. This Song For You 4:14
Tabbed by: NBA96
D B7
Hello darling, this is the army,
Em
I've just got the time to write,
A
Today we attack, there's no turning back,
D G D A
The boys they're all ready for the fight,
D B7
Yes, I'm well but this place is like hell,
Em
They call it Passchendaele,
A
In nineteen seventeen the war must be ending,
D G D
The General said this attack will not fail,
G F#
So I'm writing down this simple little melody
Bm F#m Em F#
When you play it my love, think of me...
Em D A D Em
We'll be together in this song for you,
A D B7 Em A D G D
And it goes La la la...
A D B7 Em A D G D A
Sing it darling, La la la...
D B7
They got old Bill and the Sergeant is still out there,
Em
Wounded in some shellhole,
A
They say this war will end all wars,
D G D A
Oh God I really hope it will,
D B7
Oh how's old England, are they still singing
Em
Those songs that we loved to sing,
A
When all this is over, we'll go sailing in Dover,
D G D
Catching fish like we used to with a string,
G F#
Oh I miss you, I miss you, I miss you so!
Bm F#m Em F#
If they get me my love you will know...
Em D A D Em
We'll always be together in this song for you...
A D B7 Em A D G D
And it goes La la la...
A D B7 Em A D G D A D B7 Em A D G D A D B7 Em A D G D A
I have to go now...
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03. Patricia the Stripper 3:30
Tabbed by: Betty Lou
Capo 5
C E7
Dennis is a menace with his 'anyone for tennis?'
Am C7
and beseeching me to come and keep the score.
F Fm
And Maud says, 'Oh Lord, I'm so terribly bored.
C Am D7
I really can't stand it anymore.'
G7 C E7
I'm going out to dinner with a gorgeous singer
Am C7
to a little place I found down by the quay,
F Fm
her name is Patricia, she calls herself Delicia,
C Am D7 G
and the reason isn't very hard to see.
C E7
She says 'God made her a sinner just to keep fat man thinner,
Am C7
as they tumble down in heaps before her feet.
F Fm
They hang around in groups like battle weary troops,
C Am D7 G
one can often see them queue right down the street.
F E7
You see, Patricia (or Delicia) not only is a singer,
Am D7 G7
she also removes all her clothing - - -
F G C F C
for Patricia is the best stripper in to....wn.
G7 C A7
And with a swing of her hips she started to strip,
Dm G7
to tremendous applause she took of her drawers,
C A7
and with a lick of her lips she undid all her clips,
Dm G
and threw it all in the air, everybody stared !
F E7
And as the last piece of clothing fell on the floor,
C A7
the police were banging on the door,
Dm G C F
on a Saturday night in nineteen-twenty- f...our.
C G
Take it away boys!
C A7 Dm G7 C A7 Dm G C
G7 C E7
But poor Patricia was arrested and everyone detested
Am C7
the manner in which she was exposed.
F Fm
Later on in court, well, everybody thought
C Am D G
a summer run in jail would be proposed.
F E7
But the judge said, “Patricia, or may I say Delicia,
Am D7 G7
the facts of this case lie before me. Case dismissed !
F G C F C
This girl was in her working clo.....thes !!”
G7 C A7
And with a swing of her hips she started to strip,
Dm G7
to tremendous applause she took of her drawers,
C A7
and with a lick of her lips she undid all her clips,
Dm G
and threw it all in the air, and everybody stared !
F E7
And as the last piece of clothing fell on the floor,
C A7
the police were yelling out the door,
Dm G C A7
on a Saturday night in nineteen-twenty- f...our.
Dm G7 C F C
On a Saturday night in nineteen-twenty-four. Oh yeah !
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04. A Spaceman Came Travelling (Chords) 5:10
Tabbed by: JonPebble
CAPO 5
Verse1:
Am C G Am
A spaceman came travelling on his ship from afar,
C G F F G
'twas light years of time since his mission did start
Am Em F Am
And over a village he halted his craft,
C G F F G Am
And it hung in the sky like a star, just like a star.
Verse2:
Am C G Am
He followed a light and came down to a shed,
C G F F G
Where a mother and child were lying there on a bed,
Am Em F Am
A bright light of silver shone round his head,
C G F F G Am
And he had the face of an angel, and they were afraid.
Verse3:
Am C G Am
Then the stranger spoke, he said "Do not fear,
C G F F G
I come from a planet a long way from here,
Am Em F Am
And I bring a message for mankind to hear",
C G F F G Am
And suddenly the sweetest music filled the air.
Chorus:
F G Am Em F Am
And it went La, la, la, La, la, la, La, la, la, La,
C G F F G
La, la, la, La, la, la, La,
Am Em F Am
La, la, la, La, la, la, La, la, la, La,
C G F F G Am
Peace and goodwill to all of men, and love for the child.
F G Am Em F Am
La, la, la, La, la, la, La, la, la, La,
C G F F G
La, la, la, La, la, la, La,
Am Em F Am
La, la, la, La, la, la, La, la, la, La,
C G F
oh, oh, oh.
Verse4:
Am C G Am
This lovely music went trembling through the ground,
C G F F G
And many were wakened on hearing that sound,
Am Em F Am
And travellers on the road, the village they found,
C G F F G Am
By the light of that ship in the sky, which shone all around.
Verse5:
Am C G Am
And just before dawn at the paling of the sky,
C G F F G
The stranger returned and said "Now I must fly,
Am Em F Am
When two thousand years of your time has gone by,
C G F F G Am
This song will begin once again, to a babys cry".
Final Chorus:
F G Am Em F Am
And it went La, la, la, La, la, la, La, la, la, La,
C G F F G
La, la, la, La, la, la, La,
Am Em F Am
La, la, la, La, la, la, La, la, la, La,
C G F F G Am
Peace and goodwill to all of men, and love for the child.
F G Am Em F Am
And I hear La, la, la, La, la, la, La, la, la, La,
C G F F G
La, la, la, La, la, la, La,
Am Em F Am
La, la, la, La, la, la, La, la, la, La,
C G F F G Am
This song will begin once again, to a babys cry".
F G Am Em F Am
And it went La, la, la, La, la, la, La, la, la, La,
C G F F G
La, la, la, La, la, la, La,
Am Em F Am
La, la, la, La, la, la, La, la, la, La,
C G F F G Am
This song will begin once again, to a babys cry".
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04. A Spaceman Came Travelling (Intro Tab) 5:10
Tabbed by: Sick_of_you
Intro
E-------------------------------|----------------------------|
B--6--8--6----------------------|-------6--8--6--------------|
G-----------9--7--5--7--7--5--7-|-7--9-----------9--7--5--7--|
D-------------------------------|----------------------------|
A-------------------------------|----------------------------|
E-------------------------------|----------------------------|
Or you can play it like this...
E-------------------------------|-----------------------------|
B--6--8--6----------------------|-----------8--6--5-----------|
G-----------9--7--5--7--7--5--7-|-7--9--10-----------7--5--7--|
D-------------------------------|-----------------------------|
A-------------------------------|-----------------------------|
E-------------------------------|-----------------------------|
Or you can play it like this...
E--1--3--1--0--------------------|-----0--1--3--1--0------------|
B--------------3--1--3--3--1--3--|--3-----------------3--1--3---|
G--------------------------------|------------------------------|
D--------------------------------|------------------------------|
A--------------------------------|------------------------------|
E--------------------------------|------------------------------|
Finish with
E--------1-3-3/5~--------|
B--3--5------------------|
G------------------------|
D------------------------|
A------------------------|
E------------------------|
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05. I'm Going Home 3:34
Tabbed by: NBA96
Intro:
G C G C
G C G C
G C
I left my home by the ocean
G C
I left my love by the sea
G C D Dsus2
Dreaming I could sing my songs in the city
G C
I thought the streets of London
G C
Would be paved with gold
G C
But the only gold was in the setting sun
D G
And these city nights are so cold
D Dsus2
And you know that feeling when you've been too long
D7 D7sus2
And you wanna go home and it's so strong
G C G C
I'm going home, I'm going home
G D Em D
Oh, the leaves are falling and the wind is calling
C Am D D7
And I must get on the road
G C G C
You'll be alone, you'll be alone
G D Em D
But if you're crying to the rhythm of the falling rain
C Am D D7 G
It's alright, I'm on my way
C G C G C G C
I'm going home, I'm going home, yeah
G C
Jilly she's got a smile in her eye
G C
And a bed just right for two
G C D Dsus2
Silly how much I love her, but I do
G C
Sunny days will be here again
G C
She whispered in my ear
G C
Oh Lord, it's funny how much I've missed the country rain
D G
That's a sound I love to hear
D Dsus2
And I know that feeling and I've been too long
D7 D7sus2
And I wanna go home and it's so strong
G C G C
I'm going home, I'm going home
G D Em D
Oh, the leaves are falling and the wind is calling
C Am D D7
And I must get on the road
G C G C
You'll be alone, you'll be alone
G D Em D
But if you're crying to the rhythm of the falling rain
C Am D D7 G
It's alright, I'm on my way
C G C G C G C
I'm going home, I'm going home, yeah
G
Oh, hold on darling
C
I'm on the way
G
Hold on darling
C
I'm coming home
G
Hold on darling
C
Hold on darling
G
Hold on darling
C
I'm coming home
G C
I'm on the way
G
I'm coming home...
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06. The Painter 4:20
Tabbed by: NBA96
E
I'd like you to meet my last queen,
F# B
Over there large as life,
E A
She's been hanging there for almost a week,
F# B
My poor late wife,
E
What do think of the colour of her skin,
A
It has the bloom of a rose,
E
You see she begged me to bring a certain painter in,
F# B
And for that picture in her bedroom she would pose,
A
Well after a while he was driving me mad,
E
As you could well understand,
F#
Sitting in there, day after day,
B
With my wife in the palm of his hand,
E
It was "Madam please do this and Madam please do that",
B
You've never heard such display,
But he didn't mind he was taking his time,
C D E B
It was me that had to pay,
E
"Oh Madam I think we should take a walk in the woods,
B
You understand it's the light",
And did I mind, no, I was so kind when they,
C D E
Came back in the middle of the night,
C D E A E A
And I swear I'll take care of the painter, oh the painter,
E
Well as you can see it was hard for me,
A
But something has to be done,
E F#
She only has eyes for him and his lies, and as for me,
B
Not a glance, not a single one,
A
My orders were severe and she disappeared,
E
It really was such a shame,
F#
And when they told me she was dead I broke down and said,
B
"It's that painter, it's him, he's to blame,"
E
With his "Madam please do this and Madam please do that",
B
You've never heard such display,
But he didn't mind he was taking his time,
C D E B
It was me that had to pay,
E
"Oh Madam I think we should take a walk in the woods,
B
You understand it's the light",
And did I mind, no, I was so kind when they,
C D E
Came back in the middle of the night,
C D E A
And I hope it's the rope for the painter,
C D E A
When he's found, it's hellbound for the painter,
E A
I'll get that painter...
E A E A
E A E A
E A E A
E A E A
E A E A E A E
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07. Old Friend 3:40
Tabbed by: Lyverbe
Capo 2
|-7-----7-|-7-----7-|-5-----5-|-3-2-|
|-8-8-----|-7---7---|-5---5---|-3---|
|-7---7---|-7-7---7-|-5-5-----|-2---|
|-0-------|-0-------|-0-------|-0---|
|---------|---------|---------|-----|
|---------|---------|---------|-----|
G Gmaj7 Adim7 B7 Em
Old friend, so you're in trouble again, you ask me today
Am D Bm Em
To try and find a little time and maybe buy a glass of wine
Am D
Old friend, I'm coming through
|-------0-|-3p2-2p0---0-|
|-0-1-3---|---------3---|
|---------|-------------|
|-------0-|-5p4-4p2-0-2-|
|---0-2---|-------------|
|-3-------|-------------|
G B7 Em
Old friend, yes I remember you, always a smile on your face
Am D Bm Em
Oh a memory from years before, an old man and a little boy
Am D G B7
Old friend, I remember you
Em Am D Em
You used to take me fishing down by the wishing well
Em Bm C D Em
One day you threw a wish in and we listened while it fell
B7
And you made a wish...
C D G C D G
"When the years are heavy and my heart is growing cold
C B7 Em D7
Well I wish when the evening comes that there'll always be
G Bm - A#m - Am D G
Some ol' ol' old friend who'll miss me too"
Em
Well I do
Am D G D
So friend I'm coming through
G - B7 - Em
Da di da di da...
Am D Bm Em
Yes, for you I'll always find the time, we will have a bottle of wine
Am D Bm E
Old friend, I'm here by your side, Oh, to the very end
Am D
Old friend... I miss you too
|-7-----7-|-7---7---|-5-----5-|-3-2-|
|-8---8---|-7-----7-|-5---5---|-3---|
|-7-7---7-|-7-7-7---|-5-5---5-|-2---|
|-0-------|-0-------|-0-------|-0---|
|---------|---------|---------|-----|
|---------|---------|---------|-----|
My dear...
G Bm Bm - A#m - Am D
Old friend... AhhhhAhhh Ah, Ooooh... (repeat to fade)
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08. The Tower 5:22
Tabbed by: rogidez
CAPO 5th - A beautiful ballad
C - Cmaj7 - F - C
C Cmaj7
1. A great lord came walking through the forest one morning
F C
with a weapon in his hand
Cmaj7
rich was his castle, he lacked for nothing
F G
killing was his plan.
Am Em
When a white bird flew by, she fell from the sky,
F C Dm G C
nothing was found, only blood on the ground, she was gone.
C Cmaj7
2. Cursing his fortune, he turned to the forest
F C
to kill once again.
C Cmaj7
Standing before him was a lovely young woman
F G
with her head hung in pain.
Am Em
When he saw her, his eyes were filled with desire,
F C Dm G
he said, "I must have her, she must be mine !
C - F - G
She will be mine !"
C Cmaj7
3. He offered her silver, he offered her gold,
F C
but she threw it on the ground.
C Cmaj7
He fell to his knees and he begged her, "Oh please,
F G
come with me, what you wish will be found."
Am Em
She said, "Sir, I'll go if you'll put up your bow,
F C Dm G
spare these creatures, leave them in peace.
E
You have no need.”
Dm G C
But her words were lost in the wind,
F C G
his eyes were fixed on a queen.
Am Em Dm G C
And all he saw was a woman but all she was, was a dream.
F G E Am F C G - G7
Ah ah, ah ah, la la la, la la la, la.
Am Em Dm G C
And all he saw was a woman but all she was, was a dream.
C Cmaj7
4. He took her and bound her with ropes tied around her,
F C
to his castle he did ride.
C Cmaj7
In a wood was a bower where stood an old tower,
F G
and he threw her deep inside.
Am Em
Then the birds left the sky and a terrible cry,
F C Dm G
brought thunder and lightning, rain falling down,
C
tears on the ground.
C Cmaj7
5. All through the days on her face he would gaze,
F C
for she was lovely as the spring.
C Cmaj7
No words would she speak but, “Leave them in peace!”
F G
And some sad lament she would sing.
Am Em
Oh, one day by the door, at the window he saw
F C Dm G
a single white feather lying on the floor :
C - F
She was there no more.
G C Cmaj7
6. Now that great lord is dying, his cold heart is crying,
F C
for the love of a girl,
C Cmaj7
for many an hour he has wept on the tower,
F G
for she meant more than the world.
Am Em
But once in the sky a white bird flew by,
F C Dm G
he lifted his hands, he cried out in pain :
E
“Come back again !”
Dm G C
But his words were lost in the wind,
F C G
his castle was built upon sand.
Am Em Dm G C
All he has is a memory, and all he yearns is her hand.
F G E Am F C G - G7
Ah ah, ah ah, la la la, la la la, la.
Am Em Dm G C
All he has is this memory, and all he yearns is her hand.
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09. Just Another Poor Boy 4:46
Tabbed by: Betty Lou
G C G C G C G
G Em C D G
He was but a traveller on the lonely road of life,
G Em Am D
she, her name was Mary, a lady of the night.
C D B7 Em
She found him lying in that road, on a winter's night so cold,
Am D G C D G C D
just another poor boy, treat him ri.......ght.
G Em C D G
She saw that he was hungry and gave him food to eat,
G Em Am D
she knew that he was weary and he had no place to sleep.
C D B7 Em
She took him home to her own bed, she lay down his wounded head,
Am D G C D G B7
and washed away the world from his hands and his fee......t.
Em D C
He was just another poor boy, just another poor boy,
G D Em D C D
when he cried out in his sleep she held him tight.
Em D C
Just another poor boy, just another poor boy,
G D Em D C
and she gave him love and comfort through the night,
Em D C G D Em D C G C G
till the morning’s light.
G Em C D G
At night she sat beside him, by the fire he would talk,
G Em Am D
he said all men were brothers and that love could conquer all,
C D B7 Em
Many gathered round to hear, many for his life did fear,
Am D G C D G C D
in troubled times like these men seldom talk....ed.
G Em Am D
Oh, they came to him one morning at the breaking of the day,
G Em Am D
she woke to hear him calling as they carried him away.
C D
Accusing him of spreading lies and hate,
B7 Em
his public meetings were a danger to the state,
C D E
some soldier said "Who was he anyway?"
F#m E D
Just another poor boy, just another poor boy,
A E F#m E D E
and the tears were falling from her face like rain.
F#m E D
Just another poor boy, just another poor boy,
A E F#m E D
and they hung him on the hillside far away.
F#m
And on the ground she lay,
E D A E F#m E D
do do do do do, poor boy, do do do do do.
F#m E F#m E F#m E F#m E F#m
Oh, my Lord!
E F#m E F#m E F#m D E
Oh, my Lo.......rd! Oh, my Lord! O..h !
F#m E D
Just another poor boy, just another poor boy,
A E F#m E D E
and the tears were falling from her face like rain.
F#m E D
Just another poor boy, just another poor boy,
A E F#m E D E
and they hung him on the hillside far away.
F#m E D
Just another poor boy, just another poor boy,
A E F#m E D
and she never dreamed she'd see his face again !
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