Al Stewart - Modern Times

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Band name Al Stewart
Song name Modern Times
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Added 05/01/2008
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From: "Rob Watson" 
Subject: TAB:Al Stewart Whats Going On
Date : 23-06-2001



     Modern Times - Al Stewart & Dave Mudge
    ---------------------------------------


  Hello old friend etc....

   G                F
So call the bar-man over here

     Em    D        C      D
And let us fill our glasses

    G                       Em
And drink a toast to olden times

       D                C    D
Where all our memories lie,

       G            D    Em
Where all our memories lie.



G          Em           C                G
  Do you remember, the time when we were young

          Em   C   F  C/E
  Lowly lowly low

 G             Em        C                G
  Outside the window the frosty moonlight hung

            Em         C
  On the midnight snow

 D                                       C             G
  So we pulled our scarves up around our faces in the night

  D                                  C                  G
  Huddled on the doorsteps where the fairylights shone bright

  D                                  C                  A
  Singing christmas carols while our breath hung in the light 
 
 G              D          A        C  D  Em
  It all comes back like yesterday

             D         C
  It almost seems like yesterday

 G         Em         C             G
  Do you remember the changes as we grew

           Em      C   F  C/E
 Slowly, slowly, slow

 G                Em         C            G
  Sneaking in the back in to movies after school

           Em    C
 For the evening show

 D                                C                 G
 Chasing skinny blue jean girls across the building site

 D                                       C                  G
 Checking out the dance floor while the band played hold me tight

 D                                 C               A
 See the blonde one over there - I bet she'd be alright

 G            D          A        C  D  Em
 It all comes back like yesterday

            D         C
 It almost seems like yesterday.

            G                D           A
  While I talked he sat and never made a sound

C          G              D    E
  Staring at the glass beside me

 C         G              D             A
  Hey old friend tell me whats on your mind

 C         G                D E  D C
  Silence grows on you like i-vy i-vy

 G         Em         C                G
 Do you remember the church across the sands

         Em    C   F  C/E
 Holy, holy, ho                            

 G             Em                  C             G
  You stood outside and planned to travel to the lands

             Em       C
 Where the pilgrims go

 D                              C            G
 So you packed your world up inside a canvas sack

 D                                  C              G
 Set off down the highway with your rings and Kerouac

 D                               C               A
 Someone said they saw you in Nepal a long time back

 G        D        A         C  D  Em
  Tell me why you look away

           D      A
 Don't you have a word to say?

                                    G
  He said I don't remember,  don't want to remember

F              G                 A
  In fact I've heard too much already

                               G
  I don't want to think, just leave me here to drink

  F                  G                  A
  Wrapped up in the warmth of New York City

C   G           D          A
 Oh oh, it seems you just don't know

C         G               D    E
 And you just don't understand me

C        G                D           A
 Got no use for the tricks of modern times

C              G                  D E  D C
 They tangle all my thoughts like ivy, ivy.

 G      Em            C                G
  So I left him and I went out to the street

          Em    C   F  C/E
  Lowly, lowly, low

 G          Em                   C            G
  Where the red light girls were coming after me

        Em         C
  Forty dollar show
 
  D                                   C       G
  All across the city the lights were coming on

  D                              C             G
  The hotel lift softly hummed a Cole Porter song

  D                     C                  A
  If I looked for him I knew he would be gone

 G          D        A         C  D  Em
  A picture-card of yesterday

           D       C
  A photograph of yesterday

C         G          D              A
 And far off in a deserted part of town

C            G             D  E
 The shadows like a silent army

C        G                D                 A
 Flooded out the rooms in pools of blue and brown
 
C              G                 D E  D C  D E
 And stuck to all the walls like ivy, ivy, ivy.


Instrumental (roughly) :

Fmaj7 G A   Fmaj7 G A   Fmaj7 G A   Fmaj7 G A  

C G D A  C G D E   C G D A  C G D E  (as last part of song)

Rather orchestral part - not sure about the chords! 

C G D A  C G D E   C G D A  C G D E  (as last part of song)
 
D E D C repeat a few times ---> D E

Guitar Solo   Transcribed by Rob Watson rob@gcmac.demon.co.uk


  Fmaj7 G                  A     Fmaj7   G               A         
Fmaj  G               A

E|12---|10------|---|-|12---10|10-17|17--|17-19|20---|19-17---|17-|--|
B|-----|---10b12|r10|-|-------|-----|----|-----|-----|------20|---|--|
G|-----|--------|---|-|-------|-----|----|-----|-----|--------|---|--|
D|-----|--------|---|-|-------|-----|----|-----|-----|--------|---|--|
A|-----|--------|---|-|-------|-----|----|-----|-----|--------|---|--|
E|-----|--------|---|-|-------|-----|----|-----|-----|--------|---|--| 

  Fmaj7 G                     A           C     G          D  A         


E|20b22|20-19-17---|17--|------|-----|----------|--|------|
B|-----|---------20|----|------|-----|----------|--|------|
G|-----|-----------|----|------|-----|----------|--|---2-2|
D|-----|-----------|----|------|--0h2|0---------|--|------|
A|-----|-----------|----|---0-2|3----|---3-2-0--|0-|2h4---|
E|-----|-----------|----|-3----|-----|---------3|--|------| 

  C           G         D  E         C  G          D A         

E|-----------|---------|-----|------|0-|3---------|-|----0--------|
B|-----------|---------|-----|------|1-|0---------|-|------3-2----|
G|0----------|---------|-----|------|0-|0--2b4r2-0|2|--2-------2--|
D|--3-3-2-2-0|0--------|-----|------|2-|0---------|-|-------------|
A|-----------|--3-2-0--|0-2-2|------|3-|2---------|-|-------------|
E|-----------|--------3|-----|0-0-0-|3-|3---------|-|-------------|

  C       G    D  E   D       C               Fmaj7       G            

E|0-0--|--3-|5--7|-|5b7r5-3-5|3---------3----|5----------|-------------|
B|1---1|3---|----|-|---------|--5-5-3-5---5-5|--5-3s1----|-------------|
G|0----|----|----|-|---------|---------------|--------2tr|0h2----------|
D|2----|----|----|-|---------|---------------|-----------|----2p0---2p0|
A|3----|----|----|-|---------|---------------|-----------|-------------|
E|3----|----|----|-|---------|---------------|-----------|--------3----|

  A                     Fmaj7       G           A             Fmaj7         


E|---------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-|--------0--|0-1-3-5-3|
B|---------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-|--0-2s3---2|---------|
G|---------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-|-----------|---------|
D|---------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-|-----------|---------|
A|0-----0--|4-2-0-2-4--|3-2-0-2-3--|3-2-0-----0|-|-----------|---------|
E|--4b5----|----------0|----------0|------3-0--|-|-----------|---------|

  G     A              Fmaj7                G                     A

E|1----|--------------|------12------------|---------------------|-----|
B|--3-1|3b5-3-1-3-1---|15b17----15-13------|---------------------|-----|
G|-----|------------2-|---------------14-12|14-------------------|-----|
D|-----|--------------|--------------------|----12s10-12-10------|-----|
A|-----|--------------|--------------------|----------------12-10|12---|
E|-----|--------------|--------------------|---------------------|-----|
                                      C                    G

E|17-15----15------------------------|--------------------|------------|
B|------17----17-15-17-15----15------|--------------------|------------|
G|------------------------17----17-14|17b19-17-14---------|---14-------|
D|-----------------------------------|------------17-14---|17---17-14--|
A|-----------------------------------|------------------17|----------17|
E|-----------------------------------|--------------------|------------|

  D                   A               C          G         D      E        


E|-------------------|---------------|----------|----------|---------|-|
B|-------------------|---------------|-----8---8|10b12r10-8|10b12s12-|-|
G|-------------------|------9-11-9---|---9---9--|----------|---------|-|
D|--12p10----------11|11-12--------11|10--------|----------|---------|-|
A|--------12-10-12---|---------------|----------|----------|---------|-|
E|-------------------|---------------|----------|----------|---------|-|

  C  G          D           A    C                G              D  E

E|--|--15-15-15|19b20-19-17|-----|----------------|--------------|-----|
B|--|----------|-----------|15b17|15b17-r15-13----|------12-13-15|---12|
G|--|----------|-----------|-----|-------------14-|12-14---------|14---|
D|--|----------|-----------|-----|----------------|--------------|-----|
A|--|----------|-----------|-----|----------------|--------------|-----|
E|--|----------|-----------|-----|----------------|--------------|-----|

                   D   C                 D  E               D  C

E|----------------|------|--------------|------|-----------|-------|---|
B|------12--------|------|--------------|------|-----------|-------|---|
G|12b14---r12-9---|------|--------------|------|13h14p13---|-------|---|
D|--------------12|12-10-|12-10-12----10|12-14-|---------14|12-10--|---|
A|----------------|------|---------12---|------|-----------|-------|---|
E|----------------|------|--------------|------|-----------|-------|---|
 

  D  E               D   C            D  E          D  C      D  E

E|-------|----------|------|------12s|16----|------|17-15|---|14-16--| 
B|-------|12h13p12--|------|13-15----|------|------|-----|---|-------| 
G|-------|----------|------|---------|------|------|-----|---|-------| 
D|12-14--|----------|------|---------|------|------|-----|---|-------| 
A|-------|----------|------|---------|------|------|-----|---|-------| 
E|-------|----------|------|---------|------|------|-----|---|-------|·

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