Man For All Seasons

| E | % | A | A D | | E | % | A | A D | | E | % | E B Cdim7 C#m What if you reached the age of reason Amaj7 | Bsus4 Bsus4 B | Only to find there was no reprieve E B Cdim7 C#m Would you still be a man for all seasons? F# | Bsus2 B | Or would you just have to leave A We measure our days out B Cdim C#m In steps of un- certainty E C#m B Not turning to see how we've come A A/G# A/F#m A/E And peer down the highway B Cdim C#m B/D# From here to e- ternity E C#m | Bsus4 B | And reach out for love on the run A While the man for all seasons B E Is lost behind the sun | E | % | A | A D | | E | % | A | A D | E B Cdim7 C#m Henry Plantagenet still looks for someone Amaj7 | Bsus4 Bsus4 B | To bring good news in his hour of doubt E B Cdim7 C#m While Thomas More waits in the Tower of London F#9 | Bsus4 B | Watching the sands running out A And measures the hours out B Cdim C#m From here to ob- livion E C#m | Bsus4 B | In actions that can't be undone A A/G# A/F#m A/E A sailor through the darkness B Cdim C#m B/D# He scans the meridian E C#m/G# | Bsus4 B | And caught by the first rays of dawn A The man for all seasons B E Is lost beneath the storm | E B | E B | E B | E | | B A | And I should know by now B A I should know by now E A E | B A | I hear them call it out all around 2/4 B A B C#m | F# | Oh, they go: Aah, ah, ah-ah, aah, aah, aah E B There's nothing to believe in 2/4 A B C#m | F# | Hear them: Aah, ah, ah-ah, aah, aah, aah E C#m | Bsus4 B C Just daydreams, deceiving, they'll just let you down | C | D | C | Bm | | C | D | G | % | | C | D | C | Bm | | C | D | E | % | | Amaj7 | D | E | % | | A | D | E | % | | A | D | E | % | | A | D | E | % | variation E B Cdim7 C#m So, what if you reached the age of reason Amaj7 | Bsus4 Bsus4 B | Only to find there was no reprieve E B Cdim7 C#m Would you still be a man for all seasons? F#9 | Bsus4 B | Or would you just disbelieve? A We measure our gains out B Cdim C#m In luck and co- incidence E C#m | Bsus4 B | Lanterns to turn back the night A A/G# A/F#m A/E And put our defeats down B Cdim C#m B/D# To chance or ex- perience E C#m/G# | Bsus4 B | And try once again for the light A A/G# A/F#m A/E B Cdim C#m B/D# Some wait for the waters of fortune to cover them A A/G# A/F#m A/E B Cdim C#m B/D# Some just see the tides of ill chance running over them A A/G# A/F#m A/E B Cdim C#m B/D# Some call on Jehovah, some cry out to Allah A A/G# A/F#m A/E B Cdim C#m B/D# Some wait for the boats that still row to Val- hallah A A/G# A/F#m A/E B Cdim C#m B/D# Well, you should try to accept what the fates are un- folding A A/G# A/F#m A/E B Cdim C#m B/D# While some say they're sure where the blame should be falling A A/G# A/F#m A/E B Cdim C#m B/D# You look round for maybe a chance of fore-stalling E B But too soon it’s over and done A And the man for all seasons B E Is lost behind the sun | E | % | A | D | | E | % | A | D | E