Avalon

TRACK LIST All tracks written by Bryan Ferry, except where noted. 1. More Than This 4:30 2. The Space Between 4:30 3. Avalon 4:16 4. India (instrumental) 1:44 5. While My Heart Is Still Beating 3:26 (Bryan Ferry/Andy Mackay) 6. The Main Thing 3:54 7. Take a Chance with Me 4:42 (Bryan Ferry/Phil Manzanera) 8. To Turn You On 4:16 9. True to Life 4:25 10. Tara (instrumental) 1:43 (Bryan Ferry/Andy Mackay) MUSICIANS Roxy Music Bryan Ferry – lead vocals; keyboards; guitar synthesizer Phil Manzanera – lead guitar Andy Mackay – saxophones Additional personnel Neil Hubbard – guitars Alan Spenner – bass guitar (on tracks 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, and 10) Neil Jason – bass guitar (on tracks 2, 6, 7 & 9) Paul Carrack – piano (on track 8) Andy Newmark – drums (all tracks but 8 and 10) Rick Marotta – drums (on track 8) Jimmy Maelen – percussion (on tracks 1, 2, 3, 5, 7, and 9) Kermit Moore – cello (on track 8) Fonzi Thornton – backing vocals (on tracks 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, and 9) Yanick Etienne – backing vocals (on track 3) Production Rhett Davies – producer Roxy Music – producers Peter Revill – assistant producer Ian Little – assistant producer Benjamin Arbiter – assistant producer Barry Bongiovi – assistant producer Colin Good – assistant producer Bob Clearmountain – engineer; mixer Michael Boddy – tape archivist --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. More Than This - Roxy Music --------------------------------------------------------------------------- capo: 1st fret (for original key) play: F key: F# For chords in original key transpose +1 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- E-A-D-G-B-E Csus4 x-3-3-0-1-1 Gsus4 3-x-0-0-1-3 Bbsus2 x-1-3-3-1-1 C* x-3-2-0-1-3 Bb6 x-1-3-3-3-3 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- C Csus4 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + C 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + F Bb Gsus4 C 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + --------------------------------------------------------------------------- | C | % | Csus4 | % | | C | % | % | % | F Bb I could feel at the time Gsus4 C There was no way of knowing F Bb Fallen leaves in the night Gsus4 C Who can say where they´re blowing F Bb As free as the wind Gsus4 C Hopefully learning F Bb Why the sea on the tide Gsus4 C Has no way of turning F Bbsus2 More than this - there is nothing F Bbsus2 More than this - tell me one thing F Bbsus2 More than this – oooh, there is nothing | C | * C | Bb | Bb6 | F Bb It was fun for a while Gsus4 C There was no way of knowing F Bb Like a dream in the night Gsus4 C Who can say where we´re going F Bb No care in the world Gsus4 C Maybe I´m learning F Bb Why the sea on the tide Gsus4 C Has no way of turning F Bbsus2 More than this - there is nothing F Bbsus2 More than this - tell me one thing F Bbsus2 More than this – oooh, there is nothing | C | * C | Bb | Bb6 | F Bbsus2 More than this - nothing F Bbsus2 More than this ... F Bbsus2 More than this - nothing | C | * C | Bb | Bb6 | | F | Bb | Gsus4 | C | | F | Bb | Gsus4 | C | (repeat and fade) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2. The Space Between – Roxy Music --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Capo: 1st fret Play: Am Key Bbm --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Saxophone Riff embedded in chords A5 A9 A5 Asus4 A9 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + lick only no capo A5 Bb5 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + --------------------------------------------------------------------------- E-A-D-G-B-e A5 x-0-2-2-x-x G6 3-x-2-0-x-x --------------------------------------------------------------------------- | A5 | % | % | % | (bass + drums) | A5 | % | % | % | (bass + drums) | A5 | % | % | % | (bass + drums) | A5 | % | A5 (riff) No way, no why | A5 | % | A5 (riff) No care, no cry | A5 | % | A5 (riff) No way, no sigh | A5 | % | A5 (riff) So fair, so fine | A5 G6 | % | | A5 G6 | % | The way I see it | A5 G6 | % | A5 G6 | A5 G6 | This relationship ain't right | A5 G6 | % | | A5 G6 | % | The space between us | A5 G6 | % | A5 G6 | A5 G6 | Better close it up tonight | A5 | % | A5 (riff) No way, no why | A5 | % | A5 (riff) No care, no cry | A5 G6 | % | | A5 G6 | % | The space between us | A5 G6 | % | A5 G6 | A5 G6 | Close it up tonight | A5 G6 | % | % | % | | A5 G6 | % | % | % | | A5 G6 | % | % | % | | N.C. | % | % | % | | A5 | % | A5 (riff) No way, no sigh | A5 | % | A5 (riff) So fair, so fine | A5 G6 | % | | A5 G6 | % | The way I see it | A5 G6 | % | A5 G6 | A5 G6 | This relationship ain't right | A5 G6 | % | | A5 G6 | % | The space between us | A5 G6 | % | Listen here listen, listen here listen | A5 G6 | A5 G6 We better close it up tonight | A5 | % | A5 (riff) No way, no why | A5 | % | A5 (riff) No care, no cry | A5 | % | A5 (riff) No way, no sigh | A5 | % | A5 (riff) So fair, so fine (repeat and fade) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3. Avalon - Roxy Music --------------------------------------------------------------------------- capo: 3rd fret play: D key: F For original chords transpose this tab +3 to F --------------------------------------------------------------------------- SPECIAL CHORD VOICINGS capo 3rd fret no capo (transpose this tab +3) E-A-D-G-B-e E-A-D-G-B-e D/E 0-2-2-2-3-2 F/G 3-x-3-2-1-1 Cadd9 x-3-2-0-3-0 Ebadd9 x-6-8-8-6-6 Asus4 x-0-2-2-3-0 Db x-4-6-6-6-4 Csus4 x-3-5-5-6-3 C x-3-5-5-5-3 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- | D/E | % | % | % | D A G A Now the party's over, I'm so tired D A G A Then I see you coming out of nowhere D A G A Much communication in a motion D A G A Without conversation or a notion | Cadd9 | Bb | Asus4 | A | (Oooh - oooh) | Cadd9 | Bb | Asus4 | E | % | Avalon D A G A When the samba takes you out of nowhere D A G A And the background's fading out of focus D A G A Yes the picture's changing every moment D A G A And your destination you don't know it | Cadd9 | Bb | Asus4 | A | (Oooh - oooh) | Cadd9 | Bb | Asus4 | E | % | Avalon / Middle 8 | E | A | E | A | | E | A | E | A | E A E A Dancing, dancing E A E Dancing, dancing D A G A When you bossa nova there's no holding D A G A Would you have me dancing out of nowhere | Cadd9 | Bb | Asus4 | A | (Oooh - oooh) | Cadd9 | Bb | Asus4 | E | % | Avalon | D | A | G | A | | D | A | G | A | (vocals ad lib) Avalon, ooh (repeat and fade) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4. India – Roxy Music --------------------------------------------------------------------------- D 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + D 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + D 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + D 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + --------------------------------------------------------------------------- E-A-D-G-B-e Dmaj9 x-x-0-2-2-0 or x-x-5-4-6-5 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dmaj9 (freely) | D | % | % | % | | D | % | % | % | | D | % | % | % | | D | % | % | % | | D | % | % | % | (fade out of instruments except the drum machine) | D | % | % | % | | D | % | % | % | | D | % | % | % | | D | % | % | % | (fade out of instruments except the drum machine) | D | % | % | % | | N.C. | % | % | % | (drum machine only) | N.C. | % | (drum machine only) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5. While my Heart is still Beating – Roxy Music --------------------------------------------------------------------------- E-A-D-G-B-e G6 3-x-0-0-0-0 Fmaj7 1-3-3-2-1-0 Cmaj7 x-3-2-0-0-0 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- | N.C. | % | | Am | % | % | % | Am All of those people G6 Everywhere Fmaj7 | E | % | Ever so needing Am Where's it all leading? G6 Tell me, where? Fmaj7 | E | % | Nothing insincere Dm Cmaj7 C I'd better ... have pity Bb E I'd better ... go easy Dm Cmaj7 C I'd I never ... will lay down Bb E While my heart is ... still beating | Am | % | % | % | | Am | % | % | % | | Am | % | % | % | Am Where's it all leading? G6 Walk on air Fmaj7 | E | % | Am I still dreaming? Am Where's it all leading? G6 Words to spare Fmaj7 | E | % | Lost in their meaning Dm Cmaj7 C I'd better ... be strong now Bb E I'd better ... stop dreaming Dm Cmaj7 C My heart has ... flown away now Bb E Will it never ... stop bleeding? | Am | % | % | % | | Am | % | % | % | | Am | % | % | % | | Am | % | Am --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6. The Main Thing - Roxy Music --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Capo: 1st fret Play: E Key: F For chords in original key transpose +1 (and "use flats") --------------------------------------------------------------------------- D/E E5 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + (part) 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + --------------------------------------------------------------------------- E-A-D-G-B-E E5 0-2-2-4-0-0 D/E 0-2-2-2-3-2 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- | no chord | % | | E5 | % | % | % | | E5 | % | % | % | | E5 | % | | E5 | % | % | % | | E5 | % | % | % | | E5 | % | % | % | | D/E | E5 | E5 Look at my hand E5 There's a soul on fire E5 E5 You can lead me even higher D/E E5 It’s the main thing D/E E5 The main thing D/E E5 It’s the main thing D/E E5 E5 Everybody knows E5 When a good thing's gone E5 E5 You can really turn me on D/E E5 It’s the main thing D/E E5 The main thing D/E E5 It’s the main thing D/E E5 E5 You run through here E5 With your words of sand E5 I can nearly understand D/E E5 It’s the main thing | E5 | % | % | % | | E5 | % | % | % | | E5 | % | % | % | | E5 | % | % | % | | C | % | Em | % | (= INTERLUDE part) |2 <4beat>Em |4 <4beat>C | % | | E5 | % | % | % | | E5 | % | % | % | | E5 | % | % | D/E E5 It’s the main thing D/E E5 The main thing D/E E5 It’s the main thing D/E E5 | E5 | % | % | % | (repeat and fade) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 7. Take a Chance With Me - Roxy Music --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Capo: 1st fret Play; G/Em Key: Ab/Fm --------------------------------------------------------------------------- E-A-D-G-B-E G/F# 2-x-0-0-0-3 Em9 0-2-2-0-3-2 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Prelude (Time signature 6/8) | Em | % | % | % | | Em | % | % | % | | Em | % | % | % | | Em | % | % | % | | Em | % | | Em | Em | Em | Bm | B | | Em | Em | Bm | | Em | % | % | % | | Em | % | % | % | | Em | % | % | % | | Em | % | % | % | | Em | Em | Em | Bm | B | | Em | Em | Bm7 | (Time signature 4/4) | Em(7) | % | % | % | G Bm A Am As they say, two can play G Bm A Am But keep that song away from me G Bm A Am In my time, too much love G Bm A Am Has made me sad for so long Em A D G G/F# G I was blind, can't you see Em A D G G/F# G Through the long, lonely night Em A D G G/F# G Heaven knows I believe Em A D G G/F# G Won't you take a chance with me | Em7 | % | % | % | G Bm A Am Sometimes I get so blue G Bm A Am People say I'm just a fool G Bm A Am All the world, even you G Bm A Am Should learn to love the way I do Em A D G G/F# G I was lost, can't you see Em A D G G/F# G Through the long, lonely night Em A D G G/F# G Heaven knows I believe Em A D G G/F# G Won't you take a chance with me | Em7 | % | % | % | ... Em9 (repeat) (final chord) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- To Turn You On – Roxy Music --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Written by: Bryan Ferry From: „Avalon” (1982) Tabbed by: maguri Tuning: Standard --------------------------------------------------------------------------- E-A-D-G-B-e A5 x-0-2-2-x(0) A5/G 3-x-2-2-x(0) A5/F# 2-x-2-2-x(0) F 1-x-2-2-x-0 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- | A | % | % | % | | A | % | A A5/G A5/F# F I could show you in a word, if I wanted to A A5/G A5/F# F A window on the world, with a lovely view A A5/G A5/F# F From close-up inside, a single room A A5/G A5/F# F With an open book aside, like you read in school A A/E D F It's so easy, believe me, when you need fun A D F A I'd do anything to turn ... you on A D F | A | % | Anything to turn ... you on A A5/G A5/F# F Is it raining in New York, down 5th Avenue? A A5/G A5/F# F And off Broadway, after dark, love the lights, don't you? A A5/G A5/F# F I could walk you through the park if you're feeling blue, or whatever A A/E D F Spring, Summer, whenever, winter through fall A D F A I'd do anything to turn ... you on A D F A G Anything to turn ... you on (oh, oh) | G | % | Eb | % | | C | Eb | G | % | | G | % | Eb | % | | C | Eb | G | % | | F# | % | F | % | A A5/G A5/F# F I would leave you as you were, if I wanted to A A5/G A5/F# F Then I wonder, is it fair, now you're on your own? Who cares about you ... A A/E D F Except me? God, help me! When things go wrong ... A D I'd do anything to turn ... A A/E D F You must phone me, you know me - when things go wrong ... A D F A I'd do anything to tu-u—u-u-urn ... you on | A | % | % | % | (repeat and fade) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 9. True To Life - Roxy Music --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Transpose: - Transpose: -3 Capo: - Capo: 3rd fret Play: C Play: A Key: C Key C E-A-D-G-B-e E-A-D-G-B-e Fmaj7 1-3-3-2-1-0 Dmaj7 x-x-0-2-2-2 C#m x-4-6-6-5-0 Gsus4/D x-x-0-0-1-3 Esus4/B x-2-2-2-0-0 Gsus4/F x-x-3-5-3-3 Esus4/D x-x-0-2-0-0 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- | C | % | % | % | | C | % | % | % | | Fmaj7 | % | Em | % | Gsus4/D | % | C | % | Fmaj So it gets to seven Fmaj7 And I think of nothing Em But living in darkness Gsus4/D And the diamond lady Gsus4/D Well she's not telling C I don't even know her name Fmaj7 It's amazing Fmaj7 Times have changed Em In days of old Gsus4/D Gsus4/D Imagination'd leave you standing C Out in the cold Fmaj7 Dancing city Fmaj7 Now you're talking Em But where's your soul Gsus4/D You've a thousand faces C I'll never know | Fmaj7 | % | % | % | | Em | % | % | % | (True to life) | Fmaj7 | % | % | % | | Em | % | % | % | (True to life) | Fmaj7 | % | % | % | | Em | % | % | % | | Gsus4/F | % | C | % | Fmaj7 There are complications Fmaj7 And compensations Em If you know the game Gsus4/D Gsus4/D Agitated in Xenon nightly C I'll take you home again Fmaj7 Travel way downtown Fmaj7 In search of nothing Em But the sky at night Gsus4/D And the diamond lady Gsus4/D Well she's not talking C But that's alright | Fmaj7 | % | Em | % | Gsus4/D | % | C | % | | Fmaj7 | % | % | % | | Em | % | % | % | (True to life) | Fmaj7 | % | % | % | | Em | % | % | % | (True to life) | Fmaj7 | % | % | % | | Em | % | % | % | (True to life) | Fmaj7 | % | % | % | | Em | % | % | % | | Gsus4/F | % | C | % | Fmaj7 So I turn the pages Fmaj7 And tell the story Em From town to town Gsus4/D People tell me Gsus4/D Be determined C Poor country boy Fmaj7 Too much luck Fmaj7 Means too much trouble Em Much time alone Gsus4/D But arm in arm Gsus4/D With my seaside diamond C I'll soon be home | Fmaj7 | % | Em | % | Gsus4/D | % | C | % | (repeat and fade) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tara – Roxy Music --------------------------------------------------------------------------- G (freely) Song | F | Dm | Am | G | | F | Dm | | Am | G | F | Dm | | Am | G | F | Dm | | Am | G | F | Dm | | Am | G | F | Dm | A5