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ALBUM NAME: Wild seed ARTIST: Morten Harket WORDS AND MUSIC: A kind of Christmas card - words by Havard Rem | music by Morten Harket Spanish steps - music by Havard Rem,Morten Harket,Torstein Flakne | music by Torstein Flakne Half in love half in hate - words by Ole Sverre Olsen | music by Morten Harket Brodsky tune - music by Joseph Brodsky | chorus by Morten Harket | music by Morten Harket Wild seed - words and music by Morten Harket Los Angeles - words by Havard Rem | music by Morten Harket East Timor - words by Henning Kramer Dahl,Havard Rem,Morten Harket | music by Geir Kolbu Lay me down tonight - words by Havard Rem,Morten Harket | music by Morten Harket Tell me what you see - words by Havard Rem,Morten Harket | music by Morten Harket Stay - words by Havard Rem,Morten Harket | music by Morten Harket Lord - words by Havard Rem | music by Morten Harket Ready to go home - words by Andrew Gold,Graham Gouldman | music by Andrew Gold,Graham Gouldman
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Rhthym | |. |:lenght=1 |~=0.5 |~~=0.25 |.=1.5 d=2 d=2 d.=3 o=4 Chords C A-/B | D harmony/bass melody | here means end of measure Lyrics yooohoo!! Choir (yeah!!) Notes c a single notes of the lead singer Choir g e second voice
A KIND OF CHRISTMAS CARD ------------------------
D B- | F- A | D B- | F- A
D B- F- A All you folks back home I`ll never tell you this
D B- A you`re not supposed to know where your daughter is
d d d. | G A9 B-7 A there are ways of life you never understood
d d d G A D A G A it`s right here downtown Hollywood it`s afternoon on Sunset Boulevard
d d d.. B-9 A G I`ve got a stolen moment trying hard to write a kind a kind of Christmas
|~ A D B- F- A D B- F- card but I.... am burning out again toni....ght there is fever in my
A D B- F- A D B- veins mama dear all the love you gave I guess there`s really nothing
F- A nothing much to save
d d d. | G A9 B-7 A G I see this place it is dirty as I feel myself there are still
A D A G A some riches at the Roosevelt that evening prayer those memories
d d B-9 A in my little bedroom, mama, on my knees that`s where I`m at down in Los
d.. |~ G A D B- F- A D B- F- A Angeles and I... am burning out again and I.... must rise above the shame
d. | d. | D B- F- A G7+ A | B- | G7+ A | toni....ght there is fever in my veins yeh yeehhee
d d d d d. | d B- A | G7+ A B- A G7+ or just think of the girl I used to be you were my age once
d d d A D A B- mama twenty-three I can still hear some of the songs you used to
o A B- A G play from that summer of love in `68 it seems it turned into a a winter
of hate
D B- F- A D B- F- A and I.... am burning out again it`s ti...me I`d rise above the pain
D B- F- A D B- F- toni....ght there is fever in my veins toni....ght there is fever in
A D B- | F- A D B- | F- A D B- | my veins yehee summer of love.. winter of hate
F- A | D B- | F- A | D B- | F- A | D B- | F- A | D_| ooohoo...
SPANISH STEPS -------------
d d E- | E- | B- | B- | A- | C | G | B- B-7 |
o o o o E- B- Must have been walking don`t know this place
d d A- C G B- B-7 somebody`s stopped talking is it written in my face
o o o o E- B- though I`d never leave you though I`d never dare
d d A- C G B- B-7 but I watched you going under there`s a thought I could not bear
d. | o C E-7/B A-7 five thousand miles I`m away from you
d d o G D C9 drifting by the Spanish steps today
d. | o o C E-7/B A-7 E- guess you`ve got my number guess you got my line (aah aah aaaaah)
d d d. | o o------o B-/D D C E-7/B A-7 E- guess you got my number should I be on your mind (aah aah aaaaah)
o o o o E- B- late at night your footsteps barefoot on the floor
d d A- C G B- B-7 tender eyes from sleeping in the darkened corridor
o o o o E- B- I come up the stairway my naked enemy
d d d d A- C C9 G B- B-7 comes stumbling towards me wish I could set you free
d. | o C E-7/B A-7 five thousand miles I`m away from you
d d o G D C9 drifting by the Spanish steps today
d. | o o d d C E-7/B A-7 E- B-/D D guess you`ve got my number guess you got my line (aah aah aaaaah)
d. | o C E-7/B A-7 five thousand miles I`m away from you
d d o G D C9 sleeping by the Spanish steps today
d. | o o o C E-7/B A-7 E- /B guess you`ve got my number should I be on your mind (ooh ooh ooooh)
o-------o o o o---o E-7/C /E /B C you`re not that hard to find
d. | o C E-7/B A-7 five thousand miles I`m away from you
d d o G D C9 drifting by the Spanish steps today
d. | o o d d C E-7/B A-7 E- B-/D D guess you`ve got my number guess you got my line (ooh ooh oooooh)
d d o G D C9 sleeping by the Spanish steps today
d. | o o d C E-7 A-7 E- B-/D guess you`ve got my number wish you got my line yeeah (ooh ooh oooooh)
d d. | o ... D C E-7/B A-7 ... you`re not that hard to find ... (five thousand miles I`m away from you) ...
HALF IN LOVE HALF IN HATE -------------------------
o d d o d d D- | D- | D- | D- | D-9 | Bb C7/9 | D-9 | Bb C7
d d d d D-9 D-7 Bb C7 Half in love and half in hate someone told me it is late
d d D-9 D-7 Bb C F G-7 late on earth he said maybe late in you and late in me
d d d d Bb C7 F G-7 | Bb C7 darker than it has to be
D-9 D-7 Bb C7 tell me just another lie now we`re woven under ice
D-9 D-7 Bb C F G-7 tell me that there is no other I am a child be my mother
d d d Bb C7 F G-7 | Bb C7 if you lie babe if you bother
F G-7 Bb C since you raised that wall around you since I lost you
F G-7 Bb C D-9 I have found you strange and I could swear for sure haven`t seen
o---o G-7 Bb C7 A_| that girl before half in love and half at war
D-9 D-7 Bb C7 D-9 D-7 Bb hey you`re looking strange everything you do girl it seems
d d d C7 F G-7 Bb C7 F G-7 Bb C7 arranged dark words drift away I have nothing more to say
D- A- C G Bb F A-(9) You waited for me when I was strong you never ca.lled you waited long
D- A- C G Bb F A-(9) now I come back to sleep with you you love me still I love you too
D- A- C G Bb F A-(9) you kept the house I could not keep you kissed good night and went to
D- A- C G Bb F A-(9) sleep now I come back to sleep with you you love me still I love you
o F D-9 A- C G too come with me to that room by the sea with the view and the moon of a a a g a c a g a a b c c e d c g f f e f e d c e d c e e g g g
o D Los Angeles g g a a d e d d o F C G9 D-9 you`re beautiful back the..n God you`re beautiful now come with me a c b a g a a g g f e d f d d c d d f e c d e e d c a d a a
d d d d d d D- A- | C G | Bb F | A-(9)
d d d d d d D- A- | C G | Bb F | A-(9)
o F D-9 A- C G come with me to that room by the sea with the view and the moon
o D of Los Angeles
o o----o F C G9 D-9 you`re beautiful back the..n God you`re beautiful now come with me
D- A- C G Bb F A-(9) yeah I was strong I had no choice the kids grew up and left the house
D- A- C G Bb F A-(9) but I come back to sleep with you you love me still I love you too
d d o d d d d d d o Bb F | A-(9) D- A- | C G | Bb F | A-(9) I know u did
o F D-9 A- C G come with me to that room by the sea with the view and the moon
o D of Los Angeles
o o-----o F C G9 D-9 you`re beautiful back the..n God you`re beautiful now
d d d d d d D- A- | C G | Bb F | A-(9)
d d d d d d o ........ D- A- | C G | Bb F | A-(9) ......
EAST TIMOR ----------
d d d d d d d d Eb F9 | D-7 Bb | G- G-5+ | G- G-5+
d d d d d d d d Eb F9 | D-7 Bb | G- G-5+ | G- G-5+
Eb F D-7 G- C- Ab C- Bb Sandalwood trees are evergreen cut them down plant coffee beans
Eb F Bb G- Ab Bb build no schools construct no roads mark them as fools
d d o Eb Bb7+ Eb7+ D-7 Eb7+ let ignorance rule leave them stranded on their island d C- Bb Ab Bb treat them to the tune of silence
d o | | | | o Eb F G-7 C- Eb C- Ab Eb7+ Ab Bb red is the cross that covers our shame every kingdom eve..ry land
d | | o | | | | o Eb Eb9 Ab C-9 C- Ab Eb7+ Ab Bb has its heart in the common man si..lently the tide
d d d d d d d d G- G-5+ | G- G-5+ | G- G-5+ | G- G-5+ shifts the sand
Eb F D-7 G- C- Ab C- Bb bury my heart on East-Timor in coral sands on golden shores
Eb F Bb G- Ab Bb buried are those who lived their lives no place to hide for
d d Eb Bb7+ Eb7+ D-7 G-9 Eb7+ father and child leave them stranded on their island
C- Bb Ab Bb treat them to the tune of silence
d o | | | | o Eb F G-7 C- Eb C- Ab Eb7+ Ab Bb we shake the hands that kill and forgive..... every kingdom eve..ry land
d | | o | | | | o Eb Eb9 Ab C-9 C- Ab Eb7+ Ab Bb has its heart in the common man si..lently the tide
d d d d d d G- G-5+ | G- G-5+ | G- G-5+ shifts the sand
d d d d d d d d Eb F9 | D-7 Bb | G- G-5+ | G- G-5+
Eb F D-7 G- C- Ab C- Bb bury my heart on East-Timor on barren graves where flowers won`t grow
Eb F Bb G- Ab Bb blooms our Red cross lovingly this nightingale deed
o Eb Bb7+ Eb7+ D-7 Eb7+ now we can be free stranded on their island
d d C- Bb Ab Bb this army of the silent
d o | | | | o Eb F G-7 C- Eb C- Ab Eb7+ Ab Bb we toast our own goodwill and forge.....t every kingdom eve..ry land
d | | o | | | | o Eb Eb9 Ab C-9 C- Ab Eb7+ Ab Bb has its heart in the common man si..lently the tide
d d d d d d d d G- G-5+ | G- G-5+ | G- G-5+ | G- G-5+ shifts the sand
d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d Eb F9 | D-7 Bb | G- G-5+ | G- G-5+ | G- G-5+ | G- G-5+ | G- G-5+ | G- G-5+
d d d d d d d d d d ... Eb F9 | D-7 Bb | G- G-5+ | G- G-5+ | G- G-5+ ...
LAY ME DOWN TONIGHT ------------------- 2/4
Bb- | Bb- | Bb- | Bb-
Bb- Eb Gb Gb7+/F Eb- Lay me down tonight I`m falling deep I`m tired now I`ll sleep
Gb- Db Gb- Db Ab So close my eyes and take me in I`ll leap into the night like wind
d | | Gb Ab Gb Gb- Db | Ab Ab9 I`ll leave my body leave my sword so lay me do..wn Father Lo..rd
Bb- Eb Gb Gb7+/F Eb- Lay me down tonight my heart is weak much you give and much you seek
Gb- Db Gb- Db Ab I`ll fall into a sea of sleep this sea of dreams so red and dee..p
Gb9 | Db | Gb9 | Db | F-/Ab | Bb-9 | Eb | Ab | F7 | Gb7+/F | Ab ooooh....
d d Db Gb Ab Gb Gb- Db Ab I leave my spirit leave my words so lay me down Mother Earth
Bb- Eb Gb Gb7+/F Eb- Lay me down tonight I`m givin in let the works of life begin
Gb- Db Gb- Db Ab your works of chaos works of grace creation Lord in your own pace
d----| | Gb Ab Gb Gb- Db | Db Db6 word to flesh and flesh to word Father Lord Mother Earth
d d d d _| Eb-7/G | Ab | Gb | Gb- | Db
TELL ME WHAT YOU SEE --------------------
d d d d d d d d G- F6 | Bb6 G-4 | Eb Bb | Eb F
d d d d d d d d G- F6 | Bb6 G-4 | Eb Bb | Eb F
G- F6 Bb6 G-4 Eb Sleep my love sleep or look up at a sky returning
Bb Eb F from its deep
G- F6 Bb6 G-4 Eb see the moon go down watch the sun come `round tell me
Bb Eb F what you see
G- F6 Bb6 G-4 Eb sleep my love sleep look into a world you can no
Bb Eb F longer reach
G- F6 Bb6 G-4 Eb time`s a one way track there is no direction back hmm
Bb Eb but when you`re dreaming
d d d d d d d d F G- F6 | Bb6 G-4 | Eb Bb | Eb F tell me what you see.....
d d d d d d d d G- F6 | Bb6 G-4 | Eb Bb | Eb F tell me what you see.....
d d d d d d G- F6 Bb6 G-4 | Eb Bb | Eb F ooiih oooohooh tell me what you
d d d d G- F6 Bb6 G-4 | Eb Bb Eb F see ooh ooh ooh ooh oooh (tell me what you see)
G- F6 Bb6 G-4 sleep my love sleep like you slept with me
d d Eb Bb Eb F when the world was a dream that we believed
G- F6 Bb6 G-4 Eb Bb it was near it was far... it answered to the stars noone`s ever been
d d Eb F that close to me
d d d d d d d d G- F6 | Bb6 G-4 | Eb Bb | Eb F what did you see.... d d d d d G- F6 Bb6 G-4 | Eb Bb | Eb F tell me what you see..... (tell me what you see)
d d d d d d G- F6 | Bb6 G-4 | Eb Bb | Eb F tell me what you see.....
G- F6 Bb6 G-4 | Eb Bb | Eb F oooooiih oooohooh aaaaah aaaaaaah! (tell me what you see)
d d d d d G- | F6 Bb6 G-4 | Eb Bb | Eb F ooihoooh...... (tell me what you see) d d d d G- F6 Bb6 G-4 | Eb Bb Eb F tell me what you see..... do you see me? (tell me what you see)
G- F6 Bb6 G-4 | Eb tell me what you see................... (tell me what you see) (sleep my love sleep)
Bb Eb F G- F6 tell me what you see now iiiih no longer reach (tell me (shalow la..)
d d d d Bb6 G-4 | Eb Bb | Eb F |
what you see)
G- F6 Bb6 G-4 | Eb tell me what you see................... (tell me what you see) (sleep my love sleep)
Bb Eb F no longer reach (hey!! hehey!!)
G- F6 Bb6 G-4 Eb Bb Eb | F la laa.. one way track heeey! aaaah.... (tell me what you see)
d d d d d d d G- F6 Bb6 G-4 | Eb Bb | Eb F ... oooh..
STAY ----
|. |~-d |. |~-d |. |~-d |. |~-d D A | B-9 F- | G D | G A
|. |~-d |. |~-d |. |~-d |. |~-d D A | B-9 F- | G D | G A
|. |~-d |. |~-d |. |~-d D A B-9 F- G D Stay I say it as a friend he can handle the daylight
|. |~-d G A but the night has its way
|. |~-d |. |~-d |. |~-d |. D A B-9 F- G D G touch him like noone did before no fingerprints on the dew so stay
|~-d |. |~-d |. |~-d |. |~-d |. |~-d A D A | B-9 F- | G D | G A whatever you do.......... watch him
|. |~-d |. |~-d |. |~-d D A B-9 F- G D laughing oooh he can`t help it he sees through the eyes of a child
|. |~-d G A when he sees you
|. |~-d |. |~-d |. |~-d D A B-9 F- G D and baby the town you come from you said you`d like to leave
|. |~-d G A then say...
|. |~-d |. |~-d |. |~-d |. |~-d D A | B-9 F- | G D | G A where you gonna be............
|. |~-d |. |~-d |. |~-d |. |~-d D A | B-9 F- | G D | G A where you gonna be............
o d. | o G7+ B-9 A G7+ do you see me in your sleep the dreams you`re dreaming d c c b
|. |~-d D A G7+ please be gentle oh be gentle there can be no other
d d d. | |. |~-d B-9 A G7+ /B D A down so deep but do you see me do you know what to keep
|. |~-d |. |~-d |. |~-d |. |~-d D A | B-9 F- | G D | G A do you
|. |~-d |. |~-d |. |~-d |. |~-d D A | B-9 F- | G D | G A whatever you do................
|. |~-d |. |~-d |. |~-d D A B-9 F- G D so stay I say it as a friend he can handle the daylight
|. |~-d G A but the night has its way
|. |~-d |. |~-d |. |~-d |. |~-d D A B-9 F- G D G A baby like noone did before no fingerprints on the dew so stay
|. |~-d |. |~-d |. |~-d |. |~-d D A | B-9 F- | G D | G A whatever you do.............
|. |~-d |. |~-d |. |~-d |. |~-d D A | B-9 F- | G D | G A whatever you do................
|. |~-d |. |~-d |. |~-d |. |~-d D A | B-9 F- | G D | G A stay
|. |~-d |. |~-d |. |~-d |. |~-d D A | B-9 F- | G D | G A baby...
|. |~-d |. |~-d |. |~-d |. |~-d ... D A | B-9 F- | G D | G A ...
LORD ----
|. | |. |. | |. A A4 A4/7 | A A4 A4/7
d d o o o A E F- C-(9) D Lord if that is Your name I`m afraid I`m beyond honour and shame
d d o d A E F-7 C-(9) there`s nothing special that I... would like to say most of the time
d o d d |. | |. C-(5+/9) D G E-7 A A4 A4/7 I`ve been ok so I know I may need You some day a a ag
d d o d d o A E F-7 C-(9) C-(5+/9) D it is long since You heard from me Lord it is long
d d A E since I heard from Thee there`s nothing special that I... would like to
o d d o d F-7 C-(9) C-(5+/9) D C say most of the time I`m quite ok though I know I may
d o d d |. | |. G6 A | C G6 | A A4 A4/7 A E need You some day why You put me Lord on this road
o d d o F-7 C-(9) C-(5+/9) D of lust from ashes to ashes from dust to dust there`s
A E F-7 nothing special that I... would like to say
d d C-(9) C-(5+/9) D most of the time though
o d C G6 A C I`m quite ok though I know I may need You some day Lord you know I`m
d |~ | | |. G6 A4 A A4 A4/7 gonna need you someday
d d o d d o A E F-7 C-(9) C-(5+/9) D ooh ooooh ooh oooh ooooh oooooooh oooh oooh ooooh oooh ooh
d d d d d d o d A E | F-7 | C-(9) C-(5+/9) | D | C G6 A C aaah... I may need you someday Lord I`m
d | | d d d o d d G6 A A6 A | C G6 A C G6 | gonna need you someday oohooh oohooh oh ohh ohhhhh mmmh boh
|.. |-|~~ | |.. |-|~~ | |.. |-|~~ | |.. |-|~~ | A A4 A4/7 | A A4 A4/7 | A A4 A4/7 | A A4 A4/7 |
|.. |-|~~ | |.. |-|~~ | A A4 A4/7 | A A4 A4/7 |
|. |~-d |. |~-d A A4 | A A4/A | A4/7_|
READY TO GO HOME ----------------
Ab | Eb | Bb | C- | F-7 | Eb | Bb | C-7 |
Ab Eb Bb On the street below these walls where I used to walk
C- F-7 Eb now I can barely crawl all this darkness rising tall
d d o Bb Eb F-7 Lord shine a light for me I`m waiting to be called
d d o d d Ab Eb/Bb C- Ab Eb/Bb C- I`m ready to go home I`m ready to receive forgiveness for my
o d d Ab Eb Bb sins I`m ready to begin.....
Ab Eb Bb take this river to the sea where the delta flows
C- F-7 Eb the tide is washing over me guide this soul to heaven`s door
d d Bb Eb F-7 show me where tomorrow lies I`m waiting to be born
d d o d d Ab Eb/Bb C- Ab Eb/Bb C- I`m ready to lay down I`m ready now to sleep a promise I must
o d d Ab Eb Bb keep I`m ready to go home......
(free time) C- C-7/A D6 F-7 Db B so tired I lay down with these memories I breathe shallow deep inside eb eb eb eb eb eb eb ebc c db db db db db db db
F Bb-7 of me if time has run its course with me b gf c f c f f f eb db c f c f a db bb bb
(a tempo) d d o d d F-5+ Eb/Bb C- Ab Eb/Bb C- I`m ready to go home ooh I`m ready to receive forgiveness for
o d d Ab Eb Bb my sins I`m ready to begin.....
Ab Eb Bb when the evening shadows fall when the time must come
C- F-7 Eb I let defences fall... to surrender`s to survive
d d Bb Eb F-7 I will give up everything to those I leave behind
d d o d d Ab Eb/Bb C- Ab Eb/Bb C- I`m ready to go home I`m ready to receive forgiveness for my
o d d Ab Eb Bb sins I`m ready to begin.....
d d o d d Ab Eb/Bb C- Ab Eb/Bb C- I`m ready to lay down I`m ready now to sleep a promise I must
o d d o d d Ab Eb Bb C-7 | Ab | C-7 | Eb | Ab | Eb Bb | keep I`m ready to go home..... yeah
