A Headlong Stretch
i. Up Ahead
vi. As you Were
vii. Or So I Said
[chrords from William Pilong]
i. Up Ahead
opening notes:A A# G# G F# C F D D# E B C#
F#m
D Em
Passage assured
Dsus4 D Em
on the good ship Goodbye
D Em
dare I raise up my eyes
G Bm
to stare into the rigging?
(Preparing to go/come home..)
D Em
All we could have done
Dsus4 D Em
we're at pains to explain
D Em
but all our might in the main
G Bm
is only empty promise
G D
unfulfilled at last
G D
still no-one can be blamed
Dsus4 D Em
for breaking daily bread,
Em D
thinking ahead.
(notes: A F# B D) 4 times
D Em
Blessed with strange grace
Dsus4 D Em
and reluctant to face
D Em
ineluctable fate,
G Bm
I say I saw the future
G D
I said forget the past
G D
but I'll not hear the last
Dsus4 Em
of lives I've never led,
Em D
thinking ahead.
(notes:A F# B D) x 12
A Headlong Stretch
vi. As You Were
C#sus4 C#
It's some relief
C#sus4 C#
to find the possible in store
C#sus4 C#
beyond belief
C#sus4 C#
in overtime, I'm overboard
C#sus4 Bbm C#sus4 C#
uncharted waters, full fathom five,
C#sus4 Bbm C#sus4 C#
the future's rising, it's just arrived.
C#sus4 C#
It's not the same
C#sus4 C#
as I imagined it would be
C#sus4 C#
but there's no blame
C#sus4 C#
if every life's imaginary.
C#sus4 Bbm C#sus4 C#
And if I get quite what I deserve
C#sus4 Bbm C#sus4 C#
that'll end the sentence, the time I've served
C#sus4 Bbm
a full stop to the sentence.....
C#sus4 C# C#sus4 C#
When it's all done you willed the person you've become
C#sus4 C# C#sus4 C#
in serious fun it's as you were that you become
C#sus4 C#
and so it's done.
C#sus4 (notes:B Bb B)
vii. Or So I Said
G D
I saw the future
G D
or so I said.....
G D
How strange they seem,
Dsus4 Em
the lives I've never led,
Em D
thinking ahead.
A F# B
A F# B D
fade
(I'm ready to come home....)
So head on,
headlong,
headstrong.
(I'm ready to go....)