(Improvisation)
Em
Once all the stars in the sky were bright, now they're red and fading
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Em
and all the colours we wore, the shades that we bore have moved
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G F Em
And the gold turns to red with no time for changes?
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Em
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Em
Red
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D
Shift,
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it's moving away
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Em
from me.
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Em
Red
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Shift,
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Bm Am
all moving away from
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Em
me.
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Once, constellations were holy, now darkness
pervades all the older ones
and in the brunt of implosion, all yesterday's golden
now reddened suns
and hope is a word with no space for blame in.
Red Shift, displaced now in time and relativity,
Red Shift, all moving away from we.
(Improvisation)
Em F#m G
So here I am, though I might well be with me,
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I'm fall - ing down deep to the rim of the wheel.
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Em F#m G
Is it sham? Does the world have a mean - ing?
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The more that we know, the grea ter con fus ion grows:stars are like a-
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toms and a- toms are patterns and pro ba bly in the end may be
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its all been a dream ...etc.
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Time locked in negative matter,
all theories shatter beneath the weight.
Happy is the man who believes that the world
is a dream and all reason, fate.
And time moves on with no time,
the eye moves on with no rhyme,
and I'm a song in the depth of the galaxies.
Red Shift is taking away my sanity,
Red Shift, all moving away from we ....
(David Jackson soloing)
Written by Peter Hammill
Musicians:
Peter Hammill - vocals, guitars, keyboards
David Jackson - tenor and alto saxophones, flute
Nic Poter - bass
Guy Evans - drums
Hugh Banton - organ, piano, foot & hand bass
Randy California - electric guitar
Other credits: Produced by John Anthony and Peter Hammill
1974 Charisma Records Ltd