Lord Salisbury by Al Stewart
From “Sparks of Ancient Light”

Lord Salisbury said to me
G A
“Though we spend our lives in isolation
Girdled ‘round by the Emerald Sea
G A D
No fear shall we know”.
Look away, look away, look away
D
To the lamp-lit square
At the ebb of May
Look away, look away, look away
D A D
For our survival

Lord Salisbury takes his time
G A
The government sits in contemplation
All is ordered and in its prime
G A D
No fear shall we know
Look away, look away, look away
D
To the fog-bound ship in the icy bay
Look away, look away, look away
D A D
For our survival

Bm F#
On the mantelpiece is a silver clock
Bm G
And it counts the hours and they won’t turn back
Bm F#
The evening set and the room forgets
G E A
The day that went before
Bm F#
And through my window
G E A
Iron wheels on a cobbled mews
Bm F# E A
You will know changes soon

Lord Salisbury reads the news
And puts the paper on the table
Many paths will be ours to choose
No fear shall we know
Look away, look away, look away
To the fleets of steel and the waves of grey
Look away, look away, look away
For our survival

The Queen is old but she lingers still
Like the fading ring of a distant bell
And Oscar Wilde in his prison cell
Laments a brighter day
And in some window a red flag flies
In a meeting room
You will know changes soon

Lord Salisbury said to me
“Though we spend our lives in isolation
Girdled ‘round by the Emerald Sea
No fear shall we know”.
Look away, look away, look away
To the lonesome cry of the modern day
Look away, look away, look away
For our survival

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Tuning half step down (Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb)
One day you fell down from the sky
You overthought things, forgot how to fly
You`re an angry bird walking in circles
All alone, angry bird

Now you don`t belong, you stagger `round
Don`t like the air, don`t like the ground
Angry bird walking in circles
All alone, angry bird

Radical penguins led you astray
You say that wings are so pass
You`re an angry bird walking in circles
No way out, angry bird

Now you say it`s pointless, you say you`re cursed
You fill the night with sarcastic chirps
You`re an angry bird walking in circles
No way out, angry bird

You`ve fallen in with the avian fringe
They fill your head with thoughts of revenge
You`re a bird in name only
Pretty lonely, angry bird

On the moonlight branches, on a summer`s night
You could take your chances, you could take flight
Angry bird walking in circles
No way out, angry bird

Your sun is sinking it`s so absurd
What were you thinking, angry bird?

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The Loneliest Place On The Map – Al Stewart (capo 3)
Am Bb+5(x13330)
This place is so far
Away from what passes for civilized life
No shops and no cars and no city lights[Bb+5]
Just a river of st[Bb+5]ars
Over the southernmost ocean so cold
Am B B#o7 (x34242)
A small group of rocks, seagulls and ice

Some ramshackle huts
A paper in French from long ago
Dm Am F#dim7(2x121x) E
A finger that juts out into the foam
No boats come thi[Bb+5]s way
A few expeditions that pass now and then
They`ll be back someday but I don`t know whe[Bb+5]n

It`s the loneliest place on the map
Night time is utterly black
I came here by some grave mishap
Bb+5 Am Bb Am Bb (instrumental verse)
And I can`t find my way, my way back

It`s all as remote
As the wintry smile that you gave
As you buttoned your coat
And love was erased
So this is g[Bb+5]oodbye
I see you silently rowing away
The desolate sky threatening rai[Bb+5]n

It`s the loneliest place on the map
Night time is utterly black
I came here by some grave mishap
And I [Bb+5]can`t find my way, my way back

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