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Almost Lucy – Al Stewart

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Tabbed by: maguri
Tuning: Standard

Al Stewart
Almost Lucy (1978)
(Al Stewart)

From: “Time Passages”

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INTRO
| Am | % | % | % |

Lucy worked a different club every day
And though she put her mind to it
Her heart was never in it
She stayed around just long enough to get paid
She won’t pass the time with you, she can’t stay a minute
And all these changing faces never bothered her at all
They just existed like a back-drop or a pattern on the wall
Lucy looks like someone who is waiting for a call
She [G/B]knows will come, but n[G/B]o-one else can hea[G/B]r at all

Lucy finds the dressing room and the bar
Hangs her clothes up, hopes tonight
The contract won’t be broken
Well, they kick you round so much when you’re not a star
Make you play all night just for a pittance or a token
But all these imperfections never bothered her at all
She says it sharpens your perception when your back’s against the wall
There’s something that enables her to rise above it all
To s[G/B]hrug it off, just [G/B]when it seems to [G/B]go too far

Hey, hey, hey, I think you almost feel the pain comin’ on inside
Hey, hey, hey, I think you almost feel it now and you don’t know why
You don’t know why, mmmmh

SOLO
| Am | % | C | % | G | Dm | F | % |
| Am | % | C | % | G | Dm | F | % |

The last time that I saw her she had given up the chase
Moved away to California, got a suntan on her face
She said that life was just another time another space
It’s [G/B]over now, she [G/B]learned a lot, it’s [G/B]not a waste

Hey, hey, hey, I think you almost feel the pain comin’ on inside
Hey, hey, hey, I think you almost feel it now and you don’t know why
You don’t know why

Hey, hey, hey, I think you almost feel the pain comin’ on inside
Hey, hey, hey, I think you almost feel it now and you don’t know why
You don’t know why, mmmmh (FADE)

Tabbed By: Almir Nametak
mokra@starmo.co.uk

Solo has loads of bends and pull off’s so apologies for bad transciption. Anyway, notes
be correct.

Piano Intro
C, Fm x5 C

Guitar Passage:

C, Fm x5 C

E——————————————————————-8——————|
B–11/13-8-9/11-9-898–8—–8—————11/13–8-9/11-9-898–8——8————-|
G——————–10-9-910-9/10-9—————————-10—-910-9/10-9——-|
D———————————–10——————————————10–10-|
A————————————-11-10—————————————11—|
E————————————————————————————–|

[C/G]Find another lover tomorrow
Go find another lover today
You’ve been so long on lonely street
C/G c,b,a,
That you’re surely falling into decay

It’s time to reconstruct yourself
Time to test the water again
Well it’s sad to see It’s a tragedy
That you’re wasting away

Look around tell me Is it really
worth the price
That you pay
On Valentina Way

(GUITAR PASSAGE)

[C/G]I don’t think she’s ready to listen
I don’t think she wants to come back
The atmosphere’s too cold in here
C/G c,b,a,
To attract a butterfly like that

I think she took the boat-train out
Maybe caught the night express
She’s got devious lies And chameleon eyes
And she can't care less

Oh, buy yourself a ticket
On anything leaving today
From Valentina Way

(GUITAR PASSAGE)

Bridge:

Oh the rain comes down And shines up the stars
Oh, the night steps out In streetlights and bars To the sounds of guitars

Listen …

Guitar solo over these chords:

C A# G# F D# A# G# X2

E———————————————————–15——–|
B——–3-4-4/6-6434–3—-4———686——–11-13–1113———|
G—-555—————–5-3———8———-10——————–|
D—————————–6-5–68-8—–1012———————-|
A———————————————————————|
E———————————————————————|
E———————————–8——8——8——8——–11–|
B—-(8-11/13-13-13-11-8)x3—11/13–11/13–11/13—11/13—11-9-8—-|
G———————————————————————|
D———————————————————————|
A———————————————————————|
E———————————————————————|
E—–15-13-11-10-11-10——————8——11——-13——-20–|
B———————–11—————8——11——-13———–|
G————————–13-12——3-5—-5-8—–8-10———17–|
D——————————-13—————————15-17—-|
A———————————————————————|
E———————————————————————|

GUITAR PASSAGE UNTIL FADES AWAY…..