#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------# #This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the # #song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. # #------------------------------------------------------------------------------## From: WetStone@compuserve.com Daniel S. Fisher Title : Tales By: Uriah Heep From: The Magician's Birthday (1972) INTRO [w/Pedal Steel Guitar] 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / ... Am Em G Am Em G Am VERSE 1 Am Em G We told our tales as we Am Em G sat under mornin's sleepy Am Em G sky Am Em G Am Em G Am Em G With all the colours of the Am Em G sunrise shining in our Am Em G eyes Am Em G Am Em G F Em G One, then another with a F Em G story of yesterday's Am Em G lives Am Em G Am Em G F Em G or of a lover who had F Em G gone in a moment of Am Em G strife [Pedal Steel Guitar solo over the same chords] VERSE 2 Am Em G No thought of sleep ever Am Em G dwells upon the wise man's Am Em G mind Am Em G Am Em G Am Em G Some task or audience Am Em G stealing every moment of his Am Em G time Am Em G Am Em G F Em G Thus we have learned to live while F Em G mortal man lies waiting to Am Em G die Am Em G Am Em G F Em G How can we do what must be F Em G done in just one short Am Em G life? BRIDGE C#m And if you ask, then you should Ab know, if you still doubt you should be F told, it was not we that made it Ab so, it was by those who went Am before... Am Em G Am Em G CHORUS Am Em G And there you sit tomorrow's Am Em G child, so full of love so full of Am Em G life, but you must rise to meet the Am Em G day, lest you become another Am Em G tale, and there you sit tomorrow's ...(repeat CHORUS and FADE) **** I remember singing this at my high school talent show. That was in 1979 and I got some very nice complements on it. DSF