Harper Roy

From: Aaro J Koskinen 



[Song: Roy Harper "The Same Old Rock"]

[Transcription by Ian Piumarta ]



The Same Old Rock

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[intro]



Em7(1)   ||:  Em7(1)  Am(2)  :||  repeat twice





Cmaj7   B11   Em7(1)  Am(2)  Em7(1)  D   Em7 ... G





All along the ancient wastes the thin reflections spin

(G)            C                   D           G



That gather all the times and tides at once we love within

		      C                  D               G



That build the edges round the shrouds that cloud the setting sun

		 D      G        D          G         C      D       G



And carry us to other days and other days to one

	    D      C   G  C           D      G



And full the single stillness of the mirror that is made

		       C          D                  G



By each and every one of all the colours in a shade

		   C          D                 G



Inside each eye is sitting like the sword inside the blade

	    D           G  D          G      C         D



And longs for once upon a chance to open loves cascade

	       D     C      G   C       D         G



For here we stand hand to hand

		   D



Fighting for the promised land

G   D    C   G/B Am Em    D



G  G/F#  Em7...  Em7(1)



And you try to tell me with consternation

		 Am                Em7



That you have found me a brand new lock

	       Cmaj7                B11          Em7(1)



Then you try to warn me that there's only one combination

		 Am                           Em7(1)           D



One new sling the same old rock

(D)               D11   Em7      .......   E7



There was a famous stragler stood on the edge of time

Emaj  A                           D               A



Who held the staff but did not feel the pain

     G         D        A       E       A



He multiplied the mystery with utterance sublime

				D           A



And crossed his heart for those who died insane

      G         D         A         E       A



His friend a restless mouthpiece seven thousand years of age

				     D                  A



Trends to flash a face to shape his ways

G           D      A        E         A



Everlasting light is burning bright inside his cage

				D               A



He's only got to breathe to fan the blaze

      G    D        A       E         A



Such a groove to have him here on board her ladyship

				   D             A



The man who makes his living out of bed

    G       D          A     E      A   (diminuendo...)



Such a gas to see him flying through his ceaseless lip

(no chord)



One day someday soon he'll lose his head

G        D      A          E        A



And withering in the galleries with eyes fixed on the door

				     D                 A



Are who and you and me and thanks a lot

     G      D       A       E      A



And those who see but cannot stand to walk on any floor

					 D           A



For fear that good is something bad is not

     G        D          A      E      A



But loud and clear is the call

	       D



In black and white across your wall

	      A



And Damn it all man

	       E7



Can't you see?

	   A



D   A   E7  A  A/G  A/F#  Fmaj7....  Em7(1)





And you try to tell me with consternation

		 Am(2)             Em7(1)



That you have found me a brand new lock

	       Cmaj7                B11          Em7(1)



Then you try to warn me that there's only one combination

		 Am(2)                        Em7(1)           D



One new sling the same old rock

(D)               D11   Em7



[first instrumental section]



||:  Em(3)  :|| repeat 4 times



||:  Em(4)  :|| repeat 3 times



[vocal section]



Em ad lib (translates to: "I'm too lazy to write this out")



[second instrumental section and solo]



||:  Em(3)  :|| repeat 4 times



Em



||:  Am  Am/E  Am  Am/E  Bm  Bm/F#  Bm  Bm/F#  :|| repeat 9 times



(forte!) Amaj ... Em (tinkle your piano iff you have one...)







The Chords

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x      = damped

o      = open

0 to 4 = thumb throughlittle finger

	 (fingering is only meant as a vague suggestion!)

1---1  = barred chord





x=o=======o   ==o=======o  ==o=======o  x=o=======o  o=o=======o

|_|_|_|_|_|   |_|_|_|_|_|  |_|_|_|_|_|  |_|_|_|_1_|  |_|_|_|_1_|

|_|_1_2_3_|   0_|_1_2_3_|  |_|_1_2_3_|  |_|_2_3_|_|  |_|_2_3_|_|

|_|_|_|_|_|   |_|_|_|_|_|  4_|_|_|_|_|  |_|_|_|_|_|  |_|_|_|_|_|

|_|_|_|_|_|   |_|_|_|_|_|  |_|_|_|_|_|  |_|_|_|_|_|  |_|_|_|_|_|

|_|_|_|_|_|   |_|_|_|_|_|  |_|_|_|_|_|  |_|_|_|_|_|  |_|_|_|_|_|



     A            A/F#         A/G           Am          Am/E





x=======o=o  x=======o==  x==========  ===========  x=====o====

|_|_1_|_|_|  |_|_1_|_|_|  |_|_|_|_|_|  |_|_|_|_|_|  |_|_|_|_1_|

|_2_|_3_|_|  |_2_|_3_|_4  1---------1  1---------1  |_|_2_|_|_|

|_|_|_|_|_|  |_|_|_|_|_|  |_|_|_|_2_|  |_|_|_|_2_|  |_3_|_|_|_4

|_|_|_|_|_|  |_|_|_|_|_|  |_|_3_4_|_|  |_|_3_4_|_|  |_|_|_|_|_|

|_|_|_|_|_|  |_|_|_|_|_|  |_|_|_|_|_|  |_|_|_|_|_|  |_|_|_|_|_|



    B11          B7           Bm          Bm/F#          C





x=====o=o=o  x=x=o======  x=x=o=o===o  o=======o=o  o===o===o=o

|_|_|_|_|_|  |_|_|_|_|_|  |_|_|_|_|_|  |_|_|_1_|_|  |_|_|_1_|_|

|_|_2_|_|_|  |_|_|_1_|_2  |_|_|_|_|_|  |_2_3_|_|_|  |_2_|_|_|_|

|_3_|_|_|_|  |_|_|_|_3_|  |_|_|_|_3_|  |_|_|_|_|_|  |_|_|_|_*_|  = hammer on or

pull off (the direction should be obvious), __ = slur (slide the notes

smoothly together).  Timing is whole beat ticks under the TAB.



(1)     Em7 riff (Roy's half)



 Em7     ^  v              ^  v  

E|-------0--0--------------0--0---------

B|-------0--0--------------0--0--0------

G|-------0--0--------------0--0-----0--- (repeat)

D|-------2--2--0->2--------2--2---------

A|-------2--2--------------2--2---------

E|-0-----------------0------------------

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	Em7 riff (Jimmy Page's half, if I remember it right...)



(no chord)

|----------------0---

|-------------3------ (1st finger)

|--------------------               (repeat)

|-------2__5--------- (3rd finger)

|--------------------

|-0------------------

  |     |     |     





(2)     Am riff



Am  ^     ^  v  ^  v

|---0-----0--0--0--0--

|---1-----0--1--0--0--

|---2-----0--2--0--0-- (repeat)

|---2-----2--2--0--0--

|---0-----0--0--0--0--

|---------------------

    |     |     |     





(3)     Em instrumental riff 1



Really bash the open Es and Em chord as hard as you dare!



(no chord)                                                    Em

|-------------------------------------------------------------0-----------

|-------------------------------------------------------------0-----------

|-------------------------------------------------------------0----------- (repeat)

|-------------------------------------------------------------2-----------

|-------------------------------------------------------------2-----------

|-0--7--5--0--7--5--0--5--3--0--5--3--0--3--2--0--3--2--0-----------------

  |     |     |     |     |     |     |     |     |     |     |     |     





(4)     Em instrumental riff 2



(no chord)                                                    Em

|-------------------------------------------------------------0-----------

|-------------------------------------------------------------0-----------

|-------------------------------------------------------------0-----------

|-------------------------------------------------------------2----------- (repeat)

|-------------------------------------------------------------2-----------

|-0--7-----0--5-----0--5-----0--3-----0--3-----0--2-----0-----------------

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