--------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hymn – Barclay James Harvest --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Written by: John Lees From: "Gone to Earth" (1977) Tabbed by: maguri Tuning: Standard / Drop-D / Open-E --------------------------------------------------------------------------- VERSION 1 VERSION 2 VERSION 3 tuning: standard Drop D (D-A-D-G-B-e) Open-E (E-B-E-G#-B-E) capo: no 2nd fret no play: E D E key: E E E --------------------------------------------------------------------------- CHORDS Sounds nice playing with many guitars using different tunings (which is probably what BJH did on their recording, too): VERSION 1 VERSION 2 VERSION 3 Standard (Drop-D (Open-E) + capo 2nd) G# E-A-D-G-B-e D-A-D-G-B-e E-B-E- -B-e E 0-2-2-1-0-0 0-0-0-2-3-2 0-0-0-0-0-0 Esus4 0-2-2-2-0-0 0-0-0-2-3-3 0-0-0-1-0-0 Aadd9/E 0-7-7-6-0-0 0-0-0-4-3-3 0-2-0-1-0-0 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Intro] | E Esus4 | E Esus4 | | E Esus4 | E Esus4 | [Verse 1] E Aadd9/E E Valley's deep and the mountain's so high, Aadd9/E | E Esus4 | If you want to see God you've got to move on the other side E Aadd9/E E You stand up there with your head in the clouds, Aadd9/E E Don't try to fly, you know you might not come down Aadd9/E Don't try to fly near God Aadd9/E | E Esus4 | E Esus4 | You might not come down [Verse 2] E Aadd9/E Jesus came down from Heaven to earth Aadd9/E | E Esus4 | The people said it was a virgin birth E Aadd9/E E Jesus came down from Heaven to earth Aadd9/E E The people said it was a virgin birth Aadd9/E The people said it was Aadd9/E | E Esus4 | E Esus4 | A virgin birth [Verse 3] E Aadd9/E E He told great stories of the Lord Aadd9/E E And said He was the saviour of us all E Aadd9/E E He told great stories of the Lord Aadd9/E E And said He was the saviour of us all, Aadd9/E And said He was the saviour Aadd9/E | E Esus4 | E Esus4 | Of us all [Verse 4] E Aadd9/E E For this we killed Him, nailed Him up high Aadd9/E | E Esus4 | He rose again as if to ask us why E Aadd9/E E Then He ascended into the sky Aadd9/E E As if to say in God alone you soar Aadd9/E As if to say in God Aadd9/E | E Esus4 | E Esus4 | Alone we fly [Verse 5] E Aadd9/E E Valley's deep and the mountain's so high, Aadd9/E | E Esus4 | If you want to see God you've got to move on the other side E Aadd9/E E You stand up there with your head in the clouds, Aadd9/E E Don't try to fly, you know you might not come down Aadd9/E Don't try to fly near God Aadd9/E | E Esus4 | E Esus4 | You might not come down [Verse 6] E Aadd9/E E Valley's deep and the mountain's so high, Aadd9/E | E Esus4 | If you want to see God you've got to move on the other side E Aadd9/E E You stand up there with your head in the clouds, Aadd9/E E Don't try to fly, you know you might not come down Aadd9/E Don't try to fly near God Aadd9/E | E Esus4 | E Esus4 | You might not come down [Outro] | E Esus4 | E Esus4 | | E Esus4 | E Esus4 | | E Esus4 | E Esus4 | | E Esus4 | E Esus4 | | E Esus4 | E
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