G D G D AOr finding better words. These ideas never lasted long.F#m* A Em* A F#m Em Em7The way is up along the road. The air is growing thin.G D G D AToo many friends who tried were blown off this mountain with the wind.A EmMeet on the ledge; we're gonna meet on the ledge.G DWhen the time is up I'm gonna see all my friends.A EmMeet on the ledge; we're gonna meet on the ledge.G DIf you really mean it, it all comes round again.A F#m* A Em* A F#m Em Em7Now I see I'm all alone. But that's the only way to be.G D G D AYou'll have your chance again; then you can do the work for me.Meet on...etc.NB: the F#m and Em marked with a '*' - I'm almost sure that I used toplay a Bm for these two chords, but the F#m and Em sound better justnow. (I have a guitar with me, but not the record). You might like tostick Bm in there if it sounds better for you.M.--Martin McCarthy - mmc@ehabitat.demon.co.ukFrom rec.music.makers.guitar.tablature Mon Jun 27 09:04:27 1994From: abostick@netcom.com (Alan L. Bostick)Date: Mon, 27 Jun 1994 02:58:48 GMTNewsgroups: rec.music.makers.guitar.tablatureSubject: Re: CRD: MEET ON THE LEDGEMartin McCarthy (mmc@ehabitat.demon.co.uk) posts chords to FairportConvention's "Meet on the Ledge." He says,>NB: the F#m and Em marked with a '*' - I'm almost sure that I used to>play a Bm for these two chords, but the F#m and Em sound better just>now. (I have a guitar with me, but not the record). You might like to>stick Bm in there if it sounds better for you.If you are playing the song in A, the marked chords should indeed be Bm.Actually, though, on the album, the song is played in B-flat.(Someone's playing a piano on the track, so it's really not toosurprising.)Here are the chords of the song, in Bb:MEET ON THE LEDGE - Fairport Convention(Richard Thompson, Island Music (BMI))Bb Cm Bb Cm Bb Gm Fm Fm7We used to say that, come the day, we'd all be making songsAb Eb Ab Eb BbOr finding better words. These ideas never lasted long.Cm Bb Cm Bb Gm Fm Fm7The way is up along the road. The air is growing thin.Ab Eb Bb Eb BbToo many friends who tried blown off this mountain with the wind.(Short bridge in F major, with guitar figure in descending parallel sixths)Bb FmMeet on the ledge; we're gonna meet on the ledge.Ab EbWhen the time is up I'm gonna see all my friends.Bb FmMeet on the ledge; we're gonna meet on the ledge.Ab EbIf you really mean it, it all comes round again.Bb Cm Bb Cm Bb Gm Fm Fm7Now I see I'm all alone. But that's the only way to be.Ab Eb Ab Eb BbYou'll have your chance again; then you can do the work for me.Meet on...etc.Between the chorus and the next verse is a guitar figure backed by thepiano playing in F:|-----13-----------11----------10---------8||------------------------------------------||12/14--------10/12--------8/10--------6/8-||------------------------------------------||------------------------------------------||------------------------------------------|Which resolves to Bb at the start of the verse.-- Alan Bostickabostick@netcom.com....................... ... ...-....1200 N81N ......................... ... .
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