The Association - Message of Our Love

      
 
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 #"Message Of Our Love"
 # (Curt Boettcher - Tandyn Almer)
 #
 #Jim Yester, in the liner notes to the Japanese _From The Original Master
 #Tapes_ CD (Warner/Pioneer WPCP-3536):
 #
 # Great poetic images, with unique harmonic structure, shows another side
 # of our talented producer, Curt Boettcher. One of our first attempts at
 # double tracking vocals.
 #
 #
 #Intro:
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 # B/E/A (x02442)
 # (Message of our love, they heed the message of our love, they heed...)
 #
 #Verse 1:
 #
 B/E/A           Emaj9       
 Wind escorts the day outside
 B/E/A                  G#m7        C#9 
 Clouds of sheep's wool lionize the moon
    F#maj9           F#6     G#m9 C#9 
 For soon the moment that we meet 
         F#maj9             F#6       G#m9  C#9 
 Phantom trees that whisper down the street 
 A#m7       D#m7      D#9 
 Relay our message of love
 
 Verse 2:
 
 Night, what mysteries will it bring
 Who can tell when Spring becomes of age
 One page of letters bound foretells
 Of the sorrow that your kiss dispels
 And holds our message of love
 
 Instrumental break:
 
 Koto arr. for guitar:
 
 C/Bb             Fmaj7    Dm7     
  v v v v v v v v  v v v v  v v v v

 ---------|---------|---------|---------|
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 ---------|-0--2--3-|----2--0-|----0--2-|
 -0--2--3-|---------|---------|-3-------|
 ---------|---------|---------|---------|
 ---------|---------|---------|---------|
 
 

 
 Gm      C       Fmaj7    Dm7     
 v v v v v v v v  v v v v  v v v v

 ---------|---------|---------|---------|
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 -3--0----|-------0-|-2-------|---------|
 -------3-|-2--3----|----3--2-|-0--2--3-|
 ---------|---------|---------|---------|
 ---------|---------|---------|---------|
 
 

 
 C/Bb             Fmaj7    Dm7     
  v v v v v v v v  v v v v  v v v v

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 ---------|-0--2--3-|----2--0-|----0--2-|
 -0--2--3-|---------|---------|-3-------|
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 Gm A7 D F (N.C.)
 v v v v v v v v v v v v v v v v v

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 Verse 3:
 
 C#/F#/B* F#maj9
 Fires at horizon's edge
 C#/F#/B             A#m7               D#9 
 Warm the soft breath of this pledge of ours
        G#maj9           G#6       A#m9   D#9 
 Bright stars that linger in their flight 
         G#maj9              G#6     A#m9 D#9 
 Who will know the plans we share tonight 
 Cm7          Fm7        F9 
 Reflect our message of love
 
 * no, I don't know how to play it on one guitar either
 
 Coda (repeat to fade):
 
  B/E/A                                                                
 (Message of our love, they heed the message of our love, they heed...)
               Emaj9  
 They heed the message
 
 
 -- another ace 60's tab from Andrew Rogers