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Date: Wed, 11 Mar 1998 18:10:15 +0100
From: Matteo Rocco
Subject: CRD: Hunting_h&l-Album.crd by a-ha
ALBUM NAME: Hunting high and low
GROUP: A-ha
WORDS AND MUSIC:
Take on me - words by Morten Harket,Mags,Pal Waaktaar | music by Pal
Waaktaar
Train of Thought - words and music by Pal Waaktaar
Hunting high and low - words and music by Pal Waaktaar
The blue Sky - words and music by Pal Waaktaar
Living a boy's adventure tale - words by Pal Waaktaar,Morten Harket |
music by Pal Waaktaar
The sun always shines on TV - words and music by Pal Waaktaar
And you tell me - words and music by Pal Waaktaar
Love is reason - words by Pal Waaktaar,Mags | music by Mags
Dream myself alive - words by Pal Waaktaar | music by Mags
Here I stand and face the rain - words and music by Pal Waaktaar
MY NAME: Matteo Rocco
FONTS TO APPRECIATE MY EFFORTS AND
There may be some hints like these:
Rhthym | |. |:lenght=1 |~=0.5 |~~=0.25 |.=1.5 d=2 d=2 d.=3 o=4
Ghords C A-/F# | A harmony/bass melody | here means end of measure
Lyrics yooohoo!!
Choir (yeah!!)
Notes c a single notes of the lead singer
Choir g e second voice
TAKE ON ME
----------
N.G | N.C. | N.C. | N.C. |
B-9 | B-9 | B-9 | B-9 |
B- | B- | B-9 | B-9 |
B- | B | E | A C#- | B- | B | E | A C#- | B- | B | B- | B
Pa ppa paa pa
B- B E A C#- B- B E
Talking away I don't know what I'm to say I'll say it anyway today
A C#- B- B F#- A
isn't my day to find you shying away I'll be coming for your love OK
E C#-/D# F#- A E C#-/D# F#- A
Take on me.... Take me on......
(take on me) (take on me)
E C#-/D# F#- A E C#-/D# A B
I'll be gone in a day or two...
B- B E A C#- B- B E
So needless to say at odds and ends but I'm me stumbling away slowly
A C#- B- B F#- A
learning that life is OK say after me it's no better to be safe than
E C#-/D# F#- A E C#-/D# F#- A
sorry Take on me.... Take me on......
(take on me) (take on me)
E C#-/D# F#- A E C#-/D# A B
I'll be gone in a day or two...
C#- | C#- | D | D | C#- | C#- | D | D | B- | B- | B | B |
N.C. | N.C. | N.C. | N.C.
B- | B | E | A C#- |
B- | B | E | A C#- |
B- | B | B- | B B- B E A
Oh the things that you say yeh is it life or
C#- B- B E
just to play my worries away you're all the things
A C#- B- B F#- A
I've got to remember you shying away I'll be coming for you anyway
E C#-/D# F#- A E C#-/D# F#- A
Take on me... Take me on......
(take on me) (take on me)
E C#-/D# F#- A E C#-/D# F#- A E C#-/D# F#- A
I'll be gone in a.. day......
(take on me...) (take me on...)
((Take on me)) ((Take
E C#-/D# F#- A E C#-/D# F#- A
I'll be gone... in a.. day...
... on me..) (take me on..)
on me)) ((take on me) ((take on me))
E C#-/D# F#- A E C#-/D# F#- A E C#-/D#
(take on me....) (take me on.....) (take on
((take on me)) ((take on me))
F#- A
me....)
((take on me)) ...
TRAIN OF THOUGHT
----------------
N.C./B | N.C./B | N.C./B | N.C./B
N.C./B | N.C./B | N.C./B | N.C./B
B-/B | C#-/B | A/B | C#-/B
B-/B | C#-/B | A/B | C#-/B
N.C./B A E A/B | A/B
He likes to have the morning paper's crossword solved hey
N.C./B A E A/B | A/B
Words go up words come down forwards backwards twisted 'round hey
N.C./B A E
He grabs a pile of letters From a small suitcase
A
E- A C#- | C#-
Disappears into an office It's another working day
A B-7 C#-7 A B
and his thou.....ghts are full of strangers
B-7 C#-7 A B
corridors of naked lights And his
B-7 C#-7 A B
mind once full of reason Now there's
D. |
B-7 C#-7 A | A A9/B F#- A E
mo...re than meets the eye Now a stranger's face he carries with him
| E (E-) A E A/B | A/B
He likes a bit of reading On the subway home ooh oooh ooh
(E-) A E A/B | A/B
E distant radio's whistling tunes That nobody knows hm
(E-) A E
At home a house awaits him he unlocks the door
A
E- A C#- | C#-
Thinking once there was a sea here but there never was a door
A B-7 C#-7 A B
And his thou....ghts are full of strangers
B-7 C#-7 A B
And his eyes too numb to see
B-7 C#-7 A B
And nothing that he knows of
D. |
B-7 C#-7 A | A A9/B | F#- A E | E
And no........where where he's been wa..s ever quite like this
E- | (E-) | E- | (E-) | E- | (E-) | E- | (E-) |
yeah!
B-/B | C#-/B | A/B | C#-/B | B-/B | C#-/B | D | D E
he! oh oh oh oh and his
B-7 C#-7 A B
thou.....ghts are full of strangers
B-7 C#-7 A B
corridors of naked lights And his
B-7 C#-7 A B
mind once full of reason Now there's
D. |
B-7 C#-7 A | A A9/B F#- A E
mo...re than meets the eye Now a stranger's face he carries with
| E | B-/B | C#-/B | A/B | C#-/B |
him
B-/B | C#-/B | A/B | C#-/B
and at
B-/B C#-/B A/B C#-/B
hea.....rt he's full of strangers dodging
B-/B C#-/B A/B C#-/B
on his train of thought train of
B-/B | C#-/B | A/B | C#-/B | B-/B | C#-/B | A/B | C#-/B |
thought
B-/B | C#-/B | A/B | C#-/B |
B-/B | C#-/B | A/B | C#-/B | ...
HUNTING HIGH AND LOW
--------------------
D.. |~-D-|~
A- A-9 A- C
Here I am and within the reach of
D.. |~ D.. |~-D-|~
F- D A- A-9 A- C
my hand she's sound asleep and she's sweeter now
Ab C- Eb D
than the wildest dream could have seen her and I watch her slipping away
A A o A A o o
C D A-4 A- D F7+ D-
But I know I'll be hunting high and low hi...gh
A-7 D- E-
There's no end to the lengths I'll go to
A-4 A- D F7+ D-
hunting high and low hi....gh
o o
G E-7 D- /D
there's no end to the lenghts I'll go to
o---------d d
A- /D C F-
find her again upon this my dreams are depending
A- /F# C Dd C-
through the dark I sense the pounding of her heart next
/F Eb D
to mine she's the sweetest love I could find
C D A-4 A- D6/9 F7+ D-
so I guess I'll be hunting high and low hi...gh
A-7 D- E-
There's no end to the lengths I'll go to
A-4 A- D6/9 F7+ D-
high and low hi....gh
o o o A A A A o
G E-7 D- /D A- | A- A-/D | C C/B | D-7
do you know what it means to love you
G | G/F# | A- | E- | E- | C |
o--------d d
D _| A- D C7+ F
I'm hunting high and low and now she's telling me
o----d d
A- D/F# C | D- | C- | F | Eb | D |
she's got to go away
C D A-4 A- D6/9 F7+ D-
I'll always be hunting high and low only for you
(and now she's telling
|. A A A-|~ A A D | |
A-7 /F# /G E7/G# D- G7/B E- C D
watch me tea.....ring myself to piec........es hunting
me)
A-4 A- D6/9 F7+ D- G E-7
high and low uoh hi....gh there's no end to the lenghts
o-----o o o----
D-7 E-7 C D A-
I'll go to... oohohohoo for you I'll be hunting high
-----d d d d d _|
D C G/B | D- E
and low
BLUE SKY
--------
N.C. | N.C. | N.C. | N.C.
|~ A |.
C A-5+ A- A-4
blue sky blue sky
|~ A |. |~ A |.
C A-5+ A- A-4 C A-5+ A- A-4
blue sky blue sky blue sky
C A-
Oh I find it hard to breathe as life just eats away
C A- G
at the faces that surround me they look tired today
D- F A- A
the lady at my table doesn't want me here I just want to talk to her
C7+ F/D E-
but would she laugh at my accent and make fun of me
C7+ F/D E- | C | E- | C |
oh it doesn't seem like this blue sky's here for me
A-
There are no girls in here as far as I can see
C A- G
only pinup posters looking down at me
D- F
watching paper cups of coffee growing cold before my eyes
A- A F7+
all the things I see that make me realize I'm in this big world
C/D E- F7+
without you nothing to my name oh I never knew that
C/D C A-5+ A- A-4
blue sky meant such pain
(blue sky blue sky)
C A-5+ A- A-4
blue sky blue sky
C A-5+ A- A-4 C | A-5+ A- A-4 | B- | B- |
blue sky blue sky blue sky
A | |
C A- A-9 A-
I'm dying to be different in the coffee shop
| |
C A-7 G13 G9
I've lived on borrowed strengh now my supplies are cut though
D. |
D- F Bb4+
I'm older than my looks and older than my years
D. |
A- A-4 A9
I'm too young to take on my deepest fears
C7+ F/D E-
oh I used to be confused but now I just don't know since you
| D. | |
F7+ F(9)/D C/D /C A- D6
left I've been watching blue skies come and go oh
(blue sky...)
C7+ F/D C C_|
since you left I've been watching blue skies come and go
(blue sky..)
LIVING E BOY'S ADVENTURE TALE
-----------------------------
Aaaahaahaaahahaaaa
D7+ B | F#- | B- C#- | A B | D7+ B | F#- | B- C#- | A B |
Aaaahaahaaahahaa
D7+ B | F#- | B- C#- | A B | D7+ B | F#- | B- C#- | A B |
E /B /E F#-
I've fixed my dwelling for the night lights in pairs come passing by
D7+ | D7+ | D7+ |
where I hide
E /B /E F#- D7+
I need some time now on my own leave my loneliness alone to lick my wounds
D7+ | D7+ | A7+ |
C#-/D# /B G#/C A D-
night has found me just in time to help me close my eyes one more time
A A o A A A A
D7+ B F#- B- C#- A B
living a boy's adventure tale in so many ways
D7+ B F#- B- C#- A B
living a boy's adventure tale for so many days I'm
D7+ B F#- B- C#- A B
living a boy's adventure tale can't escape if I wanted to
D7+ B F#- B- C#- A B
living a boy's adventure tale I may be dreaming but I feel awake
E /B /E F#- (D7+) |
I've been lost in so many places seeking love in so many faces
(D7+) | (D7+) |
E /B F#-
a change of weather the rain pours down my head in hands pressed to
D. |
D7+ | D7+ | N.C. E
the ground
C#-/D# G#/C A D-
and where am I supposed to go now
D7+ B F#- B- C#- A B
living a boy's adventure tale in so many ways
D7+ B F#- B- C#- A B
living a boy's adventure tale haaa haaaa haaha
D7+ B F#- B- C#- A B
living a boy's adventure tale a voice I hear
D7+ B F#- B- C#- A B
living a boy's adventure tale singing a lullaby for me
o A o A o A o A o A o A o A
E/A /G# /F# E /A /G# /F# /G# E /B E /B E /B
E A7+/D# | D7+/C# B |
D7+ B F#- B- C#- A B
living a boy's adventure tale because of you
D7+ B F#- B- C#- D_| E_|
living a boy's adventure tale oh you know it's true I'm
C#
D7+ B F#- B- C#- A B
living a boy's adventure tale in so many ways
c#c# G# G# G# D# D# D#
D7+ B F#- B- C#- A B A B F#-
aaaah ahhaaaaaa for so many da.....ys Ilove you I
| B- C#- | A B A B | F#- | B- C#- | A B |
love you so many wa.....ys
A B F#- | B- C#- | A B |
aaaaaaahaaahaaa
A B F#- | B- C#- | A B |
aaaaaaahaaahaaa
A B F#- | B- C#- | A B |
aaaaaaahaaahaaa ....
THE SUN ALWAYS SHINES ON T.V.
-----------------------------
A A
E- | A- C | G | D |
E- | A- C | G | D |
A A
E- A- C G D
Touch me.. how can it be...
D G
E- A- C G D
believe me..... the sun always shines on t.v.
D D G E
E- A- C G D
hold me.. close to your hea..rt
A. A A D
E-(5+) A- C A- D4 C D | E- E | Fo | Fo |
touch me.. and give all your love to me to me..............
Fo | Fo | Fo | Fo | Fo |
..
|. d |~--|. d-|~ |. d |~--|. d-|~ |. d-|~--|. d-|~ |. d |~--|. d-|~- |
A- | A- A | A- | A- A | A- | A- A | A- | A- A -- |
o----d d o-------------------- |d d
A- | A- /G | D- | D- | A- | A- /G | D- | F-- |
|. d |~--|. d-|~ |. d |~--|. d-|~
A- | A- A | A- | A- A
uh!
A- /G D- D4 D
I reached inside myself and found nothing there to ease the
G/B A- D C A C
pressure of my ever worrying mind ohooohoh oh
A- /G D- D4 D
all my powers waste away I fear the crazed and lonely
G/B A- D C A C
looks the mirror's sending me these days ohoo oh
E- A- C G D
touch me.. how can it be...
---3---
A | | |
E- A- C G D /D /F# /A
believe me.. the sun always shines on t.v.
E- A- C G D
hold me.. close to your hea..rt
A A
E- A- C A- D C D |
touch me.. and give all your love to me
|. d |~--|. d-|~ d-|~ |.
A- | A- A | D- | C /D |
A- /G D- D4 D G/B
Please don't ask me to defend the shameful lowlands of the way I'm
A- D C A C
drifting gloomily through time oohooo
A- D- D4 D
I reached inside myself today thinking there's got to be
(touch me) (keep on your love)
A A A A
G/B A- D C A-/B | D-_|
some way to keep my troubles distant
E- A- C G D
Touch me.. how can it be
---3---
A | | |
E- A- C G D /D /F# /A
believe me.. the sun always shines on t.v.
E- A- C G D
hold me.. close to your hea..rt
A A
E- A- C A- D C D | A-9 | A-9 | A-9 | A-9 |
touch me.. and give all your love to me
A-6/9 | A-6/9 | A-6/9 | N.C.
E- | A- C | G | D | E- | A- C | G | D /D /F# /A
E- A- C G D
hold me.. close to your hea..rt
A A
E- A- C A- D C D | E- | A
touch me.. and give all your love to me hey
| |~ |. |~ |~---| |~ |~-|. | |~ |. |~ |~---| |~ |~- |. |
A- A-9 A- A-9 A- | A-9 A | A- A-9 A- A-9 A- | A-9 A |1
|
|. d |~---|. d----|~ |. d |~---|. d----|~ |
A- | A- A | A- | A- A |2
to me.......
| |~ |. |~ |~---| |~ |~-|. | 1 = keyboards
A- A-9 A- A-9 A- | A-9 A | A-_| |1 2 = electric guitar
|
|. d |~---|. d~----|~ |
A- | A- A | A-_| |2
AND YOU TELL ME
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2/4
E | A |
E B/D# A B F#- C#- B-7 D-6
Please don't hurt me I have told you all my love is all I've got
E B/D# A B F#- C#- B-7 D-6
and tomorrow is the day when I for your sake I'm coming back
| |
F#- B-7 Fo F#- | F#- | F#- | F#- B/D#
and you tell me that I don't love you
E B/D# A B F#- C#- B-7 D-6
I'm trying hard to make you jealous trying harder to make you stay
|. |~
E B/D# A B F#- C#- C#-9 B-7 D-6
days are long and nights are crazy it's so strange when you're away
| |
F#- B-7 Fo F#- | B6 | A | B-7 | Fo B7 | E | E | E |
and you tell me that I don't love you
| E | E B/D# A B F#- C#- B-7 D-6
because I love I will show you all the faces my love can have
E | B/E | A/E | B/E A B/E A B-7
so plea..............se let me come to you and stay this time
F#- B-7 Fo F#- | B6 A B-7
and you tell me that I don't love you oh you know that it's
| | | |
Fo B7 E | B/E | A/E | B-/E | E | Ao | G#5+ C# | F#-_|
just not true
LOVE IS REASON
--------------
A A
E- | C D | E- | C D | E- | C D | G | F7+ | D-7 | D-7/D
Bm!
(A-) (F) (D) (A-) (C) (F) G
my breath was coming fast and as I make a start you turned to go oh oh
D. |
A-9 G G6 F7+ /B D-
I'll do what you want me to I'll cry at the thought of the loss of a
A A
D E- C9 D E- C9 D E- C9 D G F7+
heart love is reason love is reason love is reason lo..ve is..
o |. | |. A
D-7 /D A- A-4 A- C D
reason enough my morals are changing fast I told you it wouldn't last
| |
D4 D A- G C D
you turn and go oh oh
D. |
A-9 G7 G6 F7+ /B (D-)
I'll be what you want me to be I'd die at the thought of the loss of
D E- C9 D E- C9 D E- C9 D G F7+
your heart love is reason love is reason love is reason lo..ve is
A A |~ |~ |~ |~
D-7 /D A- | A- /D | C | N.C./C N.C./C N.C./C N.C./C D G_|
reason enough hm!
E- | C9 D | E- | C9 D | E- | C9 D | G F7+ D-7 /D | G | G
ooh! oh lo..ve is.. reason enough
F7+ /B D- D
I'd dye at the thought of the loss of your heart
E- C9 D E- C9 D E- C9 D G C9 D
love is reason love is reason love is reason love love is reason
A- C9 D G C9 D A- C9 D G C9 D
enough is reason love is reason enough love is reason love is rea....son
A- C9 D | G | C9 D | A- | C9 D | G | C9 D | A- | C9 D | G
enough ah ooh ooh ooh! ah ...
DREAM MYSELF ALIVE
------------------
B- | B- |
o A A A A
B- | D E | B- | D E | B- | D E | B- | D /E |
A A A A o A A
B- E/G# E-7 E B- E-7 E
dream my...self a...live
D B A G# A
F# G# D D C#
F# E F# E F#
A A A A o A A
B- E/G# E-7 E B- E-7 E
I dream my...self a...live
B- F#- G(7+) G
but you can't deny there's something dark 'gainst the light
B- F#- G(7+) G B- | D E | B- | D E
all I can say it doesn't have to be this way we'll be
B- F#- G(7+) G
chasing our tails madly see days pass like wild fire
B- F#- G(7+) G
right from the start I knew this world would break my heart I
A A A A o A A
B- E/G# E-7 E B- E-7 E
dream my...self a...live
A A A A o A A
B- E/G# E-7 E B- E-7 E
I dream my...self a...live
A A A A o A A
B- E/G# E-7 E B- E-7 E
I dream my...self a...live break my heart and
A A A A
B- E/G# E-7 E B- F#- G(7+) G
what can it mean I'm drawing pictures of the sea
(dream my...self a...live)
B- F#- G(7+) G B- | F#-(4+/9-)
right from the start I knew this girl would break my heart
(voices)
G(7+) | G | B- | F#-(4+) | G(7+/9-) | G
A A A A o A A
B- E/G# E-7 E B- E-7 E
dream my...self a...live
A A A A o A A
B- E/G# E-7 E B- E-7 E
dream my...self a...live
A A A A o A A
B- E/G# E-7 E B- E-7 E
I dream my...self a...live
A A A A o A A
B- E/G# E-7 E B- E-7 E
dream my...self a...live
(a-ha A-ha)
A A A A o A A
B- E/G# E-7 E B- E-7 E
dream my...self a...live
A A A A o A A
B- E/G# E-7 E B- E-7 E
I dream my...self a...live
A A A A o A A
B- E/G# E-7 E B- E-7 E
dream my...self a...live
A A A A o A A
B- E/G# E-7 E B- E-7 E
dream my...self a...live ...
HERE I STAND AND CACE THE RAIN
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| |~ | | |~--|~ |. | |~ |~----- | | | |.
F#-9 F#- A4+ D B | B B4 F#-9 F---------- | A4+ | D4+ D B B4
| |~ | | |~--|~ |. | |~ |~----- | | | |.
F#-9 F#- A4+ D B | B B4 F#-9 F---------- | A4+ | D4+ D B B4
|. d |~---d |. |~---|. d-|~ |. d |~---d |. |~---|. d-|~
F#- A B | B F#- A | A B | F#- A B | B F#- A | A B |
|. d |~---d |. |~---|. d-|~ |. d |~---d |. |~---|. d-|~
B- D E | E B- D | D E | B- D E | E B- D | D E |
|. d |~---d |. |~---|. d-|~ |. d |~---d |. |~---|. d-|~
E- G A | A E- G | G A | E- G A | A E- G | G F# |
C# | A- | E- |
o o A A
B- C#- A B B- C#- A B
Help me I need your love don't walk away the dark scares me so we're
B- C#- A B B- C#- A B
nothing apart let's stay friend forever forever
|. A |~-A |. |~-|. A-|~ |. |. |~-D
F#- A B F#- A B B- D E
here I stand and face the rain I know that nothing's gonna be the same
|. |~-|. d-|~ o o o o d d
B- D F#- G#7 E- B- | C#- | A B |
again I fear for what to..mo..rrow brings
B- C#- A B B- C#- A B B-
trust me for whom I am place all your faith into these hands I got nothing
C#- A B B- C#- A B
to say but let's stay friends forever forever
F#- A B F#- A B B- D E
here I stand and face the rain I know that nothing's gonna be the same
B- D F#- G#7 E-
again I fear for what tomo..rrow
F#- A B F#- A B B- D E B-
here I stand and face the pain of knowing nothing's gonna be the same again
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I fear for what tomo..rrow brings
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here I stand and face the rain
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ahahaah............) (aah ah ahahah ahahaaah..........)
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knowing nothing's gonna be the same a.. gain
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