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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
Fhords C A-/E | G 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.F | N.C. | N.C. | N.C. |
B-9 | B-9 | B-9 | B-9 |
B- | B- | B-9 | B-9 |
B- | A | D | G C#- | B- | A | D | G C#- | B- | A | B- | A
Pa ppa paa pa
B- A D G C#- B- A D
Talking away I don't know what I'm to say I'll say it anyway today
G C#- B- A F#- G
isn't my day to find you shying away I'll be coming for your love OK
D C#-/C# F#- G D C#-/C# F#- G
Take on me.... Take me on......
(take on me) (take on me)
D C#-/C# F#- G D C#-/C# G A
I'll be gone in a day or two...
B- A D G C#- B- A D
So needless to say at odds and ends but I'm me stumbling away slowly
G C#- B- A F#- G
learning that life is OK say after me it's no better to be safe than
D C#-/C# F#- G D C#-/C# F#- G
sorry Take on me.... Take me on......
(take on me) (take on me)
D C#-/C# F#- G D C#-/C# G A
I'll be gone in a day or two...
C#- | C#- | C | C | C#- | C#- | C | C | B- | B- | A | A |
N.C. | N.C. | N.C. | N.C.
B- | A | D | G C#- |
B- | A | D | G C#- |
B- | A | B- | A B- A D G
Oh the things that you say yeh is it life or
C#- B- A D
just to play my worries away you're all the things
G C#- B- A F#- G
I've got to remember you shying away I'll be coming for you anyway
D C#-/C# F#- G D C#-/C# F#- G
Take on me... Take me on......
(take on me) (take on me)
D C#-/C# F#- G D C#-/C# F#- G D C#-/C# F#- G
I'll be gone in a.. day......
(take on me...) (take me on...)
((Take on me)) ((Take
D C#-/C# F#- G D C#-/C# F#- G
I'll be gone... in a.. day...
... on me..) (take me on..)
on me)) ((take on me) ((take on me))
D C#-/C# F#- G D C#-/C# F#- G D C#-/C#
(take on me....) (take me on.....) (take on
((take on me)) ((take on me))
F#- G
me....)
((take on me)) ...
TRAIN OF THOUGHT
----------------
N.C./A | N.C./A | N.C./A | N.C./A
N.C./A | N.C./A | N.C./A | N.C./A
B-/A | C#-/A | G/A | C#-/A
B-/A | C#-/A | G/A | C#-/A
N.C./A G D G/A | G/A
He likes to have the morning paper's crossword solved hey
N.C./A G D G/A | G/A
Words go up words come down forwards backwards twisted 'round hey
N.C./A G D
He grabs a pile of letters From a small suitcase
G
E- G C#- | C#-
Disappears into an office It's another working day
G B-7 C#-7 G A
and his thou.....ghts are full of strangers
B-7 C#-7 G A
corridors of naked lights And his
B-7 C#-7 G A
mind once full of reason Now there's
D. |
B-7 C#-7 G | G G9/A F#- G D
mo...re than meets the eye Now a stranger's face he carries with him
| D (E-) G D G/A | G/A
He likes a bit of reading On the subway home ooh oooh ooh
(E-) G D G/A | G/A
D distant radio's whistling tunes That nobody knows hm
(E-) G D
At home a house awaits him he unlocks the door
G
E- G C#- | C#-
Thinking once there was a sea here but there never was a door
G B-7 C#-7 G A
And his thou....ghts are full of strangers
B-7 C#-7 G A
And his eyes too numb to see
B-7 C#-7 G A
And nothing that he knows of
D. |
B-7 C#-7 G | G G9/A | F#- G D | D
And no........where where he's been wa..s ever quite like this
E- | (E-) | E- | (E-) | E- | (E-) | E- | (E-) |
yeah!
B-/A | C#-/A | G/A | C#-/A | B-/A | C#-/A | C | C D
he! oh oh oh oh and his
B-7 C#-7 G A
thou.....ghts are full of strangers
B-7 C#-7 G A
corridors of naked lights And his
B-7 C#-7 G A
mind once full of reason Now there's
D. |
B-7 C#-7 G | G G9/A F#- G D
mo...re than meets the eye Now a stranger's face he carries with
| D | B-/A | C#-/A | G/A | C#-/A |
him
B-/A | C#-/A | G/A | C#-/A
and at
B-/A C#-/A G/A C#-/A
hea.....rt he's full of strangers dodging
B-/A C#-/A G/A C#-/A
on his train of thought train of
B-/A | C#-/A | G/A | C#-/A | B-/A | C#-/A | G/A | C#-/A |
thought
B-/A | C#-/A | G/A | C#-/A |
B-/A | C#-/A | G/A | C#-/A | ...
HUNTING HIGH AND LOW
--------------------
D.. |~-D-|~
A- A-9 A- A#
Here I am and within the reach of
D.. |~ D.. |~-D-|~
F- C A- A-9 A- A#
my hand she's sound asleep and she's sweeter now
Gb C- Db C
than the wildest dream could have seen her and I watch her slipping away
G G o G G o o
A# C A-4 A- C 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- C F7+ D-
hunting high and low hi....gh
o o
F E-7 D- /C
there's no end to the lenghts I'll go to
o---------d d
A- /C A# F-
find her again upon this my dreams are depending
A- /E A# Dd C-
through the dark I sense the pounding of her heart next
/Eb Db C
to mine she's the sweetest love I could find
A# C A-4 A- C6/9 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- C6/9 F7+ D-
high and low hi....gh
o o o G G G G o
F E-7 D- /C A- | A- A-/C | A# A#/A | D-7
do you know what it means to love you
F | F/E | A- | E- | E- | A# |
o--------d d
C _| A- C A#7+ F
I'm hunting high and low and now she's telling me
o----d d
A- C/E A# | D- | C- | Eb | Db | C |
she's got to go away
A# C A-4 A- C6/9 F7+ D-
I'll always be hunting high and low only for you
(and now she's telling
|. G G G-|~ G G D | |
A-7 /E /F D7/F# D- F7/A E- A# C
watch me tea.....ring myself to piec........es hunting
me)
A-4 A- C6/9 F7+ D- F E-7
high and low uoh hi....gh there's no end to the lenghts
o-----o o o----
D-7 E-7 A# C A-
I'll go to... oohohohoo for you I'll be hunting high
-----d d d d d _|
C A# F/A | D- D
and low
BLUE SKY
--------
N.C. | N.C. | N.C. | N.C.
|~ G |.
A# A-5+ A- A-4
blue sky blue sky
|~ G |. |~ G |.
A# A-5+ A- A-4 A# A-5+ A- A-4
blue sky blue sky blue sky
A# A-
Oh I find it hard to breathe as life just eats away
A# A- F
at the faces that surround me they look tired today
D- Eb A- G
the lady at my table doesn't want me here I just want to talk to her
A#7+ F/C E-
but would she laugh at my accent and make fun of me
A#7+ F/C E- | A# | E- | A# |
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
A# A- F
only pinup posters looking down at me
D- Eb
watching paper cups of coffee growing cold before my eyes
A- G F7+
all the things I see that make me realize I'm in this big world
A#/C E- F7+
without you nothing to my name oh I never knew that
A#/C A# A-5+ A- A-4
blue sky meant such pain
(blue sky blue sky)
A# A-5+ A- A-4
blue sky blue sky
A# A-5+ A- A-4 A# | A-5+ A- A-4 | B- | B- |
blue sky blue sky blue sky
G | |
A# A- A-9 A-
I'm dying to be different in the coffee shop
| |
A# A-7 F13 F9
I've lived on borrowed strengh now my supplies are cut though
D. |
D- Eb Bb4+
I'm older than my looks and older than my years
D. |
A- A-4 G9
I'm too young to take on my deepest fears
A#7+ F/C E-
oh I used to be confused but now I just don't know since you
| D. | |
F7+ F(9)/C A#/C /A# A- C6
left I've been watching blue skies come and go oh
(blue sky...)
A#7+ F/C A# C_|
since you left I've been watching blue skies come and go
(blue sky..)
LIVING D BOY'S ADVENTURE TALE
-----------------------------
Aaaahaahaaahahaaaa
D7+ A | F#- | B- C#- | G A | D7+ A | F#- | B- C#- | G A |
Aaaahaahaaahahaa
D7+ A | F#- | B- C#- | G A | D7+ A | F#- | B- C#- | G A |
D /A /D F#-
I've fixed my dwelling for the night lights in pairs come passing by
D7+ | D7+ | D7+ |
where I hide
D /A /D F#- D7+
I need some time now on my own leave my loneliness alone to lick my wounds
D7+ | D7+ | A7+ |
C#-/C# /A F#/A# G D-
night has found me just in time to help me close my eyes one more time
G G o G G G G
D7+ A F#- B- C#- G A
living a boy's adventure tale in so many ways
D7+ A F#- B- C#- G A
living a boy's adventure tale for so many days I'm
D7+ A F#- B- C#- G A
living a boy's adventure tale can't escape if I wanted to
D7+ A F#- B- C#- G A
living a boy's adventure tale I may be dreaming but I feel awake
D /A /D F#- (D7+) |
I've been lost in so many places seeking love in so many faces
(D7+) | (D7+) |
D /A F#-
a change of weather the rain pours down my head in hands pressed to
D. |
D7+ | D7+ | N.C. D
the ground
C#-/C# F#/A# G D-
and where am I supposed to go now
D7+ A F#- B- C#- G A
living a boy's adventure tale in so many ways
D7+ A F#- B- C#- G A
living a boy's adventure tale haaa haaaa haaha
D7+ A F#- B- C#- G A
living a boy's adventure tale a voice I hear
D7+ A F#- B- C#- G A
living a boy's adventure tale singing a lullaby for me
o G o G o G o G o G o G o G
D/G /F# /E D /G /F# /E /F# D /A D /A D /A
D A7+/C# | D7+/B A |
D7+ A F#- B- C#- G A
living a boy's adventure tale because of you
D7+ A F#- B- C#- D_| E_|
living a boy's adventure tale oh you know it's true I'm
B
D7+ A F#- B- C#- G A
living a boy's adventure tale in so many ways
c#c# F# F# F# C# C# C#
D7+ A F#- B- C#- G A G A F#-
aaaah ahhaaaaaa for so many da.....ys Ilove you I
| B- C#- | G A G A | F#- | B- C#- | G A |
love you so many wa.....ys
G A F#- | B- C#- | G A |
aaaaaaahaaahaaa
G A F#- | B- C#- | G A |
aaaaaaahaaahaaa
G A F#- | B- C#- | G A |
aaaaaaahaaahaaa ....
THE SUN ALWAYS SHINES ON T.V.
-----------------------------
G G
E- | A- A# | F | C |
E- | A- A# | F | C |
G G
E- A- A# F C
Touch me.. how can it be...
C F
E- A- A# F C
believe me..... the sun always shines on t.v.
C C F D
E- A- A# F C
hold me.. close to your hea..rt
G. G G D
E-(5+) A- A# A- C4 A# C | E- D | 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- G | A- | A- G | A- | A- G | A- | A- G -- |
o----d d o-------------------- |d d
A- | A- /F | D- | D- | A- | A- /F | D- | F-- |
|. d |~--|. d-|~ |. d |~--|. d-|~
A- | A- G | A- | A- G
uh!
A- /F D- C4 C
I reached inside myself and found nothing there to ease the
F/A A- C A# G A#
pressure of my ever worrying mind ohooohoh oh
A- /F D- C4 C
all my powers waste away I fear the crazed and lonely
F/A A- C A# G A#
looks the mirror's sending me these days ohoo oh
E- A- A# F C
touch me.. how can it be...
---3---
G | | |
E- A- A# F C /C /E /G
believe me.. the sun always shines on t.v.
E- A- A# F C
hold me.. close to your hea..rt
G G
E- A- A# A- C A# C |
touch me.. and give all your love to me
|. d |~--|. d-|~ d-|~ |.
A- | A- G | D- | A# /C |
A- /F D- C4 C F/A
Please don't ask me to defend the shameful lowlands of the way I'm
A- C A# G A#
drifting gloomily through time oohooo
A- D- C4 C
I reached inside myself today thinking there's got to be
(touch me) (keep on your love)
G G G G
F/A A- C A# A-/A | D-_|
some way to keep my troubles distant
E- A- A# F C
Touch me.. how can it be
---3---
G | | |
E- A- A# F C /C /E /G
believe me.. the sun always shines on t.v.
E- A- A# F C
hold me.. close to your hea..rt
G G
E- A- A# A- C A# C | 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- A# | F | C | E- | A- A# | F | C /C /E /G
E- A- A# F C
hold me.. close to your hea..rt
G G
E- A- A# A- C A# C | E- | G
touch me.. and give all your love to me hey
| |~ |. |~ |~---| |~ |~-|. | |~ |. |~ |~---| |~ |~- |. |
A- A-9 A- A-9 A- | A-9 G | A- A-9 A- A-9 A- | A-9 G |1
|
|. d |~---|. d----|~ |. d |~---|. d----|~ |
A- | A- G | A- | A- G |2
to me.......
| |~ |. |~ |~---| |~ |~-|. | 1 = keyboards
A- A-9 A- A-9 A- | A-9 G | A-_| |1 2 = electric guitar
|
|. d |~---|. d~----|~ |
A- | A- G | A-_| |2
AND YOU TELL ME
---------------
2/4
D | G |
D A/C# G A F#- C#- B-7 D-6
Please don't hurt me I have told you all my love is all I've got
D A/C# G A 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#- A/C#
and you tell me that I don't love you
D A/C# G A F#- C#- B-7 D-6
I'm trying hard to make you jealous trying harder to make you stay
|. |~
D A/C# G A 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#- | A6 | G | B-7 | Fo A7 | D | D | D |
and you tell me that I don't love you
| D | D A/C# G A F#- C#- B-7 D-6
because I love I will show you all the faces my love can have
D | A/D | G/D | A/D G A/D G B-7
so plea..............se let me come to you and stay this time
F#- B-7 Fo F#- | A6 G B-7
and you tell me that I don't love you oh you know that it's
| | | |
Fo A7 D | A/D | G/D | B-/D | D | Ao | F#5+ C# | F#-_|
just not true
LOVE IS REASON
--------------
G G
E- | A# C | E- | A# C | E- | A# C | F | F7+ | D-7 | D-7/C
Bm!
(A-) (F) (C) (A-) (C) (F) G
my breath was coming fast and as I make a start you turned to go oh oh
D. |
A-9 F F6 F7+ /A D-
I'll do what you want me to I'll cry at the thought of the loss of a
G G
C E- A#9 C E- A#9 C E- A#9 C F F7+
heart love is reason love is reason love is reason lo..ve is..
o |. | |. G
D-7 /C A- A-4 A- A# C
reason enough my morals are changing fast I told you it wouldn't last
| |
C4 C A- F A# C
you turn and go oh oh
D. |
A-9 F7 F6 F7+ /A (D-)
I'll be what you want me to be I'd die at the thought of the loss of
C E- A#9 C E- A#9 C E- A#9 C F F7+
your heart love is reason love is reason love is reason lo..ve is
G G |~ |~ |~ |~
D-7 /C A- | A- /C | A# | N.C./A# N.C./A# N.C./A# N.C./A# C G_|
reason enough hm!
E- | A#9 C | E- | A#9 C | E- | A#9 C | F F7+ D-7 /C | F | F
ooh! oh lo..ve is.. reason enough
F7+ /A D- C
I'd dye at the thought of the loss of your heart
E- A#9 C E- A#9 C E- A#9 C F A#9 C
love is reason love is reason love is reason love love is reason
A- A#9 C F A#9 C A- A#9 C F A#9 C
enough is reason love is reason enough love is reason love is rea....son
A- A#9 C | F | A#9 C | A- | A#9 C | F | A#9 C | A- | A#9 C | F
enough ah ooh ooh ooh! ah ...
DREAM MYSELF ALIVE
------------------
B- | B- |
o G G G G
B- | C D | B- | C D | B- | C D | B- | C /D |
G G G G o G G
B- D/F# E-7 D B- E-7 D
dream my...self a...live
C A G F# G
E F# C C B
E D E D E
G G G G o G G
B- D/F# E-7 D B- E-7 D
I dream my...self a...live
B- F#- G(7+) F
but you can't deny there's something dark 'gainst the light
B- F#- G(7+) F B- | C D | B- | C D
all I can say it doesn't have to be this way we'll be
B- F#- G(7+) F
chasing our tails madly see days pass like wild fire
B- F#- G(7+) F
right from the start I knew this world would break my heart I
G G G G o G G
B- D/F# E-7 D B- E-7 D
dream my...self a...live
G G G G o G G
B- D/F# E-7 D B- E-7 D
I dream my...self a...live
G G G G o G G
B- D/F# E-7 D B- E-7 D
I dream my...self a...live break my heart and
G G G G
B- D/F# E-7 D B- F#- G(7+) F
what can it mean I'm drawing pictures of the sea
(dream my...self a...live)
B- F#- G(7+) F B- | F#-(4+/9-)
right from the start I knew this girl would break my heart
(voices)
G(7+) | F | B- | F#-(4+) | G(7+/9-) | F
G G G G o G G
B- D/F# E-7 D B- E-7 D
dream my...self a...live
G G G G o G G
B- D/F# E-7 D B- E-7 D
dream my...self a...live
G G G G o G G
B- D/F# E-7 D B- E-7 D
I dream my...self a...live
G G G G o G G
B- D/F# E-7 D B- E-7 D
dream my...self a...live
(a-ha A-ha)
G G G G o G G
B- D/F# E-7 D B- E-7 D
dream my...self a...live
G G G G o G G
B- D/F# E-7 D B- E-7 D
I dream my...self a...live
G G G G o G G
B- D/F# E-7 D B- E-7 D
dream my...self a...live
G G G G o G G
B- D/F# E-7 D B- E-7 D
dream my...self a...live ...
HERE I STAND AND A#ACE THE RAIN
------------------------------
| |~ | | |~--|~ |. | |~ |~----- | | | |.
F#-9 F#- G4+ D A | A A4 F#-9 F---------- | G4+ | D4+ D A A4
| |~ | | |~--|~ |. | |~ |~----- | | | |.
F#-9 F#- G4+ D A | A A4 F#-9 F---------- | G4+ | D4+ D A A4
|. d |~---d |. |~---|. d-|~ |. d |~---d |. |~---|. d-|~
F#- G A | A F#- G | G A | F#- G A | A F#- G | G A |
|. d |~---d |. |~---|. d-|~ |. d |~---d |. |~---|. d-|~
B- C D | D B- C | C D | B- C D | D B- C | C D |
|. d |~---d |. |~---|. d-|~ |. d |~---d |. |~---|. d-|~
E- F G | G E- F | F G | E- F G | G E- F | F E |
B | A- | E- |
o o G G
B- C#- G A B- C#- G A
Help me I need your love don't walk away the dark scares me so we're
B- C#- G A B- C#- G A
nothing apart let's stay friend forever forever
|. G |~-G |. |~-|. G-|~ |. |. |~-D
F#- G A F#- G A B- C D
here I stand and face the rain I know that nothing's gonna be the same
|. |~-|. d-|~ o o o o d d
B- C F#- F#7 E- B- | C#- | G A |
again I fear for what to..mo..rrow brings
B- C#- G A B- C#- G A B-
trust me for whom I am place all your faith into these hands I got nothing
C#- G A B- C#- G A
to say but let's stay friends forever forever
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here I stand and face the rain I know that nothing's gonna be the same
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again I fear for what tomo..rrow
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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 knowing nothing's
(here I stand and face the rain
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gonna be the same again
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(aah ah ahahah ahahaaah..........)
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(aah ah ahahah) |
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ahahaah.........) (aah ah ahahah ahahaaah..........)
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B- C | C D |
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here I stand and face the rain
(aaah ah ahahah ahahaaah..........) (aaah ah ahahah
ahahaah............) (aah ah ahahah ahahaaah..........)
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B- C | C D |
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knowing nothing's gonna be the same a.. gain
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ahahaah............) (aah ah ahahah ahahaaah..........)
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(aah ah ahahah ahahaaah..........) (aah
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C | C D |
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