Biography:
Jackson Browne (born Clyde Jackson Browne; October 9, 1948) is an American singer and songwriter. First coming to prominence in the 70s, the rock musician has had a long career and was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2004.
Browne was born in Heidelberg, Germany, where American serviceman father was stationed. Browne moved to the Highland Park district of Los Angeles, California at an early age and soon began singing folk music locally. In 1966, his major career began as a part of The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band.
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Before the Deluge – Jackson Browne
Intro: (play 2 times)
|G |C |G |C |
|G |C |G |D |
G
Some of them were dreamers
C G
And some of them were fools
Em C G C G
Who were making plans and thinking of the future
G
With the energy of the innocent
C G
They were gathering the tools
Em C G
They would need to make their journey back to nature
Em G
While the sand slipped through the opening
C G
And their hands reached for the golden ring
Em C D
With their hearts they turned to each other's heart for refuge
Em C G C G
In the troubled years that came before the deluge
G
Some of them knew pleasure
C G
And some of them knew pain
Em C G
And for some of them it was only the moment that mattered
G
And on the brave and crazy wings of youth
C G
They went flying around in the rain
Em C G
And their feathers, once so fine, grew torn and tattered
Em G
And in the end they traded their tired wings
C G
For the resignation that living brings
Em C
And exchanged love's bright and fragile glow
D Em D
For the glitter and the rouge
Em C G C G
And in the moment they were swept before the deluge
G C G C
Now let the music keep our spirits high
G C
And let the buildings keep our children dry
G D G C
Let creation reveal it's secrets by and by
G C
By and by...
G C G D
When the light that's lost within us reaches the sky
G
Some of them were angry
C G
At the way the earth was abused
Em C G
By the men who learned how to forge her beauty into power
G
And they struggled to protect her from them
C G
Only to be confused
Em C G
By the magnitude of her fury in the final hour
Em G
And when the sand was gone and the time arrived
C G
In the naked dawn only a few survived
Em C D
And in attempts to understand a thing so simple and so huge
Em C G
Believed that they were meant to live after the deluge
G C G C
Now let the music keep our spirits high
G C
And let the buildings keep our children dry
G D G C
Let creation reveal it's secrets by and by
G C
By and by...
G C G D
When the light that's lost within us reaches the sky
Coda:
|G |C |G |C |
|G |C |G |D |
Repeat coda and fade
Transcribed by Gerard Koot (Amsterdam, Netherlands) – may 2007
email: [email protected]
============================================================================
I’ve added a sample fingerstyle arrangement of the intro. The intro is not played like
the original recording but it’s a way of playing
the intro violin melody combined with chords.
The vertical lines (|) above the high e string indicate the quarter note beats of the measures.
Tuning: EADGBe
Intro:
G C G C
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
e|-----------------|---3---------5---|-7-----8-7-5-----|---3---------5---|
B|-3-----3-----3-5-|-----5-----------|-----8-------8-5-|-----5-----------|
G|-----4-----------|-------5---5---5-|---7-------------|-------5---5---5-|
D|---5-------5-----|-----------------|-5-------5-------|-----------------|
A|-----------------|-3-------3-------|-----------------|-3-------3-------|
E|-3-------3-------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
G C GC/E D/F#
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
e|-7-----8-7-5-----|---3---------5---|-7-----7-------7-|-5-----5---------|
B|-----8-------8-5-|-----5-----------|-----8-------8---|-----7---8---10--|
G|---7-------------|-------5---5---5-|---7-------7-----|---7-----9---11--|
D|-5-------5-------|-----------------|-5-------5-------|-----------------|
A|-----------------|-3-------3-------|-----------------|-5-------7---9---|
E|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
Intro: (play 2 times)
|G |C |G |C |
|G |C |G |D |
G
Some of them were dreamers
C G
And some of them were fools
Em C G C G
Who were making plans and thinking of the future
G
With the energy of the innocent
C G
They were gathering the tools
Em C G
They would need to make their journey back to nature
Em G
While the sand slipped through the opening
C G
And their hands reached for the golden ring
Em C D
With their hearts they turned to each other's heart for refuge
Em C G C G
In the troubled years that came before the deluge
G
Some of them knew pleasure
C G
And some of them knew pain
Em C G
And for some of them it was only the moment that mattered
G
And on the brave and crazy wings of youth
C G
They went flying around in the rain
Em C G
And their feathers, once so fine, grew torn and tattered
Em G
And in the end they traded their tired wings
C G
For the resignation that living brings
Em C
And exchanged love's bright and fragile glow
D Em D
For the glitter and the rouge
Em C G C G
And in the moment they were swept before the deluge
G C G C
Now let the music keep our spirits high
G C
And let the buildings keep our children dry
G D G C
Let creation reveal it's secrets by and by
G C
By and by...
G C G D
When the light that's lost within us reaches the sky
G
Some of them were angry
C G
At the way the earth was abused
Em C G
By the men who learned how to forge her beauty into power
G
And they struggled to protect her from them
C G
Only to be confused
Em C G
By the magnitude of her fury in the final hour
Em G
And when the sand was gone and the time arrived
C G
In the naked dawn only a few survived
Em C D
And in attempts to understand a thing so simple and so huge
Em C G
Believed that they were meant to live after the deluge
G C G C
Now let the music keep our spirits high
G C
And let the buildings keep our children dry
G D G C
Let creation reveal it's secrets by and by
G C
By and by...
G C G D
When the light that's lost within us reaches the sky
Coda:
|G |C |G |C |
|G |C |G |D |
Repeat coda and fade
Transcribed by Gerard Koot (Amsterdam, Netherlands) – may 2007
email: [email protected]
============================================================================
I’ve added a sample fingerstyle arrangement of the intro. The intro is not played like
the original recording but it’s a way of playing
the intro violin melody combined with chords.
The vertical lines (|) above the high e string indicate the quarter note beats of the measures.
Tuning: EADGBe
Intro:
G C G C
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
e|-----------------|---3---------5---|-7-----8-7-5-----|---3---------5---|
B|-3-----3-----3-5-|-----5-----------|-----8-------8-5-|-----5-----------|
G|-----4-----------|-------5---5---5-|---7-------------|-------5---5---5-|
D|---5-------5-----|-----------------|-5-------5-------|-----------------|
A|-----------------|-3-------3-------|-----------------|-3-------3-------|
E|-3-------3-------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
G C GC/E D/F#
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
e|-7-----8-7-5-----|---3---------5---|-7-----7-------7-|-5-----5---------|
B|-----8-------8-5-|-----5-----------|-----8-------8---|-----7---8---10--|
G|---7-------------|-------5---5---5-|---7-------7-----|---7-----9---11--|
D|-5-------5-------|-----------------|-5-------5-------|-----------------|
A|-----------------|-3-------3-------|-----------------|-5-------7---9---|
E|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
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