Biography:
Al Stewart (born in Glasgow, Scotland on 5 September 1945) is a British songwriter and musician. He is best known for his 1976 single Year of the Cat and its 1978 follow-up Time Passages (both produced by Alan Parsons). Stewart's inspiration for his songs primarily comes from the past; indeed, he is credited with creating his own genre, "historical folk rock". At one time in his life, Stewart took guitar lessons from King Crimson guitarist Robert Fripp.
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Other songs:
- A League Of Notions
- Almost Lucy
- Angry Bird
- Apple Cider Reconstitution
- Broadway Hotel
- Carol
- Electric Los Angeles Sunset
- Flying Sorcery
- If It Doesnt Come Naturally Leave It
- Im Falling
- In Brooklyn
- Katherine Of Oregon
- Last Days Of The Century
- Laughing Into 1939
- Life In Dark Water
- Lord Grenville
- Lord Salisbury
- Love Chronicles
- Manuscript
- Marion The Chtelaine
- Midas Shadow
- News From Spain
- Night Of The Fourth Of May
- Nostradamus
- Old Admirals
- On The Border
- One Stage Before
- Palace Of Versailles
- Red Toupee
- Roads To Moscow
- Running Man
- Samuel Oh How Youve Changed
- Sand In Your Shoes
- Song On The Radio
- Strange Girl
- Terminal Eyes
- The Ballad Of Mary Foster
- The Carmichaels
- The Dark And The Rolling Sea
- The Loneliest Place On The Map
- Three Mules
- Time Passages
- Timeless Skies
- Trespasser
- Year Of The Cat
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[Verse 1]
G D/F# G G/A G/B C
While travelling northwards on a back country lane
Em Am Em
I came on the village where first I grew
G D/F# G G/A G/B C
And stopped to climb up the hill once again
Em Am Em
Looking down from the tracks to the grey slate roofs
D Em D
I watched the village moving as the day went slowly by
G D C G C Em Am
In the fields we lay here my very first love and I
G D A
Under timeless arcadian skies
G D C Em Am intro
Under timeless arcadian skies
[Verse 2]
G D/F# G G/A G/B C
The old canal lies sleeping under the sky
Em Am Em
The barges are gone to a lost decade
G D/F# G G/A G/B C
On overgrown banks here lovers' footsteps went by
Em Am Em
Long before ever the roads were made
D Em D
And in our turn we passed here and carved our names on trees
G D C G C Em Am
As the days washed by like waves of an endless sea
G D A
Under timeless arcadian skies
G D C Em Am intro
Under timeless arcadian skies
[Bridge]
Bb6 A7 Dm
Time runs through your fingers
E Am E Am
You never hold it at all till it’s gone
Bb6 A7 Dm E
Some fragments just linger with you
Am E Am G
Like snow in the spring hanging on
[Verse 3]
G D/F# G G/A G/B C
I left the village behind in the night
Em Am Em
To fade like a sail in the darkening seas
G D/F# G G/A G/B C
The shifts and changes in the patterns of life
Em Am Em
Will weather it more than the centuries
D Em D
And in another village in a far off foreign land
G D C G C Em Am
The new day breaks out opening up its hand
G D A
And the sun has the moon in his eyes
G D C Em Am intro till end
As he wanders the timeless skies
G D/F# G G/A G/B C
While travelling northwards on a back country lane
Em Am Em
I came on the village where first I grew
G D/F# G G/A G/B C
And stopped to climb up the hill once again
Em Am Em
Looking down from the tracks to the grey slate roofs
D Em D
I watched the village moving as the day went slowly by
G D C G C Em Am
In the fields we lay here my very first love and I
G D A
Under timeless arcadian skies
G D C Em Am intro
Under timeless arcadian skies
[Verse 2]
G D/F# G G/A G/B C
The old canal lies sleeping under the sky
Em Am Em
The barges are gone to a lost decade
G D/F# G G/A G/B C
On overgrown banks here lovers' footsteps went by
Em Am Em
Long before ever the roads were made
D Em D
And in our turn we passed here and carved our names on trees
G D C G C Em Am
As the days washed by like waves of an endless sea
G D A
Under timeless arcadian skies
G D C Em Am intro
Under timeless arcadian skies
[Bridge]
Bb6 A7 Dm
Time runs through your fingers
E Am E Am
You never hold it at all till it’s gone
Bb6 A7 Dm E
Some fragments just linger with you
Am E Am G
Like snow in the spring hanging on
[Verse 3]
G D/F# G G/A G/B C
I left the village behind in the night
Em Am Em
To fade like a sail in the darkening seas
G D/F# G G/A G/B C
The shifts and changes in the patterns of life
Em Am Em
Will weather it more than the centuries
D Em D
And in another village in a far off foreign land
G D C G C Em Am
The new day breaks out opening up its hand
G D A
And the sun has the moon in his eyes
G D C Em Am intro till end
As he wanders the timeless skies
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