Biography:
The Alan Parsons Project was a British rock group active from 1975 until 1990, founded by Alan Parsons and Eric Woolfson both from London, England. The group is based on a number of regular group members such as Stuart Elliot and Ian Bairnson, complemented with varying lead vocals such as Colin Blunstone (the Zombies), Chris Rainbow and Gary Brooker (Procol Harum). The group is well known for its concept albums, which cover themes such as Edgar Allan Poe, Gaudi, and Freud.
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Other songs:
- Eye In The Sky
- Ammonia Avenue
- Breakdown
- Children Of The Moon
- Closer To Heaven
- Damned If I Do
- Day After Day The Show Must Go On
- Days Are Numbers
- Dont Answer Me
- Dont Hold Back
- Dont Let It Show
- Freudiana
- Games People Play
- I Dont Wanna Go Home
- I Wouldnt Want To Be Like You
- If I Could Change Your Mind
- Inside Looking Out
- La Sagrada Familia
- Lets Talk About Me
- Light Of The World
- Limelight
- Little Hans
- May Be A Price To Pay
- Nothing Left To Lose
- Oh Life There Must Be More
- Old And Wise
- One Good Reason
- One More River
- Prime Time
- Psychobabble
- Separate Lives
- Shadow Of A Lonely Man
- Silence And I
- Since The Last Goodbye
- Some Other Time
- Sooner Or Later
- Standing On Higher Ground
- The Cask Of Amontillado
- The Eagle Will Rise Again
- The Same Old Sun
- The Voice
- Time
- To One Paradise
- Turn Of A Friendly Card
- Voyager
- Vulture Culture
- What Goes Up
- You Dont Believe
- Youre Gonna Get Your Fingers Burned
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Song: Old and wise
Artist: The Alan Parsons Project / Colin Blunstone
Composers: Alan Parsons & Eric Woolfson
Album: Eye in the sky
Tabbed by DJ ('DiddyD' on ultimateGuitar.com)
21 Aug 2012
Capo: 3rd fret (Sounds in the key of Am)
Chord names and fret positions are relative to the capo:
F#m = 244222 Em/G = 322000 E7sus4 = 020200
C#m/E = 002120 D/F# = 20023x E7 = 020100
Dmaj7 = xx0222 Dm = xx0231 F = 133211
C#m7 = x46454 Dm/F = 10023x Am/C = x32210
Bm7 = x24232 Am/E = 022100 G/F = 120003
Am = x02210 B7sus4 = x24252 Em7 = 022030
E/G# = 4x2400 B7 = x24242 A = x02220
A4 = x02230
*************************************************************
[Intro]
F#m C#m/E Dmaj7 C#m7 Dmaj7 C#m7
| / / / / | / / / / | / / / / |
Bm7 C#m7 F#
| / / / / | / / / / |
[Verse 1]
F#m C#m/E Dmaj7
As far as my eyes can see,
C#m7 Dmaj7 C#m7 Bm7
| / / / / | / / / / |
F#m C#m/E Dmaj7
There are shadows ap - prouching me,
C#m7 Dmaj7 C#m7 Bm7
| / / / / | / / / / |
Am E/G# Em/G D/F#
And to those I leave be - hind, I wanted you to know,
Dm/F Am/E
You've always shared my deepest thoughts,
B7sus4 B7 E7sus4 E7
You follow where I go!
[Verse 2]
Am Em/G F Am
And oh---oh, when I'm old and wise,
Dm Am/C
Bitter words mean little to me,
B7sus4 B7 E7sus4 E7
Autumn winds will blow right through me,
Am Em/G F Am
And some---- day, in the mists of time,
Dm Am/C
When they ask me if I knew you,
B7sus4 B7 E7sus4 E7 F
I'd smile, and say, you were a friend of mine,
G/F Em7 Am Am/G
And the sadness would be lifted from my eyes,
F G/F A
Oh---, when I'm old and wise!
[Verse 3]
F#m C#m/E Dmaj7
As far as my eyes can see,
C#m7 Dmaj7 C#m7 Bm7
| / / / / | / / / / |
F#m C#m/E Dmaj7
There are shadows sur - rounding me,
C#m7 Dmaj7 C#m7 Bm7
| / / / / | / / / / |
Am E/G# Em/G D/F#
And to those I leave be - hind, I want you all to know,
Dm/F Am/E
You've always shared my darkest hours,
B7sus4 B7 E7sus4 E7
I'll miss you when I go!
[Verse 4]
Am Em/G F Am
And oh---oh, when I'm old and wise,
Dm Am/C
Heavy words that tossed and blew me,
B7sus4 B7 E7sus4 E7
Like autumn winds, will blow right through me,
Am Em/G F Am
And some---- day, in the mists of time,
Dm Am/C
When they ask you if you knew me,
B7sus4 B7 E7sus4 E7 F
Re - member that you were a friend of mine,
G/F Em7 Am Am/G
As the final curtain falls before my eyes,
F G/F A
Oh---, when I'm old and wise!
[Coda]
F#m C#m/E Dmaj7 C#m7
As far as my eyes can see!
Dmaj7 C#m7 Bm7 C#m7 F#
| / / / / | / / / / | / / / / |
[Sax or guitar solo]
F G/F Em7 Am Am/G
||: / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / |
F G/F A A4 A
| / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / :||[Rpt.]
Artist: The Alan Parsons Project / Colin Blunstone
Composers: Alan Parsons & Eric Woolfson
Album: Eye in the sky
Tabbed by DJ ('DiddyD' on ultimateGuitar.com)
21 Aug 2012
Capo: 3rd fret (Sounds in the key of Am)
Chord names and fret positions are relative to the capo:
F#m = 244222 Em/G = 322000 E7sus4 = 020200
C#m/E = 002120 D/F# = 20023x E7 = 020100
Dmaj7 = xx0222 Dm = xx0231 F = 133211
C#m7 = x46454 Dm/F = 10023x Am/C = x32210
Bm7 = x24232 Am/E = 022100 G/F = 120003
Am = x02210 B7sus4 = x24252 Em7 = 022030
E/G# = 4x2400 B7 = x24242 A = x02220
A4 = x02230
*************************************************************
[Intro]
F#m C#m/E Dmaj7 C#m7 Dmaj7 C#m7
| / / / / | / / / / | / / / / |
Bm7 C#m7 F#
| / / / / | / / / / |
[Verse 1]
F#m C#m/E Dmaj7
As far as my eyes can see,
C#m7 Dmaj7 C#m7 Bm7
| / / / / | / / / / |
F#m C#m/E Dmaj7
There are shadows ap - prouching me,
C#m7 Dmaj7 C#m7 Bm7
| / / / / | / / / / |
Am E/G# Em/G D/F#
And to those I leave be - hind, I wanted you to know,
Dm/F Am/E
You've always shared my deepest thoughts,
B7sus4 B7 E7sus4 E7
You follow where I go!
[Verse 2]
Am Em/G F Am
And oh---oh, when I'm old and wise,
Dm Am/C
Bitter words mean little to me,
B7sus4 B7 E7sus4 E7
Autumn winds will blow right through me,
Am Em/G F Am
And some---- day, in the mists of time,
Dm Am/C
When they ask me if I knew you,
B7sus4 B7 E7sus4 E7 F
I'd smile, and say, you were a friend of mine,
G/F Em7 Am Am/G
And the sadness would be lifted from my eyes,
F G/F A
Oh---, when I'm old and wise!
[Verse 3]
F#m C#m/E Dmaj7
As far as my eyes can see,
C#m7 Dmaj7 C#m7 Bm7
| / / / / | / / / / |
F#m C#m/E Dmaj7
There are shadows sur - rounding me,
C#m7 Dmaj7 C#m7 Bm7
| / / / / | / / / / |
Am E/G# Em/G D/F#
And to those I leave be - hind, I want you all to know,
Dm/F Am/E
You've always shared my darkest hours,
B7sus4 B7 E7sus4 E7
I'll miss you when I go!
[Verse 4]
Am Em/G F Am
And oh---oh, when I'm old and wise,
Dm Am/C
Heavy words that tossed and blew me,
B7sus4 B7 E7sus4 E7
Like autumn winds, will blow right through me,
Am Em/G F Am
And some---- day, in the mists of time,
Dm Am/C
When they ask you if you knew me,
B7sus4 B7 E7sus4 E7 F
Re - member that you were a friend of mine,
G/F Em7 Am Am/G
As the final curtain falls before my eyes,
F G/F A
Oh---, when I'm old and wise!
[Coda]
F#m C#m/E Dmaj7 C#m7
As far as my eyes can see!
Dmaj7 C#m7 Bm7 C#m7 F#
| / / / / | / / / / | / / / / |
[Sax or guitar solo]
F G/F Em7 Am Am/G
||: / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / |
F G/F A A4 A
| / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / :||[Rpt.]
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