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                      A Man For All Seasons - Al Stewart
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Intro       E E A D E
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Verse
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 E                       B   B*   C#m
 What if you reached the age of reason

 Amaj7                  B7
 Only to find there was no reprieve

 E                  B     B*   C#m
 Would you be a man for all seasons

 F#9                       A/B   B
 Or would you just have to leave

    A                       B     B*   C#m
 We measure our days out in steps of uncertainty

     E          C#m           B
 Not turning to see how we've come

     A             F#m          B    B*  C#m     B/D#
 And peer down the highway from here to eternity

     E             C#m         A/B  B
 And reach out for love on the run

           A                      B               E     ---> 2nd verse or
 While the man for all seasons is lost behind the sun.         bridge




Bridge
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B E                      B
     And I should know by now

A B                                    E    A     E         B
     I should know by now, I hear them call it out all around

A B             A  B  C#m  F#   E                    B
     Oh they go aaaaaaaaaaaaah, there's nothing to believe in

               A  B  C#m  F#
     Hear them aaaaaaaaaaaaah

          E       C#m7  A/B              B            C
     Just daydreams   deceiving; they'll just let you down


     D   C   Bm7   C   D   E   E           ---->  last verse
   (some of the instrumental goes here)



Last verse   - the same as the first 2 verses up until:
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               A/B   B
......for the light

      A          F#m7    B   B*     C#m        B/D#
 Some wait for waters of fortune to cover them

      A                F#m7     B      B*      C#m       B/D#
 Some just see the tides of ill chance rushing over them

      A          F#m7       B   B*     C#m   B/D#
 Some call on Jehovah, some cry out to Allah

      A              F#m7           B   B*    C#m   B/D#
 Some wait for the boats that still row to Valhalla

          A          F#m7        B     B*    C#m     B/D#
 Well you try to accept what the fates are unfolding

       A                   F#m7    B     B*        C#m    B/D#
 While some say they're sure where blame should be falling

     A               F#m7    B         B*   C#m    B/D#
 You look 'round for maybe a chance of forestalling

         E                  B
 But too soon it's over and done

         A                      B               E     E A D E E
 And the man for all seasons is lost behind the sun.




The non-straight-forward chords are shown as:


B*  : X3X242   ( B* means B#o7)
F#9 : 242324
A/B : X2X22O
B/D#: XX1XO2