Firth of Fifth

[Piano Intro]

Verse 1: (1:07-) {Tempo: 128}
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|B            |B7/A            |E(9)/G#        |B/F#
   The path is clear; though no eyes    can see_____
   |Em(9)/G         |F#7sus4    F#7/C# /D# |B7sus4  B7|      |
The course laid down        long_____  be - fore.

|E           |F#m7/E           |Bm/D           |C/D 
  And so with gods and men; The sheep remain in-side their pen,
      |G                 |E7/G#          |A#dim  |     ||
Though many times they've seen the way to leave.


[Verse 2] 

 He rides ma-jestic; Past homes of men
 Who care not or gaze with joy,

 To see reflected there; The trees, the sky, the lily fair,
 The scene of death is lying just below.


Bridge: (2:07-) {Enters 12-string arpegggio, no bass}
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   |E       |A/E         |Emaj7    |A/E
The mountain cuts off the town from view,
      |Bbm   |Ebm         |Bb/F    |Eb
Like a cancer growth is re-moved by skill.
      |Eb  F   |G      |
Let it be  re - vealed.

     {Enters Mellotron (choir)} (2:28-)
|    |Bb/C   |         |Cm/F   |    
    A water - fall, his madri - gal.
  |E      |        |B/F#     |       |
An in-land sea, his sym-pho - ny.
|E       |        |B/F#   |      |F#maj7 |     ||
 Na___ na na___ na na________  na na - a_____

{Enter lead guitar & bass, forte} (2:54-)
|B       |B7/A           |E(9)/G#    |B/F#
  Undinal songs; Urge the sailors  on_____
    |Em(9)/G        |A7sus4  A7   ||
Till lured  by (the) si   -  rens'  

[Piano Solo 1] (3:05-)

{Slower, tempo: 68}
|E/D5    |     D |Em/A    |       |
 cry.
         {Accelerando}
|B      ||E      |       ||

[Flute Solo] (3:30-)

|Em     |Am     |Em     |Am     |
|Em     |Bm     |Am     |B      ||

|Em     |Am  Em |Am  Em |Am  Em |5/4
|5/4 Em  F7    ||4/4

[Piano Solo 2] (4:09-)

{Tempo: 83}
|4/4 ||:Cm    |F7   :||(x 4) |2/4 F7  ||

[Keyboard Solo] (4:34-)

[Guitar Solo] (5:46-)

{Tempo: 80}
|4/4  ||:Em   |D/E  :|| (x 7)

|:Em   |Am    |Em    |Am    |
|Em    |Bm    |Am    |B    :| (x 4)

 (2x) {Enter bass pedal, 12-strings & Mellotron(choir)} 
 (3x) {End of bass pedal & 12-strings, enters bass} 
 (4x) {Enter bass pedal, 12-strings & Mellotron}

{End of bass pedal & 12-strings, enters bass} (8:02-)
|:E      |F#m7/E :| (x 3)  
|E7      |Em      ||

{Faster, tempo: 140}
|Em/G    |E/G#    |A#dim   |       ||

[Verse 3] (8:34-)

 Now as the river dissolves in sea, 
 So Neptune has claimed another soul.

 And so with gods and men; The sheep remain inside their pen,
 Until the Shepherd leads his flock away.


Coda: (9:03-)
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|B             |B7/A       |E(9)/G#   |B/F#
   The sands of time were e-roded   by___
   |Em(9)/G   |F#7sus4  F#/C# /D# |B7sus4  |     ||
The river  of  con   -  stant      change.

[Piano Solo 3] (9:20-)

{Piano solo fade in}
|13/16 ||:A/C#    |E/B    :|| (x 3 & fade)

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