...FOREIGNER SUITE... by Cat Stevens
---------------------...............
*from 'Foreigner' (1973)*
Verse 1:
G
There are no words,
D
I can use,
G
Because the meaning,
G7
Still leaves for you,
C
To choose.
Em
And I couldn't stand,
Bm
To let them be a-bused,
Cmaj9 C
By you, you.
Instrumental 1:
(Faster Tempo):
D7 G7 Em7 Am,
Dm7 Em7 A
F Bb Am7 Dm A,
Dm Bb C7
Verse 2:
F
Dreams I had,
Bb
Just last night,
Am Dm
Made me scared,
A Dm
White with fright.
Bb
But I'm over to that,
C7 F
Sunnyside road,
Bb
Over to that,
C7 Dm G
Sunnyside road.
Instrumental 2:
C Bb C Bb C
Hey, hey.
Verse 3:
F
Fortunes come,
Bb
And fortunes go,
Am7
But things,
Dm
Get better babe,
A Dm
That's one thing I know.
Bb
And I'm over to that,
C7 F
Sunnyside road,
Bb
Over to that,
C7 Dm G
Sunnyside road.
Instrumental 3:
C Bb C Bb C, B
F# C#7 (x10)
Verse 4:
F# B
Now I have a friend,
F# C#
That I have met,
E
Who gives me love,
Ebm Bbm7 Bb Ab
And a certain re-spect.
F# C#
Just a little re-spect,
F#
Everybody needs,
C# F# C#
Just a little res-pect.
F# C#
That means you, you,
F# C#
You, you, you, you,
F# C#
You, you, you.
Verse 5:
F# B
And in a little while,
F# C#
Our love will spread,
E B
To you, you.
D7
Ain't no matter,
G7
Who inside,
Em7 Am
This world you know;
Dm7 Em7
There'll be some-one,
E
Who will love you,
Asus4 A D7
Just for who you are,
G7 Em7 Am Dm Em7
Really are, are, are.
A
For truth!
Verse 6:
F
Dreams I had,
Bb
Just last night,
Am7 Dm
Made me worried,
A7 Dm
Face up to the light.
Bb
But I'm over to that,
C7 F
Sunnyside road,
Bb
Over to that,
Bb
Over to that,
C7 D E
Sunnyside road.
Instrumental 4:
D B, D E, D B
A B, A B, D A
D E, D B, D E, D B
E Bm A Bm A Bm
Em Em7 Em7sus4 Em7,
Em Em7 Em7sus4 Em7
A D C
Em, Em D C Am D C,
Em D C, Am D C,
G F Em G
Am F G F Am
D Am Bb C Bb Eb Am7
D7 Am7 D7 Am7
(Slower Tempo):
G C F C F C,
G C F C F C,
G C F C F
G Em Am,
F F/E Dm E
Am E G,
F G Am G
Verse 7:
C
Come on now,
F G
It's freedom calling,
C Em
Come on over,
Am G F G
And find yourself.
C
Come on now,
F G
It's freedom calling,
C Em
Come on in,
Am G F G
And re-mind yourself.
Verse 8:
G
You can live,
In the largest house,
C
And e-leven apartments too.
G
Run your own private plane,
C
And a boat in Malibu.
G
But 'till you know deep down,
C
What in-side you really need.
Verse 9:
C
Well I love you baby,
C/B
Ooh my dear,
Am
And I think about you,
F
Some-times.
Dm
But when you're with me,
E Am
Boy it chokes my mind.
Interlude:
G F G Am G F
Verse 10:
C
Come on now,
F G
It's freedom calling,
C Em
Come on over,
Am G F G
And find yourself.
G F G
Ah.............
C
Come on now,
F G
It's freedom calling,
C Em
Come on in,
Am
And re-mind yourself.
G F G
Ah.............
Am C Am
Come on.
Instrumental 5:
F Dm E, C G Am F
C G Am F
Am F
C C/B Am F,
Dm E Am, G
Am, F Dm F C G
Am (x3)
F Dm C G
C C/B Am F,
Dm E Am Em
Am F Dm,
F C Em,
Am F Dm,
F C Em
Verse 11:
Am7
Man must fight,
Dm7
For freedom,
Em
Sure that's what,
Most other people,
Am C Am Em
Would say.
Am7
Look for a body,
Dm
To lead them,
Em
But there's too many,
To lead them a-way.
Am C Am Em
Ah......
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Am7
Why wait until,
Dm7
It's your time to die,
Em
Before you learn,
What you were,
Am C Am Em
Born to do?
Am7
Come on now,
Dm7
It's freedom calling,
Em
But there's only one,
Am C Am Em
Freedom for you.
Interlude:
Am F, Em G (x2)
Verse 12:
Am
Love, love,
Em
For all.
Am
Love, love,
Em
For all.
Am
Love, love,
Em
For all.
Am
Love, love,
Em
For all.
Interlude:
Am C G,
A G F#/G E
Bridge:
D C D C
And I can't wait to,
D C D C Am
Be with you to-morrow night.
C Em
Oh no.
Am
Love, love,
Em C
For all.
Am
Love.
Interlude:
Am (strum a few times)
Verse 13:
C
Won't you,
Am
Give me your word,
C Am
That you won't laugh?
C Am
'Cos you've been,
Em C Am
A saving grace to me.
Em Am Em
And I'd hate to face,
Am
A day,
Without you around,
G Em
My life,
D D7
Would be without sound.
Verse 14:
Am
Love, love, love,
G Em
Love must've made you,
D D7
On a sunday.
Am
'Cos you taste to me,
G Em
As good as God,
D D7
Made honey taste, babe.
Am
And the sky all glistens,
G
With gold,
Em D D7
When you're talking to me.
Am7
And the whirling wind,
G
Turns to song,
Em D D7
Why it sets my soul free, free.
Am
Love, love, love,
G Em
Love must've made you,
D D7
On a sunday.
Am C
A....y, ay a...y,
D
Ay a...y.
Instrumental 6:
(Slower Tempo):
G D G C,
Em7 Bm C(add9),
C Am7
Verse 15:
D G
There are no words.
D
I can use,
D7 G
Be-cause the meaning,
G7
Still leaves for you,
C
To choose.
Em
And I couldn't stand,
Bm
To let them be a-bused,
C(add9)
By you,
C Bb F D
You.
Verse 16:
G
Oh dar-ling,
D
You see my face,
G
But it's in my heart,
G7
That's where,
C
It's taking place.
Em7
And I couldn't stand,
Bm
To let it go to waste,
C(add9)
Can you?
C Bb F E
You?
Verse 17:
A
Oh love,
E E7
Sweet blue love,
A A7
No man can ever,
D
Get E-nough.
Em F#m
But maybe one day,
C#m
We'll all die in love,
Dsus2
Will you?
D C Bb Ab F#
You?
F#7 B
Oh love,
A G
Sweet love,
Am7 D G
My........ love.
D
Sweet blue love,
G G7
(No man can ever,
C
Get E-nough).
Em7
(But maybe one day,
Bm
We'll all die in love).
Interlude:
C(add9) C, Am7 D7
Verse 18:
G D
Oh babe, under-stand,
D7 G
Take my love,
G7 C
That's all I have at hand.
Em7
Please say you will,
Bm
Don't say you can't,
C(add9) C
Oh will you?
C/D D
Will you,
Bm
Will you?
Instrumental 7:
(Double Tempo):
Em
Am D G, Am D Bm Em
Coda:
Am7
The moment you walked,
D
Inside my door,
G
I knew that I need,
C
Not look no more.
C/B
I've seen many,
Am7 D
Other girls be-fore,
Ah but darling,
Bm
Heaven must've,
Em
Programmed you.
Interlude:
Am7 D, G C C/B,
Am7 D, Bm Em
Am7
The moment you fell,
D
Inside my dreams,
I realised,
G C
All I had not seen.
C/B
I've seen many,
Am7 D
Other girls be-fore,
Ah hot darling,
Bm
Heaven must've,
Em
Programmed you, ah ah.
C(add9) C
Will you?
Dsus4 D
Will you,
Bm7 Bm G Em
Will you?
Outro:
Am7 D G C,
Am7 D Bm Em
Am7 D G C,
Am7 D Bm Em
(Repeat to Fade)
CHORD DIAGRAMS:
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Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2004
(clumsyband@hotmail.com)
