| Author: | Leonard | Latest revision: | December 30, 2022 |
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| Notes: | The unpublished prototype to “Land o’ Free Love & Goodbye”, which would appear five years later on the album Numbers in official form as a more fleshed-out composition with much revised lyrics. Despite some unresolved issues at the time, Cat took to recording this early version of the song on July 16, 1970 so as to secure the strong melancholic Greek melody of the song in the studio. | ||
| Each guitar tab is the author’s own work and represents his or her own interpretation of the song. Visitors may use the guitar tabs offered here only for private study, scholarship, or research. |
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"Love Lives in the Sky"
(1970)
by Cat Stevens
previously unreleased studio demo from
IN SEARCH OF THE CENTRE OF THE UNIVERSE (2001)
Standard tuning
(bass to treble) E-A-D-G-B-E
in 4/4 time, mostly
INTRO
N.C. C/G F/C
| / / | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / |
(F/C) C/G G C/G F C/G G C/G
| / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | / / |
G F+9 C F+9 G (G7) C/G
| / / / | / / / / | / / / / |
VERSE 1 (Sung a cappella in the first part.)
(C/G) (F/C) • • F/C
Oh the trees grow higher than the mountain, in the land of free love and good-bye
(F/C) C/G G C/G F C/G G C/G
The river's ever growin', the fishes flowin' | / / / / | / / / / |
(C/G) G F+9 C F+9 G (G7) C/G
And the Lo__________ve lives in the sky
INTRUMENTAL VERSE (As Intro but without first, upbeat bar.)
C/G F/C
| / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / |
(F/C) C/G G C/G F C/G G C/G
| / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / |
(C/G) G F+9 C F+9 G (G7) C/G
| / / | / / / | / / / / | / / / / |
VERSE 2
(C/G) F/C • •
In the night flies a team of white horses, and they glimmer clean in your eye
(F/C) C/G G C/G F C/G G C/G
The bird of dawn is bringing the simpleness of singing | / / / / | / / / / |
(C/G) G F+9 C F+9 G (G7) (C/G)
And the So__________ng lives in the sky
BREAK
Dm G C/G F/C Dm/A E RIFF
|:| / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / |:| (Play twice.)
REPEAT VERSE 1. (But no a cappella.)
END ON BREAK.
RIFF
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A A4 A A7sus2 A
/ . / . / . / .
d u d u d u d
E|-0-------0---0---0----------------|
B|-2-3-2-3-2---0---2----------------|
G|-2-2-2-2-2---0---2----------------|
D|-2-2-2-2-2---2---2----------------|
A|-0-------0-------0----------------|
E|----------------------------------|
CHORDS (in order of appearance)
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C/G F/C G F+9 C G7
332010 x33211 3x0003 xx3213 x32013 3x0001
RLM-I- -RLMII R----L --RMIL -RM-IL R----I
Dm Dm/A E A A4 A7sus2
xx0231 x00231 022100 x02220 x02230 x02000
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Chord fingering: T = thumb
I = index finger
M = middle finger
R = ring finger
L = little finger
Tablature notation: d = downward stroke
u = upward stroke
> = accentuate
! = accentuate with great intensity
h = hammer-on
p = pull-off
~ = vibrato, or hold chord
[ ] = natural harmonic (Harm.)
/ = legato slide (gliss) up the fret
\ = legato slide (gliss) down the fret
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