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Author/Artist: Mountain
Title: Theme For An Imaginary Western
Album: Climbing (1970)
Key: A major
Comments: 74 bpm
INTRO
| A Ab | F#m |
| A Ab | F#m |
VERSE 1
A Ab F#m
When the wagons leave the city
B A G
For the forest and further on
A Ab F#m
Painted wagons of the morning
B D
Dusty roads where they have gone
A Ab F#m
Sometimes travellin' through the darkness
B A G
Met the summer coming home
A Ab F#m E
Fallen faces by the wayside
D Bm A Ab
Looked as if they might have known.
CHORUS
F#m C#m
Oh, the sun was in their eyes
F#m C#m
And the desert was dry
D A
In the country towns
F#m B Rest (x2 beats)
Where the laughter sounds.
B C# D E
e|-2--4--5-------------|
B|-4--6--7-------------|
G|-4--6--7-------------|
D|-4--6--7------7-8h9--|
A|-2--4--5--7h9--------|
E|-x--x--x-------------|
VERSE 2
A Ab F#m
All the dancing and the singing
B A G
All the music when they played
A Ab F#m
All the fires that they started
B D
And all the girls with no regrets
A Ab F#m
Sometimes they found it, sometimes they kept it
B A G
Often lost it along the way
A Ab F#m E
Fought each other to possess it
D Bm A Ab
Sometimes died in sight of day.
CHORUS
F#m C#m
Oh, the sun was in their eyes
F#m C#m
And the desert was dry
D A
In the country towns
F#m B (Rest x2 beats)
Where the laughter sounds.
GUITAR SOLO
B C# D E
e|--------------------------------|
B|-12(14)-12(14)-12-10-12---------|
G|-------------------------11-9-9-|
D|--------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------|
A Ab F#m
e|-------------------------12|------------------------------|
B|------10--12-10-12(14)~~---|-12(14}--12-10-------------10-|
G|-9h11----------------------|---------------11-9~~—9-11----|
D|---------------------------|------------------------------|
A|---------------------------|------------------------------|
E|---------------------------|------------------------------|
B A G
e|--------------------------|---------------------|
B|-12(14)~-10-12---------10-|-12~~~---12-10-12-10-|
G|---------------11~~-11----|---------------------|
D|--------------------------|---------------------|
A|--------------------------|---------------------|
E|--------------------------|---------------------|
A Ab F#m
e|-12(14)--12-14-12--12(14)~-12-9----|----------------------------|
B|--------------------------------12-|-12(14)--12-10--------------|
G|-----------------------------------|---------------11-9\------2-|
D|-----------------------------------|-----------------------/4---|
A|-----------------------------------|----------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------|----------------------------|
B D
e|-------------------------|-------------------|
B|---------2---2-----------|----------------14-|
G|-4(6)--4---4---2-------2-|-4~~---5~~---------|
D|-----------------4~--4---|-------------------|
A|-------------------------|-------------------|
E|-------------------------|-------------------|
A Ab F#m
e|-------------14-14-----------14-14-|----------------------------------------|
B|-17(19)--17---------17-14-17-------|-17(19)-17-14------------------------10-|
G|-----------------------------------|--------------16-14----14-16-14~-/11----|
D|-----------------------------------|--------------------16------------------|
A|-----------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
B A G
e|-------12-------12--------12-9-------------|--------------------------------|
B|-12(14)---12(14)---12(14)------12-10----10-|-12~~~--12--10-12-10-12----10---|
G|-------------------------------------11----|------------------------11------|
D|-------------------------------------------|--------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------|--------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------|--------------------------------|
A Ab F#m E
e|---------------------12(14)-12-9-----------|----9------------------------------|
B|-12b14-12-10-----10--------------10-----10-|-12---12-10-12-10---------------10-|
G|--------------11---------------------11----|------------------11--------/11----|
D|-------------------------------------------|----------------------11~\---------|
A|-------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
D Bm A Ab
e|-------------------------|----------------9-16(ph)~|
B|-12(14)-—(14)12—12(14)12-|-10------10h12-----------|
G|-------------------------|----11-------------------|
D|-------------------------|-------------------------|
A|-------------------------|-------------------------|
E|-------------------------|-------------------------|
CHORUS
F#m C#m
Oh, the sun was in their eyes
F#m C#m
And the desert was dry
D A
In the country towns
F#m B
Where the laughter sounds.
e|----------------------|
B|--12(14)-12(14)-12-10-|
G|----------------------|
D|----------------------|
A|----------------------|
E|----------------------|
GUITAR SOLO
B C# D E
e|------------------------|
B|-------------10---12-10-|
G|-11-9—----11------------|
D|------------------------|
A|------------------------|
E|------------------------|
A Ab F#m
e|-12(14)-12(14)---12-9-12-14-|-12(14)—12-9-------------------|
B|----------------------------|-------------12-10----------10-|
G|----------------------------|-------------------11~---11----|
D|----------------------------|-------------------------------|
A|----------------------------|-------------------------------|
E|----------------------------|-------------------------------|
B A G
e|----------------------------|------------------------9--|
B|-12b14r12-10-12----------10-|-12~~-------------10-12----|
G|----------------11~---11----|-------7/9-9-9-11----------|
D|----------------------------|---------------------------|
A|----------------------------|---------------------------|
E|----------------------------|---------------------------|
A Ab F#m
e|-----------------------9--------------|--------12----------------------------|
B|-12(14)-12-10----10-12---12-10-----10-|-12(14)----12(14)-12--10--------------|
G|--------------11----------------11----|--------------------------11----------|
D|--------------------------------------|------------------------------11\-----|
A|--------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
B D
e|--------------------------------|-----------------------|
B|----------7---------------------|-----------------------|
G|-9(11)--9---9-9(11)—9(11)-9-6---|-----------2-----2-----|
D|------------------------------9-|-7~----2-4---2-4---2-4-|
A|--------------------------------|-----------------------|
E|--------------------------------|-----------------------|
A Ab F#m
e|---------------------------|----------------------------------|
B|---------------------------|----10-12b14r12p10-------------10-|
G|-2-4-2----2-4(6)-4-2---(2)/|-11----------------11/9---9/11----|
D|--------4-----------------—|----------------------------------|
A|---------------------------|----------------------------------|
E|---------------------------|----------------------------------|
B D
e|-12(14)~-—12-14~-—12(14)-9----|------------------------|
B|---------------------------12-|-10--12~~----10------10-|
G|------------------------------|----------------9-11----|
D|------------------------------|------------------------|
A|------------------------------|------------------------|
E|------------------------------|------------------------|
A Ab F#m E
e-------------------------9--------------|--------12-----------------------------|
B|—12(14)-12-10-----10-12---12-10-----10-|-12(14)----pb(14)-12-10-------------10-|
G|---------------11----------------11----|------------------------11------/11----|
D|---------------------------------------|---------------------------11~~--------|
A|---------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D Bm F#m
E|-----------------------|----------------------|-12(14)~~---------|
B|-----------------------|----------------------|------------------|
G|-12(14)-12-10-12----10—|-12(14)-12(14)r12-10--|------------------|
D|-----------------11----|----------------------|------------------|
A|-----------------------|----------------------|------------------|
E|-----------------------|----------------------|------------------|
Define Chords
A 577655
Ab 466544
B 799877 x24442
Bm 799777 x24432
C#m X46654
D x57775
E 022100 x79997
F#m 244222
G 355433
