Peter Hammill - The Comet, the Course, the Tail (chords) Transcription by Cameron Taylor 18-nov-97 Comments, corrections, etc. to <[email protected]> This tune uses a LT o! embellishment over the main chor"al structure #oo" Luc$ DM7/C# = x4767x A6 = x02222 Intro: F# s/C# F# (octaves) F#m E D Te! sa! "e are en o"e "$t Free %$&& F#m E D ' at &east tat st$*$es o r nee *or $n ec$s$on+ F#m E D , t -et"een o r $nst$cts an te & st to .$&& F#m "e -o" o r ea s $n s -m$ss$on+ Te! sa! tat no man $s an $s&an - t ten te! sa! o r cast&es are o r omes $t s *e&t te co$ce $s o rs1 -et"een eace an v$o&ence +++o1 !es1 "e coose1 a&one3 D E D DM7/C# A6 %$&e te comet s rea s $ts ta$& across te s.! D E D DM7/C# A6 $t no"ere near e*$nes te co rse $t *&$es1 F#m nor oes $t *$n $ts o"n $rect$on+ F#m E D To te at o* te comet -e s re1 F#m E D $ts const$t t$on $s not1 F#m E D so $ts mean$n $s oss$-&! more F#m tan te trac$n o* a ta$& $n one -r$e* sot at &or!+

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Peter Hammill - The Comet, the Course, the Tail (chords)

Transcription by Cameron Taylor 18-nov-97Comments, corrections, etc. toThis tune uses a LOT of embellishment over the main chordal structureGood LuckDM7/C# = x4767xA6 = x02222

Intro: F# s/C# F# (octaves)

F#m E DThey say we are endowed with Free WillF#m E D- at least that justifies our need for indecision.F#m E DBut between our insticts and the lust to kill F#mwe bow our heads in submission.

They say that no man is an islandbut then they say our castles are our homes;it's felt the choice is ours, between peace and violence...oh, yes, we choose, alone?

D E D DM7/C# A6While the comet spreads its tail across the skyD E D DM7/C# A6 it nowhere near defines the course it flies, F#mnor does it find its own direction.

F#m E D Though the path of the comet be sure, F#m E Dits constitution is not, F#m E Dso its meaning is possibly more F#mthan the tracing of a tail

in one brief shot at glory.

F#m E DLove and peace and individuality,F#m E Dso order and society are man-made?F#m E DWar and hate and dark depravity, F#mor are we slaves?F#m E DChanneling aggressive energies,F#m E Dthe Death Wish and the Will to surviveF#m E Dinto finding and preserving enemies, E E-F#-E Dis that the only way we know that we're alive?

D - E D DM7/C# A6In the slaughterhouse all corpses smell the same, D- E D DM7/C# A6whether queens or pawns or innocents at the game;D - E D DM7/C# A6in the cemetery a uniform cloaks the graves F#mexcept for outward pomp and circumstance.

There is a time set in the calendarwhen all reason seems barely enoughto sustain all the shooting stars:times are rough.

I'm waiting for something to happen here,it feels as though it's long overdue:maybe a restatement of yesteryearor something entirely new.

D - E D DM7/C# A6And the knowledge that we gain in partD - E D DM7/C# A6always leads us closer to the very start, F#mand to the founding questions:Bm D/AHow can I tell that the road signed to hell F#mdoesn't lead up to heaven?E DWhat can I say when, in some obscure way, F#mI am my own direction?