Chords for 2008: Gordon Lightfoot 'Restless'
Tempo:
200.7 bpm
Chords used:
B
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D
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Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Jam Along & Learn...
[B]
It's a good song for this time of the year, the particular type of climate that we have right now.
There's a kind of a restless feeling and [A] it pulls me from within.
[B] It sets my [B] senses reeling [A] and my wheels begin [B] to spin.
of the winter you [D] can hear the wild geese cry.
will always love that sound [A]
till the day I [F#m] die.
[B] There's a plain and a simple answer [A] to each and every quest.
It's a good song for this time of the year, the particular type of climate that we have right now.
There's a kind of a restless feeling and [A] it pulls me from within.
[B] It sets my [B] senses reeling [A] and my wheels begin [B] to spin.
of the winter you [D] can hear the wild geese cry.
will always love that sound [A]
till the day I [F#m] die.
[B] There's a plain and a simple answer [A] to each and every quest.
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_ _ _ _ _ [B] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ It's a good song for this time of the year, _ _ the particular _ _ type of climate that we have right now. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ There's a kind of a restless feeling and [A] it pulls me from within. _
[B] It sets my [B] senses reeling [A] and my wheels begin [B] to spin.
_ [E] In the _ quietude of the winter you [D] can hear the wild geese cry.
_ _ [B] And I will always love that sound [A]
till the day I [F#m] _ die. _
_ _ _ [B] There's a plain and a simple answer _ [A] to each and every quest.
_ _ [B] From every quiet dancer [A] might bear a special [B] _ guest.
[E] In a movie made for TV _ [D] or a late night interview. _ _
_ _ [B] _ _ You might even find them _ [A] only on the [B] restless tune. _ _ _ _ _ _
Will you get that restless _ feeling [E] when you hear a whistle _ blast?
_ Like [D] an echo from the past _ [B] of an old [A] engine _ flying [G#m] down a road [A] that's high [B] and cast. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [C#] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [B] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[B] How the lake is blue and the sky is grey [A] and the leaves have turned to gold.
_ [B] The wild goose will be on her way [A] though weather's much [B] too cold.
_ _ [E] When the musky and the old trout too [D] have all gone down to rest.
_ _ [B] _
We will be _ returning to the [E] things that we love [B] the _ best.
_ _ _ _ Will you get that restless _ yearning when [Em] you think about your dad _ and the [Bm] _ scrimshaw that he _ had? _
Of an [B] old _ schooner over near [E] the sky that's [B] high and flat. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Bm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ [C#] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [B] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [B] There's a kind of a restless _ feeling and [A] it catches you off guard.
_ As [B] we gaze out in the distance through the [A] trees in my [B] backyard. _
I [E] can feel a restless _ yearning [D] of those geese as off they roam.
_ [B] And trade that for a warm bed [A] and a place I can [B] call home. _ _ _
_ _ Will you get that restless feeling _ [E] when you hear the wicked _ blast?
Of [Bm] a specter from the past _ [B] of a coal diesel rolling down [E] a road [A] that's built [B] to last. _
Will you get that restless _ feeling when you hear a whistle blast?
_ See [Bm] an image from the _ past [B] of an old [E] schooner _ flying down a sky that's _ [B] overcast. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [B] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [F#] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [B] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [B] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ It's a good song for this time of the year, _ _ the particular _ _ type of climate that we have right now. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ There's a kind of a restless feeling and [A] it pulls me from within. _
[B] It sets my [B] senses reeling [A] and my wheels begin [B] to spin.
_ [E] In the _ quietude of the winter you [D] can hear the wild geese cry.
_ _ [B] And I will always love that sound [A]
till the day I [F#m] _ die. _
_ _ _ [B] There's a plain and a simple answer _ [A] to each and every quest.
_ _ [B] From every quiet dancer [A] might bear a special [B] _ guest.
[E] In a movie made for TV _ [D] or a late night interview. _ _
_ _ [B] _ _ You might even find them _ [A] only on the [B] restless tune. _ _ _ _ _ _
Will you get that restless _ feeling [E] when you hear a whistle _ blast?
_ Like [D] an echo from the past _ [B] of an old [A] engine _ flying [G#m] down a road [A] that's high [B] and cast. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [C#] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [B] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[B] How the lake is blue and the sky is grey [A] and the leaves have turned to gold.
_ [B] The wild goose will be on her way [A] though weather's much [B] too cold.
_ _ [E] When the musky and the old trout too [D] have all gone down to rest.
_ _ [B] _
We will be _ returning to the [E] things that we love [B] the _ best.
_ _ _ _ Will you get that restless _ yearning when [Em] you think about your dad _ and the [Bm] _ scrimshaw that he _ had? _
Of an [B] old _ schooner over near [E] the sky that's [B] high and flat. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Bm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ [C#] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [B] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [B] There's a kind of a restless _ feeling and [A] it catches you off guard.
_ As [B] we gaze out in the distance through the [A] trees in my [B] backyard. _
I [E] can feel a restless _ yearning [D] of those geese as off they roam.
_ [B] And trade that for a warm bed [A] and a place I can [B] call home. _ _ _
_ _ Will you get that restless feeling _ [E] when you hear the wicked _ blast?
Of [Bm] a specter from the past _ [B] of a coal diesel rolling down [E] a road [A] that's built [B] to last. _
Will you get that restless _ feeling when you hear a whistle blast?
_ See [Bm] an image from the _ past [B] of an old [E] schooner _ flying down a sky that's _ [B] overcast. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [B] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [F#] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [B] _ _
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