A Man For All Seasons Chords by Al Stewart

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_ What if you reached [B] the age of [C#m] reason _ [A] Only to find there [B] was no _ reprieve?
[E] Would you still be in line [B] for all [C#m] seasons _ [F#] Or would you just have to [F#] leave?
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We [A] measure our days out in [B] steps of [C#m] uncertainty [E] Not turning [C#m] to see how [B] we've come _
[A] And peer down the highway [B] from here to eternity [E] And reach out [C#m] for love on [F#] the run
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[A] While the man for all seasons [B] is lost _ [E] behind the scenes _ _ _ _ _
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_ [E] _ Henrik [B] Lantagenet still looks for someone [A] To bring good [B] news in his hour of doubt
[E] While Thomas More waits [B] in [C] the Tower of [C#m] London _ [F#] Watching the signs [F#] running out
[B] _ [A] And measures the hours [B] out from here to oblivion [E] In actions that [B] can't be undone _
[A] A sailor through darkness [B] he scans the meridian [E] Uncaught by the first [B] rays of dawn _
_ [A] The man for all seasons [B] is lost _ [E] beneath the storm _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ And I should know by [B] now, _ _ I should know [A] by now I [E] hear them [A] call it out [B] all around _ _ _ _
Oh, [A] they go ah, _ _ [C#m] _ _ _
[F#] _ _ there's [E] nothing _ to [B] believe in [A] Hear them [B] ah, _ [C#m] _
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daydreams [B] deceiving
They'll just let [C] you down _
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_ _ _ _ So what if you reached [B] the age of reason [A] _ Only to find [B] there was no _ [E] reprieve?
Would you still be in line [B] for all seasons [F#] _ Or would you just disbelieve?
_ [A] We measure our gains [B] out in [C] luck and [E] coincidence Lanterns to [C#m] turn [B] back the night
_ [A] And put our defeats [B] down to chance or experience [E] And try once [G#m] again [B] for the light
[A] Some wait for [F#m] the waters [B] of fortune to cover them [A] Some just see the tides of ill chance rushing over them
Some call on [F#m]
Jehovah, [B] some cry out to Allah [A] Some wait for the boats that still row to Valhalla
While you try to accept [B] what fates are unfolding [A] While some say they're sure where the blame should be falling
You look round for maybe [B] a chance of a storm [E] But too soon it's [B] over and done
[A] And the man for all seasons [B] is lost behind [E] the sun _
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