The Comet, The Course, The Tail Chords by Peter Hammill

[F#] _ _ _ They say we are endowed with free will, _ _ _ _ _ at least it justifies our need for [D]
indecision.
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But before [G#] our [D] instincts and the lust [F#] to kill, we bow our heads [F#m] in submission. _ _ _ _
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They [E] say that Noon Ran _ [F#m] [D] is an island, _ _ _ [C#] _ _ [F#m] _ but then [A] they say our castles _ [F#m] are our homes. _
_ _ [C#m] _ _ [F#m] _ It's felt the [C#m] choice is [F#m] ours between peace [D] and violence. _
[C#m] Oh yes, we [F#m] choose a lot. _ _ _
_ [E] While [D] the comet [F#m] spreads its tail across the sky, _ _
_ _ [E] [D] it nowhere _ [F#m] near defines the course it _ flies.
Nor nothing by its own direction.
_ [E] _ _
_ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
[B] _ [E] _ _ _ [F#m] _ _ _ _
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But the path of the [B] comet, [D] be [C#m] sure, its _ [Bm] constitution [D] is not.
[E] _ [D] _ _ [C#m] So its [Bm] meaning is [D] possibly more _ [A] than [F#m] the tracing of a tail one reaches _ out and flogging.
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[Bm] _ _ _ _ [A] _ [C#m] _ _ [Bm] _
_ _ _ [F#] _ [A] _ [E] _ _ [Bm] _
_ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ [D#m] _
_ _ _ [F#] _ _ _ [F#m] _ _
[C#] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ [Em] _
_ _ [B] _ [F#m] _ _ [C#] _ [D] _ _
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_ [C#] _ [D] _ It's not about the _ _ [C#] _ individuality. _ _
_ _ _ [F#] _ It's not about peace and [E] _ _ [F#] _ individuality. _ _
_ [D] _ _ [F#] _ So order and [E] society [F#] are man-made.
[D] _ _ _
_ _ [F#] _ _ _ War and hate and _ dark [D] depravity. _ _
[F#m] For our _ slaves, we _ _
_ _ _ [F#] _ _ _ _ _
_ [E] are [Bm] given our [D] duties. _
_ [E] _ _ [F#] Like a dead witch and a fool, [E] we're all [B] to [D] survive.
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_ [E] _ _ [F#] Into fighting and [E] preserving _ [F#] _ [D] enemies.
Is that the only [E] way we know we're alive? _ _ _ _
_ _ [F#m] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [E] _ [D] We lost our [F#m] house, our homes, and now the sea. _ _ _
[E] We're [D] calling _ for [F#m] more innocence and the day. _ _ _ _
_ [E] _ [D] It's all the _ [F#m] things that we did for love and praise.
_ _ Except for hard to find circumstance. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [F#] _ There is a time set in the calendar. _ _
_ Where the _ reason [C#m] seems _ [D] barely enough. _ _ _
_ _ [F#] _ _ _ [E] To sustain [D] all the shooting stars. _ _
_ [F#m] Times are rough _ and _ _ _ _ _ I'm [F#] waiting for something _ to happen here. _ _
_ _ _ _ [E] It feels as though it's long [F#] _ overdue. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [B] Maybe [C#m] a restatement _ [D] of yesteryear _ or something [F#m] entirely new. _ _
_ _ _ [E] And [D] the knowledge that [F#m] we _ gained in part. _
_ _ _ [E] _ [D] Always leads us closer [C#] to the [F#m] very _ start.
_ And the vow it was cut. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [E] _ _ [F#m] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Bm] _ How can I tell [D] that the _ Lord's side of hell [F#m] has freed us forever?
_ _ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _
What can I _ _ say when [D] I'm so lost your way?
I [Bm] am my own [C#] direction.
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