Fill My Eyes - Cat Stevens (Yusuf Islam)

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[Intro]
Riff (you can 
     
e|---2---2--2-
B|---3---3--3-
G|---2---2--2-
D|---0---0--0-
A|------------
E|------------

strum a D major chord while playing the riff)
2-5-2-0-3-0--|
3-3-3-3-3-3--|
2-2-2-2-2-2--|  x4
0-0-0-0-0-0--|
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[Verse]

             
And in the mor

              
ning when you 

         
fill my eyes
            
I knew that da

#            
y I couldn't d


o,
            
Ahh, no wrong,

             
 I couldn't do

.


[Instrumental]
(play intro riff twice)



[Verse]

             
And so my mind

              
 begins to mem

        
orize
             
'Cause time wi

           
ll never seem 

     
the same,
            
Ahh, no more, 

          
never again.


[Instrumental]
     D        
e|---2---2--2-
B|---3---3--3-
G|---2---2--2-
D|---0---0--0-
A|------------
E|------------

 (pre-chorus r
              
2-5-2-0-3-0---
3-3-3-3-3-3---
2-2-2-2-2-2---
0-0-0-0-0-0---
--------------
--------------

iff)
 (let ring)
--2-----------
--3-----------
--2-----------
--0---0--4--0-
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[Chorus]

            
I'm just a coa

              
ster but my wh

           
eels won't go,
            
My legs are we

              
ak my heels ar

    
e low.
            
I'm just a coa

              
ster but my wh

        
eels won't rol

   
l.
             
Can't make no 

              
headway on thi

   
s road.


[Instrumental]
(play intro riff four times)



[Verse]

             
There's an emp

          
ty space insid

         
e me now,
            
A wasteland de

#            
ep beneath the

  
 snow,
            
So cold, nothi

        
ng'll grow.


[Instrumental]
(pre-chorus riff)



[Chorus]

            
I'm just a coa

              
ster but my wh

           
eels won't go,
            
My legs are we

              
ak my heels ar

    
e low.
            
I'm just a coa

              
ster but my wh

        
eels won't rol

   
l.
             
Can't make no 

              
headway on thi

             
s road. What r

            
oad? oh, oh, o

            
h, oh, oh, oh,

 oh,
oh, oh

     


[Instrumental]
(play intro riff four times)



[Verse]

             
And in the mor

              
ning when you 

         
fill my eyes
            
I knew that da

#            
y I couldn't d


o,
            
Ahh, no wrong,

            
 I couldn't do

.


[Outro]

(play intro riff twice, then...)

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