Fill My Eyes - Cat Stevens (Yusuf Islam)
Tuning: , E A D G B E
The Emadd9 chord is optional, but it's played like this
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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---
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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...)