Foreigner Suite - Cat Stevens (Yusuf Islam)

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...FOREIGNER SUITE... by Cat Stevens
---------------------...............

*from 'Foreigner' (1973)*


Verse 1:

             
There are no w

            
ords, I can us

e,
             
Because the me

             
aning, still l

             
eaves for you 

   
to choose.
              
And I couldn't

            
 stand, to let

            
 them be a-bus

        
ed, by you,  y

ou.

Interlude: (Faster Tempo)

      ,     

      ,   ,   

Verse 2:

             
 Dreams I had 

            
just last nigh

          
t; made me sca

            
red, white wit

  
h fright.
            
But I'm over t

            
o that sunnysi

           
de road, over 

            
to that sunnys

       
ide road.

Interlude:

        (
        Hey, h

)    
ey.

Verse 3:

             
 Fortunes come

              
 and fortunes 


go,
           
 But things ge

            
t better babe;

            
 that's one th

      
ing I know.
            
And I'm over t

            
o that sunnysi

           
de road, over 

            
to that sunnys

       
ide road.

Interlude:

    ,   , 

   (x10)

Verse 4:

           
Now I have a f

            
riend, that I 

     
have met,
             
Who gives me l

           
ove and a cert

           
ain re-spect.
            
 Just a little

          
 re-spect; eve

            
rybody needs j

              
ust a little r

      
es-pect.
            
That means you

      
, you,
          
 You, you, you

            
, you,  you, y

    
ou, you.

Verse 5:

            
 And in a litt

           
le while, our 

          
love will spre

ad,
            
To you, you...
            
 Ain't no matt

            
er who inside 

           
this world you

 
 know;
           
 There'll be s

           
ome-one who wi

             
ll love you ju

        
st for who   y

   
ou are,
          
Really are, ar

       
e, are.      f

  
or truth!

Verse 6:

             
 Dreams I had 

            
just last nigh

         
t; made me wor

            
ried; face up 

       
to the light.
            
But I'm over t

            
o that sunnysi

           
de road, over 

            
to that sunnys

        
ide road.

Instrumental:

  ,   ,   ,
  ,    (  ) (x2)
  ,    (x2)

,
    ,   ,  , 
    ,   ,  ,     ,
    ,   , ,

       (x4),     ,
,
      , , 

*(Slower Tempo):

   (x3),   
      ,     

Verse 7:

             
 Come on now, 

            
it's freedom c

             
alling; come o

         
n over and fin

d yourself.
           
 (Aah..., aah 

           
aah, aah... aa

h).
             
 Come on now, 

            
it's freedom c

             
alling; come o

          
n in and re-mi

nd yourself.
          
 (Aah... aah a

           
ah, aah... aah

).

Verse 8:

             
 You can live 

              
in the largest

              
 house, and e-

             
leven apartmen

       
ts too.
             
 Run your own 

              
private plane,

             
 and a boat in

        
 Malibu.
             
 But 'till you

              
 know deep dow

             
n, what in-sid

              
e you really n

    
eed.

Verse 9:

             
Well I love yo

           
u baby, ooh my

             
 dear, and I t

             
hink about you

      
 some-times.
            
But when you'r

             
e with me; boy

              
 it chokes my 


mind.

Verse 10:

             
 Come on now, 

            
it's freedom c

             
alling; come o

         
n over and fin

d yourself.
          
 (Aah... aah a

           
ah, aah... aah

).
             
 Come on now, 

            
it's freedom c

             
alling; come o

          
n in and re-mi

nd yourself.
          
 (Aah... aah a

           
ah, aah... aah

).

Break:

        
 Come on.

  ,   ,   ,  (x5)

      ,     , ()

  ,   ,   ,  (x4)

      ,     , ()

  ,   ,   ,  (x2)

Verse 11:

            
 Man must figh

      
t for freedom;
            
Sure that's wh

              
at most other 

             
people would s

     
ay.
            
 Look for a bo

      
dy to lead the

m;
            
But there's to

              
o many to lead

             
 them a-way.
            
 Why wait unti

       
l it's your ti

me to die,
            
Before you lea

              
rn what you we

             
re born to do?
            
 Come on now, 

     
it's freedom c

alling;
            
But there's on

              
ly one freedom

    (
 for you.

Interlude:

  ,   ,   ,  (x2) 

Verse 12:

            
 Love, love...

 
 for all.
            
 Love, love...

 
 for all.
            
 Love, love...

 
 for all.
            
 Love, love...

 
 for all.

Interlude:

    ,     

Bridge:

           
And I can't wa

            
it to be with 

            
you to-morrow 

        
ni-ight. Oh no

.

            
 Love, love...

         
 for all.     

  
    Love.

Break:



Verse 13:

           
 Won't you giv

              
e me your word

             
 that you won'

  
t laugh?
            
 'Cos you've b

           
een, a saving 

        
grace to me.
          
 And I'd hate 

         
to face, a day

,
            
Without you ar

           
ound; my life 

             
would be witho

   
ut sound.

Verse 14:

            
 Love, love, l

             
ove; love must

            
've made you o

          
n a Sunday,
            
'Cos you taste

             
 to me, as goo

            
d as God made 

            
honey taste, b


abe.
            
And the sky al

              
l glistens wit

             
h gold when yo

            
u're talking t

    
o me.
           
And the whirli

              
ng wind, turns

             
 to song; why 

            
it sets my sou

       
l free, free.

            
 Love, love, l

             
ove; love must

            
've made you o

           
n a Sunday, ay

           
, ay ay, ay ay

.

Interlude: (Slower Tempo)

      ,   ,   ,   , 

Verse 15:

             
There are no w

            
ords, I can us

e,
           
Be-cause the m

              
eaning, still 

            
leaves for you

    
 to choose.
              
And I couldn't

            
 stand, to let

            
 them be a-bus

        
ed, by you,  y

       
ou.

Verse 16:

             
Oh dar-ling; y

          
ou see my face

,
              
But it's in my

             
 heart; that's

            
 where it's ta

     
king place.
              
And I couldn't

           
 stand, to let

            
 it go to wast

        
e; can you,  y

        
ou?

Verse 17:

             
Oh love, sweet

           
 blue love;
           
No man, can ev

         
er get e-nough

.
              
But maybe one 

           
day we'll all 

           
die in love; w

           
ill you,  you?
       
Oh!

 

            
Oh love, sweet

        
 love, my...
             
 Love, sweet b

             
lue love, (no 

           
man can ever g

     
et e-nough).
              
(But maybe one

           
 day, we'll al

            
l die in love)

      
.

Verse 18:

             
Oh babe, under

      
-stand;
             
Take my love; 

            
that's all I h

       
ave at hand.
              
Please say you

           
 will; don't s

       
ay you can't.

        
Oh will you,  

         
 will you,   w

     
ill you?

Interlude:

       (),   ,   

Coda:

              
The moment you

           
 walked inside

    
 my door,
              
I knew that I 

             
need not look 

   
no more.
           
 I've seen man

           
y other girls 

   
be-fore,
              
Ah, but darlin

            
g; Heaven must

              
've programmed

 
 you.

Interlude:

       (),   ,   

              
The moment you

           
 fell inside m

  
y dreams;
             
I realised all

           
 I had not see

n.
           
 I've seen man

           
y other girls 

   
be-fore,
              
Ah, hot darlin

            
g; Heaven must

              
've programmed

 
 you, ah ah.

       
 Will you,   w

      
ill you,   wil

         
l you?  Aah-ha

a...

Outro:

       (),   ,   

(Repeat to Fade)


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