Peace Train - Cat Stevens (Yusuf Islam)

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                   Peace Train – Cat Stevens
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Written by: Cat Stevens
From: "The Teaser and the Firecat" (1971)

Tabbed by: maguri
Tuning: Standard

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CHORDS
      E-A-D-G-
C     x-3-2-0-
Asus4 x-0-2-2-

B-e
1-3
3-0

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[Intro]
  C           
  1 + 2 + 3 + 
e|------------
B|1-----3----/
G|------------
D|2-----3----/
A|------------
E|------------

              
4 +  1 + 2 + 3
----|---------
5---|----5---3
----|---------
5---|----5---3
----|---------
----|---------

        F
 + 4 +  1 + 2 
-------|------
---1---|----6-
-------|------
---2---|5/7---
-------|------
-------|------

+ 3 + 4 +  1 +
----------|---
----8-----|--1
----------|---
7/8-----8/|10-
----------|---
----------|---

 2 + 3 + 4 +
-------------|
0----10------|
-------------|
---10--------|
-------------|
-------------|
  F     G     
  1 + 2 + 3 + 
e|5-----7-----
B|------------
G|5-----7-----
D|------------
A|------------
E|------------

Am            
4 +  1 + 2 + 3
8---|------10-
----|---------
9---|------10-
----|---------
----|---------
----|---------

        F     
 + 4 +  1 + 2 
-7-----|5-----
-------|------
-7-----|5-----
-------|------
-------|------
-------|------

G     F
+ 3 + 4 +  1 +
7-----5---|---
----------|---
7-----5---|---
----------|---
----------|---
----------|---

 2 + 3 + 4 +
-5---5-------|
-------------|
-5---5-------|
-------------|
-------------|
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[Instrumental 
  C   Csus4 C 
  1 + 2 + 3 + 
e|3-3-3-1---0-
B|1-1-1-1---1-
G|0-----0---0-
D|2-----------
A|3-----------
E|------------

Break]
         C Csu
4 +  1 + 2 + 3
0---|----0---1
1---|----1---1
0---|----0---0
2---|----2----
3---|----3----
----|---------

s4 C    F  Fsu
 + 4 +  1 + 2 
---3---|1-1-1-
---1---|1-1-1-
---0---|2-2-2-
---2---|3-----
-------|------
-------|------

s4  F 
+ 3 + 4 +  1 +
1---1-1---|---
1---1-1---|---
3---2-2---|---
3-----3---|---
----------|---
----------|---

 2 + 3 + 4 +
-1-1-1-------|
-1-1-1-------|
-2-2-2-------|
-3-3-3-------|
-------------|
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[Intro]
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[Verse]
            
Now, I've been

 
 happy lately
            
Thinkin' about

          
 the good thin

gs to come
      
And I believe 

it could be
            
 Something goo

  
d has begun


[Verse]
            
Oh, I've been 


smilin' lately
            
Dreamin' about

      
 the world as 

one
      
And I believe 

it could be
            
 Some day it's


 going to come


[Verse]
            
'Cause out on 

    
the edge of da

rkness
            
 There rides a

       
 peace train
            
Oh, peace trai

  
n take this co

untry
           
 Come take me 

home again


[Verse]
            
Now, I've been

 
 smiling latel

y
            
Thinkin' about

          
 the good thin

gs to come
      
And I believe 

it could be
            
 Something goo

 
d has begun


[Chorus]
   [lick = first two bars of INTRO)
Oh, peace train soundin' louder
            
Glide on the p

     
eace train
        
Ooh, ah, ee, a

h, ooh, ah
            
 Come on, now 

      
peace train

   [lick = first two bars of INTRO)
Yes, peace train holy roller
            
Everyone jump 

       
on the peace t

rain
          
Ooh, ah, ee, a

   ( 
h, ooh,    ah
            
 Come on, now 


peace train


[Verse]
       
Get your bags 

together
            
Go bring your 

     
good friends t

oo
           
Because it's g


ettin' nearer
            
 It soon will 


be with you

            
Now, come and 


join the livin

'
           
 It's not so f

ar from you
       
And it's getti

n' nearer
           
 Soon it will 

all be true


[Chorus]
   [lick = first two bars of INTRO)
Oh, peace train soundin' louder
            
Glide on the p

     
eace train
          
Ooh, ah, ee, a

   ( 
h, ooh,    ah
            
 Come on, now 

      
peace train, p

eace train ...


[Instrumental Break]
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[Verse]
            
Now, I've been


 cryin' lately
            
Thinkin' about

             
 the world as 

         
it is
           
 Why must we g


o on hating?
           
 Why can't we 

live in bliss?


[Verse]
            
'Cause out on 


the edge of da

rkness
           
There rides a 

peace train
            
Oh, peace trai

  
n take this co

untry
           
 Come take me 

home again



[Chorus]
   [lick = first two bars of INTRO)
Oh, peace train soundin' louder
            
Glide on the p

     
eace train
          
Ooh, ah, ee, a

   ( 
h, ooh,    ah
            
 Come on, now 

      
peace train

   [lick = first two bars of INTRO)
Yes, peace train holy roller
            
Everyone jump 

       
on the peace t

rain
          
Ooh, ah, ee, a

   ( 
h, ooh,    ah
            
Come on, come 

    
on, come on


[Link]
            
Yeah, come on,

 
 peace train
            
 Yes, it's the

      [  ]
 peace train


[Chorus] (variation)
[lick = first two bars of INTRO)
         |  
Trai-------ain

 |  |
          
Ooh, ah, ee, a

   ( 
h, ooh,    ah
            
 Come on, now 

      
peace train, p

eace train ...


[Instrumental] (+ coda)
 (break)
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Ooh, ah, ee, a

   (  
h, ooh,    ah 

 |   |  
          


[Outro] 
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(freely with o

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rchestra, pick

ing part and f

ade out)