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: soprano C

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INTRO
  C           
  1 + 2 + 3 + 
A|------------
E|0-----1----/
C|0-----2----/
g|------------

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

        F     
 + 4 +  1 + 2 
-------|------
---0---|----5-
---0---|4/5---
-------|------

  C        F
+ 3 + 4 +  1 +
----------|---
----6---6/|8--
5/7---7--/|9--
----------|---

 2 + 3 + 4 + 
-------------|
---6/8-------|
---7/9-------|
-------------|
  F     G     
  1 + 2 + 3 + 
E|------------
E|5-----7-----
C|5-----7-----
g|------------

Am            
4 +  1 + 2 + 3
----|---------
8---|------10-
9---|------11-
----|---------

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

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

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

LICK
  C
  1 + 2 + 3 + 
A|------------
E|0-----1----/
C|0-----2----/
g|------------

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

 + 4 +  
-------|
---0---|
---0---|
-------|

INSTRUMENTAL B
  C   Csus4 C 
  1 + 2 + 3 + 
A|3-3-3-3---3-
E|3-3-3-1---0-
C|0-0-0-0---0-
g|0-0-0-0---0-

REAK
         C Csu
4 +  1 + 2 + 3
3---|----3---3
0---|----0---1
0---|----0---0
0---|----0---0

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

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

 2 + 3 + 4 +
-0-0-0-------|
-1-1-1-------|
-0-0-0-------|
-2-2-2-------|

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[Intro]
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 (LICK)

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[Verse 1]
            
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 2]
            
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 3]
            
'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 4]
            
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)
Oh, peace train soundin' louder
            
Glide on the p

     
eace train
        
Ooh, ah, ee, a

h, ooh, ah
            
 Come on, now 

      
peace train

[Chorus]
   [LICK)
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 5]
       
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)
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 6]
            
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)
Oh, peace train soundin' louder
            
Glide on the p

     
eace train
        
Ooh, ah, ee, a

h, ooh, ah
            
 Come on, now 

      
peace train

[Chorus]
   [LICK)
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]
[LICK)
         |  
Trai-------ain

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Ooh, ah, ee, a

h, ooh, ah
            
 Come on, now 

      
peace train, p

eace train ...

[Instrumental break]
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Ooh, ah, ee, a

              
h, ooh, ah    

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[Outro] 3/4
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rchestra, pick

ing part and f

ade out)