See performance notes at end...


[Intro]
(      ) x2

[Verse]
             
Oh let the sun

             
 beat down upo

#            
n my face, sta

              
rs to fill my 

      
dream
             
I am a travele

            
r of both time

             
 and space, to

              
 be where I ha

        
ve been
             
To sit with el

            
ders of the ge

             
ntle race, thi

              
s world has se

          
ldom seen
              
They talk of d

           
ays for which 

              
they sit and w

             
ait, and all w

          
ill be reveale

d

[Bridge]
(              ) x2       

[Verse]
             
Talk and song 

            
from tongues o

              
f lilting grac

             
e, whose sound

             
s caress my ea

    
r
             
But not a word

            
 I heard could

             
 I relate, the

              
 story was qui

         
te clear
        
Oh....       O

    
h....

[Bridge]
(              ) x2     
(              ) 

[Interlude]
      
Oh, I been fly

ing, Mama, the

re ain't no de

nyin'
      
I've been flyi

ng, ain't no d

enyin', no den

yin' (vocal im

prov...)

[Bridge]
(              ) x2

[Mid-section]
             
All I see turn

            
s to brown, as

              
 the sun burns

       
 the ground
             
And my eyes, f

            
ill with sand,

              
 as I scan, th

    
is wasted land
             
Trying to find

              
, trying to fi

              
nd where I've 

               
been

[Verse]
             
Oh, pilot of t

            
he storm who l

              
eaves no trace

             
, like thought

             
s inside a dre

    
am
             
Heed the path 

            
that led me to

             
 that place, y

              
ellow desert s

        
tream
             
My Shangri-La 

            
beneath the su

             
mmer moon, I w

              
ill return aga

       
in
             
Sure as the du

            
st that floats

             
 high in June,

              
 when movin' t

                
hrough Kashmir

[Bridge]
(              ) x2      

[Verse]
             
Oh, father of 

            
the four winds

              
, fill my sail

             
s, across the 

            
sea of years
             
With no provis

            
ion but an ope

             
n face, along 

              
the straits of

      
 fear
        
Ohh          o

    
oh

[Bridge]
(              ) x2     
(              ) x2   

[Outro]
             
When I'm on, w

              
hen I'm on my 

 
way, yeah
             
When I see, wh

              
en I see the w

          
ay, you stay, 

yeah
         
       Ooh, ye

              
ah-yeah, ooh, 

              
yeah-yeah, whe

       
n I'm down...
             
Ooh, yeah-yeah

              
, ooh, yeah-ye

              
ah, well I'm d


own, so down
             
Ooh, my baby, 

              
oooh, my baby,

              
 let me take y

          
ou there



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G|--7--7--5--5
D|--9--7--7--5
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