...FOREIGNER SUITE... by Cat Stevens
---------------------...............
*from 'Foreigner' (1973)*
Verse 1:
G
There are no words,
D
I can use,
G
Because the meaning,
G7
Still leaves for you,
C
To choose.
Em
And I couldn't stand,
Bm
To let them be a-bused,
Cmaj9C
By you, you.
Instrumental 1:
(Faster Tempo):
D7 G7 Em7 Am,
Dm7Em7A
F Bb Am7 Dm A,
DBC7
Verse 2:
F
Dreams I had,
Bb
Just last night,
AmDm
Made me scared,
ADm
White with fright.
Bb
But I'm over to that,
C7F
Sunnyside road,
Bb
Over to that,
C7DmG
Sunnyside road.
Instrumental 2:
CBCBbC
Hey, hey.
Verse 3:
F
Fortunes come,
Bb
And fortunes go,
Am7
But things,
Dm
Get better babe,
ADm
That's one thing I know.
Bb
And I'm over to that,
C7F
Sunnyside road,
Bb
Over to that,
C7DmG
Sunnyside road.
Instrumental 3:
C Bb C Bb C, B
F# C#7 (x10)
Verse 4:
F#B
Now I have a friend,
F#C#
That I have met,
E
Who gives me love,
EbmBbm7Ab
And a certain re-spect.
F#C#
Just a little re-spect,
F#
Everybody needs,
C#F#C#
Just a little res-pect.
F#C#
That means you, you,
F#C#
You, you, you, you,
F#C#
You, you, you.
Verse 5:
F#B
And in a little while,
F#C#
Our love will spread,
EB
To you, you.
D7
Ain't no matter,
G7
Who inside,
Em7Am
This world you know;
Dm7Em7
There'll be some-one,
E
Who will love you,
AsusAD7
Just for who you are,
G7Em7AmEm7
Really are, are, are.
A
For truth!
Verse 6:
F
Dreams I had,
Bb
Just last night,
Am7Dm
Made me worried,
A7Dm
Face up to the light.
Bb
But I'm over to that,
C7F
Sunnyside road,
Bb
Over to that,
Bb
Over to that,
C7DE
Sunnyside road.
Instrumental 4:
D B, D E, D B
A B, A B, D A
D E, D B, D E, D B
EBmABmABm
Em Em7 Em7sus4 Em7,
EEEEm7us4
ADC
Em, Em D C Am D C,
Em D C, Am D C,
GFEGAFGFAmDABCBEAm7DADAm7
(Slower Tempo):
G C F C F C,
G C F C F C,
GCFCF
G Em Am,
FF/EDE
Am E G,
FGAG
Verse 7:
C
Come on now,
FG
It's freedom calling,
CEm
Come on over,
AmG
And find yourself.
C
Come on now,
FG
It's freedom calling,
CEm
Come on in,
AmG
And re-mind yourself.
Verse 8:
G
You can live,
In the largest house,
C
And e-leven apartments too.
G
Run your own private plane,
C
And a boat in Malibu.
G
But 'till you know deep down,
C
What in-side you really need.
Verse 9:
C
Well I love you baby,
C/B
Ooh my dear,
Am
And I think about you,
F
Some-times.
Dm
But when you're with me,
EAm
Boy it chokes my mind.
Interlude:
GFGAGF
Verse 10:
C
Come on now,
FG
It's freedom calling,
CEm
Come on over,
AmG
And find yourself.
GFG
Ah.............
C
Come on now,
FG
It's freedom calling,
CEm
Come on in,
Am
And re-mind yourself.
GFG
Ah.............
AmAm
Come on.
Instrumental 5:
F Dm E, C G Am F
CGAFAmF
C C/B Am F,
Dm E Am, G
Am, F Dm F C G
Am (x3)
FDmCG
C C/B Am F,
DEAEm
Am F Dm,
F C Em,
Am F Dm,
FCEm
Verse 11:
Am7
Man must fight,
Dm7
For freedom,
Em
Sure that's what,
Most other people,
AmEm
Would say.
Am7
Look for a body,
Dm
To lead them,
Em
But there's too many,
To lead them a-way.
AmCAEm
Ah......
Am7
Why wait until,
Dm7
It's your time to die,
Em
Before you learn,
What you were,
AmEm
Born to do?
Am7
Come on now,
Dm7
It's freedom calling,
Em
But there's only one,
AmEm
Freedom for you.
Interlude:
Am F, Em G (x2)
Verse 12:
Am
Love, love,
Em
For all.
Am
Love, love,
Em
For all.
Am
Love, love,
Em
For all.
Am
Love, love,
Em
For all.
Interlude:
Am C G,
AGFE/G
Bridge:
DCDC
And I can't wait to,
DCDCAm
Be with you to-morrow night.
CEm
Oh no.
Am
Love, love,
EmC
For all.
Am
Love.
Interlude:
Am (strum a few times)
Verse 13:
C
Won't you,
Am
Give me your word,
CAm
That you won't laugh?
CAm
'Cos you've been,
EmCAm
A saving grace to me.
EmAmEm
And I'd hate to face,
Am
A day,
Without you around,
GEm
My life,
DD7
Would be without sound.
Verse 14:
Am
Love, love, love,
GEm
Love must've made you,
DD7
On a sunday.
Am
'Cos you taste to me,
GEm
As good as God,
DD7
Made honey taste, babe.
Am
And the sky all glistens,
G
With gold,
EmDD7
When you're talking to me.
Am7
And the whirling wind,
G
Turns to song,
EmDD7
Why it sets my soul free, free.
Am
Love, love, love,
GEm
Love must've made you,
DD7
On a sunday.
AmC
A....y, ay a...y,
D
Ay a...y.
Instrumental 6:
(Slower Tempo):
G D G C,
Em7 Bm C(add9),
CAm7
Verse 15:
DG
There are no words.
D
I can use,
D7G
Be-cause the meaning,
G7
Still leaves for you,
C
To choose.
Em
And I couldn't stand,
Bm
To let them be a-bused,
C(add9)
By you,
CDb
You.
Verse 16:
G
Oh dar-ling,
D
You see my face,
G
But it's in my heart,
G7
That's where,
C
It's taking place.
Em7
And I couldn't stand,
Bm
To let it go to waste,
C(add9)
Can you?
CEb
You?
Verse 17:
A
Oh love,
EE7
Sweet blue love,
AA7
No man can ever,
D
Get E-nough.
EmF#m
But maybe one day,
C#m
We'll all die in love,
Dsus2
Will you?
DF#
You?
F#7B
Oh love,
AG
Sweet love,
Am7DG
My........ love.
D
Sweet blue love,
GG7
(No man can ever,
C
Get E-nough).
Em7
(But maybe one day,
Bm
We'll all die in love).
Interlude:
C(add9) C, Am7 D7
Verse 18:
GD
Oh babe, under-stand,
D7G
Take my love,
G7C
That's all I have at hand.
Em7
Please say you will,
Bm
Don't say you can't,
C(addC)
Oh will you?
C/DD
Will you,
Bm
Will you?
Instrumental 7:
(Double Tempo):
Em
Am D G, Am D Bm Em
Coda:
Am7
The moment you walked,
D
Inside my door,
G
I knew that I need,
C
Not look no more.
C/B
I've seen many,
Am7D
Other girls be-fore,
Ah but darling,
Bm
Heaven must've,
Em
Programmed you.
Interlude:
Am7 D, G C C/B,
Am7 D, Bm Em
Am7
The moment you fell,
D
Inside my dreams,
I realised,
GC
All I had not seen.
C/B
I've seen many,
Am7D
Other girls be-fore,
Ah hot darling,
Bm
Heaven must've,
Em
Programmed you, ah ah.
C(add9C
Will you?
Dsus4D
Will you,
Bm7BmEm
Will you?
Outro:
Am7 D G C,
Am7DBmEm
Am7 D G C,
ADBEm
(Repeat to Fade)
CHORD DIAGRAMS:
---------------
GDGCECmaj9EADGBEEADGBEEADGBEEADGBEEADGBEEADGBEEADGBE
320003 xx0232 323000 032010 022000 x24432 x3234x
DEADABbEADGBEEADGBEEADGBEEADGBEEADGBEEADGBEEADGBE
xx0212 022030 x02210 xx0211 x02220 133211 x13331
ADCBFE#7EADGBEEADGBEEADGBEEADGBEEADGBEEADGBEEADGBE
x02013 xx0231 x3231x x24442 244322 x46464 022100
EBAACE7add9)
EADGBEEADGBEEADGBEEADGBEEADGBEEADGBEEADGBE
x68856 x13123 466544 x02233 x2001x x32033 020100
AFCDFBm7s4
EADGBEEADGBEEADGBEEADGBEEADGBEEADGBEEADGBE
x02223 244222 x46654 xx0230 242322 xx0233 x24232
Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2004
(clumsyband@hotmail.com)