Main riff: ver I
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|--------------------------------------------------------------8~\---|
|--------------------------------------------------------------8~\---|
|--------------------------------------------------------------8~\---|
|------6-----8-----8(9)-8p6h8\----------6-----8-----8(9)-8p6---------|
|--6h8---6h8---6h8------------------6h8---6h8---6h8----------8-------|
Main riff: ver II - 5 times
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|-----------------------------8--------------------------------------8~\--|
|-----------------------------8--------------------------------------8~\--|
|-----------------------------8-10p8-10\-----------------------------8~\--|
|------6-----8-----8(9)-8p6-8-----------------6-----8-----8(9)-8p6--------|
|--6h8---6h8---6h8------------------------6h8---6h8---6h8----------8------|
Play power chords for verse:
FmBbEbAb
Everyday they clock me, everyday is just the same.
FmBbCm
And the people I see, wear the same face as me.
FmBbEbAb
As I turn the handle, time goes slowly by.
Fm Dm Gm (lo octave) F Gm Gm (hi octave) F Gm
Is that all that there is until the day that I die?
Main riff: ver II
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|-----------------------------8--------------------------------------8~\--|
|*----------------------------8--------------------------------------8~\-*|
|*----------------------------8-10p8-10\-----------------------------8~\-*|
|------6-----8-----8(9)-8p6-8-----------------6-----8-----8(9)-8p6--------|
|--6h8---6h8---6h8------------------------6h8---6h8---6h8----------8------|
All through the night.
Through the night.
All through the night.
I can't believe I'm free til morning.
( Tab from: http://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/g/gentle_giant/all_through_the_night_tab.html )
FmBbEbAb
If I wipe the dirt and sweat, Then I find that more's still there.
FmBbCmBCm
If the summer don't get you, Then the winter always will.
FmBbEbAb
Try not to think, it never gets nowhere.
Fm Dm Gm (lo oct.) F Gm Gm (hi oct.) F Gm
But at least everyday ends, and the night's always there.
Main riff: ver II - 3 times
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|-----------------------------8--------------------------------------8~\--|
|-----------------------------8--------------------------------------8~\--|
|-----------------------------8-10p8-10\-----------------------------8~\--|
|------6-----8-----8(9)-8p6-8-----------------6-----8-----8(9)-8p6--------|
|--6h8---6h8---6h8------------------------6h8---6h8---6h8----------8------|
All through the night.
Through the night.
All through the night.
I can't believe I'm free til morning.
Main riff: ver III
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|----------------------------8----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------8----------------------------------12--10--12~-|
|----------------------------8-10p8-10\---------------5--3--5~--12--10--12~-|
|-----6-----8-----8(9)-8p6-8-----------------6-----8--5--3--5~--10---8--10~-|
|-6h8---6h8---6h8------------------------6h8---6h8----3--1--3~--------------|
Main riff: ver I
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|--------------------------------------------------------------8~\---|
|--------------------------------------------------------------8~\---|
|--------------------------------------------------------------8~\---|
|------6-----8-----8(9)-8p6h8\----------6-----8-----8(9)-8p6---------|
|--6h8---6h8---6h8------------------6h8---6h8---6h8----------8-------|
Main riff: ver II - 8 times
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|-----------------------------8--------------------------------------8~\--|
|-----------------------------8--------------------------------------8~\--|
|-----------------------------8-10p8-10\-----------------------------8~\--|
|------6-----8-----8(9)-8p6-8-----------------6-----8-----8(9)-8p6--------|
|--6h8---6h8---6h8------------------------6h8---6h8---6h8----------8------|
All through the night.
Through the night.
All through the night.
I can't believe I'm free til morning.
End:
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|-----------------------------8~--|
|-----------------------------8~--|
|------6-----8-----8(9)-8p6-8-----|
|--6h8---6h8---6h8----------------|
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7~ hold (longer than other notes)
7h9 hammer-on
9p7 pull-off
7(9) bend
(9)7 release
(9)r release