Aha - Hunting High & Low Album guitar tab
e: Wed, 11 Mar 1998 18:10:15 +0100
ALBUM NAME: Hunting high and low
GROUP: a-ha
WORDS AND MUSIC:
Take on me - words by Morten Harket,Mags,Pal Waaktaar | music by Pal
Waaktaar
Train of Thought - words and music by Pal Waaktaar
Hunting high and low - words and music by Pal Waaktaar
The blue Sky - words and music by Pal Waaktaar
Living a boy's adventure tale - words by Pal Waaktaar,Morten Harket |
music by Pal Waaktaar
The sun always shines on TV - words and music by Pal Waaktaar
And you tell me - words and music by Pal Waaktaar
Love is reason - words by Pal Waaktaar,Mags | music by Mags
Dream myself alive - words by Pal Waaktaar | music by Mags
Here I stand and face the rain - words and music by Pal Waaktaar
MY NAME: Matteo Rocco
MY E-MAIL: xs@xnet.it
*** USE NOT-PROPORTIONAL (monospaced)
FONTS TO APPRECIATE MY EFFORTS AND
PLAY IN TIME !!! ***
There may be some hints like these:
Rhthym | |. |:lenght=1 |~=0.5 |~~=0.25 |.=1.5 d=2 d=2 d.=3 o=4
Chords C A-/B | D harmony/bass melody | here means end of measure
Lyrics yooohoo!!
Choir (yeah!!)
Notes c a single notes of the lead singer
Choir g e second voice
TAKE ON ME
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N.C | N.C. | N.C. | N.C. |
B-9 | B-9 | B-9 | B-9 |
B- | B- | B-9 | B-9 |
B- | E | A | D C#- | B- | E | A | D C#- | B- | E | B- | E
Pa ppa paa pa
B- E A D C#- B- E A
Talking away I don't know what I'm to say I'll say it anyway today
D C#- B- E F#- D
isn't my day to find you shying away I'll be coming for your love OK
A C#-/G# F#- D A C#-/G# F#- D
Take on me.... Take me on......
(take on me) (take on me)
A C#-/G# F#- D A C#-/G# D E
I'll be gone in a day or two...
B- E A D C#- B- E A
So needless to say at odds and ends but I'm me stumbling away slowly
D C#- B- E F#- D
learning that life is OK say after me it's no better to be safe than
A C#-/G# F#- D A C#-/G# F#- D
sorry Take on me.... Take me on......
(take on me) (take on me)
A C#-/G# F#- D A C#-/G# D E
I'll be gone in a day or two...
C#- | C#- | G | G | C#- | C#- | G | G | B- | B- | E | E |
N.C. | N.C. | N.C. | N.C.
B- | E | A | D C#- |
B- | E | A | D C#- |
B- | E | B- | E B- E A D
Oh the things that you say yeh is it life or
C#- B- E A
just to play my worries away you're all the things
D C#- B- E F#- D
I've got to remember you shying away I'll be coming for you anyway
A C#-/G# F#- D A C#-/G# F#- D
Take on me... Take me on......
(take on me) (take on me)
A C#-/G# F#- D A C#-/G# F#- D A C#-/G# F#- D
I'll be gone in a.. day......
(take on me...) (take me on...)
((Take on me)) ((Take
A C#-/G# F#- D A C#-/G# F#- D
I'll be gone... in a.. day...
... on me..) (take me on..)
on me)) ((take on me) ((take on me))
A C#-/G# F#- D A C#-/G# F#- D A C#-/G#
(take on me....) (take me on.....) (take on
((take on me)) ((take on me))
F#- D
me....)
((take on me)) ...
TRAIN OF THOUGHT
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N.C./E | N.C./E | N.C./E | N.C./E
N.C./E | N.C./E | N.C./E | N.C./E
B-/E | C#-/E | D/E | C#-/E
B-/E | C#-/E | D/E | C#-/E
N.C./E D A D/E | D/E
He likes to have the morning paper's crossword solved hey
N.C./E D A D/E | D/E
Words go up words come down forwards backwards twisted 'round hey
N.C./E D A
He grabs a pile of letters From a small suitcase
d
E- D C#- | C#-
Disappears into an office It's another working day
D B-7 C#-7 D E
and his thou.....ghts are full of strangers
B-7 C#-7 D E
corridors of naked lights And his
B-7 C#-7 D E
mind once full of reason Now there's
d. |
B-7 C#-7 D | D D9/E F#- D A
mo...re than meets the eye Now a stranger's face he carries with him
| A (E-) D A D/E | D/E
He likes a bit of reading On the subway home ooh oooh ooh
(E-) D A D/E | D/E
A distant radio's whistling tunes That nobody knows hm
(E-) D A
At home a house awaits him he unlocks the door
d
E- D C#- | C#-
Thinking once there was a sea here but there never was a door
D B-7 C#-7 D E
And his thou....ghts are full of strangers
B-7 C#-7 D E
And his eyes too numb to see
B-7 C#-7 D E
And nothing that he knows of
d. |
B-7 C#-7 D | D D9/E | F#- D A | A
And no........where where he's been wa..s ever quite like this
E- | (E-) | E- | (E-) | E- | (E-) | E- | (E-) |
yeah!
B-/E | C#-/E | D/E | C#-/E | B-/E | C#-/E | G | G A
he! oh oh oh oh and his
B-7 C#-7 D E
thou.....ghts are full of strangers
B-7 C#-7 D E
corridors of naked lights And his
B-7 C#-7 D E
mind once full of reason Now there's
d. |
B-7 C#-7 D | D D9/E F#- D A
mo...re than meets the eye Now a stranger's face he carries with
| A | B-/E | C#-/E | D/E | C#-/E |
him
B-/E | C#-/E | D/E | C#-/E
and at
B-/E C#-/E D/E C#-/E
hea.....rt he's full of strangers dodging
B-/E C#-/E D/E C#-/E
on his train of thought train of
B-/E | C#-/E | D/E | C#-/E | B-/E | C#-/E | D/E | C#-/E |
thought
B-/E | C#-/E | D/E | C#-/E |
B-/E | C#-/E | D/E | C#-/E | ...
HUNTING HIGH AND LOW
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d.. |~-d-|~
A- A-9 A- F
Here I am and within the reach of
d.. |~ d.. |~-d-|~
F- G A- A-9 A- F
my hand she's sound asleep and she's sweeter now
Db C- Ab G
than the wildest dream could have seen her and I watch her slipping away
d d o d d o o
F G A-4 A- G F7+ D-
But I know I'll be hunting high and low hi...gh
A-7 D- E-
There's no end to the lengths I'll go to
A-4 A- G F7+ D-
hunting high and low hi....gh
o o
C E-7 D- /G
there's no end to the lenghts I'll go to
o---------d d
A- /G F F-
find her again upon this my dreams are depending
A- /B F Dd C-
through the dark I sense the pounding of her heart next
/Bb Ab G
to mine she's the sweetest love I could find
F G A-4 A- G6/9 F7+ D-
so I guess I'll be hunting high and low hi...gh
A-7 D- E-
There's no end to the lengths I'll go to
A-4 A- G6/9 F7+ D-
high and low hi....gh
o o o d d d d o
C E-7 D- /G A- | A- A-/G | F F/E | D-7
do you know what it means to love you
C | C/B | A- | E- | E- | F |
o--------d d
G _| A- G F7+ F
I'm hunting high and low and now she's telling me
o----d d
A- G/B F | D- | C- | Bb | Ab | G |
she's got to go away
F(9) G A-4 A- G6/9 F7+ D-
I'll always be hunting high and low only for you
(and now she's telling
|. d d d-|~ d d d | |
A-7 /B /C A7/C# D- C7/E E- F G
watch me tea.....ring myself to piec........es hunting
me)
A-4 A- G6/9 F7+ D- C E-7
high and low uoh hi....gh there's no end to the lenghts
o-----o o o----
D-7 E-7 F G A-
I'll go to... oohohohoo for you I'll be hunting high
-----d d d d d _|
G F C/E | D- A
and low
BLUE SKY
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N.C. | N.C. | N.C. | N.C.
|~ d |.
F A-5+ A- A-4
blue sky blue sky
|~ d |. |~ d |.
F A-5+ A- A-4 F A-5+ A- A-4
blue sky blue sky blue sky
F A-
Oh I find it hard to breathe as life just eats away
F A- C
at the faces that surround me they look tired today
D- Bb A- D
the lady at my table doesn't want me here I just want to talk to her
F7+ F/G E-
but would she laugh at my accent and make fun of me
F7+ F/G E- | F | E- | F |
oh it doesn't seem like this blue sky's here for me
A-
There are no girls in here as far as I can see
F A- C
only pinup posters looking down at me
D- Bb
watching paper cups of coffee growing cold before my eyes
A- D F7+
all the things I see that make me realize I'm in this big world
F/G E- F7+
without you nothing to my name oh I never knew that
F/G F A-5+ A- A-4
blue sky meant such pain
(blue sky blue sky)
F A-5+ A- A-4
blue sky blue sky
F A-5+ A- A-4 F | A-5+ A- A-4 | B- | B- |
blue sky blue sky blue sky
d | |
F A- A-9 A-
I'm dying to be different in the coffee shop
| |
F A-7 C13 C9
I've lived on borrowed strengh now my supplies are cut though
d. |
D- Bb Bb4+
I'm older than my looks and older than my years
d. |
A- A-4 D9
I'm too young to take on my deepest fears
F7+ F/G E-
oh I used to be confused but now I just don't know since you
| d. | |
F7+ F(9)/G F/G /F A- G6
left I've been watching blue skies come and go oh
(blue sky...)
F7+ F/G F C_|
since you left I've been watching blue skies come and go
(blue sky..)
LIVING A BOY'S ADVENTURE TALE
-----------------------------
Aaaahaahaaahahaaaa
D7+ E | F#- | B- C#- | D E | D7+ E | F#- | B- C#- | D E |
Aaaahaahaaahahaa
D7+ E | F#- | B- C#- | D E | D7+ E | F#- | B- C#- | D E |
A /E /A F#-
I've fixed my dwelling for the night lights in pairs come passing by
D7+ | D7+ | D7+ |
where I hide
A /E /A F#- D7+
I need some time now on my own leave my loneliness alone to lick my wounds
D7+ | D7+ | A7+ |
C#-/G# /E C#/F D D-
night has found me just in time to help me close my eyes one more time
d d o d d d d
D7+ E F#- B- C#- D E
living a boy's adventure tale in so many ways
D7+ E F#- B- C#- D E
living a boy's adventure tale for so many days I'm
D7+ E F#- B- C#- D E
living a boy's adventure tale can't escape if I wanted to
D7+ E F#- B- C#- D E
living a boy's adventure tale I may be dreaming but I feel awake
A /E /A F#- (D7+) |
I've been lost in so many places seeking love in so many faces
(D7+) | (D7+) |
A /E F#-
a change of weather the rain pours down my head in hands pressed to
d. |
D7+ | D7+ | N.C. A
the ground
C#-/G# C#/F D D-
and where am I supposed to go now
D7+ E F#- B- C#- D E
living a boy's adventure tale in so many ways
D7+ E F#- B- C#- D E
living a boy's adventure tale haaa haaaa haaha
D7+ E F#- B- C#- D E
living a boy's adventure tale a voice I hear
D7+ E F#- B- C#- D E
living a boy's adventure tale singing a lullaby for me
o d o d o d o d o d o d o d
A/D /C# /B A /D /C# /B /C# A /E A /E A /E
A A7+/G# | D7+/F# E |
D7+ E F#- B- C#- D E
living a boy's adventure tale because of you
D7+ E F#- B- C#- D_| E_|
living a boy's adventure tale oh you know it's true I'm
f#
D7+ E F#- B- C#- D E
living a boy's adventure tale in so many ways
c#c# c# c# c# g# g# g#
D7+ E F#- B- C#- D E D E F#-
aaaah ahhaaaaaa for so many da.....ys Ilove you I
| B- C#- | D E D E | F#- | B- C#- | D E |
love you so many wa.....ys
D E F#- | B- C#- | D E |
aaaaaaahaaahaaa
D E F#- | B- C#- | D E |
aaaaaaahaaahaaa
D E F#- | B- C#- | D E |
aaaaaaahaaahaaa ....
THE SUN ALWAYS SHINES ON T.V.
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d d
E- | A- F | C | G |
E- | A- F | C | G |
d d
E- A- F C G
Touch me.. how can it be...
g c
E- A- F C G
believe me..... the sun always shines on t.v.
g g c a
E- A- F C G
hold me.. close to your hea..rt
d. d d d
E-(5+) A- F A- G4 F G | E- A | Fo | Fo |
touch me.. and give all your love to me to me..............
Fo | Fo | Fo | Fo | Fo |
..
|. d |~--|. d-|~ |. d |~--|. d-|~ |. d-|~--|. d-|~ |. d |~--|. d-|~
A- | A- D | A- | A- D | A- | A- D | A- | A- D |
o----d d o----d d
A- | A- /C | D- | D- | A- | A- /C | D- | F |
|. d |~--|. d-|~ |. d |~--|. d-|~
A- | A- D | A- | A- D
uh!
A- /C D- G4 G
I reached inside myself and found nothing there to ease the
C/E A- G F D F
pressure of my ever worrying mind ohooohoh oh
A- /C D- G4 G
all my powers waste away I fear the crazed and lonely
C/E A- G F D F
looks the mirror's sending me these days ohoo oh
E- A- F C G
touch me.. how can it be...
---3---
d | | |
E- A- F C G /G /B /D
believe me.. the sun always shines on t.v.
E- A- F C G
hold me.. close to your hea..rt
d d
E- A- F A- G F G |
touch me.. and give all your love to me
|. d |~--|. d-|~ d-|~ |.
A- | A- D | D- | F /G |
A- /C D- G4 G C/E
Please don't ask me to defend the shameful lowlands of the way I'm
A- G F D F
drifting gloomily through time oohooo
A- D- G4 G
I reached inside myself today thinking there's got to be
(touch me) (keep on your love)
d d d d
C/E A- G F A-/E | D-_|
some way to keep my troubles distant
E- A- F C G
Touch me.. how can it be
---3---
d | | |
E- A- F C G /G /B /D
believe me.. the sun always shines on t.v.
E- A- F C G
hold me.. close to your hea..rt
d d
E- A- F A- G F G | A-9 | A-9 | A-9 | A-9 |
touch me.. and give all your love to me
A-6/9 | A-6/9 | A-6/9 | N.C.
E- | A- F | C | G | E- | A- F | C | G /G /B /D
E- A- F C G
hold me.. close to your hea..rt
d d
E- A- F A- G F G | E- | D
touch me.. and give all your love to me hey
| |~ |. |~ |~---| |~ |~-|. | |~ |. |~ |~---| |~ |~- |. |
A- A-9 A- A-9 A- | A-9 D | A- A-9 A- A-9 A- | A-9 D |1
|
|. d |~---|. d----|~ |. d |~---|. d----|~ |
A- | A- D | A- | A- D |2
to me.......
| |~ |. |~ |~---| |~ |~-|. | 1 = keyboards
A- A-9 A- A-9 A- | A-9 D | A-_| |1 2 = electric guitar
|
|. d |~---|. d~----|~ |
A- | A- D | A-_| |2
AND YOU TELL ME
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2/4
A | D |
A E/G# D E F#- C#- B-7 D-6
Please don't hurt me I have told you all my love is all I've got
A E/G# D E F#- C#- B-7 D-6
and tomorrow is the day when I for your sake I'm coming back
| |
F#- B-7 Fo F#- | F#- | F#- | F#- E/G#
and you tell me that I don't love you
A E/G# D E F#- C#- B-7 D-6
I'm trying hard to make you jealous trying harder to make you stay
|. |~
A E/G# D E F#- C#- C#-9 B-7 D-6
days are long and nights are crazy it's so strange when you're away
| |
F#- B-7 Fo F#- | E6 | D | B-7 | Fo E7 | A | A | A |
and you tell me that I don't love you
| A | A E/G# D E F#- C#- B-7 D-6
because I love I will show you all the faces my love can have
A | E/A | D/A | E/A D E/A D B-7
so plea..............se let me come to you and stay this time
F#- B-7 Fo F#- | E6 D B-7
and you tell me that I don't love you oh you know that it's
| | | |
Fo E7 A | E/A | D/A | B-/A | A | Ao | C#5+ C# | F#-_|
just not true
LOVE IS REASON
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d d
E- | F G | E- | F G | E- | F G | C | F7+ | D-7 | D-7/G
hm!
(A-) (F) (G) (A-) (C) (F) G
my breath was coming fast and as I make a start you turned to go oh oh
d. |
A-9 C C6 F7+ /E D-
I'll do what you want me to I'll cry at the thought of the loss of a
d d
G E- F9 G E- F9 G E- F9 G C F7+
heart love is reason love is reason love is reason lo..ve is..
o |. | |. d
D-7 /G A- A-4 A- F G
reason enough my morals are changing fast I told you it wouldn't last
| |
G4 G A- C F G
you turn and go oh oh
d. |
A-9 C7 C6 F7+ /E (D-)
I'll be what you want me to be I'd die at the thought of the loss of
G E- F9 G E- F9 G E- F9 G C F7+
your heart love is reason love is reason love is reason lo..ve is
d d |~ |~ |~ |~
D-7 /G A- | A- /G | F | N.C./F N.C./F N.C./F N.C./F G G_|
reason enough hm!
E- | F9 G | E- | F9 G | E- | F9 G | C F7+ D-7 /G | C | C
ooh! oh lo..ve is.. reason enough
F7+ /E D- G
I'd dye at the thought of the loss of your heart
E- F9 G E- F9 G E- F9 G C F9 G
love is reason love is reason love is reason love love is reason
A- F9 G C F9 G A- F9 G C F9 G
enough is reason love is reason enough love is reason love is rea....son
A- F9 G | C | F9 G | A- | F9 G | C | F9 G | A- | F9 G | C
enough ah ooh ooh ooh! ah ...
DREAM MYSELF ALIVE
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B- | B- |
o d d d d
B- | G A | B- | G A | B- | G A | B- | G /A |
d d d d o d d
B- A/C# E-7 A B- E-7 A
dream my...self a...live
g e d c# d
b c# g g f#
b a b a b
d d d d o d d
B- A/C# E-7 A B- E-7 A
I dream my...self a...live
B- F#- G(7+) C
but you can't deny there's something dark 'gainst the light
B- F#- G(7+) C B- | G A | B- | G A
all I can say it doesn't have to be this way we'll be
B- F#- G(7+) C
chasing our tails madly see days pass like wild fire
B- F#- G(7+) C
right from the start I knew this world would break my heart I
d d d d o d d
B- A/C# E-7 A B- E-7 A
dream my...self a...live
d d d d o d d
B- A/C# E-7 A B- E-7 A
I dream my...self a...live
d d d d o d d
B- A/C# E-7 A B- E-7 A
I dream my...self a...live break my heart and
d d d d
B- A/C# E-7 A B- F#- G(7+) C
what can it mean I'm drawing pictures of the sea
(dream my...self a...live)
B- F#- G(7+) C B- | F#-(4+/9-)
right from the start I knew this girl would break my heart
(voices)
G(7+) | C(7) | B- | F#-(4+) | G(7+/9-) | C
d d d d o d d
B- A/C# E-7 A B- E-7 A
dream my...self a...live
d d d d o d d
B- A/C# E-7 A B- E-7 A
dream my...self a...live
d d d d o d d
B- A/C# E-7 A B- E-7 A
I dream my...self a...live
d d d d o d d
B- A/C# E-7 A B- E-7 A
dream my...self a...live
(a-ha a-ha)
d d d d o d d
B- A/C# E-7 A B- E-7 A
dream my...self a...live
d d d d o d d
B- A/C# E-7 A B- E-7 A
I dream my...self a...live
d d d d o d d
B- A/C# E-7 A B- E-7 A
dream my...self a...live
d d d d o d d
B- A/C# E-7 A B- E-7 A
dream my...self a...live ...
HERE I STAND AND FACE THE RAIN
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| |~ | | |~--|~ |. | |~ |~----|~ | | |.
F#-9 F#- D4+ D E | E E4 F#-9 F#- D4+ | D4+ D E E4
| |~ | | |~--|~ |. | |~ |~----|~ | | |.
F#-9 F#- D4+ D E | E E4 F#-9 F#- D4+ | D4+ D E E4
|. d |~---d |. |~---|. d-|~ |. d |~---d |. |~---|. d-|~
F#- D E | E F#- D | D E | F#- D E | E F#- D | D E |
|. d |~---d |. |~---|. d-|~ |. d |~---d |. |~---|. d-|~
B- G A | A B- G | G A | B- G A | A B- G | G A |
|. d |~---d |. |~---|. d-|~ |. d |~---d |. |~---|. d-|~
E- C D | D E- C | C D | E- C D | D E- C | C B |
F# | A- | E- |
o o d d
B- C#- D E B- C#- D E
Help me I need your love don't walk away the dark scares me so we're
B- C#- D E B- C#- D E
nothing apart let's stay friend forever forever
|. d |~-d |. |~-|. d-|~ |. |. |~-d
F#- D E F#- D E B- G A
here I stand and face the rain I know that nothing's gonna be the same
|. |~-|. d-|~ o o o o d d
B- G F#- C#7 E- B- | C#- | D E |
again I fear for what to..mo..rrow brings
B- C#- D E B- C#- D E B-
trust me for whom I am place all your faith into these hands I got nothing
C#- D E B- C#- D E
to say but let's stay friends forever forever
F#- D E F#- D E B- G A
here I stand and face the rain I know that nothing's gonna be the same
B- G F#- C#7 E-
again I fear for what tomo..rrow
F#- D E F#- D E B- G A B-
here I stand and face the pain of knowing nothing's gonna be the same again
G F#- C#7 E- B- | E-9 | B- | E-9 | B-9
I fear for what tomo..rrow brings
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here I stand and face the rain knowing nothing's
(here I stand and face the rain
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gonna be the same again
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(aah ah ahahah ahahaaah..........)
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ahahaah.........) (aah ah ahahah ahahaaah..........)
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here I stand and face the rain
(aaah ah ahahah ahahaaah..........) (aaah ah ahahah
ahahaah............) (aah ah ahahah ahahaaah..........)
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knowing nothing's gonna be the same a.. gain
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ahahaah............) (aah ah ahahah ahahaaah..........)
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(aah ah ahahah ahahaaah..........) (aah
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