Re: Light Flight - Pentangle - Chords wanted !!

: 5-beat...
: Intro: D C D C G x2
: D C D C G
: Let's get away, you say, find a better place,
: D C D C G
: Miles and miles away from the city's race,
: Am Em Am Em
: Look around for someone lying in the sunshine
: D Em D Em D Em
: Marking time, hear the sighs, close your eyes...
:
: Chorus:
: D C D C G
: Ba - da - pa do da da - ba - pa do da da...
:
: Stepping from cloud to cloud passing in their flight
: Visit frosty stars in the backwash light
: Star becomes a vision, never mind the meaning,
: Hidden there, moving fast, it won't last...
: Time passes all too soon, how it rushes by,
: Now a thousand moons are about to die
: No time to reflect on what the time was spent on,
: Nothing left, far away, dreamers fade,....
:
: Bridge:
: D C G D Am G Am Em
: Strange visions pass me by, winging softly thru the sky
: G D Am Em
: O-ver the wa-ter, ah....
:
: Swirling, the waters rise up above my head.
: Gone are the curling mists how they all have fled.
: Look, the door is open, step into the space
: Provided there - Da do da, - da, do da....

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: : Hi
: : This is a great song in 5/4 I believe or 10/8 but the chords get fiendishly difficult for me after the opening C Bb F start - any ideas? I've drawn a blank on the net.

: : Keep strumming

: : RIchard

The original was in the key of C.
The one posted on youtube is a semitone lower in B major.
My idea on the chords go something like this in C major since it's simpler.
(intro)
C7/// Bb7/// F7/// C7///.
The melody chords in 5/4 time.
C///F/Bb C///F/Bb x 2
Gmi///C// Gmi//Dmi//*Ami// Dmi/// Ami//Dmi/.
Then back to C///F/Bb C
**The timing slips momentarily to 2/4 time just for the Ami chord and then resumes back at 5/4.

light flight, pentangle

the introduction is in 6/8

Cm Bb F Cm
Cm Bb F Cm

the main body of the song, verse and chorus is in alternating 5/8 and 7/8 creating a jerky twelve feel overall.

one bar of 5/8--------/one bar of 7/8----------/
: Cm Bb Cm Bb F
: Let's get away, you say, find a better place,
: Cm Bb Cm Bb F
: Miles and miles away from the city's race,
: Gm Dm7 Gm Dm7 Cm?
: Look around for someone lying in the sunshine
: Cm Bb Cm Bb F
: Marking time, hear the sighs, close your eyes...
:
: Chorus:
: Cm Bb Cm Bb F
: Ba - da - pa do da da - ba - pa do da da...
:
: Stepping from cloud to cloud passing in their flight
: Visit frosty stars in the backwash light
: Star becomes a vision, never mind the meaning,
: Hidden there, moving fast, it won't last...
: Time passes all too soon, how it rushes by,
: Now a thousand moons are about to die
: No time to reflect on what the time was spent on,
: Nothing left, far away, dreamers fade,....

: Bridge: the whole of this section is in 6/8

: Cm Bb F Cm Gm F Cm Gm
: Strange visions pass me by, winging softly thru the sky
: Cm Bb F Cm Cm Bb F Cm
: O-ver the wa-ter, ah..........................................................
: Cm Gm F Cm Gm Cm Bb F Cm
..........................................................................................................

back to alternating 5/8 and 7/8 here.....

: Swirling, the waters rise up above my head.
: Gone are the curling mists how they all have fled.
: Look, the door is open, step into the space
: Provided there - Da do da, - da, do da....