Merlins Time Chords
by Al Stewart
Merlins Time by Al Stewart is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of A. It uses the chords A, B, C, Am, G, F, Em, Dm and E. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Intro
Part A
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|--5--5--8--5-----8-----8-----5--3--3--3--------------3--------|
|-----7-----5-----7--------5-----4--------2--------------2-----|
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|--0--3--5--5-----3----------|
|--0--3-----5--5--3--3--3--1-|
|-----------4--------2--4----| -> To Part B (1st time)
|-----------------------3----| -> To Part C (2nd time)
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Part B
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|------0--1--0-----------|
|-2--------------2-------| -> Back to Part A
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Part C
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|--------0--1--0--------------0--1----|
|--2--------------2-----------------2-|
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Am G
And I think of you now
F Em Dm
As a dream that I had long ago
C F G
In a kingdom lost to time
Am G
In the forest of evening
F Em Dm
The archer is bending a bow
C F G E
And I see you bring him bread and wine
Other verse on the same model...
Em Am G Am
Oh who would walk the stoney roads
G Dm
Of Merlin's time
Em Am G Dm Am
And keep the watch along the borderline
Em Am G Am
And who would hear the legends passed
G Dm
In song and rhyme
Em Am G Dm Am
Upon the sheperd pipes of Merlin's time.
Repeat intro