Artist: Mike Oldfield
Album: Discovery
SONG: To France
Here we go!
Tuning: down half-step and capoed on 3rd fret
Intro
Am Am CGG Em Am G Am
eI-----------5-3-I----------------I------------5-7-I--------------I
bI-------3-5-----I--------3-5-5-3-I----------3-----I--------3-----I
gI-2-4-5---------I--2-4-5---------I--0-2-4-5-------I--2-4-5---4-2-I
DI---------------I----------------I----------------I--------------I
AI---------------I----------------I----------------I--------------I
EI---------------I----------------I----------------I--------------I
Verse 1
Am
Talking on Water
Am CG
Sailing a restless sea
G Em Am
From a memory
G CD
A fanta-
Am
sy The wind carries
Am C
Into white water
G Em
Fare from the islands
Am GCD
Don\'t you know you\'re
Chorus
C DG Em C
Never going to get to France
D Em
Mary Queen of chance will they find you
C DG Em C
Never going to get to France
D Em
Could a new romance ever bind you
Verse 2
Am Am
Walking on foreign ground
CG
Like a shadow
G Em
Roaming in far off
Am GCD
Territory
Am
Over your shoulder
Am C
Stories unfold you\'re
G Em
searching for sanctuary
Am GCD
you know you\'re
C DG Em C
Never going to get to France
D Em
Mary Queen of chance will they find you
C DG Em C
Never going to get to France
D Em
Could a new romance ever bind you
C Am G
I see a picture
G CD
by the lamp\'s flicker
C Am
Isn\'t it strange
G GCD
How dreams fade and shimmer
Never going to get to France
Mary Queen of chance will they find you
Solo(Tabbed by Claus Hofmann, August 1998)
Am Am CGG Em Am G Am
eI-----------5-3-I----------------I------------5-7-I--------------I
bI-------3-5-----I--------3-5-5-3-I----------3-----I--------3-----I
gI-2-4-5---------I--2-4-5---------I--0-2-4-5-------I--2-4-5---4-2-I
DI---------------I----------------I----------------I--------------I
AI---------------I----------------I----------------I--------------I
EI---------------I----------------I----------------I--------------I
(rest chords as verse)
eI-----------------------------------------------------3----------I
bI-5-3-----------3-5-6-5-3-------3-------5-3-2-3-----3---3--------I
gI-----5-4-2-4-5-----------5-4-5---5-4-2---------4-5-------5------I
DI----------------------------------------------------------------I
AI----------------------------------------------------------------I
EI----------------------------------------------------------------I
eI----------------------------------------------------------------I
bI-----------------------------3---5-3-5-6-3----------------------I
gI-4-5-4-2---2-----------4-5-4---5--------------------------------I
DI---------5---5-4-2-4-5------------------------------------------I
AI----------------------------------------------------------------I
EI----------------------------------------------------------------I
Never going to get to France
Could a new romance ever bind you
I see a picture
by the lamp\'s flicker
Isn\'t it strange
how dreams fade and shimmer
Never going to get to France
Mary Queen of chance will they find you
Never going to get to France
Could a new romance ever bind you
(Intro)x2
Ending
Pm .. .. ..
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|----5-3-1-3-0h1p0--------------------------
|-2----------------2~~/5/4----------2-4-5-7-
|-2----------------2--/5/4----5---2-2-4-5-7-
|-0----------------0--/3/2----5-5-2-0-2-3-5-
|-----------------------------3-3-0---------
or
Pm .. .. ..
|----------------------------------------
|----5-3-1-3-0h1p0-----------------------
|-2----------------2~~--/5-------2-4-5-7-
|-2----------------2----/5-5---2-2-4-5-7-
|-0----------------0----/3-5-5-2-0-2-3-5-
|--------------------------3-3-0---------
Never going to get to France...