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The Spirit Of Man by Jeff Wayne
The Spirit Of Man
Capo:no capo
Em* 024000
(Nathaniel)
Bm A
Listen, do you hear them drawing near,
Bm
In their search for the sinners?
Bm A
Feeding on the power of our fear,
Bm
And the evil within us.
Bb F Gm Cm Dm
Incarnation of Satan's creation of all that we dread,
Bb F
When the demons arrive,
G A Dm
Those alive would be better off dead!
(Beth)
G A Bm
There must be something worth living for,
G A Bm
There must be something worth trying for,
G A Bm
Even some things worth dying for,
F#m A Em
And if one man can stand tall,
F#m A Em
There must be hope for us all,
F#m Bm
Somewhere, somewhere in the spirit of man.
(Nathaniel)
Bm A
Once there was a time when I believed,
Bm
Without hesitation,
Bm A
That the power of love and truth could conquer all,
Bm
In the name of salvation.
Bb F Gm Cm Dm
Tell me what kind of weapon is love when it comes to the fight?
Bb F G A Dm
And just how much protection is truth against all Satan's might?
(Beth)
G A Bm
There must be something worth living for,
G A Bm
There must be something worth trying for,
G A Bm
Even some things worth dying for,
F#m A Em
And if one man can stand tall,
F#m A Em
There must be hope for us all,
F#m Bm
Somewhere, somewhere in the spirit of man.
(Dialogue)
(Beth)
Bm Em*
No, Nathaniel,
Bm Em*
Oh no, Nathaniel,
Bm
No, Nathaniel, no,
A
There must be more to life,
Bm
There has to be a way,
A
We can restore to life,
Bm
The love we used to know.
Bm
Nathaniel, no,
A
There must be more to life,
Bm
There has to be a way,
A
We can restore to life,
Bm
The light that we have lost.
(Nathanial)
Bm A
Now darkness has descended on our land,
Bm
And all your prayers cannot save us,
Bm A
Like fools we've let the Devil take command,
Bm
Of the souls that God gave us.
Bb F Gm Cm Dm
To the altar of evil like lambs to the slaughter we're led,
Bb F G A Dm
When the demons arrive the survivors will envy the dead!
(Beth)
G A Bm
There must be something worth living for,
(Nathaniel)
No, there is nothing!
(Beth)
G A Bm
There must be something worth trying for,
(Nathaniel)
I don't believe it's so.
(Beth)
G A Bm
Even some things worth dying for,
F#m A Em
And if one man can stand tall,
F#m A Em
There must be hope for us all,
F#m Bm
Somewhere, somewhere in the spirit of man.
(Dialogue)
(Beth)
Bm Em*
No, Nathaniel,
Bm Em*
Oh no, Nathaniel,
Bm
No, Nathaniel, no,
A
There must be more to life,
Bm
There has to be a way,
A
We can restore to life,
Bm
The love we used to know.
Bm
Nathaniel, no,
A
There must be more to life,
Bm
There has to be a way,
A
We can restore to life,
Bm
The light that we have lost.
(Dialogue)
(Nathaniel)
F# A Em
There is a curse on Mankind,
F# A Em
We may as well be resigned,
F#
To let the Devil,
Bm
The devil take the spirit of man.
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version 2
Tuning:E A D G B E
Key:Bm
Capo:no capo
[Verse 1]
Bm A/B
Listen, do you hear them drawing near
Bm
In their search for the sinners?
Bm A
Feeding on the power of our fear
Bm
And the evil within us?
Bb Cm F Dm
Incarnation of Satan's creation of all that we dread
Gm7 Ab Bbm Cm Dm
When the demons arrive those alive would be better off dead!
[Chorus]
Gmaj A Bm
There must be something worth living for
Gmaj A Bm
There must be something worth trying for
Gmaj A Bm
Even something worth dying for!
F#m A Em A
And if one man can stand tall
F#m A Em A
There must be hope for us all
Bm
Somewhere, somewhere in the spirit of man
[Verse 2]
Bm A/B
Once there was a time when I believed
Bm
Without hesitation
Bm A/B
That the power of love and truth could conquer all
Bm
In the name of salvation
Bb Cm F Dm
Tell me what kind of weapon is love when it comes to the fight?
Gm7 Ab Bbm Cm Dm
And just how much protection is truth against all Satan's might?
[CHORUS]
[Middle 8]
D/B Em/B G/B D/B Em/B
No Nathaniel, oh no, Nathaniel
D/B Em/B Bm A/B
No Nathaniel, no, there must be more to life
D/B Em/B Bm
There has to be a way that we can
A
Restore to life the love we used to know
D/B Em/B Bm A/B
(No) Nathaniel, no, there must be more to life
D/B Em/B Bm
There has to be a way that we can
A
Restore to life the light that we have lost
[Instrumental]
[Verse 3]
Bm A/B
Now darkness has descended on our land
Bm
And all your prayers cannot save us
Bm A
Like fools we've let the devil take command
Bm
Of the souls that God gave us
Bb Cm F Dm
To the altar of evil like lambs to the slaughter were led
Gm7 Ab Bbm Cm Dm
When the demons arrive the survivors will envy the dead!
[Chorus]
G A Bm
There must be something worth living for
N.C.
(No, there is nothing!)
G A Bm
There must be something worth trying for
N.C.
(I don't believe it's so!)
G A B
Even somehing worth dying for
F#m A Em A
If just one man could stand tall
F#m A Em A
There would be some hope for us all
A Bm
Somewhere, somewhere in the spirit of man
[Refrain]
F#m A Em A
There is a curse on mankind
F#m A Em A
We many as well be resigned
A Bm
To let the devil, the devil take the spirit of man!
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version 3
Tuning:E A D G B E
Capo:no capo
solo melody start at minute 09:48
e|--------------------------|---------------------------------|
b|--------7-------7---------|--------7-------10/12-12-12-12~--|
g|----7-9---9-7-9---7/4-4~--|----7-9---9-7-9------------------|
D|--9-----------------------|--9------------------------------|
A|--------------------------|---------------------------------|
E|--------------------------|---------------------------------|
e|-----------------------------|------------------------------|
b|--12-14--15-14-12-14/7-7-7~--|--------7---------------------|
g|-----------------------------|----7-9---9-7-9~--------------|
D|-----------------------------|--9---------------------------|
A|-----------------------------|------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------|------------------------------|
e|-----------------------|--12----12----12--------------------|
b|--10b12-10-------------|-----15----15----15----15-12~-------|
g|-----------9-7-9-------|--------------------14--------------|
D|-----------------9-7~--|------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------|------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------|------------------------------------|
I suddenly noticed the body of a parson lying on the ground in a ruined churchyard
I felt unable to leave him to the mercy of the red week, and decided to bury him, decently
Nathaniel! Nathaniel!
The parson's eyes flickered open. He was alive!
Nathaniel, I saw the church burst into flame, are you all right?
Don't touch me
But it's me, Beth! Your wife!
No! You're one of them, a devil!
He's delirious!
Lies! I saw the devil's sign!
What are you saying?
The green flash in the sky
His demons were here all along, in our hearts and souls
Just waiting for a sign from Him
And now they're destroying our world!
But they're not devils, they're Martians
We must leave here
Look, a house still standing, come Nathaniel, quickly
We took shelter in a cottage, and black smoke spread, hemming us in
Then a fighting machine came across the field
Spraying jets of steam that turned the smoke into thick, black dust
Ulla!
Dear God, help us!
The voice of the Devil is heard in our land!
Listen, do you hear them drawing near, in their search for the sinners?
Feeding on the power of our fear and the evil within us
Incarnation of Satan's creation of all that we dread
When the demons arrive those alive would be better off dead
There must be something worth living for
There must be something worth trying for
Even somethings worth dying for
And if one man can stand tall
There must be hope for us all
Somewhere, somewhere in the spirit of man
Once, there was a time when I believed without hesitation
That the power of love and truth could conquer all in the name of salvation
Tell me what kind of weapon is love when it comes to the fight?
And just how much protection is truth against all Satan's might?
There must be something worth living for
There must be something worth trying for
Even some things worth dying for
And if one man can stand tall
There must be some hope for us all
Somewhere, somewhere in the spirit of man
People loved you and trusted you, came to you for help
Didn't I warn them this would happen?
"Be on your guard", I said, For the Evil One never rests
I said, "Exorcise the devil!"
But no, they wouldn't listen
The demons inside them grew and grew
Until Satan gave his signal and destroyed the world we knew!
No Nathaniel, oh no Nathaniel
No Nathaniel, no, there must be more to life
There has to be a way that we can restore to life the love we used to know
No, Nathaniel, no, there must be more to life
There has to be a way that we can restore to life the light that we have lost
Now darkness has descended on our land and all your prayers cannot save us
Like fools we've let the devil take command of the souls that God gave us
To the altar of evil like lambs to the slaughter we're led
When the demons arrive the survivors will envy the dead!
There must be something worth living for
No, there is nothing!
There must be something worth trying for
I don't believe it's so!
Even something worth dying for
If just one man could stand tall
There would be some hope for us all
Somewhere, somewhere in the spirit of man
Forget about goodness and mercy, they're gone!
Didn't I warn them?
"Pray", I said! "Destroy the devil", I said!
They wouldn't listen!
I could have saved the world! But now it's too late too late!
No Nathaniel, oh no Nathaniel
No Nathaniel, no, there must be more to life
There has to be a way that we can restore to life the love we used to know
No, Nathaniel, no, there must be more to life
There has to be a way that we can restore to life the light that we have lost
Dear God! A cylinder's landed on the house, and we are underneath it, in the pit!
The Martians spend the night making a new machine
It was a squat, metallic spider with huge, articulated claws
But it, too, had a hood in which a Martian sat
I watched it pursuing some people across a field
It caught them nimbly and tossed them into a great metal basket upon its back
Beth, she's dead
Buried under the rubble
Why!
Satan why did you take one of your own
There is a curse on mankind
We may as well be resigned
To let the devil, the devil take the spirit of man
As time passed in our dark and dusty prison
The Parson wrestled endlessly with his doubts
His outcries invited death for us both
And yet, I pitied him
| / Slide up
| ~ Vibrato
| b Bend
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version 4
Tuning:E A D G B E
Capo:no capo
[Solo 1]
e|-------8-9-8---------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----9----------9-/-14-14-~~~---\13--\9--9--\6--6--\3--3~~~----------------|
G|-/10---------10------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
(spoken part)
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-12~~---------------------------------7------11b12r11--7-------------------|
G|-------10b11r10--(7)-----4/6-6-----7----------------------7--7-------------|
D|--------------------------------6--------------------------------6b7r6--6--|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
[Solo 2]
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------/10\8------10\8-----------------|
G|-----2/4-2h4--2h4-2---------9\7-----7/9\7---------9\7------/9\7------------|
D|-2/4--------------------/(9)----9\7------------------------------/9\7------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------10\8p7---7--/8----------|
G|-----/9\7-----/9\7-/9\7/9\7/9\7/9\7/9---/11\--------------9----------------|
D|-7/9------7/9---------------------------------7---------------------7------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------9\7------12b14r12~~~---\-----------|
D|-\5--5---5p4\2---4b5r4---4b5r4-2---7/9-(9)--7/9----------------------------|
A|---------------5-------0---------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
[Solo 3]
e|-------8-9-8h9p8-----------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----9--------------9/14-14---13\--9-9\--6-6-\--3--3-~~--------------------|
G|-/10-------------10--------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
(spoken, played with like 4 guitars, I did my best to pinpoint the main parts)
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-12~~--14b15--15-14b15r14------------------12---14-15----------------------|
G|----------------------------13---------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------14-----14-----------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------14--------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-12----------------14b15--/14----12---14-15~~~-----------------------------|
G|-----10b11r10--7-----------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------/9-11b12r11-9------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------8----------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------14b15r14------12-14-15----17b19~~~--17b19-17b19----|
G|-----------------------------------11--------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-10--8h10p8h10p8h10p8------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-17b19r18--17------12---14--15---------------------------------------------|
G|----------------11---------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
[Solo 4]
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------10b12--10b12~~~~-----------|
G|----7-9-9b11-9-7-9b11r9-7--------7-9-9b11r9-7-9----------------------------|
D|-/9-----------------------9---/9-------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-12-14-14b15-14-12-12b14r12-------------------7--------10b12-----------------|
G|----------------------------11-11~~-\-----7-9---9-7-9--------9b11-9-7-9------|
D|---------------------------------------/9-------------------------------/9-7-|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---15b17--15--15b17--15--15b17r15--12-----/15--12~~~-----------------------|
G|--------------------------------------11-----------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
I suddenly noticed the body of a parson lying on the ground in a ruined churchyard
I felt unable to leave him to the mercy of the red week, and decided to bury him, decently
Nathaniel! Nathaniel!
The parson's eyes flickered open. He was alive!
Nathaniel, I saw the church burst into flame, are you all right?
Don't touch me
But it's me, Beth! Your wife!
No! You're one of them, a devil!
He's delirious!
Lies! I saw the devil's sign!
What are you saying?
The green flash in the sky
His demons were here all along, in our hearts and souls
Just waiting for a sign from Him
And now they're destroying our world!
But they're not devils, they're Martians
We must leave here
Look, a house still standing, come Nathaniel, quickly
We took shelter in a cottage, and black smoke spread, hemming us in
Then a fighting machine came across the field
Spraying jets of steam that turned the smoke into thick, black dust
Ulla!
Dear God, help us!
The voice of the Devil is heard in our land!
Listen, do you hear them drawing near, in their search for the sinners?
Feeding on the power of our fear and the evil within us
Incarnation of Satan's creation of all that we dread
When the demons arrive those alive would be better off dead
There must be something worth living for
There must be something worth trying for
Even somethings worth dying for
And if one man can stand tall
There must be hope for us all
Somewhere, somewhere in the spirit of man
Once, there was a time when I believed without hesitation
That the power of love and truth could conquer all in the name of salvation
Tell me what kind of weapon is love when it comes to the fight?
And just how much protection is truth against all Satan's might?
There must be something worth living for
There must be something worth trying for
Even some things worth dying for
And if one man can stand tall
There must be some hope for us all
Somewhere, somewhere in the spirit of man
People loved you and trusted you, came to you for help
Didn't I warn them this would happen?
"Be on your guard", I said, For the Evil One never rests
I said, "Exorcise the devil!"
But no, they wouldn't listen
The demons inside them grew and grew
Until Satan gave his signal and destroyed the world we knew!
No Nathaniel, oh no Nathaniel
No Nathaniel, no, there must be more to life
There has to be a way that we can restore to life the love we used to know
No, Nathaniel, no, there must be more to life
There has to be a way that we can restore to life the light that we have lost
Now darkness has descended on our land and all your prayers cannot save us
Like fools we've let the devil take command of the souls that God gave us
To the altar of evil like lambs to the slaughter we're led
When the demons arrive the survivors will envy the dead!
There must be something worth living for
No, there is nothing!
There must be something worth trying for
I don't believe it's so!
Even something worth dying for
If just one man could stand tall
There would be some hope for us all
Somewhere, somewhere in the spirit of man
Forget about goodness and mercy, they're gone!
Didn't I warn them?
"Pray", I said! "Destroy the devil", I said!
They wouldn't listen!
I could have saved the world! But now it's too late too late!
No Nathaniel, oh no Nathaniel
No Nathaniel, no, there must be more to life
There has to be a way that we can restore to life the love we used to know
No, Nathaniel, no, there must be more to life
There has to be a way that we can restore to life the light that we have lost
Dear God! A cylinder's landed on the house, and we are underneath it, in the pit!
The Martians spend the night making a new machine
It was a squat, metallic spider with huge, articulated claws
But it, too, had a hood in which a Martian sat
I watched it pursuing some people across a field
It caught them nimbly and tossed them into a great metal basket upon its back
Beth, she's dead
Buried under the rubble
Why!
Satan why did you take one of your own
There is a curse on mankind
We may as well be resigned
To let the devil, the devil take the spirit of man
As time passed in our dark and dusty prison
The Parson wrestled endlessly with his doubts
His outcries invited death for us both
And yet, I pitied him
| / Slide up
| \ Slide down
| ~ Vibrato
| r Release
| b Bend
| (n) Ghost note
| h Hammer-on
| p Pull-off
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