https://guitarnoise.forum/easy-songs/uriah-heeps-tales-how-i-think-it-could-be-played/ Guitar Noise Discussion Board en-US Wed, 03 Jun 2026 23:21:14 +0000 wpForo 60 https://guitarnoise.forum/easy-songs/uriah-heeps-tales-how-i-think-it-could-be-played/#post-119595 Tue, 23 Aug 2005 11:03:56 +0000 VERSE 1 Am Em G We told our tales as we Am Em G sat under mornin's sleepy Am Em G sky Am Em G Am Em G Am Em G With all the colours of the Am Em G sunrise shining in our Am Em G eyes Am Em G Am Em G F Em G One, then another with a F Em G story of yesterday's Am Em G lives Am Em G Am Em G F Em G or of a lover who had F Em G gone in a moment of Am Em G strife VERSE 2 Am Em G No thought of sleep ever Am Em G dwells upon the wise man's Am Em G mind Am Em G Am Em G Am Em G Some task or audience Am Em G stealing every moment of his Am Em G time Am Em G Am Em G F Em G Thus we have learned to live while F Em G mortal man lies waiting to Am Em G die Am Em G Am Em G F Em G How can we do what must be F Em G done in just one short Am Em G life? BRIDGE C#m And if you ask, then you should Ab know, if you still doubt you should be F told, it was not we that made it Ab so, it was by those who went Am before... Am Em G Am Em G CHORUS Am Em G And there you sit tomorrow's Am Em G child, so full of love so full of Am Em G life, but you must rise to meet the Am Em G day, lest you become another Am Em G tale, and there you sit tomorrow's ...(repeat CHORUS and FADE)
Ok I did it, hope it will work :D


By the way I play it again with a friend of mine and I partially changhed the strummin which is

1= D (am)

2= dud (Am)

3= du/ud (Am)

4= d d (E, and G)

Well not 100% sure about the beat subdivison but I can assure you that this is the proper strummin to play it! Last thing it is not so slow as you could think because if you play it alongside the cd it has a certain country flavour.

Let me know any mistakes

Thanks again

Matteo]]> Easy Songs matteo https://guitarnoise.forum/easy-songs/uriah-heeps-tales-how-i-think-it-could-be-played/#post-119595 https://guitarnoise.forum/easy-songs/uriah-heeps-tales-how-i-think-it-could-be-played/#post-117430 Sun, 14 Aug 2005 00:42:24 +0000
But hey, don't worry too much it took me a while to get the hang of it.

Try it, it should work !! :wink:]]> Easy Songs Rodders https://guitarnoise.forum/easy-songs/uriah-heeps-tales-how-i-think-it-could-be-played/#post-117430 https://guitarnoise.forum/easy-songs/uriah-heeps-tales-how-i-think-it-could-be-played/#post-117120 Fri, 12 Aug 2005 14:18:57 +0000
here is the song:

VERSE 1

Am Em G
We told our tales as we
Am Em G
sat under mornin's sleepy
Am Em G
sky

Am Em G
Am Em G

Am Em G
With all the colours of the
Am Em G
sunrise shining in our
Am Em G
eyes

Am Em G
Am Em G

F Em G
One, then another with a
F Em G
story of yesterday's
Am Em G
lives

Am Em G
Am Em G

F Em G
or of a lover who had
F Em G
gone in a moment of
Am Em G
strife



VERSE 2

Am Em G
No thought of sleep ever
Am Em G
dwells upon the wise man's
Am Em G
mind

Am Em G
Am Em G

Am Em G
Some task or audience
Am Em G
stealing every moment of his
Am Em G
time

Am Em G
Am Em G

F Em G
Thus we have learned to live while
F Em G
mortal man lies waiting to
Am Em G
die

Am Em G
Am Em G

F Em G
How can we do what must be
F Em G
done in just one short
Am Em G
life?


BRIDGE

C#m
And if you ask, then you should
Ab
know, if you still doubt you should be
F
told, it was not we that made it
Ab
so, it was by those who went
Am
before...

Am Em G
Am Em G

CHORUS
Am Em G
And there you sit tomorrow's
Am Em G
child, so full of love so full of
Am Em G
life, but you must rise to meet the
Am Em G
day, lest you become another
Am Em G
tale, and there you sit tomorrow's ...(repeat CHORUS and FADE)


What made it quite tricky to play is its pattern which remains the same all over the song. Actually you have to play 3 beats on Am while the fourth one is split between Em and G. On the listening it is quite easy to confuse the last beat of one pattern with the first one of the following one. In any case,let's take the most common progression (Am, Em, G) this is what I managed to play


beat 1: Am, play a full downstroke (D)
beat 2: Am, play two sixtheens and one octave (dud)
beat 3: Am, play two sixtheens, one sixtheens pause, one sixtheens (du/d)
beat 4: Em and G, play two octaves (d d)

and then start again with the full donstroke on beat 1. The full pattern becomes:

D dud du/u dd


Ok, here it is and let me know


Matteo]]> Easy Songs matteo https://guitarnoise.forum/easy-songs/uriah-heeps-tales-how-i-think-it-could-be-played/#post-117120 https://guitarnoise.forum/easy-songs/uriah-heeps-tales-how-i-think-it-could-be-played/#post-9919 Wed, 29 Jun 2005 10:44:15 +0000

Thanks in advance

Matteo]]> Easy Songs matteo https://guitarnoise.forum/easy-songs/uriah-heeps-tales-how-i-think-it-could-be-played/#post-9919