The Great Divide

small case letters above chord symbols
indicate individual notes:
c4: middle C, and notes above in that octave...
c5: C above middle C
c3: C below middle C  etc.
numbers behind notes will only be indicated
when notes enter another octave or begin a new line


g5 c  f e d   e d c  d  e  d  c  bb4
C         G/C     Am       F     G

c5  c     c c      a4 b c5   c b4  g  e      e g e f3
    C       Gsus4/C     Am            C/F

       C                  G/B       F/A            Em/G
In the small hours of the morning I saw you by the window

                                            g2   c4 d
     Dm/F        C/E        F/D          G
Just waiting for sunrise to light up the dark

  C           G/C            F/A            Em/G
I stood by in silence but it felt just like dying
                                                      g3 a c4 d
   Dm/F          C/E          F/D              G
As each tear you shed drove a knife through my heart

    Ab    Eb      Fm         Db              Ab      Eb
And I’m        so sorry I’ve caused you such pain

         Fm           Db
But your tears are my shame

        Ab       Eb                 Fm            Db
Tell me how do I reach you when you make me an outsider

        Ab       Eb                 Fm           Db
Tell me how do I touch you when the valley grows wider

                  Ab                  Ebm7     Ebm9
Tell me, how do I cross this great di vide

Ab                         Ebm7        C7/E
How do I love you from the other side

    Fm       C7        Ab7/Eb       Bb7/D
And how do I make this loneliness end

    Db            Eb
And when will you love me

eb5    db c bb4   c5 bb4 ab bb c bb ab g f.......
Ab          Eb           Fm      Dbsus2  Dbmaj7
a gain


         C              C/B      F/A          Em/G
You have every right to hate me, doubt me, forsake me


  Dm/F           C/E      F/D         G
Deserve that and more for letting you down

b3   c4   d   e
g3   a    b   c4
              C            G/B           F/A      Em/G
      But the silence, the distance this halfway existence

   Dm/F       C/E      F/D          G
Is killing us slow without making a sound

b3   c4   d   eb
g3   a    b   c4
                  Ab         Eb    Fm       Db         Ab   Eb
                      I’m so sorry      you feel all alone

         Fm           Db
but your tears are my own

    Ab       Eb                 Fm         Db
and how do I reach you when you make me in visible

    Ab       Eb         Fm              Db
and how do I go on in a world that’s un livable

                 Ab/C                Ebm7     Ebm9
Tell me, how do I cross this great di vide

Ab       Ab/C              Ebm7        C7/E
How do I love you from the other side

    Fm       C7        Ab7/Eb       Bb7/D
And how do I make this loneliness end

    Db            Eb
And when will you love me

  Ebm
a gain

            Gb     Gb-5 Gb  Gb6  DbaddEb/F
I know I’ve driven you  far

                               Fm        Db  DbaddEb
I made you feel much less than you are

          B/D#                 EaddF#
Have your own way with me only give me some sign

     A/C#            A               Eb/G      Eb
It’s not a matter of love but just a matter of time

Ab       Eb      Fm       Db
Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhh( oo oo oo oo oo oo )

           strings:
                    ab4 bb c5 db eb f
Ab       Eb         Fm        Db
(oooo    ooooo )


         B/D#                F#m7     F#m9
Tell me, how do I cross this great di vide

B           B/D#              F#m7        Eb7/G
How do    I love you from the other side

    Abm       Eb7      B7/F#      Db7
And how do I make this loneliness end


    E             F#      Bmaj9/F#
And when will you love me

E             F#7
When will you love me

         f#5    e  d#  c#     d# c# b4 c#5 d# c# b4 a#
N.C.     B             F#/B         G#m       E
ahh ahhgain


b4    e  d# c#   g#4 a# b    a#   f#   d#    b3
B           F#/B        G#m7     D#m7  Emaj7............
                        when will you  love  me?

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Peter Kruger
casparus@yahoo.ca