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                                          Artist - Mike Oldfield
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                                             Song - Minutes 
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                                        Album - Man On The Rocks 
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                                          Tabbed By - Ayreon77
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Tuning:Standard

INTRO
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G D

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This distorted sounding guitar is played through out all the song.
  play it as a constant strumming,in the background
         just listen to the song to play it.

  G           D           C           Em
E|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
B|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
G|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------| Ect
D|-----------|-7-7-7-7-7-|-5-5-5-5-5-|-----------|
A|-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-|-3-3-3-3-3-|-2-2-2-2-2-|
E|-3-3-3-3-3-|-----------|-----------|-0-0-0-0-0-|

VERSE 1
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G                 D
Minutes seem like hours 
    C                    D
And hours they seem like days
         G                 D
When the ones you want are missing
            C                   D
And they've gone their separate ways
C            G            Em             D
Walking in a sunny garden empty like the moon
    C                     G
And birds that once could fly so high
    Em               D
Now sing a different tune


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VERSE 2
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G              D
Walking in the park
               C                D
The leaves are turning now it's fall
    G                 D
The time has come for leaving 
         C                 D
In their eyes that says it all
C               G
Pictures on the mantle
         Em              D
Tell the tales of better times
C              G              Em
Moments from a long long time ago
                 D
When things were fine


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CHORUS
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D        G
One fine day
         C          D
When the wild birds return
      D             Em
We'll look back and say
       C                   D
What a lesson in life I've learned


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VERSE 3
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   G                  D
So light a broad wick candle
       C              D
In the window make it bright
    G                 D
You need to find your way home 
       C                D
In the dark and deepest nights
    C                  G
And if you're lost and homeless
        Em          D
In some lonely city zone
     C                G
Just follow back that winding road
     Em                D
That leads you back on home


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CHORUS
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02:20
G  O - G D C D X2
*****  C G Em D X2
       D G C D D Em C D D = Ohhhhhhhh
E|----------s---------------s--------|
B|---8-10-10\12-----------10\12-8-10-|
G|-7------------7---9---7------------|
D|-----------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------|


E|--------------s-----------s-----------s--------|
B|-------8-10-10\12-----10-10\12------10\12-8-10-|
G|-7-7-7------------7------------9--7------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------|

             s                  s  s
E|----8-10-10\12-10---------|-10\12/10----------br-|
B|-10---------------12-10-8-|----------12-10-8-10--|
G|--------------------------|----------------------|
D|--------------------------|----------------------|
A|--------------------------|----------------------|
E|--------------------------|----------------------|

                    h    s
E|------------8-8-10-12-8\10---------|-10-10-10--b--------|
B|-----10-10-----------------12-10-8-|----------10-10-8---|
G|-7-7-------------------------------|------------------7-|
D|-----------------------------------|--------------------|
A|-----------------------------------|--------------------|
E|-----------------------------------|--------------------|

  Ohhhhhhh
  02:52     s                                                           
E|-------8-8\10---------------8---s------|------------b-r--|
B|-10-12------------8-8-8-8-8---10\12-10-|-----10-12-12--8-|
G|--------------7-7----------------------|-7-7-------------|
D|---------------------------------------|-----------------|
A|---------------------------------------|-----------------|
E|---------------------------------------|-----------------|

              h   h p
E|-----------7-8-7-8-7----|-----10-|
B|-------8-8-----------10-|--------|
G|-9-7-9------------------|-7-7----|
D|------------------------|--------|
A|------------------------|--------|
E|------------------------|--------|


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VERSE 4
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G                 D
Minutes seem like hours
        C                    D
And the hours they seem like days
         G                 D
When the ones you want are missing
            C                   D
And they've gone their separate ways
C            G            Em             D
Walking in a sunny garden empty like the moon
    C                     G
And birds that once could fly so high
    Em                D
Now sings a different tune


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CHORUS X3
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play these bits of solos through the last 3 choruses.
  03:44
    s              03:54             04:00           s         s
E|-8\10-8---------|--s------h-------|-10-8----8-10-10\12-----10\12-10----|
B|--------12-10-8-|-8\10-8-7-8-10---|------12------------8-8----------10-|
G|----------------|---------------7-|------------------------------------|
D|----------------|-----------------|------------------------------------|
A|----------------|-----------------|------------------------------------|
E|----------------|-----------------|------------------------------------|

04:10                04:17    s           04:21
E|----s------h-p----|-16-10-10\12-7-8-10-|------br--------s------h-------|
B|---8\10-8-7-8-7---|--------------------|-10--12-8------8\10-8-7-8-10---|
G|-9--------------7-|--------------------|----------11-9---------------7-|
D|------------------|--------------------|-------------------------------|
A|------------------|--------------------|-------------------------------|
E|------------------|--------------------|-------------------------------|


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OUTRO
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G D G
 
D               G 
When wild birds return

04:30
E|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---|
B|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---|
G|-----2-4-2-2-----|-----2-4-2-2-----|-----2-4-2-2-----|---|
D|-5-5---------5-4-|-5-5---------5-4-|-5-5---------5-4-|-5-|
A|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---|
E|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---|

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