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Spirit

nik — Wed, 15 Apr 2026 18:14:27 +0000

Spirit
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This is from 1985 album "This is the Sea", track 3. It is a piano based song, but can be played 
on the guitar as follows. The C and G chords repeat several times in the Intro.

[Intro]
C    G   (x4)

[Verse 1]
G
Man gets tired
           C
Spirit don't
G
Man surrenders
           C
Spirit won't
G
Man crawls
           C
Spirit flies
G                       C
Spirit lives when man dies

[Verse 2]
G
Man seems
        C
Spirit is
G
Man dreams
             C
The spirit lives
G
Man is tethered
            C
Spirit is free
G                       C
What spirit is man can be 
G                       C
What spirit is man can be 
G                       C
What spirit is man can be 
G                          C    G   C
What spirit is the man can be  

[Bridge]
G
Now we tread the fresh fields
              C
The higher ground in the summer slopes that
G
man may some day climb on
G
Now we tread the fresh fields
              C
The higher ground in the summer slopes that
G
man may some day climb on
                       C
We're on the heels of Rimbaud
G
We're in the swing, chandeliers like dancing
C
We feel everything
G                  C
High on the wine of life
G                  C
High on the wine of life
G                      C
High on the wine of life 
G                  C
Untethered and Free
G                  C
Untethered and Free
G                  C
Untethered and Free
G                  C
Untethered and Free
G                       C
What spirit is man can be
G                  C
Ooohh man can be 
G                  C
Ooohh man can be 
G                  C
Man can be 

[Outro]
C    G   (x4)

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Fishermans Blues

nik — Wed, 01 Apr 2026 21:47:29 +0000

[Intro]

G     F     Am     C
G     F     Am     C


[Verse 1]

  G                       F
I wish I was a fisherman, tumbling on the seas
Am                               C
Far away from dry land, and it's bitter memories
G                               F
Casting out my sweet line, with abandonment and love
Am                                      C
No ceiling bearing down on me, save the starry sky above


[Chorus]
                 G               F             Am      G     F     Am     C
With light in my head, you in my arms, woo woo ooh


[Verse 2]

  G                              F
I wish I was the brake man, on a hurtlin' fevered train
         Am                                  C
Crashing headlong into the heartland, like a cannon in the rain
         G                                F
With the beating of the sleepers, and the burning of the coal
Am                                  C
Counting towns flashing by me, in a night that's full of soul


[Chorus]
                 G               F             Am      G     F     Am     C
With light in my head, you in my arms, woo woo ooh


[Verse 3]

     G                             F
Oh I know I will be loosened, from bonds that hold me fast
        Am                              C
And the chains all hung around me, will fall away at last
            G                            F
And on that fine and fateful day, I will take thee in my hands
       Am                        C
I will ride on the train, I will be the fisherman


[Chorus]
                 G               F             Am      C
With light in my head, you in my arms, woo woo ooh
            G               F
Light in my head, you in my arms
            Am               C
Light in my head, you in my arms
            G               F
Light in my head, you in my arms

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Fishermans Blues

nik — Wed, 01 Apr 2026 06:42:37 +0000

[Intro]

G     F     Am     C
G     F     Am     C


[Verse 1]

  G                       F
I wish I was a fisherman, tumbling on the seas
Am                               C
Far away from dry land, and it's bitter memories
G                               F
Casting out my sweet line, with abandonment and love
Am                                      C
No ceiling bearing down on me, save the starry sky above


[Chorus]
                 G               F             Am      G     F     Am     C
With light in my head, you in my arms, woo woo ooh


[Verse 2]

  G                              F
I wish I was the brake man, on a hurtlin' fevered train
         Am                                  C
Crashing headlong into the heartland, like a cannon in the rain
         G                                F
With the beating of the sleepers, and the burning of the coal
Am                                  C
Counting towns flashing by me, in a night that's full of soul


[Chorus]
                 G               F             Am      G     F     Am     C
With light in my head, you in my arms, woo woo ooh


[Verse 3]

     G                             F
Oh I know I will be loosened, from bonds that hold me fast
        Am                              C
And the chains all hung around me, will fall away at last
            G                            F
And on that fine and fateful day, I will take thee in my hands
       Am                        C
I will ride on the train, I will be the fisherman


[Chorus]
                 G               F             Am      C
With light in my head, you in my arms, woo woo ooh
            G               F
Light in my head, you in my arms
            Am               C
Light in my head, you in my arms
            G               F
Light in my head, you in my arms

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