Before the Deluge – Jackson Browne Intro: (play 2 times) |G |C |G |C | |G |C |G |D |

^GSome of them were dreamers ^CAnd some of them were ^Gfools Who were ^Emmaking plans and ^Cthinking of the fut^Gure ^C ^G With the ^Genergy of the innocent They were ^Cgathering the ^Gtools They would ^Emneed to make their ^Cjourney back to ^Gnature While the ^Emsand slipped through the ^Gopening And their ^Chands reached for the ^Ggolden ring With their ^Emhearts they turned to each ^Cother's heart for ^Drefuge In the ^Emtroubled years that ^Ccame before the ^Gdeluge ^C ^G

^GSome of them knew pleasure And ^Csome of them knew ^Gpain And for ^Emsome of them it was ^Conly the moment that ^Gmattered And on the ^Gbrave and crazy wings of youth They went ^Cflying around in the ^Grain And their ^Emfeathers, once so ^Cfine, grew torn and tat^Gtered And in the ^Emend they traded their ^Gtired wings For the ^Cresignation that ^Gliving brings And e^Emxchanged love's bright and ^Cfragile glow For the ^Dglitter and the rouge ^Em ^D And in the ^Emmoment they were ^Cswept before the ^Gdeluge^C ^G

Now let the music keep our ^Gspirits high ^C ^G ^C And let the buildings keep our ^Gchildren dry ^C ^GLet creation re^Dveal it's secrets by and ^Gby ^C By and ^Gby... ^C When the ^Glight that's lost ^Cwithin us reaches the ^Gsky ^D

^GSome of them were angry At the ^Cway the earth was a^Gbused By the ^Emmen who learned how to ^Cforge her beauty into ^Gpower And they s^Gtruggled to protect her from them ^COnly to be conf^Gused By the ^Emmagnitude of her fury^C in the final hour^G And when the ^Emsand was gone and the ^Gtime arrived In the ^Cnaked dawn only a ^Gfew survived And in ^Emattempts to under^Cstand a thing so ^Dsimple and so huge Believed that ^Emthey were meant to live^C after the d^Geluge

Coda: |G |C |G |C | |G |C |G |D | Repeat coda and fade Transcribed by Gerard Koot (Amsterdam, Netherlands) – may 2007 email: gerardkoot@hotmail.com ============================================================================ I’ve added a sample fingerstyle arrangement of the intro. The intro is not played like the original recording but it’s a way of playing the intro violin melody combined with chords. The vertical lines (|) above the high e string indicate the quarter note beats of the measures. Tuning: EADGBe Intro: G| | | | C| | | | G| | | | C| | | | e|-----------------|---3---------5---|-7-----8-7-5-----|---3---------5---| B|-3-----3-----3-5-|-----5-----------|-----8-------8-5-|-----5-----------| G|-----4-----------|-------5---5---5-|---7-------------|-------5---5---5-| D|---5-------5-----|-----------------|-5-------5-------|-----------------| A|-----------------|-3-------3-------|-----------------|-3-------3-------| E|-3-------3-------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| G| | | | C| | | | G| C/E | | | | D/F#| | | e|-7-----8-7-5-----|---3---------5---|-7-----7-------7-|-5-----5---------| B|-----8-------8-5-|-----5-----------|-----8-------8---|-----7---8---10--| G|---7-------------|-------5---5---5-|---7-------7-----|---7-----9---11--| D|-5-------5-------|-----------------|-5-------5-------|-----------------| A|-----------------|-3-------3-------|-----------------|-5-------7---9---| E|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|

Jackson Browne - Before the deluge