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Tuning: E A D G B E
SEASONS IN THE SUN
As recorded by Terry Jacks
(From the 1974 Album SEASONS IN THE SUN)
Words and Music by Jacques Brel & Rod McKuen
Arranged by Terry Jacks
Transcribed by Slowhand
Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Terry Jacks - Electric Guitar'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Terry Jacks - Acoustic Guitar'
Intro
Q=97
N.C.
4/4
Gtr I (Clean El. Gtr. w/ amp tremolo)
E E E E H E E E E H E E E E H +W
|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------||
|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------||
|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------||
|---------2----|---------2----|---------4----|-(4)----||
|---0-1-2-0----|---0-1-2-0----|---0-1-2-4----|-(4)----||
|---0-0-0------|---0-0-0------|---0-0-0------|--------||
1st - 3rd Verses
$
N.C.Gtr II (Ac. Gtr.)
W W W W
||-----------|----------|----------|------|
||o----------|----------|----------|------|
||-----------|----------|----------|------|
||-----------|----------|----------|------|
||o----------|----------|----------|------|
||-----------|----------|----------|------|
F#
W W W E E E E E E E E
|----------|----------|----------|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
|----------|----------|----------|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
|----------|----------|----------|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
|----------|----------|----------|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|
|----------|----------|----------|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|
|----------|----------|----------|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
G#m F#
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-4-4-4-4-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-4-4-4-4-2-2-2-2-|
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-4-4-4-4-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-4-4-4-4-2-2-2-2-|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-4-4-4-4-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-4-4-4-4-3-3-3-3-|
|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-4-4-4-4-6-6-6-6-|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-6-6-6-6-4-4-4-4-|
|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-4-4-4-4-6-6-6-6-|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-6-6-6-6-4-4-4-4-|
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-4-4-4-4-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-4-4-4-4-2-2-2-2-|
G#m C#7 F#
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-4-4-4-4-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-4-4-4-4-2-2-2-2-||
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-4-4-4-4-|-4-4-4-4-6-6-6-6-|-6-6-6-6-2-2-2-2-||
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-4-4-4-4-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-4-4-4-4-3-3-3-3-||
|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-4-4-4-4-6-6-6-6-|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-6-6-6-6-4-4-4-4-||
|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-4-4-4-4-6-6-6-6-|-6-6-6-6-4-4-4-4-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-||
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-4-4-4-4-|-4-4-4-4---------|---------2-2-2-2-||
Chorus
F# G#m C#7
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|
|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|
|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-----------------|
Interlude Interlude
1.
To Coda
F# GtrN.C. I
E E E E H E E E E H +W
|-2-2-2-2-2----||--------------|---------||
|-2-2-2-2-2----||--------------|--------o||
|-3-3-3-3-3----||--------------|---------||
|-4-4-4-4-4----||---------4----|-(4)-----||
|-4-4-4-4-4----||---0-1-2-4----|-(4)----o||
|-2-2-2-2-2----||---0-0-0------|---------||
Chorus
2.
AGtr II Bm E7
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|
|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-----------------|
Interlude
D.S. al Coda
F GtrN.C. I
E E E E H E E E E H +W
|-5-5-5-5-5----||--------------|---------||
|-5-5-5-5-5----||--------------|---------||
|-6-6-6-6-6----||--------------|---------||
|-7-7-7-7-7----||---------4----|-(4)-----||
|-7-7-7-7-7----||---0-1-2-4----|-(4)-----||
|-5-5-5-5-5----||---0-0-0------|---------||
Chorus
&
AGtr II Bm E7 A
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E H
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-5-5-5-5-5----||
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|-5-5-5-5-5----||
|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-6-6-6-6-6----||
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|-7-7-7-7-7----||
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7----||
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-----------------|-5-5-5-5-5----||
Out-Chorus
Bb Cm
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
||--6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8-|
||o-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8-|
||--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8-|
||--8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|
||o-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|
||--6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8-|
F7 Bb
E E E E E E E E E E E E H
|--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8-|-6-6-6-6-6-----||
|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|-6-6-6-6-6----o||
|--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8-|-7-7-7-7-7-----||
|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|-8-8-8-8-8-----||
|--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8-|-8-8-8-8-8----o||
|-------------------------|-6-6-6-6-6-----||
Duration Legend
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W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)
Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
duration for. Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests. Multi-
bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for. Low
melody durations appear below the staff
Tablature Legend
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h - hammer-on
p - pull-off
b - bend
pb - pre-bend
r - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
/\ - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
s - legato slide
S - shift slide
- natural harmonic
[n] - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
~ - vibrato
tr - trill
T - tap
TP - trem. picking
PM - palm muting
\n/ - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
\n - tremolo bar down
n/ - tremolo bar up
/n\ - tremolo bar inverted dip
= - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
<> - volume swell (louder/softer)
x - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
o - on rhythm slash represents single note slash
Misc Legend
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| - bar
|| - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*| - double bar (ending)
: - bar (freetime)
$ - Segno
& - Coda
Tempo markers - = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths
Goodbye to you my trusted friend
We've known each other since we were nine or ten
Together we climbed hills and trees
Learned of love and A B C's
Skinned our hearts and skinned our knees.
Goodbye my friend it's hard to die
When all the birds are singing in the sky
Now that the spring is in the air
Pretty girls are everywhere
Think of me and I'll be there
We had joy we had fun
We had seasons in the sun
But the hills that we climbed were just seasons
Out of time...
Goodbye Papa please pray for me
I was the black sheep of the family
You tried to teach me right from wrong
Too much wine and too much song
Wonder how I got along.
Goodbye Papa its hard to die
When all the birds are singing in the sky
Now that the spring is in the air
Little children everywhere
When you see them I'll be there.
We had joy we had fun
We had seasons in the sun
But the wine and the song like the seasons
Have all gone.
We had joy we had fun
We had seasons in the sun
But the wine and the song like the seasons
Have all gone.
Goodbye Michelle my little one
You gave me love and helped me find the sun
And every time that I was down
You would always come around
And get my feet back on the ground.
Goodbye Michelle it's hard to die
When all the birds are singing in the sky
Now that the spring is in the air
With the flowers everywhere
I wish that we could both be there
We had joy we had fun
We had seasons in the sun
But the stars we could reach
Were just starfish on the beach
We had joy we had fun
We had seasons in the sun
But the stars we could reach
Were just starfish on the beach
We had joy we had fun
We had seasons in the sun
But the wine and the song like the seasons
Have all gone
All our lives we had fun
We had seasons in the sun
But the hills that we climbed were just seasons
Out of time