Peter Hammill - The Top Of The World Club

Dm(no 3rd) x x 0 2 3 0
C(add 9) x 3 2 0 3 0
Bb(no 5th) x x 3 3 3 0
C(add 9+f) x 3 2 0 3 1
C(+f) x 3 2 0 1 1
E7(+f) x 2 2 1 3 1
Em(+c) 3 2 0 0 1 0
Fmaj7 x x 3 2 1 0
Dm(no 3rd +6) x x 0 4 3 0

Intro: ("open 2nd string", or B-oriented section)

Am/a Am/a C/g F/f

Am/a Am/g C/c F/f

Am Am C F

Am Am

C Dm Am Am
And the future spread before us like a feast,

C F Am G
we saw clearly to the curve of the horizon,

F Am
felt like everything we'd wa - anted was in reach,

G F Am
all we so eagerly awaited

G F
And the perfume on the a - ir,

Am c b
oh, I could taste it....

"open 1st string", or E-oriented section

Dm(no 3rd)/d Dm(no 3rd)/d C(add9)/c C(add9)/c

(Decline and fall, decline and fall

Bb(no 5th)/bb Bb(no 5th)/bb Dm(no 3rd)/d Dm(no 3rd)/d

is coming to us....

C(add9)/c C(add9+f)/c
And when the fall comes it will hit you pretty hard

Bb(no 5th)/bb Bb(no 5th)/bb

when the fortified castle proves a house of cards
 Dm(no 3rd)/d Dm(no 3rd)/d E7
and the sweet cup of plenty's shattered into a million shards.

Dm(no 3rd)/d Dm(no 3rd)/d

Your Weltanschauung is now cut down at the core

C(add9)/c C(add9)/c
and your self-estimation's falling through the floor

Bb(no 5th)/bb Bb(no 5th)/bb

Dm(no 3rd)/d now there's not much still standing of the edifice by
which you once swore

Dm(no 3rd)/d E7/g# E7/f# - E7/e

and which you used to adore.)

"1st string on 1st fret", or D-oriented section

Dm/d Dm/d
The air is thin, the air is thin,

C(+f)/c C(+f)/c
the top of the world club's what we're in;

Bb/bb Bb/bb
how thin the air, how thin the air,

Dm/a Dm/a E7/g# E7/f# - E7/f#

the top of the world club isn't there any more.

Dm/d Dm/d
The air is thin, the air is thin,

C(+f)/c C(+f)/c
the top of the world club's what we're in;

Bb/bb Bb/bb
how thin the air, how thin the air,

Dm/a Dm/a E7/g# E7/g#

the top of the world club isn't there any more.

Dm(no 3rd)/d Dm/d

My crawling skin, my crawling skin,

F/c F/c
what circle of hell are we fallen in,

Bb/bb Bb/bb
so dread and drear, so dread and drear,

Dm(no 3rd)/d Dm(no 3rd)/d E7/g# E7/g#

the pressure above an atmosphere, open-jawed.

Dm(no 3rd)/d Dm(no 3rd)/d

All the stars are darkening,

"open 1st string", or E-oriented section

Dm/d Dm/d

F/c F/c Bb/bb Bb/bb

all the stars extinguishing one by one.

Dm/a Dm/a E7(+f)/g# E7(+f)/g#

Am-oriented section

Am/a Am/a Em(+c)/g Em(+c)/g

Worlds we thought were ours to own

Fmaj7/f Fmaj7/f Am/a Am/a Em(+c)/g Em(+c)/g

disap - peared and gone,

Fmaj7/a Fmaj7/a Am
dis - appeared,

Am/a Am/a Em(+c)/g Em(+c)/g Fmaj7/a Fmaj7/a

disappeared.

Final .back-to-Dm. section

Dm/d Dm/d

C(+f)/c C(+f)/c

Bb/bb Bb/bb

Dm(no 3rd)/d Dm(no 3rd +6)/dchord

C(add9)/c C(add9)/c

Bb(no 5th)/bb Bb(no 5th)/bb

Dm(no 3rd)/d Dm(no 3rd +6)/d

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