From The Beginning Tab

by Emerson, Lake & Palmer
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First I must give credit to Glen Macon (macon@cbmvax.commodore.com) for
posting the original .crd text. Here is my version of the song (with TABs
for the intro). I have corrected some names of chords, corrected some
chords, but please Glen, this isn't to "flame you", just trying to be
helpful (it's a great song...). Any other ELP TABs or CRDs around,
anyone?
 
                          S           H   P       H H       S
e|E||----------[12]-|-10-12-(7)-7-|-5-7-8-7-0-0-|-0-2-3-|---3-(8)-8-|
B||------[12]-----|-------------|-------------|-------|-----------|
G||--[12]---------|-------------|-------------|-------|--0--------|
D||---------------|-------------|-------------|-------|-----------|
A||---------------|-------------|-------------|-------|-0---------|
E||-0-------------|-------------|-------------|-------|-----------|
 
e|E||---------|----------------------|------------------------|
B||---------|----10-10-----10-10---|----11-11-----11-11-----|
G||----12-9-|--11--9--11-11--9--11-|--10--9--10-10--9--10---|
D||--10--9--|-0---------0----------|-0---------0------------|
A||-0-------|----------------------|------------------------|
E||---------|----------------------|------------------------|
 
                                           Am9....
e|E||------------------|-------|-------------0-|
B||---6-5-6---6-5-6--|---6-5-|-------------0-|....
G||--5-----5-5-----5-|--5----|-------------5-|
D||-0-------0--------|-0-----|------0------5-|....
A||------------------|-------|--B-----B---0--|
E||------------------|-------|-2-(3)-2-(3)---|....
 
Am9                Em11
It might have been things I did
 
C   Cmaj9    Fmaj9   G                 Dm7
But don't be unkind, it don't mean I'm blind
 
Am9         Em11
But after a thing or two
 
C          Cmaj9    Fmaj9  G              Dm7
I think of lying in bed, I shouldn't have said
 
    Am9 Em11  Am9 Em11
 
             Dm7 Dm6
You see it's all clear
 
         Dm7         E7sus4(Add F)
You were meant to be here
 
             Am9         Em11
>From the beginning
 
 
Am9          Em11
Well maybe I might have changed
 
C   Cmaj9       F      G                   Dm7
And not been so cruel, not been such a fool
 
Am9              Em11
But after what's done is done
 
C Cmaj9      F       G                       Dm7
I just can't recall, it doesn't matter at all
 
 
    Am9 Em11  Am9 Em11
 
             Dm7 Dm6
You see it's all clear
 
         Dm7         E7sus4(Add F)
You were meant to be here
 
             Am9         Em11
>From the beginning
 
 
       Harm.
e|------12--10--12\7--|--5--7h8p7--0-----0h2h3--|--------3/8--8--------|
B|------12------------|-------------------------|----------------------|
G|------12------------|-------------------------|-----0----------------|
D|--------------------|-------------------------|----------------------|
A|--------------------|-------------------------|--0-------------------|
E|--0-----------------|-------------------------|----------------------|
 
e|~~~--|----------------0--|-------------0---------------------0--------|
B|-----|-------------0-----|---------10-----10-------------12-----10----|
G|-----|---------12--------|-----11-------------11-----11---------------|
D|-----|-----10------------|--0---------------------0-------------------|
A|-----|--0----------------|--------------------------------------------|
E|-----|-------------------|--------------------------------------------|
 
e|----|-------------0---------------------0---------|-----------0-------|
B|----|---------11-----11-------------11-----11-----|--------6-----6----|
G|11--|-----10-------------10-----10-------------10\|-----5-------------|
D|----|--0---------------------0--------------------|--0----------------|
A|----|---------------------------------------------|-------------------|
E|----|---------------------------------------------|-------------------|
 
                                         1/2    1/2
e|------------0--------|--0----------------------------||---------------|
B|---------6-----6-----|--6----------------------------||---------------|
G|5-----5-----------5--|--5----------------------------||---------------|
D|---0-----------------|--0------------------0---------||---------------|
A|---------------------|----------------------------0--||--(0)----------|
E|---------------------|------------------2------2-----||---------------|
 
                      P.M.                     P.M.
e|0------------0---|------------------------|---------0---------0-------|
B|0------------0---|---------3-----------3--|---------0---------0-------|
G|12-----------12--|---------0-----------0--|---------12--------12------|
D|10-----x-----10--|---------4-----x-----4--|---------10-----x--10------|
A|-----------------|---0--------------------|---0-----------------------|
E|-----------------|------------------------|---------------------------|
 
    P.M.                      P.M        It might have_etc.
e|------------------------||---------0-------------0------|------------|
B|---------3-----------3--||---------0-------------0------|------------|
G|---------0-----------0--||---------12------------12-----|------------|
D|---------4-----x-----4--||---------10------x-----10-----|------------|
A|---0--------------------||---0--------------------------|------------|
E|------------------------||------------------------------|------------|
 
  P.M.                     let ring     but don't be unkind_etc.
e|----------------------|----------------------------|-----------3------|
B|-------3-----------3--|---------5------------3-----|--------1---------|
G|-------0-----------0--|----------------------------|-----2------------|
D|-------4-----x-----4--|------5------------5--------|--3---------------|
A|-0--------------------|---3--------3---2--------2--|------------------|
E|----------------------|----------------------------|------------------|
 
e|------------|-----------3--------------|-----------5------------------|
B|1-----------|--------3-----3-----------|--------6-----6---------------|
G|---2-----2--|-----4-----------4-----4--|-----5-----------5-----5------|
D|------3-----|--5-----------------5-----|--0-----------------0---------|
A|------------|--------------------------|------------------------------|
E|------------|--------------------------|------------------------------|
 
                   1/2          1/2          etc.
e|----------------------------------------|---------------|------------|
B|--------6--0----------------------------|---------------|------------|
G|-----5------------------0---------------|---------------|------------|
D|--0-------------------------------------|---------------|------------|
A|-------------------------------------0--|---------------|------------|
E|------------------2------------2--------|---------------|------------|
 
  You see it's all___                           clear
e|----------------------------------5-----|------5-----|----------------|
B|----------------------------------6-----|------3-----|----------------|
G|----------------------------------5-----|------4-----|----------------|
D|----------------------------------0-----|------0-----|----------------|
A|----------------------------------------|------------|----------------|
E|----------------------------------------|------------|----------------|
 
  You were meant                 to be           here
e|-------------------5-----|--------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------6-----|--------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------5-----|--------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------0-----|--------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------|-------------------------------------2------|
E|-------------------------|----------------------------------0---------|
 
                 1/2          1/2          etc............
e|---------0--|-------------------------|------------------------||-----|
B|------3-----|-------------------------|------------------------||-----|
G|---2--------|-------------------------|------------------------||-----|
D|3-----------|---------0---------------|------------------------||-----|
A|------------|----------------------0--|------------------------||-----|
E|------------|---2------------2--------|------------------------||-----|
 
 
 
************************************
 
| x    Dead note
| (n)  Ghost note
| h    Hammer-on
| p    Pull-off
| /    Slide up
| \    Slide down
| ~    Vibrato
 
************************************
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7 comments
mrfour
I saw elp play this on tv and noticed the way lake plays the am9 chord. Although subtle, it sounds better than the way most people play it. e------------o--------------------------------- b------------o--------------------------------- g------------9--------------------------------- d-----------10---------------------------------- a------------o--------------------------------- e------------x--------------------------------- also, on the intro try this part (2x) (2x) (2x) (strum) e------o--------o-------o-------o-------------------------- b----10-------11-------6-------6----------------------------- g--11-------10--------5-------5------------------------------ d-o--------o---------o-------o----------------------------- a------------------------------------------------------ e------------------------------------------------------ from mbumbernick@aol.com (mark)
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seemykids99
2nd version is spot on. Niiiice.
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96cky
Great tab Dude its a hard song anyway ill give you 5 stars mucka !
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