Theme For An Imaginary Western Tab

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#This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the#
#song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research.#
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Author/Artist:  Mountain
Title:          Theme For An Imaginary Western
Album:          Climbing (1970)
Key:            A major
Comments:       74 bpm
 
INTRO
 
| A     Ab      | F#m           |
| A     Ab      | F#m           |
 
VERSE 1
 
         A     Ab         F#m
When the wagons leave the city
        B     A            G
For the forest and further on
        A        Ab   F#m
Painted wagons of the morning
      B                     D
Dusty roads where they have gone
          A         Ab           F#m
Sometimes travellin' through the darkness
        B     A       G
Met the summer coming home
        A   Ab      F#m      E
Fallen faces by the wayside
          D Bm               A    Ab
Looked as if they might have known.
 
CHORUS
 
        F#m              C#m
Oh, the sun was in their eyes
        F#m        C#m
And the desert was dry
       D       A
In the country towns
          F#m      B    Rest (x2 beats)
Where the laughter sounds.
 
   B  C# D        E
e|-2--4--5-------------|
B|-4--6--7-------------|
G|-4--6--7-------------|
D|-4--6--7------7-8h9--|
A|-2--4--5--7h9--------|
E|-x--x--x-------------|
 
 
VERSE 2
 
        A      Ab       F#m
All the dancing and the singing
        B    A          G
All the music when they played
        A    Ab         F#m
All the fires that they started
            B             D
And all the girls with no regrets
               A        Ab              F#m
Sometimes they found it, sometimes they kept it
      B      A          G
Often lost it along the way
            A    Ab     F#m  E
Fought each other to possess it
          D   Bm           A    Ab
Sometimes died in sight of day.
 
CHORUS
 
        F#m              C#m
Oh, the sun was in their eyes
        F#m        C#m
And the desert was dry
       D       A
In the country towns
          F#m      B            (Rest x2 beats)
Where the laughter sounds.
 
GUITAR SOLO
 
   B  C#  D            E
e|--------------------------------|
B|-12(14)-12(14)-12-10-12---------|
G|-------------------------11-9-9-|
D|--------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------|
 
   A              Ab           F#m
e|-------------------------12|------------------------------|
B|------10--12-10-12(14)~~---|-12(14}--12-10-------------10-|
G|-9h11----------------------|---------------11-9~~—9-11----|
D|---------------------------|------------------------------|
A|---------------------------|------------------------------|
E|---------------------------|------------------------------|
 
   B             A            G
e|--------------------------|---------------------|
B|-12(14)~-10-12---------10-|-12~~~---12-10-12-10-|
G|---------------11~~-11----|---------------------|
D|--------------------------|---------------------|
A|--------------------------|---------------------|
E|--------------------------|---------------------|
 
   A                 Ab                F#m
e|-12(14)--12-14-12--12(14)~-12-9----|----------------------------|
B|--------------------------------12-|-12(14)--12-10--------------|
G|-----------------------------------|---------------11-9\------2-|
D|-----------------------------------|-----------------------/4---|
A|-----------------------------------|----------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------|----------------------------|
 
   B                         D
e|-------------------------|-------------------|
B|---------2---2-----------|----------------14-|
G|-4(6)--4---4---2-------2-|-4~~---5~~---------|
D|-----------------4~--4---|-------------------|
A|-------------------------|-------------------|
E|-------------------------|-------------------|
 
   A                  Ab               F#m
e|-------------14-14-----------14-14-|----------------------------------------|
B|-17(19)--17---------17-14-17-------|-17(19)-17-14------------------------10-|
G|-----------------------------------|--------------16-14----14-16-14~-/11----|
D|-----------------------------------|--------------------16------------------|
A|-----------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
 
   B                 A                         G
e|-------12-------12--------12-9-------------|--------------------------------|
B|-12(14)---12(14)---12(14)------12-10----10-|-12~~~--12--10-12-10-12----10---|
G|-------------------------------------11----|------------------------11------|
D|-------------------------------------------|--------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------|--------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------|--------------------------------|
 
   A                   Ab                      F#m                  E
e|---------------------12(14)-12-9-----------|----9------------------------------|
B|-12b14-12-10-----10--------------10-----10-|-12---12-10-12-10---------------10-|
G|--------------11---------------------11----|------------------11--------/11----|
D|-------------------------------------------|----------------------11~\---------|
A|-------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
 
   D        Bm               A              Ab
e|-------------------------|----------------9-16(ph)~|
B|-12(14)-—(14)12—12(14)12-|-10------10h12-----------|
G|-------------------------|----11-------------------|
D|-------------------------|-------------------------|
A|-------------------------|-------------------------|
E|-------------------------|-------------------------|
 
CHORUS
 
        F#m              C#m
Oh, the sun was in their eyes
        F#m        C#m
And the desert was dry
       D       A
In the country towns
          F#m      B
Where the laughter sounds.
 
                  e|----------------------|
                  B|--12(14)-12(14)-12-10-|
                  G|----------------------|
                  D|----------------------|
                  A|----------------------|
                  E|----------------------|
 
GUITAR SOLO
 
   B  C#    D  E
e|------------------------|
B|-------------10---12-10-|
G|-11-9—----11------------|
D|------------------------|
A|------------------------|
E|------------------------|
 
   A             Ab             F#m
e|-12(14)-12(14)---12-9-12-14-|-12(14)—12-9-------------------|
B|----------------------------|-------------12-10----------10-|
G|----------------------------|-------------------11~---11----|
D|----------------------------|-------------------------------|
A|----------------------------|-------------------------------|
E|----------------------------|-------------------------------|
 
   B              A             G
e|----------------------------|------------------------9--|
B|-12b14r12-10-12----------10-|-12~~-------------10-12----|
G|----------------11~---11----|-------7/9-9-9-11----------|
D|----------------------------|---------------------------|
A|----------------------------|---------------------------|
E|----------------------------|---------------------------|
 
   A                  Ab                  F#m
e|-----------------------9--------------|--------12----------------------------|
B|-12(14)-12-10----10-12---12-10-----10-|-12(14)----12(14)-12--10--------------|
G|--------------11----------------11----|--------------------------11----------|
D|--------------------------------------|------------------------------11\-----|
A|--------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
 
   B                                D
e|--------------------------------|-----------------------|
B|----------7---------------------|-----------------------|
G|-9(11)--9---9-9(11)—9(11)-9-6---|-----------2-----2-----|
D|------------------------------9-|-7~----2-4---2-4---2-4-|
A|--------------------------------|-----------------------|
E|--------------------------------|-----------------------|
 
   A          Ab                F#m
e|---------------------------|----------------------------------|
B|---------------------------|----10-12b14r12p10-------------10-|
G|-2-4-2----2-4(6)-4-2---(2)/|-11----------------11/9---9/11----|
D|--------4-----------------—|----------------------------------|
A|---------------------------|----------------------------------|
E|---------------------------|----------------------------------|
 
   B                              D
e|-12(14)~-—12-14~-—12(14)-9----|------------------------|
B|---------------------------12-|-10--12~~----10------10-|
G|------------------------------|----------------9-11----|
D|------------------------------|------------------------|
A|------------------------------|------------------------|
E|------------------------------|------------------------|
 
   A                   Ab                  F#m                       E
e-------------------------9--------------|--------12-----------------------------|
B|—12(14)-12-10-----10-12---12-10-----10-|-12(14)----pb(14)-12-10-------------10-|
G|---------------11----------------11----|------------------------11------/11----|
D|---------------------------------------|---------------------------11~~--------|
A|---------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
 
   D                       Bm                     F#m
E|-----------------------|----------------------|-12(14)~~---------|
B|-----------------------|----------------------|------------------|
G|-12(14)-12-10-12----10—|-12(14)-12(14)r12-10--|------------------|
D|-----------------11----|----------------------|------------------|
A|-----------------------|----------------------|------------------|
E|-----------------------|----------------------|------------------|
 
 
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A               577655
Ab              466544
B               799877  x24442
Bm              799777  x24432
C#m             X46654
D               x57775
E               022100  x79997
F#m             244222
G               355433
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so underappreciated this is a goated tab