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Greg Lake/Geoff Downes: Affairs of the heart
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Paderborn/Germany, July 1996

Tuning:              EADGBE (Standard)

Comments:            Again a .CRD file, again a simple transcription
(... beg your pardon, Greg ...). Again I have tried
to preserve the timing for the chord changes.
Chords used here:    Emaj       022100
Esus4Esus4 Piano Chord 
      022200
BmajBmaj Piano Chord 
       224442
EminEmin Piano Chord 
       022000
F#minF#min Piano Chord 
      244222
GmajGmaj Piano Chord 
       320003
Amaj       x02220
Bmin       x24432
Other chords shapes may be used instead. Listen to
the original song to find the bits and pieces.
And a 12string guitar is the best guitar for this song.

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*** Intro:

EmajEmaj Piano Chord 
  Esus4Esus4 Piano Chord 
  EmajEmaj Piano Chord 
  Esus4Esus4 Piano Chord 


*** Main theme:

EmajEmaj Piano Chord 

She looked at me across the room

Esus4Esus4 Piano Chord 

Emerging from a silk cocoon

EmajEmaj Piano Chord 
                        Esus4Esus4 Piano Chord 

Alone beneath Venetian chandeliers

EmajEmaj Piano Chord 

Against the moon her body rocks

Esus4Esus4 Piano Chord 

Her eyes were cunning like a fox

EmajEmaj Piano Chord 
                            Esus4Esus4 Piano Chord 

The wings of passion fly on all frontiers

*** Refrain:

BmajBmaj Piano Chord 
                        EmajEmaj Piano Chord 


AmajAmaj Piano Chord 

No escape your heart is burning

BmajBmaj Piano Chord 
                  EmajEmaj Piano Chord 

Love becomes a lethal weapon

AmajAmaj Piano Chord 

No one is too smart

Emaj ... Esus4
In affairs of the heart ...

Emaj ... Esus4
In affairs of the heart

*** Main theme:

EmajEmaj Piano Chord 

Now upon the bridge she waits

Esus4Esus4 Piano Chord 

Dreaming of our tangled fates

EmajEmaj Piano Chord 
                               Esus4Esus4 Piano Chord 

Her face was like a ghost with eyes of jade

EmajEmaj Piano Chord 

(I) fell just like a falling star

Esus4Esus4 Piano Chord 

A victim of this coup d'etat

EmajEmaj Piano Chord 
                            Esus4Esus4 Piano Chord 

I could not see behind this masquerade

*** Refrain:

BmajBmaj Piano Chord 
                        EmajEmaj Piano Chord 


AmajAmaj Piano Chord 

No escape your heart is burning

BmajBmaj Piano Chord 
                  EmajEmaj Piano Chord 

Love becomes a lethal weapon

AmajAmaj Piano Chord 

(Be) careful where you start

Emaj ... Esus4
In affairs of the heart ...

Emaj ... Esus4
In affairs of the heart ...

Emin ... F#min ... Gmaj
In affairs of the heart

Amaj             Emin ... F#min ... Gmaj
Sometimes I think I'll never learn

Amaj          Emin ... F#min ... Gmaj
Were all those promises in vain

Amaj       Bmin  ... Amaj
Do the wings of fire still remain

... Emaj ... Esus4 ... Emaj ... Esus4

*** Main theme:

EmajEmaj Piano Chord 

All is fair in love and war

Esus4Esus4 Piano Chord 

The tender draw the shortest straw

EmajEmaj Piano Chord 
                             Esus4Esus4 Piano Chord 

Like autumn leaves they vanish in the air

EmajEmaj Piano Chord 

Is this the time we say goodbye

Esus4Esus4 Piano Chord 

I call her room there's no reply

EmajEmaj Piano Chord 
                            Esus4Esus4 Piano Chord 

Tonight we end this fleeting love affair

*** Refrain:

BmajBmaj Piano Chord 
                        EmajEmaj Piano Chord 


AmajAmaj Piano Chord 

No escape your heart is burning

BmajBmaj Piano Chord 
                  EmajEmaj Piano Chord 

Love becomes a lethal weapon

AmajAmaj Piano Chord 

Sharper than a dart

Emaj ... Esus4
In affairs of the heart ...

Emaj ... Esus4
In affairs of the heart

Emaj ... Esus4
In affairs of the heart ...

... Emaj ... Esus4

Emaj ... Esus4
In affairs of the heart ...

(fade out) ... Emaj ... Esus4 ... Emaj ... Esus4.

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Siemens Nixdorf AG   LoB OEC SAM TS1      April 16, 1997
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The language and concepts contained herein are guaranteed not
to cause eternal torment in the place where the guy with the
horns and pointed stick conducts his business. (FZ)