Secret Journey Guitar Tab

Ghost In The Machine Tabs:

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Date: Thu, 12 Oct 95 18:14:41 -0700
From: Brian McDonald 

Secret Journey
By the Police
Off the album GHOST IN THE MACHINE

Words and Music by Sting
TAB translation by Brian McDonald


Here's a quick TAB for the beginning of the song.. I'll figure the
rest out later..

     Am						       Am/G	=

     Palm mute-----
e--------------------------|-------------------------|-----------------
B-----------0--------------|--1----0-----------------|-----0-----------|
G----------------0--2----0-| ------------0--2-----0--|---------0--2---0|
D-------2--------------2---|-----2----2--------2-----|---2----------2--|
A----0---------------------|-------------------------|-0---------------|
E--------------------------|-------------------------|-----------------/

                            =


e -------------------------|
B---1----0----------------:||
G-------------0--2---------||
D------2----2--------------||
A------------------3--2---:||
E--------------------------|/


Keep playing this while singing the lyrics..

Upon a secret journey
I met a holy man
His blindness was his wisdom
I'm such a lonely man

and as the world was turning
It rolled itself in pain
this does not seem to touch you
he pointed to the rain

   D       	 E                  D      E

   You will     see__ light in | __ the    dark  - ness

e--5----5----5---4--------4--4-|-5---5--5---4--------------4--4--------
B--3----3----3---5--------5--5-|-3---3--3---5--------------5--5--------|
G--2----2----2---4--------4--4-|-2---2--2---4--------------4--4--------|
D--0----0----0---6--------6--6-|-0---0--0---6--------------6--6--------|
A------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
E------------------------------|---------------------------------------/


   D		 E		     D     E

   You will     make_ some sense |     of  this__

         Am

   and | when you've made__ your se - cret jour__ ney | =


   Am/G

   you will find__ this lo|ve   you miss.____

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Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques


No Picture Kyle Average	#1 by Kyle at Aug 17, 1988 at 11:23 AM EST
	A wonderful song, very straightforward. A young man receives training by a sage -- very "Eastern" in nature. The novel "Siddhartha" has a storyline like the one described in the song.

No Picture Thomas Average	#2 by Thomas Buckman at Oct 21, 1999 at 2:04 PM EST
	“Secret Journey,” with its talk of holy men and “light in the darkness,” was based on Gurdjieff’s book, Meetings with Remarkable Men. The text narrated the exploits of a group of spiritual adventurers out searching for hidden mysteries, emotionally unattached to phenomena which are ultimately as fleeting as the rain, and thereby finding joy and love in life’s play of sadness and pain. In one of the semi-autobiographical tales, Gurdjieff himself was blindfolded (“His blindness was his wisdom”) and led to an enigmatic monastery. [From Rock & Holy Rollers: The Spiritual Beliefs of Chart-Topping Rock Stars in Their Lives and Lyrics by Geoffrey D. Falk.]