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Yes South Side Of The Sky Guitar Tab

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Q=81
4/4
Gtr I
W W W W
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|----------|----------|----------|------|
|----------|----------|----------|------|
|----------|----------|----------|------|
|----------|----------|----------|------|
|----------|----------|----------|------|


W W W W
|----------|----------|----------|------|
|----------|----------|----------|------|
|----------|----------|----------|------|
|----------|----------|----------|------|
|----------|----------|----------|------|
|----------|----------|----------|------|


W S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|----------|---------------------------------|
|----------|---------------------------------|
|----------|---------------------------------|
|----------|---------------------2-4-2---0-0-|
|----------|-----------------------7-5-------|
|----------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-------------|


S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|---4-------------------------------|
|---2-----5-5------------------------|---------------------------------5-|
|-3---3-3-----3-5-----7--9--7--9-5---|-------------------5-7--9--7---5---|
|-----------------0-0---12-10-12-7---|-0---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-----12-10-------|


S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E S
|------------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|---------------------------3---|
|------------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|---------5-5------------------------|-3-3---3-3-3-3---3-5-5-5-5---5-|
|-3-3-3-3-----3-5-----7--9--7--9-5---|-----5---------5---------------|
|-----------------0-5---12-10-12-7---|-------------------------------|


S S S S +S S S S S S E S S S S S S S S S E S S S S S +S S S S
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-3-----3-(3)-3-3-3-3-----1-------|-----3---------3-----3-(3)--------|
|-7-------------0-0-0-5-----0-----|----------------------------------|
|---5-5---------------3-3-----3-5-|-3-5---5-5-5-5---5-5-------5-5-5--|
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|


S S S S S E S S S S S S S E S S S S S E S S S S S S S E
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|---------------------2-------|-2-------------------2-------|
|-6-4-2-------------4---------|---4-2-------------4---------|
|-------4---4-4-4-6-----4-6---|-------4---4-4-4-6-----4-6---|
|---------------------------4-|---------------------------4-|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|


S S S S S E S S S S S S S E S S S S S E S S S S S S S E
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-2-------------------2-------|-4-2-----------------4-------|
|---4-2-------------4---------|-----4-------------6---------|
|-------4---4-4-4-6-----4-6---|-------6---6-6-6-8-----6-8---|
|---------------------------4-|---------------------------6-|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|


S S S S S E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E S S S S S
|-------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-4-2-----------------4-------4-|--------------------------------|
|-----4-------------6-------6---|--------------------------------|
|-------6---6-6-6-8-----6-8-----|---------------2---2-2----------|
|-------------------------------|-----------------------4-2------|
|-------------------------------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---0-------4-0-0--|


S E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E S S S S S
|-----------------12---------9-7-7-|--------------------------------|
|---------------9-------15---------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------13-11-9---7-7-|--------------------------------|
|---2---5-5-5-7--------------------|---------------2---2-2----------|
|-3---3----------------------------|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2---------4-2------|
|----------------------------------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-------4-0-0--|


S E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E S S E S S S S S S S S S
|-------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|---------------5---------------|-----------------3-----3-----|
|-------0-0-0-4-6-4-------------|---------2-------------------|
|---2-2-------------6-4-4-2-----|-3-3-3-3---3-3-5---5-5---5-5-|
|-3-------------------7---4-4-2-|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------4-|-----------------------------|


S S S S +S S S S S S E S S S S S S S S S S S S S E S S S E
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-3-----3-(3)-3-3-3-3-----1-------|-----3-------6-----8----10-10-12-|
|---------------0-0-0-5-----0-----|---------------------------------|
|---5-5---------------3-3-----3-5-|-3-5---5-5-7---7-9---10-10-10-12-|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|


S S S S S E S S S S S S S E S S S S S E S S S S S S S E
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-11-9-7--------------9-11--------|-11-9-7--------------9-11--------|
|--------9---9-9-9-11------9-11---|--------9---9-9-9-11------9-11---|
|-------------------------------9-|-------------------------------9-|


S S S S S E S S S S S S S E S S S S S E S S S S S S S E
|---------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------4-------|
|---------------------------------|-8-6-4-------------6---------|
|-11-9-7--------------9-11--------|-------6---6-6-6-8-----6-8---|
|--------9---9-9-9-11------9-11---|---------------------------6-|
|-------------------------------9-|-----------------------------|


S S S S S E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|-4-2-----------------4-------4-|---------------------------------5-|
|-----4-------------6-------6---|-------------------------------6-7-|
|-------6---6-6-6-8-----6-8-----|--------------------------6--8-9---|
|-------------------------------|-------------------1-4--6-7-12-----|
|-------------------------------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-4-5-7-10----------|


S E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|---------------7-5-------------|---------------------------------5-|
|-----------------6-6-4---------|-------------------------------6-7-|
|-------5-5---5-------4-4-2-----|---------------5----------6--8-9---|
|-3-3-3-----3-------------4-2---|-------------------1-4--6-7-12-----|
|-----------------------------4-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---4-5-7-10----------|


S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E. S E S S S S S S S S S S
|-----------------------------3-2-|----------------------------|
|-------------------------3-3-0-5-|----1-----------3-----3-----|
|-------------------2-2-2---6-----|------0---------------------|
|-----------------------6-4-------|-3------3-5-3-5---5-5---5-5-|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3---------------------|----------------------------|
|-------------0-0-0---------------|----------------------------|


S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E S E S E S S +S S E
|---------------------------------|---------1---3---5-(5)---7-|
|-3-----3-------------1-----------|-----3-----0---1-------3---|
|-------------7-7-7-5---0-------5-|-------2-------------------|
|---5-5---5-5-5-5-5-3-----3-5-5---|-3-5-----------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------|


S S S S S E S S S S S S S E S S S S S E S S S S S S S E
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|---------------------2-------|-2-------------------2-------|
|-6-4-2-------------4---------|---4-2-------------4---------|
|-------4---4-4-4-6-----4-6---|-------4---4-4-4-6-----4-6---|
|---------------------------4-|---------------------------4-|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|


S S S S S E S S S S S S S E S S S S S E S S S S S S S E
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-2-------------------2-------|-4-2-----------------4-------|
|---4-2-------------4---------|-----4-------------6---------|
|-------4---4-4-4-6-----4-6---|-------6---6-6-6-8-----6-8---|
|---------------------------4-|---------------------------6-|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|


Q=85
7/8
S S S S S E S S S S S S S S S W W W
|-------------------------------|---------|---------|------|
|-4-2-----------------4-------4-|---------|---------|------|
|-----4-------------6-------6---|---------|---------|------|
|-------6---6-6-6-8-----6-8-----|---------|---------|------|
|-------------------------------|---------|---------|------|
|-------------------------------|---------|---------|------|


W W W W W
|---------|---------|---------|---------|------|
|---------|---------|---------|---------|------|
|---------|---------|---------|---------|------|
|---------|---------|---------|---------|------|
|---------|---------|---------|---------|------|
|---------|---------|---------|---------|------|


Q=101
4/4
W W W W
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Q=174 Q=178
W W W W
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Q=81
10/8
W W W W
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W W W
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W W W
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W W W
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W W W
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9/8 4/4
W W W W
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7/8 4/4 7/8
W W W W
|---------|---------|---------|------|
|---------|---------|---------|------|
|---------|---------|---------|------|
|---------|---------|---------|------|
|---------|---------|---------|------|
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4/4
W W W W
|----------|----------|----------|------|
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7/8
W W W W W
|----------|---------|---------|---------|------|
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4/4
W W W W W
|---------|----------|----------|----------|------|
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7/8 4/4
W W W W
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7/8 4/4
W W W W
|---------|----------|----------|------|
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10/8
W W W W
|----------|------------|------------|------|
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W W W
|------------|------------|------|
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W W W
|------------|------------|------|
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2/4 4/4
W W W E S S S S S S S E S S S S S
|------------|----------|----------|------------------------------|
|------------|----------|----------|------------------------------|
|------------|----------|----------|------------------------------|
|------------|----------|----------|-------------2---2-2----------|
|------------|----------|----------|---------------------4-2------|
|------------|----------|----------|-0-0-0-0-0-0---0-------4-0-0--|


S S S S S S S S +S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E S S S E
|---------------------7-------------|------------------------------|
|-------------5-5-(5)---7-5---------|-------------------0---2-0----|
|---------------------------6-4-----|-------------------1---2-1----|
|---5-5-5-5-5-----------------6-4-2-|---------------------2-----2--|
|-3-------------------------------4-|------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0------------|


E S S S S S S +S S S S S S S S Q S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-------------4-(4)-9-7-----------|----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------9-8-7-----|----------------------------------------|
|---------------------------9-6---|----------------------------------------|
|-----5-5-5-5-----------------9---|----10----------------------------------|
|-3-3-----------------------------|-8-----12----------17-------17-------17-|
|---------------------------------|----------13-13-15----15-15----15-15----|


S S S S S S S S S S E S S S S
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|-------17-------17-17-17-17-15----15----------|
|-15-15----15-15----15-15-15-13-13----15-13-15-|


S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------17-------17-------17-------17-17-17-17----|
|-13-15----15-15----15-15----15-15----15-15-15-15-|


S S S S S E S S S S S S S E S S S S S E S S S S S S S E
|-----------------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|-2-------------------2-------|
|-----------------------------------------|---4-2-------------4---------|
|-----------------------------------------|-------4---4-4-4-6-----4-6---|
|-16-14-12------------------14-16-------4-|---------------------------4-|
|----------14---14-14-14-16-------14-16---|-----------------------------|


S S S S S E S S S S S S S E S S S S S E S S S S S S S E
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-2-------------------2-------|-4-2-----------------4-------|
|---4-2-------------4---------|-----4-------------6---------|
|-------4---4-4-4-6-----4-6---|-------6---6-6-6-8-----6-8---|
|---------------------------4-|---------------------------6-|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|


S S S S S E S S S S S S S S S S S S S E S S +S S S S S S S S
|-------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-4-2-----------------4-------4-|----------------------------------|
|-----4-------------6-------6---|----------------------------------|
|-------6---6-6-6-8-----6-8-----|-------------------------4-2------|
|-------------------------------|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-(2)-2-2-2---4-4-2--|
|-------------------------------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-(0)-0-0-0-------4--|


S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S +E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|---------------------4-12---------7-|-(7)-----------------------12----10-|
|-------------------2---------15-----|---------------------7-8-9----------|
|---------5-5-5-5-4--------13-11-9---|------------------------------11----|
|---5-5-5----------------------------|---------------6---6----------------|
|-3----------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|-----0-0-0-0-0---0------------------|


S S E S S S S +S S S S S S S S Q. S S S S S S S S S S
|------8---------------------------|--------------------------|
|----------------------------------|------------3-----3-----3-|
|-11-9-----------------------------|--------------------------|
|--------9-9-9---------------------|------3-3-5---5-5---5-5---|
|--------------7-(7)-6-5-4-2-1-0---|--------------------------|
|--------------------------------4-|-1------------------------|


S S S S S E S S S E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E S S
|-----------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-----3---------------1-------|-----3-----3-----3-----3-3-3-3-|
|-----------7-7-7-5-----0-----|-------------------------0-0-0-|
|-5-5---5-5-5-5-5-3-3-----3-5-|-3-5---5-5---5-5---5-5---------|
|-----------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-------------------------------|


S S S S S E S S S S S S S E S S S S S E S S S S S S S E
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-2-------------------2-------|-2-------------------2-------|
|---4-2-------------4---------|---4-2-------------4---------|
|-------4---4-4-4-6-----4-6---|-------4---4-4-4-6-----4-6---|
|---------------------------4-|---------------------------4-|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|


S S S S S E S S S S S S S E S S S S S E S S S S S S S E
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-2-------------------2-------|-4-2-----------------4-------|
|---4-2-------------4---------|-----4-------------6---------|
|-------4---4-4-4-6-----4-6---|-------6---6-6-6-8-----6-8---|
|---------------------------4-|---------------------------6-|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|


S S S S S E S S S S S S S E S S S S S E S S S S S S S E
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-4-2-----------------4-------|-4-2-----------------4-------|
|-----4-------------6---------|-----4-------------6---------|
|-------6---6-6-6-8-----6-8---|-------6---6-6-6-8-----6-8---|
|---------------------------6-|---------------------------6-|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|


S S S S S E S S S S S S S E S S S S S E S S S S S S S E
|-------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|--4-2------------------4-------------|--4-2----------------------4-------|
|------4--------------6---------------|------4------------------6---------|
|--------6----6-6-6-8------6--8-------|---------6----6-6---6--8-----6-8---|
|--------------------------------6----|---------------------------------6-|
|-------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
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| Gtr II
| Q Q Q S S S S E S S Q +H
|-18-------18-------------18----18----|-18-----18-------------------------|
|----------19----------------19----19-|-----------16-----(16)-------------|
|----------------------------23----23-|-----------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|


S S S S S E S S S S S S S E
|------------------------------------------|
|--4-2--------------------------4----------|
|-------4---------------------6------------|
|----------6------6----6--6-8------6--8----|
|----------------------------------------6-|
|------------------------------------------|
|
| E S S +E E E S S +E E
|-------------------11--------9-7-(7)---11-|
|------14-12-(12)--------11----------------|
|-15---------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|


S S S S S E S S S S S S S E
|----------------------------------------|
|--4-2-------------------------4---------|
|------4---------------------6-----------|
|--------6------6-----6--6-8-----6-8-----|
|-------------------------------------6--|
|----------------------------------------|
|
| Q +S S S S Q E E
|------------------9--9--9---------------|
|-11-------(11)---11-12-11---------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------11--|
|----------------------------------------|


S S S S S E S S S S S S S E S S S S S E S S S S S S S E
|-----------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
|-4-2-------------------4-----------|-4-2----------------------4------------|
|-----4---------------6-------------|------4-----------------6--------------|
|-------6---6-6--6--8------6--8-----|--------6-----6-6--6--8------6--8------|
|-------------------------------6---|----------------------------------6----|
|-----------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
|
| H +E. S +S E S S E. +Q +E. S +S E S
|-----------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|---3------(3)-----(3)------------------|
|-----------------------------------|-4------------------------------1---4--|
|-----------------------2-(2)-4---6-|--------------------------2-(2)--------|
|-4-------------(4)-----------------|---------------------------------------|


S S S S S E S S S S S S S E S S S S S E S S S S S S S E
|----------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
|-4-2------------------4-----------|-4-2---------------------4--------------|
|-----4--------------6-------------|-----4-----------------6----------------|
|-------6----6-6-6-8------6--8-----|-------6-----6-6--6--8------6--8--------|
|------------------------------6---|----------------------------------6-----|
|----------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
|
| S S S S E. S S S S S +S E S S S S S +Q +S S S S S S S S
|----------------------2-(2)-----2-|-2-0-----------------4-7-9-11-----------|
|-4-2--------------0-4-5-(5)-----5-|-4-4-4------------------------12-14-12--|
|-----4-3--------1-3-6-------------|-----6-4-(4)-----(4)--------------------|
|---------2----2-4-----------------|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|----------------------------------------|


S S S S S E S S S S S S S E
|---------------------------------------------------|
|--4-2------------------------------4---------------|
|-------4------------------------6------------------|
|----------6-------6-----6--6-8---------6---8-------|
|----------------------------------------------6----|
|---------------------------------------------------|
|
| E S S +S S S S E S S +S S S S
|-11------11-(11)----11----11------11-(11)----11----|
|------12---------12----12------12---------12----12-|
|---------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|


S S S S S E S S S S S S S E
|------------------------------------------|
|--4--2--------------------------4---------|
|--------4--------------------6------------|
|-----------6------6-6---6--8-------6-8----|
|---------------------------------------6--|
|------------------------------------------|
|
| S S S S +Q +E S S E E
|-11-11-11---------------------------------|
|----12-12-12-(12)-----(12)-----12-12------|
|-------------------------------15-15------|
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|


S S S S S E S S S S S S S E
|-----------------------------------------------|
|--4-2-----------------------------4------------|
|-------4-----------------------6---------------|
|----------6-------6----6--6--8------6--8-------|
|------------------------------------------6----|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|
| E S S +S S E S E S S S S S
|-11------11-(11)----11------11--------18-18-18-|
|------12---------12------12------12---------19-|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|


S S S S S E S S S S S S S E
|-------------------------------------------------|
|--4--2-----------------------------4-------------|
|--------4-----------------------6----------------|
|-----------6-----6-----6--6--8--------6--8-------|
|--------------------------------------------6----|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|
| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-18-14-14-16-18-16-------16-14-12-12-14----------|
|-16-16----19-21-17-17-------17----16-14----------|
|-------------------18-18----------------13-13----|
|-------------------------------------------16-13-|
|----------------------------------------------16-|
|-------------------------------------------------|


S S S S S E S S S S S S S E
|---------------------------------*|
|--4-2--------------------4-------*|
|-------4---------------6---------*|
|---------6---6---6-6-8-----6-8---*|
|-------------------------------6-*|
|---------------------------------*|
|
| S S S S S S S S S S S S Q
|---------------------------------*|
|---------------------------------*|
|---------------------------------*|
|-11-9--9---8-6---4-2-------------*|
|------11-9---7-6---4-4-2-1-------*|
|---------------------------------*|

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Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques
 
 
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tom
Average
#1 by tom jenkins at Jun 15, 1975 at 5:58 PM EST
Sure, it's a really great song and the lyrics are more straightforward than most Anderson scrawlings. The first time I heasr it I thought of Ernest Shackleton's expedition to the Antarctic in 1914-16; they wanted to cross the continent through hundreds of miles of almost completely uncharted ice (an almost desperate idea!). The ship froze in about thirty miles from the coast, and they drifted, locked in the ice, had to abandon ship and drag everything in sleds and open boats...really far out, but Shackleton was an inspiring leader and no one died though the odds against them were immeasurable. The way they explore different moods here - the "hallucination" section! - is just amazing, and so is the musicianship. One reason why it's rather unknown even with hardcore Yes fans is that the band have hardly ever perfomed it live, once Bill Bruford left the year after the album, It's very much in his style of drumming - jazzy, ultra-syncopated, lots of phased beats and empty spaces.
 
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chris
Average
#2 by chris ovari at Mar 2, 1976 at 5:31 PM EST
I must say that this song doesn\'t get quite as much credit as it deserves. It is extremely good and I must say it ranks high in my favorite Yes songs of all time.
 
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Kyle
Wanna Be
#3 by Kyle Kom at Dec 20, 1976 at 9:26 PM EST
This song makes me feel cold. So well done, especially the piercing keyboard in the background.
 
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Justin
Rhythm Player
#4 by Justin Lepera at Feb 15, 1981 at 11:36 AM EST
yeah, funny, hardly anyone noticed this song... anyway, one of my fav yes songs, one of my alltime favs too. love the melody, love the drums (the DRUMS!!! Mr .Bruford couldnt play that better), love the guitars (Squire/Howe/Wakeman), love the transitions between "moods" here, Mr. Anderson's voice... it all fits so perfectly together, all so well balanced. theres so much music in it...
 
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#5 by Francis Delongchamp at Jan 18, 1985 at 2:32 PM EST
This is a very good song, and I'm amazed that nobody has commented on it yet. It describes an Arctic/Antarctic expedition that ends with all the members freezing to death. This is a very good showcase of Steve Howe's electric guitar chops; the fills that he plays are amazing.
 
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Bobby
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#6 by Bobby McCorkle at Oct 22, 1988 at 12:54 AM EST
I like that the same song can mean so many different things to each listener. I first heard this song on a local AOR AM station when it was new, and I became a Yes fan then. Being a space-obsessed pre-teenager then, I had a vision of explorers on a distant world - cutoff from the rest of their team. Their options were to freeze to death on the dark side of the planet or burn up on the lit side. Being delirius from the cold, being warm for a while before dying sounded like a good option. I imagined the "friend" was the leader, and the story teller just a lowly grunt. As the leader sucumbed to the cold as they waited out the snow storm, his voice is replaced by the story teller's own irrational thoughts. Isn't the 4th line of the last verse supposed to say "warmer" instead of "colder"?
 
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Ryan Sutherland
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#7 by Ryan Sutherland at Feb 6, 1993 at 9:34 PM EST
I haven't read anything to verify or disprove what you have said above.. The image I had (before reading you all's) was like on that movie "Alive" with the soccer players, when their plane crashes in the mountains somewhere, and they end up having to eat the dead.. But some survive in the end... The "lala" part of this song is wierd - but freaking awesome -- the piano and drums are so fucking awesome too in this part -- especially when you are picturing that it's a daydream of someone who is barely concious in subzero temperatures... Then that fucking awesome machine sound comes in.. starts quitely.. gets louder.... and the reality of the subzero temperatures - empending death!! - wakes you out of that utopian hallucination! The only way to die is to die hard and like a man. I too am surprised that this song is not mentioned often among Yes fans --- I don't think they even play it in concert.. But I'm not much for the "popular" Yes songs... So I think this song is way more important than "Roundabout", but on the other hand, not as important as "Heart of The Sunrise"... About Bruford: when you listen to Alan White on Relayer, you see that Yes didn't really miss Bruford (white does fucking awesome on that album).. But a lot of credit still should go to Bruford on fragile (I wasn't as impressed on the Edge)... When I listen closely to the drum compositions on South Side, Long Distance Runaround, and Sunrise, I am so amazed at how clever -- and simply beautiful his drumming was.. Clearly Bruford was integral on fragile, but on the Edge, something is missing, and it makes sense to me that he departed at that point.
 
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#8 by *Lee * at Sep 19, 1995 at 4:19 AM EST
Reading all of these comments makes me want to listen to the song again (not multi-tasking but CAREFULLY, maybe on a headset). The literal meaning seems pretty obvious, which is why VanMorrison's comment is at the very least thought-provoking. My interp has always been more straightforward but still symbolic: it's a cold-cold world out there, not just in Antarctica. But when two people find warmth, perhaps out of desperation, the cold melts away. And even if they still die from the cold, they die "warm". This talks to the "Fragile" theme, and it brings us to what I believe is a MAJOR error in the lyrics posted above. The last time the line appears, it should be "Were we ever WARMER on that day..." They freeze to death together, but it's a warmth that accompanies their death, not cold. The movie equivalent (and there may be more than one) is Midnight Cowboy.
 
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#9 by The Random Rocker at Jun 24, 2000 at 6:19 PM EST
This is also one of my all time favourite tracks. As with all of Yes's work, it is beautifully composed and played. About 15 years ago I was doing a basic media course and created a video to go with this song that was shot on Irish hilltops in the dead of winter. We used some shots of turbine blades on a windfarm that went perfectly with the bit in the middle (before the brilliant drum roll). The song always made me think of a party of refugees tyring to escape some terrible atrocity and taking a desperate flight over snowfields. The leader (maybe father) tries to keep everyone moving, but it is becoming pointless as they succumb to the harsh conditions. That's what the video was supposed to evoke, but it wasn't very good!
 
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Sarah McKagan
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#10 by Sarah McKagan (AKA - Lady Rock 'n' Roll) at May 15, 2002 at 6:18 PM EST
Those talking about the Antarctic mission got it right. Apparently, a young, stoned Jon Anderson was watching the discovery channel and they were talking about said mission, so he wrote this song. I wouldn't quote me on that though. All I know is that this is an incredible song that plays a huge role in making Fragile a masterpiece.
 
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#11 by Razzle jester at Aug 30, 2003 at 10:44 AM EST
I always thought Alan White did the drumming to "Heart of the Sunrise"? Please correct me if im wrong heh... This song is amazing! I'm not too good at putting meanings to lyrics, but ill say everything that everyone said does go with it, and i guess its how ppl listen to it that makes the meaning to them... (if that makes sense lol)
 
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#12 by jacob ap at Jun 26, 2006 at 12:04 PM EST
This song is about Apollo 13. A million miles away. the coldness of space. The mountains of the moon that we don't see on the dark side. A snow storm, a stimulating voice. The crackling voice of mission control through the white noise. The desperation of the what the mission became. They could all die.
 
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#13 by Anthony at Aug 14, 2007 at 10:00 PM EST
Read it from the point of view with someone with a cocaine addiction...