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Here is my transcription of "Wonderous Stories" by YES.
This great song comes from the Album "Going for the One".
It has been transposed here 2 whole steps down and is now in the key of "C".
(It's hard to sing as high as Jon Anderson.)
It is originally written in the key of "E".
Good luck! - Antonius Roolaart - aroolaart@monmouth.com
Wonderous Stories
(Words and Music by Jon Anderson)
G ~~~~ G~~~~ (play a high position chord here)
G
I awoke this morning
C/G
Love laid me down by the river
G
Drifting I turned on up stream
Gm
Bound for my forgiver
A#m F
In the giving of my eyes to see your face
A#m
Sound did silence me
F
Leaving no trace
C F/C C F/C
I beg to leave, to hear your wonderous stories
C F/C C F/C Em
Beg to hear your won-derous stories 'LA AHA'
G
He spoke of lands not far
C/G
Nor lands they were in his mind
G
Of fusion captured high
Gm
Where reason captured his time
A#m F
In no time at all he took me to the gate
A#m
In haste I quickly checked the time
F
If I was late
C F/C C F/C
I had to leave, to hear your wonderous stories
C F/C C F/C E#m7
Had to hear your won-derous sto-ries 'LA AHA, LA AHA'
C G Gm A#m
F A#m
Hearing
F C F/C C
Hearing hearing your won-derous sto-ries
C F/C C F/C Em
Hearing your won-derous stor-ies
G C/G
It is no lie I see deep-ly into the future
G Gm
Imagine everything, you're close
A#m
And were you there to stand so cau-tiously at first
F
And then so high
A#m F
As he spoke my spirit climbed into the sky
C
I bid it to return
F/C C F/C
To hear your wonderous sto-ries
C F/C C F/C
Return to hear your wonderous stories
C F/C C F/C
Return to hear your wonderous stories
C Em
LA AH LA AH AH AH
C F/C
Hearing
C F/C
Hearing
C F/C
Hearing
C F/C
Hearing
Hearing
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Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques
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ian Average |
#1 by ian mckinly at Oct 9, 1978 at 7:34 PM EST |
| Nice comment from musik lover - fabulous to see how & why some songs are so important to people, regardless of the meaning of the song to many people. Grandads do have fabulous stories | |
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Justin - MrBlit Rhythm Player |
#2 by Justin - MrBlitz - Maletta at Sep 2, 1992 at 1:55 AM EST |
| The meaning of the song is fairly straightforward. In each verse, the narrator is in an encounter with his "Forgiver," but at each encounter, the narrator is too preoccupied with "your wonderous stories." The Jesus figure opens the pearly gates for him, sends his spirit flying away into the heavens, and each time the narrator just thinks 'I hope I can get home in time for those wonderous stories!' This is either a tongue-in-cheek little piece of hyperbole about some VERY good stories; or perhaps it is an indictment of people who turn away from spiritual 'truths' in favor of entertaining stories (perhaps in a simple 'skipping Church in favor of watching TV' sense, or in a more pointed 'skipping an actual relationship with God in favor of sticking with your comfortable church with its familiar stories' - though if this is an indicment of organized/impersonal religion, it is done more artfully and beautifully than the similarly themed progressive work on Jethro Tull's Aqualung, which often verges on the pompous and self-righteous). In any case, a magical song. | |
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Kenny Lead Player |
#3 by Kenny Berg at May 27, 1994 at 12:48 AM EST |
| or listening to the endless droning of les raconteurs ... | |
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brent Rhythm Player |
#4 by brent west at Sep 21, 1994 at 3:17 PM EST |
| I think tis is a beautiful piece of music to listen too. I don't really know if it has a meaning because if it does either I'm not thinking hard enough or judst can't find it but I can't deny that it is a good, interesting piece of music. | |
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Squats Average |
#5 by Squats at Sep 2, 1997 at 11:09 AM EST |
| Anderson is describing an encounter with either Jesus or Buddha. | |
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Perfect Pervers Rhythm Player |
#6 by Perfect Perversion™ at Aug 20, 2000 at 8:08 PM EST |
| hmmm..paraclete may be partially right, but maybe it is about learning spiritual truths AND the stories. the stories are a means by which the narrator becomes enlightened, like when Jesus told parables, they were wonderous stories that the people would listen to and learn from.. To stand so cautiously at first And then so high As he spoke my spirit climbed into the sky ^^^to come to an understanding of univeral truths, at first you may be skeptical "cautiosly at first" then, when you come to realize some kind of truth, it can be like floating into the sky. | |
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cody Average |
#7 by cody champion at Aug 7, 2006 at 4:25 PM EST |
| I grew up next to my grandfather.....I loved listening to his stories....to me, when i hear this song, I just remember all his stories and I feel closer to him, even though he hasnt been with me in awhile | |
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