Chords for Def Leppard: The Overture, live at Reading August 1980

_ [E] Thank God, I think you may recognize this [Dm] next song. _
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With _ [E] _ _ [D] _ _
_ [E] this message [D] _
that [E] I bring to you,
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I'll be [E] coming back _ [D] _
to [E] see you through.
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When time [G] is on our side,
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the [E] Holy Man _ [D] is saying [E] to me,
[D] to always [A] be by her, _ [D] but never [E] to see.
_ [C] It's not the way [G] He planned this,
no, [D] no. _
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_ You can't look up,
[F] you can't set [D] your feet,
but the light can change the step.
[G] _ [D] _ _ [Bb] That [C] was the sun's own,
[A] to the [D] ground. _
[Bb] The [C] water's a gazing pond,
[A] nowhere to [A] be found.
The [D] distance between us is safe,
so you'll bring me there.
The job you do can load and load,
[G] break and tear, [D] snap.
[Bb] The rest of the [C] streets are dusty,
filled with [A] blood and white,
we bleed.
[Bb] We sit [C] by ourselves,
that's just [A] the pain and the sin.
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[D] The road's a little long and [F] rocky, _
[D] _ _ but we'll have to climb up right,
since the people are lucky.
[Bb] The road is [C] long and rocky,
[A] but we'll have to sing [D] and rhyme. _
[Bb] The sun's in the [C] air,
so we'll [A] put some shoes [E] on,
so we'll be safe.
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The sun's the moon,
[C] the dark of sky,
[G] the morning dew,
[A] the crimson and bright.
_ [D] The rising fields,
[C] the day of the bell,
[G] the jesting mindless,
[A] the one-eyed slayer [Dm] man.
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[D] _ _ Whoa, [C] _ _
[E] whoa, [G] _ _ whoa, [A] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
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whoa.
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[D] _ And when these kisses,
I _ bring to you,
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the beacon [E] of light,
_ [D]
to see you [E] through.
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Oh, [G] time is on our side,
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for time,
[G] they are for us.
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_ _ [Am] Anyway, [Eb] thank you.