Lyrics, Chords & Tablatures: Colossus


by Pekka Rechardt and Jim Pembroke. Album: The Lucky Golden Stripes And Starpose (1976)
Intro:
(in Two)
Riff A*
c#m7   |  %   |  %   |   %   |  %   |  %   |  %   |  %   |

Hsus4  /A |  %  |  %  | H5 C5 | c#m7  | %  |  %   |   %  |

Hsus4  /A |  %  |  %  | H5 C5 | c#m7  | %  |  %   |   %  |
Riff B*
g#m/D#  |  %  | c#m7  |  %  | g#m/D#  |  %  | c#m7 |  %  ||

B:
dm           | F      G  | am           |  amsus4   C5    |
Out above the towers the kite was seen to soar
dm       | F    G  | am                    |  am      ||
as the infant world slumbered in a cradle on the floor

A:
Riff A*
c#m7         |    %    |      %       |   %     |
Sun and Moon were meeting contemplating folklore
c#m7         |      %  |     %        |    %   |
as time present passed the wolf at the door
Hsus4             |    %       |      %      |  H5   C5  |
and then they stop and wait and listen as the Lord relates
c#m7      |      %     |    %     |     %     |
that all our hopes loves and our hates
Riff B*
g#m/D#   |   %      | c#m7   |      %   |
will show the way or bar the gates
g#m/D#   |   %      |   c#m7   |    %   ||
and shape us for our coming fates

(in Four)     Riff C*
(Drms break)||  dm    |    %    |    am    |     %    |

C:
Riff C*
dm              |       %         |   am   |    %      |
Crusaders were returning from their journies to the east
dm              |       %         |   am   |       %        |
left the bamboo temples burning in the name of hope and peace
dm              |       %         |   am   |       %        |
and it's welcome home Colossus good to see you're doing swell
dm              |       %         |   am   |       %     ||
wawe the banner proclamation Quasimodo ring the bell!

D:
            Riff D*
(D-bass)||:  dm -5  dm   |  F    E   |  gm    am  |  dm   : ||
 
            Riff E*
(A-bass)||:  am -5   am  |  C    H  |  Bb     gm  |  am   : ||

C:
Riff C*
dm              |       %        |   am     |     %     |
Horsemen were advancing, Kingdom Come straight ahead
dm              |       %        |   am     |     %     |
mace and chain, gown of white, glove and cross of red
dm              |    %   |   am          |     %    |
advanced upon the castle, funny trick of Fate
dm              |    %   |   am          |     %      ||
stallion strong Arab blood clear the castle gates!

D:
             Riff D*
(D-bass)||:  dm -5  dm   |  F    E   |  gm    am  |  dm   : ||

             Riff E*
(A-bass)||:  am -5   am  |  C    H  |  Bb     gm  |  am    : ||

E:
  Riff F*
||: Eb | Eb -5 :||  ||: Ab  | Ab -5  :|| 
||: F  | F -5  :||  ||: Bb  |  Bb -5 :||

F:
(Half time)
          Riff G*
( E-bass)| em-5   em  |  G    F#  |  am   hm  |  em    |

( A-bass)| am-5   am  |  C    H   |  Bb   gm  |   am   ||

A:(in Two)

Riff A*
c#m7  | % | % | %  | % | % | % | % |

Hsus4     /A   |     %      |     %            |  H5   C5  |
Out along the Northern bay and out across the moors and mountains
c#m7         |      %     |     %   |    %    |
far away bells ringing
Riff B*
g#m/D#    |       %                | c#m7     |      %   |
riders they were leaving tracks across the plain
g#m/D#           |       %           |   c#m7    |   %  ||  
sparing neither horse nor hide in flight from the Valley of Slain

B:
dm      | F      G     | am   |  amsus4   C5    |
Aaah..
dm      | F      G     | am   |  am      |
Aaaa..
C#m7  ||
Colossus..




*
 Riff A
        C#m7 (arpegg----------------------)
||-------(0)-------------------|----------------------------------||---------
||-------(0)-------------------|----------------------------------||---------
||-------(6)-------------------|----------------------------------||---------
||-------(6)-------------------|-------------------4--------------||---------
||------4----------------------|---------4----7-------------------||---------
||-----------------------------|------------------------5----7----||---------


  Riff B
                           G#m/D#                           C#m7
||----------------|---(0)-------------------------|----(0)------------------------|------
||----------------|---(0)-------------------------|----(0)------------------------|------
||----------------|---(4)-------------------------|----(6)------------------------|------
||--------4---6---|---(6)-------------------------|----(6)--------------4----6----|------
||----7-----------|---6----------6--6--7----------|----4------------7-------------|------
||----------------|-----------------------4---7---|-------------------------------|------


  Riff C
        Dm                               Am
||------------------|--1------3---1--|-----------------|-----------------------||--------
||-------3-------1--|--1------3---1--|-----------------|----1-------3-----1----||--------
||-------2-------0--|----------------|---2--------0----|----0-------2-----0----||--------
||------(0)---------|----------------|---2--------0----|-----------------------||--------
||------------------|----------------|--(0)------------|-----------------------||--------
||------------------|----------------|-----------------|-----------------------||--------


  Riff D
     Dm-5   Dm         F/D    E/D        Gm/D    Am/D     Dm
||----4----5-p7-p5--|----------------|----3-------5----|---5-p6-p5-------------||--------
||------------------|----6-----5-----|-----------------|-----------------------||--------
||------------------|----------------|-----------------|-----------------------||--------
||------------------|----------------|-----------------|-----------------------||--------
||------------------|----------------|-----------------|-----------------------||--------
||------------------|----------------|-----------------|-----------------------||--------


  Riff E
      Am-5    Am       C/A      H/A      Bb/A      Gm/A     Am
||------------------|----------------|---1--------3----|----5------------------||--------
||-----4------5-----|---5-------4----|-----------------|-----------------------||--------
||------------------|----------------|-----------------|-----------------------||--------
||------------------|----------------|-----------------|-----------------------||--------
||------------------|----------------|-----------------|-----------------------||--------
||------------------|----------------|-----------------|-----------------------||--------


  Riff F
       Eb              Eb-5              Eb               Eb-5
||------3-----5-----|----5-----------|----3------5-----|----5------------------||--------
||------------------|----------------|-----------------|-----------------------||--------
||------------------|----------------|-----------------|-----------------------||--------
||------------------|----------------|-----------------|-----------------------||--------
||------------------|----------------|-----------------|-----------------------||--------
||------------------|----------------|-----------------|-----------------------||--------



     Ab                Ab-5              Ab                Ab-5
||----8------10-----|---10-----------|----8------10----|---10------------------||--------
||------------------|----------------|-----------------|-----------------------||--------
||------------------|----------------|-----------------|-----------------------||--------
||------------------|----------------|-----------------|-----------------------||--------
||------------------|----------------|-----------------|-----------------------||--------
||------------------|----------------|-----------------|-----------------------||--------



    F                 F-5              F                 F-5
||-----5------7-----|----7-----------|----5------7-----|----7------------------||--------
||------------------|----------------|-----------------|-----------------------||--------
||------------------|----------------|-----------------|-----------------------||--------
||------------------|----------------|-----------------|-----------------------||--------
||------------------|----------------|-----------------|-----------------------||--------
||------------------|----------------|-----------------|-----------------------||--------



      Bb               Bb-5              Bb                Bb-5
||----10------12----|---12-----------|---10------12----|-----12----------------||--------
||------------------|----------------|-----------------|-----------------------||--------
||------------------|----------------|-----------------|-----------------------||--------
||------------------|----------------|-----------------|-----------------------||--------
||------------------|----------------|-----------------|-----------------------||--------
||------------------|----------------|-----------------|-----------------------||--------


Riff G
    Em-5     Em        G/E     F#/E     Am/E      Hm/E     Em
||------------------|----------------|-----------------|-----------------------||--------
||----11------12----|---12------11---|---10-------12---|---12------------------||--------
||------------------|----------------|-----------------|-----------------------||--------
||------------------|----------------|-----------------|-----------------------||--------
||------------------|----------------|-----------------|-----------------------||--------
||------------------|----------------|-----------------|-----------------------||--------



     Am-5      Am      C/A      H/A      Bb/A     Gm/A      Am
||----11-------12---|---12------11---|----13------15---|----17-----------------||--------
||------------------|----------------|-----------------|-----------------------||--------
||------------------|----------------|-----------------|-----------------------||--------
||------------------|----------------|-----------------|-----------------------||--------
||------------------|----------------|-----------------|-----------------------||--------
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Transcribed by Kari Herranen