The Rider To The World's End

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This chord transcription is in C major, which seems to be what Pete plays it in.
It's probably a bit simplified compared to Pete's original version, as I don't have any
9ths or 11ths, etc., in it! Any improvements to it will be welcome - Paul Gunningham

Note: C+Dm  = Dm played over C
      G+Am7 = Am7 played over G

Intro: C / C+Dm / | C / C+Dm / | C / C+Dm / | C / C

    /     | C       /         C+Dm        /        | C7maj   / C+Dm / |
You simply  mustn't blame yourself -- the days were  perfect

C /    C+Dm /      | F     /    A     /      | E7   / Bb F | G G G
   And so   were ex- actly what I was born to  spoil

G   | G G      G+Am7 G+Am7 | G+Am7 / G
 For  I am the Rider to the  World's End

/      | Bb        Bb     Bb
Bound a- cross the cinder causeway

Bb      | A       A      A
From the  furnace to the quarry

A          | Ab Ab  G G | Cm Cm Dm Dm | Em Em Dm
Through the  fields   of  oil


/    | C   /   C+Dm / | C / C+Dm /       | C    C      C     C     | C+Dm / / / | C / /
And I  left you                  with the  sign of the Rider to the  World's      End

/     | G       G       G
It was  not the mark of Zorro

G      | Bb      Bb      Bb       Bb    | Em   Em Em Em | Em Em Em
Written  sharply on your forehead with a  blade

Dm    | C      C   C       C    | C+Dm
Just a  way of not turning up to- morrow

/      C+Dm       /    | C   / C+Dm / | C / C+Dm / | C / C+Dm / | C / C
And of phonecalls never  made


   /        | C          /    C+Dm    /       | C7maj   / C+Dm / |
My time with  you seemed readymade to last for  always

C /    C+Dm /      | F        /     A    /   | E7   / Bb F | G / /
   And so   was pre- destined to be over in a  flash

/   | G G      G+Am7 G+Am7 | G+Am7 / G
 For  I am the Rider to the  World's End

/      | Bb        Bb        Bb
Bound a- cross the fields of oil

Bb         | A      A      A
Through the  broken-bottle forest

A     | Ab Ab  G G | Cm Cm Dm Dm | Em Em Dm
To the  plains   of  ash


/    | C   /   C+Dm / | C / C+Dm /       | C    C      C     C     | C+Dm / / / | C / /
And I  left you                  with the  sign of the Rider to the  World's      End

/     | G       G       G
It was  not the ace of  diamonds

G      | Bb           Bb     Bb      Bb     | Em  Em Em Em | Em Em Em
Or the   death's-head of the Phantom on your  jaw

Dm    | C     C    C      C     | C+Dm
Just a  suddenly-relaxing set of  knuckles

/     C+Dm    /       | C   / C+Dm / | C / C+Dm / | C / C+Dm / | C / C
Never rapped against a  door


    /        | C          /       C+Dm    /      | C7maj   / C+Dm / |
You were more  thoughtful for and fond of me than  I was

C /    C+Dm /       | F      /     A     /    | E7   / Bb F | G / /
   And so   were pre- cisely what  I can never  trust

/   | G G      G+Am7 G+Am7 | G+Am7 / G
 For  I am the Rider to the  World's End

/      | Bb        Bb        Bb
Bound a- cross the plains of ashes

Bb    | A      A     A
To the  molten-metal valleys

A     | Ab Ab  G G | Cm Cm Dm Dm | Em Em Dm
In the  hills    of  dust


/   | G G      G+Am7 G+Am7 | G+Am7   G
 For  I am the Rider to the  World's End

/      | Bb        Bb        Bb
Bound a- cross the plains of ashes

Bb    | A      A     A
To the  molten-metal valleys

A     | Ab Ab  G G | Cm / / / /
In the  hills    of  dust

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