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From The Beginning Acoustic Tab

by Emerson Lake And Palmer


Different Intro, Different Chords/Chord-Fingerings, and Different lyrics.
If you follow the notes I've given throughout this transcription, everything
player, and because of this please understand that this is not an exact note
for note copy of the original song. If you want to solo (A-MINOR) just use a
loop station, or get another player for the Verse/Bridge/Chorus chords.
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Emerson, Lake, & Palmer - From the Beginning

[Intro-1](Harmonics)    h  p         h p p          
 E ||----------[12]-|-10-12-10--7-|-5-7-5-0--|-0-2-3----8-|
 B ||------[12]-----|-------------|--------0-|------------|
 G ||--[12]---------|-------------|----------|------------|
 D ||---------------|-------------|----------|------------|
 A ||---------------|-------------|----------|----------0-|
 E ||-0-------------|-0-----------|-0--------|------------|
                                                            (LICK-1)
 E ||--------0----------0------| ||-----0-------0----| ||----------------|
 B ||-----10--10------12-12----| ||---6---6---6---6--| ||----------------|
 G ||---11------11--11-----11--| ||--5-----5-5-----5-| ||----------------|
 D ||--0----------0----------0-| ||-0-------0-------0| ||------0---------|
 A ||--------------------------| ||------------------| ||-------------0--|
 E ||--------------------------| ||------------------| ||--2/3----2/3----|
		3X			             4X            [slide][slide]
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[Chords]
Am9  - 005503                       G - 005433
Em11 - 004030                     Dm7 - x57565
C  - x3201x                       Dm6 - 353435
CMaj9 - x2001x           E7sus4(addF) - x23230
F - xx3211                         F9 - xx3213
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[Intro-2]                                         

 [Am9] [Am9]  [Em11] [Em11]     [Am9] [Am9]  [Em11] [Em11]      
    (Play the open "A" bass note first in each chord)  

[C]walk-down[CMaj9]         [F/F9]      
 (arpagiate down)   (arpagiate down on F, up on F9)

  [G]                    (Lick-1)   [Am9] [Am9]  [Em11] [Em11] 
(arpagiate down on "G")
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[Verse]

Am9 Am9                Em11 Em11
It might have been things I missed
C   Cmaj9    F/F9    G        (Lick-1)     Am9 Am9  Em11 Em11                 
But don't be unkind, it don't mean I'm blind
 Am9 Am9        Em11 Em11
Perhaps there's a thing or two
C          Cmaj9   F/F9  G   
I think of lying in bed,   
(Lick-1)    Am9 Am9  Em11 Em11         Am9 Am9  Em11 Em11 
I shouldn't have said,    but there it is
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[Bridge/Chorus]

             Dm7  Dm6 (arpagiate down and up for Dm7, Dm6, E7sus4(addF)
You see it's all clear
         Dm7         E7sus4(addF)  
You were meant to be here   

Trill on D-string 2nd & 3rd fret 8X(E & F) - Hammer-on Low-E 3rd fret(G)
         
 (Fill-1)             (Intro-2)
From the beginning
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[Verse]

Am9 Am9               Em11 Em11
Well maybe I might have changed
C   Cmaj9       F/F9   G (Fill-1)     Am9 Am9  Em11 Em11  
And not been so cruel, not been such a fool
Am9 Am9         Em11 Em11
Whatever was done is done
C Cmaj9       F/F9    G (Fill-1)       Am9 Am9  Em11 Em11  
I just can't recall, it doesn't matter at all
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[Bridge/Chorus]
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