v: strike strings from E->e
 ^: strike strings from e->E
 x: string mute
capo 3
this simple riff is repeated all over the song over different chords

               v ^ v   v ^ v

            E|--2--------4----------
            B|--3--------5----------
            G|--2--------4---------- intro Played over D and  E
            D|--x--------x----------
            A|--x--------x----------
            E|--x--------x----------
INTRO
D   E  D E D
F#m
Bm                       A
Hair stands high on the cat's back like
 F#m                     E (+RIFF)
a ridge of threatening hills.
Bm                   A
Sheepdogs howl, make tracks and growl ---
 F#m             E (+RIFF)
their tails hanging low.
      F
And young children falter
          Bb
in their games at the altar
       Dm          C  Am
of life's hide-and-seek
 G                             D
  between tall pillars, where Sunday-night killers
     Bm           F#m  E (+RIFF)
in grey raincoats peek.

                  D                    E
I'll be coming again like an old dog in pain
     D                F#m        E
Blown through the eye of the hurricane
A            F#m            E           F#m     E (+RIFF)
Down to the stones where old ghosts play.

instrumental final not for now

rest of lyrics

Misty colours unfold a backcloth cold ---
  fine tapestry of silk
I draw around me like a cloak
  and soundless glide a-drifting
  on eddies whirled in beech leaves furled ---
  brown and gold they fly
  in the warm mesh of sunlight
  sifting now from a cloudless sky.

I'll be coming again like an old dog in pain
Blown through the eye of the hurricane
Down to the stones where old ghosts play.

Words and music by  IAN ANDERSON

TRANSCRIPTION BY PACO JIMENEZ (SPAIN)
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