Before the Deluge – Jackson Browne Intro: (play 2 times) |G |C |G |C | |G |C |G |D | G Some of them were dreamers C G And some of them were fools Em C G C G Who were making plans and thinking of the future G With the energy of the innocent C G They were gathering the tools Em C G They would need to make their journey back to nature Em G While the sand slipped through the opening C G And their hands reached for the golden ring Em C D With their hearts they turned to each other's heart for refuge Em C G C G In the troubled years that came before the deluge G Some of them knew pleasure C G And some of them knew pain Em C G And for some of them it was only the moment that mattered G And on the brave and crazy wings of youth C G They went flying around in the rain Em C G And their feathers, once so fine, grew torn and tattered Em G And in the end they traded their tired wings C G For the resignation that living brings Em C And exchanged love's bright and fragile glow D Em D For the glitter and the rouge Em C G C G And in the moment they were swept before the deluge G C G C Now let the music keep our spirits high G C And let the buildings keep our children dry G D G C Let creation reveal it's secrets by and by G C By and by... G C G D When the light that's lost within us reaches the sky G Some of them were angry C G At the way the earth was abused Em C G By the men who learned how to forge her beauty into power G And they struggled to protect her from them C G Only to be confused Em C G By the magnitude of her fury in the final hour Em G And when the sand was gone and the time arrived C G In the naked dawn only a few survived Em C D And in attempts to understand a thing so simple and so huge Em C G Believed that they were meant to live after the deluge G C G C Now let the music keep our spirits high G C And let the buildings keep our children dry G D G C Let creation reveal it's secrets by and by G C By and by... G C G D When the light that's lost within us reaches the sky Coda: |G |C |G |C | |G |C |G |D | Repeat coda and fade Transcribed by Gerard Koot (Amsterdam, Netherlands) – may 2007 email: gerardkoot@hotmail.com ============================================================================ I’ve added a sample fingerstyle arrangement of the intro. The intro is not played like the original recording but it’s a way of playing the intro violin melody combined with chords. The vertical lines (|) above the high e string indicate the quarter note beats of the measures. Tuning: EADGBe Intro: G C G C | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | e|-----------------|---3---------5---|-7-----8-7-5-----|---3---------5---| B|-3-----3-----3-5-|-----5-----------|-----8-------8-5-|-----5-----------| G|-----4-----------|-------5---5---5-|---7-------------|-------5---5---5-| D|---5-------5-----|-----------------|-5-------5-------|-----------------| A|-----------------|-3-------3-------|-----------------|-3-------3-------| E|-3-------3-------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| G C GC/E D/F# | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | e|-7-----8-7-5-----|---3---------5---|-7-----7-------7-|-5-----5---------| B|-----8-------8-5-|-----5-----------|-----8-------8---|-----7---8---10--| G|---7-------------|-------5---5---5-|---7-------7-----|---7-----9---11--| D|-5-------5-------|-----------------|-5-------5-------|-----------------| A|-----------------|-3-------3-------|-----------------|-5-------7---9---| E|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|