Bee Gees - Turn Of The Century Chords & Tabs

 

Turn Of The Century Chords & Tabs

Bee Gees Chords & Tabs

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Turn Of The Century Tab

   
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			 Turn of the Century – Bee Gees
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Tabbed by: maguri
Tuning: Standard

A little bit of a guilty pleasure but this tune is just so catchy! Not a guitar song as
but still nice to play and sing. In the Bee Gees' version the main instrument is a harpsichord.
In order to get the feel I mostly use the voicings suggested below and strike them hard and
short with a plec in the first part of the verses. The rest (starting with the C chord) can be
strummed ad lib.

TURN OF THE CENTURY
(Barry Gibb/Robin Gibb)
From: Bee Gees 1st (1967)


Intro (semi-baroque woodwind)
  Am      Am/G     Am/F     Am/E    E/D     E/C     E/B     E
e|----------------|----5-----------|---------------|---------------|
B|----------------|------------5---|3-5-6----------|----6---5553---|
G|----2-4-5-4—2---|----------------|-----------4---|---------------|
D|----------------|----------------|---------------|---------------|
A|----------------|----------------|---------------|---------------|
E|----------------|----------------|---------------|---------------|

  Am      Am/G     Am/F    Am/E     E/D     E/C      E/B    E
e|----------------|----------------|----4-----------|--------------|
B|----------------|------------5---|------------5---|--------------|
G|----2-4-5-4—2---|--4-5-4-5-------|4---------------|----4---------|
D|----------------|----------------|----------------|--------------|
A|----------------|----------------|----------------|--------------|
E|----------------|----------------|----------------|--------------|

Link (brass)
  Bb               A                D               Bm
e|----------------|----------------|---------------|--------------|
B|----3-5-6-5-3---|----2-3-5-3-2---|3--------------|--------------|
G|--------------—-|----------------|-------------2-|4-------------|
D|----------------|----------------|---------------|------------4-|
A|----------------|----------------|---------------|--------------|
E|----------------|----------------|---------------|--------------|
  Em               F#               E               F#
e|----------------|----------------|--------2------|--------------|
B|----------------|----------------|---------------|--------------|
G|----------------|3---------------|----4-4--------|--------------|
D|5-------------5-|----------------|---------------|--------------|
A|----------------|----------------|---------------|--------------|
E|----------------|----------------|---------------|--------------|
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/b/bee_gees/turn_of_the_century_tab.html ]
Outro (brass)
  C                B                E               Bm
e|----------------|----------------|---------------|--------------|
B|----5-7-8-7-5---|----4-5-7-5-4---|5--------------|--------------|
G|--------------—-|----------------|-------------4-|6-------------|
D|----------------|----------------|---------------|------------6-|
A|----------------|----------------|---------------|--------------|
E|----------------|----------------|---------------|--------------|
  Em                 F#                 C#
e|------------------|------------------|-----------------|
B|------------------|------------------|-----------------|
G|------------------|5-----------------|6----------------|
D|7---------------7-|------------------|-----------------|
A|------------------|------------------|-----------------|
E|------------------|------------------|-----------------|

Intro | Am Am/G | Am/F Am/E | E/D E/C | E/B  E | (2 times)

Am           Am/G
Ev'rything's happening
Am/F     Am/E        E/D       E/C     E/B      E
  At the turn of the century.
          Am           Am/G    Am/F
I'm gonna buy myself a time machine
          Am/E        G      G/A
Go to the turn of the century.
G/B     G        C              Am
   And all those people passing by
        Bb                   G
And the town crier makes his cry
       C            Am
At the  turn of the century,
C             Am
  Turn of the century.

Am                Am/G
Big wide hats and men in spats
Am/F   Am/E        E/D       E/C     E/B
At the turn of the century.
E            Am        Am/G        Am/F
  With those horseless carriages
       Am/E        G      G/A
At the turn of the century.
G/B     G        C                 Am
   And there are lots of things to do
     Bb                G
On a bicycle built for two
       C            Am
At the turn of the century,
C             Am
Turn of the century.

| Bb | A | D | Bm | Em | F# | E | F# | F# |
(Link)

Bm            Bm/A
Ev'rything's happening
Bm/G     Bm/F#       F#/E   F#/D   F#/C#   F#
  At the turn of the century.
          Bm           Bm/A    Bm/G
I'm gonna buy myself a time machine
          Bm/F#       A    A/B    A/C#
Go to the turn of the century.
    A         D              Bm
And all those people passing by
         C                   A
And the town crier makes his cry
       D           Bm
At the turn of the century,
D             Bm
  Turn of the century.
D             G
  Turn of the century.

| C | B | E | C#m | F#m | G# | C#
(Outro)

   E-B-G-D-A-E
Am 0-1-2-x-x-x-----|
Am/G 0-1-0-x-x-x---|
Am/F 0-1-2-3-x-x---|
Am/E 0-1-2-2-x-x---|
E/D 0-0-1-0-x-x----|
E/C 0-0-1-x-3-x----|
E/B 0-0-1-x-2-x----|
E 0-0-1-2-x-x------|
G 3-3-0-0-x-3------|
G/A 3-3-0-0-0-x----|
G/B 3-3-0-0-2-x----|
Bm x-3-4-4-2-x-----|
Bm/A x-3-4-4-0-x---|
Bm/G x-3-4-4-x-3---|
Bm/F# x-3-4-4-x-2--|
F#/E 2-2-3-2-x-x---|
F#/D 2-2-3-0-x-x---|
F#/C# 2-2-3-x-4-x--|
F# 2-2-3-4-x-x-----|
A/B 0-2-2-2-2-x----|
A/C# (0)-2-2-2-4-x-|