transcribed by Mike Pilato
using the standard tuning
and typical compu-tabbing
conventions: /,\ = slides
# = harmonic
^ = bend
p = pulloff
h = hammer on
****VERSE 1****
|---------0--------|---------2--------|---------0--------|---------0--------|
|-------1---1------|-------0---0------|-----------3------|-----------3------|
|-----0-------0----|-----2-------2----|-------0-----0----|-------0-----0----|
|---2-----------2--|---1-----------1--|-----4---------4--|-----4---------4--|
|-3----------------|-2----------------|---2--------------|---2--------------|
|------------------|------------------|-0----------------|-0----------------|
Re - member how we used to laugh and
|------------------|------------------|------------------|-----0---#5-------|
|---------0--------|---------0--------|-----1-------3----|------------------|
|-------0---0---0--|-------0---0---0--|-------0-------0--|-------0----------|
|-----2-------2----|-----4-------4----|---2-----2/4------|-4/5--------------|
|---3--------------|---2--------------|-0----------------|------------------|
|-1----------------|-3----------------|------------------|------------------|
play.... all the things we used to say.....
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|-------1---1---1--|-------0---0------|-----------3------|-----0------------|
|-----0-------0----|-----2-------2----|-------0-----0----|---0---0-----0----|
|---2--------------|---1-----------1--|-----4---------4--|-2---------4---4--|
|-3----------------|-2----------------|---2--------------|---------5--------|
|------------------|------------------|-0----------------|------------------|
How come hearts can grow so cold just because
|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
|---------0--------|---------0--------|-----1-----3------|-1-----1----------|
|-------0---0---0--|-------0---0---0--|-------0-----0----|---0-----0--------|
|-----2-------2----|-----4-------4----|---2-----4-----2--|-----2-----2------|
|---3--------------|---2--------------|-0----------------|-------------0-2--|
|-1----------------|-3----------------|------------------|------------------|
we grow old....
|---------0--------|---------0--------|---------0--------|---------3--------|
|-------1---1---1--|-----3-----3------|-------3---3---3--|-------3---3------|
|-----0-------0----|---2---2-----2----|-----0-------0----|-----0-------0----|
|---2--------------|-0-------------0--|---0--------------|---2-----------2--|
|-3----------------|------------------|-2----------------|-3----------------|
|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
Things were simple then. Why does it have to end?
|------------------|------------------|---------7--------|---------7--------|
|---------5--------|---------5--------|-----8-----8---8--|-----8-----8---0--|
|-----5-----5---5--|-----7-----7------|-------9-----9----|-------9-----9----|
|---5---5-----5----|---7---7-----7----|---9--------------|---9--------------|
|-3----------------|-5-------------5--|-7----------------|-7----------------|
|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
Can we be little children a - gain?
****CHORUS****
C5 D5 E5' E5'
|-------0---0---0--|-------2---2---2--|-------0-----0----|---0---0---0---0--|
|-------1---1---1--|-----3-3---3---3--|-------0-----0----|---0---0---0---0--|
|-----0---0---0----|---2-----2---2----|-----0-----0-0----|-----0---0---0----|
|---2--------------|-0----------------|---2---------2----|------------------|
|-3----------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
|------------------|------------------|-0----------------|------------------|
Through the eyes of innocence,
C5 B5 E5 E5
|-------0----------|-------2---2---0--|-------0----------|---0-------0------|
|-------1-----1----|-------0---0---0--|-------0-----0----|---0---0---0---0--|
|-----0-0---0---0--|-----2---2---2----|-----0-----0---0--|-----0-------0----|
|---2--------------|---1--------------|---2--------------|---------4--------|
|-3----------------|-2----------------|------------------|------------------|
|------------------|------------------|-0----------------|-0----------------|
it can be as it was then.
C5 D5 G5 D/F# E5 D5
|-------0---0---0--|-------2---2---0--|-----3-------3----|-----0-------0----|
|-------0---0---0--|-----3-3---3------|-------3-------3--|-------3-------3--|
|-----0---0---0----|---2-----2---2----|------------------|-----------2------|
|---2--------------|-0----------------|---0-------0------|---2-----0--------|
|-3----------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
|------------------|------------------|-3-------2--------|-0----------------|
Childlike love is Heaven - sent
C5 D5 E5
|-------0---0---0--|-------2---2---2--|-------0-----0----|------------------|
|-------1---1---1--|-----3-3---3---3--|-------0-----3----|------------------|
|-----0---0---0----|---2-----2---2----|-----0-0---0-0----|------------------|
|---2--------------|-0----------------|---2---------2----|------------------|
|-3----------------|------------------|-------------2----|------------------|
|------------------|------------------|-0----------------|------------------|
Through the eyes of innocence.
****VERSE 2****
C5 B5 E5 D5
|------------------|------------------|---------0--------|---------0--------|
|------------------|------------------|-----------3------|-----------3------|
|------------------|------------------|-------0-----0----|-------0-----0----|
|------------------|------------------|-----4---------4--|-----4---------4--|
|------------------|------------------|---2--------------|---2--------------|
|------------------|------------------|-0----------------|-0----------------|
To - day is just to - morrow's memo -
F5 G5 A5 A5
|------------------|------------------|------------------|-----0---#5-------|
|---------0--------|---------0--------|-----1-------3----|------------------|
|-------0---0---0--|-------0---0---0--|-------0-------0--|-------0----------|
|-----2-------2----|-----4-------4----|---2-----2/4------|-4/5--------------|
|---3--------------|---2--------------|-0----------------|------------------|
|-1----------------|-3----------------|------------------|------------------|
ry, broken pictures, faded dreams.
C5 D5 B5 C5
|---------0--------|---------0--------|---------0--------|---------3--------|
|-------1---1---1--|-----3-----3------|-------3---3---3--|-------3---3------|
|-----0-------0----|---2---2-----2----|-----0-------0----|-----0-------0----|
|---2--------------|-0-------------0--|---0--------------|---2-----------2--|
|-3----------------|------------------|-2----------------|-3----------------|
|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
Embracing thoughts that bring us pain, desperate eyes
C5 D5 E5'
|------------------|------------------|---------7--------|---------7--------|
|---------5--------|---------5--------|-----8-----8---8--|-----8-----8---0--|
|-----5-----5---5--|-----7-----7------|-------9-----9----|-------9-----9----|
|---5---5-----5----|---7---7-----7----|---9--------------|---9--------------|
|-3----------------|-5-------------5--|-7----------------|-7----------------|
|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
Seek in vain.
****CHORUS****
C5 D5 E5' E5'
|-------0---0---0--|-------2---2---2--|-------0-----0----|---0---0---0---0--|
|-------1---1---1--|-----3-3---3---3--|-------0-----0----|---0---0---0---0--|
|-----0---0---0----|---2-----2---2----|-----0-----0-0----|-----0---0---0----|
|---2--------------|-0----------------|---2---------2----|------------------|
|-3----------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
|------------------|------------------|-0----------------|------------------|
Through the eyes of innocence,
C5 B5 E5 E5
|-------0----------|-------2---2---0--|-------0----------|---0-------0------|
|-------1-----1----|-------0---0---0--|-------0-----0----|---0---0---0---0--|
|-----0-0---0---0--|-----2---2---2----|-----0-----0---0--|-----0-------0----|
|---2--------------|---1--------------|---2--------------|---------4--------|
|-3----------------|-2----------------|------------------|------------------|
|------------------|------------------|-0----------------|-0----------------|
it can be as it was then.
C5 D5 G5 D/F# E5 D5
|-------0---0---0--|-------2---2---0--|-----3-------3----|-----0-------0----|
|-------0---0---0--|-----3-3---3------|-------3-------3--|-------3-------3--|
|-----0---0---0----|---2-----2---2----|------------------|-----------2------|
|---2--------------|-0----------------|---0-------0------|---2-----0--------|
|-3----------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
|------------------|------------------|-3-------2--------|-0----------------|
Childlike love is Heaven - sent
C5 D5 #####INSERT SOLO HERE######
|-------0---0---0--|-------2---2---2--|-------0-----0----|------------------|
|-------1---1---1--|-----3-3---3---3--|-------0-----0----|------------------|
|-----0---0---0----|---2-----2---2----|-------0---0-0----|------------------|
|---2--------------|-0----------------|-----2-------2----|------------------|
|-3----------------|------------------|---3--------------|------------------|
|------------------|------------------|-1----------------|------------------|
Through the eyes of innocence.
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****SOLO****
F5 F5 F5 F5 1/2 1/2
|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
|-------------10---|------------------|------------12^12^|-------------12-10|
|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
F#5 D5 E5 F#5
|------------------|------------------|-12--9------------|------------------|
|-------------9/10-|-10------9^9------|-------10---------|------------------|
|-11---------------|------------------|-----------9-7/9--|------------------|
|------------------|------------------|------------------|-11---------------|
|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
F#5 D5 E5 F#5
|------------------|------------------|-12--9----9-12/17-|-15---------------|
|-------------9/10-|-10------9^9------|-------10---------|------------------|
|-11---------------|------------------|------------------|-----------/ 18---|
|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
D5 E5
|-------------16-17-19-17-16----------|-------------16-17-19-17-19-21-------|
|-------17-19----------------19-17----|-------17-19-------------------------|
|-18-19----------------------------19-|-18-19-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
A5 E/G# F#5 E5
|-21---------------21-----------------|-21-19-17\16-------------19p17p16-19-|
|-------------------------------------|----------------17-------------------|
|-------------------------------------|-------------------18----------------|
|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
D5 1/2 1/2 E5 1/2
|-17-16-14---------------14-----------|-------------------------------------|
|----------17-15-14-------------------|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------16-------16^--16^-|-16^-p14--16--16---------------------|
|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
F#5
|----------17 \/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/|\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\---|
|--/ 19 \/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/|\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\---|
|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
****CHORUS****
D5 E5 F#5 F#5
Through the eyes of innocence
D5 C#5 F#5 F#5
See the smile of youth again
D5 E5 A5 E/G# F#5 E5
Childlike love is Hea - ven - sent
D5 E5 F#5 (x 16)
Through the eyes of innocence....
D5 E5 A5 E/G# F#5...
Childlike love is Hea - ven - sent ....
|---------2--------|---------0--------|-------2-5-4-2----|-2----------------|
|-----3-----3------|-----------0------|-----2---------2--|-2----------------|
|---2---2-----2----|-------1-----1----|---2--------------|-2----------------|
|-0-------------0--|-----2---------2--|-4----------------|-4----------------|
|------------------|---2--------------|------------------|-4----------------|
|------------------|-0----------------|------------------|-2----------------|
Through the eyes of innocence.
CHRD 123456
==== ======
C5 x355xx
C#5 x466xx
D5 x577xx
D/F# 25xxxx
E5 022xxx
E5' x799xx
E/G# 47xxxx
F5 133xxx
F#5 244xxx
G5 355xxx
A5 577xxx
B5 x244xx
NOTE: I don't know if these are the actual chords being played by he who
plays yon electric guitar, but they're close enough, so GET OVER IT!!
ALSO NOTE: I've never actually played the solo at the correct tempo. In
fact, I don't even own an electric guitar, but this 'should' work.
########## [email protected] -- the ideal guitarist wanna-be #########
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-0---------------|--0---------------|--1---------- C. MICHAEL PILATO
Rememeber how we used to laugh and play?
{from Holy Soldier's "Eyes of Innocence," transcribed by, well, me}