Peter Hammill Red Shift

Tom: G Em Once all the stars in the sky were bright, now they're red and fading Em and all the colours we wore, the shades that we bore have moved G F Em And the gold turns to red with no time for changes? Em Red D Shift, D it's moving away Em from me. Em Red D Shift, Bm Am all moving away from Em me. Once, constellations were holy, now darkness pervades all the older ones and in the brunt of implosion, all yesterday's golden now reddened suns and hope is a word with no space for blame in. Red Shift, displaced now in time and relativity, Red Shift, all moving away from we. (Improvisation) Em Gbm G So here I am, though I might well be with me, I'm fall - ing down deep to the rim of the wheel. Em Gbm G Is it sham? Does the world have a mean - ing? The more that we know, the grea ter con fus ion grows:stars are like a- toms and a- toms are patterns and pro ba bly in the end may be its all been a dream ...etc. Time locked in negative matter all theories shatter beneath the weight Happy is the man who believes that the world is a dream and all reason, fate And time moves on with no time the eye moves on with no rhyme and I'm a song in the depth of the galaxies Red Shift is taking away my sanit Red Shift, all moving away from w