Manhattan Transfer - Twilight Zone/Twilight Tone (J. Graydon, B. Herrmann & A. Paul)
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Video Here - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7qe_Rt_oQhU
Tab and chords described for this long forgotten 1970s song featuring the riff and intro script from the
old TV show "The Twilight Zone"...I doubt anyone will ever see it but hopefully someone does and enjoys it.
Chords Used
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[F] [Dbaug] [G] [Gm7] [A] [Gm/Ab] [A7/G] [A7sus/G] [Bbmaj7] [Dbmaj7#11] [Bbm6] [Fmaj7] [G7sus4] [G7] [Csus/Ab] [Bb7]
e|-5----5----3---3---5---6----5-----5-------5------8--------6----X------8----7-----3-----6--|
B|-6----6----3---3---5---8----8-----8-------6------6--------6----10-----6----6-----3-----6--|
G|-5----6----4---3---6---7----6-----7-------7------6--------6----9------7----7-----5-----7--|
D|-7----7----5---3---7---6----5-----5-------8------5--------5----10-----5----5-----6-----6--|
[A]|-X----X----X---X---X---X----X-----X-------X------X--------X----8------X----X-----X-----X--|
[E]|-X----X----X---X---X---X----X-----X-------X------X--------X----X------X----X-----X-----X--|
Intro
N.C. P.M.->
e|--18-18-18-18---18-18-18-18--- -------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--21-22-21------21-22-21------ -------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------21------------21--- --------------------------------------------5-4---------------5-4--------|
D|------------------------------ -------6-5----------------6-5---------2-5-2-----2-3-4---2-5-2-----2-3-4--|
A|------------------------------ -3-6-3-----3-4-5----3-6-3-----3-4-5--------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------(x7)-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
P.M.-----------------] Caugb9
e|--------------------- -----9-----------------------------|
B|--------------------- -----9-----------------------------|
G|--------------------- -----9-----------------------------|
D|--------------------- -----10--------6-------------------|
A|-------3-4-------3-4- -----11----------9--7-6------------|
E|--3-4-------3-4------(x13)------------------------9-7-6-5----|
(Spoken over intro above) With a key, you unlock a door to imagination, Beyond it is another dimension
(Spoken over intro above) A dimension of sight, A dimension of sound, A dimension of mind
(Spoken over intro above) You're moving through a land of both shadow and substance, Of things and ideas
(Spoken over intro above) Guiding you through this wondrous journey is the hypnotic sound of the Twilight Tone
Verse
[F] [Dbaug] [F]
When I hear this melody, this strange illusion takes over me
[G] [Gm7] [Dbaug] [A]
Through a tunnel of the mind, perhaps a present or future time oh, oh,
[F] [Dbaug] [F]
Out of nowhere comes this sound, this melody that keeps spinning round and round
[G] [Gm7] [Dbaug] [F]
Pyramidal locomotion, from a mystic unknown zone
Chorus
[Gm/Ab] [A7/G] [A7sus/G] [Bbmaj7] [Dbmaj7#11] [Bbm6] [Fmaj7]
Here in the twilight, Here in the twi------light, twilight tone
Verse
[F] [Dbaug] [F]
Unpretentious girl from Memphis, saw the future through her third eye,
[G] [Gm7] [Dbaug] [A]
People came with skepticism, picking, testing her precision, no, wo, oh, oh,
[F] [Dbaug] [F]
Suddenly they heard this sound, this melody that keeps spinning round & round
[G] [Gm7] [Dbaug] [F]
A signpost up ahead is calling, through the mystic unknown zone
Chorus
[Gm/Ab] [A7/G] [A7sus/G]
Here in the twilight, (twilight swept away, feelin' the rhythm)
[Abmaj7] [G7sus4] [G7]
Here in the twi------li-------ght (twilight swept away, ba da, loo da, ba da loo da)
[Csus/Ab] [Bb7] [Dbmaj7#11] [Bbm6] [Fmaj7]
Here in the twi---light, twilight tone
[Guitar Solo]
[F] [Dbaug] [F] [G] [Gm7] [Dbaug] [A] [F] [Dbaug] [F] [G] [Gm7] [Dbaug] [F]
Break
N.C.
(Spoken)Submitted for your approval. One Mr. Miller, who's about to take a trip into oddness and obsolescence
N.C.
through a zone whose boundaries are that of imagination, accompanying him on this journey is the mesmerizing
N.C.
Sound of the Twilight Tone
Verse
[F] [Dbaug] [F]
On a cold & rainy night, one Mister Miller had a rare flight,
[G] [Gm7] [Dbaug] [A]
Glen was up there boppin' a rhythm, then the engine stopped to listen with him, Play that beat, oh, oh,
[F] [Dbaug] [F]
Suddenly he heard this sound, this melody that keeps spinning round & round,
[G] [Gm7] [Dbaug] [F]
Now he resides and plays trombone, in the mystic unknown zone
Outro
[Gm/Ab] [A7/G] [A7sus/G]
Here in the twilight,
[Abmaj7] [G7sus4] [G7] [Abmaj7] [G7sus4] [G7] [Abmaj7] [G7sus4] [G7]
Here in the twi------li-------ght, Here in the twi------li-------ght, Here in the twi------li-------ght
[Abmaj7] [G7sus4] [G7] [Abmaj7] [G7sus4] [G7] [Abmaj7] [G7sus4] [G7]
Here in the twi------li-------ght, Here in the twi------li-------ght, Here in the twi------li-------ght
[Abmaj7] [G7sus4] [G7] [Abmaj7] [G7sus4] [G7] [Abmaj7] [G7sus4] [G7]
Here in the twi------li-------ght, Here in the twi------li-------ght, Here in the twi------li-------ght
[Abmaj7] [G7sus4] [G7] [Abmaj7] [G7sus4] [G7] [Abmaj7] [G7sus4] [G7]
Here in the twi------li-------ght, Here in the twi------li-------ght, Here in the twi------li-------ght
(Repeat the outro section many times and then slow fade)