#PLEASE NOTE: This file represents my impression of how Michael Hedges
plays this song from listening to the track on Michael Hedges'
Watching
My Life Go By CD. You may only use this file for private study,
scholarship, or research. Please email me <marian@aon.at>
if you have a different impression of how it should be played. #
Streamlined Man
Words and Music by Michael Hedges
Transcribed by: Marian <marian@aon.at>
Tuning: FGGDGD
F20757
Note: There are long vocal scats at the beginning and end which I've
indicated with la la la, followed by dots. You have to listen to the
recording to sing them properly.
Intro:
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la la la la la, etc...............................
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................la la la la la
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................................la la
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la la la la
[harmonics]
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He's a
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streamlined man Watch the
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wind from his direction as it
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breaks He will
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under- stand needless
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words breeze by the angles of his
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face
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No un -
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necessary motion
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point to point to
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point in line
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Truth
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is racing
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through his emotions
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Heart to mind to
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heart to mind The
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streamlined man in
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harmo- ny with wisdom and
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restraint His
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streamlined hands
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strike those chords
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Maneuvering
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Stabi- lizing
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holding firm through
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fluid time
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Youth
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and age
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move straight and forward
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No rewind
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No rewind The
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Streamlined man
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He's a
Outtro:
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Stream lined man
[2nd voice:] La la la la laaaaaaaaaa
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La la la la la la, etc...............
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...............................................la la
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la la la la, etc..................
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......................... la la la la
© 1985 Naked Ear Music (BMI) and Windham Hill Music (BMI)