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Originaly Transcribed: 6/20/97
Updated: 8:51 PM 12/20/97
Updated (again): 12:55 1/31/01
Updated, yep, again: 10:37 2/14/01
Update, correctly on 05:34 3/6/01
Black Sabbath - After Forever
From Black Sabbath's "Master of Reality" Album - July 1971
Tuning Info: Tune to D, Andante, 92 beats/min., 4/4 count
Note: Lyrics may not align with music and multiple guitar parts may not
align due to space constraints.
{Opening Originally entitled "The Elegy"}
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After Forever
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Have you ever thought about your soul and can it be saved?
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Or perhaps you think that when you are dead you just stay in your grave.
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Is God just a thought within your head, or is he a part of you?
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Is Christ just a name that you read in the book when you were in school?
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When you think about death, do ya loose your breath, or do ya keep your cool
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Would ya like to see the Pope on the end of a rope, do ya think he's a fool?
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Well I've see the truth, yeah I've seen the light and I've changed my ways
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And I'll be prepared when you're lonely and scared at the end of our days.
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Could it be you're afraid of what your friends might say if you believe in
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They should realize before they critisize that God is the only way to love
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Is your mind so small that you have to fall in with the pack wherever they
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Will you sneer when death is near and say that you may as well worship
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I think it is true, that it was people like you who crucified Christ.
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I think it is sad, the opinion you had was the only one voiced.
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Will you be so sure when your day is near and say you don't believe?
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Open your eyes, just realize, that he's the one
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The only one who could save you now from all your sin and hate
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