THE ACTOR             (The Moody Blues)
Intro: rolling arpeggio, D, C, G, C (x2), continues in verses:


  D            C            G      C
   The curtain rises on the scene
  D            C              G      C
   With  someone trying to be   free
  D           C               G      C
   The veil unfolds before my eyes
  D                 C            G      C
   There stands the actor who is   me

  Intro x2

   The sleeping hours take us far
   From traffic, telephones and fear.
   Put out your problems with the cat
   Escape until the bell you hear

Ch:
      Am                                   G
  Our reasons are the same, though there's no-one we can blame
             F                           E
  No there's nowhere we need go, and the only trip we know
           Am
  Comes so easily

      C            G             Am
  The sound I have heard in your hello -
  Em  F                      Em
  Oh! Darlin', you're almost part of me
      F                        Em
  Oh! Darlin', you're all I'll ever see
  F    C
  Oh....!

 Intro x2

V2:
  It's such a rainy afternoon
  No point in going anywhere
  The sounds just drift across my room
  I wish this feeling I could share

  It's such a rainy afternoon
  She sits and gazes from her window
  Her mind tries to recall his face
  The feeling deep inside her grows

Ch

 Intro, Intro rit.