Journey to the Past

Journey to the PastAnastasia

Liz Callaway, 1997.

Lyricist: Lynn Ahrens

Producers: Ahrens, Flaherty

Label: Atlantic

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Single notes:

 
C 
C6 E5 G5 B5 E5 G5 C6

D6 C6

 
Csus 
C6 F5 G5 B5 F5 G5 C6

D6 E6 D6

 
C 
C6 E5 G5 B5 E5 G5 C6

D6 C6

 
Csus 
C6 F5 G5 B5 F5 G5 C6

D6 E6 D6

 
C 
Heart don’t fail me now,
 
Csus 
courage don’t desert me,
 
C 
don’t turn back now that we’re  
Csus 
here. 
 
 
G7 
 
Eb 
People always say
 
Ebsus 
life is full of choices,
 
Gb/Db 
no one  
Ebm7 
ever mentions  
Fm7 
fear. 
 
 
Gm7 
 
Cm7 
Or 
 
 
Ab 
how the  
Bb/Ab 
world can seem so  
Gm 
vast 
 
 
Bb/C 
 
Cm 
 
Fm7 
on a journey…
Ab/Bb 
 
to the  
F# 
past.

Single notes:

F#4 E#4 F#4 G#4 F#4

 
B/F# 
F# E# F# G# A# G#
 
F# 
F#5 E#5 F#5 G#5 F#5
 
Dm7 
G F  
G7sus 
G A  
G 
 
D6
 
C 
Somewhere down this road,
 
Csus 
I know someone’s waiting,
 
C 
years of dreams just can’t be  
F/C 
wrong. 
 
 
G/D 
 
Eb 
Arms will open wide
 
Ab/Eb 
I’ll be safe and wanted
 
Gb/Db 
finally 
 
 
Ebm 
home where I  
Fm7 
belong. 
 
 
Gm7 
 
Cm7 
Well, 
 
 
Ab 
starting 
 
 
Bb/Ab 
now I’m learning  
Gm 
fast, 
 
 
Cm7 
 
Fm7 
on this journey…
Ab/Bb 
 
to the  
F# 
past.

Single notes:

F#4 E#4 F#4 G#4 F#4

 
B/F# 
F# E# F# G# A# G#
 
F# 
F#5 E#5 F#5 G#5 F#5
 
B/F# 
F# E# F# G#  
G#m7 
A# 
 
C#
 
A#m 
Home, 
 
 
B 
love, 
 
 
C# 
fami
D#m 
ly,
 
there was  
F#add2/A# 
once a  
F#/A# 
time I  
B 
must have had them  
C#7sus 
too. 
 
 
C# 
 
Ebadd2/G 
Home
Eb/G 
 
 
Abadd2 
love
Ab/C 
 
 
Bb 
fami
Cm 
ly,
 
I  
Ab 
will 
 
 
Gm 
never be  
Eb/G 
com
Cm 
plete until I  
Em/A 
find 
 
 
F#m/A 
you.
 
Em/A 
 
F#m/A 

Top notes:

 
Em/A 
G5 
 
 
F#m/A 
A5
 
Em/A 
G4 A4  
F#m/A 
A4 
 
B4
 
G 
B4 
 
 
F/G 
C5 C5  
G 
D5
 
C 
One step at a time,
 
Csus 
one hope, then another,
 
C 
who knows where this road may  
F/C 
go? 
 
 
G/D 
 
Eb 
Back to who I was,
 
Ab/Eb 
on to find my future,
 
Gb/Db 
things my  
Ebm7 
heart still needs to  
Fm7 
know 
 
 
Gm7 
 
Cm7 
Yes, 
 
 
Ab 
let this  
Bb/Ab 
be a sign,
 
Gm7 
let this  
Cm7 
road be mine,
 
Fm7 
let it  
Ab/Bb 
lead me to my  
Bb/C 
past.
 
And  
Bmaj7 
bring me home…
Ab/Bb 
 
at  
Eb 
last!

Single notes:

Eb5 D5 Eb5 F5 Eb5

 
Ab/Eb 
Eb5 D5 Eb5 F5 G5 F5
 
Abm/Eb 
Eb5 D5 Eb5 F5 G5 B5
 
Eb 
B5