From: Dave Mosley
Date: Mon, 20 Nov 95 09:58:00 PST
ALBUM: Pieces of Eight
MANF : A&M CD3224
A line of X s stand for a muted strum, in a vain attempt to
represent rhythm.
The keyboard intro can be simulated (and is later played):
(Guitar 1)
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|77771077771210||
|*77771077771210*|2|
|*77771077771210*|03200|
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(Guitar 2)
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|710977|
|781010|
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[verse]
D G Bb C D
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|7x77xx35xx5xx77|
|7x77xx35xx5xx77|
|5x55xx5x5513xx3xx5503|
|3x33|
Give me a job, give me security. give me a chance to survive
My mother an father, my wife and my friends I see them laugh in my face
D G Bb C B Bb A
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|7x77xx355x5432|
|7x77xx355x5432|
|5x55xx5x55133x3210|
|3x33310|
I m just a poor soul in the unemployement line, my God I m hardly alive
But I ve got the power, and I ve got the will - I m not a charity case.
I ll take those
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|5757355/7777|
|7857355/7777|
|133/5555|
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Long nights, impossible odds. Keepin my eye on the keyhole. If it takes
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|57572|
|785703200|
|0133|
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All night to be just what I am I m gonna be a blue collar man
Once more thru the keyboard riff, then thru the verse again.
Make me an offer, that I can t refuse.
Make me a respectable man.
This is my last time in the unemployement line,
so like it or not I ll take those...
then a muted tacit on D5, C5, Bb5, and A:
D5
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||*7xx7xx7xx7xx7xx7xx7xx7xx|
||5xx5xx5xx5xx5xx5xx5xx5xx|
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...man. Keepin my mind on a
Paradise. Can it be all I
C5
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|5xx5xx5xx5xx5xx5xx5xx5xx|
|3xx3xx3xx3xx3xx3xx3xx3xx|
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better life. Where
heard it was? I
Bb5
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|3xx3xx3xx3xx3xx3xx3xx3xx|
|1xx1xx1xx1xx1xx1xx1xx1xx|
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happiness, is only a heartbeat
close my eyes, and maybe I m already
A first time second time
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|000/31/53/75/87||000000000|
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away.
there.
solo and repeat.
