h - hammer on p - pull off b - bend string up r - release bend INTRO Guitar I E||-----------------------------| B||-----------------------------| G||-2-----2-----2-----2---------| 1 D||-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-----| A||-------------------------3-3-| E||-------------------------5-5-| |-------------------------------| |-------------------------------| |-22-2-2-2-2-2-00-2-------------| 2 |-00-0-0-0-0-0-00-0-------------| |-------------------------------| |-------------------------------| |-------------------------------| |-------------------------------| |-0h2-2-0h2-2-0h2-2-0h2-2-0h2-2-| 3 |-0---0-----0-----0-----0-----0-| |-------------------------------| |-------------------------------| Guitar II E||------------------------------------| B||------------------------------------| G||-11-11-9------9---11--9--12-12-11---| 2 D||----------12------------------------| A||------------------------------------| E||------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------------| 3 |-11h12-12-11h12-12-11h12-12-11h12-12-11h12-12-| |----------------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------------| These are played in the following order: 1-1-2-2-2-3-2-2-2-3 VERSE When I was a young boy... E||---------------------------------------| B||---------------------------------------| G||-2-2-4-2-2-2-4-2-2-2-4-2-2-2-4---------| D||-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---------| A||---------------------------------------| E||---------------------------------------| You were a girl... E||---------------------------------------------------| B||---------------------------------------------------| G||---------------------------------------------------| D||-2-2-4-2-5-2-4-2-2-2-4-2-5-2-4-2-2-2-4-2-5-2-4-2---| A||-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---| E||---------------------------------------------------| We got together... E||---------------------------------------------------| B||---------------------------------------------------| G||-2-2-4-2-5-2-4-2-2-2-4-2-5-2-4-2-2-2-4-2-5-2-4-2---| D||-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---| A||---------------------------------------------------| E||---------------------------------------------------| Well I tried... E||---------------------------------------------------| B||---------------------------------------------------| G||---------------------------------------------------| D||-2-2-4-2-5-2-4-2-2-2-4-2-5-2-4-2-2-2-4-2-5-2-4-2---| A||-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---| E||---------------------------------------------------| back in the blue... E||----------------------------------------| B||----------------------------------------| G||-2-2-4-2-2-2-4-2-2-2-4-2-2-2-4-2--------| D||-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--------| A||----------------------------------------| E||----------------------------------------| CHORUS If your gonna run... E||------------------------------------------------------| B||---------------------------------3-3-3-3--3-3-3-3-----| G||-5h7-7-7-7--5h7-7-7-7--7-7--7-7--0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0-----| D||-0---0-0-0--0---0-0-0--0-0--0-0-----------------------| A||------------------------------------------------------| E||------------------------------------------------------| You never had... E||-------------------------------------------------------------| B||-------------------------------------------------------------| G||-2-2-4-2-2-2-4-2-2-2-4-2-2-2-4--5-5-7-5-5-5-7----------------| D||-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-5-5-7-5-5-5-7--| A||----------------------------------------------3-3-3-3-3-3-3--| E||-------------------------------------------------------------| had it anyway... more more more... making waves... E||------------------------------------------------| B||---------------------------------------------8--| G||-2-2-4-2-2-2-4-2-2-2-4-2-2-2-4-2---4-2-------7--| D||-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---2-0-------5--| A||---------------------------------5------------ -| E||---------------------------------3--------------| VERSE I was always right... E||---------------------------------------| B||---------------------------------------| G||-2-2-4-2-2-2-4-2-2-2-4-2-2-2-4---------| D||-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---------| A||---------------------------------------| E||---------------------------------------| you were living... E||---------------------------------------------------| B||---------------------------------------------------| G||---------------------------------------------------| D||-2-2-4-2-5-2-4-2-2-2-4-2-5-2-4-2-2-2-4-2-5-2-4-2---| A||-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---| E||---------------------------------------------------| And I never found... E||---------------------------------------------------| B||---------------------------------------------------| G||-2-2-4-2-5-2-4-2-2-2-4-2-5-2-4-2-2-2-4-2-5-2-4-2---| D||-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---| A||---------------------------------------------------| E||---------------------------------------------------| Oh I tried, and I tried... E||---------------------------------------------------| B||---------------------------------------------------| G||---------------------------------------------------| D||-2-2-4-2-5-2-4-2-2-2-4-2-5-2-4-2-2-2-4-2-5-2-4-2---| A||-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---| E||---------------------------------------------------| back in the blue... E||----------------------------------------| B||----------------------------------------| G||-2-2-4-2-2-2-4-2-2-2-4-2-2-2-4-2--------| D||-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--------| A||----------------------------------------| E||----------------------------------------| CHORUS If your gonna run... E||------------------------------------------------------| B||---------------------------------3-3-3-3--3-3-3-3-----| G||-5h7-7-7-7--5h7-7-7-7--7-7--7-7--0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0-----| D||-0---0-0-0--0---0-0-0--0-0--0-0-----------------------| A||------------------------------------------------------| E||------------------------------------------------------| E||-------------------------| B||-13/15-15-15-------------| G||------------16-16--------| D||-------------------------| A||-------------------------| E||-------------------------| Guitar II You never had... E||-------------------------------------------------------------| B||-------------------------------------------------------------| G||-2-2-4-2-2-2-4-2-2-2-4-2-2-2-4--5-5-7-5-5-5-7----------------| D||-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-5-5-7-5-5-5-7--| A||----------------------------------------------3-3-3-3-3-3-3--| E||-------------------------------------------------------------| had it anyway... more more more... making waves... E||------------------------------------------------| B||---------------------------------------------8--| G||-2-2-4-2-2-2-4-2-2-2-4-2-2-2-4-2---4-2-------7--| D||-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---2-0-------5--| A||---------------------------------5------------ -| E||---------------------------------3--------------| SOLO I E||----------------------------|-------------------------------| B||----------------------------|-------------------------------| G||----------------------------|-------------------------------| D||----------------------------|-------------------------------| A||----------------------------|-------------------------------| E||-3-5-3-6--5-3-1-3-5-3-------|-3-3-5-3-6-6--5-3-1-1-3-5-3----| repeat 2x repeat 2x E||------------------------------------------------------------------| B||------------------------------------------------------------------| G||------------------------------------------------------------------| D||---------------------------------------5-7-9-10p9-10p9-10p9--7-7--| A||-0-3-5-5br-3-0--0-3-5-5br-3-0--0-3-5/7----------------------------| E||------------------------------------------------------------------| repeat 2x After this the melody from the intro is repeated: 1 2 E||------------------------------------|------------------------------------| B||------------------------------------|------------------------------------| G||--11-11-9------9---11--9--12-12-11--|------------------------------------| D||-----------12-----------------------|--11-11-9------9---11--9--12-12-11--| A||------------------------------------|-----------12-----------------------| E||------------------------------------|------------------------------------| 3 |----------------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------------| |-11h12-12-11h12-12-11h12-12-11h12-12-11h12-12-| |----------------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------------| These are played in the following order: 1-2-2-1-1-2-2-3 VERSE What you gonna do... E||---------------------------------------| B||---------------------------------------| G||-2-2-4-2-2-2-4-2-2-2-4-2-2-2-4---------| D||-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---------| A||---------------------------------------| E||---------------------------------------| Well I must have... E||---------------------------------------------------| B||---------------------------------------------------| G||---------------------------------------------------| D||-2-2-4-2-5-2-4-2-2-2-4-2-5-2-4-2-2-2-4-2-5-2-4-2---| A||-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---| E||---------------------------------------------------| When I tried to find... E||---------------------------------------------------| B||---------------------------------------------------| G||-2-2-4-2-5-2-4-2-2-2-4-2-5-2-4-2-2-2-4-2-5-2-4-2---| D||-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---| A||---------------------------------------------------| E||---------------------------------------------------| You threw it all in... E||---------------------------------------------------| B||---------------------------------------------------| G||---------------------------------------------------| D||-2-2-4-2-5-2-4-2-2-2-4-2-5-2-4-2-2-2-4-2-5-2-4-2---| A||-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---| E||---------------------------------------------------| back in the blue... E||----------------------------------------| B||----------------------------------------| G||-2-2-4-2-2-2-4-2-2-2-4-2-2-2-4-2--------| D||-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--------| A||----------------------------------------| E||----------------------------------------| CHORUS (this is repeated 3x, then the song ends) If your gonna run... E||------------------------------------------------------| B||---------------------------------3-3-3-3--3-3-3-3-----| G||-5h7-7-7-7--5h7-7-7-7--7-7--7-7--0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0-----| D||-0---0-0-0--0---0-0-0--0-0--0-0-----------------------| A||------------------------------------------------------| E||------------------------------------------------------| E||-------------------------| B||-13/15-15-15-------------| G||------------16-16--------| D||-------------------------| A||-------------------------| E||-------------------------| Guitar II You never had... E||-------------------------------------------------------------| B||-------------------------------------------------------------| G||-2-2-4-2-2-2-4-2-2-2-4-2-2-2-4--5-5-7-5-5-5-7----------------| D||-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-5-5-7-5-5-5-7--| A||----------------------------------------------3-3-3-3-3-3-3--| E||-------------------------------------------------------------| had it anyway... more more more... making waves... E||------------------------------------------------| B||---------------------------------------------3--| G||-2-2-4-2-2-2-4-2-2-2-4-2-2-2-4-2---4-2--2-2--2--| D||-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---2-0--0-0--0--| A||---------------------------------5------------ -| E||---------------------------------3--------------| This is the whole song...
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