Fooling yourself

Styx

Intro fig 1: --0-2-3-2-3-5-3-2-3-2-0-|--0-2-3-2-3-5-3-2-0-----| 3-----------------------|3-------------------3-2-| ------------------------|------------------------| -0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0| ------------------------|------------------------| ------------------------|------------------------| with other acoustic guitar strumming like a mad dog. Repeat, then fig 2: ---5-3--------------------------| ---5-3----5-5-3-----------------| ---6-4----6-6-4----6-4----------| ----------7-7-5----7-5---7-7-5--| -------------------7-5---7-7-5--| -------------------------5-5-3--| With strumming on the quarter notes underneath. Repeat figure 1, then figure 2 then figure 3: 2-3-5-7-5-353-2---0-|2-3-5-7-5-353-2---0-| ----------------3---|----------------3---| --------------------|--------------------| --------------------|--------------------| --------------------|--------------------| --------------------|--------------------| while the guitar 2 does: 2-3-5-7-5-3---2-----|2-3-5-7-5-3---2-----| 3-3-5-8-5-3---3-3-5-|3-3-5-8-5-3---3-3-5-| 2-4-6-7-6-4---2-4-6-|2-4-6-7-6-4---2-4-6-| ----------------5-7-|----------------5-7-| --------------------|--------------------| --------------------|--------------------| The little synthesizer fill that follows each repetition of the above: --3----3----|-5--------| ---3--------|--875-----| ----4-4-----|-----7646-| 0----5------|----------| ------------|----------| ------------|----------| While the acoustic strums these chords: -0----------|-0--------| -3----------|-5--------| -4----------|-6--------| -5----------|-7--------| -5----------|-7--------| -3----------|-5--------| Then figure 1 twice, figure 2 twice, slowing and ending with a and hold...... then begin the song: play this (figure 4) three times: 2--2-2-0-3---|0--0-0-2----0| 3--3-3-1-0---|1--1-1-3----1| 2--2-2-0-0---|0--0-0-2----0| relax, 0--0-0-0-0---|0--0-0-0----0| take it easy. -------------|-------------| -------------|-------------| then this to end the figure: 2--2-2-0-3---|7--0--2----| 3--3-3-1-0---|8--1--3----| 2--2-2-0-0---|7--0--2----| 0--0-0-0-0---|0--0--0----| -------------|-----------| -------------|-----------| JY plays this little harmonic thing over the fourth and sixth measures of figure 4 (above): -------------------| ---------(7)-------| ------(5)---(7)----| (let ring) ---------------(7)-| -------------------| -------------------|

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