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Nik Kershaw-Wouldnt It Be Good - BPM - 89

[Intro - 97 BPM] (x2) I play Dsus4 for Dadd4 - comes in on 3&4 
And follow the melody / keys i.e. D Dsus4 D

(play chords low and off beat)
pickup with snare on each - count in 1 2 3 4 1 2 Riff
[D-x57775][D-x57775] x [D-x57775]
[C] [Emadd4/A-00x987] [D-x57775]  [D-x57775] 
[C] [Emadd4/A]         [D]  [D] 
[C] [Emadd4/A]         [D]  [D]
[Em] [Em]            [Em] [Dadd4]

[C] x x [Em7/A-x02030] - x x [Em/A-02000] [Em/A-02000]- x [D] x x -  [Dadd4] 
[C] [Em7/A-x02030]         [D]  [Dadd4] 
[C] [Em7/A-x02030]         [Dadd6-xx0202]  [D]
[Em] [Em]          [Em] [F#]
[Repeat]
 
[Verse 1]
[C#m*] I got it bad, you don't know how bad I got it
[C#m*] You got it easy, you don't know when you got it good
[C#m*] It's getting harder, just keeping life and soul together
[C#m*] I'm sick of fighting, even [D*] though I know [A] I shouldn't
[A] The cold is biting through [G#m] each and every [D#m] nerve and fibre
My broken [D#m] spirit is [F#] frozen to the [C#m] core 
(vocal note now goes down from one tone - from G to F# - notes for this line are F# to B)
[Bsus4/E-think Esus2-779977] I don't wanna be here no (more)(straight to next line)
 
[Chorus 1 - Sometimes Cadd4 figure add snare on all hits] 
[Dadd4] Wouldn't it be 
[C] good to [Em7/A-x02030]be in [Em/A-02000]your [D] shoes .. [Dadd4] even if it 
[C] was for [Em7/A-x02030] just one day [D] .. [Dadd4] And wouldn't it be 
[C] good, if [Em7/A-x02030]we could [Em/A-02000]wish [D] ourselves [D] a 
[Em] way (riff 022000 x 022000 x - x 000000 x 000000 - 022000)

[Dadd4] Wouldn't it be 
[C] good to [Emadd4] be on your [D] side ..[Dadd4] The grass is always 
[C] greener [Emadd4] over there [D] [Dadd4] Wouldn't it be 
[C] good, if [Emadd4] we could live [D] without [D*] a care 
[Em] [Em]             [Em] [F#]
 
[Verse 2]
[C#m*] You must be joking, You don't know a thing about it
[C#m*] You've got no problem, I'd stay right there if I were you
[C#m*] I got it harder, You couldn't dream how hard I got it
[C#m*] Stay out of my shoes, If you know [D*] what's good [A] for you
[A] The heat is stifling, [G#m] burning me up from [D#m] me inside
The sweat is [D#m] coming through [F#] each and every [C#m] pore
 
[Bridge - No drums]
[Esus2-079977] I don't wanna be (octave riff) here no more
[Esus2-079977] I don't wanna be (octave riff) here no more
[Esus2-079977] I don't wanna be (octave riff) here no more
[Esus2-079977] (octave riff)
[Esus2-079977] (octave riff)
[Esus2-079977] (octave riff)
[Ebsus4] (synth sweep)
 
[Instrumental] 
D (keyboard pick up riff) 

C Emadd4-00x987 D-x57775  D*-x-x-0-11-10-10 
C Emadd4 D D
C Emadd4 D D* 
Em Em Em D (keyboard pick up riff)

C Emadd4 D D* (barre at 10th)
C Emadd4 D D
C Emadd4 D D* 
Em Em Em Dadd4 (sus4 pickup riff with snare on each hit)
 
[Dhorus 2] 
[Dadd4] Wouldn't it be 
[C] good to [Em7/A-x02030]be in [Em/A-02000]your [D] shoes .. [Dadd4] even if it 
[C] was for [Em7/A-x02030] just one day [D] .. [Dadd4] And wouldn't it be 
[C] good, if [Em7/A-x02030]we could [Em/A-02000]wish [D] ourselves [D] a 
[Em] way (riff 022000 x 022000 x - x 000000 x 000000 - 022000)

[Dadd4] (s)Would (s)n't (drums stop) it be 
(drums back in)
[C] good to [Emadd4] be on your [D] side ..[Dadd4] The grass is always 
[C] greener [Emadd4] over there [D] [Dadd4] Wouldn't it be 
[C] good, if [Emadd4] we could live [D] without [D] a care 
[Em] [Em]             [Em] [F#]

[End]
[C#m]

[Notes]
[Solo]
[D] (keyboard pick up riff) 
[D]          [C][Em][D]
E 7-----------0--7--2--10----------------------
B 7-10-8-7----1--8--3--10-------------------
G 7-----------0--9--2--11-------------------
D 0-----------2--x--0--x-------------------
A ------------3--0--x-----------------------
E -------------------------------------------

 [D]        [C]       [Em]      [D]
E 7----------0-3-0----0---0-10---2---
B 7-10-8-7---1--------10--12-----3---
G 7----------0--------9---9------2---
D 0----------2--------x---x------0---
A -----------3--------0---0----------
E -----------------------------------

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UB40-Red Red Wine - BPM - 89

[Chorus - No drums during Red red bit - 
DO OFFBEAT REGGAE STRUM FOR ALL BUT KEYBOARD PART]
 
[G]Red [G]red 
[C] wine       [F] [G] Goes [F]  to my 
[C] head       [F] [G] Makes [F] me for 
[C] get that I [F] [G] still [F] need her 
[G] so         [G] [F] [G]Red [G]red (drums stop)

(drums back in)
[C] wine          [F] [G] It's [F] up to 
[C] you           [F] [G] All [F]  I can 
[C] do I've done, [F] [G] But [F] memories won't 
[G] go [G]        [F] Memor [G] ies won't 
[C] go            [F] [G] [F] 

[Bridge] 
I had
[G] sworn that with [C] time, 
[F] thoughts of you'd leave my [C] head. I was 
[G] wrong. Now I [C] find, just one 
[F] thing makes me for [G] get. (drum fill - use strum to do)
 
[Chorus] 
[G]Red [G]red 
[C] wine       [F] [G] Stay [F] close to
[C] me         [F] [G] Don't [F] let me be 
[C] alone      [F] [G] Its [F] tearing a  
[G] part,      [G] [F] my blue [G] blue heart

[Keyboard Part - Open chords - Gsus4 - 3x0013]
[C] [F] [Gsus4] [G] - [C] [F] [Gsus4] [G]
 
[Bridge] 
I had
[G] sworn that with [C] time, 
[F] thoughts of you'd leave my [C] head. I was 
[G] wrong. Now I [C] find, just one 
[F] thing makes me for [G] get. (drum fill - use strum to do)

[Chorus] 
[G]Red [G]red 
[C] wine       [F] [G] Stay [F] close to
[C] me         [F] [G] Don't [F] let me be 
[C] alone      [F] [G] Its [F] tearing a  
[G] part,      [G] [F] my blue [G] blue heart

[Keyboard Part - Open chords - Gsus4 - 3x0013]
[C] [F] [Gsus4] [G] - [C] [F] [Gsus4] [G]
 
[Chorus - Can fade out to end] 
[G]Red [G]red
[C] wine       [F] [G] Stay [F] close to
[C] me         [F] [G] Don't [F] let me be 
[C] alone      [F] [G] Its [F] tearing a  
[G] part,      [G] [F] my blue [G] blue heart

[End]
[C]

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