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Pink Floyd-Wish You Were Here - BPM - 129

[LOOPING NOTES - PLAY OPENING CHORDS WITH RIFF AND THEN CAN LOOP WHILST YOU PLAY OVER THE TOP]

[Looping] Instrumental chords - play once with drum after 1st verse - then have them stored for later section - Allude to bass line whilst chords ringing out rather than specifically articulating

[Intro]                                  
                     Em7                G            
e|-------------------3-3----------------3-3---------|
B|-------------------3-3----------------3-3---------|
G|-------------------0-0------0---------0-0---------|   
D|----------0--2-----2-2---2-----2--0---0-0---------| x2
A|-----0h2-----------2-2----------------2-2---------|   
E|--3----------------0-0----------------3-3---------|   
                                                        
                     Em7               A7sus4           
e|-------------------3-3----------------3-3---------|   
B|-------------------3-3----------------3-3---------|   
G|-------------------0-0----------------2-2---------|   
D|----------0--2-----2-2--2--0----------2-2---------| x2
A|-----0h2-----------2-2--------2--0----0-0---------|   
E|--3----------------0-0----------------------------|   
                                                        
               G                                        
e|-------------3-3-------|                              
B|-------------3-3-------|                              
G|-------------0-0-------|                              
D|-------------0-0-------|                              
A|--0-2-0------2-2-------|                              
E|---------3---3-3-------|                              

[Verse 1]                  
 [C] So, so you think you can t [D/F#] ell,
Heaven from H [Am/E] ell, blue skies from pa [G] in.
Can you tell a green  [D/F#] field from a cold steel 
ra [C] il, a smile from a ve [Am] il
Do you think you can t [G] ell?

[Verse 2]                                  
Did they get you to tr [C] ade your heroes for  [D/F#] ghosts,
Hot ashes for tr [Am/E] ees, hot air for a coo [G] l breeze, 
cold comfort for cha [D/F#] nge,
And did you exchan [C] ge a walk on part in the  
[Am] war for a lead role in a ca [G] ge?

[Instrumental]                          
Em7  G  Em7  G  Em7  A7sus4  Em7  A7sus4  G

[Verse 3]                        
 [C] How I wish, how I wish you were  [D/F#] here
We're just  [Am/E] two lost souls swimming in a 
fish bowl,  [G] year after year,
 [D/F#]  Running over the same old ground.  [C] What have we found?
The same old  [Am] fears. Wish you were here!  [G]  

[Instrumental]
Em7  G  Em7  A7sus4  Em7  A7sus4  G  x2

[End]
During instrumental play Bass line the same way you 
play superstition
Initial climb up just hammer on to B from A whilst 
playing G - strum the rest
Back to G - D string - 5 2
Back to A - A string 7 5 E string 7
Back to Em (in A section) E string 5h7 A string 5
Final riff before hand on G - E string 5 7 5


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Billy Joel-Uptown Girl - BPM - 129

[BPM - 129]
[Intro]
"uh oh .." etc - 
[E] [F#m] [G#m] ([A] [B])

[Verse]
[E] Uptown girl ......... [F#m] She's been living in her
[G#m] uptown world [A] I bet she [B] never had a 
[E] back street guy [F#m] I bet her mama never 
[G#m] told her [A] why I'm gonna [B] try for an
[E] Uptown girl [F#m] She's been living in her 
[G#m] white bread world [A] As long as [B] anyone with 
[E] hot blood can [F#m] And now she's looking for a 
[G#m] downtown man [A] That's what I [B] am

[Chorus]
[C] And when she [Am] knows what
She [Dm] wants from her [G] time
[C] And when she [Am] wakes up
And [Dm] makes up her [G] mind
[A] She'll see I'm [F#m] not so tough
[D] Just because
[B] I'm in love with an

[Verse] 
[E] Uptown girl ... [F#m] You know I've seen her in her 
[G#m] uptown world [A] She's getting [B] tired of her
[E] high class toys [F#m] And all her presents from her 
[G#m] uptown boys [A] She's got a [B] choice

[Interlude]
[G] Whoo-ooo-ooo- [A] ooo-ooo-ooo-ooo- 
[F#] ooo-ooo-ooo-ooo- [Bm] ooo-ooo- [A] ooo-oah
[G] Whoo-ooo-ooo- [A] ooo-ooo-ooo-ooo- 
[F#] ooo-ooo-ooo-ooo- [B] ooo-ooo- [B] ooo-oah

[Verse]
[E] Uptown girl .....  [F#m] You know I can't afford to 
[G#m] buy her pearls [A] But maybe [B] someday when my  
[E] ship comes in [F#m] She'll understand what kind of 
[G#m] guy I've been [A] And then I'll [B] win

[Chorus]
[C] And when she's [Am] walking
She's [Dm] looking so [G] fine
[C] And when she's [Am] talking
She'll [Dm] say that she's [G] mine
[A] She'll say I'm [F#m] not so tough
[D] Just because
[B] I'm in love with an

[Verse - Drum fills section - snare only really on 4]
(just play bass drum and chords on 1 and put fills in on snare when appropriate)
[E] Uptown girl ......[F#m] She's been living in her 
[G#m] white bread world [A] As long as [B] anyone with 
[E] hot blood can [F#m] And now she's looking for a 
[G#m] downtown man [A] That's what I [B] am

[Interlude]
[G] Whoo-ooo-ooo- [A] ooo-ooo-ooo-ooo- 
[F#] ooo-ooo-ooo-ooo- [Bm] ooo-ooo- [A] ooo-oah
[G] Whoo-ooo-ooo- [A] ooo-ooo-ooo-ooo- 
[F#] ooo-ooo-ooo-ooo- [B] ooo-ooo- [B] ooo-oah

[Verse]
[E]Uptown girl [F#m]  
She's my uptown [G#m] girl .. You 
[A] know I'm in [B] love with an 
[E] uptown girl [F#m] My uptown 
[G#m] girl ....... You
[A] know I'm in [B] love with an 
[E] Uptown girl .... [F#m] My uptown 
[G#m] girl ....... You 
[A] know I'm in [B] love with an 
[E] Uptown girl .... [F#m] My uptown 
[G#m] girl ......... You 
[A] know I'm in [B] love (end on E)            

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