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Pogues-Dirty Old Town - sr - 200

[Intro - BPM 120 - No drums - Free time sort of feel]
Chords
 D                                  G               D          Em          Bm

E --0-2-------02-----x--------2-5---7---5-2--0------2-------0-2-0-----0-----2----
B -3--3------3------33--------3-----x---x---------3!3------3----0------3-0--3
G 2---2--------------2--------2-----0---0-----------2-----------0-----------4
D ----0--------------0--------0-----0---0-----------0-----------2-----------4
A ----------------------------------x---x-----------------------2-----------2
E ----------------------------------3---3*----------------------0------------
* - fret with 2nd figure so can hold Gmaj and play higher lines
! - fret with 3rd finger to hold to go straight from G to D 
 
[D] [D] [D] [D]   
[G] [G] [D] [D]   
[Em][Em][Bm][Bm]
  
[Verse 1 - Drums in] (key change) 
I met my [G] love by the gas works [G] wall ...............
Dreamed a [C] dream by the old ca [G] nal ...............
I kissed my [G] girl by the factory [G] wall ...............
Dirty old [D] town, dirty old [Em] town
  
[Verse 2] 
Clouds are [G] drif.........ting across the moon
Cats are [C] prowl........ing on their [G] beat
Springs a [G] girl .........from the streets at night
Dirty old [D] town, dirty old [Em] town
  
[Instrumental] (key change) 
[C][C][C][C] 
[F][F][C][C] 
[C][C][C][C]
[G][G][Am][Am]

Ch     C                               F              C
E -----0---------0------x--------0-3---5---x*--x------x---
B -1-3-1------1-3-----1-1--------1-----6---8-5(5)---5-5---
G 0----0----------------0--------0-----5--(5)----7--5-5---
D -----2----------------2--------2-----7--(5)-------5-5---
A -----3----------------3--------3-----8---x----------7---
E -----------------------------------------x----------8---

Ch     C                               G        Am
E -----0---------0------x--------0---0-x--------0----------
B -1-3-1------1-3-----1-1--------1-3---3--3-1---1-----------
G 0----0----------------0--------0-----0------2-2----------
D -----2----------------2--------2-----0--------2---------
A -----3----------------3--------3-----x--------0---------
E -------------------------------------3!-----------------
* kind of holding a barre across all 5 frets to make fuller sound but don't ring high and low notes
! play G with just 3rd and 4th finger so can use 4th finger to play pull off to 
  
[Verse 3] (key change) 
I heard a [G] siren from the [G] docks
Saw a [C] train set the night on [G] fire
I smelled the [G] spring on the smoky [G] wind
Dirty old [D] town, dirty old [Em] town
  
[Verse 4] 
I'm gonna [G] make ............ me a big sharp [G] axe
Shining  [C] steel.......... tempered in the [G] fire
I'll chop you [G] down like an old dead [G] tree
Dirty old [D] town, dirty old [Em] town
  
[Verse 5 - Quiet - no drums] 
I met my [G] love by the gas works [G] wall ...............
Dreamed a [C] dream by the old ca [G] nal ...............
I kissed my [G] girl by the factory [G] wall ...............
Dirty old [D] town, dirty old [Em] town
Dirty old [D] town, dirty old [Em]town(stop)

[End]

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Whitney Houston-Dance With Somebody

[Keyboard Intro - Capo 2 - Start melody is root note - in this case G - Capo 6 for original]
(Random percussion - then full drums with Wooooh)

[C] [C] [Am] ([F]([F][G])) - 8 bars (each chord outside of curved brackets = 2 bars)
([C] ([C] x x ([C][G]))) - 2 bars

[Verse 1 - Melody starts on open G string - root note of G chord]
[G] Clocks strikes upon the hour, and the [Am] sun begins to fade,
[G] still enough time to figure out how to [Am] chase my blues away.
[F] I've done alright [G] up 'til now, it's the [C] light 
of day that [F] shows me how,
and [F] when the [C] night [G/A] falls, loneliness 
calls [F] [F] [F] [F] .. [G] [G]
 
[Chorus]
[C] Oh! I wanna dance with somebody, 
[C] I wanna feel the heat with somebody.
[Am] Yeah! I wanna dance with somebody,
[F] with some [Dm] body who [G] loves me. 
[C] Oh! I wanna dance with somebody, 
I wanna feel the heat with somebody.
[Am] Yeah! I wanna dance with somebody,
[F] with some [Dm] body who [G]loves me. [C] 

[Vamp - C9 riff to G]
[C] [C] [C] [C]
[C] [C9] [C] [C] - [C] [G]
 
[Verse 2]
[G] I've been in love and lost my senses, [Am] spinning through the town,
[G] soon or later the fever ends, and I [Am] wind up feeling down.
[F] I need a man who'll [G] take a chance,
on a [C] love that burns hot [F] enough to last.
and [F] when the [C] night [G/A] falls, loneliness 
calls [F] [F] [F] [F] .. [G] [G]
 
[Chorus]
[C] Oh! I wanna dance with somebody, 
[C] I wanna feel the heat with somebody.
[Am] Yeah! I wanna dance with somebody,
[F] with some [Dm] body who [G] loves me. 
[C] Oh! I wanna dance with somebody, 
I wanna feel the heat with somebody.
[Am] Yeah! I wanna dance with somebody,
[F] with some [Dm] body who [G]loves me. [C]
 
[Bridge]
[Am] Somebody who , somebody who, [G] somebody to love me,
[Am] Somebody who , somebody who, [G] to hold me in his arms, oh!
[F] need a man who'll take a [G] chance, 
on a [C] love that burns hot [F] enough to last so
[F] when the [C] night [G/A] falls, my lonely heart
calls [F] [F/E] [F] [F/E] [G]
 
[KEY CHANGE - Chorus]
[D] Oh! I wanna dance with somebody, 
[D] I wanna feel the heat with somebody.
[Bm] Yeah! I wanna dance with somebody,
[G] with some [Em] body who [A] loves me. 
[D] Oh! I wanna dance with somebody, 
[D] I wanna feel the heat with somebody.
[Bm] Yeah! I wanna dance with somebody,
[G] with some [Em] body who [A] loves me. [D] 
 
[Interlude] x4
[D] oh oh oh oh dance 
(Dance)
 
[Bridge - Just strum chords fast same pattern as vocals on first line of each 3]
[D] Don't you wanna dance?
Say you wanna dance?
Don't you wanna dance?
(Dance)
[D] Don't you wanna dance?
Say you wanna dance?
Don't you wanna dance?
(Dance)
[Bm] Don't you wanna dance?
Say you wanna dance...(Dance)
Uh-huh
(slow down to stop)
[G] With some[Em] body who [A] loves me [D] (stop)

[End]
[Keyboard Intro]
[C]                              [C]                             [Am]
E 0--03-------0--0------0-0-------0--03-------0--0------0-0-------0--03-------0--0------0-0---
B 1--11-------1---3-1------3-1----1--11-------1---3-1------3-1----1-----------1---3-1------3-1
G 0--00-------0-------------------0--00-------0-------------------2-----------2---------------
D 2--22-------2-------------------2--22-------2-------------------2-----------2---------------
A 3--33-------3-------------------3--33-------3-------------------0-----------0---------------
E --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  B---S---B---S---B---S---B---S---B---S---B---S---B---S
 
                 (as long as you love melody)
[F] [F9]                [G]  [C][C]             [C9]        [C][G]   
E 1--33-----------0---0--3---00--0--03-----------0-----0-----0-3--
B 1---1-----------1-3-1--3---11--1--11-----------1-3-1-1-----1-3-
G 2---2-----------2---2--0---00--0--00-----------0-----0-----0-0-
D 3---x-----------3---3--0---22--2--22-----------2-----2-----2-0
A 3---3-----------x------x---33--3--33-----------3-----3-----3-2-
E 1---1-----------x------3-------------------------------------3-
  B---S---B---S---B---S---B---S---B---S---B---S---B---S---B---S---B
 

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