[Intro - BPM 118 - v1 - no double just verb, v2 35 with variation and verb] (just bass drum under this) E -------------------------------------00000000-- B -1-----------1--------11-------11-1--11111111-- G -0-----------0--------02-------02-0--00000000-- D -------------------------------------22222222-- A --3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3-33333333-- E ----------------------------------------------- Dr--B--B--B--B--B--B--B--B--B--B--B--B--B--B--S--
[Verse] [F/C] v2 - Oooh, you make me [C] live. v1 - What [F/C] ever this world can [C] give to me It's [F/C] you, you're all I [C] see. [F/C] v2 - Oooh, you make me [C] live now honey [F/C] v2 - Oooh, you make me [C] live [G/B][Am]
(*bob = bass drum off beat) You're the [D]best friend [D] that [F](*bob)I ever [G](*bob)had .. I've [C]been with [G/B]you such a [Am]long time ...[Am] You're my [D]sunshine .... [D] and I [F](*bob)want you to [G](*bob)know That my
(drop 2 beats after the G - think of it as not strumming it a second time) [E-offbeat]feelings are [Am]true I [G-onbeat]really luu
[F-offbeat]uvv you [F]...[Fm7] Ooo (drums stop off beat) .. [Fm7] You're my (see below for G F to Fm pattern)
[C] best friend (first bit of intro riff then snare lift to bring drums back in)
[F/C] (v2 - Oooh, you make me [C] live) ...... Oh [G/B]I've been [Am]waaaaan [Am/G]de-ring round (but I) [F]still come back to [Fm7] you (v2-still come back)... In [G]rain or [E]shine you've [Am]stood by me[D7] girl....I'm [G6]haaaa ... py at [G]home (drums stop) (v2 - hap py at) You're my [C] best friend (first bit of intro riff then snare bit)
[F/C] (v2 - Oooh, you make me [C] live). [F/C] Whenever this world is [C] cruel to me I got [F/C] you to help me for [C] give, Ooo Ooo Ooo, [F/C] Ooo you make [C] me live now honey [F/C] Oooh, you make me [C] live [G/B][Am]
You're the (*=with snare hit) [D]first one ....... [D] *when [F](*bob)things *turn *out [G](*bob)bad .....You [C]know I'll [G/B]never be [Am]lonely, you're my [D]only one [D]... and I [F-offbeat]love the [G-offbeat]things .... I [E-offbeat]really [Am-offbeat]love the [G]things that (2 beats dropped = 1 chord strum)
[F]you do, (again on beat and off beat for two chords) .......... [Fm7] (drums stop) Ooo ....... You're my [C] best friend (first bit of intro riff then snare bit) [F/C] v2 - Ooo, you make me
[Guitar Solo / Chord Break] [C] live (continue to hold note over chords changing with harmoniser) [G/B][Am][Am/G] - [F][F][Fm7][Fm7] [G][E][Am][D7] [G6] (v1 - I'm happy [G6][G] happy that) [G]
You're my (drums reduce to just bass drum) [C] best friend (first bit of intro riff) [F/C] uuhhhh [C] [F/C] uuuh, you're my [C] best friend (snare roll to bring full drums back in - start upstroke - one note leading into 2 triplets) [F/C] Oooh, you make me [C] live (v2 - woo ooh ooh ooh) [F/C] v2 - You, you're my best [C] friend
[Verse 1 - No drums - freeform-ish] I [A] remember [Amaj7] all my [A] life [A] Raining down as [Amaj7] cold as [A] ice [Bm] Shadows of a man [Bm] Face through a window [G] Crying in the night The [E7] night goes [E] in [E7] to
[Verse 2] [A] Morning, just a [Amaj7] nother [A] day [A] Happy people [Amaj7] pass my [A] way [Bm] Looking in their eyes I [Bm] see a memory I [G] never realized How [E7] happy you [E] made [E7] me
[Chorus - Full drums] Oh, [A] Mandy Well, you [F#m] came and you [D] gave without [E] taking But I [E7] sent you a [E] way Oh, [A] Mandy Well, you [F#m] kissed me and [D] stopped me from [E] shaking And I [E7] need you to [E] day, oh [A] Mandy
[Interlude - half bar each chord- drums stop] [A][F#m][D] ([E][E7])
[Verse 3 - Drums back in] I'm [A] standing on the [Amaj7] edge of [A] time I [A] walked away when [Amaj7] love was [A] mine [Bm] Caught up in a world Of [Bm] uphill climbing [G] Tears are in my mind And [E7] nothing is [E] rhy [E7] ming
[Chorus] Oh, [A] Mandy Well, you [F#m] came and you [D] gave without [E] taking But I [E7] sent you a [E] way Oh, [A] Mandy Well, you [F#m] kissed me and [D] stopped me from [E] shaking And I [E7] need you to [E] day, oh Mandy
[Interlude] [F#m][C#m][D][Bm] [E][E]
[Semi Verse] [Bm] Yesterday's a dream, I [Bm] face the morning [G] Crying on a breeze, the [E7] pain is [E] call [E7] ing
[Chorus] Oh, [A] Mandy Well, you [F#m] came and you [D] gave without [E] taking But I [E7] sent you a [E] way Oh, [A] Mandy Well, you [F#m] kissed me and [D] stopped me from [E] shaking And I [E7] need you to [E] day, oh [B] Mandy (key change) Well, you [G#m] came and you [E] gave without [F#7] taking But I [F#] sent you away Oh, [B] Mandy Well, you [G#m] kissed me and [E] stopped me from [F#7] shaking And I [F#] need [B] you . . .