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Sheryl Crow-If It Makes You Happy - sr - 0

The  key  to  getting  this  song  to  sound  just  like  the  original  is  to  play  a  standard
G  chord  with  fingers  1,  2  &  3  and  then  use  finger  4  (index)  to  tap  on  and  off  fret
1  string  2  then  again  fret  2  string  3  (verses  only,  not  the  chorus).  Listen  to  the  
song  to  get  the  feel  for  the  strum  and  the  tap  on/off  timing.  It’ll  come  to  you
easily  enough  …  enjoy!
  
  
[Verse  1]
  
G                                                                        G
I've  been  long,  a  long  way  from  here
G
Put  on  a  poncho,  played  for  mosquitoes,
G                                                                C*
And  drank  'til  I  was  thirsty  again
  
G                                                                                                G
We  went  searching  through  thrift  store  jungles
G
Found  Geronimo's  rifle,  Marilyn's  shampoo
G                                                              C*
And  Benny  Goodman's  corset  and  fan
  
  
[Pre-Chorus]
  
                                                D            C                                                        D
Well,  o.k.  I  made  this  up…    I  promised  you  I'd  never  give  up
  
  
[Chorus]
  
                              Am              C                                    G                    D
If  it  makes  you  happy          it  can't  be  that  ba-aa-aa-ad
                                    Am        C                                                              G
If  it  makes  you  happy      then  why  the  hell  are  you  so  sad?
  
  
[Verse  2]
  
You  get  down,  real  low  down
You  listen  to  Coltrane,  derail  your  own  train
Well  who  hasn't  been  there  before?
  
I  come  round,  around  the  hard  way
Bring  you  comics  in  bed;  scrape  the  mold  off  the  bread,
And  serve  you  French  toast  again
  
  
[Pre-Chorus]
  
Well,  o.k.  I  still  get  stoned…  I'm  not  the  kind  of  girl  you'd  take  home
  
  
[Chorus]
  
  
[Verse  3]
  
G                                                                    G
We've  been  far,  far  away  from  here
G
Put  on  a  poncho,  played  for  mosquitoes,
G                                              C*
And  everywhere  in  between
  
  
[Pre-Chorus]
  
                                              D            C                                                                  D
Well,  o.k.  we  get  along…      so  what  if  right  now  everything's  wrong?
  
[Chorus  &  close]
  
  
C*  -  this  particular  C  chord  is  played  similarly  to  the  preceding  G  chord  with
your  pinky  on  the  string  1;  G  note  (fret  3).  When  changing  from  the  preceding  G
chord  merely  drop  fingers  2  and  3  one  string  down  

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REM-Losing My Religion

[Intro] 
[Dm-riff - no drums]
e|-X----
B|-3-5-3
G|-2----  
D|-0----

[then drums start]
[F]  [F]  [F]  [Dm-riff]  
[Am] [Am/B] [Am/C] [Dm-riff]
[F]  [F]  [F]  [Dm-riff] 
[Am] [Am] [G] (Oh.. bit) [G] 
  
[Verse 1]
Oh,  [Am] life is bigger  
[Em]    It's bigger than you
And you are  [Am] not me.
The lengths that I will  [Em] go to,
The distance in your  [Am] eyes,   
[Em]    Oh no, I've said too  [Dm] much,
I set it  [G] up. (stop)
  
[Chorus] 
That's me in the  [Am] corner,
That's me in the  [Em] spotlight
Losing my re [Am] ligion.
Trying to  [Em] keep up with you.
And I  [Am] don't know if I can do it.  
[Em]    Oh no, I've said too  [Dm] much,
I haven't said e [G] nough.
  
[Bridge] 
I  [G] thought that I heard you  [F] laughing,
I  [Dm] thought that I  [G] heard you 
[Am] sing. [Am/B] ..... [Am/C] ..... [Am/D] ....
[Am] I   [F] think I thought I 
[Dm] saw   [G] you  [Am] try.    [G]   (stop)
  
[Verse 2] 
Every  [Am] whisper (drums in)of every waking 
[Em] hour I'm choosing my con [Am] fessions,
Trying to  [Em] keep an eye on you
Like a  [Am] hurt lost and blinded fool, fool   
[Em]     Oh no, I've said too  [Dm] much,
I set it  [G] up. (stop)
 
[Verse 3] 
Consider  [Am] this, consider this,
The  [Em] hint of a century,
Consider  [Am] this: the slip
That  [Em] brought me to my knees failed.
[Am] What if all these fantasies
Come  [Em]    flailing around?
Now I've  [Dm] said too  [G] much.
  
[Bridge] 
I  [G] thought that I heard you l [F] aughing,
I  [Dm] thought that I  [G] heard you 
[Am] sing. [Am/B] ..... [Am/C] ..... [Am/D] ....
[Am] I   [F] think I thought I 
[Dm] saw  [G] you  [Am] try.   [G] 
  
[Link - Drums stop - just bass drum - for mandolin part implied with muted chords]
   Am    G     Fmaj7  G
e|-0-X---X-X---0-X----X-X--
B|-1-3---1-X---1-3----1-X--
G|-2-2---0-2---2-2----0-2--
D|-2-2---0-0---3-3----0-0--
A|-0-0---X-X----------X-X--
E|-------3-3---1-1----3-3-
  
But  [C] that was just a  [Dm] dream,
[C] That was just a  [Dm] dream.
  
[Chorus] 
That's me in the  [Am] corner [drums back in]
That's me in the  [Em] spotlight
Losing my re [Am] ligion.
Trying to  [Em] keep up with you.
And I  [Am] don't know if I can do it.  
[Em]    Oh no, I've said too  [Dm] much,
I haven't said e [G] nough.
  
[Bridge] 
I  [G] thought that I heard you  [F] laughing,
I  [Dm] thought that I  [G] heard you 
[Am] sing. [Am/B] ..... [Am/C] ..... [Am/D] ....
[Am] I   [F] think I thought I  [Dm] saw  [G] you 
[Am] try.. [Am/B] ..... [Am/C] ..... [Am/D] ..... [Am] . 
But  [F] that was just a  [Dm] dream [G] ,                 
[Am]Try [Am/B]cry [Am/C]why [Am/D]try [Am] 
[F] That was just a dream,  [Dm]     
[G] just a  [Am] dream, just a  [G] dream, dream. [stop drums]
  
[Outro - Just bass drum on every 1] 
  Am
e|-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-|
B|-10----------------------|
G|-9-----------------------|   x7

e|-12-10-------10----------|-----
B|-------13-10----13-10-13-|-10--
G|-------------------------|-----

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