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Supertramp-Breakfast In America - sr - 0

[Intro BPM 77] 
|Bm | % | % | % | (Phrase - xxx43x xx4xxx - PLUCK FINGERS)
 
[Verse 1 - Upstrum to simulate snare roll to start and heavy muted downstrum - and keep going during verse]
[Bm] Take a look at my [A6] girlfriend
[Gmaj7] She's the only one I got
[Bm] Not much of a [A6] girlfriend
[Gmaj7] never seem to get a lot
 
[F#7] Take a jumbo across the water
[Bm] Like to see America
[F#7] See the girls in California
I'm [Em] hoping it's going to come [A] true
But there's [Em] not a lot I can [A] do
 
[Verse 2]
[Bm] Could we have kippers for [A6] breakfast
[Gmaj7] Mummy dear, Mummy dear (run E 3 5)
[Bm] They got to have 'em in [A6] Texas
'Cause [Gmaj7] everyone's a millionaire 
 
[F#7] I'm a winner, I'm a sinner
Do you [Bm] want my autograph
[F#7] I'm a loser, what a joker
I'm [Em] playing my jokes upon [A] you
While there's [Em] nothing better to [A] do, hey
 
[Hook]
[F#7] Ba ba da dum, ba ba, da-d' [Bm] do da do da do
[F#7] Ba ba da dum, ba ba, da-d' do [Bm] da do da do
La la [G] la, la la [Em] la, la la la [A] laaaaaaaa
 
[Verse 3]
[Bm] Don't you look at my [A6] girlfriend, girlfriend
'Cause [Gmaj7] she's the only one I got
[Bm] Not much of a [A6] girlfriend, girlfriend
[Gmaj7] never seem to get a lot - What's she got? Not a lot
 
[F#7] Take a jumbo across the water
[Bm] Like to see America
[F#7] See the girls in California
I'm [Em] hoping it's going to come [A] true
But there's [Em] not a lot I can [A] do, hey
 
[Hook]
[F#7] Ba ba da dum, ba ba, da-d' [Bm] do da do da do
[F#7] Ba ba da dum, ba ba, da-d' [Bm] do da do da do
Hey [F#7] u-um, hey u-um, hey [Bm] u-um, hey u-um
Hey [F#7] u-um, hey u-um, hey u- [Bm] um, hey u-um
La la [G] la, la la [Em] la, la la la [A] la ...............
[End]

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Carpenters-We've Only Just Begun

[Intro - No drums - Just finger pick - 2 bars per chord] 
|Amaj7      |Dmaj7      |Amaj7       |Dmaj7        |

E -9----------12-9---9----------
B -9----10-10--------10--------------
G -9--11-------------11---------
D -X-----------------0-------
A -0--------------------------
E ----------------------------
  
[Verse 1 - Finger pick]
Amaj7                 Dmaj7           C#m7
    We've only just begun .........  to live,
F#m7                 Bm7
      White lace and promi...ses,
F#m7                            Bm7        E7sus4 
      A kiss for luck and we're on our waaaay.    (start to strum)
E7          Amaj7
( we only begun )

[Verse 2 - Drums in - Light snare sound based on downstroke on strings - not slap ]
Amaj7                  Dmaj7          C#m7
     Before the rising sun ........we fly,
F#m7          Bm7
      So many roads to choose,
F#m7                          Bm7           E7sus4 
     We start off walking and learn to ruuuuun,
    E7              
And yes, we've just begun. (full drums)
             uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu uu
(1 bar each) Amaj7 - Dmaj7 - Amaj7 - (Dmaj7 E)

[CHORUS: - Hold most of F# when moving to Bmaj7 - only lift up fingers that need to]
F#         Bmaj7          F#        Bmaj7
Sharing horizons that are new to us,
F#           Bmaj7           F#   Bmaj7
Watching the signs along the way.   
(slide up first finger of Bb chord to right location for Ebmaj7 - x65333)
Bb         Ebmaj7          Bb       Ebmaj7
Talkin' it over, just the two of us,
Bb      Ebmaj7          E7sus4  
Working together day to day........
  E7
together..

[Verse 3 - Light drums again]
Amaj7                    Dmaj7    C#m7
    And when the evening comes we smile,
F#m7            Bm7
     So much of life a...head.
F#m7                                  Bm7    
    We'll find a place where there's room to grow,
E7                     
   And yes, we've just begun. (full drums)
             uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu uu
(1 bar each) Amaj7 - Dmaj7 - Amaj7 - (Dmaj7 E)
 
[CHORUS:] 
F#         Bmaj7          F#        Bmaj7
Sharing horizons that are new to us,
F#           Bmaj7           F#   Bmaj7
Watching the signs along the way.
Bb         Ebmaj7          Bb       Ebmaj7
Talkin' it over, just the two of us,
Bb      Ebmaj7          E7sus4  E7
Working together day to day...together..together
 
[Verse 4] 
Amaj7                    Dmaj7    C#m7
    And when the evening comes we smile,
F#m7              Bm7
       So much of life a...head.
F#m7                                   Bm7    
      We'll find a place where there's room to grow,
E7 
  And yes, we've just
  |Amaj7   |Dmaj7  |Amaj7   |Dmaj7   |C# . . . .
begun.

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