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Carpenters-We've Only Just Begun - BPM - 109

[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-------
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[Verse 1 - Finger pick]
[Amaj7] We've only just be [Dmaj7] gun ......... t [C#m7] o live,
[F#m7] White lace and [Bm7] promi...ses,
[F#m7] A kiss for luck and we're [Bm7] on our waaaay.(start to strum) ([E7sus4] [E7])
we only be

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

[CHORUS: - Hold most of F# when moving to Bmaj7 - only lift up fingers that need to]
[F#] Sharing hor [Bmaj7] izons that are [F#] new to us, [Bmaj7] 
[F#] Watching the [Bmaj7] signs along the [F#] way. [Bmaj7] 
(slide up first finger of Bb chord to right location for Ebmaj7 - x65333)
[Bb] Talkin' it [Ebmaj7] over, just the t [Bb] wo of us, [Ebmaj7] 
[Bb] Working [Ebmaj7] together day to ([E7sus4] [E7]) day........
to gether..

[Verse 3 - Light drums again]
[Amaj7] And when the evening [Dmaj7] comes we [C#m7] smile,
[F#m7] So much of [Bm7] life a...head.
[F#m7] We'll find a place where there's r [Bm7] oom to grow,
[E7] And yes, we've just begun. (full drums)
 
[Vamp - 1 bar each - play chord on snare mainl]
[Amaj7] - [Dmaj7] - [Amaj7] - ([Dmaj7] [E])
 
[CHORUS:] 
[F#] Sharing hor [Bmaj7] izons that are [F#] new to us, [Bmaj7] 
[F#] Watching the [Bmaj7] signs along the [F#] way. [Bmaj7] 
[Bb] Talkin' it [Ebmaj7] over, just the t [Bb] wo of us, [Ebmaj7] 
[Bb] Working [Ebmaj7] together day to [E7sus4] day...
[Extra bars introduce]
to [E7] gether..
together
 
[Verse 4] 
[Amaj7] And when the evening [Dmaj7] comes we [C#m7] smile,
[F#m7] So much of [Bm7] life a...head.
[F#m7] We'll find a place where there's [Bm7] room to grow,
[E7] And yes, we've just begun.
(finger pick to end - each 1 bar but tempo goes right down)
[Amaj7] - [Dmaj7] - [Amaj7] - [Dmaj7] 
[C#] . . . .

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Bee Gees-Staying Alive - BPM - 109

 [LICK]
  Em(7) - try to ring top 3 open strings as well to make riff as full as possible
  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  
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B|---0------------|---0------------|2---------------|
G|---0------------|---0------------|2---------------|
D|---5------------|---x--------5-7-|2---------------|
A|5h7---5--------5|---5----5-7-----|0---------------|
E|----------7-5h7-|5h7--5h7--------|----------------|
 
[Intro]
[Em] [Em] [A] [A]
[Em]
 
[Verse 1 - SING OCTAVE DOWN - ALMOST TALK]
Well, you can  [Em] tell by the way I use my walk
I'm a  [D] woman's man, no  [Em] time to talk
[Em] Music loud and women warm
I've been  [D] kicked around since  [Em] I was born
 
[Pre-Chorus]
But now it's  [A] all right, that's okay
[A] You may look the other way
[A] We can try to understand
The  [A] New York Times' effect on man
 
[Chorus]
[Em] Whether you're a brother or whether you're a mother
You're  [Em] stayin' alive, stayin' alive
[Em] Feel the city breakin' and everybody shakin'
I'm a- [Em] stayin' alive, stayin' alive
[Em] Ah, ah, ah, ah,  [Em] stayin' alive, stayin' alive
[Em] Ah, ah, ah, ah,  [Em] (HARD FALSETTO)stayin' a 
[Em] li    [D] i     (head voice) [Em] i   [Bm7] ive
                (break)
Oh, when you  [Em] walk
 
[Verse 2]
Well, now  [Em] I get low and I get high
And if I  [D] can't get either, I  [Em] really try
Got the  [Em] wings of heaven on my shoes
I'm a  [D] dancin' man, and I  [Em] just can't lose
 
[Pre-Chorus]
You know, it's  [A] all right, it's okay
I'll  [A] live to see another day
[A] We can try to understand
The  [A] New York Times' effect on man
 
[Chorus]
[Em] Whether you're a brother or whether you're a mother
You're  [Em] stayin' alive, stayin' alive
[Em] Feel the city breakin' and everybody shakin'
I'm a- [Em] stayin' alive, stayin' alive
[Em] Ah, ah, ah, ah,  [Em] stayin' alive, stayin' alive
[Em] Ah, ah, ah, ah,  [Em] stayin' a 
[Em] li    [D] i     [Em] i   [Bm7] ive
                (break)
Oooooh [Em]   
 
[Middle 8] - A run Asus2 A A7 A6(x02222)
[A]  Life goin' nowhere, somebody help me
Somebody help me, yeah [Em]    
[A]  Life goin' nowhere, somebody help me, yeah
   [A]  I'm stayin'  [Em] alive
 
[Verse 3]
Well, you  [Em] can tell by the way I use my walk
I'm a  [D] woman's man, no  [Em] time to talk
[Em] Music loud and women warm
I've been  [D] kicked around since  [Em] I was born
 
[Pre-Chorus]
But now it's  [A] all right, that's okay
[A] You may look the other way
[A] We can try to understand
The  [A] New York Times' effect on man
 
[Chorus]
[Em] Whether you're a brother or whether you're a mother
You're  [Em] stayin' alive, stayin' alive
[Em] Feel the city breakin' and everybody shakin'
I'm a- [Em] stayin' alive, stayin' alive
[Em] Ah, ah, ah, ah,  [Em] stayin' alive, stayin' alive
[Em] Ah, ah, ah, ah,  [Em] stayin' a 
[Em] li    [D] i     [Em] i   [Bm7] ive
                (break)
Yeah    [Em]   
 
[Outro = Middle 8 - A run Asus2 A A7 A6(x02222)]
[A]  Life goin' nowhere, somebody help me 
Somebody help me,  [Em] yeah
[A]  Life goin' nowhere, somebody help me, yea [Em] h 
I'm stayin' a [Em] li-i-i-i-ive

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