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Carpenters-We've Only Just Begun - sr - 0

[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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Ace-How Long

 [Intro]
Ab/Bb  Bb  x4
then Bm on the 4th beat of the 4th Bb
 
[Chorus]
Cm7      Gm7           Fm7      Gm7
How long has this been goin' on
Cm7      Gm7           Fm7      Gm7
How long has this been goin' on
 
 
[Verse 1]
Ab/Bb                       Bb
Friends with their fancy persuasion
        Ab/Bb                   Bb
Don't admit that it's part of a scheme
      Ab/Bb                     Bb
But I can't help but have my suspicions
         Ab/Bb                    Bb
'Cause I ain't quite as dumb as I seem
        Ab/Bb                Bb
And you said you was never intendin' 
   Ab/Bb                      Bb
To break up our scene in this way
          Ab/Bb               Bb
But there ain't any use in pretendin' 
         Ab/Bb            Bb  Bm
It could happen to us any day
 
 
[Chorus]
Cm7      Gm7           Fm7      Gm7
How long has this been goin' on
Cm7      Gm7           Fm7      Gm7
How long has this been goin' on
 
[Musical Interlude: 16 measures of Cm to Bb]
 
 
[Verse 2]
Oh, your friends with their fancy persuasion
Don't admit that it's part of a scheme
But I can't help but have my suspicion
'Cause I ain't quite as dumb as I seem
 
Oh, you said you was never intending
To break up our scene in this way
But there ain't any use in pretendin'
It could happen to us any day
 
And how long has this been going on
How long has this been going on
How long
 
 
[Chorus]
Cm7      Gm7           Fm7      Gm7
How long has this been goin' on
Cm7      Gm7           Fm7      Gm7
How long has this been goin' on
Cm7      Gm7           Fm7      Gm7
How long has this been goin' on
Cm7      Gm7           Fm7      Gm7
How long has this been goin' on
How long
How long has this been going on
been going on
 
How
long has this been going on

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