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Bee Gees-Jive Talkin - sr - 0

[Bee Gees-Jive Talkin]
[Intro - Start with muted guitar strum and bass drum]
[C]
 
[Verse 1 - Snare on 'its just your']
[G] It's just your 
[C] jive talking you're telling me lies
[C] Jive talking, you [Bb] wear a dis [C] guise 
[C] Jive talking, so misunderstood, [C] jive talking, 
you're [Bb] really no [C] good.
  
[Chorus]
[G] Oh, my [F] child, you'll never know ...
[E] just what you [E/G#] mean to [Am] me.
[G] Oh, my [F] child, you got so much ...
[C] you're gonna [Bb] take away my [F] ener..[G] gy.
  
[Verse 2]
[G] With all your 
[C] jive talking you're telling me lies
[C] Good loving, still [Bb] gets in my [C] eyes
[C] No..body, believe what you say, it's just your 
[C] jive talking, that [Bb] gets in the [C] way.

[Odd time sig - 3 for C then 3 for Bb then 8 on F]
[Solo]
[C] [Bb] [F] [F] x 4
 
[Chorus]
[G] Oh, my [F] love, you're no good ...
[E] treating [E/G#] me so [Am] cruel
[G] There you  [F] go with your fancy lies
[C] leaving me looking [Bb] like a [F] dumbstruck [G] fool. (drum fill)
 
[Verse 3 - Just drums and vocals to begin with]
[G] With all your 
[C] jive talking..you're telling me lies..
jive talking, you wear a disguise                Bb          C
Jive talking, so misunderstood, jive talking, you just ain't no good.
  
[Verse 4]
[C] Love talking is all very fine yea,
[C] jive talking just  [Bb] isn't a [C] crime. And if there's 
[C] somebody, you'll love 'til you die .. then all that 
[C] jive talking, that [Bb] gets in your [C] eye.

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[Intro - Start with muted guitar strum and bass drum]
[C]
 
[Verse 1]
               C
It's just your jive talking you're telling me lies
Jive talking, you wear a disguise                    Bb        C
Jive talking, so misunderstood, jive talking, you're really no good.
  
[Chorus]
G      F                           E             E/G#    Am
Oh, my child, you'll never know ...just what you mean to me.
G      F                         C            Bb           F     G
Oh, my child, you got so much ...you're gonna take away my ener..gy.
  
[Verse 2]
G             C
With all your jive talking, you're telling me lies
Good loving still gets in my eyes                                Bb          C
No..body, believe what you say, it's just your jive talking that gets in the way.

[Odd time sig - 3 for C then 3 for Bb then 8 on F  - Drums are BxSx Bx BxSx BxSx]
[Solo] Chords C               Bb                            F
e|---------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|  (x4)
B|---------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
G|---14-17-14-12-------------------------------------|-------------------------------12--|
D|--------------------14------12-14-12-10------------|----------------10--12—14----------|
A|----------------------------------------------12---|------10--12-----------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|

Can play Am7 to C to imply the line then Bmaj76 for final note - then F with open G to then A
and play Fmaj7 at end (I think) to finish the line

[Alternative chord and vocal line piece]
    [Am/C]  [C] [Bbmaj7]    [Fmaj7]
e|--5-8-5--------------------x------0--3-----
B|--5~----8--3--3~-5-3---3---1---1-3---------
G|--5~-------3--3~-----5-2---0-2-------------
D|--5~-------3--3~-------3---3---------------
A|-------------------------------------------
E|-------------------------------------------
 
[Chorus]
G      F                       E        E/G#  Am
Oh, my love, you're no good ...treating me so cruel.
G         F                       C                  Bb     F          G
There you go with your fancy lies leaving me looking like a dumbstruck fool.
 
[Verse 3 - Just drums and vocals to begin with]
G             N.C.
With all your jive talking..you're telling me lies..
jive talking, you wear a disguise                Bb          C
Jive talking, so misunderstood, jive talking, you just ain't no good.
  
[Verse 4]
C
Love talking is all very fine yea, jive talking just isn't a crime.
And if there's somebody, you'll love 'til you die..
                                 Bb           C
then all that jive talking, just gets in your eye.

[Solo 2 - Think final chords is C/G to C to F]
     [C/G]                    [Bb]              [F]
e|---------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|  (x3)
B|---------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
G|---14-17-14-12-------------------------------------|-------------------------------12--|
D|--------------------14------12-14-12-10------------|----------------10--12—14----------|
A|----------------------------------------------12---|------10--12-----------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
             [C/G]       [C]               [Cadd9-x3x210]
e|-----------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------10---------------------------|
A|------------10----------------------------12---------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------|

Think x33010 x33010 133211 ending instead

[Stop then drum vamp]

[Verse 5]
G             C
With all your jive talking, you're telling me lies
Good loving still gets in my eyes                                              Bb   C
No..body, believe what you say, it's just your jive talking that gets in the way.

[Verse 6]
C
Love talking is all very fine yea, jive talking just isn't a crime.
And if there's somebody, you'll love 'til you die..
                                 Bb           C
then all that jive talking, just gets in your eye.
 
[Outro to Fade]
C
Jive talking.........jive talking........jive talking

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Billy Joel-Uptown Girl

[BPM - 129]
[Intro]
"uh oh .." etc - 
[E] [F#m] [G#m] ([A] [B])

[Verse]
[E] Uptown girl ......... [F#m] She's been living in her
[G#m] uptown world [A] I bet she [B] never had a 
[E] back street guy [F#m] I bet her mama never 
[G#m] told her [A] why I'm gonna [B] try for an
[E] Uptown girl [F#m] She's been living in her 
[G#m] white bread world [A] As long as [B] anyone with 
[E] hot blood can [F#m] And now she's looking for a 
[G#m] downtown man [A] That's what I [B] am

[Chorus]
[C] And when she [Am] knows what
She [Dm] wants from her [G] time
[C] And when she [Am] wakes up
And [Dm] makes up her [G] mind
[A] She'll see I'm [F#m] not so tough
[D] Just because
[B] I'm in love with an

[Verse] 
[E] Uptown girl ... [F#m] You know I've seen her in her 
[G#m] uptown world [A] She's getting [B] tired of her
[E] high class toys [F#m] And all her presents from her 
[G#m] uptown boys [A] She's got a [B] choice

[Interlude]
[G] Whoo-ooo-ooo- [A] ooo-ooo-ooo-ooo- 
[F#] ooo-ooo-ooo-ooo- [Bm] ooo-ooo- [A] ooo-oah
[G] Whoo-ooo-ooo- [A] ooo-ooo-ooo-ooo- 
[F#] ooo-ooo-ooo-ooo- [B] ooo-ooo- [B] ooo-oah

[Verse]
[E] Uptown girl .....  [F#m] You know I can't afford to 
[G#m] buy her pearls [A] But maybe [B] someday when my  
[E] ship comes in [F#m] She'll understand what kind of 
[G#m] guy I've been [A] And then I'll [B] win

[Chorus]
[C] And when she's [Am] walking
She's [Dm] looking so [G] fine
[C] And when she's [Am] talking
She'll [Dm] say that she's [G] mine
[A] She'll say I'm [F#m] not so tough
[D] Just because
[B] I'm in love with an

[Verse - Drum fills section - snare only really on 4]
(just play bass drum and chords on 1 and put fills in on snare when appropriate)
[E] Uptown girl ......[F#m] She's been living in her 
[G#m] white bread world [A] As long as [B] anyone with 
[E] hot blood can [F#m] And now she's looking for a 
[G#m] downtown man [A] That's what I [B] am

[Interlude]
[G] Whoo-ooo-ooo- [A] ooo-ooo-ooo-ooo- 
[F#] ooo-ooo-ooo-ooo- [Bm] ooo-ooo- [A] ooo-oah
[G] Whoo-ooo-ooo- [A] ooo-ooo-ooo-ooo- 
[F#] ooo-ooo-ooo-ooo- [B] ooo-ooo- [B] ooo-oah

[Verse]
[E]Uptown girl [F#m]  
She's my uptown [G#m] girl .. You 
[A] know I'm in [B] love with an 
[E] uptown girl [F#m] My uptown 
[G#m] girl ....... You
[A] know I'm in [B] love with an 
[E] Uptown girl .... [F#m] My uptown 
[G#m] girl ....... You 
[A] know I'm in [B] love with an 
[E] Uptown girl .... [F#m] My uptown 
[G#m] girl ......... You 
[A] know I'm in [B] love (end on E)            

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