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Semisonic-Closing Time - BPM - 129

[Intro - No drums - chug guitar and piano part - Piano suggests G Dsus4 Am7 and C]                                                                                  
G  D  Am  C                                                                                 
G  D  Am  C                                                                                 
G  D  Am  C                                                                                 
G  D  Am  C                                                                                 

[Verse - No drums]
[G] Closing [D] time
[Am] Open all the [C] doors and
[G] let you out [D] into the [Am] world    [C]  
[G] Closing [D] time
[Am] Turn all of the lights [C] over 
[G] every boy and [D] every [Am] girl  [C]  

[G] Closing [D] time
[Am] One last call for alco [C] hol so 
[G] finish your [D] whiskey or [Am] beer   [C]  
[G] Closing [D] time
[Am] You don't have to  [C] go home but you  
[G] can't  [D] stay  [Am] here    [C]  

[Chorus - Full drums - Break up rhythm with chords]                    
[G] I know [D] who I  [Am] want to take me [C] home
[G] I know [D] who I  [Am] want to take me [C] home
[G] I know [D] who I  [Am] want to take me [C] home
[G] Take me [D] home  [Am]                   [C]  

[Verse - Light drums] 
[G] Closing [D] time
[Am] Time for you to [C] go out to the 
[G] places you [D] will be [Am] from   [C]  
[G] Closing [D] time
[Am] This room won't be [C] open till your 
[G] brothers or your [D] sisters  [Am] come   [C]  

So [G] gather up your jackets [D]  
move [Am] it to the exit [C]
I [G] hope you have [D] found a [Am] friend     [C]  
[G] Closing [D] time
[Am] Every new be [C] ginning comes from 
[G] some other be [D] ginning's  [Am] end...
[C] yeah

[Chorus]                    
[G] I know [D] who I  [Am] want to take me [C] home
[G] I know [D] who I  [Am] want to take me [C] home
[G] I know [D] who I  [Am] want to take me [C] home
[G] Take me [D] home  [Am]                   [C]  

[Bridge - Hum melody into harmoniser - Just bass drum - muted chords]
Bb Bb Ab Ab Eb Eb Cm Cm
Bb Bb Ab Ab Eb Eb Cm Cm
G  D  Am C (still muted chords)
G  D  Am C (drums in - to allude to melody play C as x32010 x30010 x32010 3x0003)

[Solo]  
G  D  Am  C x32010 x30010 x32010 3x0007 (5 7 10 14)
G  D  Am  C x32010 x30010 x32010 3x0003 (3 5 7 10)
G  D  Am  C x32010 x30010 x32010 3x0007 (5 7 10 14)
G  D  Am  C

[G] Closing [D] time
[Am] Time for you to [C] go out to the 
[G] places you [D] will be [Am] from  (stop)

[Chorus - Full drums]                    
[G] I know [D] who I  [Am] want to take me [C] home
[G] I know [D] who I  [Am] want to take me [C] home
[G] I know [D] who I  [Am] want to take me [C] home
[G] Take me [D] home  [Am]    [C] (drum figure)
(repeat)

[Instrumental]
G  D  Am  C      
G  D  Am  C      
G  D  Am  C      
G  D  Am  C    

(stop drums)  
[Outro]
[G] Closing [D] time
[Am] Every new be [C] ginning comes from [G] 
some other beg [D] ginning's [Am] end [C]  

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Billy Joel-Uptown Girl - BPM - 129

[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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