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Billy Joel-Getting Closer - sr - 200

[Intro - Bass drum on chords]
[G]xxx [G#]xxx

[Verse - Full drums - Guitar staccato and muted]
I went 
[A] searching for the [G] truth
But in my [Em] innocence I [A] found
All the [A] con men and their [G] acrobats
Who [Em] stomped me in the [A] ground
If I [A] count up their [G] percentages
[Em] know they're getting [A] rich 
But t [A] hey haven't taken [G] everything
Those [Em] paybacks are a [A] bitch (Asus 2 figure)

[Prechorus - climb is A A/B C - chords more open]
Though I've [C] lost quite a lot
I am [G] still in control
They can [C] keep what they've got
But they [A] can't have my soul (stop)

[Chorus - 8th notes on strumming]
And if [D] I don't [G] have this [A] all worked [D] out
Still I'm [D] getting [G] closer, [A] getting [D] closer
[D] I still have [G] far to [A] go no [Bm] doubt
But I'm [D] getting [G] closer, [A] getting [D] closer (stop)

[Verse]
What was [A] (back in) ripped off by [G] professionals
Is [Em] not all that it [A] seems
While I [A] must live up to [G] contracts 
I did [Em] not give up my [A] dreams (Asus 2 figure + drums stop)
If I [A] see it as [G] experience
It [Em] hasn't gone to [A] waste
Lately [A] all the missing [G] pieces
Have been [Em] falling into [A] place

[Prechorus - Climb up figure A A/B C]
And if [C] I could go back and start [G] over somehow
I would [C] not change that much
Knowing [A] what I know now (stops)

[Chorus - 8th notes strumming]
Thought there [D] have been [G] sins
[A] will [D] regret
Still I'm [D] getting [G] closer, [A] getting [D] closer
[D] don't have [G] all the [A] answers [Bm] yet
But I'm [D] getting [G] closer, [A] getting [D] closer
 
[Solo 1]
G F F G  x 4 (final time chromatic climb to A - G G# A)
A G Em A x 4 (play chords higher up to change)
(stop)
 
[Verse]
I'm a [A] mark for every [G] shyster
From [Em] Topanga to [A] Berlin
And I [A] should have learned to [G] kick them out
As [Em] soon as they crawled [A] in
So to [A] every bank in [G] Switzerland
That [Em] stores my stolen [A] youth
I'm a [A] lright because [G] despite the laws
You [Em] cannot hide the [A] truth

[Prechorus]
And [C] although you will say
I am [G] still too naive
Well I [C] have not lost faith
In the [A] things I believe

[Chorus]
And if [D] I don't [G] have a this [A] all worked [D] out
Still I'm [D] getting [G] closer, [A] getting [D] closer
[D] still have [G] far to [A] go no [Bm] doubt
But I'm [D] still [G] getting [A] closer, [D] getting closer

[Solo 2]
G F F G  x 4 (final time chromatic climb to A - G G# A)

[Outro]
A G Em A x 4

[Solo 1 Phrase]
E 3-3-3--------------------
B 3-3-3-------6----------
G -----5p3---5-------------
D --------5s7---------------
A -----------------------
E -----------------------

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Bangles-If She Knew What She Wants

 [Intro - Capo 2 for original key - BPM 121 - 1986 - No drums to start]
E (add9 hammer on and pull off)  B (Bsus4 hammer on and off)  D
(drums in) Oooooooooooh
A (A Asus4 A) Dsus2  E x 2
 
[Chorus] 
        A                             D        E
If she knew what she wants  (He'd be giving it to her)
        A                             D             E
If she knew what she needs  (He could give her that too)
        A                             D        E
If she knew what she wants  (But he can't see through her)
        F#m           F#m/E         B7               D            E
If she knew what she wants he'd be giving it to her, giving it to her
 
[Chorus]  
           A                             D        E
But if she wants everything  (He can't pretend to give her everything)
           A                             D               E
Or theres nothing she wants  (She don't want to sort it out)
        A                           D                    E
He's crazy for this girl  (But she don't know what shes looking for)
        F#m           F#m/E         B7                D
If she knew what she wants he'd be giving it to her, giving it to her
 
[Verse] 
D           F#m                          E        A
I'd say her values are corrupted but shes open to change
         D                          F#m
Then one day shes satisfied and the next I'll find her crying
        E                   E   B  D
And its nothing she can explaiiiiiin
 
[Chorus]  
        A                             D        E
If she knew what she wants  (He'd be giving it to her)
        A                             D             E
If she knew what she needs  (He could give her that too)
        A                             D        E
If she knew what she wants  (But he can't see through her)
        F#m           F#m/E         B7                D                F#m
If she knew what she wants he'd be giving it to her, giving it to her

[Pause]
 
[Middle Eight ish]  
D            A
Some have a style
D                        A
that they work hard to refine
        F#m              E
so they walk a crooked line
        D           A
But she won't understand
      D                  A
why anyone would have to try
          F#m                  E      B  D
to walk a line when they could fly
  
[Solo] 
A       D  E
A       D  E
A       D  E
F#m   F#m/E  B7   D   A
 
[Verse- Just bass drum]   
D                         F#m
No sense thinking I could rehabilitate her
           E           A
when she's fine, fine, fine
             D                    F#m
She's got so many ideas traveling around in her head
       E                      
she doesn't need nothing from (drums back in)
E      B  D
miiiiiiiine
 
[Chorus - No drums]  
        A                             D        E
If she knew what she wants  (He'd be giving it to her)
        A                             D             E
If she knew what she needs  (He could give her that too)
        A                             D        E
If she knew what she wants  (But he can't see through her)
        F#m           F#m/E         B7                D
If she knew what she wants he'd be giving it to her, giving it to her
 
[Chorus - Drums back in]  
           A                             D        E
But if she wants everything  (He can't pretend to give her everything)
           A                             D               E
Or theres nothing she wants  (She don't want to sort it out)
        A                           D                    E
He's crazy for this girl  (But she don't know what shes looking for)
        F#m           F#m/E         B7                D            E
If she knew what she wants he'd be giving it to her, giving it to her
 
[Chorus]  
A       D                 E
       (He'd be giving it to her)
A       D                      E
       (He could give her that too)
A       D             E
   (But he can't see through her)
F#m   F#m/E  B7                 D                A
ohhhhhhhhhh  giving it to her   giving it to her

[End]
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