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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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Blues Brothers-Sweet Home Chicago

[Intro - BPM 126 - No drums]

STRUM ALL OF THIS
E| 9/10-10-10--10-10-10--9-----------
B|10/12-12-12--12-12-12--10----------
Dr3  1  2  3   1  2  3   1  2  3  1 2 

E| 9/10-10-10--10-10-10--9--------7----
B|10/12-12-12--12-12-12--10-------8----
Dr3  1  2  3   1  2  3   1  2  3  1 2 3
 
e|-0---4443332220---
B|-0----------------
G|-1---4443332221---
D|-2------------2---
A|-2------------2--C7-B7
E -0------------0--
Dr 123 1231231231231 23

[Verse 1 - Drums] 
Come 
[E7]on ..... (drum stab)
[A7]baby don't you wanna 
[E7]go ..(horn riff) ..... Come 
[E7]on ... (drum stab) .. Oh 
[A7]baby don't you wanna 
[E7]go ..(horn riff) ..... Back to that 
[B7]same old place [A7] Sweet home Chi
[E7]cago           [B7]

[Verse 2 - High E horn stab can be 0-x-9-9-9-12] 
Come 
[E7]on .....  (drum stab)
[A7]baby don't you wanna 
[E7]go ..(horn riff) ..... Come 
[E7]on ... (drum stab) .. Oh 
[A7]baby don't you wanna 
[E7]go ..(horn riff) ..... Back to that 
[B7]same old place [A7] Sweet home Chi
[E7]cago           [B7]

[Verse 3 - With stops] 
Well, 
(stop) [E7]one and one is two (drum figure - xxB Sxx Bnext stop)
(stop) [E7]Six and two is eight (drum figure)
(stop) [E7]Come on baby don't ya 
(drums back in) make me late .. hi de
[A7]hey ..... Baby dont you wanna
[E7]go  (E7 Horn Riff) ... Back to that 
[B7]same old place [A7] 
[A7]Sweet home Chi
[E7]cago           [B7]

[Verse 4] 
Come 
[E7]on .....  (drum stab)
[A7]baby don't you wanna 
[E7]go ..(horn riff) ..... Come 
[E7]on ... (drum stab) .. Oh 
[A7]baby don't you wanna 
[E7]go ..(horn riff) ..... Back to that 
[B7]same old place [A7] Sweet home Chi
[E7]cago           [B7]

[Solo - Sock on 3rd fret]
|E7|E7|E7|E7|
|A7|A7|E7|E7|
|B7|A7|E7|E7|[B7]

[Verse 3 - With stops] 
Well, 
(stop) [E7] six and three is nine (drum figure - xxB Sxx Bnext stop)
(stop) [E7] nine and nine is eighteen (drum figure)
(stop) [E7] Look at that brother gonna 
(drums back in)see what i seen hi de
[A7]hey ..... Baby dont you wanna
[E7]go  (E7 Horn Riff) ... Back to that 
[B7]same old place [A7] 
[A7]Sweet home Chi
[E7]cago           [B7]

[Verse with Cmons - repeat]

[Solo - until end of time]
|E7|E7|E7|E7|
|A7|A7|E7|E7|
|B7|A7|E7|E7|

[Notes]
[E7 Horn Riff]
e|-10--9-x---9-----10--9--x
B|-9---9-12--9-12--9---9--12-
G|-9---9-9---9-9---9---9--9-
D|-9---9-9---9-9---9---9--9-
A|-x---x-x---x-x---x---x--x-
E -0----------------------

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