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Ace-How Long - sr - 200

 [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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Abba-Dancing Queen

[TAB SECTION]
[Intro]
  G     C/G       G          C
E 7---5-8---7-5-3-5--7----7--x--3
B 3---3-8---5-5-5-0--0----8--7--5
G 4---4-9---5-5-5-0--0----7--5--5
D x---x-10--5-5-5-0--0----9--5--5
A 5---5-10--3-3-3-x--x----10-3--3
E 3---3-8---------3--3----------3

  G     C/G       G       D/F# Em
E 7---5-8---7-5-3-5--7----2----0--
B 3---3-8---5-5-5-0--0----3----0--
G 4---4-9---5-5-5-0--0----2----0--
D x---x-10--5-5-5-0--0----0----2--
A 5---5-10--3-3-3-x--x----0----2--
E 3---3-8---------3--3----2----0--

[Violin run]
--------"You" "are" "the"
E 2--2--2-------0-----2-
B 0--1--3-------3-----3-
G 2--2--2-------2-----2-
D 0--0--0-------0-----0-
A ----------------------
D ----------------------

[G to C/G riff in usual chorus]
  G  C  C/G
E 3--2--0--
B 3--1--1--
G 0--0--0--
D 0--x--2--
A 2--3--3--
D 3-----3--

[Intro - BPM 101 - ORIGINAL KEY - CAPO AT 2]
[G] [C/G] [G] [C] (can whistle intro)
[G] [C/G] [(G G G D/F#)] [Em]
 
[CHORUS] 
[D] You can dance, [B] you can jive, 
[Em] having the [Em7] time of your [A] life, ooh
[C] See that girl, [D/G] watch that scene, 
dig in the [G] dancing queen [C/G] [G] [G] 

[VERSE] 
[G] Friday night and the lights are low [C/G] 
[G] Looking out for the place to go [Em] 
[D] Where they play the right [D/F#] music, 
[D] getting in the [D/F#] swing 
You come to [Em] look [Em] for a [Em] king 
[D] [Em] [Em] 

[G] Anybody could be that guy [C/G]  
[G] Night is young and the music's [Em] high
[D] With a bit of rock [D/F#] music, 
[D] everything is [D/F#] fine
You're in the [Em] mood [Em] for a [Em] dance 
[D] [Em] [Em] 
And when you [Am] get the chance.

[Violin Run]
[D6] [D7] [D]you [Dsus2]are [D]the 

[CHORUS] 
[G] dancing queen, 
[C/G] young and sweet, only [G] seventeen [C/G] 
[G] Dancing queen, 
[C/G] feel the beat from the [G] tambourine 
[D/F#]oh [Em]yeah 
[D] You can dance, [B] you can jive, 
[Em] having the [Em7] time of your [A] life, ooh
[C] See that girl, [D/G] watch that scene, 
dig in the [G] dancing queen [C/G] [G] [C/G] 

[Vamp on G with C/G at end of bar]

[VERSE]
[G] You're a teaser, you turn 'em on [C/G] 
[G] Leave them burning and then you're [Em] gone
[D] Looking out for an [D/F#] other, [D] anyone will do [D/F#] 
You're in the [Em] mood [Em] for a [Em] dance 
[D] [Em] [Em] 
And when you [Am] get the chance [D6 to D7 to D to Dsus2 D] (Violin run)

[CHORUS] 
You are the [G] dancing queen, 
[C/G] young and sweet, only [G] seventeen [C/G] 
[G] Dancing queen, 
[C/G] feel the beat from the [G] tambourine 
[D/F#]oh [Em]yeah 
[D] You can dance, [B] you can jive, 
[Em] having the [Em7] time of your [A] life, Ooh
[C/G] See that girl, [D/G] watch that scene, 
dig in the [G] dancing queen 
(G to C etc til end?) 

[End]

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