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Billy Joel-Uptown Girl - sr - 0

[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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Cure-Friday I'm In Love

[Phaser Patch - Intro - BPM 136 - No drums] 
(Fret D major then lift fingers off as needed then ready to go straight into D)
e|---------0--2--0-----0--|
B|------3-----------3-----|
G|---0--------------------|

[Full drums riff - play twice]
   D       G          D         A
e|-2-2-22-02----------2-2-22-0--5-3-2-------|
B|-3-3-33-3X----------3-3-33-3--2----5------|
G|-2-2-22-20----------2-2-22-2--2-----------|
D|-0-0-00--0--------------------2-----------|
A|---------X--------------------0-----------|
E|---------3--------------------------------|

*lift barre off when playing Bm to get high E
(A7sus4 part alludes to opening riff)
   Bm      G          D       A   A7sus4
e|-2-2-22-02----------2-22-2--x---0--2-0-X|
B|-3-3-33-3X----------3-33-3--2---3------3|
G|-4-4-44-40----------2-22-4--2---0-------|
D|-4-4-44--0------------------2---2-------|
A|-2-2-22--X------------------0-----------|
E|---------3------------------------------|
  
[Verse 1 - on A7sus4 play high E 0 2 figure] 
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[D] I don't care if  [G] Monday's blue
[D] Tuesday's grey and  [A] Wednesday too
[Bm] Thursday I don't  [G] care about you
It's  [D] Friday I'm in  [A7sus4] love  
  
[Verse 2] 
[D] Monday you can  [G] fall apart
[D] Tuesday Wednesday  [A] break my heart
[Bm] Thursday doesn' [G] t even start
It's [D] Friday I'm in [A7sus4] love  
  
[Chorus - Double snare after G - BxSx SxSB - A comes in offbeat final B] 
[G] Saturday [A] wait
[Bm] And Sunday alway [G] s comes too late
But [D] Friday never [A] hesitate...
  
[Verse 3] 
[D] I don't care if  [G] Mondays black
[D] Tuesday Wednesday  [A] heart attack
[Bm] Thursday never  [G] looking back
It's  [D] Friday I'm in  [A7sus4] love  
  
[Interlude  - Full drums intro riff] 
D  G  D  A  Bm  G  D  A7sus4
  
[Verse 4] 
[D] Monday you can  [G] hold your head
[D] Tuesday Wednesday  [A] stay in bed
Or  [Bm] Thursday watch the  [G] walls instead
[D] It's Friday I'm in  [A7sus4] love  
  
[Chorus - Double snare after G] 
[G] Saturday  [A] wait
[Bm] And Sunday always [G] comes too late
But [D] Friday never [A] hesitate...
  
[Bridge - Bm C D A repeat] 
[Bm] Dressed up to the  [C] eyes, 
it's a wonderful sur [D] prise To see your  
[A] shoes and your spirits 
[Bm] rise - Throwing out your [C] frown 
and just smiling at the [D] sound And as sleek as a 
[A] shriek spinning round and round
[Bm] Always take a big [C] bite, it's such a gorgeous 
[D] sight ......To see you 
[A] eat in the middle of the 
[Bm] night .You can never get e[C]nough . enough of this 
[D] stuff - It's Friday 
[A7sus4] I'm in love [############]  
[Repeat Verse 1] 
[D] I don't care if [G] Monday's blue
[D] Tuesday's grey and [A] Wednesday too
[Bm] Thursday I don't [G] care about you
It's  [D] Friday I'm in [A7sus4] love   
[Repeat Verse 2] [############]  
[D] Monday you can [G] fall apart
[D] Tuesday Wednesday [A] break my heart
[Bm] Thursday doesn't [G] even start
It's  [D] Friday I'm in [A7sus4] love    
[Outro - as per full drums intro] [############]  
D  G  D  A  Bm  G  D  A  x2 (End on A)

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