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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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Level 42-Something About You

[Intro - Full drums]
[E] [Fuller Run E to C] [C] [D] [E] x2 (oohs)

1 2 oh oh oh - (notes to sing) oh(C) x x oh(C/B) x x oh(D/A) x x oh(E/B)

[Verse 1 - go much quieter on guitar so can build in chorus]
[E] How, ...(keyboard riff) ....[C#m-High] ... how can it 
[D] be ...That a [Bm7] love carved out of 
[E] caring Fashioned by [C#m] fate Could suffer so 
[D] hard ..... From the [Bm7] games played once too 
[E] often (keyboard riff) [C#m-High] ... 
[D] stakes ... is a [Bm7] part of life's imper 
[E] fections Born of the [C#m] years .. Is it 
[D] so wrong To be [Bm7] human after 
[E] all
 
[Pre-Chorus - words in () brackets drop if can not get to]
[E] [Lighter Run E to C] Drawn into the 
[C] stream ..... (Of) [D] undefined ill 
[E] usion Those [Lighter Run E to C] diamond 
[C] dreams ..... (They) [D] can't disguise the 
[E] truth
 
[Chorus]
[Fuller run E to C] That there is something 
[C] about you, ...........[D] baby, so 
[E] right [Fuller run E to C] I wouldn't be with 
[C] out you, [D] baby, to 
[E] night
 
[Verse 2]
[E] (keyboard riff)
[C#m-High] If ever our 
[D] love was con [Bm7] cealed .. No one can 
[E] say that we didn't [C#m] feel .. A million 
[D] things and a [Bm7] perfect dream of 
[E] life (keyboard riff)
[C#m-High] Gone, fragile but 
[D] free ....  We [Bm7] remain tender to 
[E] gether If not so in [C#m] love It's not 
[D] so wrong We're only [Bm7] human after 
[E] all 
 
[Pre-Chorus - Just bass drum] 
[E] [Lighter Run E to C] These che en gine 
[C] years ..... (They) [D] add to your con 
[E] fusion [Lighter Run E to C] (E-0) Oh (2)and you 
(on beat) (4)nee (5)eed (A-2)to 
[C] hear (The) [D] time that told the 
[E] truth
 
[Chorus - Full drums]
[Fuller run E to C] That there is something 
[C] about you, ...........[D] baby, so 
[E] right [Fuller run E to C] I wouldn't be with 
[C] out you, [D] baby, to 
[E] night

[Solo]
[E] [Fuller run E to C] [C] [D] [E] x2

[Oohs]
[E] [Fuller run E to C] [C] [D] [E] 
x 4 (something about you improv)

[End]
[E riff]
 [E]     [C#m-High]
E x-------12--
B 9-10-12-9---
G 9-------9---
D 9-------x---
A x-------11--
E 0-------9---

[Lighter Run E to C]  Count (1) (2) (3)(&)(4)(&) - * = barre with 1st finger and lift up bottom so high open strings ring a bit
E 0-0-0--0
B 0-0-0--1
G 1-1-1--0
D 2-2-2--2
A 2-2-2--3
E 0-2-457-

[Fuller run E to C]  Count (1) (2) (3)(&)(4)(&) - * = barre with 1st finger and lift up bottom so high open strings ring a bit
(with snares)
E 0--0--0-0-0-0
B 0--0--0-0-0-1
G 1--1--0-1-1-0
D 2--2--2-2-2-2
A 2--2--2-0-2-3
E 0--2--4-0-0-x

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