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Getting to the Point
Electric Light Orchestra
from "Balance of Power"
Transcribed by Chris Gaasch
[Verse]
G G/B
It's out of control (out of control)
C D
And there's nothing I can do now
G G/B
Out of control (out of control)
C D
Swimming softly through the blue now
Bm Em
And look beyond these walls
Am Bm C
As the meaning starts to dawn
D Em D C
It's getting to the point
G
Getting to the point.
[Verse]
G G/B
It's out of control (nothing I can do)
C D
Like a fire that keeps on burning
G G/B
And nobody knows (what I'm going through)
C D
And the thoughts just keep returning
Bm Em
And all you had to say
Am Bm C
Was that you were gonna stay
D Em D C
It's getting to the point
D G
It's getting to the point.
[Chorus]
G D C
It's getting to the point
G/B
Where nobody can stop it now
G D C
It's getting to the point
G/B
Of no return
G D C
And all that I can do
G Em
Is stand and watch it now
Am Bm D
Watch it burn, burn, burn
G D C
It's getting to the point
G/B
Where reasons are forgotten
G D C
It's getting to the point
G/B
Where no one knows
G D C
And all that I can do
G Em
Is say I'm sorry
Am Bm C
But that's the way it goes...
D G
Getting to the point.
[Verse]
G G/B
Forever
C D
Is a long, long way
G G/B
Forever
C D
Takes your breath away
Bm7 Em Am Bm C
I'd like to talk about it, try to understand
D Em D C
It's getting to the point
D G
It's getting to the point.
[Chorus]
G D C
It's getting to the point
G/B
Where nobody can stop it now
G D C
It's getting to the point
G/B
Of no return
G D C
And all that I can do
G Em
Is stand and watch it now
Am Bm D
Watch it burn, burn, burn
G D C
It's getting to the point
G/B
Where reasons are forgotten
G D C
It's getting to the point
G/B
Where no one knows
G D C
And all that I can do
G Em
Is say I'm sorry
Am Bm D
But that's the way it goes...
Sax Solo in Gmaj Pentatonic (over chorus chords):
[Outro]
G Am G/B
It's getting to the point (getting to the point)
C G Am G/B
Getting to the point (getting to the point)
C G Am G/B
It's getting to the point (getting to the point)
C G
Getting to the point.
