Cruisin Music

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                            "Cruisin' Music"
                             (Eric Carmen)

Intro [2X; w/tambourine 2nd time]:

	B5  B6  B5  B6    B5  B6  B5  B6
	/   /   /   /     /   /   / / /

Verse 1:

	 B
	Get up in the morning, check out the weather
	If it looks like sun I get my things together
	            E                   F#
	Throw some cutoffs on, grab my tank top and tennies now
	     B
	And head for the beach

	           (B)
	Well, I'm drivin' down the highway losin' all my patience
	Punchin' all the buttons tryin' to find a station
	         E                    F#
	With a screamin' jock servin' up my daily ration of

Chorus:

	   B             E/B
	(Cruisin' music, sure good music)
	            B                E/B
	         (Cruisin' music, sure good music)
	To put the fun back in summertime
	            G#m7     C#7
	I need some cruisin' music
	1:    E/F# [N.C.]           B   (repeat intro)
	2:    E/F# [N.C.]          A/B  E  (to bridge)
	3:    F/G        G          C   (repeat chorus in C)
	   To make everything all right

Verse 2:

	Well I'm flyin' down the freeway, floatin' like a feather
	Got my windows rolled down in the hot summer weather
	With my radio up loud, nothin' makes me feel better
	Than some good rock 'n' roll (good, good   good rock 'n' roll)

	Those suntanned girls are lookin' out of sight
	And to a beach-drenched jam we'd never get uptight
	'Cause when the sun goes down we'll be dancin' through the night
		and singin'

[repeat chorus]

Bridge:

	G#m            B/F#
	It's time you heard some happy music
	G#m            B7/A                            E/B      G#m
	God knows this world could really use a little sunshine
	             C#m A   F# [N.C.]
	So won't you  make  mine
	F#5 F#6 F#5 F#6 [4 bars, as per intro]
	                Yeah, you know I need some more of that

[repeat chorus]

Chorus [in C]:

	   C             F/C
	(Cruisin' music, sure good music)
	            C                F/C
	         (Cruisin' music, sure good music)
	To put the fun back in summertime
	            Am7      D7
	I need some cruisin' music
	   F/G [N.C.]           Bb9 [N.C.]
	To make everything all right

	(repeat intro, in C [2X, w/tambourine]):

	C5  C6  C5  C6    C5  C6  C5  C6
	/   /   /   /     /   /   / / /

Coda [repeat to fade]:

	C5 C6 C5 C6  C5 C6 C5 C6  C5 C6 C5 C6 C7/Bb
	/  /  /  /   /  /  /  /   /  /  /  /   /  /  /  /


-- another ace 70's tab from Andrew Rogers