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Bluebird – Electric Light Orchestra
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Tabbed by: maguri
Tuning: Standard
Bluebird
Electric Light Orchestra (1983)
(Jeff Lynne)
From: "Secret Messages"
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LINK
D/F# D/A D7b9 D5+ D7
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
e|2---------------|2---------------|2-------2-------|
B|3---------------|3-------4-------|3-------1-------|
G|2---------------|2-------5-------|3-------2-------|
D|0---------------|0-------4-------|0-------0-------|
A|----------------|0-------5-------|----------------|
E|2-----------2-3-|----------------|----------------|
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CHORDS and SPECIAL VOICINGS
D/F# 2-x-0-2-3(2)
Fdim 1-x-0-1-0-1
C/E 0-3-2-0-1-0
Ebmaj7 x-x-1-3-3-3
Bbmaj7 x-1-3-2-3-1
D/A x-0-0-2-3-2
D7b9 x-5-4-5-4-x
D5+ x-x-0-3-3-2
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INTRO
| G | % | C | % |
| G | % | C | % |
G C
The streets, the signs are pointing all one way
G C
But you don't realize just what they say
G D/F# Fdim C/E
You may fight, you may run, you may know what you've done
Ebmaj7 Bbmaj7 Ebmaj7 Bbmaj7
It makes me feel so sad (makes me feel so sad)
Ebmaj7 Bbmaj7 Ebmaj7 Bbmaj7
To think what I might've had (what I might have had)
Bb Dm[Bbmaj7?] Bb7 C
I watch the stars, I watch the sun, now I watch for anyone
Cm D
But it's only make believe
G C
You work . . . you work, you work so hard and then
G C
Someone, someone will come around again
G D/F# Fdim C/E
You may think it's for real, but you know how you feel
Ebmaj7 Bbmaj7 Ebmaj7 Bbmaj7
The places that I go (places that I go)
Ebmaj7 Bbmaj7 Ebmaj7 Bbmaj7
Don’t feel good anymore (feel good anymore)
Bb Dm[Bbmaj7?] Bb7 C
I see it all rainbows in fall I see her face upon my wall
Cm D/F# D/A D7b9 D5+ D7
But it's only make believe [LINK: see above)
G Cmaj7
Fly away, bluebird fly away for me
G Cmaj7
To a place somewhere far across the sea
G D/F# Fdim C/E
Fly away, far away, don't look back, go today
Ebmaj7 Bbmaj7 Ebmaj7 Bbmaj7
The waves that crash upon the sand
Ebmaj7 Bbmaj7 Ebmaj7 Bbmaj7
Another place, a far off land
Bb Dm[Bbmaj7?] Bb7 C
And every day, I have to stay, but you are free, you could fly away
Cm D/F# D/A D7b9 D5+ D7
But it's only make believe [LINK: see above)
OUTRO
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(Work, work – work work)
| G | % | C | % |
Bluebird, bluebird fly away from me
Bluebird, bluebird fly away
(repeat and fade – vocals ad lib)
