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Getting to the Point – Electric Light Orchestra
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Tabbed by: maguri
Tuning: Standard
Electric Light Orchestra
Getting to the Point (1986)
(Lynne)
From: "Balance of Power"
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CHORDS
E-A-D-G-B-e
G/B x-2-0-0-0-3 or x-2-0-0-3-3
C/D x-x-0-0-1-0
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INTRO (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 G/B C
As the meaning starts to dawn
D | Em D | [ Cmaj7 ]
It's getting to the point (Getting to the point)
| Cmaj7 C/D | G
Getting to the point
[break]
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 G/B Cmaj7
Was that you were gonna stay
D | Em D | [ C ]
It's getting to the point (Getting to the point)
| C C/D | G
Getting to the point
CHORUS
G G D D C C
It's getting to the point
G/B
Where nobody can stop it now
G G D D C C
It's getting to the point
G/B
Of no return
G G D D C C
And all that I can do
G/B Em
Is stand and watch it now
Am G/B D
Watch it burn, burn, burn
G G D D C C
It's getting to the point
G/B
Where reasons are forgotten
G G D D C C
It's getting to the point
G/B
Where no one knows
G G D D C C
And all that I can do
G/B Em
Is say I'm sor-ry
Am G/B Cmaj7
But that's the way it goes ...
C/D | G | % |
Getting to the point
[break]
VERSE
| G | G/B |
Forever
C D
Is a long, long way
| G | G/B |
Forever
C D
Takes your breath away
Bm Em
I'd like to talk about it
Am G/B Cmaj7
Try to un-der-stand
D | Em D | [ Cmaj7 ]
It's getting to the point (Getting to the point)
| Cmaj7 C/D | G
Getting to the point
CHORUS
G G D D C C
It's getting to the point
G/B
Where nobody can stop it now
G G D D C C
It's getting to the point
G/B
Of no return
G G D D C C
And all that I can do
G/B Em
Is stand and watch it now
Am G/B D
Watch it burn, burn, burn
G G D D C C
It's getting to the point
G/B
Where reasons are forgotten
G G D D C C
It's getting to the point
G/B
Where no one knows
G G D D C C
And all that I can do
G/B Em
Is say I'm sor-ry
Am G/B | D Dsus4 D Dsus4 D Dsus4 D Dsus4 | % |
But that's the way it goes ...
SOLO
| 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + | 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + |
C G/B G G D D C
| 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + | 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + |
C G/B G G D D C
| 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + | 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + |
C G/B Em
| 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + | 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + |
Am G/B Cmaj7 [ D ]
CODA
Dsus4 Dsus4 D D Dsus2 G Am G/B
It's get - ting 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
