{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":2377379,"song":"Meanwhile","artist":"The Moody Blues","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/2377379-meanwhile-chords-by-the-moody-blues/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2377379?type=chord","rating":4.73153,"votes":3,"content":"There are lots of great chords that work for this song, but the ones I’ve tabbed here are based on\r\nmy best interpretation of the ones Justin Hayward and his rhythm guitarist are using in this performance:\r\nhttps://youtu.be/ToQB-ux3UmU\r\nIf you check out my chords below, you'll see it's not as hard as it looks - \r\nlots of E chord shapes sliding around the fingerboard, and also variations and inversions of E and A chords\r\nwhich you could play as just the one shape for simplicity if you want.\r\n\r\nA/E: 0776x0\r\nE: 022100\r\nF#sus4/E: 044300\r\n[ch]E[/ch]*: 0xx454\r\n[tab][ch]Bsus4[/ch]*: 099900\r\nBsus4: 099800[/tab]\r\nG#m: 466xxx\r\nF#m: 244xxx\r\nEm7: 055400\r\nEsus4: 022200\r\nE**: 014141300 (E chord played up 12 frets)\r\nA: 577655\r\nB: 799877\r\n\r\n[Intro]\r\n\r\n[ch]A/E[/ch]         [ch]E[/ch]          [ch]A/E[/ch]        [ch]A6/E[/ch]    [ch]Bsus4[/ch]* [ch]Bsus4[/ch]\r\n\r\n[ch]A/E[/ch]         [ch]E[/ch]          [ch]A/E[/ch]        [ch]G#m[/ch]   [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\n\r\n[ch]E[/ch]           [ch]F#sus4/E[/ch]   [ch]A/E[/ch]        [ch]E[/ch]\r\n\r\n[ch]E[/ch]           [ch]E[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]                                      [ch]F#sus4/E[/ch]\r\nJust in a simple conversation, you can hear the feeling change,[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Em7[/ch]                 [ch]A/E[/ch]         [ch]E[/ch]   [ch]Esus4[/ch]  [ch]E[/ch]  [ch]Esus4[/ch]  [ch]E[/ch]\r\nLike a river running down, down to the sea[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]                                   [ch]F#sus4/E[/ch]\r\nAnd if you need an explanation, I defy you to explain,[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Em7[/ch]                       [ch]A/E[/ch]                [ch]E[/ch]    [ch]Esus4[/ch]  [ch]E[/ch]\r\nBut something's not the same, and it's bothering me[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Bridge]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Esus4[/ch]     [ch]A[/ch]                [ch]E[/ch]\r\nI think I see where I went wrong[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]         [ch]A[/ch]                [ch]E[/ch]  [ch]Bsus4[/ch]\r\nI think I see what's going on[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]** [ch]Bsus4[/ch]     [ch]A/E[/ch]     [ch]E[/ch]        [ch]Bsus4[/ch]       [ch]A/E[/ch]\r\nMeanwhile and far away  as the night draws in[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]            [ch]B[/ch]                    [ch]A[/ch]              [ch]B[/ch]\r\nHe's holding her right now, I can feel it all begin[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]   [ch]B[/ch]         [ch]A[/ch]        [ch]B[/ch]  [ch]E[/ch]         [ch]B[/ch]      [ch]A/E[/ch]\r\nMeanwhile and far away     when the day is done[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]      [ch]B[/ch]                 [ch]A[/ch]              [ch]B[/ch]\r\nI ride away my friend, into the setting sun[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]B[/ch]       [ch]E[/ch]                   [ch]Em7[/ch]  [ch]A/E[/ch]\r\nAnd the river's running down[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A/E[/ch]         [ch]E[/ch]    [ch]E[/ch]\r\nDown to the sea[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Instrumental]\r\n\r\n[ch]A[/ch]          [ch]E[/ch]           [ch]A[/ch]         [ch]E[/ch]\r\n\r\n[ch]A[/ch]          [ch]E[/ch]           [ch]A[/ch]         [ch]G#m[/ch]  [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\n\r\n[ch]E[/ch]          [ch]F#sus4/E[/ch]    [ch]A/E[/ch]       [ch]E[/ch]\r\n\r\n[ch]E[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]                                               [ch]F#sus4/E[/ch]\r\nI let love slip right through my fingers, and I watched it drift away[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Em7[/ch]            [ch]A/E[/ch]                     [ch]E[/ch]  [ch]Esus4[/ch]  [ch]E[/ch]  [ch]Esus4[/ch]  [ch]E[/ch]\r\nBut still I had to say  what was written for me[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]                                             [ch]F#sus4/E[/ch]\r\nI thought I'd end up as the hero, thought the glory would be mine[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Em7[/ch]                [ch]A/E[/ch]            [ch]E[/ch]\r\nVery soon I was to find   it wasn't to be[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Bridge]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]            [ch]A[/ch]                [ch]E[/ch]\r\n‘Cos in this part I've got to play[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]           [ch]A[/ch]                  [ch]E[/ch]    [ch]B[/ch]\r\nIt doesn't quite turn out that wa-a-ay[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]   [ch]Bsus4[/ch]     [ch]A/E[/ch]     [ch]E[/ch]        [ch]Bsus4[/ch]       [ch]A/E[/ch]\r\nMeanwhile and far away  as the night draws in[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]            [ch]B[/ch]                    [ch]A[/ch]              [ch]B[/ch]\r\nHe's holding her right now, I can feel it all begin[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]   [ch]B[/ch]         [ch]A[/ch]        [ch]B[/ch]  [ch]E[/ch]         [ch]B[/ch]      [ch]A/E[/ch]\r\nMeanwhile and far away     when the day is done[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]      [ch]B[/ch]                 [ch]A[/ch]              [ch]B[/ch]\r\nI ride away my friend, into the setting sun[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]B[/ch]       [ch]E[/ch]                   [ch]Em7[/ch]  [ch]A/E[/ch]\r\nAnd the river's running down[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A/E[/ch]         [ch]E[/ch]    [ch]E[/ch]\r\nDown to the sea[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Outro]\r\n\r\n[ch]A[/ch]          [ch]E[/ch]           [ch]A[/ch]         [ch]E[/ch]\r\n\r\n[ch]A[/ch]          [ch]E[/ch]           [ch]A[/ch]         [ch]G#m[/ch]  [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\n\r\n[ch]E[/ch]","plain_text":"There are lots of great chords that work for this song, but the ones I’ve tabbed here are based on\nmy best interpretation of the ones Justin Hayward and his rhythm guitarist are using in this performance:\nhttps://youtu.be/ToQB-ux3UmU\nIf you check out my chords below, you'll see it's not as hard as it looks - \nlots of E chord shapes sliding around the fingerboard, and also variations and inversions of E and A chords\nwhich you could play as just the one shape for simplicity if you want.\n\nA/E: 0776x0\nE: 022100\nF#sus4/E: 044300\nE*: 0xx454\n\nG#m: 466xxx\nF#m: 244xxx\nEm7: 055400\nEsus4: 022200\nE**: 014141300 (E chord played up 12 frets)\nA: 577655\nB: 799877\n\n[Intro]\n\nA/E         E          A/E        A6/E    Bsus4* Bsus4\n\nA/E         E          A/E        G#m   F#m\n\nE           F#sus4/E   A/E        E\n\nE           E\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Bridge]\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Instrumental]\n\nA          E           A         E\n\nA          E           A         G#m  F#m\n\nE          F#sus4/E    A/E       E\n\nE\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Bridge]\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Outro]\n\nA          E           A         E\n\nA          E           A         G#m  F#m\n\nE","chords":["E","A","A/E","F#sus4/E","Bsus4","G#m","F#m","Esus4","B","A6/E","Em7"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"B":{"barres":[2],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,2,3,4,1],"frets":[-1,2,4,4,4,2]},"E":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,1,0,0]},"Em7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,2,0,3,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,3,0]},"Esus4":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,2,3,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,2,0,0]}}}