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Since You Been Gone

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Tempo 80 BPMVol

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[INTRO]
(Power for Electric or Barre Chords for Acoustic)
G G G  D D  Em Em Em  C C
G G G    D Em C   C C D D
G G G  D D  Em Em Em  C C
G G G    D Em C C D
(whoooaaa)
[VERSE]
(Major Chords)
GI   get  the  Dsame   old  dreams   Emsame    time   Devery night,
Cfall   to  the  Bmground   and  I     Amwake     upD  
GSo I get out oDf bed, put Emon my shoes, and Din my head
CThoughts fly Bmback to the Ambreak-upD  
[BRIDGE]
                                  Eb*
These   four  walls  are  closin'  in,
look  at  the fix   you've   put  me in.
[CHORUS]
GSiGncGe you've been gonDe,    D  EmSinEmce Emyou've been gConCe
GI'Gm Gout of my head, caDnt taEmke iCt.   C    C    D          D  
GCoGulGd I be wrong,      D      D  Embut EmsiEmnce you've been gConCe
GyoGu'Gve cast a spell Dso Embreak  iCt.C  D  
WAILS...
G G G  D D  Em Em Em  C C
  G    G       G    D     Em   C...CsiCnce you've DbeDen gone.
[VERSE]
GSo in the nDight I stand Embeneath the Dback street light
CI read the words Bmthat you sent to mAmeD  
GI can take the Dafternoon, the Emnight-time comes Daround too soon
CYou can't Bmknow what you Ammean to Dme
[BRIDGE]
                                Eb*
Your poison letter, your telegram
Just goes to show you don't give a damn
[CHORUS]
GSiGncGe you've been gonDe,    D  EmSinEmce Emyou've been gConCe
GI'Gm Gout of my head, caDnt taEmke iCt.   C    C    D          D  
GCoGulGd I be wrong,      D      D  Embut EmsiEmnce you've been gConCe
GyoGu'Gve cast a spell Dso Embreak  iCt.C  D  
WAILS...
G G G  D D  Em Em Em  C C
  G    G       G    D     Em   C...CsiCnce you've DbeDen gone.
[GUITAR SOLO]
(and Breakdown)
 G   Am   Bm   Dsus2   D7  Em+  C  D  
GIf yoAmu will cBmome back
     Dsus2           D7  Em+                     C  D  
Baby, you know you'll never do wrong
 D   D  D,  D  D.
***Key Change*** (two frets up)
[Chorus]
Notes:
*
e|-------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------|
D|------7------------------------------|
A|----8-----8--6---------------3--4--5-|
E|--8----------------8--6--5-----------|
Em+
3 (Hammer on/off)
0
0
2
X
X
The Intro/Chorus part is Barre or Power Chords, the Verse
and breakdown part is Major chords, you can
break up the chord, hitting the low strings first,
walk it up to the higher strings and back.

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Since You Been Gone

by Rainbow

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

Dsus2

[INTRO]

(Power for Electric or Barre Chords for Acoustic)

G G G D D Em Em Em C C

G G G D Em C C C D D

G G G D D Em Em Em C C

G G G D Em C C D

(whoooaaa)

[VERSE]

(Major Chords)

G D Em D

I get the same old dreams same time every night,

C Bm Am D

fall to the ground and I wake up

G D Em D

So I get out of bed, put on my shoes, and in my head

C Bm Am D

Thoughts fly back to the break-up

[BRIDGE]

These four walls are closin' in,

look at the fix you've put me in.

[CHORUS]

G G G D D Em Em Em C C

Since you've been gone, Since you've been gone

G G G D Em C C C D D

I'm out of my head, cant take it.

G G G D D Em Em Em C C

Could I be wrong, but since you've been gone

G G G D Em C C D

you've cast a spell so break it.

WAILS...

G G G D D Em Em Em C C

G G G D Em C C C D D

...since you've been gone.

[VERSE]

G D Em D

So in the night I stand beneath the back street light

C Bm Am D

I read the words that you sent to me

G D Em D

I can take the afternoon, the night-time comes around too soon

C Bm Am D

You can't know what you mean to me

[BRIDGE]

Your poison letter, your telegram

Just goes to show you don't give a damn

[CHORUS]

G G G D D Em Em Em C C

Since you've been gone, Since you've been gone

G G G D Em C C C D D

I'm out of my head, cant take it.

G G G D D Em Em Em C C

Could I be wrong, but since you've been gone

G G G D Em C C D

you've cast a spell so break it.

WAILS...

G G G D D Em Em Em C C

G G G D Em C C C D D

...since you've been gone.

[GUITAR SOLO]

(and Breakdown)

G Am Bm Dsus2 D7 Em C D

G Am Bm

If you will come back

Dsus2 D7 Em C D

Baby, you know you'll never do wrong

D D D D D

, .

***Key Change*** (two frets up)

[Chorus]

Notes:

e|-------------------------------------|

B|-------------------------------------|

G|-------------------------------------|

D|------7------------------------------|

A|----8-----8--6---------------3--4--5-|

E|--8----------------8--6--5-----------|

3 (Hammer on/off)

The Intro/Chorus part is Barre or Power Chords, the Verse

and breakdown part is Major chords, you can

break up the chord, hitting the low strings first,

walk it up to the higher strings and back.

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