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Forty Days

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|%   |: Repeat the previous Chord and Measure of 4-counts.
(    ): Backing Vocals
n.c.  : No Chord
/     : Break(s)
INTRO (slow vocals):
n.c.
I'm gonna give you, forty days,
           |    A|%
to get back.
VERSE 1:
         |                A|% 
I'm gonna call up the gypsy woman,
           |    E7|%
on the tele-phone.
         |                  A|A7  
I'm gonna tell the world wide who do,
              |               D7|%
that'll be the very thing that I do do.
         |                      A|E7  
I'm gonne see that she'll be back home,
               /
        |    A|A  
in forty days.
CHORUS 1:
           |           A|%
Yeah, forty days, (forty days),
     |%           |%
forty days, (forty days).
         |                      A|%
I'm gonne see that she'll be back home,
        |               E7|%
in forty days (yeah, forty days).
         |                  A|A7  
I'm gonna tell the world wide who do,
              |               D7|%
that'll be the very thing that I do do.
         |                      A|E7  
I'm gonne see that she'll be back home,
               /
        |    A|A  
in forty days.
VERSE 2:
          |                      A|% 
Well I was talking to the judge in private,
          |      A|%
early this morning.
         |                    A|%
When the sheriff came along and took me,
           |     E7|%
without any warning.
           |                        A|A7  
He said I'm setting the charge up, to get ya,
              |                D7|%
that'll be the very thing that'll hang ya.
         |                      A|E7  
I'm gonna see that she'll be back home,
               /
        |    A|A  
in forty days.
CHORUS 2:
           |           A|%
Yeah, forty days, (forty days),
     |%           |%
forty days, (forty days).
         |                      A|%
I'm gonne see that she'll be back home,
        |               E7|%
in forty days (yeah, forty days).
         |                  A|A7  
I'm gonna tell the world wide who do,
              |               D7|%
that'll be the very thing that I do do.
         |                      A|E7  
I'm gonne see that she'll be back home,
        |    A|%    |
in forty days.
SOLO:
|    A|%    |%    |%    |%    |%    |   E7|%    |
                                           /
|    A|   A7|   D7|%    |    A|   E7|    A|A  
VERSE 3, like VERSE 2, plus:
CHORUS, like CHORUS 1, plus:
OUTRO:
         |                      A|E7  
I'm gonne see that she'll be back home,
               /
        |    A|A  
in forty days.
         |                      A|E7  
I'm gonne see that she'll be back home,
                /   /
        |    D7|A  
in forty da  -  ys, yeah.

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Forty Days

by Cliff Richard

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

|% |: Repeat the previous Chord and Measure of 4-counts.

( ): Backing Vocals

n.c. : No Chord

/ : Break(s)

INTRO (slow vocals):

n.c.

I'm gonna give you, forty days,

| |%

to get back.

VERSE 1:

| |%

I'm gonna call up the gypsy woman,

| |%

on the tele-phone.

A A7

| |

I'm gonna tell the world wide who do,

| |%

that'll be the very thing that I do do.

A E7

| |

I'm gonne see that she'll be back home,

A A

| |

in forty days.

CHORUS 1:

| |%

Yeah, forty days, (forty days),

|% |%

forty days, (forty days).

| |%

I'm gonne see that she'll be back home,

| |%

in forty days (yeah, forty days).

A A7

| |

I'm gonna tell the world wide who do,

| |%

that'll be the very thing that I do do.

A E7

| |

I'm gonne see that she'll be back home,

A A

| |

in forty days.

VERSE 2:

| |%

Well I was talking to the judge in private,

| |%

early this morning.

| |%

When the sheriff came along and took me,

| |%

without any warning.

A A7

| |

He said I'm setting the charge up, to get ya,

| |%

that'll be the very thing that'll hang ya.

A E7

| |

I'm gonna see that she'll be back home,

A A

| |

in forty days.

CHORUS 2:

| |%

Yeah, forty days, (forty days),

|% |%

forty days, (forty days).

| |%

I'm gonne see that she'll be back home,

| |%

in forty days (yeah, forty days).

A A7

| |

I'm gonna tell the world wide who do,

| |%

that'll be the very thing that I do do.

A E7

| |

I'm gonne see that she'll be back home,

| |% |

in forty days.

SOLO:

A E7

| |% |% |% |% |% | |% |

A A7 D7 A E7 A A

| | | |% | | | |

VERSE 3, like VERSE 2, plus:

CHORUS, like CHORUS 1, plus:

OUTRO:

A E7

| |

I'm gonne see that she'll be back home,

A A

| |

in forty days.

A E7

| |

I'm gonne see that she'll be back home,

/ /

D7 A

| |

in forty da - ys, yeah.

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