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Cmajor

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Rhythm pattern:
|C0------0---------0-0---0-------|F1-------1---------C0-0---0-------|
|1------1---------1-1---1-------|1-------1---------1-1---1-------|
|0------0---------0-0---0-------|2-------2---------0-0---0-------|
|2------2---------2-2---2-------|3-------3---------2-2---2-------|
|3------3---------3-3---3-------|3-------3---------3-3---3-------|
|-------------------------------|1-------1-----------------------|
|1   &  2   &   3   &   4   &   |1   &   2   &   3   &   4   &   |
When CI was born in ‘61
They alFready had a Chit
And they worked so hard
And they  Fmade it CJoe
And so on…

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The Beatles

by Daniel Johnston

Lyrics & chords · Original key

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Rhythm pattern:

C F C

|0------0---------0-0---0-------|1-------1---------0-0---0-------|

|1------1---------1-1---1-------|1-------1---------1-1---1-------|

|0------0---------0-0---0-------|2-------2---------0-0---0-------|

|2------2---------2-2---2-------|3-------3---------2-2---2-------|

|3------3---------3-3---3-------|3-------3---------3-3---3-------|

|-------------------------------|1-------1-----------------------|

|1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & |1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & |

When I was born in ‘61

F C

They already had a hit

And they worked so hard

F C

And they made it Joe

And so on…

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