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Ha, ha, I'm drowning - lead track of Kilimanjaro
Brass intro:
  (actually the brass doesn't play powerchords, but for guitar it just gives more, 
ehh... power)
E----------------------------------|
B-5-------5-10-8-7-5-------5-3-5-3-|
G-4-------4-9 -7-6-4-------4-2-4-2-| [repeat]
D-2-------2-7 -5-4-2-------2-0-2-0-|
A----------------------------------|
E----------------------------------|
Oh use your common EmsenseAm  
And Don't take things for EmgrantedD  
You know it's not like EmthatAm  
It isn't how you Emsaid (in Dlive versions mr. Cope used 'say' regularly)
You ask me if I love you
Well I don't think that's fair
You ask me if I love you
Well I don't think that's real
To critize our love
E5 F#5 G5 A5 (basically same chords as used in the brass hook, but then it can be played 
from an open E, as a standard powerchord)
[the rest of the song is pretty much the same, except for the bridge - but this is 
basically repeating one chord - not really spectacular]

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Ha Ha Im Drowning

by The Teardrop Explodes

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Ha, ha, I'm drowning - lead track of Kilimanjaro

Brass intro:

(actually the brass doesn't play powerchords, but for guitar it just gives more,

ehh... power)

E----------------------------------|

B-5-------5-10-8-7-5-------5-3-5-3-|

G-4-------4-9 -7-6-4-------4-2-4-2-| [repeat]

D-2-------2-7 -5-4-2-------2-0-2-0-|

A----------------------------------|

E----------------------------------|

Em Am

Oh use your common sense

Em D

And Don't take things for granted

Em Am

You know it's not like that

Em D

It isn't how you said (in live versions mr. Cope used 'say' regularly)

You ask me if I love you

Well I don't think that's fair

You ask me if I love you

Well I don't think that's real

To critize our love

E5 F#5 G5 A5 (basically same chords as used in the brass hook, but then it can be played

from an open E, as a standard powerchord)

[the rest of the song is pretty much the same, except for the bridge - but this is

basically repeating one chord - not really spectacular]

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