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The Main Thing

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Tempo 80 BPMVol

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Step 1 / 28Position: 2

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Tuning: Standard
Capo: 1st fret
Play: E
Key: F
For chords in original key transpose +1 (and "use flats")
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[Chorus]
  D7/E1 + 2 + 3 + 4 E5+  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  
e|2-------2-----0-|----0-------0---|
B|3-------3-----0-|----0-------0---|
G|2-------2-----4-|----4-------4---|
D|2-------2-----2-|----2-------2---|
A|2---2-2-2---2-2-|--------2-2-----|
E|0---0-0-0---0-0-|--------0-0-----|
[Interlude] (part)
  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
e|2---3-2-----3-2-|----3-2-----3-0-|----0-------0---|----0-------0---|
B|1---1-1-----1-1-|----1-1-----1-0-|----0-------0---|----0-------0---|
G|0---0-0-----0-0-|----0-0-----0-0-|----0-------0---|----0-------0---|
D|2---2-2-----2-2-|----2-2-----2-2-|----------------|----------------|
A|2-----2-------2-|------2-------2-|--------2--2----|2-------2-2-----|
E|0-----0---------|--------------0-|--------0--0----|0-------0-0-----|
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CHORDS
      E-A-D-G-B-E
E5    0-2-2-4-0-0 or 0-2-2-x-0-0 (easier following D7/E)
D7/E  0-2-2-x-1-2
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[Intro]
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|  E5| % | % | % | 
|  E5| % | % | % | 
|  E5| % | 
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|  D7/E|  E5|
[Verse 1]
E5Look at my hand
There's a E5soul on fire
 E5You can lead me E5even higher
[Chorus]
     D7/E   E5It’s the main thing
     D7/E   E5The main thing
     D7/E   E5It’s the main thing
D7/E E5
[Verse 2]
E5Everybody knows
When a E5good thing's gone
 E5You can really E5turn me on
[Chorus]
     D7/E   E5It’s the main thing
     D7/E   E5The main thing
     D7/E   E5It’s the main thing
D7/E E5
[Verse 3]
You E5run through here
With your E5words of sand
 E5I can nearly understand
[Chorus]
     D7/E   E5It’s the main thing
[Interlude]
|  E5| % | % | % | 
|  E5| % | % | % | 
|  E5| % | % | % | 
|  E5| % | % | % | 
|  C| % |  Em| % | (= INTERLUDE part)
|2/4 Em |4/4 C | % | 
|  E5| % | % | % | 
|  E5| % | % | % | 
|  E5| % | % | 
[Chorus]
     D7/E   E5It’s the main thing
     D7/E   E5The main thing
     D7/E   E5It’s the main thing
D7/E E5
[Outro]
|  E5| % | % | % | 
 (repeat and fade)

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The Main Thing

by Roxy Music

Lyrics & chords · Original key · Capo on fret 1 (as written in this song)

Chords in this song · guitar

D7/E

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Tuning: Standard

Capo: 1st fret

Play: E

Key: F

For chords in original key transpose +1 (and "use flats")

---------------------------------------------------------------------------

[Chorus]

D7/E E5

1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +

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

B|3-------3-----0-|----0-------0---|

G|2-------2-----4-|----4-------4---|

D|2-------2-----2-|----2-------2---|

A|2---2-2-2---2-2-|--------2-2-----|

E|0---0-0-0---0-0-|--------0-0-----|

[Interlude] (part)

1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +

e|2---3-2-----3-2-|----3-2-----3-0-|----0-------0---|----0-------0---|

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

G|0---0-0-----0-0-|----0-0-----0-0-|----0-------0---|----0-------0---|

D|2---2-2-----2-2-|----2-2-----2-2-|----------------|----------------|

A|2-----2-------2-|------2-------2-|--------2--2----|2-------2-2-----|

E|0-----0---------|--------------0-|--------0--0----|0-------0-0-----|

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CHORDS

E-A-D-G-B-E

E5 0-2-2-4-0-0 or 0-2-2-x-0-0 (easier following D7/E)

D7/E 0-2-2-x-1-2

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[Intro]

| no chord | % |

| | % | % | % |

| | % |

| | % | % | % |

D7/E E5

| | |

[Verse 1]

Look at my hand

There's a soul on fire

E5 E5

You can lead me even higher

[Chorus]

D7/E E5

It’s the main thing

D7/E E5

The main thing

D7/E E5

It’s the main thing

D7/E E5

[Verse 2]

Everybody knows

When a good thing's gone

E5 E5

You can really turn me on

[Chorus]

D7/E E5

It’s the main thing

D7/E E5

The main thing

D7/E E5

It’s the main thing

D7/E E5

[Verse 3]

You run through here

With your words of sand

I can nearly understand

[Chorus]

D7/E E5

It’s the main thing

[Interlude]

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C Em

| | % | | % | (= INTERLUDE part)

|2/4 Em |4/4 C | % |

| | % | % | % |

| | % | % |

[Chorus]

D7/E E5

It’s the main thing

D7/E E5

The main thing

D7/E E5

It’s the main thing

D7/E E5

[Outro]

| | % | % | % |

(repeat and fade)

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