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Saint Of Circumstance

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NOTES:
1) Intro Chord is a type of poly chord: Cmaj/Bb5. and played on guitar as shown below
(number represent fingering)
X | | 0 | 0 (open strings)
| 1 | | 2 |
| | | | | |
| | 4 | | |
2) "./." in a bar means repeat from the previous bar
Saint of Circumstance
POLYCHORD
|| Cmaj/Bb5 | ./. :||x3 to VAMP
VAMP
||: A   G| D   E:||x4 to VERSES
VERSES 1,2 (1/2 time feel)
|| A| A7/C#| Bm| BbM7|
| A| A7/C#| Bm   Bb6| E7   BbM7|
| A| A7/G||: F#m| G:||x3
(verse 1 end - VAMP)
||: A   G| D   E:||x4 to VERSE 2
(verse 2 end - POLYCHORD)
|| Cmaj/Bb5 | ./. :||x2 to BRIDGE ('Holes in what's left...')
Bridge (normal time)
||:E D| A   B:||x3
|| B| B||
||:E D| A   B:||x2
|| E   D| A   B| D|| to POLYCHORD BRIDGE
POLYCHORD BRIDGE
||:Cmaj/Bb5 | ./. | ./. | ./. |
| A   A/G| F#m   G:|| x2 to VAMP
VAMP (normal time)
||: A   G| D   E:|| x4 to VERSE 3
VERSE 3
|| A| A7/C#| Bm| BbM7|
| A| A7/C#| Bm   Bb13| E7   BbM7|
| A| A7/G||: F#m| G:||x3
(verse 3 end - POLYCHORD, hold chord and build into Outro Vamp)
|| Cmaj/Bb5 | ./. :||x...?
OUTROVAMP (play into final vocal 'Sure don't know...')
||: A   G| D   E:||x...?
out with 'maybe goin on a feeling'
POLYCHORD
|| Cmaj/Bb5 | ./. :| x2 (or 3 or whatever)
OUTRO
|| A| A7/G| F#m| G| A|||
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