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On Melancholy Hill

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Step 1 / 36Position: 1
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Capo II
[Hook]
e|-C--3---3---3---G--3---3---3-Am--3---3---3---F--3---G--3---3---F--3---G--3---3---|
B|-1---1---1---1-0---0---0---1---1---1---1-1---1-0---0---0-1---1-0---0---0-|
G|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
[Verse]
CUp on melancholy hill
There's a plastic trGee
Are you here with Amme?
Just Flooking out on the Gday
Of another FdreamG  
[Verse]
Well, Cyou can't get what you want
But you can get mGe
So let's head out to Amsea
'Cause Fyou are my mediGcine
When you're close to FmeG  
When you're close to Cme
[Hook]
(C) G   Am   F   G   F  G  
[Verse]
So Ccall in the submarine
'Round the world we'll Ggo
Does anybody kAmnow?
If we're Flooking out on the Gday
Of another FdreamG  
[Hook]
C G Am
If Fyou can't get what you Gwant
Then you come with FmeG  
[Chorus]
CUp on melancholy hillG  
Sits a manaAmtee
Just Flooking out for the dGay
When you're close to FmeG  
When you're close to Cme
[Hook]
(C) G   Am   F   G   F  G  
When you're close to Cme
(C) G   Am   F   G   F  G  
C G Am F G F G
Cm
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The story behind the song

"On Melancholy Hill" captures that distinct feeling, a place in your soul, where it feels like someone has let your tires down. It offers a lighter moment, a genuine pop sensibility within the album's landscape. The song was originally conceived by Damon Albarn during the creation of another project. It plays like a gentle exploration of a quiet, reflective sadness that can still hold a sense of beauty.

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