All Would Envy

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Song: All Would Envy (from Album: Live in Berlin, 2010)
Artist: Sting
Chord Analysis: Mats Fagergren (2017-02-08)
Comment: This chord version is based on Sting´s Live performance with The Royal Philharmonic
Concert Orchestra. OBS.. THE youtube version that can be found after the tabs down below, comes from an other
live performance with slightly different bridge chords , intro etc...!
Rythm: Bossa Nova
Use the chord instructions below:
[chordinfo]
E,A,D,G,B,e
C#m9 x,4,2,4,4,(0)
D#-9/G 3,x,2,3,4,x (Gm6(#5))
Badd11 x,2,2,4,4,(0)
Amaj7 x,0,2,1,2,0
Amaj7 5,x,6,6,5,x
F#m9 2,4,2,2,2,4
F#m9/E 0,4,2,2,2,4
D#m7-5 x,6,7,6,7,x
G#7sus4 4,6,4,6,4,4
G#7 4,6,4,5,4,4
G#13sus4 4,6,4,6,6,4
G#aug7/F# x,x,4,5,5,4
G7-5 3,x,3,4,2,x
Dmaj7 x,x,0,2,2,2
C#7sus4 x,4,6,4,7,4
B6/C# x,4,4,4,4,x
[intro]
C#m9 C#m9 C#m9 C#m9
C#m9 C#m9 D#-9/G D#-9/G
C#m9 C#m9 D#-9/G D#-9/G
[verse 1]
Old C#m9enough to be her dad
C#m9But the young men were just mad
C#m9They Badd11nursed their Amaj7grievances
Amaj7But she was flF#m9attered by his charm
F#m9It wouldn't F#m9/Edo her any harm
F#m9/EThey'd D#m7-5all had their G#7sus4chancesG#7  
[verse 2]
He C#m9sent her flowers and limousines
C#m9And she was treated like a queen
C#m9And aBadd11nything she eAmaj7ver wanted
Amaj7Was no problem for a man like him
Amaj7And evF#m9eryone expected soon
F#m9That she could F#m9/Eask him for the moon
F#m9/EIf she D#m7-5would wear his G#7sus4ringG#7  
[verse 3]
KnoC#m9wing glances from his friends
C#m9In the homes at the weekends of Badd11high Amaj7society
Amaj7But he F#m9didn't give a damn
F#m9He never F#m9/Efelt more like a D#m7-5man
D#m7-5But all the time the G#7sus4clock was tickingG#7  
[chorus]
G#7And all would Amaj7envy
G#7sus4The older maG#7n
G#7And his C#m9beautiful young wifeBadd11  
Badd11Yes, all would Amaj7envy...G#7sus4  
[interlude]
C#m9 C#m9 D#-9/G D#-9/G
[verse 4]
In C#m9a house upon a hill
C#m9She was there with time to kil
C#m9She lBadd11ived a lAmaj7ife she'd only dreamed
Amaj7But life was never what it seemed
Amaj7To all her F#m9friends that she'd ignored
F#m9She'd F#m9/Edeny that she was D#m7-5bored
D#m7-5She had no time for G#7sus4dancing (no time for danciG#7ng)
[verse 5]
But C#m9the clock upon the wall
C#m9That was ticking in the Badd11hall
Badd11Always remiAmaj7nded her
Amaj7That life was gF#m9oing on elsewhere
F#m9But shF#m9/Ee was happy and she'd D#m7-5swear
D#m7-5She wouldn't change a G#7sus4thingG#7  
[chorus]
G#7And all would Amaj7envy
G#7sus4The older maG#7n
G#7And his C#m9beautiful young wifeBadd11  
Badd11Yes, all Amaj7would eG#13sus4nvy...G#aug7/F#  
[interlude]
C#m9 C#m9 D#-9/G D#-9/G
C#m9 C#m9 D#-9/G G7-5
[bridge]
Now F#m9it's 5 o'clock a.m.
F#m9She must have spent the night F#m9/Eagain
F#m9/EWith that old friend oDmaj7f hers
Dmaj7She loves to dance
Dmaj7She's missF#m9ing more and more these days
F#m9But I'm still stuck in my old F#m9/Eways
F#m9/EPerhaps she needs a little Dmaj7more romanceC#7sus4  
F#m9But the clock upon the wall
F#m9/EIs still ticking in the D#m7-5hall
D#m7-5She must be homG#7sus4e soonG#7  
G#7And where a Amaj7younger man would weep
Amaj7He takes a Bpill and goes to sleepC#m  B6/C#  C#m  
[chorus]
C#mAnd all would Amaj7envy
G#7sus4The older maG#7n
G#7And his C#m9beautiful young wifeBadd11  
Badd11Yes, all would Amaj7envyG#13sus4  
[outtro]
C#m9 C#m9 D#-9/G D#-9/G
C#m9 C#m9 D#-9/G D#-9/G
C#m9

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