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Telegraph Avenue

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1/33

Tempo 80 BPMVol

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Step 1 / 33Position: 8

1 index2 middle3 ring4 pinkyO openSpace = play/pause

[Intro]
* not relative to capo
e|------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----11—10--8----8----10--------11-10-8----8-10-8-----|
G|--------------10---10------------------ 10--------10--|
D|------------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------|
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----11—10--8----8----10------------------------------10^(11)—8----|
G|--------------10---10----------------10h12-12--10h12-----------10--|
D|-------------------------------10h12-------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
C Fmaj7 C
C G C
C Fmaj7 C
Am G C
[Verse]
CI was there iFmaj7n the rCain
CMan, even if them Gskies were Cblue
CYou can find me on the Fmaj7corner of CDurant
And TAmelegraph GAveCnue
CWhen I was only Fmaj717C  
CI knew what I Ghad to Cdo
CSo I grabbed my left Fmaj7handed gCuitar
AmAnd I headed out to Telegraph GAvenCue
[Chorus]
FNa na na na na na na na na na na na Cna
FNa na na na na na na na na na na na Amna
Oh Gyeah
[Verse]
CMario Savio gFmaj7ave a sCpeech
CIt was him against GThe MaCchine
CFor that he spent 3 mFmaj7onths in jCail
CBut he said he'd Amdo it aGgain
CGovernor Reagan Fmaj7had enoGugh
CSo the National Guard they Gpushed on Cthrough
CTear gas and Fmaj7riot polCice
AmOn Telegraph GAvenCue
[Chorus]
FNa na na na na na na na na na na na Cna
FNa na na na na na na na na na na na Amna
Oh Gyeah
[Instrumental]
C Fmaj7 C
C G C
C Fmaj7 C
Am G C
G
[Verse]
CThe ones who stand for Fmaj7freedom of Cspeech
CWell this one goes Gout to Cyou
CWell I can still Fmaj7hear your Cvoice
AmOn Telegraph GAveCnue
[Chorus]
FNa na na na na na na na na na na na Cna
FNa na na na na na na na na na na na Amna
Oh GyeahC  

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Telegraph Avenue

by Rancid

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Fmaj7

[Intro]

* not relative to capo

e|------------------------------------------------------|

B|-----11—10--8----8----10--------11-10-8----8-10-8-----|

G|--------------10---10------------------ 10--------10--|

D|------------------------------------------------------|

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

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

e|-------------------------------------------------------------------|

B|-----11—10--8----8----10------------------------------10^(11)—8----|

G|--------------10---10----------------10h12-12--10h12-----------10--|

D|-------------------------------10h12-------------------------------|

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

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

C Fmaj7 C

C G C

C Fmaj7 C

Am G C

[Verse]

C Fmaj7 C

I was there in the rain

C G C

Man, even if them skies were blue

C Fmaj7 C

You can find me on the corner of Durant

Am G C

And Telegraph Avenue

C Fmaj7 C

When I was only 17

C G C

I knew what I had to do

C Fmaj7 C

So I grabbed my left handed guitar

Am G C

And I headed out to Telegraph Avenue

[Chorus]

F C

Na na na na na na na na na na na na na

F Am

Na na na na na na na na na na na na na

Oh yeah

[Verse]

C Fmaj7 C

Mario Savio gave a speech

C G C

It was him against The Machine

C Fmaj7 C

For that he spent 3 months in jail

C Am G

But he said he'd do it again

C Fmaj7 G

Governor Reagan had enough

C G C

So the National Guard they pushed on through

C Fmaj7 C

Tear gas and riot police

Am G C

On Telegraph Avenue

[Chorus]

F C

Na na na na na na na na na na na na na

F Am

Na na na na na na na na na na na na na

Oh yeah

[Instrumental]

C Fmaj7 C

C G C

C Fmaj7 C

Am G C

[Verse]

C Fmaj7 C

The ones who stand for freedom of speech

C G C

Well this one goes out to you

C Fmaj7 C

Well I can still hear your voice

Am G C

On Telegraph Avenue

[Chorus]

F C

Na na na na na na na na na na na na na

F Am

Na na na na na na na na na na na na na

G C

Oh yeah

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