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It Happened In This Town

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1/22

Tempo 80 BPMVol

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Standard tuning
INTRO
        Am7Am13                 Am7A7sus4add6
   ^ ^ ^ ^   ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^   ^ ^ ^   ^ ^ ^
e|-3-3-3-3\2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2/3-3-3-3/5-5-5-5--|
B|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1/3-3-3-3--|
G|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0/0-0-0-0--|  x4
D|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2/4-4-4-4--|
A|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0/0-0-0-0--|
E|------------------------------------------|
VERSE1
 Am7Am13       Am7A7sus4add6     Am7Am13           Am7A7sus4add6
Goodbye little angel.............so young and so sweet
 Dsus4          D   Dsus2    D        Am7Am13              Am7A7sus4add6
  So long little angel, taken so young from the street
Now you're Dmgone.C...G.....all the world can feel the Dmpain C  
Like a Glight went out somewhere
VERSE2
Goodbye little angel, it's so hard to understand
What makes somebody do that? What makes that kind of a man?
But now you're Dmgone.C..G... and things will never be the DmsameC  
  GI feel your tears when it DmrainsC  
  GAnd though I try I can't eDmxplainC  
G                        (into pre-chorus, first 2 instrumental bars)
  Where's the sense in it all?
PRE-CHORUS             this part x2   |  then this part x1
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H-------------------------------------|--------------------------------
G---------5---------7---------5-------|-------5--------7------5/7-77777
D—-5/7-7--5--5/7-7--7--5/7-7--5-77777-|-5/7-7-5--5/7-7-7--5/7-5/7-77777
A—-5/7-7--3--5/7-7--5--5/7-7--3-77777-|-5/7-7-3--5/7-7-5--5/7-3/5-55555
E—-3/5-5-----3/5-5-----3/5-5----55555-|-3/5-5----3/5-5----3/5----------
(then first part once more)
PRE-CHORUS
We cover our eyes cover our eyes cover our eyes
Cos we don't wanna see this
We hope it's a lie hope it's a lie hope it's a lie 
Cos our world isn't like this
CHORUS
It's too Crandom to believe it, how could G/Banyone conceive it?
It's so Amsad, but it happened in this toDsus4wnD  
There's no Cwords of consolation, there's no G/Breasoned explanation
Just the Amfact that it Chappened in this Dsus4townD  
(SOLO) starts with pre-chorus, into Dm-C-G progression
VERSE3
Goodbye little angel, so young and so sweet
So long little angel, taken so young from the street
But now you're gone, and things will never be the same
I feel your tears when it rains
And though I try I can't explain
Where's the sense in it all?
PRE-CHORUS
We cover our eyes cover our eyes cover our eyes
Cos we don't wanna see this
We hope it's a lie hope it's a lie hope it's a lie
Cos our world isn't like this
CHORUS
How could anybody do it? There's no rhyme or reason to it
It's so sad, but it happened in this town
There's no words of consolation, there's no reasoned explanation
Just the Amfact that it Chappened in this Dsus4townD  
   C       G/B       AmIt really happened in this Dsus4townD  
   C       G/BIt's so Amsad, but it Chappened in this Dsus4townD  
OUTRO
 Am7Am13       Am7A7sus4add6     Am7Am13           Am7A7sus4add6
Goodbye little angel.............so young and so sweet
 Dsus4          D   Dsus2    D        Am7Am13              Am7A7sus4add6  Am7  
  So long little angel, taken so young from the street

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It Happened In This Town

by Thunder

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Chords in this song · guitar

Am7

Dsus4

Dsus2

G/B

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Standard tuning

INTRO

Am7 Am7

Am13 A7sus4add6

^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^

e|-3-3-3-3\2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2/3-3-3-3/5-5-5-5--|

B|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1/3-3-3-3--|

G|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0/0-0-0-0--| x4

D|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2/4-4-4-4--|

A|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0/0-0-0-0--|

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

VERSE1

Am7 Am7 Am7 Am7

Am13 A7sus4add6 Am13 A7sus4add6

Goodbye little angel.............so young and so sweet

Dsus4 D Dsus2 D Am7 Am7

Am13 A7sus4add6

So long little angel, taken so young from the street

Dm C G Dm C

Now you're gone.........all the world can feel the pain

Like a light went out somewhere

VERSE2

Goodbye little angel, it's so hard to understand

What makes somebody do that? What makes that kind of a man?

Dm C G Dm C

But now you're gone...... and things will never be the same

G Dm C

I feel your tears when it rains

G Dm C

And though I try I can't explain

G (into pre-chorus, first 2 instrumental bars)

Where's the sense in it all?

PRE-CHORUS this part x2 | then this part x1

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

H-------------------------------------|--------------------------------

G---------5---------7---------5-------|-------5--------7------5/7-77777

D—-5/7-7--5--5/7-7--7--5/7-7--5-77777-|-5/7-7-5--5/7-7-7--5/7-5/7-77777

A—-5/7-7--3--5/7-7--5--5/7-7--3-77777-|-5/7-7-3--5/7-7-5--5/7-3/5-55555

E—-3/5-5-----3/5-5-----3/5-5----55555-|-3/5-5----3/5-5----3/5----------

(then first part once more)

PRE-CHORUS

We cover our eyes cover our eyes cover our eyes

Cos we don't wanna see this

We hope it's a lie hope it's a lie hope it's a lie

Cos our world isn't like this

CHORUS

C G/B

It's too random to believe it, how could anyone conceive it?

Am Dsus4 D

It's so sad, but it happened in this town

C G/B

There's no words of consolation, there's no reasoned explanation

Am C Dsus4 D

Just the fact that it happened in this town

(SOLO) starts with pre-chorus, into Dm-C-G progression

VERSE3

Goodbye little angel, so young and so sweet

So long little angel, taken so young from the street

But now you're gone, and things will never be the same

I feel your tears when it rains

And though I try I can't explain

Where's the sense in it all?

PRE-CHORUS

We cover our eyes cover our eyes cover our eyes

Cos we don't wanna see this

We hope it's a lie hope it's a lie hope it's a lie

Cos our world isn't like this

CHORUS

How could anybody do it? There's no rhyme or reason to it

It's so sad, but it happened in this town

There's no words of consolation, there's no reasoned explanation

Am C Dsus4 D

Just the fact that it happened in this town

C G/B Am Dsus4 D

It really happened in this town

C G/B Am C Dsus4 D

It's so sad, but it happened in this town

OUTRO

Am7 Am7 Am7 Am7

Am13 A7sus4add6 Am13 A7sus4add6

Goodbye little angel.............so young and so sweet

Dsus4 D Dsus2 D Am7 Am7 Am7

Am13 A7sus4add6

So long little angel, taken so young from the street

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