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Emajor

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1/10

Tempo 80 BPMVol

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Position

Step 1 / 10Position: 2

1 index2 middle3 ring4 pinkyO openSpace = play/pause

Chords used:
E:|-E----   -C#----   --A---   -B----|
B:|-----   -----   --2--   -----|
G:|--1--   --6--   --2--   --4--|
D:|--2--   --6--   --2--   --4--|
A:|--2--   --4--   -----   --2--|
E:|-----   -----   -----   -----|
Intro: E Repeated
Verse:
C#In the early 80's when Ai washed up on Ethe shore
i could breAathe a little moEre then i would reBalise
C#You can call me crazy, you can cAall me what you wEill
You could tAake the bitter pEill, if it helps you slBeep at night
Pre Chorus:
Its a lC#ong long wBay my crooked fAriend
Such a lEong long wBay back homAe..........home.........hooooome
Chorus:
ESo close, Byet we've cAome so far
ESo close, Bstill we've Agot so far
Lead Part In Chorus:
E||-------------------------|
B||---/5-5-4-4-2-2-0-0-2-0--|
G||-------------------------|
D||-------------------------|
A||-------------------------|
E||-------------------------|
At the end of chorus play E chord for a short part
Repeat Verse
Repeat Pre Chorus x2
Repeat Chorus
Bridge:
BWoo ooh woo ooh woo ooh
AWoo ooh woo ooh
BWoo ooh woo ooh
AWoo ooh woo ooh
Repeat Chorus x2
Outro:
Repeat E chord till the end

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Australia

by Gyroscope

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

Chords used:

E C# A B

E:|----- ----- ----- -----|

B:|----- ----- --2-- -----|

G:|--1-- --6-- --2-- --4--|

D:|--2-- --6-- --2-- --4--|

A:|--2-- --4-- ----- --2--|

E:|----- ----- ----- -----|

Intro: E Repeated

Verse:

C# A E

In the early 80's when i washed up on the shore

A E B

i could breathe a little more then i would realise

C# A E

You can call me crazy, you can call me what you will

A E B

You could take the bitter pill, if it helps you sleep at night

Pre Chorus:

C# B A

Its a long long way my crooked friend

E B A

Such a long long way back home..........home.........hooooome

Chorus:

E B A

So close, yet we've come so far

E B A

So close, still we've got so far

Lead Part In Chorus:

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

B||---/5-5-4-4-2-2-0-0-2-0--|

G||-------------------------|

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

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

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

At the end of chorus play E chord for a short part

Repeat Verse

Repeat Pre Chorus x2

Repeat Chorus

Bridge:

Woo ooh woo ooh woo ooh

Woo ooh woo ooh

Repeat Chorus x2

Outro:

Repeat E chord till the end

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