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Goin' Nowhere
Status Quo
Thirsty Work 1994
[A] [A] [A] [A]
[D] [D] [A] [E]
|A| |A| |A| |A|
|D| |D| |A| |E| 
|A  
I'm tired out, and my head is aching
I wanna shout, but I feel I'm going nDowhere
Yeah, I feel I'm going nAowhereE  A  
I run about in a fit of madness
To work it out in the hope of going sDomewhere
Yeah, I hope I'm going sAomewhereE  
And I know it must be tF#mime 
for making up my mDind
Doesn't matter if I fF#mind
It'll change my tune in tDime
If I'm rEeally going nAowhereE  
|A| |A| |A| |A|
|D| |D| |A| |E| 
|C  
I'm better now, that I've thought about it
Can't figure out, but I'm looking for it sFomewhere
All I know is that it's sComewhereG  A  
It's closer now than I've ever had it
Much closer now, so I must be getting sDomewhereG/D  D  
Yeah, I hope I'm getting sAomewhereE  
But you never know in F#mtime, with the changing of my mDind
I could turn around and F#msay, that was just another dDay
And I'm rEeally going nAowhereE  
|C| |C| |C| |C|
|F| |F| |C| |G| 
|A  
I run about in a fit of madness
To work it out in the hope of going sDomewhereG/D  D  
Yeah, I hope I'm going sAomewhereE  
But you never know in F#mtime, with the changing of my mDind
I could turn around and F#msay, that was just another dDay
And I'm rEeally going nAowhereE  
|A| |A| |A| |A|
|D| |D| |A| |E|to fade

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Goin Nowhere

by Status Quo

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F#m

G/D

Goin' Nowhere

Status Quo

Thirsty Work 1994

A A A A

[] [] [] []

D D A E

[] [] [] []

A A A A

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D D A E

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I'm tired out, and my head is aching

I wanna shout, but I feel I'm going nowhere

A E A

Yeah, I feel I'm going nowhere

I run about in a fit of madness

To work it out in the hope of going somewhere

A E

Yeah, I hope I'm going somewhere

F#m

And I know it must be time

for making up my mind

F#m

Doesn't matter if I find

It'll change my tune in time

E A E

If I'm really going nowhere

A A A A

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D D A E

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I'm better now, that I've thought about it

Can't figure out, but I'm looking for it somewhere

C G A

All I know is that it's somewhere

It's closer now than I've ever had it

D G/D D

Much closer now, so I must be getting somewhere

A E

Yeah, I hope I'm getting somewhere

F#m D

But you never know in time, with the changing of my mind

F#m D

I could turn around and say, that was just another day

E A E

And I'm really going nowhere

C C C C

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F F C G

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I run about in a fit of madness

D G/D D

To work it out in the hope of going somewhere

A E

Yeah, I hope I'm going somewhere

F#m D

But you never know in time, with the changing of my mind

F#m D

I could turn around and say, that was just another day

E A E

And I'm really going nowhere

A A A A

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D D A E

|| || || ||to fade

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