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Over There

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1/46

Tempo 80 BPMVol

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Step 1 / 46Position: 3

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         Cx32010
         G320003
       F/Cx33211
       Dm7xx0211
        G7320001
    E7sus4020200
        E7020100
        Amx02210
        C7x32310
         E022100
Fm/      Cx33111 or if you prefer  Dm7b5xx0111
        Ab466544
        Bb688766
     Csus4x33010
       G/Bx2003x
       Am7x02010
     Am7/G3x2010
     D7/F#2x0212
D7sus4/ F#2x0213
       C/G3x2010
G7(2)     3x303x
  [Intro]
e|---00----00-----00--------00---------|
B|---11----11-----11--------11------0--|
G|---00----00-0h2-22--------00------0--|
D|-----0h2-----------0h2-0----0h2-0-0--|
A|-3-----------------------3--------2--|
E|----------------------------------3--|
[Bridge Walkdown]
    C   G/B   Am7   Am7/G          D7/F#   G   C/G  G7(2)
e|-0-----0----------2---2h3-3p2----------|
B|-1--3--1----1-----1---1-1-1---0-1---3--|
G|-0--0--0----0-----2---2-2-2---0-0---0--|
D|-2--0--2----2-----0---0-0-0---0-2---3--|
A|-3--2--0----x-----x---x-x-x------------|
E|------------3-----2---2-2-2---3-3---3--|
[Outro] 
e|---00----00-----00--------00------0--|
B|---11----11-----11--------11------3--|
G|---00----00-0h2-22--------00------0--|
D|-----0h2-----------0h2-0----0h2-0-2--|
A|-3-----------------------3--------3--|
E|-------------------------------------|
[Verse 1]
Take a Cboat, take a Gplane
Go to F/CLondon, go to CSpain
Take a Dm7train from AmsterG7dam to MonaCco
Take a Cloved one if you Gthink
They enE7sus4joy thiE7ngs that Amstink
                 Dm7               G7   C(re intro)
Cause everything is different over there
[Verse 2]
When you’re in CBelgium you can Geat
A lot of F/Cmayonnaise with your Cfrites
And no Dm7one will say, hey, G7that’s too much mayonCnaiseG  
Enjoy a CGerman sausage Ghall
Eat an E7sus4Italian E7meatAmball
But I Dm7hope you don’t want a G7Twinkie
Because they Dm7don’t have Hostess G7Twinkies over CthereC7  
[Chorus]
Over F/Cthere you’ll never Efeel at ease
Cause there’s Amnot much soap and there’s C7too much cheese
And F/Ceveryone wears Gclogs and rides on CtrainsC7  
Over F/Cthere they’ll make you Eregret that you
AmEver saved their asses in C7World War II
           F/C  Fm/    C  C  
Don’t make me go over there
[Bridge]
(See bridge walkdown figure for the last two lines of the bridge)
AbCause I enBbjoy my freedom ChereCsus4  C  
AbAnd I enBbjoy light-colored CbeerCsus4  C  
AbI like to take Bbshowers
             C        G/B     Am7   Am7/G   D7/F#  D7sus4/ F#  D7/F#  
And I like to brush my teeth every day
           G   C/G  G7(2)
Twice a day
[Verse 3]
They say that Cthere’s a place in GFrance
Where the F/Cnaked ladies Cdance
Dm7You can find it G7if you ask aCroundG  
And there’s a Chole there in the Gwall
Where the E7sus4men can E7see it Amall
Dm7But the men don’t G7care
Because they Dm7chew their underG7wear
And the Dm7underwear they G7chew costs a Dm7dollar ninety-G7two
Dm7And the men go G7around with their Dm7ding dongs hanging G7down
[Chorus]
Over F/Cthere you’ll never Efeel at ease
Cause there’s Amnot much soap and there’s C7too much cheese
And F/Ceveryone wears Gclogs and rides on CtrainsC7  
Over F/Cthere they’ll make you Eregret that you
AmEver saved their asses in C7World War II
           F/C  Fm/    C      C   G/B  Am  
Don’t make me go over there
               F/C  Fm/    C      C   G/B  Am  
No, don’t make me go over there
           F/C  Fm/    C  C  
Don’t make me go over there
[Outro]
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Over There

by Jonathan Coulton

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

F/C

Dm7

E7sus4

Dm7b5

Csus4

G/B

Am7

Am7/G

D7/F#

D7sus4

C/G

x32010

320003

F/C

x33211

Dm7

xx0211

320001

E7sus4

020200

020100

x02210

x32310

022100

Fm C Dm7b5

/ x33111 or if you prefer xx0111

466544

688766

Csus4

x33010

G/B

x2003x

Am7

x02010

Am7/G

3x2010

D7/F#

2x0212

D7sus4 F#

/ 2x0213

C/G

3x2010

(2) 3x303x

[Intro]

e|---00----00-----00--------00---------|

B|---11----11-----11--------11------0--|

G|---00----00-0h2-22--------00------0--|

D|-----0h2-----------0h2-0----0h2-0-0--|

A|-3-----------------------3--------2--|

E|----------------------------------3--|

[Bridge Walkdown]

C G/B Am7 Am7/G D7/F# G C/G G7

(2)

e|-0-----0----------2---2h3-3p2----------|

B|-1--3--1----1-----1---1-1-1---0-1---3--|

G|-0--0--0----0-----2---2-2-2---0-0---0--|

D|-2--0--2----2-----0---0-0-0---0-2---3--|

A|-3--2--0----x-----x---x-x-x------------|

E|------------3-----2---2-2-2---3-3---3--|

[Outro]

e|---00----00-----00--------00------0--|

B|---11----11-----11--------11------3--|

G|---00----00-0h2-22--------00------0--|

D|-----0h2-----------0h2-0----0h2-0-2--|

A|-3-----------------------3--------3--|

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

[Verse 1]

C G

Take a boat, take a plane

F/C C

Go to London, go to Spain

Dm7 G7 C

Take a train from Amsterdam to Monaco

C G

Take a loved one if you think

E7sus4 E7 Am

They enjoy things that stink

Dm7 G7 C

(re intro)

Cause everything is different over there

[Verse 2]

C G

When you’re in Belgium you can eat

F/C C

A lot of mayonnaise with your frites

Dm7 G7 C G

And no one will say, hey, that’s too much mayonnaise

C G

Enjoy a German sausage hall

E7sus4 E7 Am

Eat an Italian meatball

Dm7 G7

But I hope you don’t want a Twinkie

Dm7 G7 C C7

Because they don’t have Hostess Twinkies over there

[Chorus]

F/C E

Over there you’ll never feel at ease

Am C7

Cause there’s not much soap and there’s too much cheese

F/C G C C7

And everyone wears clogs and rides on trains

F/C E

Over there they’ll make you regret that you

Am C7

Ever saved their asses in World War II

F/C Fm C C

Don’t make me go over there

[Bridge]

(See bridge walkdown figure for the last two lines of the bridge)

Ab Bb C Csus4 C

Cause I enjoy my freedom here

Ab Bb C Csus4 C

And I enjoy light-colored beer

Ab Bb

I like to take showers

C G/B Am7 Am7/G D7/F# D7sus4 F# D7/F#

And I like to brush my teeth every day

G C/G G7

(2)

Twice a day

[Verse 3]

C G

They say that there’s a place in France

F/C C

Where the naked ladies dance

Dm7 G7 C G

You can find it if you ask around

C G

And there’s a hole there in the wall

E7sus4 E7 Am

Where the men can see it all

Dm7 G7

But the men don’t care

Dm7 G7

Because they chew their underwear

Dm7 G7 Dm7 G7

And the underwear they chew costs a dollar ninety-two

Dm7 G7 Dm7 G7

And the men go around with their ding dongs hanging down

[Chorus]

F/C E

Over there you’ll never feel at ease

Am C7

Cause there’s not much soap and there’s too much cheese

F/C G C C7

And everyone wears clogs and rides on trains

F/C E

Over there they’ll make you regret that you

Am C7

Ever saved their asses in World War II

F/C Fm C C G/B Am

Don’t make me go over there

F/C Fm C C G/B Am

No, don’t make me go over there

F/C Fm C C

Don’t make me go over there

[Outro]

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