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From Above

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1/1

Tempo 80 BPMVol

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Step 1 / 1Position: 3

1 index2 middle3 ring4 pinkyO openSpace = play/pause

This tab was partly based on the following clip of a live performance: 
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D*:
e | 0
B | 3
G | 0
D | 4
A | 5
E | x
***
Intro: 
Em-D*-Em-D*
VERSE 1:
CThey even looked at each other once
         D*
Across a crowded bar
BmHe was with Martha
EmShe with Tom
Neither Cof them really knew
         D*
What was going on
Strange feeling of neBmver
Heartbeats becoming Emsynchronized
Staying that way foreverC  
                     D* 
But most of the time
It was just near misses
Air kissesBm  
Once in a book store
Once at a partyEm  
She came in as he was leavingC  
                          D*
And years ago at the movies
She sat behind himBm  
Six thirty showing
Of WEmhile You Were Sleeping
CNever once looked around
CHORUS:
Em-G-C-Am  
It's so easy from above 
You can't really see it all
People who belong together
Lost and sad and small
But there's nothing to be done for them
It doesn't work that way
Sure we all have soulmates but we walk
Past them every day
Oh no
C-D*-Bm-Em  
VERSE 2:
C-D*-Bm-Em  
And it's not like they were actually ever unhappy in the lives they lived
He married Martha
She married Tom
Just this vague notion that something was wrong
An ache, an absence, a phantom limb
An itch that could never be scratchedC  
cHORUS
Em-G-C-Am  
It's so easy from above 
You can't really see it all
People who belong together
Lost and sad and small
But there's nothing to be done for them
It doesn't work that way
Sure we all have soulmates but we walk
Past them every day
Oh no
C-D*-Bm-Em  
BRIDGE
GNeither of them knew what was Bmgoing on
CThe strange feeling of never
Heartbeats becoming synchronisedCm  
Staying that way foreveEmr
INTERLUDE: Em-G-C-Am  
VERSE 3
C-D*-Bm-Em  
And who knows whether that's how it should be
Maybe a ghost lives in that vacancy
Maybe that's how books get written
Maybe that's why songs get sung
Maybe we owe the unlucky ones
cHORUS
Em-G-C-Am  
It's so easy from above 
You can't really see it all
People who belong together
Lost and sad and small
But there's nothing to be done for them
It doesn't work that way
Sure we all have soulmates but we walk
Past them every day
Oh no
CLOSING VERSE
C-D*-Bm-Em  
Maybe that's how books get written
Maybe that's why songs get sung
Maybe we owe the unlucky ones

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From Above

by Ben Folds

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This tab was partly based on the following clip of a live performance:

***

e | 0

B | 3

G | 0

D | 4

A | 5

E | x

***

Intro:

Em D Em D

-*--*

VERSE 1:

They even looked at each other once

Across a crowded bar

He was with Martha

She with Tom

Neither of them really knew

What was going on

Strange feeling of never

Heartbeats becoming synchronized

Staying that way forever

But most of the time

It was just near misses

Air kisses

Once in a book store

Once at a party

She came in as he was leaving

And years ago at the movies

She sat behind him

Six thirty showing

Of While You Were Sleeping

Never once looked around

CHORUS:

Em G C Am

---

It's so easy from above

You can't really see it all

People who belong together

Lost and sad and small

But there's nothing to be done for them

It doesn't work that way

Sure we all have soulmates but we walk

Past them every day

Oh no

C D Bm Em

-*--

VERSE 2:

C D Bm Em

-*--

And it's not like they were actually ever unhappy in the lives they lived

He married Martha

She married Tom

Just this vague notion that something was wrong

An ache, an absence, a phantom limb

An itch that could never be scratched

cHORUS

Em G C Am

---

It's so easy from above

You can't really see it all

People who belong together

Lost and sad and small

But there's nothing to be done for them

It doesn't work that way

Sure we all have soulmates but we walk

Past them every day

Oh no

C D Bm Em

-*--

BRIDGE

G Bm

Neither of them knew what was going on

The strange feeling of never

Heartbeats becoming synchronised

Staying that way forever

Em G C Am

INTERLUDE: ---

VERSE 3

C D Bm Em

-*--

And who knows whether that's how it should be

Maybe a ghost lives in that vacancy

Maybe that's how books get written

Maybe that's why songs get sung

Maybe we owe the unlucky ones

cHORUS

Em G C Am

---

It's so easy from above

You can't really see it all

People who belong together

Lost and sad and small

But there's nothing to be done for them

It doesn't work that way

Sure we all have soulmates but we walk

Past them every day

Oh no

CLOSING VERSE

C D Bm Em

-*--

Maybe that's how books get written

Maybe that's why songs get sung

Maybe we owe the unlucky ones

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