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A Certain Softness

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Paul McCartney
A Certain Softness 
(McCartney)
From: "Chaos And Creation In The Backyard" (2005)
E7b9   0-2-x-1-3-1
E7     0-2-x-1-3-0
Bb6    x-1-3-3-3-3
Bm/A   x-0-4-4-3-2
first bar of verses
  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  
e|--------1---0---|
B|------0---------|
G|----1-----------|
D|--2-------------|
A|----------------|
E|0---------------|
     E7b9A certain softE7ness  Amin her eyes Efascinates me Fmore than I ever thought it
Ewould E7b9(a certain softE7ness) Fmore than I ever thought it Bb6could   A    DmA certain
softness in her Ceyes got me Fhooked, got me Ghooked     
 E7b9A kind of sadE7ness  Amin her smile 
 E7b9captivates E7me  Fsurer than anything that's sEure E7b9(a kind of sadE7ness) 
 Fsurer than anything beBb6fore    A    DmA kind of sadness in her Csmile got me Fhooked, got me
Ghooked, hot me Ahooked
     Amaj7If I could even find the F#mwords to tell heBmr I wouldn't want to anyAway
   Amaj7'cause that could only break the F#mspell and you know very Bmwell I couldn't bFetray Gher 
 E7b9A touch of wildE7ness  Amin her style E7b9haunts my memE7ory Fmore than I ever
thought it Ewould (E7b9a touch of wildE7ness) Fmore than I ever thought it Bb6couldA  
  DmA touch of wildness in her Cstyle got me Fhooked, got me Ghooked, got me Ahooked
|  A|  Amaj7|  Bm/A|  A| 
|  A|  Amaj7|  Bm/A|  A| 
     E7b9A certain softE7ness  Amin her eyes Efascinates me Fmore than I ever thought it
Ewould E7b9(a certain softE7ness) Fmore than I ever thought it Bb6could   A    DmA certain
softness in her Ceyes got me Fhooked, got me GhookedA  

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A Certain Softness

by Paul McCartney

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

E7b9

Bb6

Amaj7

F#m

Bm/A

Paul McCartney

A Certain Softness

(McCartney)

From: "Chaos And Creation In The Backyard" (2005)

E7b9 0-2-x-1-3-1

E7 0-2-x-1-3-0

Bb6 x-1-3-3-3-3

Bm/A x-0-4-4-3-2

first bar of verses

1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +

e|--------1---0---|

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

G|----1-----------|

D|--2-------------|

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

E|0---------------|

E7b9 E7 Am E F

A certain softness in her eyes fascinates me more than I ever thought it

E E7b9 E7 F Bb6 A Dm

would (a certain softness) more than I ever thought it could A certain

C F G

softness in her eyes got me hooked, got me hooked

E7b9 E7 Am

A kind of sadness in her smile

E7b9 E7 F E E7b9 E7

captivates me surer than anything that's sure (a kind of sadness)

F Bb6 A Dm C F

surer than anything before A kind of sadness in her smile got me hooked, got me

G A

hooked, hot me hooked

Amaj7 F#m Bm A

If I could even find the words to tell her I wouldn't want to anyway

Amaj7 F#m Bm F G

'cause that could only break the spell and you know very well I couldn't betray her

E7b9 E7 Am E7b9 E7 F

A touch of wildness in her style haunts my memory more than I ever

E E7b9 E7 F Bb6 A

thought it would (a touch of wildness) more than I ever thought it could

Dm C F G A

A touch of wildness in her style got me hooked, got me hooked, got me hooked

A Amaj7 Bm/A A

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A Amaj7 Bm/A A

| | | | |

E7b9 E7 Am E F

A certain softness in her eyes fascinates me more than I ever thought it

E E7b9 E7 F Bb6 A Dm

would (a certain softness) more than I ever thought it could A certain

C F G A

softness in her eyes got me hooked, got me hooked

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