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Living In The Material World

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           Living in the Material World – George Harrison
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Written by: George Harrison
From: "Living in the Material World" (1973)
Tabbed by: maguri
Tuning: Standard
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CHORDS
          E-A-D-G-B-e
Bb/C      x-3-x-3-3-1
F/C       x-3-x-2-1-1
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INTRO
  A
|  | % |
  F   E7 A
|      |  | 
  F   E7 A
|      |  | 
  F#mF   A
|  |      | 
  F   E7 A
|      |  | 
VERSE
    F                 E7   A
I'm living in the material world
F                 E7   A
Living in the material world
          F#m
Can’t say what I'm doing here
      F                A
But I hope to see much clearer
      F                E7 A         F   E7 A
                                  |      |  | 
After living in the material world
VERSE
      F                 E7   A
I got born into the material world
        F                   E7   A
Getting worn out in the material world
       F#m
Use my body like a car
       F                A
Taking me both near and far
       F                     E7 A         F   E7 A
                                        |      |  | 
Met my friends all in the material world
VERSE
         F                    E7   A
Met them all there in the material world
         F                    E7   A
John and Paul here in the material world
          F#m
Though we started out quite poor
        F            A
We got 'Richie' on a tour
           F            E7 A         F   E7 A    G/B
                                   |      |       | 
Got caught up in the material world
MIDDLE 8
C           Bb/C
   From the Spiritual Sky
F/C       C              BbF  BbFDmAm
                       |   |     |
   Such sweet memories have I
C         Bb/C
   To the Spiritual Sky
F/C      Am
   How I pray
      C
Yes I pray
       Fmaj7             A7
That I won't get lost or go astray
VERSE
       F                 E7   A
As I'm fated for the material world
        F                 E7   A
Get frustrated in the material world
       F#m
Senses never gratified
     F               A
Only swelling like a tide
           F                   E7   A
That could drown me in the material world
SOLO
  F   E7 A
|      |  | 
  F   E7 A
|      |  | 
  F   E7 A
|      |  | 
  F#mF   A
|  |      | 
  F   E7 A
|      |  | 
  F   E7 A
|      |  | 
  F   E7 A
|      |  | 
  F   E7 A
|      |  | 
  F#mF   A
|  |      | 
  F   E7 A
|      |  | 
  F   E7 A   G/B
|      |      | 
MIDDLE 8
C           Bb/C
   From the Spiritual Sky
F/C       C              BbF  BbFDmAm
                       |   |     |
   Such sweet memories have I
C         Bb/C
   To the Spiritual Sky
F/C      Am
   How I pray
      C
Yes I pray
       Fmaj7             A7
That I won't get lost or go astray
VERSE
          F                 E7   A
While I'm living in the material world
          F                  E7   A
Not much 'giving' in the material world
      F#m
Got a lot of work to do
       F             A
Try to get a message through
             F              E7 A         F   E7 A
                                       |      |  |
And get back out of this material world
VERSE
    F                 E7   A
I'm living in the material world
F                 E7   A
Living in the material world
          F#m
I hope to get out of this place
       F                A
By the LORD SRI KRSNA'S GRACE
      F                   E7   A
My salvation from the material world
OUTRO
  F   E7 A
|      |  | 
  F   E7 A
|      |  | 
  F   E7 A
|      |  | 
  F#mF   A
|  |      | 
  F   E7 A
|      |  | 
  F   E7 A
|      |  | 
CODA
  B7 F7 E7
|  |     | 
  AA/C#DD#dim7A/EBb7A7
|     |     

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---------------------------------------------------------------------------
           Living in the Material World – George Harrison
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
Written by: George Harrison
From: "Living in the Material World" (1973)
Tabbed by: maguri
Tuning: Standard
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
CHORDS
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
INTRO
| A | % |
| F    E7 | A | 
| F    E7 | A | 
| F#m | F    A | 
| F    E7 | A | 
VERSE
VERSE
VERSE
MIDDLE 8
VERSE
SOLO
| F    E7 | A | 
| F    E7 | A | 
| F    E7 | A | 
| F#m | F    A | 
| F    E7 | A | 
| F    E7 | A | 
| F    E7 | A | 
| F    E7 | A | 
| F#m | F    A | 
| F    E7 | A | 
| F    E7 | A    G/B | 
MIDDLE 8
VERSE
VERSE
OUTRO
| F    E7 | A | 
| F    E7 | A | 
| F    E7 | A | 
| F#m | F    A | 
| F    E7 | A | 
| F    E7 | A | 
CODA
| B7 | F7   E7 | 
| A A/C# D D#dim7 | A/E   Bb7 A7

Living In The Material World Chords by George Harrison

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