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The Day The World Gets Round

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             The Day The World Gets Round – George Harrison
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Written by: George Harrison
From: "Living in the Material World" (1973)
Tabbed by: maguri
Tuning: Open-E / Standard
The intro harmonics can only be played in Open-E Tuning.
But the chords can of course be played in Standard Tuning, too.
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[Verse] harmonics
      E     B       E
      1 2 3 4 5 6   1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
e  5+|-------------|----------------|
B  5+|------7+-----|12+-------------|
G# 5+|5+--7+7+--12+|12+-------------|
E  --|5+--7+----12+|------0-0-------|
B  --|-------------|------0-0-------|
E  --|-------------|------0-0-------|
          6/8             4/4
CHORDS
Tuning:  Open-E                          Standard
               G#
         E-B-E- -B-E                     E-A-D-G-B-E
E        0-0-0-0-0-0                     0-2-2-1-0-0
Esus4    0-0-0-1-0-0                     0-2-2-2-0-0
F#sus    2-2-2-3-2-2                     2-4-4-4-2-2
F#       2-2-2-2-2-2                     2-4-4-3-2-2
B        x-0-2-3-4-x                     x-2-4-4-4-2
B7       x-0-2-3-4-5                     x-2-4-2-4-2 or x-2-1-2-0-2
Bsus4    x-0-2-3-0-0                     x-2-4-4-5-2 or x-2-4-4-0-0
A        5-5-5-5-5-5 or x-2-0-1-2-0      x-0-2-2-2-0
Asus4    5-5-5-6-5-5                     x-0-2-2-3-0
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[Verse 1]
          6/8           4/4
     E     B           E
   |                |    |
The day the world gets round
        F#sus          F#
                     |  | % |
To understanding where it is
B7
  Using all it's found                          7/8
             A            A     E     Esus4E
                        |              |  |
To help each other hand in ha-a-a-and
[Verse 2]
          6/8           4/4
     E     B           E
   |                |    |
The day the world gets round
        F#sus             F#
                        |  | % |
To understanding where it's gone
B7
  Losing so much ground
             A            A     E     Esus4E
                        |              |  |
Killing each other hand in ha-a-a-and
[Middle 8]
     B7             A
Such foolishness in man
          E             F#sus
I want no part of their plan
 2/4
  B7   Asus4    A       A E
|  |                      
  No, If you're the destructive ki-ind
        E
Now I'm working from day to day
     E                        B   Bsus4
                            |      |
As I don't want to be like you-ou
B   Asus4        A       A   E
  I look for the pure of hea-eart
        E
And the ones that have made a start
    E                       B   Bsus4
                          |      |
But Lord there are just a fe-ew
B     A          Asus4 A
  Who bow before you - ou
                A
In silence they pray-ay
A
Oh how they pray for ...
[Verse 3]
          6/8           4/4
     E     B           E
   |                |    |
The day the world gets round
  F#sus4F#
|  |  | % |
B7
  Using all it's found                          7/8
             A            A     E     Esus4E
                        |              |  |
To help each other hand in ha-a-a-and
[Coda]
          6/8
     E     B           E
   |                |  
The day the world gets  round

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---------------------------------------------------------------------------
             The Day The World Gets Round – George Harrison
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
Written by: George Harrison
From: "Living in the Material World" (1973)
Tabbed by: maguri
Tuning: Open-E / Standard
The intro harmonics can only be played in Open-E Tuning.
But the chords can of course be played in Standard Tuning, too.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
CHORDS
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
[Verse 1]
          6/8           4/4
[Verse 2]
          6/8           4/4
[Middle 8]
 2/4
[Verse 3]
          6/8           4/4
| F#sus4 | F# | % |
[Coda]
          6/8

The Day The World Gets Round Chords by George Harrison

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