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When We Was Fab

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When We Was Fab 
George Harrison
Tabbed by Carlos Assale (assale.c@uol.com.br)
Visit http://www.circusplace.com.br/musica/musica.htm
I believe this one is a better rendering than all the others avaiable at the net.
(x)      = Bass lines
F
*       = 133xxx
G
*       = 355xxx
F#dim
    = 20121x
Fm6
      = 1x011x
Bb7B5
/9/ = x10110
F/A
      = x03211
Dm7
      = xx0211
F6
       = 10021x
[One, Two]
F  G  Am
*  *  
•   •   •
                               F7
Back then, long time ago when grass was green
 A   B  C   D     CBCBCBC
()  () ()  ()  (B--------B)
Am                  B7                C/E             F#dim  Fm6
Woke  up  in   a   daze arrived like strangers in the night   •
Bb7B5                      C   CB
/9/                           ( )
Fab, long time ago when we was fab   • •
Bb7  F                               C
Fab, •  back when income tax was all we had
F  G  Am
*  *  
•   •   •
                            F7
Caresses fleeced you in the morning light
 A   B  C  C  BCBCBCBCB
()  () () () (        )
Am                B7                 C/E  F#dim  Fm6
Ca - sualties at dawn, and we did it all-a-all    •
Bb7B5                      C   BC
/9/                           ( )
Fab, long time ago when we was fab   • •
Bb7  F                              C
Fab, • you're my world you are my only love
F/A              Dm7      G
And while you're in this world
F             Dm7    G    C   B
                             ()
The fuzz gonna come and claim you   •
Dm7A          Dm7  G
/                
But you're more better wise
Dm7A              Dm7    G        C
/                               
When the buzz gonna come and take you away
F#dim           Fm6   C   F#dim     F6            Fm6    C
  •   Take you away,  •     •       •   take  you away   •
F  G  Am
*  *  
•   •   •
                          F7
The microscopes that magnified the tears
 A  B  C    D  BCBCBCBCB
() () ()   () (        )
Am                 B7                         C/E     F#dim  Fm6
Studied warts and  all, still the life flowed on  and  on     •
Bb7B5                      C   B
/9/                           ()
Fab, long time ago when we was fab   •
Bb7  F                           C
Fab, •  but it's all over now, baby blue
Bb7B5                      C   B
/9/                           ()
Fab, long time ago when we was fab   •
Bb7F                             C      B
                                      ()
Fab, •  like this pullover you sent to me   •
Bb7B5                      C    B
/9/                            ()
Fab, ............................     •
Bb7F                             C      B
                                      ()
(Ahhh...) and you really got a hold on me   •
Bb7B5                      C   B
/9/                           ()
Fab, long time ago when we was fab   •
Bb7  F                        C
Ahhh...........................

When We Was Fab chords and lyrics

Free chords for When We Was Fab by George Harrison. Scroll the interactive sheet above or read the chord names inline below.

When We Was Fab 
George Harrison
Tabbed by Carlos Assale (assale.c@uol.com.br)
Visit http://www.circusplace.com.br/musica/musica.htm
I believe this one is a better rendering than all the others avaiable at the net.
(x)      = Bass lines
F*       = 133xxx
G*       = 355xxx
F#dim    = 20121x
Fm6      = 1x011x
Bb7/9/B5 = x10110
F/A      = x03211
Dm7      = xx0211
F6       = 10021x
[One, Two]
(A)  (B) (C)  (D)  (B-C-B-C-B-C-B-C-B)
(A)  (B) (C) (C) (B C B C B C B C B)
(A) (B) (C)   (D) (B C B C B C B C B)

When We Was Fab Chords by George Harrison

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