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From: dshapir@ecte.uswc.uswest.com (Shapiro)
Date: Sat, 22 Jun 1996 19:32:03 GMT
"Might As Well Be You" by Del Amitri
Transcription by Dave Shapiro (dshapir@future.uswc.uswest.com)
There is nobody here tonight
F Ebmaj7 Dm
-------------------------5----------------------------------|
--6------------8---------6----------------------------------|
--5------------7---------7----------------------------------|
--7------------8---------7----------------------------------|
--8------------6---------5----------------------------------|
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Who doesn't dance to the same tune as I
Am Ebmaj7 Dm
--5--------------------------5------------------------------|
--5-------------8------------6------------------------------|
--5-------------7------------7------------------------------|
--7-------------8------------7------------------------------|
--7-------------6------------5------------------------------|
--5---------------------------------------------------------|
I'm lookin' for someone to hold on to
Gm Gm/F# Gm/F C/E
--3--------------3-------------3--------0-------------------|
--3--------------3-------------3--------1-------------------|
--3--------------3-------------3--------0-------------------|
--5--------------4-------------3--------2-------------------|
------------------------------------------------------------|
------------------------------------------------------------|
And hey, babe, it might as well be you
A Bb C C/D C/E C/F C/G
--------0-------------1-------------0-----0----0----0----3--|
--------2-------------3-------------1-----1----1----1----1--|
--------2-------------3-------------0-----0----0----0----0--|
--------2-------------3-------------------0----2----3-------|
--------0-------------1-------------3-----------------------|
------------------------------------------------------------|
After the second time through this, it doesn't do the C/D C/E C/F C/G
thing. It just ends on an F and goes to the chorus:
It might as well be you that I wake up to tomorrow
Bb5 F5
------------------------------------------------------------|
------------------------------------------------------------|
-------------------3----------------------------------------|
-------------------3--------------------------3-------------|
-------------------1--------------------------3-------------|
----------------------------------------------1-------------|
And it might as well be you that tonight
Bb
------------------------------------------------------------|
------------------------------------------------------------|
-----------------------3------------------------------------|
-----------------------3------------------------------------|
-----------------------1------------------------------------|
------------------------------------------------------------|
whispers my name and it might as well be you
Fmaj7sus2 C F C Bb5
-------------0----------0-----------------------------------|
-------------1----------1---------6-------5-----------------|
-------------0----------0---------5-------5-----------------|
-------------3----------2---------7-------5-----3-----------|
-------------3----------3-----------------------3-----------|
------------------------------------------------1-----------|
that I cling to, that I laugh with and sing to
F5 Bb5 F5
------------------------------------------------------------|
------------------------------------------------------------|
--------------------------3---------------------------------|
---------3----------------3--------------3------------------|
---------3----------------1--------------3------------------|
---------1-------------------------------1------------------|
That I kiss goodbye and never see again
Bb5 Gm Bb F5
[ Tab from: http://www.guitaretab.com/d/del-amitri/5035.html ]
--------------------------3-----1---------------------------|
--------------------------3-----3---------------------------|
---------3----------------3-----3---------------------------|
---------3----------------5-----3--------3------------------|
---------1----------------5-----1--------3------------------|
--------------------------3--------------1------------------|
Solo 1:
F Bb F Dm7
--------------------------------------------8------8--------|
-----------------------5h6p5-----------6------6-------------|
-------------------5-7-------7p5~---/5---5------5-----------|
---------------5-7------------------------------------------|
-----------5-7----------------------------------------------|
-1--/5h6-8--------------------------------------------------|
and through the fog, etc...
Bb F Ebmaj7
-6--5-----6-5---5-6/8-8/10-13--13b15b13~-|
------6-------6--------------------------|
-----------------------------------------|
-----------------------------------------|
-----------------------------------------|
-----------------------------------------|
Do the verse and chorus, then we hit the bridge:
And if we go home tonight, you might find the very thing
Dm Dmsus4 Dm Am Dm
--------------5------------------5------------5-------------5--|
--------------6---------8--------6------------5-------------6--|
--------------7---------7--------7------------5-------------7--|
--------------7---------7--------7------------7-------------7--|
--------------5---------5--------5------------7-------------5--|
----------------------------------------------5----------------|
That come the morning light, might well have washed your mind of him
Bb Dm Dmsus4 Dm Am F
----------------5---------------------5---------5-------------------1-|
----------------6-------------8-------6---------5-------------------1-|
------5---------7-------------7-------7---------5-------------------2-|
------8---------7-------------7-------7---------7-------------------3-|
------8---------5-------------5-------5---------7-------------------3-|
------6-----------------------------------------5-------------------1-|
So let me in tonight, so we two losers might start to win
Gm Bb F5
-----------3---------------------1--------------------------|
-----------3---------------------3--------------------------|
-----------3---------------------3--------------------------|
-----------5---------------------3------------------------3-|
-----------5---------------------1------------------------3-|
-----------3----------------------------------------------1-|
Solo 2:
F Bb
-15b17b15b17--15b17--15b17b15p13----13----------------------|
---------------------------------15----15~------------------|
------------------------------------------------------------|
------------------------------------------------------------|
------------------------------------------------------------|
------------------------------------------------------------|
C F Dm
-15b17b15--13-----13--15b17--15------------13----13-------13----|
--------------15----------------13~\---/13----13----13-------13-|
----------------------------------------------------------------|
-------------------------------------------------------15-------|
----------------------------------------------------------------|
----------------------------------------------------------------|
C
--------13---x-x---20b22b20--20~--17h18--17h18p17h18p17h18p17-|
----13-------x-x----------------------------------------------|
-------------x-x----------------------------------------------|
-15-----------------------------------------------------------|
--------------------------------------------------------------|
--------------------------------------------------------------|
F Gm C Bb
----17--------------------------------------------------|
-16----16----16-------------------11p10-----------------|
----------17----17~\--------10-12-------10--------------|
------------------------/12----------------10-----------|
----------------------------------------------12/13-13~-|
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The rest of the song is just the chorus chords. Have fun.
I've got other Del stuff tabbed. Gimme an email at
dshapir@future.uswc.uswest.com
Later,
Dave
