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"Cruisin' Music"
(Eric Carmen)
Intro [2X; w/tambourine 2nd time]:
B5 B6 B5 B6 B5 B6 B5 B6
/ / / / / / / / /
Verse 1:
B
Get up in the morning, check out the weather
If it looks like sun I get my things together
E F#
Throw some cutoffs on, grab my tank top and tennies now
B
And head for the beach
(B)
Well, I'm drivin' down the highway losin' all my patience
Punchin' all the buttons tryin' to find a station
E F#
With a screamin' jock servin' up my daily ration of
Chorus:
B E/B
(Cruisin' music, sure good music)
B E/B
(Cruisin' music, sure good music)
To put the fun back in summertime
G#m7 C#7
I need some cruisin' music
1: E/F# [N.C.] B (repeat intro)
2: E/F# [N.C.] A/B E (to bridge)
3: F/G G C (repeat chorus in C)
To make everything all right
[ Tab from: http://www.guitaretab.com/r/raspberries/15624.html ]
Verse 2:
Well I'm flyin' down the freeway, floatin' like a feather
Got my windows rolled down in the hot summer weather
With my radio up loud, nothin' makes me feel better
Than some good rock 'n' roll (good, good good rock 'n' roll)
Those suntanned girls are lookin' out of sight
And to a beach-drenched jam we'd never get uptight
'Cause when the sun goes down we'll be dancin' through the night
and singin'
[repeat chorus]
Bridge:
G#m B/F#
It's time you heard some happy music
G#m B7/A E/B G#m
God knows this world could really use a little sunshine
C#m A F# [N.C.]
So won't you make mine
F#5 F#6 F#5 F#6 [4 bars, as per intro]
Yeah, you know I need some more of that
[repeat chorus]
Chorus [in C]:
C F/C
(Cruisin' music, sure good music)
C F/C
(Cruisin' music, sure good music)
To put the fun back in summertime
Am7 D7
I need some cruisin' music
F/G [N.C.] Bb9 [N.C.]
To make everything all right
(repeat intro, in C [2X, w/tambourine]):
C5 C6 C5 C6 C5 C6 C5 C6
/ / / / / / / / /
Coda [repeat to fade]:
C5 C6 C5 C6 C5 C6 C5 C6 C5 C6 C5 C6 C7/Bb
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
-- another ace 70's tab from Andrew Rogers
