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Bluebird – Electric Light Orchestra
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Tabbed by: maguri
Tuning: Standard
Village People
Electric Light Orchestra (1983)
(Jeff Lynne)
From: "Secret Messages"
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LINK
D/F# D/A D7b9 D5+ D7
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
e|2---------------|2---------------|2-------2-------|
B|3---------------|3-------4-------|3-------1-------|
G|2---------------|2-------5-------|3-------2-------|
D|0---------------|0-------4-------|0-------0-------|
A|----------------|0-------5-------|----------------|
E|2-----------2-3-|----------------|----------------|
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CHORDS and SPECIAL VOICINGS
D/F# 2-x-0-2-3(2)
Fdim 1-x-0-1-0-1
C/E 0-3-2-0-1-0
Ebmaj7 x-x-1-3-3-3
Bbmaj7 x-1-3-2-3-1
D/A x-0-0-2-3-2
D7b9 x-5-4-5-4-x
D5+ x-x-0-3-3-2
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INTRO
| G | % | C | % |
| G | % | C | % |
G C
The streets, the signs are pointing all one way
G C
But you don't realize just what they say
G D/F# Fdim C/E
You may fight, you may run, you may know what you've done
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/e/electric_light_orchestra/bluebird_crd.html ]
Ebmaj7 Bbmaj7 Ebmaj7 Bbmaj7
It makes me feel so sad (makes me feel so sad)
Ebmaj7 Bbmaj7 Ebmaj7 Bbmaj7
To think what I might've had (what I might have had)
Bb Dm[Bbmaj7?] Bb7 C
I watch the stars, I watch the sun, now I watch for anyone
Cm D
But it's only make believe
G C
You work . . . you work, you work so hard and then
G C
Someone, someone will come around again
G D/F# Fdim C/E
You may think it's for real, but you know how you feel
Ebmaj7 Bbmaj7 Ebmaj7 Bbmaj7
The places that I go (places that I go)
Ebmaj7 Bbmaj7 Ebmaj7 Bbmaj7
Don’t feel good anymore (feel good anymore)
Bb Dm[Bbmaj7?] Bb7 C
I see it all rainbows in fall I see her face upon my wall
Cm D/F# D/A D7b9 D5+ D7
But it's only make believe [LINK: see above)
G Cmaj7
Fly away, bluebird fly away for me
G Cmaj7
To a place somewhere far across the sea
G D/F# Fdim C/E
Fly away, far away, don't look back, go today
Ebmaj7 Bbmaj7 Ebmaj7 Bbmaj7
The waves that crash upon the sand
Ebmaj7 Bbmaj7 Ebmaj7 Bbmaj7
Another place, a far off land
Bb Dm[Bbmaj7?] Bb7 C
And every day, I have to stay, but you are free, you could fly away
Cm D/F# D/A D7b9 D5+ D7
But it's only make believe [LINK: see above)
| G | % | C | % |
(Work, work – work work)
| G | % | C | % |
Bluebird fly away from me
(repeat and fade – vocals ad lib)
