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Confusion - Electric Light Orchestra
From the 1979 Album "Discovery"
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Tabbed by: Kyle Murray
Email: k.murray23@gateshead.org
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Tuning: Standard (EADGBe)
Chords Used:
F: x33211
C: x32010
Am: x02210
Em: 022000
C7: x32310
C/E xx3010
Dm7: xx0211
Fm: x33111
G11: xx5565
Dm: xx0231
G: 320033
G7sus4: 3x0011
Time Sig: 4/4 (but watch out for changes)
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INTRO:
F | C | Am | Em | C7 |
F C/E| Dm7 C | Fm C/E | 2/4:Dm7 |4/4: G11 |
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VERSE 1:
C | Am |
Ev'rywhere the sun is shinin'
Dm | G |
All around the world it's shinin'
C | Am | Dm | G F |
But cold winds blow, across your mi________nd
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CHORUS I:
C | C7
Confusion (Confusion) - it's such a terrible shame
F |Fm Fm G |
Confusion (Confusion) - you don't know what you're sayin'
F C/E| Dm7 C|
You've lost you're love and you just can't carry on (Can't carry on)
Fm C/E| 2/4: Dm7 |4/4: G7sus4 N/C
You feel there's no one there for you to lean on__ to lean____ on
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Instrumental:
F | C | Am | Em | C7 |
F C/E| Dm7 C | Fm C/E | 2/4:Dm7 |4/4: G11 |
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VERSE II:
C | Am |
Ev'ry night you're out there darlin'
Dm | G |
You're always out there runnin'
C |Am |Dm | G F |
But I see that lost look in your eye_______s
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CHORUS II:
C | C7 |
Confusion (Confusion) - I don't know what I should do
F |Fm Fm G |
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/e/electric_light_orchestra/confusion_crd_ver_3.html ]
Confusion (Confusion) - I leave it all up to you
F C/E| Dm7 C|
You've lost you're love and you just can't carry on (Can't carry on)
Fm C/E| 2/4: Dm7 |4/4: G7sus4 N/C
You feel there's no one there for you to lean on__ to lean____ on
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Instrumental:
F |2/4:F | C | Am | Em |C7 |
F C/E| Dm7 C | Fm C/E | 2/4:Dm7 |4/4: G11 |
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VERSE III:
C | Am |
Dark is the road you wander
Dm | G |
And as you stand there under
C | Am | Dm | G F |
The starry sky, you feel sad insi_______de
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CHORUS III:
C | C7 |
Confusion (Confusion) - you know it's drivin' me wild
F |Fm Fm G |
Confusion (Confusion) - it comes as no big surprise
F C/E| Dm7 C|
You've lost you're love and you just can't carry on (Can't carry on)
Fm C/E| 2/4: Dm7 |4/4: G7sus4 N/C
You feel there's no one there for you to lean on__ to lean____ on
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OUTRO:
F | C | Am | Em | F |
Confusion Confusion
F | C | Am | Em | F |
Confusion Confusion
F |2/4:F |4/4: C | Am | Em |F |
Confusion Confusion
F | C | Am | Em | F |
Confusion Confusion
F | C | Am | Em | F |
Confusion Confusion
F | C | Am | Em | F |
Confusion Confusion
F | C | Am | Em | F | (to fade)
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Epic song by easily the greatest and most underrated band of all time.
Any comments or questions then feel free to email me.
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| / slide up
| \ slide down
| h hammer-on
| p pull-off
| ~ vibrato
| + harmonic
| x Mute note
| b Bend
| pb Pre-bend
| br Bend release
| pbr Pre-bend release
| brb Bend release bend
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