Electric Light Orchestra - A new world record
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From: hb3@aixterm2.urz.uni-heidelberg.de (Franz Lemmermeyer)
Subject: CRD: ELO, A new World Record (big)
Well, what can i say' It's one of the first three records i ever bought
(along with Best of Simon & Garfunkel and the Ramones' Leave Home),
and it still drives me crazy after all these years.
@ALBUM: a.new.world.record
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* lyrics by Gallandro * chords by Franz Lemmermeyer *
* corrections welcome * corrections welcome *
* send to dkemper@hacks.arizona.edu * hb3@ix.urz.uni-heidelberg.de *
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Electric Light Orchestra Tightrope - 5:00
A New World Record Telephone Line - 4:38
(from the LP sleeve) Rockaria! - 3:12
All music and lyrics by Jeff Lynne Mission (A World Record) - 4:24
So Fine - 3:55
Livin' Thing - 3:31
Above the Clouds - 2:16
Do Ya - 3:45
Shangri-la - 5:34
@SONG: TIGHTROPE
Cm Ab Dm7-5 Cm G
F (G) G Gb F
They say some days you're gonna win,
They say some days you're gonna lGose. G Gb F
I tell you I got news for yGou G Gb F
Your losin' all the time you never wGin
CIf you believe that's how it's gEonna be I'd better put you dFown Fm
CGet off your tightrope up there cEome down on he ground
You gotta sFave me now,
You better tFmurn around.
Am When I loFoked around,Am I was heD7ading down.
WCon't sGome - Ambo - C7dy thFrow me dE7own a lAmine.
They say some days you gotta give--
They say some days you gotta take--
If that's the way it's gotta be,
Roll it over and you will see.
The city streets are full of people going nowhere making time.
The change from night to day is really only hours,
It's just along the line can't you see the sign
When I looked around, I was heading down,
C G Am C7 F G Cm Ab Dm7-5 Cm G
Won't somebody throw me down a line.
I want to look you straight in the eye,
I want to tell you how I really feel,
FI can feel the wheels tGurnin' Gbround,
Won't somebody throw me down a line
The city streets are full of people going nowhere making time,
The change from night to day is really only hours
It's just along the line, can't you see the sign
When I closed my eyes, I was so surprised
SComeGboAmdy hC7ad tFhrown me dE7own the lAmine--stopped me drD7ownin'
C G Am C7 F G Cm Ab Dm7-5 Cm G
Somebody had thrown me down the line
Dm7-5: xx0111
@SONG: TELEPHONE LINE
A Aj7
Hello--how are you
Have A7you been alright, thrA#dimough all thBmose lonely lonely lonely nights,
That's what I'd sEay, IBm'd tell you eC#mverything,
D E Aj7 Dj7
If you'd pick up that telephone.
Hey--how you feelin'
Are you still the same
Don't you realize the things we did were all for real not a dream,
I just can't believe
They've all faded out of view.
DAoo wop etcF#m. dDoo wah doo lEang
BAlue days, F#mBlack nights, dDoo wah doo lEang
A I look iF#mnto the sky
DThe love you see ain't gonna sEee you through
A And I wF#monder why
Dthe little dreams we had ain't cEoming true
OAh, oh, Telephone lF#mine, give me some tiDme, I'm living in twE6iligEht
OAh, oh, Telephone lF#mine, give me some tiDme, I'm living in twE6iligFdimht
O.K. so no--one's answering,
Well can't you just let it ring a little longer
I'll just sit tight, through the shadows of the night
Let it ring for evermore.
CHORUS -- repeat
A#dim: x02323
Aj7: x02120
Dj7: xx0222
Fdim: xx0101
E6 : 022120
@SONG: ROCKARIA!
Intro: D Bm F#m A7
JDust got back from the downtown palais
Where the music was so sweet
It knocked me right back in the alley
I'm rG7eady, yea, yea, yea, I'm reDady,
Wo, woA7, wo, I'm ready
And I'm reBmally gonna rF#mock tonEmight. A7
Sweet little lady sings like a songbird
And she sings the opera like you ain't never heard,
But she ain't ready,
No, no, no, she ain't ready
No, no, no, she ain't ready,
And she ain't gonna rock & roll
SEmhe's sweet on WaAgner,
IEm think she'd die for BeethoAven,
She loves the way Puccini lays down a tune,
And Verdi's always creeping from her room.
D Bm F#m A7
Come on I'll show you how to sing the blues
Now baby, come on over you got nothin' to lose,
Are you ready, hey, hey, hey are you ready
Ooh, ooh, ooh, are you ready
I wanna show you how to rock and roll.
Now listen here baby she, said to me
Just, meet me at the opera house at a quarter to three,
'Cos I'm ready, yea, yea, yea, I'm ready,
Woo, hoo, hoo, I'm ready,
I'm gonna show you how to sing the blues.
FDar, farBm away thF#me music is playingA7.
D Em7/G
Well we were reelin' and a rockin' all through the night,
Yea we were rockin' at the opera house until the break of light,
And the orchestra were playin' all Chuck Berry's greatest tunes.
And the singers in the chorus all got off on singing blues,
And as the night grew older everybody was as one,
The people on the streets came runnin' in to join in song
Just to hear the opera singer singin' rock & roll so pure,
I thought I saw the mayor there but I wasn't really sure,
D Bm F#m A7 DDDDDDDDD.8-)
But it's alright.
@SONG: MISSION (A World Record)
FBmor many days we travelled from a distant place and time,
To reach a pF#mlace they call the planet Earth,
There was to Gbe a celebrF#mation,
On the mBmission of the sAacAred hGeart.
The planet Earth from way up there is beautiful and blue
And floating softly through a rainbow,
But when you touch down things look different here,
At the mission of the sacred heart.
CHORUS
WAatching all the dGays roll bF#7y
WBmho are you and who am Gm6I'
D D4 Gm6
e---2--3--2--0------0
h---3--3--------3----
g---2--2-----------3-
How's life on earth'
Eb7 D7 When all the stars above
Eb7 D7 Rain icyA7 fingers down on me
On a dirty worn-out sidewalk, sits a mother with a baby,
In her vale of tears she sees no rainbow
And someone's singing from a window
In the mission of the sacred heart.
CHORUS -- repeat
There's a building on a corner, in a city, in a land,
On a place they call the planet Earth,
My orders are to sit here and watch the world go by,
From the mission of the sacred heart.
CHORUS -- repeat
Eb7: xx6564x
D7 : xx5453x
@SONG: SO FINE
Intro: E C G D A (repeat)
TEwo drAifters on the moErning sAky,
TEwo drAifters sailing wEide and hF#migh,
WEhen summer bF#mreezes blow acrG#moss your mF#mind,
With yoEu, F#mI will walk the B9line.B
CHORUS
I want it C#mso fine F#m
I want it C#mso fine F#m
I want it C#mso fine F#m Am E C G D A
People walking hand in hand,
Everybody's singing to the band,
I want to be where the stars shine bright,
And hear sweet music on a summer night.
CHORUS -- repeat
Sundowners we'll go on and on,
We'll find the land of the midnight sun,
And when you look you'll see for miles around,
You'll see, the world is in your hand.
B9 224422
B 224442
@SONG: LIVIN' THING
C Cd C . . . G G
e --0---x-0 3-3
h --1---3-1 0-0
g --0---0-0 etc. 0-0
d --2---0-2 0-0
a --3---3-3 2-2
E --x---x-x 3-3
SCailin' away on the crest of a wave, it's like mAmagic
RAbollin' and ridin' and slippin' & slidin', itFm's magic
And yEmou, and your sweet desDmire,
You took Emme, oDmh-oh, higEmher and hFigher, bGaby
CIt's a lAmivin' thing, F
D7 G+ C
It's a terrible thing to lose
It's a gAmiven thing F
D7 G+ C
What a terrible thing to lose.
Bbm(Taking a dive) (hFalt the slide) G
Making believe this is what you've conceived
From your worst day,
Moving in line when you look back in time
To your first day
CHORUS -- repeat
Takin' a dive 'cos you can't halt the slide
Floating downstream,
So let her go don't start spoiling the show
It's a bad dream
G+: xx1003
@SONG: ABOVE THE CLOUDS
Capo on the 1st fret
Em Emj7
All in the heat of the night
EmWell when thingsC7 ain't going right
NB7-9o no no no no no no you will remEmember me
AI came along to see your face,
F#+
But the only thing I got from you,
Was tF#elling me it's fBmantasy,
That you woGuld always be with me,
I can tell you that it's tDrue
(i can tell Dm7you that it's true yes it is true)
Dm7-5 C#m
I'm waiting here,
But it's alF#right yes it's alrF#7ight
It's alBm7right with me,
You beDtter believe me nEow.
I guess it's like a mountain side,
You gotta climb it to the top,
Floating in a sea of dreams
The only thing that you can see
Is the view above the clouds.
I'm waiting here,
But it's alright,
Still it's alright with me,
You better believe me now.
Emj7: 021000
B7-9: x2122x
F#+ : 2x4332
Dm7-5:xx0111
@SONG: DO YA
DIn this liAfe I've seen Geverything I can see woAman,
D A G A etc.
I've seen lovers flying through the air hand in hand
I've seen babies dancing in the midnight sun,
And I've seen dreams that came from the heavenly skies above
I've seen old men crying at their own grave sides
And I've seen pigs all sitting watching, picture slides
But GI never seen nothing like you.
CHORUS
D A G GA
DDo ya do ya wAant my lGove G A
Do ya do ya want my face
Do ya do ya want my mind
Do ya do ya want my love
Well I, heard the crowd singin' out of tune,
As they, sat and sang Auld Lang Syne by the light of the moon
I heard the preachers bangin' on the drums,
And I heard the police playin' with their guns
But I never heard nothin' like you.
DIn the country where the sAky touches down
On the fG4ield, she lay her doGwn to rest
D Fd Gd
In the morning sun,
They come a'runnin' just to get a look, just to
Feel to touch her long black hair they don't give a damn
CHORUS -- repeat
Well I think you know what I'm trying to say woman,
That is I'd like to save you for a rainy day,
I've seen enough of the world to know,
That I've got to get it all to get it all to grow.
Look out!
D Fd Gd Fd D
Do you do you want my love, Do you do you want my love,
Fd: xx0565
Gd: xx0787
@SONG: SHANGRI-LA
SiAtting here, waEiting for,
SF#momeone calling C#mat my door,
D Bm7-5 A
Too bad, I'm getting out of love.
What's the use of changing things,
Wonder what tomorrow brings,
Who knows,
I'm getting out of love.
CHORUS
AMy Shangri-la has gone awDay,
C#m7 Gj7
Faded like the Beatles on Hey Jude
AShe seemed to drift out on the rDain
C#m7 Gj7
That came in somewhere softly from the blue
Bm7-5 E6 A Aj7
I'm getting out of love (where is my Shangri-La')
Clouds roll by and hide the sun,
Raindrops fall on everyone,
So sad,
I'm getting out of love.
CHORUS -- repeat
CHORUS -- repeat
Bm7-5: x23230
Gj : 320002
E6 : 022120
Copyright (c) 1976 United Artists Music LTD. and Jet Music Incorporated.
All rights for the USA & Canada controlled by Unart Music Corporation
except "Do Ya" which is Copyright (c) 1972 Roy Wood Music LTD. and Carlin
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# Franz Lemmermeyer ** - These people have *
# Erwin-Rohde-Str. 19 ** been your enemies *
_#_ 69120 Heidelberg ** for 20,000 years! *
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/ O \ hb3@ix.urz.uni-heidelberg.de ** said Hagbard. *
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# Franz Lemmermeyer ** - These people have *
# Erwin-Rohde-Str. 19 ** been your enemies *
_#_ 69120 Heidelberg ** for 20,000 years! *
( # ) ** - I'm not that old, *
/ O \ hb3@ix.urz.uni-heidelberg.de ** said Hagbard. *
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