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--------------------------------------------------------------------------- Getting to the Point – Electric Light Orchestra --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tabbed by: maguri Tuning: Standard Electric Light Orchestra Getting to the Point (1986) (Lynne) From: "Balance of Power" --------------------------------------------------------------------------- CHORDS E-A-D-G-B-e G/B x-2-0-0-0-3 or x-2-0-0-3-3 C/D x-x-0-0-1-0 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- INTRO (verse)

It's out of con^Gtrol (out of con^G/Btrol) And there's ^Cnothing I can ^Ddo now Out of con^Gtrol (out of con^G/Btrol) Swimming ^Csoftly through the ^Dblue now And ^Bmlook beyond these ^Emwalls As the ^Ammeaning ^G/Bstarts to ^Cdawn D | Em D | Cmaj7 It's getting to the point (Getting to the point) | Cmaj7 C/D | G Getting to the point [break]

VERSE

It's out of con^Gtrol (nothing I can ^G/Bdo) Like a ^Cfire that keeps on ^Dburning And nobody ^Gknows (what I'm going ^G/Bthrough) And the ^Cthoughts just keep re^Dturning And ^Bmall you had to ^Emsay Was that ^Amyou wer^G/Be gonna ^Cmaj7stay D | Em D | C It's getting to the point (Getting to the point) | C C/D | G Getting to the point

CHORUS

^GIt's ^Gge^Dtting ^Dto ^Cthe ^Cpoint Where nobody can ^G/Bstop it now ^GIt's ^Gge^Dtting ^Dto ^Cthe ^Cpoint Of no re^G/Bturn ^GAnd ^Gall ^Dthat ^DI ^Ccan ^Cdo Is stand and ^G/Bwatch it ^Emnow Watch it ^Amburn, ^G/Bburn, ^Dburn

^GIt's ^Gge^Dtting ^Dto ^Cthe ^Cpoint Where reasons are ^G/Bforgotten ^GIt's ^Gge^Dtting ^Dto ^Cthe ^Cpoint Where no one ^G/Bknows ^GAnd ^Gall ^Dthat ^DI ^Ccan ^Cdo Is say I'm ^G/Bsor-^Emry But that's the ^Amway ^G/Bit ^Cmaj7goes ... C/D | G | % | Getting to the point [break]

VERSE | G | G/B | Forever

CHORUS

^GIt's ^Gge^Dtting ^Dto ^Cthe ^Cpoint Where reasons are ^G/Bforgotten ^GIt's ^Gge^Dtting ^Dto ^Cthe ^Cpoint Where no one ^G/Bknows ^GAnd ^Gall ^Dthat ^DI ^Ccan ^Cdo Is say I'm ^G/Bsor-^Emry Am G/B | D Dsus4 D Dsus4 D Dsus4 D Dsus4 | % | But that's the way it goes ...

SOLO | 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + | 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + | C G/B G G D D C | 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + | 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + | C G/B G G D D C | 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + | 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + | C G/B Em | 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + | 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + | Am G/B Cmaj7 D CODA

^Dsus4It's ^Dsus4get - ^Dting ^Dto ^Dsus2the ^Gpoint (getting ^Amto the ^G/Bpoint) ^CGetting to the ^Gpoint (getting ^Amto the ^G/Bpoint) It's ^Cgetting to the ^Gpoint (getting ^Amto the ^G/Bpoint) ^CGetting to the ^Gpoint

Electric Light Orchestra - Getting to the point