Gentle Giant - Funny ways
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Artist: Gentle Giant
Song: Funny ways
Album: Gentle Giant
Tabbed by: DJ
2nd Sept 2014
Emadd9 = 024000 F = 133211 F5 = x 8 10 10 x x
Fmaj7+11= 133200 Em = 022000 C5 = x 3 5 5 x x
Cmaj7 = x35000 Eb = xx5343 D5 = x 5 7 7 x x
Asus2 = x02200 Bb(addb9)= x13431 Eb5 = x 6 8 8 x x
D = xx0232 Bm = x24432 E5 = x 7 9 9 0 0
Gm = 355333 Bm/A = x04432 A = x02220
Bb = x13331 Gm7/F = xx3333 C = x32010
Dm = xx0231
Riff in Verses 2 and 4:
Eb Bb
e |---3-----------1-------|
B |---4--------1--3-------|
G |---3---2-h3----3-------|
D |---5-----------3--3----|
A |---------------1-------|
E |-----------------------|
Gary Green played a 12 string acoustic on this track,
tuned down a full tone, and then adding a capo at the 2nd fret
to bring it back to standard tuning. Presumably having it in a
lower tuning helped take extra pressure of the guitar neck,
maybe he was using heavier gauge strings.
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[Intro]
||: Emadd9 / / / / Fmaj7+11| / Cmaj7 / Asus2 / / :||x2
[Verse 1]
Emadd9 Sorry to have been ...so Asus2much of a bore,
But, in my oDwn funny way, I Cmaj7find I learn much Emadd9more,
Emadd9 I realise ...what you Asus2think from your eyes,
But, in your oDwn funny ways, I Cmaj7find I learn much Emadd9more!
[Verse 2]
| Gm/ Bb/ Dm/ F/__Em/ | DmMy ways are strGmange,
| Gm/ Bb/ Dm/ F/__Em/ | TDmhey'll never chEbange, Bb
They sEbtay Bb ...strange wEbays! Bb Bb(addb9)
[Verse 3]
| Em9 / / / / | / / / / |
Emadd9 Sorry to 'ave been ...so Asus2close from the start,
But, for aDll that I cared, we Cmaj7could've been miles a Emadd9- part,
Emadd9 I understood ...thatAsus2 you never would...
...Under - stDand a way of Cmaj7life I never Emadd9could!
[Verse 4]
| Gm/ Bb/ Dm/ F/__Em/ | DmMy ways are strGmange,
| Gm/ Bb/ Dm/ F/__Em/ | TDmhey'll never chEbange, Bb
They sEbtay, Bb strange wEbays! Bb
[Piano riff]
||: D/__/ /__Bm/ /Bm/A / | D/__/ /__Bm/ / Bm/A / :||x2
^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
[Bridge]
||: GDo your own way, or Bmwait ...forBm/A me! :|| x4
[Organ break]
||:Gm7/F /__/ /__Em/ / / |Gm7/F /__/ /__Em/ / / :||x2
^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
[Brass break]
||: F5/__C5/ /__D5/ / / | F5/__C5/ /__Eb5/ / / :||x4
^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
| Eb5 / / E5/ / |
^ ^
[Guitar solo]
| Em/ / / / | A/ / / / | D/ / C/ / | Em/ / / / |
| Em/ / / / | A/ / / / | D/ / C/ / | Emadd9 / / / / |
[Verse 5]
| Emadd9 / / / / | Emadd9 And so you see ...what hAsus2appened to me,
Since the tDime when I judged my Cmaj7life in nights and Emadd9days,
Emadd9 I realised ...thatAsus2 my life was lies,
So you sDee what I mean withCmaj7 all my funnyEmadd9 ways!
[Verse 6]
Emadd9 [Then no chords]
Sorry to have been ...so much of a bore,
But, in my own funny ways, I find I learn much more!
[Coda]
FunnyEmadd9 ways, funnyEmadd9 ways, funnyEmadd9 ways, funny ways-Emadd9-----!
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In live versions Garry Green uses this chord sequence as the intro
and also during Kerry Minnear's vibraphone solo...
||: Emadd9 / / / / |Cmaj7 / / / / |C#m7b5 / / / / |Cmaj7 / / / / :|| [Repeat]
Emadd9 = 024000
Cmaj7 = x35000
C#m7b5 = x45000