Hunters & Collectors - Throw your arms around me
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Throw Your Arms Around Me - Hunters & Collectors
Written by John Archer, Geoffrey Crosby, Doug Falconer, John 'Jack' Howard,
Robert Miles, Mark Seymour (lyrics, guitar), Michael Waters
Original single released in Australia Nov 1984
Re-recorded for "Human Frailty" album released in Australia 7 Apr 1986,
released in USA July 1987, single released in Australia 28 Apr 1986
Re-recorded using slightly slower acoustic arrangement for
"Collected Works" album released in Australia 19 Nov 1990
This version transcribed from official video of 1986 album
track at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zON9sg6ADjQ
Standard tuning, no capo, 113 BPM
High parts of arpeggios are reachable on electric or cut-away acoustic guitar
[Basic chords]
E 022100
A X02220
B X24442
[Chords as played in video]
E/B 779900
Aadd9 577600
Badd11 799800
[Effects]
h Hammer on
+ Natural harmonic
[Intro] 0:00
B E
e|--------------------|-----------------------|
B|-----4---4h5-4------|---------9-9h10-9------|
G|---4---4-------4----|------9-----------9----|
D|-4---------------4--|---9----------------9--|
A|--------------------|-----------------------|
E|--------------------|-0---------------------|
A A
e|--------9-10-------17-|-10----10-------9----9-|
B|-----10------10-10----|----10----10-10---10---|
G|---9------------------|-----------------------|
D|----------------------|-----------------------|
A|-0--------------------|-----------------------|
E|----------------------|-----------------------|
I will ...
[Verse 1] 0:09
(this verse is bass guitar only, try playing single strum per chord)
I will Ecome for you at night time, A
I will Eraise you from your sleep, B
I will Ekiss you in four places, A
As I go Erunning along your street, B
I will Esqueeze the life out of you, A
You will Emake me laugh and make me cry, B
And we will Enever forget it, A
You will Emake me call your name, and I'll Ashout it to the blue summer, B sky. B
[Chorus] 0:46
And we may Enever meet again, A
So Eshed your skin and lets get stBarted,
And you will Ethrow-ow-ow-ow-ow-Aow, your armsB around me, B
Yeah, you will Ethrow-ow-ow-ow-ow-Aow, your armsB around me. B
[Interlude] 1:12
E A
e|--------------------|--------9-9h10-9------|
B|-------9-9h10-9-----|-----10----------10---|
G|-----9----------9---|---9----------------9-|
D|---9--------------9-|----------------------|
A|--------------------|-0--------------------|
E|-0------------------|----------------------|
B B
e|---------------------+19-|-------------------------|
B|-------16----17----------|-17----17-------16-------|
G|----16----16----16-------|----------16-------16----|
D|-16----------------16----|----16-------16-------16-|
A|-------------------------|-------------------------|
E|-------------------------|-------------------------|
I ...
[Verse 2] 1:20
I Edreamed of you at night time, A
And I Ewatched you in your sleep, B
I Emet you in high places, A
I touched your Ehead and touched your feet, B
So if you Edisappear out of view, A
You know, EI will never say good-bye, B
And though I Etry to forget it, A
You will Emake me call your name, and I'll Ashout it to the blue summer, B sky. B
[Chorus] 1:58
And we may Enever meet again, A
So Eshed your skin and lets get Bstarted,
And you will Ethrow-ow-ow-ow-ow-Aow, your armsB around me, B
Yeah, you will Ethrow-ow-ow-ow-ow-Aow, your armsB around me. B
E A B B
[Repeating Chorus] 2:33
EOhhhhhhhhhAhhhhhhhhhhh, BYeeeeeeeBeeeeeah,
EOhhhhhhhhhAhhhhhhhhhhh, BYeeeeeeeBeeeeeah.
And you will Ethrow-ow-ow-ow-ow-Aow, your armsB around me, B
(Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh, Yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeah)
Yeah, You will Ethrow-ow-ow-ow-ow-Aow, your armsB around me, B
(Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh, Yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeah)
And we may Enever meet again, A (your Barms around me) B
(Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh, Yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeah)
Yeah, we may Enever meet again, A (your Barms around me) B
(Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh, Yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeah)
Yeah, we may Enever meet again, A (your Barms around me) B
(Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh, Yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeah)
Yeah, we may Enever meet again. A (your Barms around me) B
(Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh, Yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeah)
[Outtro] 3:41
A A (Bsingle strum)
[End] 3:53