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Strumming
Tuning: E A D G B E
Embellished a bit from the existing tabs.
For the E AE sequence in the first line (and after),
the AE bit happens on the last two downward strums.
Insert this litte detail where * appears in the chord line below,
replacing the upward strum part of the strumming pattern.
e|-----4-5-4-0----------|
B|----------------------|
G|----------------------|
D|----------------------|
A|----------------------|
E|----------------------|
And this one where ** appears.
e|-----4-5-4-0----------|
B|--------------2-------|
G|----------------------|
D|----------------------|
A|----------------------|
E|----------------------|
And ***
e|-----4-5-5-5-4--------|
B|----------------------|
G|----------------------|
D|----------------------|
A|----------------------|
E|----------------------|
****
e|-----12-11-9-7-7------|
B|----------------------|
G|----------------------|
D|----------------------|
A|----------------------|
E|----------------------|
[Tapping Rhythm]
1 2 3 - | 1& 2 3 -
[Verse 1]
EI see a millioAn E walk the Bcity mile
EThe tickertape kingsA E and the Bjuveniles
AWill anybody tell me which Eway to go
A F#m A *
Will anybody come back on the C.B. radio
[Verse 2]
EI'm counting the starsA E and the Btelegraph poles
E A E B *
And each one represents the hopes of a soul
A E **
You'd think that God wouldn't be so hard
A F#m A ***
When you see all the little children running, running in the backyard
[Verse 3]
EOn a Mississippi gourdA E with a BSub-Sahran song
E A E B **
Somebody is wailing in the financial district sun
ACan anybody feel the distance tEo the Nile
AI wanna live and I F#mwanna dance aAwhile
[Verse 4]
EGonna make like EddieA E on my roBckabilly train
EGonna beat out the bluesA E on my baBll and chain
AOh, you can't pull a hold-up with a EBe-Bop gun
AThere's people living now
who aint F#mgot no heart and ain't nAever had none
[Verse 5]
EDown on the borderA E they crawl Ball the way
E A E B ****
To get a clip of living with a clean-all spray
ACan anybody feel the distance tEo the Nile
AI wanna live and I F#mwanna dance aAwhile
[Bridge]
E A E B **
E A E B
AYou can't pull a hold-up with a EBe-Bop gun
AThere's people living now
who aint F#mgot no heart and ain't nAever had none
[Verse 6]
EI hear a payphone ringingA E out on Bmurder mile
EThe sucker who picks upA E gets his Bnumber dialled
AAnd all the sparkling waters that Eever flowed
ACould never wash down this town so F#mclean that it gAlowed
[Verse 7]
EAnd I need to seeA E in an Bx-ray style
EI need some rock artA E that don't Bcome in a vial
ACan anybody feel the distance tEo the Nile
AI wanna live and I F#mwanna dance aAwhile
[Coda]
E A E B
E A E B
A E
A F#m A
E