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-------------------------------------------------------------------------- Flesh + Blood – Roxy Music --------------------------------------------------------------------------- All songs tabbed by: maguri Tuning: Standard ALBUM INFORMATION Released 23 May 1980 Recorded 1980 Studio Basing Street Studios, Gallery Studios Genre Pop, rock, art rock, art pop Length 41:56 Label E.G., Atco/Reprise [US] Producer Rhett Davies and Roxy Music TRACK LIST All songs written by Bryan Ferry except as noted. 1. In the Midnight Hour [Wilson Pickett, Steve Cropper] 3:09 2. Oh Yeah 4:51 3. Same Old Scene 3:57 4. Flesh and Blood 3:08 5. My Only Love 5:16 6. Over You [Ferry, Phil Manzanera] 3:27 7. Eight Miles High [Gene Clark, David Crosby, Roger McGuinn] 4:55 8. Rain Rain Rain 3:20 9. No Strange Delight [Ferry, Manzanera] 4:44 10. Running Wild Ferry, Manzanera] 5:03 MUSICIANS Roxy Music Bryan Ferry – vocals, keyboards, piano, synthesiser [on track 4], guitar [on track 4], and strings [on track 5] Andy Mackay – saxophones, oboe Phil Manzanera – guitar, bass [on track 6] Additional personnel Paul Carrack – strings [on track 2], organ, piano [on track 10] Neil Hubbard – guitar [on tracks 1, 2, 5, and 7–10] Neil Jason – bass [on tracks 2, 7, and 9] Andy Newmark – drums [on tracks 4 and 5] Simon Phillips – percussion [on track 5] Allan Schwartzberg – drums [on tracks 1-3 and 6–10], percussion [on tracks 4 and 5] Alan Spenner – bass [on tracks 3–5, 8, and 10] Gary Tibbs – bass [on track 1] --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. In the Midnight Hour – Roxy Music --------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Intro] | C | C7 | C | C7 | One, two, three, four | C | C7 | C | Five, six, seven | C F | % | % | % | Eight, nine, ten ... [Verse] C F | C F | I'm gonna wait till the midnight hour C F | C F | That's when my love comes tumbling down C F | C F | I'm gonna wait till the midnight hour C F | C F | When there's no one else around
I'm gonna Gtake you, girl, and Fhold you And Gdo all the things I Ftold you | C F | C F | C F | Bb | G | In the midnight hour, yes, I will
[Verse] C F | C F | I'm gonna wait till the stars come out C F | C F | And see that twinkle in your eye C F | C F | I'm gonna wait till the midnight hour C F | C F | That's when my love begins to shine
You’re the Gonly girl I Fknow That Greally loves me Fso | C F | C F | C F | Bb | G | In the midnight hour, the midnight hour
[Solo] | C F | % | C Bb | G | | C F | C Bb | C | G | | C F | % | % | % | [Verse] C F | C F | I'm gonna wait till the midnight hour C F | C F | That's when my love comes tumbling down C F | C F | I'm gonna wait till the midnight hour C F | C F | [ C ] When my love begins to shine, just you and I [Outro] | C F | C F | [ C ] Just you and I | C F | C F | [ C ] Just you and I | C F | C F | [ C ] In the midnight hour | C F | C F | [ C ] In the midnight hour | C F | C F | [ C ] The midnight hour | C F | C F | [ C ] The midnight hour [repeat and fade] --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2. Oh Yeah – Roxy Music --------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Intro] | G C | % | % | % | [Verse]
G Some exCpression in your Geyes C G OverCtook me by surGprise C DWhere was IC how was I to Gkno-o-o-Cow? GO-o-o-o-o-Coh
[Bridge]
FHow can we Dmdrive to a Gmovie show F Dm | G Gsus4 | When the music is here in my car
[Chorus] C F | Gsus4 G | There's a band playing on the radio C F | Gsus4 G | With a rhythm of rhyming guitars
They're Cplaying “Oh FYeah“ on the Gsus4radio | Bbsus2 | % | Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
[Verse]
G And so it Ccame to be our Gsong C G And so on Cthrough all summer Glong C DDay and night Cdrifting into lGo-o-o-o-o-Cove? GO-o-o-o-o-Coh
[Bridge]
FDriving you Dmhome from a Gmovie show F Dm | G Gsus4 | So in tune to the sounds in my car
[Chorus] C F | Gsus4 G | There's a band playing on the radio C F | Gsus4 G | With a rhythm of rhyming guitars
They're Cplaying “Oh FYeah“ on the Gsus4radio | Bbsus2 | % | [ G ] Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh ... Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
[Solo] | G C | % | % | G Cmaj7 | [Verse]
G It's some time Csince we said goodGbye C G And now we Clead our separate Glives C But Dwhere am IC where can IG go-o-o-Csus4o? C GO-o-o-o-o-Csus4oh C
[Bridge]
FDriving aDmlone to a Gmovie show So I Fturn to the Dmsounds in my Gcar
[Chorus] C F | Gsus4 G | There's a band playing on the radio C F | Gsus4 G | With a rhythm of rhyming guitars C F | Gsus4 | There's a band playing on the radio C F | Gsus4 G | And it's drowning the sound of my tears
They're Cplaying “Oh FYeah“ on the Gsus4radio | Bbsus2 | % | | F | % | Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh ... Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
[Outro] | Bbsus2 | % | | F | % | Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh ... Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh | Bbsus2 | % | | F | % | Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh ... Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh | Bbsus2 | % | | F | % | Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh ... Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh | Bbsus2/D Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh ... [fade out over last lines] --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3. Same Old Scene – Roxy Music --------------------------------------------------------------------------- capo: 1st fret play: Dm key: Ebm For original chords transpose this chord sheet +1 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- CHORDS E-A-D-G-B-e F/A x-0-3-2-1-1 or x-0-7-5-6-5 or maybe even Fmaj7/A x-0-2-2-1-1 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Intro] | Dm | % | % | % | | Dm | Bb | Dm | Bb | | Dm | Bb | Gm | C | [Verse]
Dm Nothing Bblasts forever Dm Of that I'm Bbsure Dm Now you've Bbmade an offer Gm I'll take some Cmore
[Chorus]
F/A Young Bblove may be F/A Oh so Bbmean F/A Will I Bbstill survive The Gmsame old scCene?
[Verse]
Dm In our Bblighter moments Dm Precious Bbfew Dm It's all that Bbheavy weather Gm We're going Cthrough
[Verse]
Dm When I Bbturn the corner Dm I can't beBblieve Dm It's still the Bbsame old movie Gm That's haunting Cme
[Chorus]
F/A Young Bbloving may be F/A Oh so Bbmean F/A Trying Bbto revive The Gmsame old scCene
[Interlude] | C | % | [Solo] [= verse] | Dm | Bb | Dm | Bb | | Dm | Bb | Gm | C | [Chorus]
F/A Young Bbloving may be F/A So exBbtreme F/A Maybe Bbwe should try The Gmsame old scCene
[Interlude] | C | % | % | % | | C | % | [Outro] | Dm | Bb | Dm | Bb | | Dm | Bb | Gm | C |
Dm Nothing Bblasts forever Dm Of that I'm Bbsure Dm Now you've Bbmade an offer Gm I'll take some Cmore
Dm Nothing Bblasts forever Dm Of that I'm Bbsure Dm Now you've Bbmade an offer Gm I'll take some Cmore
Dm Bb | Dm | Bb | Nothing lasts forever | Dm | Bb | Gm | C | | Dm | Bb | Dm | Bb | | Dm | Bb | Gm | C | [repeat and fade] --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Flesh and Blood – Roxy Music --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Capo: 1st fret Play: D Key: Eb For chords in original key transpose +1 [and "use flats"] --------------------------------------------------------------------------- RIFF high e-String tuned down one tone one full note + capo 1st fret D Dsus4 D Dsus2 D D Dsus4 D Dsus2 D 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + d|----0---0-------|0-----0---------|----0---0-------|0-0---0---------| B|----8---7-------|5-----7---------|----8---7-------|5\3---3---------| G|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| D|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| A|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| E|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| D Dsus4 D Dsus2 D D Dsus4 D Dsus2 D 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + d|----0---0-------|0-----0---------|----0---0-------|0-0---0-------0-| B|----8---7-------|5-----7---------|----8---7-------|5\3---3-------3\| G|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| D|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| A|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| E|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| C/D D 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + e|----------------|----------------|7---------------|----------------| B\1---------------|--------------1/|7---------------|----------------| G|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| D|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| A|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| E|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| --------------------------------------------------------------------------- CHORDS E-A-D-G-B-e D5 x-x-0-2-3-x Dsus4 x-x-0-2-3-3 D x-x-0-2-3-2 Dsus2 x-x-0-2-3-0 C/D x-x-0-0-1-0 D* x-x-0-2-3-5 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Intro] | D5 Dsus4 D | Dsus2 D | D5 Dsus4 D | Dsus2 D5 | | D5 Dsus4 D | Dsus2 D | D5 Dsus4 D | Dsus2 D5 | | C/D | % | D* | % | [Verse]
D5 Dsus4My Dfriend's Dsus2flesh and Dblood D5 Dsus4She Dlies Dsus2over - D5time D5 Dsus4You’d Dnail her Dsus2if you Dcould D5 Dsus4 D Dsus2 D5 [C/D] But she says, love me for my mind C/D In my Dtime, C/D I'm not that Dkind
[Verse]
D5 Dsus4My Dfriend's Dsus2flesh and Dblood D5 Dsus4Night Dsize, Dsus2perfect D5ten D5 Dsus4So Drude, Dsus2she's no Dgood D5 Dsus4 D Dsus2 D5 [C/D] But as she says, it pays to win C/D Play to Dwin C/D She plays to Dwin
[Interlude] | D | % | % | % | | D | % | % | % | [Verse]
D5 Dsus4My Dfriend's Dsus2flesh and Dblood D5 Dsus4Street Dwise Dsus2for her D5time D5 Dsus4You’d Dnail her Dsus2if you Dcould D5 Dsus4 D Dsus2 D5 [C/D] But she says, love me for my mind C/D In my Dtime, C/D In my Dtime,
[Interlude] | C/D | % | D* | % | [Outro] | D5 Dsus4 D | D5 Dsus4 D | | D5 Dsus4 D | D5 Dsus4 D | [repeat and fade] --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5. My Only Love – Roxy Music --------------------------------------------------------------------------- CHORDS capo 1st fret E-A-D-G-B-e Dm x-x-0-2-3[1] Dm/C x-3[3]2-3[1] Dm/Bb x-1-3-2-3[1] [= Bbmaj7] Dm/G 3-x-0-2-3[1] capo 4th fret [transpose this chord sheet -3] E-A-D-G-B-e Bm x-2-4-4-3-2 Bm/A x-0-4-2-3-2 Bm/G 3-x-4-4-3-2 [= Gmaj7] Bm/E 0-x-4-4-3-2 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Intro] | Dm | % | Dm/C | % | Dm/Bb | % | Dm/G | % | | Dm | % | Dm/C | % | Dm/Bb | % | Dm/G | % | | Dm | % | Dm/C | % | Dm/Bb | % | Dm/G | % | | Dm | % | Dm/C | % | Dm/Bb | % | Dm/G | % | [Verse]
Dm Do I ever wonder? Dm/C More than words can say Dm/Bb Heaven knows it's hard eDm/Gnough to pray Dm Let me tell you something Dm/C There's a change in me Dm/Bb Even now you're gone you'll Dm/Galways be
[Chorus]
My only Dmlove My only Dm/Clove Only Dm/Bblove My only Dm/Glove
[Verse]
Dm Does it seem so funny Dm/C For a fool to cry? Dm/Bb Do you know the meaning Dm/Gof goodbye? Dm There's a river flowing Dm/C By a willow tree Dm/Bb When you need to know reDm/Gmember me
[Chorus]
My only Dmlove My only Dm/Clove Only Dm/Bblove My only Dm/Glove
[Solo] | Dm | % | Dm/C | % | Dm/Bb | % | Dm/G | % | | Dm | % | Dm/C | % | Dm/Bb | % | Dm/G | % | [Verse]
Dm Let me tell you something Dm/C More than words can say Dm/Bb But they're all I have, no Dm/Gother way Dm There's a river flowing Dm/C By a willow tree Dm/Bb When you find you're there reDm/Gmember me
[Chorus]
My only Dmlove My only Dm/Clove Only Dm/Bblove My only Dm/Glove
[Chorus]
My only Dmlove My only Dm/Clove Only Dm/Bblove My only Dm/Glove
[Outro] [sax] | Dm | % | Dm/C | % | Dm/Bb | % | Dm/G | % | [Only love, only love …] repeat and fade --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6. Over You – Roxy Music --------------------------------------------------------------------------- RIFF D[sus2]] G[6] A[6] 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + e|--0---0---0---0-|--0-------0---0-| B|3---3---3---3---/5---5-5/7--\5---| G|----------------|----------------| D|----------------|----------------| A|----------------|----------------| E|----------------|----------------| INTZERLUDE 1 D Em7 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + e|------------0---|----0-------0---| B|------------3---|----3-------3---| G|----2-------0---|----0-------0---| D|0-0---2---------|----------------| A|----------------|----------------| E|----------------|----------------| Possible way of including the notes from the riff into a strumming accompaniment: Dsus2 G6 A6 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + e|0---------------|0-----2-----0---| B|3---------------|3-----2-----2---| G|2---------------|0-----2-----2---| D|0---------------|0-----2-----2---| A|----------------|------0-----0---| E|----------------|3---------------| --------------------------------------------------------------------------- CHORDS E-A-D-G-B-e Em7 x-x-2-0-3-0 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Intro] | D | G A | D | G A | | D | G A | D | G A | [Verse]
Oh, Dbaby G AThis is Dnowhere Oh, baby G AWish I was Dsomewhere Oh, baby G AOver Dyou G A
[Verse]
Your Dsweet lips G ATell me there's Dno chance G ANo more Dromance G AOver Dyou G A
[Interlude 1] | D Em7 | % | % | % | [Verse]
Oh, Dbaby G AHow can I Dgo on G ACrying Dso long G AOver Dyou? G A
[Verse]
Where Dstrangers G ALook for Dnew love G AI'm so Dlost in love G AOver Dyou G A
[Interlude] | D | % | [Solo] | D | % | % | % | | A | % | % | % | | A | % | [Verse]
DSome day G AYes, it might Dcome babe G AWhen I'll Dbe babe G AOver Dyou G A
[Verse]
And Dalways G AUp to that Dmoment G AI will Dtry to say G A I'm over Dyou G A
[Outro] | D | % | G | % | | D | % | G | % | [repeat and fade] --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 7. Eight Miles High – Roxy Music --------------------------------------------------------------------------- CHORDS E-A-D-G-B-e A5 x-0-2-2-x-x B5 x-2-4-4-x-x C5 x-3-5-5-x-x --------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Intro] | Am | % | % | % | | Am | % | % | % | [riff] | Am | % | % | % | [riff] [Verse]
A5Eight B5miles C5high G And when you touch Fdown C You find you're G | F | % | Stranger than known A5Signs B5in the C5street G That say where you'Fre going C Are somewhere G | F | % | Just being their own | Am | % | % | % | Oh, oh, oh, oh, oooooooh
[Verse]
A5No-B5where C5is G There warmth to be Ffound C Just those afraid G | F | % | Of losing their ground A5Rain B5gray C5town G Known for its Fsound C In places G | F | % | Small faces abound | Am | % | % | % | Oh, oh, oh, oh, oooooooh
[Interlude] | Am | % | % | % | [riff] | Am | % | % | % | [riff] | Am | % | % | % | [Verse]
A5Round B5the C5squares G Huddled in Fstorms C Some laughing G | F | % | Some just shapeless forms A5SideB5walk C5scenes G And black limouFsines C Some living G | F | % | Some standing alone | Am | % | % | % | Oh, oh, oh, oh, oooooooh | Am | % | % | % | Oh, oh, oooooooh, oh, oh
[Interlude] | Am | % | % | % | [riff] | Am | % | % | % | [Outro] | Am | % | % | % | | Am | % | % | | Am | % | % | % | [Solo] | Am | % | % | % | [Solo] | Am | % | % | % | [Solo] | Am | % | % | % | [Solo] | Am | % | % | % | [Solo] | Am | % | % | % | [Eight miles high] | Am | % | % | % | [Eight miles high] | Am | % | % | % | [Eight miles high] | Am | % | % | % | [Eight miles high] | Am | % | N.C. | % | [Eight miles high] [Coda] | N.C. | % | % | % | [Eight miles high] | N.C. | % | % | % | [Eight miles high] | N.C. | % | [Eight miles high] --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 8. Rain Rain Rain – Roxy Music --------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Intro] | Am | % | G | % | F | % | Am | % | | Am | % | G | % | F | % | Am | % | [Verse]
You better Amtake what's left 'Cos I'm Gfeeling rough In Fdread of night getting Amhigh
And the Amname on the dress Stretch Gfar too long But Fpleases the mind and that's Amnice
[Chorus]
AmRain rain rain, Grain rain rain FRain rain rain, getting Amhigh
[Verse]
She put her Amhead on the line When she Gcome on strong A Fsingle girl about Amtown
And she Amstand or fall By the Gway she moves AhFead of her time she can't Amlose
[Chorus]
You got Amrain rain rain, Grain rain rain FRain rain rain, getting Amhigh AmRain rain rain, Grain rain rain FRain rain rain, getting Amhigh
[Verse]
You got Amtrouble in mind Getting Gdeep 'n' worse Oh Fplease, don't stop getting Amhigh
You got Amlust for life It don't Gseem to die Gonna Flast forever getting Amhigh
[Chorus]
AmRain rain rain, Grain rain rain FRain rain rain, getting Amhigh AmRain rain rain, Grain rain rain FRain rain rain, getting Amhigh
[Coda]
You Ambelieve in love
--------------------------------------------------------------------------- 9. No Strange Delight – Roxy Music --------------------------------------------------------------------------- INTERLUDE [bass] [no chord] 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + G|----------------|----------------| D|7-6-5-----------|----------------| A|--------7-6-5---|----------------| E|----------------|5-4-3---5-4-3---| --------------------------------------------------------------------------- CHORDS E-A-D-G-B-e A5 x-0-2-2-x-0 Dadd9/A x-0-2-2-3-2 = ch]A6sus4 Amadd9 x-0-2-4-1-0 Asus4 x-0-2-2-3-0 Asus2 x-0-2-2-0-0 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Intro] [drum box] | [no chord] | % | % |2/4 % | | [no chord] | % | [bass] | A[m] | % | % | % | | A[m] | % | [Verse]
Am So there goes your Flife D A5 [ A ] Disappeared from ever loving friends And now a Amslave to obFsession D A5 [ A ] Your strange delight
[Interlude] [see above] | [no chord] | % | % | % | [Chorus]
Am You lie awake Dadd9/A How your senses ache Am Shaking off the night Dadd9/A [ Am ] Is there more strange delight?
[Verse]
Am There goes your Fself D A5 [ A ] In the clear forever out of line And there you'll Amstay through obFsession D A5 [ Am ] Your strange delight
[Interlude] [see above] | [no chord] | % | % | % | [Chorus]
Am Can't bear this heat Dadd9/A Your poor heart skips a beat Am Tearing back the years Dadd9/A [ Am ] To when you really cared
[Verse]
Am So where's your Fsoul? D A5 [ A ] In the field where every story ends And then how Amplain your obFsession Your Dstrange deAlight
[Interlude] [see above] | [no chord] | % | % | % | [Chorus]
Am So this is hell Dadd9/A Not so hard to tell Amadd9 Better men than I Dadd9/A [ Am ] Have tried your strange delight
[Outro] | Asus4 Am | Asus2 Am | G/A | % | | Am | % | Am [ Am ] Is there no strange delight? | Am | % | G/A | % | | Am | % | G/A | % | Repeat [chords become increasingly unimportant and the atmosphere rather psychedelic]. End on Am. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 10. Running Wild – Roxy Music --------------------------------------------------------------------------- CHORDS E-A-D-G-B-e G6/B x-2-0-0-3-0 G/B x-2-0-0-3-x Bbdim7 x-1-2-0-2[0] Bbdim7* x-1-2-0-2-3 Dsus4 x-x-0-2-3-3 g, f# ==> single notes [E-string] NOT chords --------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Intro] g f# | Em | Em Em/F# | G | % | | C | G6/B | Bbdim7 | Bbdim7* | | G | % | C | C C/D | | Em | D | C | % | [Verse]
G There's that DmeDsus4-lo - Ddy agAain G Burning DthroughDsus4 my Dhead it Adoes me in G Turns me Dright Dsus4a - Dround to Amy old friend G Wonder Dhow Dsus4you've Dchanged, Aare you still
[Chorus] g f#
Running Emwild, like you Gdo C G/B | Bbdim7 | Bbdim7* | When all your dreams come true G Happy days yoG/Bu preCtend ThatC/D your Emlove will Dnever Cend
[Verse]
G There's that DmeDsus4-lo - Ddy agAain G Where it's DcoDsus4ming Dfrom I Amust have been G Drifting Dout Dsus4of Dtime, Anow I'm in G UnderDneath Dsus4you'll Dfind I'm Ajust the same
[Chorus] g f#
Running Emwild, like you Gdo C G/B | Bbdim7 | Bbdim7* | When all your dreams fall through G I can alwayG/Bs preCtend ThatC/D I’ll Emfall in Dlove aCgain
[Solo] [sax] | G | D Dsus4 D | A | % | | G | D Dsus4 D | A | % | | G | D Dsus4 D | A | % | | G | D Dsus4 D | A | % | [Chorus] g f#
Running Emwild, like we dGo C G/B | Bbdim7 | Bbdim7* | If only dreams came true G I could eveG/Bn preCtend ThatC/D I'll Emfall in Dlove aCgain
[Solo] | G | % | A | % | | G | D | A | % | [Outro] solo continued
G [Running Dwild aAgain] G [Running Dwild aAgain]
G Running Dwild aAgain G Running Dwild aAgain
G Running Dwild aAgain, again G Running Dwild aAgain