The Moody Blues - Meanwhile
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Tuning: E A D G B E
There are lots of great chords that work for this song, but the ones I’ve tabbed here are based on
my best interpretation of the ones Justin Hayward and his rhythm guitarist are using in this performance:
https://youtu.be/ToQB-ux3UmU
If you check out my chords below, you'll see it's not as hard as it looks -
lots of E chord shapes sliding around the fingerboard, and also variations and inversions of E and A chords
which you could play as just the one shape for simplicity if you want.
A/E: 0776x0
E: 022100
F#sus4/E: 044300
E*: 0xx454
Bsus4*: 099900
Bsus4: 099800
G#m: 466xxx
F#m: 244xxx
Em7: 055400
Esus4: 022200
E**: 014141300 (E chord played up 12 frets)
A: 577655
B: 799877
[Intro]
A/E E A/E A6/E Bsus4* Bsus4
A/E E A/E G#m F#m
E F#sus4/E A/E E
E E
[Verse]
EJust in a simple conversation, you can F#sus4/Ehear the feeling change,
Like a Em7river running down, A/Edown to the Esea Esus4 E Esus4 E
EAnd if you need an explanation, I deF#sus4/Efy you to explain,
But Em7something's not the same, A/Eand it's bothering Eme Esus4 E
[Bridge]
Esus4I think I Asee where I went Ewrong
EI think I Asee what's going Eon Bsus4
[Chorus]
E** Bsus4 A/E E Bsus4 A/E
Meanwhile and far away as the night draws in
AHe's holding Bher right now, I can Afeel it all begBin
EMeanBwhile and Afar away B E when the Bday is A/Edone
AI ride Baway my friend, inAto the setting Bsun
BAnd the Eriver's running downEm7 A/E
A/EDown to the Esea E
[Instrumental]
A E A E
A E A G#m F#m
E F#sus4/E A/E E
E
[Verse]
EI let love slip right through my fingers, and I F#sus4/Ewatched it drift away
But stiEm7ll I had to sayA/E what was written for mEe Esus4 E Esus4 E
EI thought I'd end up as the hero, thought the F#sus4/Eglory would be mine
Very Em7soon I was to find A/E it wasn't to Ebe
[Bridge]
E‘Cos in this Apart I've got to Eplay
EIt doesn't qAuite turn out that Ewa-a-Bay
[Chorus]
EMeanBsus4while and A/Efar awayE as the Bsus4night draws A/Ein
AHe's holding Bher right now, I can Afeel it all begBin
EMeanBwhile and Afar away B E when the Bday is A/Edone
AI ride Baway my friend, inAto the setting Bsun
BAnd the Eriver's running downEm7 A/E
A/EDown to the Esea E
[Outro]
A E A E
A E A G#m F#m
E