Wings - Mull of kintyre
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Tuning: G C E A
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Mull of Kintyre – Wings
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Written by: Paul McCartney/Denny Laine
The song was one half of the Wings double A-side 7" single
"Mull of Kintyre / Girls’ School" in 1977.
Re-released on various Greatest Hits compilations (Wings: "Greatest" /
Paul McCartney: "All the Best")
Tabbed by: maguri
Tuning: Standard
Key: A / D (several switches between these keys)
Time signature: 3/4
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Basic strumming pattern
A A
1 + 2 + 3 + 1 + 2 + 3 +
A|----0---0---|----0---0---|
E|----0---0---|----2---2---|
C|1---1---1---|1---1---1---|
g|2-----------|2-----------|
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[Intro]
| A | % | % | % |
[Chorus]
AMull of Kintyre, oh Dmist rolling in from the Asea
My desire is Dalways to be here
[ A ]
Oh Mull of Kintyre
[Interlude]
| A | % | % |
[Verse]
AFar have I traveled and much have I seen
DDarkest of mountains with Avalleys of green
APast painted deserts the sun sets on fire
As he Dcarries me home to the EMull of KinAtyre
[Chorus]
AMull of Kintyre, oh Dmist rolling in from the Asea
My desire is Dalways to be here
[ A ]
Oh Mull of Kintyre
[INTERLUDE] (builds up to solo)
| A | % | % |
| A | % | % |
[SOLO] (bagpipes)
| D | % | G | % |
| D | % | G | % |
| D | % | % | D |
[Verse]
DSweep through the heather like deer in the glen
GCarry me back to the Ddays I knew then
D D [break]
Nights when we sang like a heavenly choir
G A | D [break] | [break] |
Of the life and the times of the Mull of Kintyre
[Chorus]
DMull of Kintyre, oh Gmist rolling in from the Dsea
My desire is Galways to be here
| D | % |
Oh Mull of Kintyre
[INTERLUDE] (bagpipes)
| D | % | A | % |
| D | % | A | % |
[Verse]
ASmiles in the sunshine and tears in the rain
DStill take me back where my Amemories remain
AFlickering embers go higher and higher
D E | A [break] | [break] |
As they carry me back to the Mull of Kintyre
[Chorus]
AMull of Kintyre, oh Dmist rolling in from the Asea
My desire is Dalways to be here
[ A ]
Oh Mull of Kintyre
[Interlude]
| A | % | % | % |
[Chorus]
DMull of Kintyre, oh Gmist rolling in from the Dsea
My desire is Galways to be here
| D [break] | [break] | [break] | [break] | (only drums in the break)
Oh Mull of Kintyre
[CODA]
DLa, la, la, Dla
GMull of KinGtyre
DLa, la, la, Dla
GMull of KinGtyre
(repeat and fade)