Chords
# Intro:
A---3/5--3/5--8-7--5-3--0----3/5--3/5--8-7--5-3--2--0h2p0-
E---3/5--3/5--8-8--5-3--1----3/5--3/5--8-8--5-3--3--------
C---------------------------------------------------------
G---------------------------------------------------------
A---7-7----0h3p3/5--7--8-7-5--1h0----------12--14--12--10-
E-3-------------------------------3h1h3-/5----------------
C---------------------------------------------------------
G---------------------------------------------------------
# Note: I know on a Soprano (standard) Uke there isn't a 14th fret,
# but just plucking off the fret board on the A string, sounds pretty similar to the
# note it should be. So just give it a try :).
Verse 1:
C
Had a little love,
F
But I spread it thin
Dm G
Falling in her arms and out again
C F
Made a bad name for my game around town
Dm G
Tore up my heart, and shut it down
C
Nothing to do
F
Nowhere to be
Dm G
A simple little kind of free
C
Nothing to do
F
No one but be
Dm G
And that's all I need
Chorus:
C F
I'm perfectly lonely
Dm G
I'm perfectly lonely
Em Am
I'm perfectly lonely (yeah)
Dm
Coz I don't belong to anyone
G
Nobody belongs to me
# Play half of Intro
Verse 2:
C F
I see my friends around from time to time
Dm G
When their ladies let them slip away
C F
And when they ask me how I'm doing with mine
Dm G
This is always what I say
C
I got nothing to lose
F
Nowhere to be
Dm G
A simple little kind of free
Em
Nothing to do
Am
No one to be
Dm G
Is it really hard to see?
Repeat Chorus
Bridge:
Am
And this is not to say
G
There never comes a day
F G G-Ab-Am
I'll take my chances and start again
Am
And when I look behind
G
On all my younger times
F
I have to thank the wrongs
Fm
That led me to a love so strong
# Solo: C F Dm G x2
# Repeat Chorus
# Outro (Repeat 4x and fade):
C F
It's the way,It's the way,It's the way that I want it
Dm G
It's the way,It's the way,It's the way that I want it
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Tabs by: thongar
Published: 24 Sep, 2011
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2014-06-04 16:12:40
Hi Sophie! I know this is a late comment - but it's easier to transition the G, Ab, Aam if you do a bar over the C, E, A strings (1st finger) for G chord, then slide up to the 3rd fret and all you need to do is place your third finger on the first string, fifth fret, an
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2013-01-05 18:20:50
The strumming sounds best if you play these bar chords: C as 9787 F as 9877 Dm as 7555 and G as 4232
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2012-09-26 17:10:26
Really nice tab! Thank you for this. I'd love to figure out a smoother way to finger the bridge's G-Ab-Am transition so it's not completely awkward on ukelele, but other than that, it's great!
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