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From: Daniel L. Lovall
Subject: /Blondie/TideIsHigh.crd
To: [email protected]
Date: Sun, 18 Jul 93 15:35:58 EST
Cc: [email protected] (Daniel L. Lovall)
X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.3 PL11]
The Tide is High – Blondie
(John Holt)
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. A D E A D E
The Tide is high but I’m holdin’ on, I’m gonna be your number one.
. A D E A D E
. I’m not the kinda girl who gives up just like that, oh no____
. A D E ‘
It’s not the things you do that tease and hurt me bad,
. A D E
. but it’s the way you do the things you do to me,
. A D E A D E
. I’m not the kinda girl who gives up just like that, oh no____
. A D E A D E
The tide is high but I’m holdin’ on, I’m gonna be your number one.
D E (first riff?)
Num – ber one.
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A D E A D E
Ev’ry girl wants you to be her man, but I’ll wait my dear, till it’s my turn,
. A D E A D E
. I’m not the kinda girl who gives up just like that, oh no____
. A D E A D E
The tide is high but I’m holdin’ on, I’m gonna be your number one.
D E D E
Num – ber one. Num – ber one. (instrumental)
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A D E A D E
Ev’ry girl wants you to be her man, but I’ll wait my dear, till it’s my turn,
. A D E A D E
. I’m not the kinda girl who gives up just like that, oh no____
. A D E A D E
The tide is high but I’m holdin’ on, I’m gonna be your number one.
D E D E
Num – ber one. Num – ber one.
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repeat and fade: (end on A)
. A D E A D E
The tide is high but I’m holdin’ on, I’m gonna be your number one.
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Chord chart: (SIMPed by Sennet)
string: E A D G B e E A D G B e E A D G B e
A – 0 2 2 2 0 D x – 0 2 3 2 E 0 2 2 1 0 0
B7 x 2 1 2 0 2
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Riff 1: Tab for E string
E string |-12–10—9—7—5—4—2—0–|
note: |–E—D—C#–B—A—G#–F#–E–|
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