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Livin Thing Tabs

(ver. 1)
Electric Light Orchestra
[Violin Intro] 

   C                   Bbm

e|----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------8-11-11-11-11p9p8-9p8----------------------|
G|--5h6p5p3h5------5/9-----------------------10-------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------|



e|----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------8-9-10-9-8h9p8-----|
G|------------------------------------------10----------------10--|
D|-------------------------9/10h12h13p12p10-----------------------|
A|--7/8----h10h11p10p8\7h8----------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------|


   C                           Bbm                   [Trumpet]
e|-----------------------20----21-20h21p20-18----------------17---|
B|-----------------20--------------------------------18---20------|
G|--17----17-17-17----17----17------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------|

[Guitar]

    F                   G      C        Csus2              G
e|--1--1--1--1--1--1----3--3-|-1-----1--1--1--1--1--1------3--3---|
B|--1--1--1--1--1--1----3--3-|-3-----3--1--3--1--3--3------3--3---|
G|--2--2--2--2--2--2----4--4-|-3-----3--3--3--3--3--3------4--4---|
D|--3--3--3--3--3--3----5--5-|-3-----3--3--3--3--3--3------5--5---|
A|--3--3--3--3--3--3----5--5-|-1-----1--1--1--1--1--1------5--5---|
E|--1--1--1--1--1--1----3--3-|-----------------------------3--3---|


    C        Csus2              G
e|--1-----1--1--1--1--1--1------3--3------|
B|--3-----3--1--3--1--3--3------3--3------|
G|--3-----3--3--3--3--3--3------4--4------|
D|--3-----3--3--3--3--3--3------5--5------|
A|--1-----1--1--1--1--1--1------5--5------|
E|------------------------------3--3------|

Verse:

C 
Sailing away on the crest of a wave 
          Am 
It's like magic 
    Ab 
Oh, rolling and riding and slipping and sliding 
     Fm 
It's magic  

                        
Chorus:                 

    Em                     Dm 
And you, and your sweet desire, 
            Em   Dm   Em             F      G     C 
You took me,          oh, higher and higher baby, 
       Am            F 
It's a living thing, 
       Dm7      Gaug    C 
It's a terrible thing to lose 
       Am            F 
It's a giving thing 
       Dm7      Gaug     C 
What a terrible thing to lose. 
             Bbm    C   Bbm G C G 
I'm taking a dive.  (dive)

                        
Verse:

C
Making believe this is what you've conceived 
          Am
From your worst day, (I'm taking a dive) 
Ab
Moving in line when you look back in time  
       Fm
To the first day, (I'm taking I'm taking) 
 

Pre-Chorus:

    Em                     Dm 
And you, and your sweet desire, 
                   Em                     Dm 
(Don't you do it), don't you do it to me, oh, 
Em         F      G     C 
higher and higher baby


Chorus:

       Am            F 
It's a living thing, 
       Dm7      Gaug     C 
It's a terrible thing to lose 
       Am            F 
It's a giving thing 
       Dm7      Gaug     C 
What a terrible thing to lose. 
             Bbm       F      G C G 
I'm taking a dive. On the sky


Verse:

C 
Taking a dive cause you can't halt the slide 
         Am
Floating down stream, (I'm taking a dive) 
    Ab
Oh, so let her go don't start spoiling the show 
       Fm
It's a bad dream, (I'm taking, I'm taking) 
 

Pre-Chorus:

    Em                    Dm 
And you, and your sweet desire, 
                   Em                     Dm 
(Don't you do it), don't you do it to me, oh, 
Em         F      G     C 
higher and higher baby 


Chorus:

       Am            F 
It's a living thing, 
       Dm7       Gaug    C 
It's a terrible thing to lose 
       Am            F 
It's a giving thing 
       Dm7       Gaug    C 
What a terrible thing to lose. 
       Am            F 
It's a living thing, 
       Dm7      Gaug     C 
It's a terrible thing to lose 
       Am            F 
It's a giving thing 
       Dm7      Gaug     C 
What a terrible thing to lose.            
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