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Wildhearts - The Miles Away Girl Bass

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The Miles Away Girl Bass

(ver. 1)
Wildhearts
Intro

Guitar only first 3 bars
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Verse 1
Guitar only 
"She's always busy caring 'cos that's all she's ever done"
"She's a thousand Florence Nightingales all rolled up into one,"

"And people take    advantage but she loves her fellow  friend"
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                    "With a slow, slow count from ten"
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Verse 2

"When strangers die around her she still cries herself to sleep"
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"And she seldom gets the chance to pick the company she keeps"

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"And the ring around her finger is a ring around her past"
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E|-5---5-5-5-5-5---|-7---7-7-7-7-7---|-0---0-0-0-0-0---|-----------------|

                    "And a youth that couldn't last"
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Pre chorus

"When people ask if she's OK, she doesn't even answer"
"Her mind is set on auto think for heaven knows how long"
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"With the body of an angel and the    features of a     child "
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Chorus 1 

"She's miles and miles and miles and miles away"
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"She's the miles away girl,        She's the miles away girl"
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E|-----------------|-----------------|-7-6-0-7-6-0-7-6-|-0--7-6-7-6-7-6--|

"And she slaps miles and miles of smiles on every face"
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E|-5---5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5---------|-0---0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-4-4-5-5-|

"She's the miles away girl,     She's the miles away girl"
                                            She's the miles away girl right next to me"
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E|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-2-x2----------0-|-5-x5-----55-----|

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Verse 3

"She sends a man to slumberland with just one little kiss"
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"Her silence is refreshing and her    honesty is bliss"
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"She's probably    clairvoyant,        but she never had the call"
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                    "But that's not long at all"
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Pre chorus

"Her head's up with the stars because she knows that's where she's heading"
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"The good guys think she's different, the rest just think she's weird"
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"She doesn't eat,   she doesn't sleep, She's thinking all the while...
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Chorus 2 

"She's miles and miles and miles and miles away"
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"She's the miles away girl,        She's the miles away girl"
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"And she slaps miles and miles of smiles on every face"
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E|-5---5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5---------|-0---0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-4-5-|

"She's the miles away girl,     She's the miles away girl"
                                            She's the miles away girl right next to me"
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Breakdown
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Bridge
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"And maybe you're the angel I knew that you could be"
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"Well that must be the reason you bring out the devil in me"
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"And deep under the covers, An easy place to hide"
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"And imagine the world isn't really going on outside"
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"But you never seem to have any money, 'Cos the decent people never get paid"
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"But it's never really ever a problem, 'Cos you can get miles away, "
                                                        "miles away"
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"miles away..."
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Outro Chorus

"She's miles and miles and miles and miles away"
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"She's the miles away girl,        She's the miles away girl"
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D|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|-----------------|-----------------|
A|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
E|-----------------|-----------------|-7-6-0-7-6-0-7-6-|-0--7-6-7-6-7-6--|

"And she slaps miles and miles of smiles on every face"
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D|-----------------|-----------------|-------9-------9-|-------9-------9-|
A|-----------------|---------5-5-6-6-|-----------------|-----------------|
E|-5---5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5---------|-----------------|-----------------|

"She's the miles away girl,     She's the miles away girl"
                                            She's the miles away girl"
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E|-----------------|-----------------|-2-x2----------0-|-5-x5------------|

"She's the miles away girl,   Right next to me"
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A|-----------------|------------5566-|-7\--------------|
E|-2-x2----------0-|-5-x5-----55-----|-----------------|            
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