Electric Light Orchestra – Bluebird (Guitar)

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-------------------------------------------------------------------------- Bluebird – Electric Light Orchestra -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Written by: Jeff Lynne From: "Secret Messages" (1983) Tabbed by: maguri --------------------------------------------------------------------------
LINK
  D/F#             D/A    D7b9      Daug    D7
  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  
e|----------------|--------8-------|6-------5-------|
B|3---------------|--------7-------|7-------7-------|
G|2---------------|--------8-------|7-------5-------|
D|0---------------|----------------|----------------|
A|----------------|0---------------|----------------|
E|2-----------2-3-|----------------|----------------|

optional: 2nd time (different voicings)
  D/F#             D/A    D7b9      Daug    D7
  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  
e|----------------|--------11------|10------8-------|
B|3---------------|--------13------|11------10------|
G|2---------------|--------11------|11------11------|
D|0---------------|----------------|----------------|
A|----------------|0---------------|----------------|
E|2-----------2-3-|----------------|----------------|
-------------------------------------------------------------------------- CHORDS and SPECIAL VOICINGS
D/F#    2-x-0-2-3(2)

Fdim    1-x-0-1-0-1
C/E     0-3-2-0-1-0
Ebmaj7  x-x-1-3-3-3
Bbmaj7  x-1-3-2-3-1
Cm/Eb   x-6-5-5-4-x

D/A     x-0(0-2-3)x
D7b9    x-x(0)8-7-8
Daug    x-x(0)7-7-6
D7      x-x(0)5-7-5

C6      x-3-2-2-1-0
-------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Intro] | G | % | C | % | | G | % | C | % | [Verse]
    G                               C
The streets, the signs are pointing all one way

    G                      C
But you don't realize just what they say

        G              D/F#         Fdim             C/E
You may fight, you may run, you may know what you've done
[Bridge]
Ebmaj7        Bbmaj7                      | Ebmaj7 | Bbmaj7 |
  It makes me feel so sad (makes me feel so sad)

Ebmaj7            Bbmaj7                        | Ebmaj7 | Bbmaj7 |
  To think what I might've had (what I might have had)
[Interlude]
Bb                 Bbmaj7           Bb7             C
I watch the stars, I watch the sun, now I watch for anyone

              Cm        | D | % |
But it's only make belie-ieve
[Verse 2]
    G                                C
You work . . . you work, you work so hard and then

    G                       C
Someone, someone will come around again

        G              D/F#          Fdim         C/E
You may think it's for real, but you know how you feel
[Bridge]
Ebmaj7       Bbmaj7                 | Ebmaj7 | Bbmaj7 |
  The places that I go (places that I go)

Ebmaj7            Bbmaj7              | Ebmaj7 | Bbmaj7 |
  Don't feel good anymore (feel good anymore)
[Interlude]
Bb            Bbmaj             Bb7             C
I see it all, rainbows in fall, I see her face upon my wall

              Cm/Eb    | D/F# | D/A D7b9 | Daug D7 |
But it's only make belie-ieve  [LINK: see above)
[Verse] variation
     G                | Cmaj7  |  C6  |  
Fly away, bluebird fly away for me

     G                  | Cmaj7      |  C6  |
To a place somewhere far across the sea

     G         D/F#            Fdim       C/E
Fly away, far away, don't look back, go today
[Bridge]
Ebmaj7           Bbmaj7       | Ebmaj7 | Bbmaj7 |
  The waves that crash upon the sand 

Ebmaj7    Bbmaj7         | Ebmaj7 | Bbmaj7 |  %  |
  Another place, a far off land
[Interlude]
Bb             Bbmaj7          Bb7                         C
And every day, I have to stay, but you are free, you could fly away

              Cm/Eb    | D/F# | D/A D7b9 | Daug D7 |
But it's only make belie-ieve  [LINK: see above)
[Outro]
 G                        C           C6
(Work, work, work, work - Work, work, work, work )

 G                        C           C6
(Work, work, work, work - Work, work, work, work )

 G                                  C           C6
 Bluebird,            bluebird fly away from me
(Work, work, work, work - Work, work, work, work )
              G                                  C           C6
Blue-ue-ue-ue-ue-uebird,           bluebird fly away-y-ay
(Work, work, work, work - Work, work, work, work ) (repeat and fade – vocals ad lib)
|  G  |  %  |  C  |  C6  | 
 Bluebird, bluebird fly away from me
(Work, work, work, work - Work, work, work, work )