Electric Light Orchestra – Livin Thing (Guitar)

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Chords

Gaug  x-6-5-4-4-x or 3-x-1-0-0-3 
[Intro] Strings: C Bbm C Bbm F Band in : ^ ^ ^ ^ G | C | C G | [Verse 1]
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
[Bridge]
    Em                          Dm
And you-ou-ou, and your sweet desire

         Em    Dm     Em             F      G
You took me -- ee,  ohhh, higher and higher baby
[Chorus]
C         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 2]
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) 
[Bridge]
    Em                      Dm
And you-ou and your sweet desire 

                                            Em  Dm     Em
(Don't you do it, don't you do it) you took me  ee  oh oh 

           F      G
Higher and higher baby 
[Chorus]
C         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. Over the side     Hey
[Verse 3]
C 
Taking a dive cause you can't halt the slide 

         Am
Floating downstream, (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) 
[Bridge]
    Em                      Dm
And you-ou and your sweet desire

                                            Em  Dm     Em
(Don't you do it, don't you do it) you took me  ee  oh 

           F      G
Higher and higher baby 
[Chorus]
C         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
(repeat and fade)