Electric Light Orchestra – Livin Thing (Guitar Intro)

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[Chords] C x32010 Bbm x13321 F 133211 G 320033 C x32010 Csus2 x3203x Am x02210 Ab 466544 Fm 133111 Em 022000 Dm xx0231
Gaug  x21003 (Gaug/B = Baug)
  or  x6544x (the voicing that Lynne uses in the video = Ebaug)
[Intro] / [Interlude] part [Csus2] [Csus2]
  C         C      C       G   G
  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  

e|----0-----0-----|0---0-----------|
B|----1---3-1---3-|1---1-----------|
e|0---0---0-----0-|--------0---0---|
D|2---------------|--------0---0---|
A|3---------------|--------x---x---|
E|----------------|--------3---3---|
[Intro] | C | % | Bbm | % | | C | % | Bbm | % | F | F G G |
| C | C   G G | C | C    G G |
  (lick: see above)
[Verse]
C                                              Am
Sailing away on the crest of a wave, it's like magic

    Ab                                                Fm
Oh, rolling and riding and slipping and sliding, it's magic

    Em                   Dm
And you and your sweet desire

                |  Em  |  Dm  |
Don't you do it to me,    

   Em               F      G
Oh-oh,   higher and higher baby
[Chorus]
C         Am          
   It's a living thing

F         Dm       Gaug    [ C ]
   It's a terrible thing to lose

C         Am          
   It's a giving thing

F         Dm       Gaug    [ C ]
   What a terrible thing to lose
[Interlude]
|  C  |  %  |  Bbm  |  %  | 
   I'm taking a dive!

|  C  |  %  |  Bbm  | Bbm   G G | 
    Dive!

| C | C   G G | C | C    G G |
  (lick: see above)
[Verse 2]
C                                                      Am
Making believe this is what you've conceived from your worst day

   Ab                                               Fm
Oh moving in line when you look back in time to the first day

    Em                   Dm
And you and your sweet desire

                 |  Em  |  Dm  |
Don't you do it to me,    

   Em               F      G
Oh-oh,   higher and higher baby
[Chorus]
C         Am          
   It's a living thing

F         Dm       Gaug    [ C ]
   It's a terrible thing to lose

C         Am          
   It's a giving thing

F         Dm       Gaug    [ C ]
   What a terrible thing to lose
[Interlude 2]
|   C   |   %   |   Bbm   |   %   | 
        I'm taking a dive. 

     |  F  |  F   G G  |
On the sky.       Hey!

| C | C   G G | C | C    G G |
  (lick: see above)
[Verse 3]
C                                                     Am
Taking a dive cause you can't halt the slide floating down stream

    Ab                                                  Fm
Oh, so let her go don't start spoiling the show, it's a bad dream

    Em                   Dm
And you and your sweet desire

                 |  Em  |  Dm  |
Don't you do it to me,    

   Em               F      G
Oh-oh,   higher and higher baby
[Chorus]
C         Am          
   It's a living thing

F         Dm       Gaug    [ C ]
   It's a terrible thing to lose

C         Am          
   It's a giving thing

F         Dm       Gaug    [ C ]
   What a terrible thing to lose
(repeat and fade)