UB40 – Dont Let It Pass You By (Guitar)

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UB40`s 'Don`t Let It Pass You By' was a double A side hit single with 'Don`t Slow Down' in 1981 they`re both off the album from the same year 'Present Arms', Below is Ali`s Rhythm/Reggae Guitar and Vocal line [for this 7" edit]. [Chords] C 8 10 10 9 8 8 Bb 6 8 8 7 6 6 Gm X 10 12 12 11 10 Eb 11 13 13 12 13 13 [Intro] C Bb C Bb Gm C Bb Gm C Eb Gm C Bb C Bb Gm C Bb Gm C Bb [Verse 1]
          C                Bb              C    Bb Gm
There`s no one coming with that freedom train,

          C                Bb                C      Bb          
There`s nowhere you can go where you feel no pain,

          C                    Bb Eb       C            Bb
Take the blinkers off your eyes    the powers in your hands,

C             Bb               C                 Eb Gm
Stop waiting for your ticket to the promised land.
[Chorus 1]
          C              Bb    C    Bb
Don`t let it pass you by,    

          C              Bb    C    Bb
Don`t let it pass you by,

          C              Eb Gm    C    Bb
Don`t let it pass you by.
[Verse 2]
            C          Bb                C    Bb Gm
There ain`t no heaven and there ain`t no hell,

  C                    Bb                C     Eb Gm
Except the one we`re in and you know too well,

        C                Bb          C          Bb
There`s no one waiting on waiting on a higher high,

      C               Bb                        C             Eb Gm
Don`t let the only world you`re ever gonna live in pass you by.
[Chorus 2]
          C              Bb    C    Bb
Don`t let it pass you by,

          C              Bb    C    Bb   
Don`t let it pass you by,

          C              Eb Gm    C    Bb 
Don`t let it pass you by.
[Keyboard Middle] C Bb Gm C Bb C Bb Gm C Eb Gm [Verse 3]
            C         Bb                 C    Bb Gm
There ain`t no heaven and there ain`t no hell, 

  C                    Bb               C      Eb Gm
Except the one we`re in and you know to well,

        C                Bb          C          Bb
There`s no one waiting on waiting on a higher high,

      C               Bb                        C             Eb Gm  
Don`t let the only world you`re ever gonna live in pass you by.
[Chorus 3]
          C             Bb    C    Bb
Don`t let it pass you by,

          C             Bb    C    Bb
Don`t let it pass you by,

          C             Eb Gm    C    Bb
Don`t let it pass you by.
[Outro Till Fade]
          C             Bb    C    Bb
Don`t let it pass you by,

          C             Bb    C    Bb
Don`t let it pass you by,

          C             Eb Gm    C    Bb
Don`t let it pass you by.
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