SEE-SAW by THE JAM

Written by Paul Weller

B-side to 'The Eton Rifles'
 and on Disc 2 of 'Direction, Reaction, Creation' box set

Chords used:

D5:    xx023x and x577xx
D:     x5777x
A:     577655
Bm:    799777
Asus4: 5x7755
C#5:   9-11-11-xxx---|
F#5:   x-9-11-11-xxx-|
B5:    799xxx
E5:    x799xx
B:     799877
C:     8-10-10-9-8-8

Fig.1:

  D5--------------|--------------|--| (xx023x@1)--3--------3--|-----3----3-3-|--|
--2--2--2--2--|--2--2--2-2-2-|--| (x2)
--0--0--0--0--|--0--0--0-0-0-|--|
--------------|--------------|--|
--------------|--------------|--|

Fig.2:  (w/fig.1 underneath)
  D (xx0232@1)      A (x02220@1)   Bm (x24432@1)     D (xx0232@1)   Bm (x24432@1)     D (xx0232@1)   Asus4 (x02230@1)  A (x02220@1)   D (xx0232@1)A--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|-----5--------|--| (x02220@1)--7--7--7--5--|--7--7--7--7--|--7--7--7--7--|-----5-----5--|--7--5--------|--|
--7--7--7--6--|--7--7--7--7--|--7--7--7--7--|-----7-----6--|--7--6--------|--|
--7--7--7--7--|--9--9--9--7--|--9--9--9--7--|-----7-----7--|--7--7--------|--|
--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|--5--7--------|--|
--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|-----5--------|--|

Fig.3:  (w/fig.2 underneath)
 D (xx0232@1) A (x02220@1)        Bm (x24432@1)name="chord_xx0232@1">D           Bm (x24432@1)name="chord_xx0232@1">D            Asus4 (x02230@1)name="chord_x02220@1">A        D (xx0232@1)A-10-----------|--------------|--------------|--------------|-----5--------|--| (x02220@1)----10--------|-12-----------|-12-----------|--------------|--7--5--------|--|
--------------|----11--------|----11--9-----|--------------|--7--6--------|--|
--------------|--------------|-----------11-|-12-11--------|--7--7--------|--|
--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|--5--7--------|--|
--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|-----5--------|--|

  Bm (x24432@1)           A (x02220@1)            G (320003@1)            F#m--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|--| (244222@1)--------7-----|--------5-----|--------3-----|--------2-----|--|
-----7-----7--|-----6-----6--|-----4-----4--|-----2-----2--|--|
--9-----------|--7-----------|--5-----------|--4-----------|--|
--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|--|
--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|--|

D (xx0232@1) A (x02220@1)  Bm (x24432@1)   DSee (xx0232@1)saw, up and down
 Bm (x24432@1)      D (xx0232@1)      Asus4 (x02230@1)name="chord_x02220@1">A D (xx0232@1)name="chord_x02220@1">A
Around and round we go
D (xx0232@1) A (x02220@1)        Bm (x24432@1)       DToo (xx0232@1)late we're out on the rink
    Bm (x24432@1)          D (xx0232@1)       Asus4 (x02230@1)name="chord_x02220@1">A D (xx0232@1)name="chord_x02220@1">A
Our love's in the sink once more.

C#5 (x133xx@4)                        F#5 (244xxx@1)And when I'm walking down a rainy street
B5 (x244xx@1)                       E5 (022xxx@1)I think I hear you coming up to me
A5 (x022xx@1)              D5 (xx023x@1)       E5 (022xxx@1)       Asus4 (x02230@1)name="chord_x02220@1">A D (xx0232@1)name="chord_x02220@1">A
 But it's just an echo I've arranged to meet

D (xx0232@1) A (x02220@1)         Bm (x24432@1)      DFreefall, (xx0232@1)we're out of control
   Bm (x24432@1)       D (xx0232@1)            Asus4 (x02230@1)name="chord_x02220@1">A D (xx0232@1)name="chord_x02220@1">A
We never will know what went wrong
D (xx0232@1) A (x02220@1)          Bm (x24432@1)      DToo (xx0232@1)bad, what we had for a while
    Bm (x24432@1)        D (xx0232@1)        Asus4 (x02230@1)name="chord_x02220@1">A D (xx0232@1)name="chord_x02220@1">A
Has gone out of style this year

C#5 (x133xx@4)                           F#5 (244xxx@1)Your friends told me you moved out of town
B5 (x244xx@1)                      E5 (022xxx@1)I got your address and I wrote it down
A5 (x022xx@1)                     D5 (xx023x@1)          E5 (022xxx@1)I used the pen that you bought for my birthday

B (x2444x@1)                        C (x32010@1)And every suit you know reminded me of you
B (x2444x@1)                   C (x32010@1)                Asus4 (x02230@1)name="chord_x02220@1">A D (xx0232@1)name="chord_x02220@1">A
 I realised that we'd never be together again

D A Bm D Bm D Asus4 A D A

D5 (fig.1)
Wait a while, reclaim your loss

But it costs a lot your love

D (xx0232@1)  A (x02220@1)        Bm (x24432@1)     DTake (xx0232@1)five, your heels in time             (this verse
       Bm (x24432@1)      D (xx0232@1)       Asus4 (x02230@1)name="chord_x02220@1">A         with fig.3)
You'll feel just fine they say

D (xx0232@1)     ABut (x02220@1)I'm feeling

D (xx0232@1) A (x02220@1)       Bm (x24432@1)    DSee (xx0232@1)saw, in a way I'm glad
         Bm (x24432@1)       D (xx0232@1)       Asus4 (x02230@1)name="chord_x02220@1">A D (xx0232@1)name="chord_x02220@1">A
Though I still feel sad about you

C#5 (x133xx@4)                     F#5 (244xxx@1)I know it's too late for changing minds
B5 (x244xx@1)                      E5 (022xxx@1)And I'm still not sure I wanna change mine
A5 (x022xx@1)                        D5 (xx023x@1)It's just a tiny part that sits there
E5 (022xxx@1)       Asus4 (x02230@1)name="chord_x02220@1">A D (xx0232@1)name="chord_x02220@1">A
This ain't right (?)

D (xx0232@1) A (x02220@1)  Bm (x24432@1)   DSee (xx0232@1)saw, up and down
 Bm (x24432@1)      DAround (xx0232@1)and round
         Bm (x24432@1)     DThey (xx0232@1)say heels in time
                Bm (x24432@1)      DThey (xx0232@1)say you'll feel just fine
     Bm (x24432@1)    DIn (xx0232@1)a way I'm glad
         Bm (x24432@1)       DThough (xx0232@1)I still feel sad
      Bm (x24432@1)name="chord_x02220@1">A   DAbout (xx0232@1)losing you
      Bm (x24432@1)name="chord_x02220@1">A   D'Bout (xx0232@1)losing you
      Bm (x24432@1)name="chord_x02220@1">A   D'Bout (xx0232@1)losing you
      Bm (x24432@1)name="chord_x02220@1">A   G (320003@1) F#m (244222@1)D'Bout (xx0232@1)losing you once more