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Squeeze's songs are so catchy and immediate 
yet they often feature unusual structures. 
This is a case in point. 
Wonderful - from the magnificent Sweets From A Stranger album

Standard tuning

Intro
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I've re-turned
B (x2444x@1)        Abm (133111@4)   F# (244322@1) Esus2 (xx2452@1)E (022100@1)  I've re-turned
B (x2444x@1)        Abm (133111@4)   F# (244322@1) Esus2 (xx2452@1)E (022100@1)Esus2 (xx2452@1)E (022100@1)  I've re-turned

Verse 1
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B (x2444x@1)                       Abm (133111@4) Last night I played the drunken fiddle 
F# (244322@1)                    E (022100@1) Dis-abled love with a word of dribble 
B (x2444x@1)                    Abm (133111@4) On and on about some     jumbled subject 
F# (244322@1)                         E (022100@1) I said your friends were a bunch of Muppets 
G (320003@1)                              Em (022000@1) I said your sister should have grown a moustache 
   B (x2444x@1)            B/Bb    A (x02220@1)      AbmSa-aid (133111@4)you didn't need to take off your mask 
G (320003@1)                    Em (022000@1) Down the staircase I made my stagger 
B (x2444x@1)        B/Bb          A (x02220@1)            AbmI (133111@4)left you crying but it didn't matter

Verse 2
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B (x2444x@1)                  Abm (133111@4)             
  So I sat inside my car in wonder
F# (244322@1)                    E (022100@1) A headache in my head like the thunder
B (x2444x@1)                        Abm (133111@4) I chewed my nails like a guilty victim
F# (244322@1)                         E (022100@1) I couldn't see or feel the night or nothing
G (320003@1)                       Em (022000@1) I wanted to explain but all so desperate
   B (x2444x@1)             B/Bb  A (x02220@1)     AbmLo-ove (133111@4)was like it was   some in-vestment
G (320003@1)                     Em (022000@1) Then I don't remember who said what when
B (x2444x@1)           B/Bb    A (x02220@1)       AbmOn (133111@4)a scrap of paper I placed my pen?

Refrain
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staccato Abm x 6, Gb

F# (244322@1)                            F (133211@1) When I woke up in the morning
F# (244322@1)                   G (320003@1) Beside you in the bed
F# (244322@1)                            F (133211@1) My mouth was full of nothing
F# (244322@1)                 F# (244322@1)name="chord_320003@1">G Ab (xx1114@1)name="chord_x2444x@1">B C (x32010@1)name="chord_x43121@1">C#
  My arm around your head
D (xx0232@1)           /C#        /B        A (x02220@1) And I don't know how I got there
    E (022100@1)            F# (244322@1)  A (x02220@1) I didn't want to check
D (xx0232@1)        /C#          /B     A (x02220@1) Now back between each other
      E (022100@1)           F#We're (244322@1)salvaging our wreck
Now I've returned

Verse 3
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B (x2444x@1)                            Abm (133111@4)  You've thrown my jigsaw all over the floor
F# (244322@1)                    E (022100@1)  We're at the deepest deep
B (x2444x@1)                      Abm (133111@4) I thought our love had died forever
F# (244322@1)                  Esus2 (xx2452@1)E (022100@1) But it just went to sleep

Out
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B (x2444x@1)        Abm (133111@4)   F# (244322@1) Esus2 (xx2452@1)E (022100@1)  I've re-turned
B (x2444x@1)        Abm (133111@4)   F# (244322@1) Esus2 (xx2452@1)E (022100@1)  I've re-turned
B (x2444x@1)        Abm (133111@4)   F# (244322@1) Esus2 (xx2452@1)E (022100@1)  I've re-turned
B (x2444x@1)        Abm (133111@4)   F# (244322@1) Esus2 (xx2452@1)E (022100@1)
   I've re-turned

Esus2 (xx2452@1)E (022100@1) G (320003@1) B (x2444x@1)-----------------------------------------
I hope I've done it justice!

Kevin O'Brien
Watford
England
October 2012

watfordkev@gmail.com

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