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                             I DON'T NEED YOU - Rupert Holmes
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Tabbed by: RunningMinstrel
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Tuning: Standard

Intro:
F (133211@1) Fmaj7 (1x3210@1)  F (133211@1)  Fmaj7 (1x3210@1)Verse 1:
        F (133211@1)               Am (x02210@1)     Am7 (x02010@1)   Am (x02210@1)        BbI (x1333x@1)don't need you, I don't need you half as much as you need me
      Am7 (x02010@1)          A (x02220@1)                 Dm (xx0231@1)    Dm(maj7)
And I thank my lucky stars that you have freed me
 Dm7                        G7'Cause (320001@1)I'm losing weight at last
Bb (x1333x@1)              Am7 (x02010@1)            Gm7            CLosing (x32010@1)weight and losing sleep and losing my mind fast

Verse 2:
Now I don't miss you, I don't miss you any way I expected
I have time to clean the sink and feel neglected
Will I call you up, I won't
I forgot your number, 636-4831

CHORUS:
        Bbm7 (x13121@1)            Eb (x43121@3)                           FI (133211@1)don't need you, I don't need you like my life depended on it
       Am (x02210@1)         Am7 (x02010@1)        AmYou're (x02210@1)gone, you're gone, you're gone
   Bbm7 (x13121@1) Eb (x43121@3)                         Gm7         C7It (x32310@1)only affects me in the hours when I need you, I need you

Verse 3:
            F (133211@1)            Am (x02210@1) Am7 (x02010@1)         Am (x02210@1)      BbBut (x1333x@1)I don't want you, I do crosswords and I'm weaving a basket
        Am7 (x02010@1)          A (x02220@1)             Dmaj7And (xx0222@1)I'd never take you back unless you asked it

Instrumental:
Dmaj7   F#m   G    Asus4 A Asus4 A7  (x2)

(Chorus)

Verse 3:
But I don't love you, I don't love you like with whom you are livin'
Only twenty times as much and all's forgiven
If you'll just come by today
So that I can have you near forever while I say that -

Outro:
        F (133211@1)               Am7 (x02010@1)             Bb (x1333x@1)              CI (x32010@1)don't need you, I don't need you, I don't need you, I don't need you

F (133211@1)        Am (x02210@1)  Bb (x1333x@1)    Csus4C Csus4C
I don't need you...

(Repeat and fade)

[This is a great song with some really nice and unusual chord changes.  Perfect to sing 
for someone who's heartbroken and needs to laugh a little bit :-)]
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| H   hammer-on
| p   pull-off
| ~   vibrato
| +   harmonic
| x   Mute note
| B   Bend
| pb  Pre-bend
| br  Bend release
| pbr Pre-bend release
| brb Bend release bend

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