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                           Please no more sad songs - Idle Race
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Tabbed by: Robert McMillan
E-mail: mcmillan_ra (at) hotmail.com

Tuning: Standard

The Idle Race, the band Jeff Lynne was in before he joined the Move 
(and therefore - before ELO). I am surprised that they are not already
in the Ultimate Guitar database, so thought I'd post one. 
(Here's a link to their biog - they have long since split.
http://www.allmusic.com/artist/the-idle-race-mn0000081981/biography)

The F D chord sequence at the end of the verses is the same as the intro riff. 

The F might be better as an Fmaj7, the F sounds right to me. Also, I am not 
sure that the guitar fill after the first chorus is right, it's very 
fast and I'm not particularly good at picking those bits up. I play
rhythm more than lead, so...

Corrections and comments welcome.


Intro
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    F           D
e|-----------12---------------|
B|--------13----15-13---------|
G|-----14-------------14------|
D|--15------------------------|
A|----------------------------|
E|----------------------------|


Verse
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G                        Em
Yes she's leaving on the train,
                   C
Never coming back again,
    D             D7    F D (intro riff)
The lines go far ahead.
G                        Em
Got a job fixed in the city,
                         C
Wants to be a star she's pretty,
    D             D7      F D (intro riff)
And I don't get a part.

Chorus
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   G              B7
So please no more sad songs,
  C              Am
I heard enough today,
         G                 Am    D        C        G
Isn't it nice, holding you tight,     remember- er-er

(Fill)
e|-----------------------------------|
B|-17p15p12--------------------------|
G|----------16p14p12h14h16--12h14p12-|
D|-----------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------|

Verse
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                        Em
Left a note here on the floor
                            C
Where she used to knock the door
  D                D7     F  D (intro riff)
I found when I got home

G                        Em
  Said you're gonna be a singer
                  C 
Be a star, a real swinger,
  D              D7      F  D (intro riff)
I hope it's very nice.

Chorus
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   G              B7
So please no more sad songs,
  C              Am
I heard enough today,
         G                 Am    D        C        G
Isn't it nice, holding you tight,     remember- er-er

Bridge
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F                  Em            D
   Thought she was joking when I looked around
F              Em               Am 
   Went to her room and saw her things had gone,
    Cm
She must have flown
   G          B7
Oh Ahhhhh ahh ahhh ahhhhh
F              C
Aaahhhh aaahhh aaaahhhh aaaahhh
Am                       D         G        
Aaaahhh aaaahhhh aaaahhh aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah

               Cm
e|---------------------------------|
B|-------------16---------16p15----|
G|----15p14p12---------------------|
D|---------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------|


Verse
=====
G                        Em
Guess she's left upon a train,
                   C
Never coming back again,
    D                D7    F D (Intro riff)
The lines went far away.
G                        Em
Got her job in the big city,
                         C
She became a star so pretty 
    D                D7      F D (Intro riff)
Now I don't know her name.

Chorus
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   G              B7
So please no more sad songs,
  C              Am
I heard enough today,
         G                 Am    D        C        G   C
Isn't it nice, holding you tight,     remember- er-er

   G              B7
So please no more sad songs,
  C              Am
I heard enough today,
         G                 Am    D        C        G
Isn't it nice, holding you tight,     remember- er-er

Am       G                 Am    D        C        G
Isn't it nice, holding you tight,     remember- er-er