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                The End of the Affair - Prefab Sprout
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Tabbed by: maguri
Tuning: Standard

Prefab Sprout
The End of the Affair (1997)
(Paddy McAloon)
From: "Electric Guitars" (Maxi-Single)

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CHORDS

           e-B-G-D-A-E
Asus4      0-3-2-2-0-x
E/G#       0-0-1-2-x-4
D/F#       x-3-2-0-x-2
D6/F#      x-0-2-0-x-2
Dsus2      0-3-2-0-x-x
C#7sus4/Ab x-7-4-6-x-4
C#m7/Ab    x-5-4-6-x-4
Dmaj7      2-2-2-0-x-x
D6         2-0-2-0-x-x
Dmaj7sus2  0-2-2-0-x-x

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INTRO
| Asus4 | A | E/G# | % | D/F# | D6/F# | Dsus2 | % |


   A
In bed beside you with the curtains drawn
       C#7sus4/Ab             C#m7/Ab
For an hour at least I can pretend we're born
   F#m                           Dmaj7           D6
To be together and fate alone is keeping me from you
              A
But there's a price we pay when we live a lie
        C#7sus4/Ab      C#m7/Ab
And you find it hard to meet my eye
         F#m                           
When you start to dress as we kiss goodbye
      Dmaj7             D6
And I know we're coming to

    Asus4  A     E/G#
The end of the affair
    D/F#   D6/F# Dsus2
The end of the affair
Asus4                 A
I could love you for eternity
    E/G#
The fact remains you don't belong to me
      D/F#   D6/F# Dsus2
 (The end of the affair)

        A
I could tell the story of my love for you
       C#7sus4/Ab             C#m7/Ab
With a detailed list of every rendez-vous
F#m                           
Discreet hotels we've checked into
Dmaj7            D6
How and when and where
      A
But a cold recital of the facts would miss
    C#7sus4/Ab  C#m7/Ab
The poetry, the way you kiss
   F#m                           
The sense of loss now as come to this
    Dmaj7           D6
The bitter sweet despair

    Asus4  A     E/G#
The end of the affair
    D/F#   D6/F# Dsus2
The end of the affair
Asus4                 A
I could love you for eternity
    E/G#
The fact remains you don't belong to me
      D/F#   D6/F# Dsus2
 (The end of the affair)

         A
Well I'm old enough to know right from wrong
     C#7sus4/Ab    C#m7/Ab
So I tell myself I should be strong
   F#m                           
In time I'll learn to get along
    Dmaj7         D6
Without you being near
      A
But I know I'm living when I'm by your side
         C#7sus4/Ab       C#m7/Ab
You're a rollercoaster, a fairground ride
   F#m                           
My conscience and desires collide
     Dmaj7         D6
Like rockets in midair

    Asus4  A     E/G#
The end of the affair
    D/F#   D6/F# Dsus2
The end of the affair
Asus4                     A
I could love you till the stars don't shine
    E/G#
But I'm not yours and you're not mine
      D/F#   D6/F# Dsus2
 (The end of the affair)

     Dmaj7 D6        Dmaj7 Dmaj7sus2      [A]
It's o-    ver, it's o     ver,       It's over

SOLO
| A | % | E/G# | % | F#m | % | D | % |
| A | % | E/G# | % | F#m | % | D | % |

    Asus4  A     E/G#
The end of the affair
    D/F#   D6/F# Dsus2
The end of the affair
Asus4                 A
I could love you for eternity
    E/G#
The fact remains you don't belong to me
      D/F#   D6/F# Dsus2
 (The end of the affair)

    A
The first few days are gonna drag real slow
          C#7sus4/Ab           C#m7/Ab
I'm gonna think I see you everywhere I go
          F#m   
These are routine symptoms ex-lovers show
    Dmaj7             D6
The battle scars they share
  A
I already miss your worried smile
C#7sus4/Ab     C#m7/Ab
Guilty secrets weren't your style
        F#m                           
But you had me fooled for a little while
     Dmaj7            D6
That makes it hard to bear

    Asus4  A     E/G#
The end of the affair
    D/F#   D6/F# Dsus2
The end of the affair
Asus4                     A
I could love you till the stars don't shine
    E/G#
But I'm not yours and you're not mine
      D/F#   D6/F# Dsus2
 (The end of the affair)

     Dmaj7 D6        Dmaj7 Dmaj7sus4       A
It's o-    ver, it's o     ver,       It's over