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		    Confusion - Electric Light Orchestra
		       From the 1979 Album "Discovery"
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Tabbed by: Kyle Murray
Email: k.murray23@gateshead.org

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Tuning: Standard (EADGBe)

Chords Used:

F: x33211
C: x32010
Am: x02210
Em: 022000
C7: x32310
C/E xx3010
Dm7: xx0211
Fm: x33111
G11: xx5565
Dm: xx0231
G: 320033
G7sus4: 3x0011

Time Sig: 4/4 (but watch out for changes)
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INTRO:

F    | C   | Am   | Em   | C7   |

F C/E| Dm7 C | Fm C/E | 2/4:Dm7 |4/4: G11 |

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VERSE 1:

C                 | Am      |

Ev'rywhere the sun is shinin' 

Dm                | G           |          

 All around the world it's shinin'

C                 | Am          |  Dm       |   G F |

 But cold winds blow, across your mi________nd

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CHORUS I:

   C                              | C7

Confusion (Confusion) - it's such a terrible shame

   F                                   |Fm                Fm G |

Confusion (Confusion) - you don't know what you're sayin'

F                   C/E|             Dm7          C|

You've lost you're love and you just can't carry on (Can't carry on)

Fm                  C/E| 2/4:     Dm7           |4/4: G7sus4   N/C

You feel there's no one there for you to lean on__             to lean____ on

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Instrumental:


F    | C   | Am   | Em   | C7   |

F C/E| Dm7 C | Fm C/E | 2/4:Dm7 |4/4: G11 |

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VERSE II:

C                     | Am          |

Ev'ry night you're out there darlin'

Dm                | G          |

 You're always out there runnin'

C               |Am               |Dm        | G F |

 But I see that lost look in your eye_______s

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CHORUS II:
   C                                | C7             |

Confusion (Confusion) - I don't know what I should do

   F                               |Fm                Fm G |

Confusion (Confusion) - I leave it all up to you


F                   C/E|             Dm7          C|

You've lost you're love and you just can't carry on (Can't carry on)


Fm                  C/E| 2/4:     Dm7           |4/4: G7sus4   N/C

You feel there's no one there for you to lean on__             to lean____ on

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Instrumental:

F    |2/4:F  | C   | Am   | Em   |C7   |

F C/E| Dm7 C | Fm C/E | 2/4:Dm7 |4/4: G11 |


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VERSE III:

C               | Am      |

Dark is the road you wander 


Dm              | G       | 

And as you stand there under

C                 | Am       | Dm       | G F |

The starry sky, you feel sad insi_______de

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CHORUS III:

  C                                  | C7             |

Confusion (Confusion) - you know it's drivin' me wild


  F                               |Fm                Fm G |

Confusion (Confusion) - it comes as no big surprise

F                   C/E|             Dm7          C|

You've lost you're love and you just can't carry on (Can't carry on)


Fm                  C/E| 2/4:     Dm7           |4/4: G7sus4   N/C

You feel there's no one there for you to lean on__             to lean____ on

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OUTRO:

F    | C   | Am   | Em   | F  |

            Confusion      Confusion

F    | C   | Am   | Em   | F  |

                    Confusion   Confusion

F    |2/4:F |4/4: C | Am   | Em |F   |


             Confusion      Confusion

F    | C   | Am   | Em   | F  |

             Confusion      Confusion

F    | C   | Am   | Em   | F  |

             Confusion	    Confusion

F    | C   | Am   | Em   | F  |

             Confusion      Confusion

F    | C   | Am   | Em   | F  | (to fade)


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Epic song by easily the greatest and most underrated band of all time.

Any comments or questions then feel free to email me.


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| /   slide up
| \   slide down
| 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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