• Song:

    When We Was Fab

  • Artist:

    Paul McCartney

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Date: Sun, 18 Jan 1998 20:05:48 +0100 (CET)
From: Peter Eybert 
To: guitar@olga.net
Subject: CRD: When We Was Fab by George Harrison

When We Was Fab

written and performed by George Harrison
from "Cloud 9", 1987
transcribed by Peter Eybert 


(spoken: one, two) F  G

Am (x02210@1)                          F7Back (131241@1)then, long time ago when grass was green
Am (x02210@1)Am/B (012210@1)name="chord_x32010@1">C  D7 (xx0212@1)name="chord_x2444x@1">B                 C (x32010@1)          Am (x02210@1)F#dim (2312xx@1)G#dimwoke (1201xx@1) up in a  daze arrived like strangers in the night
Bb9-5                         C (x32010@1)  C/Bfab, (x2555x@1)long time ago when we was fab,
Bb7 (x13131@1)name="chord_133211@1">F                         C (x32010@1)            F (133211@1)Gfab, (320003@1)back when income tax was all we had.

Am (x02210@1)                        F7Caresses (131241@1)fleeced you in the morning light,
Am (x02210@1)name="chord_012210@1">Am/B C (x32010@1)D7 (xx0212@1)name="chord_x2444x@1">B                   C (x32010@1) Am (x02210@1)name="chord_2312xx@1">F#dim  G#dimcasualties (1201xx@1)at dawn, and we did it all.
Bb9-5                          CFab, (x32010@1)long time ago when we was fab,
Bb7 (x13131@1)name="chord_133211@1">F                           Cfab, (x32010@1)you're my world you are my only love.

F (133211@1)              Dm (xx0231@1)    GAnd (320003@1)while you're in this world
F (133211@1)            Dm (xx0231@1)     G (320003@1)   Cthe (x32010@1)fuzz gonna come and claim you
F (133211@1)             Dm (xx0231@1)   Gbut (320003@1)you're more better wise
F (133211@1)                 Dm (xx0231@1)     G (320003@1)       Cwhen (x32010@1)the buzz gonna come and take you away,
Cm (x3101x@1)      Fm (133111@1)name="chord_x32010@1">C   Cm (x3101x@1)F (133211@1)       Ab6 (xx1111@1)C (x32010@1) F (133211@1)name="chord_320003@1">G
take you away,       take you away.

Am (x02210@1)                      F7The (131241@1)microscopes that magnified the tears
Am (x02210@1)Am/B (012210@1)name="chord_x32010@1">C    D7 (xx0212@1)B (x2444x@1)                        C (x32010@1)Am (x02210@1)F#dim (2312xx@1)G#dimstudied (1201xx@1)warts and all, still the life flowed on and on
Bb9-5                          C (x32010@1)  C/Bfab, (x2555x@1)long time ago when we was fab,
Bb7 (x13131@1)name="chord_133211@1">F                       Cfab, (x32010@1)but it's all over now, baby blue,
Bb9-5                          C (x32010@1)  C/Bfab, (x2555x@1)long time ago when we was fab,
Bb7 (x13131@1)name="chord_133211@1">F                       Cfab, (x32010@1)like this pullover you sent to me.
Bb9-5                          C (x32010@1)  C/BFab, (x2555x@1)Bb7 (x13131@1)name="chord_133211@1">F                       C (x32010@1)    and you really got a hold on me.

Fab, long time ago when we was fab.


F7    = x8786x
F#dim = 234242
G#dim = 456464
Bb9-5 = 6765xx
Bb7   = x13131
Ab6   = 431111

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