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Date: Wed, 27 Nov 1996 22:13:28 +0000
From: Nic.Boulton@cw.mercury.co.uk


The World's End (Boo Hewerdine)
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This is on Boo Hewerdine's third album, Baptist Hospital. It's in E (no
capo).


[Intro] :

e  --4-p0--2-----0-------------------------------------|
B  ---------------2----4p0----0-----(0)-------0--0--0--|
G  ----------------------------------1-/--2------------|


e  --4-p0--2-----0----------------------------------0--|
B  ---------------2----4p0----0-----(0)-------0--0-----|
G  ----------------------------------1-/--2------------|


EDo (022100@1)you ever get the feeling that you're living someone else's life?
                                                             Band (x2444x@1)all the time you thought that you were happy and didn't think twice


EThe (022100@1)winter that we spent together got so cold I thought we'd die
                                              B (x2444x@1)    Aand (x02220@1)the dress you wore at Easter that made me cry


[Chorus]:
                                   e-0----------------------| (022000@1)G#m (133111@4)         A (x02220@1)            E (022100@1)   B----4--2--0---------0---| (x2444x@1)I'll meet you at the world's end,  G ---------------1/2------|

G#m (133111@4)      A (x02220@1)            Etwo (022100@1)saints walking arm in arm

G#m (133111@4)         A (x02220@1)            E (022100@1)               B (x2444x@1)           AI'll (x02220@1)meet you at the world's end,  two saints walking arm in arm
        Eyoung (022100@1)again

EThe (022100@1)smoke from burning bridges has been stinging in our eyes for years
                                                        Bso (x2444x@1)we never learn to see the good that stares us in the face


Ewith (022100@1)the sound of false alarm bells still ringing in our ears
                                                  B (x2444x@1)     Aso (x02220@1)all the time we never knew, there is no better place


[Chorus]


[Bridge] :
G (320003@1)                     ESo (022100@1)we share a secret place
G (320003@1)                        EI (022100@1)never knew it meant that much to you
  G^                      EA (022100@1)place where we begin and end
             B (x2444x@1)           B (x2444x@1)   Asee, (x02220@1)I never knew, I never knew


[Chorus]


[kindof bridging bit] :

e -------------0------------------------------------------|
B --------------------------------------0h2p0-------------|
G --------------------------------------------------------|
D --2---/76------------2-/7----62-----------2-h-4-p-2---|
A --------------------------------------------------------|
E --------------------------------------------------------|

EDo (022100@1)you ever get the feeling that you're living someone else's life?


[outro] - (suggested) :

e --------------------------------------------|
B --------------------------------------------|
G --1---1---1---1/21-------------------------|
D ----------------------2----2----------------|
A --------------------------------------------|
E --------------------------------------------|


EADGBe
022100 - E
799877 - B
X24442 - B(II)
466444 - G#m
577455 - A
320003 - G   (G^ is same fingering, heavy on the top 4 strings)

h is a hammer on
p is a pull off
/ is a slide up
 is a slide down


Arrangement/strumming:
Live (with a solo guitar arrangement), Boo just plays these chords (with
a right-palm-muted strumming of the bass strings).


All comments, improvements etc. welcome.


Nic

Nic.Boulton@cw.mercury.co.uk
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