another great song by X, probably my favorite:


                      "BECAUSE I DO" by -X-


|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---7-7-7-7-7~~~~---------------------7-7-7-7-7~~~~---------------------|
|---7-7-7-7-7~~~~--5-5-7--7-5-5-7--7--7-7-7-7-7~~~~--5-5-7--7-5-5-7--7--|
|---5-5-5-5-5~~~~--5-5-7--7-5-5-7--7--5-5-5-5-5~~~~--5-5-7--7-5-5-7--7--|
|------------------3-3-5--5-3-3-5--5-----------------3-3-5--5-3-3-5--5--|

   i am a black and white ghost       in a black and invisible dress
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---7-7-7-7-7~~~~---------------------7-7-7-7-7~~~~---------------------|
|---7-7-7-7-7~~~~--5-5-7--7-5-5-7--7--7-7-7-7-7~~~~--5-5-7--7-5-5-7--7--|
|---5-5-5-5-5~~~~--5-5-7--7-5-5-7--7--5-5-5-5-5~~~~--5-5-7--7-5-5-7--7--|
|------------------3-3-5--5-3-3-5--5-----------------3-3-5--5-3-3-5--5--|

  oh what a mess      i'm in
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|---7-7-7-7-7~~~~-----------------------|
|---7-7-7-7-7~~~~--5-5-7--7-5-5-7--7----|
|---5-5-5-5-5~~~~--5-5-7--7-5-5-7--7----|
|------------------3-3-5--5-3-3-5--5----|

  what kind of fool am i?      i am the married kind
|-----------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------|
|---2-2-2-2-2--5-5-5-5-5--3--3--2-2-2-2-2--5-5-5-5-5--3--3--|
|---2-2-2-2-2--5-5-5-5-5--3--3--2-2-2-2-2--5-5-5-5-5--3--3--|
|---0-0-0-0-0--3-3-3-3-3--1--1--0-0-0-0-0--3-3-3-3-3--1--1--|


the kind that says i do,forever searching             FOR SOMEONE NEW!
|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|
|---5-5-5-5-5--3-3--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-3-2--|
|---5-5-5-5-5--3-3--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-3-2--|
|---3-3-3-3-3--1-1--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-1-0--|
|--------------------------------------|

then you play the open ringing chords:


|---222222222~~~~~----------------------222222222~~~~---------------------|
|---333333333~~~~~-------2-2-------2-2--333333333~~~~------2-2-------2-2--|
|---222222222~~~~~--0-0--2-2--0-0--2-2--222222222~~~~-0-0--2-2--0-0--2-2--|
|---000000000~~~~~--0-0--2-2--0-0--2-2--000000000~~~~-0-0--2-2--0-0--2-2--|
|-------------------x-x--0-0--x-x--0-0----------------x-x--0-0--x-x--0-0--|
|-------------------3-3-------3-3---------------------3-3-------3-3-------|

  at night i get drunk and fly aroud   day by day i drink and lay around
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---7-7-7-7-7~~~~---------------------7-7-7-7-7~~~~---------------------|
|---7-7-7-7-7~~~~--5-5-7--7-5-5-7--7--7-7-7-7-7~~~~--5-5-7--7-5-5-7--7--|
|---5-5-5-5-5~~~~--5-5-7--7-5-5-7--7--5-5-5-5-5~~~~--5-5-7--7-5-5-7--7--|
|------------------3-3-5--5-3-3-5--5-----------------3-3-5--5-3-3-5--5--|
 i drink and smoke your brand and drink
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|---7-7-7-7-7~~~~-----------------------|
|---7-7-7-7-7~~~~--5-5-7--7-5-5-7--7----|
|---5-5-5-5-5~~~~--5-5-7--7-5-5-7--7----|
|------------------3-3-5--5-3-3-5--5----|

   i am drunk over you        i am the married kind
|-----------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------|
|---2-2-2-2-2--5-5-5-5-5--3--3--2-2-2-2-2--5-5-5-5-5--3--3--|
|---2-2-2-2-2--5-5-5-5-5--3--3--2-2-2-2-2--5-5-5-5-5--3--3--|
|---0-0-0-0-0--3-3-3-3-3--1--1--0-0-0-0-0--3-3-3-3-3--1--1--|


the kind that says i do,forever searching             FOR SOMEONE NEW!
|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|
|---5-5-5-5-5--3-3--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-3-2--|
|---5-5-5-5-5--3-3--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-3-2--|
|---3-3-3-3-3--1-1--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-1-0--|
|--------------------------------------|


|---222222222~~~~~----------------------222222222~~~~---------------------|
|---333333333~~~~~-------2-2-------2-2--333333333~~~~------2-2-------2-2--|
|---222222222~~~~~--0-0--2-2--0-0--2-2--222222222~~~~-0-0--2-2--0-0--2-2--|
|---000000000~~~~~--0-0--2-2--0-0--2-2--000000000~~~~-0-0--2-2--0-0--2-2--|
|-------------------x-x--0-0--x-x--0-0----------------x-x--0-0--x-x--0-0--|
|-------------------3-3-------3-3---------------------3-3-------3-3-------|

at this time billy also does something like:

|-------10-10-10------10-10-10----------|
|-------10-10-10------10-10-10--10~~~~--|
|---12b-----------12b-----------12b~~~--|
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|


and that's all, just do this stuff with the next verses and you're "good ta go"
hope this is helpful to somebody out there
see ya

-Bert
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