
Behind The Sun
Eric Clapton
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BEHIND THE SUN
from the album "Behind the Sun" (1985)
Cadd9/G
AmGadd11
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|-3---------------|-3---------------|-----------------|-----------------|
Cadd9/G
AmGadd11
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Cadd9/G
AmGadd11
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My love has gone behind the sun Since she left the darkness has begun
G/B
Fmaj7addG/C
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The smile that used to shine on me Is nothing more than a memory
Cadd9/G
AmGadd11
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I see her face I hear her voice She made her move I had no choice
G/B
Fmaj7addG/C
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I walk & cry wipe tears with my hand the one that carries her wedding band
Em7 Am7 Dm G/C G/B
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And the clouds hang low and the flowers that used to grow in my
F C/E D/F# F G
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|---3-----------3-|---3-------------|-----------------|---3-------5-----|
|-1---------------|-0---------------|-2---------------|-1-------3-------|
heart are dying now dying now
Cadd9/G
AmGadd11
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dying now
Cadd9/G
AmGadd11
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dying now
Cadd9/G
AmGadd11
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|-------3---3-----|-------3---3-----|-------3---3-----|-------3---3-----|
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|---5-----------5-|---5-----------5-|---4-----------4-|---4-----------4-|
|-----------------|-----------------|-0---------------|-0---------------|
|-3---------------|-3---------------|-----------------|-----------------|
Cadd9/G
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|-----5-------5---|-----5-------5---|-----------------|-----------------|
|---5-----------5-|---5-----------5-|-----------------|-----------------|
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|-3---------------|-3---------------|-----------------|-----------------|
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Detected progression: Cadd9/G → Cadd9/G → Cadd9/G → G/B → Cadd9/G → G/B → Em7 → Am7
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