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Hello My Old Friend

Electric Light Orchestra

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BPMNot available
CapoNot specified
DifficultyAdvanced
Number of chords19
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Tom : G
D D7/C G/B Gm/A# C Bb G#maj7 G E C#m Cmaj7 Bm F Cadd2 Dsus2 Em A7 Am/C A
2 2 3 3 0 1 4 3 0 4 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 1 0 3 1 3 4 0 0 5 5 3 1 3 3 0 2 1 2
2 2 0 3 0 3 5 0 1 6 4 4 2 0 2 0 0 2 2
0 x 0 0 2 3 5 0 2 6 5 4 3 2 0 2 2 2 2
x 3 2 1 3 1 6 2 2 4 3 2 3 3 x 2 0 3 0
x x x x x x 4 3 0 x x x 1 x x 0 x x x

[Intro]
D   D7/C   G/B   Gm/A#   D   D7/C   G/B   Gm/A#

[Verse 1]
D D7/C G/B
Early morning day is dawning
Gm/A# D D7/C G/B Gm/A# D
Cooling towers and factory gates
D7/C G/B
Dirty streets and laughing people
Gm/A# D C Bb G#maj7
Skinny dogs and beer crates

[Chorus]
C G D
Hello my old friend
C G D E C#m Cmaj7
Hello my old friend

[Verse 2]
D D7/C G/B
Sad canals green black water
Gm/A# D D7/C G/B Gm/A# D
Somewhere bicycles and beds
D7/C G/B
Wet and windy afternoons
Gm/A# D C Bb G#maj7
And pigeons coo in garden sheds

[Chorus]
C G D
Hello my old friend
C G D E C#m E C#m Cmaj7
Hello my old friend

[Verse 3]
D D7/C G/B
High-rise tower blocks with panoramic
Gm/A# D D7/C G/B Gm/A# D
Views of trains and coal
D7/C G/B
Tiehead railway tracks tread faithfully
Gm/A# D C Bb G#maj7
The gas works to behold

[Chorus]
C G D
Hello my old friend
C G D F
Uuh Uuh Uuh

[Bridge]
[Refrão]
G Bm
Just to see the sunset
Cadd2 Dsus2 G Bm C D
Pretty rainbows over your majestic towers
G Bm Cadd2
To feel your earth beneath my feet
D E C#m E C#m
Here I could stand for hours and hours

[Instrumental]
Em A Em A7 E A7 E A Am/C A Am/C

[Verse 4]
D D7/C G/B
Big machines that once were champions
Gm/A# D D7/C G/B Gm/A# D
Turn to dust under the sky
D7/C G/B
Broken windows choking chimneys
Gm/A# D C Bb G#maj7
Factory walls for miles and miles

[Chorus]
C G D
By bye my old friend
C G D F
By bye my old friend

[Outro]
[Refrão] (repetir)

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D7/C×
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G#maj7
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C#m4ª×
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Distinct chords19

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