livin thing
Electric Light Orchestra
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Tom : C
[Intro] C Bbm F
G C G C
Sailing away on the crest of a wave
Am
It's like magic
Ab
Oh, rolling and riding and slipping and sliding
Fm
It's magic
Em Dm
And you, and your sweet desire
Em Dm Em F G C
You took me, oh, oh higher and higher baby
[Refrão]
Am F
It's a living thing
Dm G7(5+) C
It's a terrible thing to lose
Am F
It's a giving thing
Dm G7(5+) C
What a terrible thing to lose
[Próxima Parte]
Bbm
I'm taking a dive
( C Bbm G C G )
C
Making believe this is what you've conceived
Am
From your worst day, (I'm taking a dive)
Ab
Moving in line when you look back in time
Fm
To the first day, (I'm taking I'm taking)
Em Dm
And you and your sweet desire
(Don't you do it), don't you do it
Em Dm Em F G C
To me oh, oh, higher and higher baby
[Refrão] (repetir)
[Próxima Parte]
Bbm F G C G
I'm taking a dive. On the sky
C
Taking a dive cause you can't halt the slide
Am
Floating down stream, (I'm taking a dive)
Ab
Oh, so let her go don't start spoiling the
Show
Fm
It's a bad dream, (I'm taking , I'm taking)
Em Dm
And you and your sweet desire
Em Dm
(Don't you do it) , don't you do it to me
Em F G C
Oh, oh, higher and higher baby
[Refrão] (repetir)
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