The Idle Race
Please No More Sad Songs Chords
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Please no more sad songs - Idle Race
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Tabbed by: Robert McMillan
E-mail: mcmillan_ra (at) hotmail.com
Tuning: Standard
The Idle Race, the band Jeff Lynne was in before he joined the Move
(and therefore - before ELO). I am surprised that they are not already
in the Ultimate Guitar database, so thought I'd post one.
(Here's a link to their biog - they have long since split.
http://www.allmusic.com/artist/the-idle-race-mn0000081981/biography)
The F D chord sequence at the end of the verses is the same as the intro riff.
The F might be better as an Fmaj7, the F sounds right to me. Also, I am not
sure that the guitar fill after the first chorus is right, it's very
fast and I'm not particularly good at picking those bits up. I play
rhythm more than lead, so...
Corrections and comments welcome.
Intro
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F D
e|-----------12---------------|
B|--------13----15-13---------|
G|-----14-------------14------|
D|--15------------------------|
A|----------------------------|
E|----------------------------|
Verse
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G Em
Yes she's leaving on the train,
C
Never coming back again,
D D7 F D (intro riff)
The lines go far ahead.
G Em
Got a job fixed in the city,
C
Wants to be a star she's pretty,
D D7 F D (intro riff)
And I don't get a part.
Chorus
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G B7
So please no more sad songs,
C Am
I heard enough today,
G Am D C G
Isn't it nice, holding you tight, remember- er-er
(Fill)
e|-----------------------------------|
B|-17p15p12--------------------------|
G|----------16p14p12h14h16--12h14p12-|
D|-----------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------|
Verse
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Em
Left a note here on the floor
C
Where she used to knock the door
D D7 F D (intro riff)
I found when I got home
G Em
Said you're gonna be a singer
C
Be a star, a real swinger,
D D7 F D (intro riff)
I hope it's very nice.
Chorus
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G B7
So please no more sad songs,
C Am
I heard enough today,
G Am D C G
Isn't it nice, holding you tight, remember- er-er
Bridge
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F Em D
Thought she was joking when I looked around
F Em Am
Went to her room and saw her things had gone,
Cm
She must have flown
G B7
Oh Ahhhhh ahh ahhh ahhhhh
F C
Aaahhhh aaahhh aaaahhhh aaaahhh
Am D G
Aaaahhh aaaahhhh aaaahhh aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah
Cm
e|---------------------------------|
B|-------------16---------16p15----|
G|----15p14p12---------------------|
D|---------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------|
Verse
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G Em
Guess she's left upon a train,
C
Never coming back again,
D D7 F D (Intro riff)
The lines went far away.
G Em
Got her job in the big city,
C
She became a star so pretty
D D7 F D (Intro riff)
Now I don't know her name.
Chorus
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G B7
So please no more sad songs,
C Am
I heard enough today,
G Am D C G C
Isn't it nice, holding you tight, remember- er-er
G B7
So please no more sad songs,
C Am
I heard enough today,
G Am D C G
Isn't it nice, holding you tight, remember- er-er
Am G Am D C G
Isn't it nice, holding you tight, remember- er-er
