Status Quo

Making Waves(Tabs)

Status Quo

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	        h - hammer on  
p - pull off  
b - bend string up 
r - release bend 


INTRO 

Guitar I                         
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|-0h2-2-0h2-2-0h2-2-0h2-2-0h2-2-| 3 
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Guitar II                             	 
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These are played in the following order: 1-1-2-2-2-3-2-2-2-3 


VERSE 

    When I was a young boy... 
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   You were a girl... 

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A||-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---| 
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   We got together... 
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D||-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---| 
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   Well I tried... 
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A||-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---| 
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   back in the blue... 
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D||-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--------| 
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CHORUS 
                If your gonna run... 
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D||-0---0-0-0--0---0-0-0--0-0--0-0-----------------------| 
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                                 You never had... 
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D||-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-5-5-7-5-5-5-7--| 
A||----------------------------------------------3-3-3-3-3-3-3--| 
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   had it anyway...        more more more...  making waves... 
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G||-2-2-4-2-2-2-4-2-2-2-4-2-2-2-4-2---4-2-------7--| 
D||-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---2-0-------5--| 
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VERSE 

    I was always right... 
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D||-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---------| 
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   you were living... 
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   And I never found... 






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   Oh I tried, and I tried... 
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A||-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---| 
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   back in the blue... 
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D||-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--------| 
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CHORUS 
                If your gonna run... 
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G||-5h7-7-7-7--5h7-7-7-7--7-7--7-7--0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0-----| 
D||-0---0-0-0--0---0-0-0--0-0--0-0-----------------------| 
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   Guitar II 

                                               You never had... 
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D||-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-5-5-7-5-5-5-7--| 
A||----------------------------------------------3-3-3-3-3-3-3--| 
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   had it anyway...        more more more...  making waves... 
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G||-2-2-4-2-2-2-4-2-2-2-4-2-2-2-4-2---4-2-------7--| 
D||-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---2-0-------5--| 
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SOLO I 

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E||-3-5-3-6--5-3-1-3-5-3-------|-3-3-5-3-6-6--5-3-1-1-3-5-3----| 
      repeat 2x                       repeat 2x 

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D||---------------------------------------5-7-9-10p9-10p9-10p9--7-7--| 
A||-0-3-5-5br-3-0--0-3-5-5br-3-0--0-3-5/7----------------------------| 
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      repeat 2x 

After this the melody from the intro is repeated: 


    1                                    2                                    
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D||-----------12-----------------------|--11-11-9------9---11--9--12-12-11--| 
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 3 
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These are played in the following order: 1-2-2-1-1-2-2-3 



VERSE 

    What you gonna do... 
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   Well I must have... 
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   When I tried to find... 
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   You threw it all in... 
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A||-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---| 
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   back in the blue... 
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D||-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--------| 
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CHORUS  
(this is repeated 3x, then the song ends) 

                If your gonna run... 
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D||-0---0-0-0--0---0-0-0--0-0--0-0-----------------------| 
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   Guitar II 

                                               You never had... 
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D||-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-5-5-7-5-5-5-7--| 
A||----------------------------------------------3-3-3-3-3-3-3--| 
E||-------------------------------------------------------------| 
   had it anyway...        more more more...  making waves... 
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B||---------------------------------------------3--| 
G||-2-2-4-2-2-2-4-2-2-2-4-2-2-2-4-2---4-2--2-2--2--| 
D||-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---2-0--0-0--0--| 
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This is the whole song... 

	        

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