Song For Elias chords by The Cat Empire

Chords with lyrics

SONG FOR ELIAS - The Cat Empire (from Cities, 2006)

CHORDS
G7G7 can be simplified as G+G where you see fit.
How I play the chords used in this song (differ at your will):

  C minorCm   F minorFm   Bb majorBb   Eb MajorEb   AbAb   G7G7
e |---3---|---1---|---1---|---6---|---3---|---3---|
BB |---4---|---1---|---3---|---8---|---3---|---3---|
G+G |---5---|---1---|---3---|---8---|---4---|---4---|
D MajorD |---5---|---2---|---3---|---8---|---5---|---3---|
A augmentedA |---3---|---2---|---1---|---6---|---5---|---5---|
E MajorE |---x---|---1---|---x---|---x---|---3---|---3---|

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Detailed song structure (according to studio version):
|---------|---------------------------------------------|
|INTRO  | keys                    |
|---------|---------------------------------------------|
|VERSE 1 | 'Meant to meet you...'           |
|VERSE 2 | 'A beautiful being...'           |
|VERSE 3 | 'So one rainy day...', drums & guitar enter |
|VERSE 4 | 'And why did you never arrive...'      |
|---------|---------------------------------------------|
|BRIDGE 1 | keys & 'Estava en otro sitio', drums stop  |
|BRIDGE 2 | trumpet/scat, drums re-enter) x2      |
|---------|---------------------------------------------|
|VERSE 5 | 'To state he was born...'          |
|VERSE 6 | 'Nothing's sure but that...'        |
|---------|---------------------------------------------|
|BRIDGE 1 | same as before               |
|BRIDGE 2 | "                      |
|---------|---------------------------------------------|
|KEY SOLO | no guitar                  |
|---------|---------------------------------------------|
|BRIDGE 2 | same as before               |
|VERSE 1 | "                      |
|BRIDGE 1 | "                      |
|BRIDGE 2 | "                      |
|---------|---------------------------------------------|
|fade out |                       |
|---------|---------------------------------------------|


And now for the tab/chords!

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INTRO (and verses)

e |-----3---|-----4-3-|---3-----|-----1---|
BB |---4---6-|-3-6-----|-4---4---|---3---4-|
G+G |---------|---------|-------5-|-4-------|
D MajorD |---------|-----3-1-|---1-----|---------|
A augmentedA |-3-6-----|-1-5-----|-3---3---|---2-2-3-|
E MajorE |-------4-|---------|-------4-|-3-------|

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VERSES

C minorCm             F minorFm
  Meant to meet you but I  couldn't stay
   Bb majorBb           Eb MajorEb
Till now never knew how life tears you away
   C minorCm             AbAb
Now I wait for the springtime in Spain
G7G7   C minorCm
  My love

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BRIDGE

(keys)
G7G7         AbAb   G7G7   C minorCm --> into BRIDGE 2
e |-------4-3-----|-----3-------|------|
BB |---4-6-----6-4-|---4-----3-6-|-4----|
G+G |-5-------------|-5-----4-----|------|
D MajorD |-------3-1-----|-----1-------|------|
A augmentedA |---3-5-----5-3-|---3-----2-5-|-3----|
E MajorE |-4-------------|-4-----3-----|------|

G7G7  AbAb      G7G7      C minorCm -->
     Estaba en  otro sitio

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BRIDGE 2

Trumpet/scat fill:

 C minorCm        AbAb   G7G7  C minorCm           AbAb   G7G7   C minorCm
e|------------------------------------|--------------------------------------||
BB|--------8---------------------------|--------8-------------8------9-- 8---.||
G+G|---8-10----10-8-7-----8--7----------|---8-10----10-8-7-----8--10--10--8----|| (repeat)
D MajorD|------------------10--------8--10---|------------------10-----12-----------||
A augmentedA|------------------------------------|-------------------------------------.||
E MajorE|------------------------------------|--------------------------------------||

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KEY SOLO

Improvise on C minorCm blues scale (C majorC Eb MajorEb FF GbGb G+G Bb majorBb) over the verse chords:
C minorCm F minorFm Bb majorBb Eb MajorEb
C minorCm AbAb G7G7 C minorCm


Enjoy.
Feel free to leave any suggestions/corrections.