Tabs
Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)
Key: C majorC
Difficulty: Intermediate
Cate Le Bon - Magnificent Gestures
Intro, play twice:
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A augmentedA|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
E MajorE|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
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D MajorD|-3-3-3-3-2-2-5-5-5-3-3-3---------|-3-3-3-3-2-2-5-5-5-3-3-3---------|
A augmentedA|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
E MajorE|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
Verse 1:
Truly I like to dream romance is company
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Permeates the concrete graft Puts my head in a car park
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D MajorD|-3-3-3-3-2-2-5-5-5-3-3-3---------|-3-3-3-3-2-2-5-5-5-3-3-3---------|
A augmentedA|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
E MajorE|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
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D MajorD|-3-3-3-3-2-2-5-5-5-3-3-3---------|-3-3-3-3-2-2-5-5-5-3-3-3---------|
A augmentedA|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
E MajorE|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
Verse 2:
Hold a hand, talk to me Assume the weight of family
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Sell the billboard gallery She was born with no lips, drip, drip, drips
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D MajorD|-3-3-3-3-2-2-5-5-5-3-3-3---------|-3-3-3-3-2-2-5-5-5-3-3-3---------|
A augmentedA|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
E MajorE|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
Chorus, in 6/4:
C majorC D MajorD A augmentedA C majorC C majorC D MajorD A augmentedA C majorC
Hey now, magnificent gestures could hold my love, could open windows. But the room es-
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G+G|-6-------7-----------7---|------------------------|-6-------7-----------7---|------------------------|
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C majorC D MajorD A augmentedA C majorC C majorC D MajorD A augmentedA C majorC
capes me, the teachers let go. It's such a shame, and I'm writing it down. We will have to
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G+G|-6-------7-----------7---|------------------------|-6-------7-----------7---|------------------------|
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C majorC D MajorD A augmentedA C majorC C majorC D MajorD A augmentedA C majorC
talk, but I'm writing it down. The room escapes me, and I'm writing it down. Forever be
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G+G|-6-------7-----------7---|------------------------|-6-------7-----------7---|------------------------|
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C majorC D MajorD
on guard
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G+G|-5---7-----------------|
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Interlude:
Forever be on guard Forever be on guard
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A augmentedA|-------------------------|------------------------|-------------------------|------------------------|
E MajorE|-------------------------|------------------------|-------------------------|------------------------|
Forever be on guard Forever be on guard
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D MajorD|-3--3--3--3--2--2--5--5--|-5-3-3-3----------------|-3--3--3--3--2--2--5--5--|-5-3-3-3----------------|
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Verse 3:
Truly I'm at your feet Turning cards from memory
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Pinball for the royal lip Her heart is a skip, drip, drip, drip. Drip drip
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D MajorD|-3-3-3-3-2-2-5-5-5-3-3-3---------|-3-3-3-3-2-2-5-5-5-3-3-3---------|
A augmentedA|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
E MajorE|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
Interlude:
Drip, drip, drip, drip, drip, drip Drip, drip, drip, drip, drip
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Verse 4:
Time will repeat it. Time will defile
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E MajorE|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
I can't repeat it. I was born with no lips, drip, drip, drips
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D MajorD|-3-3-3-3-2-2-5-5-5-3-3-3---------|-3-3-3-3-2-2-5-5-5-3-3-3---------|
A augmentedA|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
E MajorE|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
Second chorus:
C majorC D MajorD A augmentedA C majorC C majorC D MajorD A augmentedA C majorC
Hey now, magnificent gestures could hold my love, could open windows. But the room es-
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BB|-----5-------5---7-------|-5-------8-------8-7-5--|-----5-------5---7-------|-5-------8-------8-7-5--|
G+G|-6-------7-----------7---|------------------------|-6-------7-----------7---|------------------------|
D MajorD|-------------------------|------------------------|-------------------------|------------------------|
A augmentedA|-------------------------|------------------------|-------------------------|------------------------|
E MajorE|-------------------------|------------------------|-------------------------|------------------------|
C majorC D MajorD A augmentedA C majorC C majorC D MajorD A augmentedA C majorC
capes me, the teachers let go. It's such a shame, and I'm writing it down. We will have to
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G+G|-6-------7-----------7---|------------------------|-6-------7-----------7---|------------------------|
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A augmentedA|-------------------------|------------------------|-------------------------|------------------------|
E MajorE|-------------------------|------------------------|-------------------------|------------------------|
C majorC D MajorD A augmentedA C majorC C majorC D MajorD A augmentedA C majorC
talk, magnificent gestures, and I just feel low, I don't know why. The mood es-
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G+G|-6-------7-----------7---|------------------------|-6-------7-----------7---|------------------------|
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C majorC D MajorD A augmentedA C majorC D MajorD A augmentedA C majorC
capes me, and I'm writing it down. The room es- capes me, and I'm writing it down. She has her
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G+G|-6-------7-----------7---|------------------------|-6-------7-----------7---|------------------------|
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Outro:
C majorC D MajorD A augmentedA C majorC C majorC D MajorD C majorC D MajorD
teacher's laugh She has her brother's eyes
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G+G|-6-------7-----------7---|------------------------|-6-------7-----------7---|------------------------|
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C majorC D MajorD D MajorD DmDm D MajorD
Her eyes
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Outro riff:
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D MajorD|-3--3--3--3--2--2--5--5--|-5-3-3-3----------------|-3--3--3--3--2--2--5--5--|-5-3-3-3----------------|
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D MajorD|-3--3--3--3--2--2--5--5--|-5-3-3-3----------------|-3--3--3--3--2--2--5--5--|-5-3-3-3----------------|
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