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Your Own Special Way Chords by Genesis

Your Own Special Way chords by Genesis

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Here's another classic for Genesis fans. Enjoy.
Regards,
Frank

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  Artist: Genesis
  Title: Your Own Special Way
  Album: Wind & Wuthering (1976)
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               YOUR OWN SPECIAL WAY

           Words and Music by Mike Rutherford

  Chord Voicings:
🎸
Accuracy Rating: - Votes: -
    Ab C  C6 Cmaj7 C/E Dm7 Em7 F Fmaj7 F#m7-5 G
  e---4---0---0----0----0---1---0---1---0-----0----3--
  B---4---1---1----0----1---1---3---1---1-----1----0--
  G---5---0---2----0----0---2---0---2---2-----2----0--
  D---6---2---2----2----2---0---2---3---3-----2----0--
  A---6---3---3----3----x---x---2---3---x-----x----x--
  E---4---x---x----x----x---x---0---1---x-----2----3--

  Note: In the tab section, a note in brackets is not to be played.


  Moderately Fast, in 3
  3/4 time (except chorus in 2/4)
  Key of C

  [Intro]
   ~~~~~
  |C        |C6       |Cmaj7      |C6       |

  |C        |C6       |Cmaj7      |C6       |


  [Verse 1]
   ~~~~~~~
  |C                |C6                |
   Go    far   e  ...

  |Cmaj7              |C6                |
   you   will  ....

  |C                |C6                |


  |Cmaj7              |C6                |
                                  a

  |C                |C6                |
   place   where   the   ...

  |Cmaj7              |C6                |
   un  -  der - ...

  |C                |C6                |


  |Cmaj7              |C6                |
                                 And

  |Ab                |                 |
   we'll   see   ...

  |G                |                 |
   high   in    ...

  |F#m7-5              |                 |
   dy  -  ing    ...

  |F                |                 |
   night._______________________________

  |C                |C6                |


  |Cmaj7              |C6                |
                                 I've

  [Verses 1 (cont.), 2, & 3]
   ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
  |: C               |C6                |
  1. sailed  th....
  2. Who's  seen   the  ...
  3. What   mean   the  ...

  |Cmaj7              |C6                |
   sev - en   ye....
   you   or    ...
   af  - ter  ..

  |C                |C6                |


  |Cmaj7              |C6                |
                                 and
                                 But
                                 The

  |C                |C6                |
   left    all   ....
   when    the   ...
   man     in   ...

  |Cmaj7              |C6                |
   hind   in   ...
   pass  - ing  ...
   blind - ing  ....
  |C                |C6                |


  |Cmaj7              |C6                |
  1.
  2.                              Be -
  3.

  |Ab                |                 |
   Won't   you   come____    ...-
   tween   you   and....
   Won't   you   come....

  |G                |                 |
   ev  -  er    you      ....
   real -  ly   don't     ....
   ev  -  er    you    ...

  |F#m7-5              |                 |
   been    all    a  - ....
   knows   where  she's  ....
   fol  -  lowed   me   ....

  |F                |                 |
   nough._______________________________
   all._________________________________
   nough._______________________________


  [Chorus]
   ~~~~~~
   2/4 time
  |                 |

   Moderately slow, in 2
  |C                |                 |
   You,                      ...
   You,                      ...
   You,                      ....

  |Dm7               |                 |
   own___________  spe - ...
   own___________  spe - ...
   own___________  spe - ....

  |F                |                 |
                          of ...
                          of car ...me
                          of ...

  |C/E       Fmaj7      |C/E        Fmaj7     |
   hand. Keep it way 'bove the wa - ....
   twice 'round the world, nev - er clos - .....the...______________________________________________________________

  |Em7               |                 |
   go,                   oh, no....
   day,                   the ....
   ___                   Don't ev ....

  |Dm7               |                 |
   _______________
   - ed._________
   _______________

  |C                |                 |
   You,                      you  ...
   You,                      you  ...
   You,                      you  ....

  |Dm7               |                 |
   own___________  spe - cial  way
   own___________  spe - cial  way
   own___________  spe - cial  way

  |F                |                 |
                          of turn ....
                         Hold ...
                          ..

  |C/E        Fmaj7     |C/E       Fmaj7      |
   world  so it's fac - ing the .....
   hand. Keep it  way 'bove the ....
   world  so it's fac - ing the .....

  |Em7               |                 |
   ev  -  er,                don't ev ...
   go,                      no....
   ev  -  er,                don't ....__

  |Dm7               |                 |
   ____________                            *
   ____________                            &
   ____   me.                            #

  { * go to |1. }
  { & go to |2. }
  { # go to |3. }

   _____________________________________________________________________
  |1.
   3/4 time
  |C                |C6                |

  |Cmaj7              |C6               :|

  {go to start of verse 2}

   _____________________________________________________________________
  |2.
   Tacet
  |:       |         |        |        |
  e--3-(3)--6-(6)-----4-(4)--3-(3)------1-(1)------------1--3---6------
  B--|--|---|--|------|--|---|--|-------|--|---3-(3)-----|--|---|--4---
  G--|--|---|--|------|--|---|--|-------|--|---|--|------|--|---|--|---

  |        |         |        |        |
  e----------------------1---3--1------(1)-----------------------------
  B-(4)(4)-(4)(4)-----4--|---|--|-------|--4--(4)(4)-----3-(3)-(3)(3)--
  G--|--|---|--|------|--|---|--|-------|--|---|--|------|--|---|--|---

  |       :|
  e---------------|
  B-(3)(3)-(3)(3)-| {repeat this tab block once more then continue}
  G--|--|---|--|--|

  |        |         |        |        |
  e--0-(0)--0-(0)-----6-(6)--6--3------(3)(3)-(3)(3)----(3)(3)-(3)(3)--
  B--|--|---|--|------|--|---|--|-------|--|---|--|------|--|---|--|---
  G--|--|---|--|------|--|---|--|-------|--|---|--|------|--|---|--|---

  |        |         |        |        |
  e--1-(1)--1-(1)-----8-(8)--8--5------(5)(5)-(5)(5)----(5)(5)-(5)-5---
  B--|--|---|--|------|--|---|--|-------|--|---|--|------|--|---|--|---
  G--|--|---|--|------|--|---|--|-------|--|---|--|------|--|---|--|---

  |        |         |        |        |
  e--5--6--(6)(6)-----1-(1)-------------3-(3)-(3)(3)----(3)(3)-(3)-1---
  B--|--|---|--|------|--|---3-(3)------|--|---|--|------|--|---|--|---
  G--|--|---|--|------|--|---|--|-------|--|---|--|------|--|---|--|---

  |        |         |        |
  e--0-(0)-------------------------------------------|
  B--|--|---3-(3)-----1-(1)-(1)(1)-----(1)(1)-(1)(1)-|
  G--|--|---|--|------|--|---|--|-------|--|---|--|--|

   3/4 time
  |C       |C6        |Cmaj7      |C6       |

  {go to start of verse 3}


   __________________________________
  |3.
  |C                || {The end}


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  | Frank Palcat       | ac365@freenet.carleton.ca |
  | Ottawa, Ontario, Canada  | /\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\|
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