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Carnation by The Jam

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Worked out and transcribed by Shaun Hand, Birmingham
  8th September 2000, 19.26pm
E-mail at Heliocentric@breathe.com
This uses a few chords remembered from seeing a transcription from Christian Korbanka somewhere but 
that only applies to where the chords are 6's instead of just majors etc. The rest if my own devising.

CARNATION
(Weller)

>From 'The Gift', 1982

Chords used:

Am:    x02210
C:     x32010
G:     320033
Bb:    x1333x
Gm:    355333
Eb6:   xx1313
D:     xx0232
Bm:    x24432
E:     022100
Eb:    xx5343
Cm:    x35543
Bb6:   x13333
F6:    xx3231
Em7:   022030
Fmaj7: xx3210
G6:    xx5430

Am C G Bb (x2)
'If you gave me..' to '..settle'

Gm (bass: G F# F E) Eb6 D Bm E Am D Am
'I trample down..' to '..gain'

Am C G Bb (x2)
'If you ..' to '..at all'

Gm (bass: G F# F E) Eb D Bm E Am D Cm
'I am out ..' to '..doomed forever'

Cm Bb6 Cm Bb6 Am F6 Am Em7 Fmaj7 G6 E
(guitar solo)

Am C G Bb (x2)
(instrumental verse w/piano solo)

Repeat verse one

Gm (bass: G F# F E) Eb D Bm E Am D Cm
'And if ..' to '..hate in you'

D Bm E Am D

Cm D Bm E Am D
'la la la..' rpt to fade.