The Main Thing chords by Roxy Music

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard

Roxy Music
The Main Thing (1982)
(Bryan Ferry)

From: "Avalon"

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Capo 1st fret

CHORUS
 D/ED/E      E5E5
 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
e|2-------2-----0-|----0-------0---|
BB|3-------3-----0-|----0-------0---|
G+G|2-------2-----4-|----4-------4---|
D MajorD|2-------2-----2-|----2-------2---|
A augmentedA|2---2-2-2---2-2-|--------2-2-----|
E MajorE|0---0-0-0---0-0-|--------0-0-----|

INTERLUDE (part)
 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
e|2---3-2-----3-2-|----3-2-----3-0-|----0-------0---|----0-------0---|
BB|1---1-1-----1-1-|----1-1-----1-0-|----0-------0---|----0-------0---|
G+G|0---0-0-----0-0-|----0-0-----0-0-|----0-------0---|----0-------0---|
D MajorD|2---2-2-----2-2-|----2-2-----2-2-|----------------|----------------|
A augmentedA|2-----2-------2-|------2-------2-|--------2--2----|2-------2-2-----|
E MajorE|0-----0---------|--------------0-|--------0--0----|0-------0-0-----|

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CHORDS

E-A-D-G-B-E
E5E5  0-2-2-4-0-0
D/ED/E  0-2-2-2-3-2

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Capo 1st fret

INTRO
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| E5E5 | % | % | % |
| E5E5 | % | % | % |
| E5E5 | % |

| E5E5 | % | % | % |
| E5E5 | % | % | % |

| E5E5 | % | % | % |
| D/ED/E | E5E5 |

VERSE
E5E5
Look at my hand
     E5E5
There's a soul on fire
E5E5        E5E5
 You can lead me even higher

CHORUS
D/ED/E E5E5
   It?s the main thing
D/ED/E E5E5
   The main thing
D/ED/E E5E5
   It?s the main thing
D/ED/E E5E5

VERSE
E5E5
Everybody knows
    E5E5
When a good thing's gone
E5E5       E5E5
 You can really turn me on

CHORUS
D/ED/E E5E5
   It?s the main thing
D/ED/E E5E5
   The main thing
D/ED/E E5E5
   It?s the main thing
D/ED/E E5E5

VERSE
  E5E5
You run through here
     E5E5
With your words of sand
E5E5
 I can nearly understand

CHORUS
D/ED/E E5E5
   It?s the main thing

INTERLUDE
| E5E5 | % | % | % |
| E5E5 | % | % | % |
| E5E5 | % | % | % |
| E5E5 | % | % | % |

| C majorC | % | E minorEm | % | (= INTERLUDE part)

|2/4 E minorEm |4/4 C majorC | % |

| E5E5 | % | % | % |
| E5E5 | % | % | % |
| E5E5 | % | % |

CHORUS
D/ED/E E5E5
   It?s the main thing
D/ED/E E5E5
   The main thing
D/ED/E E5E5
   It?s the main thing
D/ED/E E5E5

OUTRO
| E5E5 | % | % | % |

(repeat and fade)