Tabs
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My Mistake - Split Enz
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Can't believe no on has done this. Note: Guitar parts that come from Piano will be hard to play.
[Intro 1] x2
Bb majorBb GbM9 Gb7/Fb 
Eb MajorEb
---13-13----------------------------|
---15-15-----9------11-----4--------|
---15-15-----10-----9------3--------|
---15-15-----8------11-----5--------|
-13--------9--------9----6----------|
(6)-------(2)-----0-----(Low Eb MajorEb)----|
[Intro 2/Main Riff] x2
Piano/Bass
C minorCm 
Cm7Cm7 
CdimCdim
---3---3---3---2--------------------|
---4---4---4---4--------------------|
---5---5---3---5--------------------|
---5---5---5------------------------|
-3-------3--------------------------|
-----3-------3----------------------|
Guitar's
1 (Flanger effect) 2 (On beat "4 and")
------------------|-14--------------|
--3~~2~~----------|-12--------------|
--------3~~0~~----|-----------------|
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[Verse 1] (Guitar 2^ still plays at start and end of Measure on beat "4 and")
x2
C minorCm CdimCdim Cm/Cb Bb majorBb Eb MajorEb Bb majorBb Eb MajorEb 
Eb/DEb/D
---3---3---3---2---3---3---3---3---1---1---6---6---1---1---6---6---|
---4---4---4---4---4---4---4---4---3---3---8---8---3---3---8---8---|
---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---3---3---8---8---3---3---8---8---|
---5---5---5-------5---5---5---5---3---3---8---8---3---3---8---8---|
-3-------3-------3-------3---2---1-------6---6---1-------6---5-----|
-----3-------3-------3---------------1------(6)------1-------------|
C minorCm CdimCdim Cm/Cb
I went out to see if I could fall in love again,
Bb majorBb Eb MajorEb
That was my mistake.
Bb majorBb Eb MajorEb Eb/DEb/D
That was my mistake.
C minorCm CdimCdim Cm/Cb
I went out to see if I could raise a laugh again
Bb majorBb Eb MajorEb
That was my mistake.
Bb majorBb Eb MajorEb
That was my mistake.
[Chorus]
Bb majorBb Fbdim Cm7Cm7 
FF Fbdim7 
C7C7 Eb6/Bb 
F/AF/A
-6-----------3-----1------6-----6-----8-----5-----------------------|
-6-----8-----4-----1------8-----5-----8-----6-----------------------|
-7-----9-----3-----2------6-----3-----8-----5-----------------------|
-8-----8-----5-----3------8-----5-----8-----3-----------------------|
-8-----7-----3-----3------7-----3-----6-----0-----------------------|
-6-----0-----------1------0-----------6-----------------------------|
Bb majorBb
When all I needed was a friend,
Fbdim
To make me stop and think again,
Cm7Cm7
To Pull me up and pull me through,
FF Fbdim7 C7C7 Eb6/Bb F/AF/A
Tally ho! Your health my dear.
[Verse 2]
C minorCm CdimCdim Cm/Cb
I went out to see if I could live for a couple of days.
Bb majorBb Eb MajorEb
That was my mistake.
Bb majorBb Eb MajorEb Eb/DEb/D
That was my mistake.
C minorCm CdimCdim Cm/Cb
One by one I counted all those happiest of days.
Bb majorBb Eb MajorEb
Yeah, that was my mistake.
Bb majorBb Eb MajorEb
Why, that was my mistake.
[Chorus 2]
Bb majorBb
What's gone is gone, sweet memories,
Fbdim
Don't let them get the best of me,
Cm7Cm7
No more lost in history,
FF
No more lost for love.
Bb majorBb
When all I needed was a friend,
Fbdim
To make me stop and think again,
Cm7Cm7
To Pull me up and pull me through,
FF Fbdim7 C7C7 Eb6/Bb F/AF/A
Tally ho! Your health my dear.
[Interlude] (Pretty similar...The Bb majorBb chord does some different things but not too much to worry about)
C minorCm Bb majorBb Eb MajorEb Bb majorBb Eb MajorEb Eb/DEb/D
---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---1---1---6---6---1---1---6---6-----|
---4---4---4---4---4---4---4---4---3---3---8---8---3---3---8---8-----|
---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---3---3---8---8---3---3---8---8-----|
---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---3---3---8---8---3---3---8---8-----|
---3-------3-------3-------3-------1-------6---6---1-------6---5-----|
-------3-------3-------3-------3-------1------(6)------1-------------|
Trumpet/"Woah's" x2
-------3~~1h3-1h3-1h3--------3~~-1h3-1h3-1h3-3/6---1----3p1-3/6---1-----------|
-1-3-1-----------------1-3-1------------------------4--------------4-3~~\-----|
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[Verse 3/Outro]
C minorCm CdimCdim Cm/Cb
I went out to see if I could fall in love again,
Bb majorBb Eb MajorEb
Now, that was my mistake.
Bb majorBb Eb MajorEb Eb/DEb/D
Why, that was my mistake.
C minorCm CdimCdim Cm/Cb
One by one I counted all those happiest of days
Bb majorBb Eb MajorEb
Yeah, that was my mistake.
G+G 
F7F7
That was my mistake.
Bb majorBb Eb MajorEb
That was my mistake.
G+G F7F7
That was my mistake.
(Repeat that alot of times)
Then
Bb majorBb GbM9 Gb7/Fb Eb MajorEb
---13-13----------------------------|
---15-15-----9------11-----4--------|
---15-15-----10-----9------3--------|
---15-15-----8------11-----5--------|
-13--------9--------9----6----------|
(6)-------(2)-----0-----(Low Eb MajorEb)----|
B5? 
C majorC C majorC G+G C majorC (Turns in to a C minorCm again thanks to that high Eb MajorEb and the Trumpet)
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---------------------5----------------1--3--1---------------|
---4-----------------5----------------0--0--0---------------|
---4--5-6p5h6~-5~3~--5-6-7p6h7~-5~3~--2--0--2\\-------------|
-3-2---------------3-3----------------3--2--3\\-------------|
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Fuck what a song.
Pretty Happy with it...
Of course, the chords i've supplied are just what voicings they sounds like in the song
but go ahead and play different inversions if it's easier and sounds better to you
Other versions of My Mistake
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