Tuning: Standard EBGDAE
Difficulty: Novice
The Verve - Lucky Man (Urban Hymns)/ 1997
INTRO (Acoustic guitar plays G, D, Asus2)
0:11
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G|--9-9-9-7-9-----9-----7----9.~------------0h2----9.~------|
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0:23
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0:45
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0:55
VERSE
Happiness, more or less, it's just a change in me
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Something in my liberty, oh, my, my
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Happiness, coming and going, I watch you look at me
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Watch my fever growing I know, just where I am
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PRE-CHORUS
But how many corners do I have to turn?
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How many times do I have to learn
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All the love I have is in my mind?
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CHORUS
Well, I'm a lucky man
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A|--12----------------12------------------------------------|
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With fire in my hands
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VERSE
Happiness, something in my own place, I'm stood here naked
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Smiling, I feel no disgrace, with who I am
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Happiness, coming and going, I watch you look at me
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E|--3/7/12-----------------------------------15/12/10-------|
Watch my fever growing I know, just who I am
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E|---------------------------------12h15p12h15-12-----------|
PRE-CHORUS
But how many corners do I have to turn?
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How many times do I have to learn
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All the love I have is in my mind?
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CHORUS
I hope you understand
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I hope you understand
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Awwwwwwwwww
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VERSE
Happiness, more or less, it's just a change in me, something in my liberty
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Happiness, coming and going, I watch you look at me, watch my fever growing, I know
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Oh, my, my (not sure what the guitar does here, so I've tabbed the violin notes for guitar)
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Oh, my, my
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Oh, my, my
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Oh, my, my
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Gotta love that'll never die
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I gotta love that'll never die
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Oh, oh, oh, I'm a lucky man
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It's just a change in me, something in my liberty
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Oh, my, my
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Oh, my, my
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G|-----------------9-6h7h9---9---9-9/12-12-12-12/14---------|
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| / slide up
| slide down
| h hammer-on
| p pull-off
| ~ vibrato
| + harmonic
| x Mute note
| b Bend
| pb Pre-bend
| br Bend release
| pbr Pre-bend release
| brb Bend release bend
| . Staccato note

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