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The Miles Away Girl by The Wildhearts

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The Wildhearts
The Miles Away Girl
Earth Vs the Wildhearts
Tabbed by Philip Tweedie

Tuning Eb
Key
\/ slide down/up
(2) ringing from previous bar

Ok, I'm not 100% about the whole of this, please help if you have a better version or play it differently
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Intro

Guitar only first 3 bars
G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
E|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|

G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A|-----------------|-----------------|-----------5/7\\-|
E|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|

G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A|-7\--------------|-5-6-7--5-6-7\---|---------5-6-----|
E|---------0---0---|-----------------|-0---0-------5---|

G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A|-7\--------------|-5-6-7--5-6-7\---|---------5-6-----|-----------------|
E|---------0---0---|-----------------|-0---0-------5---|-3-4-5-----------|

G|-----------------|-----------------|
D|-7---------------|-----------------|
A|-----------------|-----------------|
E|-----------------|-----------------|

G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| x4
A|-7\--------------|-5-6-7--5-6-7\---|---------5-6-----|
E|--------0--0-0---|-----------------|-0--0-0------5---|
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Verse 1
Guitar only
"She's always busy caring 'cos that's all she's ever done"
"She's a thousand Florence Nightingales all rolled up into one,"

"And people take  advantage but she loves her fellow friend"
G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-0---------------|
E|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|

          "With a slow, slow count from ten"
G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A|-----------------|-----------------|--------------1/-|
E|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
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Verse 2

"When strangers die around her she still cries herself to sleep"
G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A|/7-7-7---7-7-7---|-7-7-7---7-7-7---|-2-2-2---2-2-2---|-2-2-2---2-2-0-2-|
E|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|

"And she seldom gets the chance to pick the company she keeps"

G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A|-4-4-4---4-4-4---|-4-4-4---4-4-4---|-----------------|-----------------|
E|-----------------|-----------------|-4-4-4---4-4-4---|-4-4-4---4-4-4---|

"And the ring around her finger is a ring around her past"
G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-0---------------|
E|-5---5-5-5-5-5---|-7---7-7-7-7-7---|-0---0-0-0-0-0---|-----------------|

          "And a youth that couldn't last"
G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A|-(0)-------------|-----------------|-----------------|
E|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
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Pre chorus

"When people ask if she's OK, she doesn't even answer"
"Her mind is set on auto think for heaven knows how long"
G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| x2
A|-2---2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
E|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|

"With the body of an angel and the  features of a   child "
G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A|-----------------|-----------------|-4---4-4---4-4-4-|-----------------|-----------------|
E|-5---5-5---5-5-5-|-4---4-4---4-4-4-|-----------------|-2---------------|-(2)-----------0-|
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Chorus 1

"She's miles and miles and miles and miles away"
G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----6-6-7-7-8-8-|
A|-0---0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-5-5-6-6-|-7---7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-------------|
E|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|

"She's the miles away girl,    She's the miles away girl"
G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|-----------------|-----------------|
A|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
E|-----------------|-----------------|-7-6-0-7-6-0-7-6-|-0--7-6-7-6-7-6--|

"And she slaps miles and miles of smiles on every face"
G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A|-----------------|---------5-5-6-6-|-----------------|-----------------|
E|-5---5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5---------|-0---0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-4-4-5-5-|

"She's the miles away girl,   She's the miles away girl"
                      She's the miles away girl right next to me"
G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------5566-|
E|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-2-x2----------0-|-5-x5-----55-----|

G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| x2
A|/7\--------------|-5-6-7--5-6-7\---|---------5-6-----|
E|--------0--0-0---|-----------------|-0--0-0------5---|
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Verse 3

"She sends a man to slumberland with just one little kiss"
G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A|/7-7-7---7-7-7---|-7-7-7---7-7-7---|-2-2-2---2-2-2---|-2-2-2---2-2-0-2-|
E|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|

"Her silence is refreshing and her  honesty is bliss"
G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D|-----------------|-----------------|-6-6-6---6-6-6---|-6-6-6---6-6-6---|
A|-4-4-4---4-4-4---|-4-4-4---4-4-4---|-----------------|-----------------|
E|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|

"She's probably  clairvoyant,    but she never had the call"
G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-0---------------|
E|-5---5-5-5-5-5---|-7---7-7-7-7-7---|-0---0-0-0-0-0---|-----------------|

          "But that's not long at all"
G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A|-(0)-------------|-----------------|-----------------|
E|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
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Pre chorus

"Her head's up with the stars because she knows that's where she's heading"
G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A|-2---2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-0---0-0-4-4-5-5-|-----------------|
E|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-0---0-0-0-0-0-0-|

"The good guys think she's different, the rest just think she's weird"
G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A|-2---2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-0---0-0-0-0-0-0-|-----------------|
E|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-0---0-0-0-0-0-0-|

"She doesn't eat,  she doesn't sleep, She's thinking all the while...
G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A|-----------------|-----------------|-4---4-4---4-4-4-|-----------------|-----------------|
E|-5---5-5---5-5-5-|-4---4-4---4-4-4-|-----------------|-2---------------|-(2)-----------0-|
____________________________________________________________________________________________

Chorus 2

"She's miles and miles and miles and miles away"
G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A|-0---0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-5-5-6-6-|-7---7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
E|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|

"She's the miles away girl,    She's the miles away girl"
G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
E|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-6-0-7-6-0-7-6-|-0--7-6-7-6-7-6--|

"And she slaps miles and miles of smiles on every face"
G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A|-----------------|---------5-5-6-6-|-----------------|-----------------|
E|-5---5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5---------|-0---0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-4-5-|

"She's the miles away girl,   She's the miles away girl"
                      She's the miles away girl right next to me"
G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
E|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-2-x2----------0-|-5-x5------------|
____________________________________________________________________________________________

Breakdown
G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D|-----5-6---------|-----5-6-----4-2-|-----5-6---------|-----5-6-----4-2-| x2
A|-------------4-5-|---------4-5-----|-------------4-5-|---------4-5-----|
E|-0-0-----0-0-----|-0-0-------------|-0-0-----0-0-----|-0-0-------------|

G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D|-----------------|-----------------|-----5-6---------|-----5-6-----4-2-|
A|-------2-1-------|-------7-5-------|-------------4-5-|---------4-5-----|
E|-0-------------1-|-3---------------|-0-0-----0-0-----|-0-0-------------|

G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D|-----------------|-----------------|-----5-6---------|-----5-6-----4-2-|
A|-------2-1-----7-|-5---------------|-------------4-5-|---------4-5-----|
E|-0---------------|-------3-5-------|-0-0-----0-0-----|-0-0-------------|

G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A|-----2\1---2\1---|-2/4\2--4-----2\1|-2\1---2/4\2--4--|-2\1-1-1-1/2-2-2-|
E|-0---------------|----------0------|-----------------|-----------------|

G|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
D|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
A|-2/4-4-4-4/6-6-6-|-6/7-7-7-7/9-9-9-|-9-/11-11-11-11-11-11-11-|-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-|
E|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|

G|-------------------------|-------------------------|
D|-------------------------|-------------------------|
A|-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-|-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-|
E|-------------------------|-------------------------|
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Bridge
G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A|-7---7-------7-7-|-7-------7---7---|-------7-7-7-----|
E|-------9---7-----|---9---7-------9-|-----7-------9---|

"And maybe you're the angel I knew that you could be"
G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A|---7---7-------7-|-7-7-------7---7-|-------7-7-7-----|
E|-7-------9---7---|-----9---7-------|-9---7-------9---|

"Well that must be the reason you bring out the devil in me"
G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A|-9---9-------9-9-|-9-------7---7---|-------7-7-7-----|
E|-------9---7-----|---9---7-------9-|-----7-------9---|

"And deep under the covers, An easy place to hide"
G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A|-7---7-------7-7-|-7-------7---7---|-------7-7-7-----|
E|-------9---7-----|---9---7-------9-|-----7-------9---|

"And imagine the world isn't really going on outside"
G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A|-9---9-------9-9-|-9-------7---7---|-------7-7-7-----|
E|-------9---7-----|---9---7-------9-|-----7-------9---|

"But you never seem to have any money, 'Cos the decent people never get paid"
G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-0---------------|
E|-2---------------|/7---------------|-0---------------|---------5---4---|

"But it's never really ever a problem, 'Cos you can get miles away, "
                            "miles away"
G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
E|-2---------------|/7---------------|-5-------5---5---|-4-------4---4---|

"miles away..."
G|-----------------|-----------------|
D|-----------------|-----------------|
A|-----------------|-----------------|
E|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2---0---|
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Outro Chorus

"She's miles and miles and miles and miles away"
G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----6-6-7-7-8-8-|
A|-0---0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-5-5-6-6-|-7---7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-------------|
E|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|

"She's the miles away girl,    She's the miles away girl"
G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|-----------------|-----------------|
A|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
E|-----------------|-----------------|-7-6-0-7-6-0-7-6-|-0--7-6-7-6-7-6--|

"And she slaps miles and miles of smiles on every face"
G|-----------------|-----------------|-9-9-7---9-9-7---|-9-9-7---9-9-7---|
D|-----------------|-----------------|-------9-------9-|-------9-------9-|
A|-----------------|---------5-5-6-6-|-----------------|-----------------|
E|-5---5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5---------|-----------------|-----------------|

"She's the miles away girl,   She's the miles away girl"
                      She's the miles away girl"
G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D|-9-9-7---9-9-7---|-9-9-7---9-9-7---|-----------------|-----------------|
A|-------9-------9-|-------9-------9-|-----------------|-----------------|
E|-----------------|-----------------|-2-x2----------0-|-5-x5------------|

"She's the miles away girl,  Right next to me"
G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A|-----------------|------------5566-|-7\--------------|
E|-2-x2----------0-|-5-x5-----55-----|-----------------|
____________________________________________________________________________________________


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