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So Paulo Sao Paulo

Guillemots
Version1
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Chords in this song

Strum
D-DU-UDU
/  = xx2231
 = 300033
 = x32030
 = 320013
/  (no 3rd) = 302000
 Very Rubato (ie free timing)
 Play around with the chords below, moving between them using the tab given (+ adding notes
 of the chord in between for more interest)
Dm
e|-------0-----------------0-------------3-------------0----------1----------------|
B|------1-----0-1-3-1-----0-------------4-------------2----------3----3------------|
G|-----2----2------------0-----0-2-----3----2-0------2----------2---------2---4----|
D|----2-----------------2-------------1---------3---2---3-2----0-------------------|
A|---0-----------------2-------------x-------------0----------x--------------------|
E|--0-----------------0-------------x-------------x----------x---------------------|
E7
e|------1----1----1---1---1-----------------0-----------0----------0---------------|
B|-----1----1----1---1---1-----------------3-----------1---1------0----------------|
G|----2----4----2---4---2---4-2-0---------1-----------1----1-----1-----------------|
D|---3----------------------------3-2-1--2---2-1-2---2----------0------------------|
A|--3-----------------------------------2-----------2----------2-------------------|
E|-1-----------------------------------0-----------0----------0--------------------|
 FIRST SECTION
 (In 6/8 time - chorus switches to a kind of slow swing rhythm based on it)
 This riff goes over the top of the chords given; begin with the riff, then branch out,
 and just arpeggiate the chords you are playing randomly.
G
e|---|------------|------------|------------|------------|
B|---|---1--------|---1--------|------------|------------|
G|--2|-2-------0-2|-2-------0-2|-2-2-2-2-2-2|-0-0-0-0-0-0|
D|---|-----0-2----|-----0-2----|------------|------------|
A|---|0-0-0-0-0-0-|0-0-0-0-0-0-|------------|------------|
E|---|------------|------------|1-1-1-1-1-1-|3-3-3-3-3-3-|
 Sit down my love of open spaces
 And greet my love that's all been spent
 I'm going to tell you both a story
 About some memories  that I've dreamt
 See I've lost love in many places
 Not least the streets of São  Paulo
 One friend especially I did make  there
 A tenth floor window  took her home
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 Sometimes I could cry  for miles
 Sometimes I could cry  for miles
 Sometimes I could cry  for miles
 But I don't
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 So hush the shadows in the oak  tree
 Be still the curlew on the moor
 My heart has fallen by the wayside
 I cannot claim  her anymore
 So don your duffel coats quite slowly
 And this drop jury shall adjourn
 And on the streets of old São  Paulo
 I watched my baby  being burned
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 Sometimes I could cry  for miles
 Sometimes I could cry  for miles
 Sometimes I could cry  for miles
 But I don't
 Sometimes I could cry  nine times
 Drop my bags and run  for miles
 Sometimes I could live  nine lives
 But I won't,  but I wooooon't
 God knows what you can do with this, just strum the chords really...
 Have you ever been thrown  across  the water
 Have you ever been thrown  across  the water
 Have you ever been thrown  across  the water
 When there's no skin left on your bones......
 Thrown across the water,  thrown across the water,  thrown across the water  like a stone
 Thrown across the water, thrown across the water, thrown across the water like a stone
 Thrown across the water, thrown across the water, thrown across the water like a stone
 Thrown across the water, thrown across the water, thrown across the water like a stone
 Ah, get me a doctor, get me a doctor, who will get rid of my bones
 Oh, get me a lover, get me a lover, who will leave my little head alone
 Ah, get me a soldier, get me a soldier, who will fight me a pointless war
 Ah, get me an exit, I need an exit, be it window, or be it door
 Thrown across the water, thrown across the water, thrown across the water like a stoooone
 Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah.. (lol)
 Ah, get me a lawyer, get me a lawyer, who will sue the world for me
 Ah, get me a poison, get me a poison, get me a poison who isn't me
 Cos I'm getting tired, I'm getting tired, of my stupid little face
 I, don't belong here, don't belong here, don't belong in this horse-race
 Na na na na na na na na naa naa.....
 Na na na na na na na na naa naa.....
 Na na na na na na na na naa naa.....
 Na na na na naaaaaaa naaaaaaaaa.....
 Oooooooooohhh.....
 Thrown across the water, thrown across the water, thrown across the water like a stone
 Thrown across the water, thrown across the water, thrown across the water like a stone...
 Hope you enjoyed that :-)

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Readable chord sheet for So Paulo Sao Paulo by Guillemots

[Dm]/[E]          = xx2231
[G9]            = 300033
[C9]            = x32030
[Gsus4]         = 320013
[A9]/[G] (no 3rd) = 302000

Very Rubato (ie free timing)
Play around with the chords below, moving between them using the tab given (+ adding notes
of the chord in between for more interest)

[Am]       [Em]     [Eb]   [A]      [Dm]
[F]      [F9]   [F]   [E7]   [E]      [E7]

    [Am]                  [Em]             [Eb]            [A]          [Dm]
e|-------0-----------------0-------------3-------------0----------1----------------|
B|------1-----0-1-3-1-----0-------------4-------------2----------3----3------------|
G|-----2----2------------0-----0-2-----3----2-0------2----------2---------2---4----|
D|----2-----------------2-------------1---------3---2---3-2----0-------------------|
A|---0-----------------2-------------x-------------0----------x--------------------|
E|--0-----------------0-------------x-------------x----------x---------------------|

    [F]       [F9]    [F]   [F9]  [F]                 [E7]          [E]          [E7]
e|------1----1----1---1---1-----------------0-----------0----------0---------------|
B|-----1----1----1---1---1-----------------3-----------1---1------0----------------|
G|----2----4----2---4---2---4-2-0---------1-----------1----1-----1-----------------|
D|---3----------------------------3-2-1--2---2-1-2---2----------0------------------|
A|--3-----------------------------------2-----------2----------2-------------------|
E|-1-----------------------------------0-----------0----------0--------------------|

FIRST SECTION
(In 6/8 time - chorus switches to a kind of slow swing rhythm based on it)
This riff goes over the top of the chords given; begin with the riff, then branch out,
and just arpeggiate the chords you are playing randomly.

     [Am]                        [F]            [G]
e|---|------------|------------|------------|------------|
B|---|---1--------|---1--------|------------|------------|
G|--2|-2-------0-2|-2-------0-2|-2-2-2-2-2-2|-0-0-0-0-0-0|
D|---|-----0-2----|-----0-2----|------------|------------|
A|---|0-0-0-0-0-0-|0-0-0-0-0-0-|------------|------------|
E|---|------------|------------|1-1-1-1-1-1-|3-3-3-3-3-3-|

[Am]   Sit down my love of open [F]spaces          [G]
[Am]   And greet my love that's all been [F]spent  [G]
[C]   I'm going to tell you both a [Dm]story       [Dm]          [E]
[F]   About some [Em]memories that I've [Am]dreamt

[Am]   See I've lost love in many [F]places         [G]
[Am]   Not least the streets of S&at[F]ilde;o Paulo [G]
[C]   One friend especially I did [Dm]make there    [Dm]       [E]
[F]   A tenth floor [Em]window took her [Am]home

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

[A]   Sometimes I could [F]cry for [G9]miles
Sometimes I could [C9]cry for [F]miles
Sometimes I could [Dm]cry for [Gsus4]miles  [G]
But I [Em]don't

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

[Am]   So hush the shadows in the [F]oak tree       [G]
[Am]   Be still the curlew on the [F]moor          [G]
[C]   My heart has fallen by the [Dm]wayside        [Dm]           [E]
[F]   I cannot [Em]claim her any[Am]more

[Am]   So don your duffel coats quite [F]slowly     [G]
[Am]   And this drop jury shall adj[F]ourn           [G]
[C]   And on the streets of old S&at[Dm]ilde;o Paulo[Dm]   [E]
[F]   I watched my [Em]baby being [Am]burned

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

[A]   Sometimes I could [F]cry for [G9]miles
Sometimes I could [C9]cry for [F]miles
Sometimes I could [Dm]cry for [Gsus4]miles  [G]
But I [Em]don't

[A]   Sometimes I could [F]cry nine [G9]times
Drop my bags and [C9]run for [F]miles
Sometimes I could [Dm]live nine [Gsus4]lives  [G]
But I [Em]won't, but I wooo[A]oon't

God knows what you can do with this, just strum the chords really...

[A]    [F]   [A]    [F]   [A]    [F]   [A]    [F]
[Am]   [F]   [Am]   [F]   [Am]   [F]   [Am]   [F]

[A]   [D]   [A]   [D]
Have you ever been [A]thrown a[D]cross the water  [A]       [D]
Have you ever been [A]thrown a[D]cross the water  [Am]       [Am7]
Have you ever been [A]thrown a[D]cross the water  [A]       [D]
[Am]   When there's no skin left on your [A9]bon[G]es......

Thrown across the [A]water, thrown across the [D]water, thrown across the [E]water like a [D]stone
Thrown across the water, thrown across the water, thrown across the water like a stone
Thrown across the water, thrown across the water, thrown across the water like a stone
Thrown across the water, thrown across the water, thrown across the water like a stone

Ah, get me a doctor, get me a doctor, who will get rid of my bones
Oh, get me a lover, get me a lover, who will leave my little head alone
Ah, get me a soldier, get me a soldier, who will fight me a pointless war
Ah, get me an exit, I need an exit, be it window, or be it door

Thrown across the water, thrown across the water, thrown across the water like a stoooone
Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah.. (lol)

Ah, get me a lawyer, get me a lawyer, who will sue the world for me
Ah, get me a poison, get me a poison, get me a poison who isn't me
Cos I'm getting tired, I'm getting tired, of my stupid little face
I, don't belong here, don't belong here, don't belong in this horse-race

Na na na na na na na na naa naa.....
Na na na na na na na na naa naa.....
Na na na na na na na na naa naa.....
Na na na na naaaaaaa naaaaaaaaa.....

[Improv etc - hit guitar and random objects]

Oooooooooohhh.....
Thrown across the water, thrown across the water, thrown across the water like a stone
Thrown across the water, thrown across the water, thrown across the water like a stone...

[A]   [D]   [E]   [D]
[A]   [D]   [E]   [D]
[A]

Hope you enjoyed that :-)

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