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The Destroyer
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Chords in this song

Strum
D-DU-UDU
{tuning: Standard (EADGBE)}
and something's telling you: "Boy, it's time to take sides!"
Notes on soloish piano thing for guitar
{sot}These are the notes the piano emphasizes with each chord
----12--------------15-13-12--|
-------15-13------------------|
------------------------------|
------------------------------|
------------------------------|
------------------------------|{eot}
{sot}One time he plays this over C
-18-17-15---|
------------|
------------|
------------|
------------|
------------|{eot}
{sot}At the end he repeats this over all the chords
-12-13-12-13-|
-------------|
-------------|
-------------|
-------------|
-------------|{eot}
Here are a couple of ways to emulate the piano on guitar:
(note the * signifies the note you should accent in the chord)
{sot}You could get fancy and play it like this
---------12*-------6-6\---15*13*12*-|{eot}
{sot}10-10\---13-15*13*-6-6\---13-13-13--|
10-10\---14-14-14--7-7\---12-12-12--|
10-10\-------------8-8\-------------|
8--8\--------------8-8\-------------|
-------------------6-6\-------------|{eot}
Or less fancy (an octave lower than the piano)
{sot}---------0*--------6-6\---3*-1*-0*--|{eot}
{sot}10-10\---1-3*1*----6-6\---1--1--1---|
10-10\---2-2-2-----7-7\---0--0--0---|
10-10\---2-2-2-----8-8\---2--2--2---|
8--8\----0-0-0-----8-8\---3--3--3---|
-------------------6-6\-------------|{eot}
If you’re fiddling with this, you can probably figure out
how to play the variations with chords.

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Arrangement source for English Music by The Destroyer

{tuning: Standard (EADGBE)}
[F]  [Am]  [Bb]  [C]

[F]Soldier  [Am]    you got to get [Bb]out more.[C]
There is [F]life after [Am]property.  Every[Bb]one has got a [C]finder's fee.
Fi[F]nd     [Am]     something [Bb]difficult to do and [C]do it.
[F]Write your [Am]english music, [Bb]write your [C]english music,
[F]write your [Am]english [Bb]music, [C]run [F]free.  [Am]      [Bb]          [C]

[F]  [Am]  [Bb]  [C]

[F]She  [Am]    tasted [Bb]of the Christmas [C]wines and said:
[F]"So many [Am]things have run through [Bb]me.         [C]
I know the [F]altar boys, they [Am]just wanna do [Bb]me and that's [C]fine...
You got to have [F]  faith [Am]    -a[Bb]ith  [C]   Yeah, you got to have...

[F]  [Am]  [Bb]  [C]

Once [Bb]again, it's a quarter-to-[C]three by [C]Ambleside-by-the-[D]Sea,
                [F]             [Am]                     [Bb]          [Bb]  repeat
and something's telling you: "Boy, it's time to take    sides!"

[F]write your English [Am]Music, though you [Bb]know it will come to no [C]good
when [F]brilliance has a taste for [Am]suffering,
and you're [Bb]softer than the western [C]world..."

[F]  [Am]  [Bb]  [C] repeat

Notes on soloish piano thing for guitar

{sot}These are the notes the piano emphasizes with each chord
[F]   [Am]        [Bb]    [C]
----12--------------15-13-12--|
-------15-13------------------|
------------------------------|
------------------------------|
------------------------------|
------------------------------|{eot}

{sot}One time he plays this over C
-18-17-15---|
------------|
------------|
------------|
------------|
------------|{eot}

{sot}At the end he repeats this over all the chords
-12-13-12-13-|
-------------|
-------------|
-------------|
-------------|
-------------|{eot}

Here are a couple of ways to emulate the piano on guitar:
(note the * signifies the note you should accent in the chord)

{sot}You could get fancy and play it like this
[F]        [Am]        [Bb]     [C]
---------12*-------6-6\---15*13*12*-|{eot}
{sot}10-10\---13-15*13*-6-6\---13-13-13--|
10-10\---14-14-14--7-7\---12-12-12--|
10-10\-------------8-8\-------------|
8--8\--------------8-8\-------------|
-------------------6-6\-------------|{eot}

Or less fancy (an octave lower than the piano)

[F]        [Am]        [Bb]     [C]
{sot}---------0*--------6-6\---3*-1*-0*--|{eot}
{sot}10-10\---1-3*1*----6-6\---1--1--1---|
10-10\---2-2-2-----7-7\---0--0--0---|
10-10\---2-2-2-----8-8\---2--2--2---|
8--8\----0-0-0-----8-8\---3--3--3---|
-------------------6-6\-------------|{eot}

If you’re fiddling with this, you can probably figure out
how to play the variations with chords.

The chord source is shown as supplied because its ChordPro syntax could not be parsed.

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