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The Things We Do for Love

10cc
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★4.8(5)

This is tablature — fret positions rather than chord names. Wide lines scroll sideways on their own, so the page never does.

Song

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The Things We Do For Love - 10cc

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Tabbed by: axe victim

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A piano based song, but there is a guitar solo so I tabbed it. It's

from the Deceptive Bends album circa 1977.

Tuning: EADGBe

| / slide up

| \ slide down

| h hammer-on

| p pull-off

| ~ vibrato

| + harmonic

| x Mute note

|(6) optional note

| b bend

| ^ quarter tone bend

Intro:

___Em/A_____________________________D/A____________________________

( let chords ring... )

e|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
B|-12------------------12----12---|-10------------------10----10---|
G|-12------------------12----12---|-11------------------11----11---|
D|-12------------------12----12---|-12------------------12----12---|
A|-0-------------------0-----0----|-0-------------------0-----0----|
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|

| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & -| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & -|

___Em/A_____________________________D/A____________________________

e|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
B|-8-------------------8-----8----|-7-------------------7-----7----|
G|-9-------------------9-----9----|-7-------------------7-----7----|
D|-9-------------------9-----9----|-7-------------------7-----7----|
A|-0-------------------0-----0----|-0-------------------0-----0----|
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|

___Em/A_____________________________D/A____________________________

e|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
B|-12------------------12----12---|-10------------------10----10---|
G|-12------------------12----12---|-11------------------11----11---|
D|-12------------------12----12---|-12------------------12----12---|
A|-0-------------------0-----0----|-0-------------------0-----0----|
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|

___C/A_____________________________________________________________

e|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
B|-8------------------------------|--------------------------------|
G|-9------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D|-10-----------------------------|--------------------------------|
A|-0------------------------------|--------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|

Verse:

___________Bbm______________________________F#_____________________

" Too many broken hearts have fallen down the river "

e|---------6---------------6------|---------6-----------6---6---6--|
B|---------6---------------6------|---------7-----------7---7---7--|
G|---------6---------------6------|---------6-----------6---6---6--|
D|---------8---------------8------|---------8-----------8---8---8--|
A|--------------------------------|---------9-----------9---9---9--|
E|-6------------------------------|--------------------------------|

___________C#______________Fm/C_____________Eb_____________________

" Too many lonely souls have drifted out to sea "

e|---------9---------------8------|---------11--------------11--11-|
B|---------9---------------9------|---------11--------------11--11-|
G|---------10--------------10-----|---------12--------------12--12-|
D|---------11--------------10-----|---------13--------------13--13-|
A|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
E|(9)-------------(8)-------------|(11)------------(11)------------|

| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & -| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & -|

___________F#______________F#_______________Fm______________Ab_____

" You lay your bets and then you pay the price the things we do for "

e|---------6---------------6------|---------8---------------8---8--|
B|---------7---------------7------|---------9---------------9---9--|
G|---------6---------------6------|---------10--------------8---8--|
D|---------8---------------8------|---------10--------------10--10-|
A|---------9---------------9------|---------8---------------11--11-|
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|

____________C#______________F#______C#__________

" love (the things we do for love)

e|---------9---------------6---6--|-9------------------------------|---
B|---------9---------------7---7--|-9------------------------------|---
G|---------10--------------6---6--|-10-----------------------------|---
D|---------11--------------8---8--|-11-----------------------------|---
A|-------------------------9---9--|-----------------3h4------------|---
E|(9)-----------------------------|(9)----------------------4/5-----/6-

Repeat verse section.

Chorus:

This is accompanied by piano on the recording, but I

have tabbed the basic chords here...

Part one...

" Like walking in the... "

___C#_______________________________C#_____________________________

" rain and snow when there's nowhere to go and you're "

e|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
G|-6---------------------------6--|-----6--------------------------|
D|-6-------8-------6-------8---6--|-----6---8-------6-------8------|
A|-4-------4-------4-------4------|---------4-------4-------4------|
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|

| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & -| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & -|

___F#______________C#/F_____________Ab/Eb__________________________

" feeling like a part of you is dying and you're "

e|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
B|-7---------------6--------------|-4------------------------------|
G|-6---------------6--------------|-5------------------------------|
D|-8---------------6--------------|-6------------------------------|
A|-9---------------8--------------|-6------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|

___Bbm_____________Ab_______________F#______________Eb/G___________

" looking for the answer in her eyes you... "

e|-6---------------4--------------|-2---------------3--------------|
B|-6---------------4--------------|-2---------------4--------------|
G|-6---------------5--------------|-3---------------3--------------|
D|-8---------------6--------------|-4---------------5--------------|
A|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
E|(6)-------------(4)-------------|(2)-------------(3)-------------|

___Ab______________F/A______________Bbm_____________F#_____________

" think you wanna break up then she says she wants to make up "

e|-4---------------5--------------|-6---------------2--------------|
B|-4---------------6--------------|-6---------------2--------------|
G|-5---------------5--------------|-6---------------3--------------|
D|-6---------------7--------------|-8---------------4--------------|
A|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
E|(4)-------------(5)-------------|(6)-------------(2)-------------|

Part two...

___Em/A_____________________________D/A____________________________

" Ooh, you make me love you,

Ooh, you've got a way,

Ooh, you've had me crawling up the... "

e|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
B|-12-----------------------------|-10-----------------------------|
G|-12-----------------------------|-11-----------------------------|
D|-12-----------------------------|-12-----------------------------|
A|-0------------------------------|-0------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|

___C/A_____________________________________________________________

" wall... ooh ooh... "

e|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
B|-8------------------------------|--------------------------------|
G|-9------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D|-10-----------------------------|--------------------------------|
A|-0------------------------------|--------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|

Guitar solo...

___________Bbm______________________________F#_____________________

" ooh... "

e|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------|-9b11---9----7---6-h7----6------|
G|--------------------------------|-----------------------------8--|
D|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
E|-6------------------------------|--------------------------------|

| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & -| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & -|

___________C#______________Fm/C_____________Eb_____________________

e|-----------------------------6~~~~~-----------9----9---11^--11p9-|
B|-------------6~~~~~--9p6--------|---------------11---------------|
G|-6~~~~~--8p6--------------------|--------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|

___________F#_______________________________F_______________Ab_____

e|-11b13~~~~~~---------9--p6------|--------------------------------|
B|---------------------------6----|--------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------6--|-----------------11--11---11/13-|
D|--------------------------------|-8\-----------------------------|
A|--------------------------------|-------------9-9----------------|
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|

___________C#______________F#_______C#__________

e|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
G|-----------------11b13~~~~~--9h10--------------------------------|
D|-11~~~~~~-----------------------|-11~~~~~------------------------|
A|-------------9-9----------------|--------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|

Repeat chorus.

Repeat verse.

Repeat next two bars to end.

___________C#______________F#_______________C#______________F#_____

" love (the things we do for love) the things we do for... "

e|---------9---------------6---6--|---------9---------------6---6--|
B|---------9---------------7---7--|---------9---------------7---7--|
G|---------10--------------6---6--|---------10--------------6---6--|
D|---------11--------------8---8--|---------11--------------8---8--|
A|-------------------------9---9--|-------------------------9---9--|
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|

| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & -| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & -|

Lyrics:

Too many broken hearts have fallen down the river

Too many lonely souls have drifted out to sea

You lay your bets and then you pay the price

The things we do for love ( the things we do for love )

Communication is the problem to the answer

You've got her number and your hand is on the phone

The weathers turned and all the lines are down

The things we do for love ( the things we do for love )

Like walking in the rain and snow

When there's nowhere to go

And you're feeling like a part of you is dying

And you're looking for the answer in her eyes

You think you wanna break up

Then she says she wants to make up

Ooh, you make me love you

Ooh, you've got a way

Ooh, you've had me crawling up the wall

( guitar solo... )

Like walking in the rain and snow

When there's nowhere to go

And you're feeling like a part of you is dying

And you're looking for the answer in her eyes

You think you wanna break up

Then she says she wants to make up

Ooh, you make me love you

Ooh, you've got a way

Ooh, you've had me crawling up the wall

A compromise would surely help the situation

Agree to disagree, but disagree to part

Well after all its just a compromise

For the things we do for love ( the things we do for love )

The things we do for love ( the things we do for love )

The things we do for love ( the things we do for love )

| / slide up

| \ slide down

| h hammer-on

| p pull-off

| ~ vibrato

| + harmonic

| x Mute note

|(6) optional note

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