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The Things We Do for Love

10cc
Tab
4.6(5)

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Song

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The Things We Do For Love - 10cc, arr Gregson and Collister

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Transcribed by Jared White (whitejc@agresearch.cri.nz).

INTRO:

Ebsus4/Bb Eb/Bb Eb9sus4/Bb Eb/Bb Ebsus4/Bb Eb/Bb Db9

Harmony note:

Ab G F G Ab G F (pause...)

VERSE 1:

Bm G

Too many ...

D D/C# E

Too many ....

(F#)G F#sus4 F#

You lay ..... pay the price

G(fr7) (A) D(fr5) G(fr7) D(fr5)

The things we do for love

Bass run to lead in to verse 2: A C# D A A# B -->

VERSE 2:

CHORUS:

D D/A D D/A

Like walking in the rain .....

Em Em/D A/C# A

When you're feeling ...

Bm Bm/A G E

And you're looking ...

A* F#m Bm Gm

You think ....

BRIDGE:

Ebsus4/Bb Eb/Bb Eb9sus4/Bb Eb/Bb

Ooh .... Ooh ....

Ebsus4/Bb Eb/Bb Db9

Ooh .... out for more... Ooh....-->

SOLO:

4/4 triplet feel (12/8)

Bm G

e|--5-----5-----5-----5-----5-----5-----|--------------------------------------|
B|-----7-----7-----7-----7-----7--------|--------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------0--|-----7--9-10p9p7----7--------7\-------|
D|--------------------------------------|-/9--------------9--------------------|
A|--------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|

1 . . 2 . . 3 . . 4 . . 1 . . 2 . . 3 . . 4 . .

D D/C E

e|----------10----12-14-12-10-----------|-----7--9-10-p9-p7--------------------|
B|-----7-10-------------------12--------|-/9-----------------9----9\-----------|
G|-/7-----------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------|-----------------------------------0--|

1 . . 2 . . 3 . . 4 . . 1 . . 2 . . 3 . . 4 . .

G F#sus4 F# G(fr7)

e|--------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------3--|--2-----------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------2-h4-----|-----------2--------------------------|
D|--------------------2-h4-h5-----------|--------------4--3--2-----------0--2--|
A|-----------2-h4-h5--------------------|--------------------------------------|
E|--2-h3-h5-----------------------------|--------------------------------------|

1 . . 2 . . 3 . . 4 . . 1 . . 2 . . 3 . . 4 . .

D(fr5) G(fr7) D(fr5) harm.

e|--------------------------------------|-------------------------------------||
B|-----------3-------7b8----7-----5-----|--7-----------------7----------------||
G|--------2--------------------------7--|-------------------------------------||
D|--4-h5--------------------------------|-------------------------------------||
A|--------------------------------------|-------------------------------------||
E|--------------------------------------|-------------------------------------||

1 . . 2 . . 3 . . 4 . . 1 . . 2 . . 3 . . 4 . .

Like walking in the...

CHORUS

BRIDGE 2:

Ooh ....... Ooh .....

Ooh ...... up the wall... (pause)

VERSE 3:

G/A(fr7) D(fr5) G/A(fr7) D(fr5)

The things we do for love (the things we do for love) (repeat to fade)

Unusual chords:

Ebsus4/Bb: 666x4x or 6667xx

Eb/Bb: 66504x

Db9: x4340x or x4344x

G(fr7): xx0787

D(fr5): xx0775

A*: x02225

G/A(fr7): x00787

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