The Tide is High

Blondie

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Chords3

Chords in this song4

capo 2 — sounds 2 semitones higher

Intro

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Chorus 1

The tide is high, but I'm holding on,

I'm gonna be your number one,

I'm not the kinda girl who gives up just like that,

Oh, no-------!

Verse 1

It's not the things you do that tease and hurt me bad

But it's the way you do the things you do to me,

I'm not the kinda girl who gives up just like that,

Oh, no-------!

Chorus 2

The tide is high, but I'm holding on,

I'm gonna be your number one, number one,

D E [Riff]

Number one----------!

Verse 2

Every girl wants you to be her man,

But I'll wait, my dear, 'til it's my turn,

I'm not the kinda girl who gives up just like that,

Oh, no--------!

Chorus 3

The tide is high, but I'm holding on,

I'm gonna be your number one, number one,

D E [Riff]

Number one----------!

Bridge

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Verse 3

Every girl wants you to be her man,

But I'll wait, my dear, 'til it's my turn,

I'm not the kinda girl who gives up just like that,

Oh, no--------!

Chorus 4

The tide is high, but I'm holding on,

I'm gonna be your number one,

Number one, number one,

D E [Riff]

Number one----------!

Chorus 5

The tide is high, but I'm holding on,

I'm gonna be your number one,

The tide is high, but I'm holding on,

I'm gonna be your number one

Chorus 6

The tide is high, I'm ...holding on,

I'm gonna be your number one,

The tide is high, I'm ...holding on,

I'm gonna be your number one, your ...number one

Coda

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Suggestion for ending

D E [Riff] A

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Chorus Riff

D E

...Number one----------------------!

      e|--0-----------|--------------|
      B|--0-----------|--------------|
      G|--1-----------|--------------|
      D|--2--0--------|--------------|
      A|--------4--2--|--0-----------|
      E|--------------|-----4--2--0--|

[Option for the Chorus riff, with chord slide]

D E

...Number one----------------------!

      e|--0-----------|--------0--0--|
      B|--0-----------|--------0--0--|
      G|--1-----------|--------9\-1--|
      D|--2--0--------|--------9\-2--|
      A|--------4--2--|--0-----7\-2--|
      E|--------------|-----4-----0--|

\ = slide down