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On the Beach

Chris Rea
ChordsKeyFmCapoFret 1intermediate
4.7(59)

Chords in this song13

capo 1 — sounds a semitone higher

Intro

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Em7 Cmaj7 B7#9 N.C.
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^ ^
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Verse 1

Be - tween the eyes of love...
I call your name,  
Be - hind their guarded walls I...
...Used to go,  
U - pon a summer wind, 
There's a certain melo - dy, 
Am7 Bm7 Cmaj7 D N.C.
Takes me back to the place that I know...

Chorus

N.C. Em7 Cmaj7 B7#9
On the beach,
Em7 Cmaj7 B7#9 N.C.
On the beach, ...yeah! ^ ^

Verse 2

The secrets of the summer...  
...I will keep,  
The sands of time will blow a...
...Myste - ry,  
No one, but ...you and I, 
Under - neath that moonlit sky, 
Take me back to the place that I know... 

Chorus

(Down) On the beach, ...yeah, yeah!
(Down) On the beach, on the beach, 
Em7 Cmaj7 B7#9 N.C.
(On the beach!) On the beach, ^ ^

Bridge

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Verse 3

For - ever in my dreams...
My heart will be,  
Hanging on to this sweet memo - ry,  
A day of strange de - sire,
And a night that burned like fire,
Take me back to the place that I know... 

Chorus

On the beach, ...yeah, on the beach,  
On the beach!  

Guitar and Keyboard instrumental

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Coda

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