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Song
Fleetwood Mac - Destiny Rules
From the album "Say You Will," 2003
Tabulated by Reed Peterson
**Capo on 1st Fret**
CHORDS
Bmaj7 F7/9/A A#maj7/11/A
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C#m6add9add11
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INTRO - Just Lindsey, here . . .
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Bmaj7 F7/9/A A#maj7/11/A
e|---------------------------------------| B|---4--4--4--4--4--4-4---4--4-----4-----| G|------3-----0-----3---3-------3--------| D|---4-----3-----0--------4--0-----0-----| A|--------------------4---------0--------| E|---------------------------------------|
Bmaj7 F7/9/A A#maj7/11/A
. . . enter Stevie
e|---------------------------------------| B|---4--4--4--4--4--4-4---4--4-----4-----| G|------3-----0-----3---3-------3--------| D|---4-----3-----0--------4--0-----0-----| A|--------------------4---------0--------| E|---------------------------------------|
Bmaj7 F7/9/A A#maj7/11/A
Maybe we were together in another life
e|---------------------------------------| B|---4--4--4--4--4--4----4------4--------| G|------3-----0-----3------3-3-----------| D|---4-----3-----0-----0--------0--------| A|---------------------------0-----------| E|---------------------------------------|
Bmaj7 F7/9/A A#maj7/11/A
Maybe we are together in a parallel universe
e|---------------------------------------| B|---4--4--4--4--4--4-----4------4-------| G|------3-----0-----3-------3-3----------| D|---4-----3-----0-----0--4------0-------| A|----------------------------4----------| E|---------------------------------------|
Bmaj7 F7/9/A A#maj7/11/A
Maybe our paths are not supposed to cross twice
e|---------------------------------------| B|---4--4--4--4--4--4------4---4---------| G|------3-----0-----3----3---3-----------| D|---4-----3-----0-----0---4---4--0------| A|---------------------------------------| E|---------------------------------------|
Bmaj7 F7/9/A A#maj7/11/A
Maybe your arms are not supposed to go around me
VERSE 1 - Enter John and Mick . . .
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Bmaj7 F7/9/A A#maj7/11/A
I care about you now and then
e|----------------------------------------| B|---4--4--4--4--4--4-4---4--4-----4------| G|------3-----0-----3---3-------3---------| D|---4-----3-----0--------4--0-----0------| A|--------------------4---------0---------| E|----------------------------------------|
Bmaj7 F7/9/A A#maj7/11/A
I wonder where you are and how you feel
e|----------------------------------------| B|---4--4--4--4--4--4-----4----4----------| G|------3-----0-----3---3---3-------------| D|---4-----3-----0-------------0----------| A|--------------------------0-------------| E|----------------------------------------|
Bmaj7 F7/9/A A#maj7/11/A
Sometimes I walk by and I look up to your balcony just to . . .
e|----------------------------------------| B|---4--4--4--4--4--4--------4---4--4-----| G|------3-----0-----3----------3----------| D|---4-----3-----0------0-4--4---4--0-----| A|--------------------4-------------------| E|----------------------------------------|
Bmaj7 F7/9/A A#maj7/11/A
Make sure that you were real, just to . . .
e|----------------------------------------| B|---4--4--4--4--4--4-4---4--------4------| G|------3-----0-----3---3-------3---------| D|---4-----3-----0--------4--0------------| A|--------------------4---------0---------| E|----------------------------------------|
Bmaj7 F7/9/A A#maj7/11/A
Make sure that I can still feel you
CHORUS 1
e|---------------------------------------------------------------| B|--4-----4-------4-----4------4---4-----4-------4-----4-----4---| G|------3---0---------3------3---------3---0---------3-----3-----| D|----4-------------4------4---------4-------------4-----4-------| A|--2----------2--4------4---------2----------2--4-----4---------| E|----------4------------------------------4---------------------|
Bmaj7 C#m6add9add11 Bmaj7 C#m6add9add11
When I see you again, as I always do
e|---------------------------------------------------------------| B|--4-----4-------4-----4------4---4-----4-------4-----4-----4---| G|------3---0---------3------3---------3---0---------3-----3-----| D|----4-------------4------4---------4-------------4-----4-------| A|--2----------2--4------4---------2----------2--4-----4---------| E|----------4------------------------------4---------------------|
Bmaj7 C#m6add9add11 Bmaj7 C#m6add9add11
It appears to me that destiny rules, and the . . .
e|---------------------------------------------------------------| B|--4-----4-------4-----4------4---4-----4-------4-----4-----4---| G|------3---0---------3------3---------3---0---------3-----3-----| D|----4-------------4------4---------4-------------4-----4-------| A|--2----------2--4------4---------2----------2--4-----4---------| E|----------4------------------------------4---------------------|
Bmaj7 C#m6add9add11 Bmaj7 C#m6add9add11
Spirits are ruthless with the paths they choose, it's not . . .
e|---------------------------------------------------------------| B|--4-----4-------4-----4------4---4-----4-------4-----4-----4---| G|------3---0---------3------3---------3---0---------3-----3-----| D|----4-------------4------4---------4-------------4-----4-------| A|--2----------2--4------4---------2----------2--4-----4---------| E|----------4------------------------------4---------------------|
Bmaj7 C#m6add9add11 Bmaj7 C#m6add9add11
Being together, it's just following the rules, no one's a fool
e|----------------------------------------| B|---4--4--4--4--4--4---------------------| G|------3-----0-----3-----------3---------| D|---4-----3-----0-----------0-----0------| A|--------------------6\4-0---------------| E|----------------------------------------|
Bmaj7 A#maj7/11/A
VERSE 2 - fundamentally the same, except for some subtle, flavorful variations courtesy
Lindsey . . .
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Bmaj7 F7/9/A A#maj7/11/A
Six weeks in a foreign country, how time flew
e|----------------------------------------| B|---4--4--4--4--4--4-4---4--4-----4------| G|------3-----0-----3---3-------3---------| D|---4-----3-----0--------4--0-----0------| A|--------------------4---------0---------| E|----------------------------------------|
Bmaj7 F7/9/A A#maj7/11/A
I didn't speak the language, but some how I knew
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Bmaj7 F7/9/A A#maj7/11/A
That that would be the only time that we could be alone and foolish . . .
e|----------------------------------------| B|---4--4--4--4--4--4-4---4--------4------| G|------3-----0-----3---3-------3---------| D|---4-----3-----0--------4--0------------| A|--------------------4---------0---------| E|----------------------------------------|
Bmaj7 F7/9/A A#maj7/11/A
We said we'd never come home
CHORUS 2 - once again, some subtle variations, but fundamentally identical to "CHORUS 1"
e|---------------------------------------------------------------| B|--4-----4-------4-----4------4---4-----4-------4-----4-----4---| G|------3---0---------3------3---------3---0---------3-----3-----| D|----4-------------4------4---------4-------------4-----4-------| A|--2----------2--4------4---------2----------2--4-----4---------| E|----------4------------------------------4---------------------|
Bmaj7 C#m6add9add11 Bmaj7 C#m6add9add11
When I see you again, as I always do
e|---------------------------------------------------------------| B|--4-----4-------4-----4------4---4-----4-------4-----4-----4---| G|------3---0---------3------3---------3---0---------3-----3-----| D|----4-------------4------4---------4-------------4-----4-------| A|--2----------2--4------4---------2----------2--4-----4---------| E|----------4------------------------------4---------------------|
Bmaj7 C#m6add9add11 Bmaj7 C#m6add9add11
It appears to me that destiny rules, and the . . .
e|---------------------------------------------------------------| B|--4-----4-------4-----4------4---4-----4-------4-----4-----4---| G|------3---0---------3------3---------3---0---------3-----3-----| D|----4-------------4------4---------4-------------4-----4-------| A|--2----------2--4------4---------2----------2--4-----4---------| E|----------4------------------------------4---------------------|
Bmaj7 C#m6add9add11 Bmaj7 C#m6add9add11
Spirits are ruthless with the paths they choose, it's not . . .
e|---------------------------------------------------------------| B|--4-----4-------4-----4------4---4-----4-------4-----4-----4---| G|------3---0---------3------3---------3---0---------3-----3-----| D|----4-------------4------4---------4-------------4-----4-------| A|--2----------2--4------4---------2----------2--4-----4---------| E|----------4------------------------------4---------------------|
Bmaj7 C#m6add9add11 Bmaj7 C#m6add9add11
Being together, it's just following the rules, no one's a fool
e|----------------------------------------| B|---4--4--4--4--4--4---------------------| G|------3-----0-----3--------------3------| D|---4-----3-----0-----------0--0---------| A|--------------------6\4-0---------------| E|----------------------------------------|
Bmaj7 A#maj7/11/A
VERSE 3 - different from "VERSE 1" and "VERSE 2"
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A#maj7/11/A C#m6add9add11 Bmaj7
I like the coastal cities, I like the lights
e|----------------------------------------------------| B|--4---4-------1---4-------4---4--------1---4--------| G|----3-----------3-----------3------------3----------| D|--0-----0-------------------------------------------| A|-----------0--4-----4-----2------------4--------0-4-| E|-----------------------4---------2--4---------4-----|
A#maj7/11/A C#m6add9add11 Bmaj7
I like the way the cities blend into the ocean at night
e|----------------------------------------------------| B|--4---4-------1---4-------4---4--------1---4--------| G|----3-----------3-----------3------------3----------| D|--0-----0-------------------------------------------| A|-----------0--4-----4-----2------------4--------0-4-| E|-----------------------4---------2--4---------4-----|
A#maj7/11/A C#m6add9add11 Bmaj7
It's like living on a working river; the coastal lines are glittering . . .
e|----------------------------------------------------| B|--4---4-------1---4-------4---4--------1---4--------| G|----3-----------3-----------3------------3----------| D|--0-----0-------------------------------------------| A|-----------0--4-----4-----2------------4--------0-4-| E|-----------------------4---------2--4---------4-----|
A#maj7/11/A C#m6add9add11 Bmaj7
like a diamond snake, in a black sky
CHORUS 3 - 'nuff said
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Bmaj7 C#m6add9add11 Bmaj7 C#m6add9add11
When I see you again, as I always do
e|---------------------------------------------------------------| B|--4-----4-------4-----4------4---4-----4-------4-----4-----4---| G|------3---0---------3------3---------3---0---------3-----3-----| D|----4-------------4------4---------4-------------4-----4-------| A|--2----------2--4------4---------2----------2--4-----4---------| E|----------4------------------------------4---------------------|
Bmaj7 C#m6add9add11 Bmaj7 C#m6add9add11
It appears to me that destiny rules, and the . . .
e|---------------------------------------------------------------| B|--4-----4-------4-----4------4---4-----4-------4-----4-----4---| G|------3---0---------3------3---------3---0---------3-----3-----| D|----4-------------4------4---------4-------------4-----4-------| A|--2----------2--4------4---------2----------2--4-----4---------| E|----------4------------------------------4---------------------|
Bmaj7 C#m6add9add11 Bmaj7 C#m6add9add11
Spirits are ruthless with the paths they choose, it's not . . .
e|---------------------------------------------------------------| B|--4-----4-------4-----4------4---4-----4-------4-----4-----4---| G|------3---0---------3------3---------3---0---------3-----3-----| D|----4-------------4------4---------4-------------4-----4-------| A|--2----------2--4------4---------2----------2--4-----4---------| E|----------4------------------------------4---------------------|
Bmaj7 C#m6add9add11 Bmaj7 C#m6add9add11
Being together, it's just following the rules, no one's a fool
OUTRO/SOLO - probably not the best interpretation . . .
e|-------------0--2---------------------------------------------------| B|--4---4---------------2--------4------4---------4-------------------| G|--------3-----------3-------3-------3---0-----3---------------------| D|----4-----4-------4-----4-4----0--4---------------------------------| A|--2---2---------------------4-----------4---------------------------| E|--------------------------------------------------------------------| e|-------------0--2-----4---------------------------------------------| B|--4---4------------------------4------4---------4-------------------| G|--------3-----------3-------3-------3---0-----3---------------------| D|----4-----4-------4-----4-4----0--4---------------------------------| A|--2---2---------------------4-----------4---------------------------| E|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
We're just following the rules . . .
e|-------------0--2---------------------------------------------------| B|--4---4---------------2--------4------4---------4-------------------| G|--------3-----------3-------3-------3---0-----3---------------------| D|----4-----4-------4-----4-4----0--4---------------------------------| A|--2---2---------------------4-----------4---------------------------| E|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
No one's a fool . . .
. . . the remainder of the solo is basically Lindsey doing his own thing - let's just
ourselves to do the same as well, and save "Mr. Tab-Writer" the time of having to type out
improvised note!
NOTE: If some of this tablature seems unclear (i.e. the rhythm, the timing, the
the ending, etc.), just listen to the song - it should be pretty self-explanatory. If the
tab is too complicated, feel free to play along by strumming the basic chords.
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