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Living Next Door to Alice

Smokie
Tab
4.6(12)

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Song

Living Next Door To Alice - Smokie

Use this arpeggios on the first and last lyrics :

A D

|-------0---------|-------0---------|-------2---------|-------2---------|
|-----------2-----|-----------2-----|-----3-----3-----|-----3-----3-----|
|-----2---------2-|-----2---------2-|---2-----2-----2-|---2-----2-----2-|
|---2-----2---2---|---2-----2---2---|-0-----------0---|-0-----------0---|
|-0---------------|-0---------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|

E A E

|-------0---------|-------0---------|-------0---------|-------0---------|
|-----------0-----|-----------0-----|-----------2-----|-----------0-----|
|-----1---------1-|-----1---------1-|-----2---------0-|---------------0-|
|---2-----2---2---|---2-----2---2---|---2-----2---2---|-----2---2---2---|
|-2---------------|-2---------------|-0---------------|---2-------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-0---------------|

Riff#1 : Riff#2 :

E E

|--------------------|     |------------------|
|--------------------|     |------------------|
|--------------------|     |------------------|
|-------------0-2----|     |------------------|
|-------0-2-4--------|     |------------------|
|-0-2-4--------------|     |-0---2---4--------|

A

Sally called and she ...

D E A E

She said I suppose you'...

A

When I rushed to the ...

D

I could hardly ...

E A E

The big limosine hold up ...

Refrain :__________________________________________________

A

I don't know why she's leaving and ...

D

I guess she's got reasons, but ...

E A E

Just for 24 years I've been ...

A

24 years just waiting ...

D

to tell her how I fell and ...

E E7 A E

Now, I've got to get used to not ...

____________________________________________________________

A

We walk together, two ...

D E A E

???? ?? ??? (I Can't get them),....

A

As she walks to the door and keep ...

D

Just fo a moment, I ....

E A E

As the big limosine move slowly, .....

Refrain...(Use Riff#1 instead of last E )...

A

And Sally called back and ...

D E A E

And she said I know how to help...

A

She said now Alice has gone ...

D

You know I've been ...

E (Riff#2)

The big limosine .....

Refrain....

E E7 A (EndRiff)

No, I'll never get used to not ....

EndRiff :(I'm not sure but something like :)

A

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|-0h2-0---2h4-2---0h2-0--0h2-----------|
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This song is great, I like it very much. And it's easy to play 2 ;)

By: Jimmy Scott

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