The Logical Song

Supertramp

Chords & TabKeyEbCapoFret 1intermediate

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Chords6

Bass3

Chords in this song20

capo 1 — sounds a semitone higher

Song: The logical song

Artist: Supertramp

Composers: Rick Davies and Roger Hodgson

Album: Breakfast in America

Tabbed by DJ 27th Feb 2015

CAPO: 1st fret

(Will then sound in the original recorded key of Eb)

I would suggest using the voicings in the text

column numbers below.

Regarding the CHORD BOX DIAGRAMS please follow the

information at the very bottom of the tab.

Chord names & fret positions are relative to the capo

Bm = x24432 G6 = 320000 Em/B = x22000

Bm/F# = 224432 E7/G# = 4x0430 Am7 = x02010

Bm/A = x04432 D = xx0232 Em = 022000

Gmaj7 = 320002 G#m7b5/D = xx0102 Em7 = 020000

F#m7 = 242222 Gmaj7/D = xx0002 B7 = x21202

A = 577655 C = x32010 Bm/D = xx0432

G = 355433 C/G = 332010

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Intro

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Verse 1

When I was young it seemed that life was so wonderful

A miracle, oh, it was beautiful, magical,

And all the birds in the trees,

Well, they'd be singing so happily,

Oh, joyfully, oh, playfully watching me

Verse 2

But then they sent me away,

To teach me how to be sensible,

Logical, oh, re - sponsible, practical,

And then they showed me a world...

Where I could be so de - pendable,

Oh, clinical, oh, intel - lectual, cynical

Chorus

There are times when all the world's a - sleep

The questions run too deep...

For such a simple man----------,

Won't you please, please tell me what we've learnt,

I know it sounds ab - surd, please, tell me who...

I am---------------!  | /  /  /  / | /  /  /  / |

Verse 3

I said now, watch what you say,

They'll be calling you a radical,

A liberal, oh, fa - natical, criminal,

Oh, won't you sign up your name?

We'd like to feel you're ac - ceptable,

Re - spectable, oh, pre - sentable,

A vegetable! Oh, take it, take it, take it...

[Verse 4] (Sax break)

...Yeah!

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Chorus

But at night when all the world's a - sleep,

The questions run so deep...

For such a simple man----------,

Won't you please-------,

(Oh, won't you tell me?)

Please, tell me what we've learnt------?

(Umm, tell me what!) (Can you hear me?)

I know it sounds ab - surd-----!,

(I know!) (Oh, won't you help me?)

Please, tell me who I am----------------,

(Tell me who I am----------------!)

Who I am---------------, who I am---------------!

Who I am---------------! Yeah!

[Coda Repeats] (See below for full tablature of Coda)

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Intro riff

Bm Bm/F# Bm/A Bm Bm/F# Bm/A

e|--2-2-2-2------------|---2-2-2-2------------|
B|--3-3-3-3------------|---3-3-3-3------------|
G|--4-4-4-4------------|---4-4-4-4------------| [x2]
D|--4-4-4-4------------|---4-4-4-4------------|
A|--2-2-2-2---------0--|---2-2-2-2---------0--|
E|-----------0-h2------|------------0-h2------|

Chorus Riff arpeggios

C Em/B Am7 C/G (C/A)(C/B)

e|----------------|-----------------------|
B|----------------|-----------------------|
G|------0------0--|------0----------------|
D|----2------2----|----2------------------|
A|--3------2------|--0-----------0--h2----|
E|----------------|---------3-------------|

h = hammer-on note

Coda - with bass notes

This nine bar pattern repeats to the fade

h = Hammer-on notes

e|------2--2----|-2------------|------2--2-------|
B|------0--0----|-0------------|------0--0-------|
G|------2--2----|-2------------|------2--2-------|
D|------1--1----|-1--0-h1------|------1--1-------|
A|---0--2--2--0-|-2-------2--0-|---0--2--2-------|
E|-2------------|--------------|-2----------2--1-|

Em Em7 B7

e|-------------|-------2--2-----|--2-------------|
B|-0------0--0-|-------0--0-----|--0-------------|
G|-0------0--0-|-------2--2-----|--2-------------|
D|-2---2--0--0-|-------1--1-----|--1--0-h1-------|
A|-2-----------|----0--2--2---0-|--2--------2--0-|
E|-0-----------|--2-------------|----------------|

B7 Em Bm/D (Bm/F#) G

e|-------2--2------|--0------2---------|---3-----|
B|-------0--0------|--0------3---------|---3-----|
G|-------2--2------|--0------4---------|---4-----|
D|-------1--1--4-3-|--2--2--0-----4----|---5-----|
A|----0--2--2------|-------------------|---------|
E|--2--------------|-------------------|---------|

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