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Bits and Pieces

The Dave Clark Five
Bass Tab

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Song

Bits And Pieces

The Dave Clark Five

Written by Dave Clark and Mike Smith; released as a single with "All Of The

Time" as the B-side

Tune your bass one step down

Intro:

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(drums)

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Verse:

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D|3------3------0------3-----|3------3------5------3-----|

(I'm in pie - ces, bits and pie - ces)

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D|3------3------0------3-----|3------3------5------3-----|

Since you left and you said good - bye,

me

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D|3------3------0------3-----|3------3------5------3-----|

(I'm in pie - ces, bits and pie - ces)

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D|3------3------0------3-----|3------3------5------3-----|

All I do is sit and cry,

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D|3------3------0------3-----|3------3------5------3-----|

(I'm in pie - ces, bits and pie - ces)

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D|3------3------0------3-----|3------3------5------3-----|

You went away and left me mi - se - ry,

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And

(I'm in pie - ces, bits and pie - ces)

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that's the way it'll al - ways be.

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Verse:

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C|---------------------------|---------------------------|
G|---------------------------|-------------------------5-|
D|3------3------0------3-----|3------3------5------3-----|

(I'm in pie - ces, bits and pie - ces)

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C|---------------------------|---------------------------|
G|---------------------------|-------------------------5-|
D|3------3------0------3-----|3------3------5------3-----|

You said loved and always be mine,

you me, you'd

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D|3------3------0------3-----|3------3------5------3-----|

(I'm in pie - ces, bits and pie - ces)

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D|3------3------0------3-----|3------3------5------3-----|

We'd be together till the end of time,

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(I'm in pie - ces, bits and pie - ces)

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D|3------3------0------3-----|3------3------5------3-----|

Now you say it was just a game,

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But

(I'm in pie - ces, bits and pie - ces)

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all you're doing is leaving me pain.

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Bridge:

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Time goes by, it goes so slow,

(oh, yeah!)

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it doesn't seem true,

just

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On- ly just a few days a- go,

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you said love never make me blue.

you'd me,

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Verse:

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C|---------------------------|---------------------------|
G|---------------------------|-------------------------5-|
D|3------3------0------3-----|3------3------5------3-----|

(I'm in pie - ces, bits and pie - ces)

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D|3------3------0------3-----|3------3------5------3-----|

Now you've gone, and I'm all a - lone,

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And

(I'm in pie - ces, bits and pie - ces)

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you're still up there on your throne,

way

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Woah,

(I'm in pie - ces, bits and pie - ces)

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and nothing seems to e- ver go right,

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'Cause

(I'm in pie - ces, bits and pie - ces)

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night is day, and day is night.

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