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See Saw

The Jam
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4.6(4)

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Song

SEE-SAW by THE JAM

Written by Paul Weller

B-side to 'The Eton Rifles'

and on Disc 2 of 'Direction, Reaction, Creation' box set

Chords used:

D5: xx023x and x577xx

D: x5777x

A: 577655

Bm: 799777

Asus4: 5x7755

C#5: 9-11-11-xxx---|

F#5: x-9-11-11-xxx-|

B5: 799xxx

E5: x799xx

B: 799877

C: 8-10-10-9-8-8

Fig.1:

D5

--------------|--------------|--|
--3--------3--|-----3----3-3-|--|
--2--2--2--2--|--2--2--2-2-2-|--| (x2)
--0--0--0--0--|--0--0--0-0-0-|--|
--------------|--------------|--|
--------------|--------------|--|

Fig.2: (w/fig.1 underneath)

D A Bm D Bm D Asus4 A D A

--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|-----5--------|--|
--7--7--7--5--|--7--7--7--7--|--7--7--7--7--|-----5-----5--|--7--5--------|--|
--7--7--7--6--|--7--7--7--7--|--7--7--7--7--|-----7-----6--|--7--6--------|--|
--7--7--7--7--|--9--9--9--7--|--9--9--9--7--|-----7-----7--|--7--7--------|--|
--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|--5--7--------|--|
--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|-----5--------|--|

Fig.3: (w/fig.2 underneath)

D A Bm D Bm D Asus4 A D A

-10-----------|--------------|--------------|--------------|-----5--------|--|
----10--------|-12-----------|-12-----------|--------------|--7--5--------|--|
--------------|----11--------|----11--9-----|--------------|--7--6--------|--|
--------------|--------------|-----------11-|-12-11--------|--7--7--------|--|
--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|--5--7--------|--|
--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|-----5--------|--|

Bm A G F#m

--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|--|
--------7-----|--------5-----|--------3-----|--------2-----|--|
-----7-----7--|-----6-----6--|-----4-----4--|-----2-----2--|--|
--9-----------|--7-----------|--5-----------|--4-----------|--|
--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|--|
--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|--|

D A Bm D

See saw, up and down

Bm D Asus4 A D A

Around and round we go

D A Bm D

Too late we're out on the rink

Bm D Asus4 A D A

Our love's in the sink once more.

C#5 F#5

And when I'm walking down a rainy street

B5 E5

I think I hear you coming up to me

A5 D5 E5 Asus4 A D A

But it's just an echo I've arranged to meet

D A Bm D

Freefall, we're out of control

Bm D Asus4 A D A

We never will know what went wrong

D A Bm D

Too bad, what we had for a while

Bm D Asus4 A D A

Has gone out of style this year

C#5 F#5

Your friends told me you moved out of town

B5 E5

I got your address and I wrote it down

A5 D5 E5

I used the pen that you bought for my birthday

B C

And every suit you know reminded me of you

B C Asus4 A D A

I realised that we'd never be together again

D A Bm D Bm D Asus4 A D A

D5 (fig.1)

Wait a while, reclaim your loss

But it costs a lot your love

D A Bm D

Take five, your heels in time (this verse

Bm D Asus4 A with fig.3)

You'll feel just fine they say

D A

But I'm feeling

D A Bm D

See saw, in a way I'm glad

Bm D Asus4 A D A

Though I still feel sad about you

C#5 F#5

I know it's too late for changing minds

B5 E5

And I'm still not sure I wanna change mine

A5 D5

It's just a tiny part that sits there

E5 Asus4 A D A

This ain't right (?)

D A Bm D

See saw, up and down

Bm D

Around and round

Bm D

They say heels in time

Bm D

They say you'll feel just fine

Bm D

In a way I'm glad

Bm D

Though I still feel sad

Bm A D

About losing you

Bm A D

'Bout losing you

Bm A D

'Bout losing you

Bm A G F#m D

'Bout losing you once more

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