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More Than A Feeling

Boston

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    MORE THAN A FEELING
    written by Tom Scholz
    performed by Boston (1st album)

INTRO AND VERSES

   Dsus4          D          C                      G
------------3-----2-----------------------------------------
------3--------3-----3-------------3---------3--------3-----
---------2--------------0-------0----------0----------------
---0--------------------------------------------------------
-----------------------------3----------2-------------------
----------------------------------------------------3-------
   I looked out this morning and the sun was gone,
   Turned on some music to start my day,
   Then lost myself in a familiar song.
   I closed my eyes and I

------0--------0--------------------------3-----------------
---------3--------3-----3----------3---------3-----0--------
------------0--------0----------0-----0---------0-----------
------------------------------------------------------------
---3-------------------------2------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------
   slipped away...

   Am            Am/G bass     D
-------------------------------2----------------------------
------------1-------------1----3----------------------------
---------2-------------2-------2----------------------------
------2-------------2----------0----------------------------
---0--------------------------------------------------------
-----------------3------------------------------------------


PRE-CHORUS RIFF:
e|--------------------------------------------------------|
b|---13-12-12h13p12-10---13-12-10h12p10-------------------|
G|---------------------------------------12---------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------|


CHORUS:

     G           C       Em                D
IT'S MORE THAN A FEELING (MORE THAN A FEEL-ING)
WHEN I HEAR THAT OLD SONG THEY USED TO PLAY.
AND I BEGIN DREAMING (MORE THAN A FEELING)

       G            C      Eb
'Til I see Marianne walk a-way,



   Em7    Asus4  A   A2  A    G    D/F# Em  D
---0--------0----0---0--------3-----2---0---2---------------
---3--------3----2---0---2----3-----3---0---3---------------
---0--------2----2---2---2----0-----2---0---2---------------
---2--------2----2---2---2----0-----0---2---0---------------
---2--------------------------2---------2-------------------
---0--------------------------3-----2---0-------------------
   I see my Marianne walking away.


So many people have come and gone,
Their faces fade as the years go by;
Yet I still recall as I wonder on, as clear as the sun
In the summer sky.

-CHORUS-


MAIN SOLO:
e|----------------------------------------------------------|
b|-------7-7-8-7h8p7---10-8-7h8p7-----7-8-7h8p7---7---------|
G|--6-7-9-----------9-7--7-------9-7-9-7-------9-7-9-7-6-2--|
D|----------------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------|


--------------10-10-9-7h9p7---------------------------------10-9-7--19-|
7-7-8-7h8p7----------------10-8-7-8-7h8p7-------7-5h7p5----------------|
-----------9-7-------------------7-------9-7-9-7-------7-6-7-----------|
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When I'm tired I'm thinking cold,
I hide in my music, forget the day and
Dream of a girl I used to know
I closed my eyes and she slipped away.  She slipped away

-CHORUS-

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Chords used:
        E A D G B E
Dsus4   X X 0 2 3 3
D       X X 0 2 3 2
C       X 3 2 0 1 0
G       3 2 0 0 3 3
Em      0 2 2 0 0 0
Eb      X 6 8 8 8 X
Em7     0 2 2 0 3 0
Asus4   X 0 2 2 3 0
A       X 0 2 2 2 0
A2      X 0 2 2 0 0
D/F#    2 X 0 2 3 2

Notes:
For the chorus bar chords sound nice on an acoustic, power chords sound
better on electrics.
The chord changes for the solo are as follows:
/D G /A G /D G /D A /D G /Bm A /D Bm /Em A /G  /  DF# D/
with /    / representing 1 measure.

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Additional Notes by Oliver K. Reichl:

There are at least five "guitars" in this tune.  The electric is
definitely some sort of Les Paul (of vintage stock with Scholzian
modifications, no doubt).

Guitar #1: 12-string acoustic
Guitar #2: 6-string electric (rhythm, power chords)
Guitar #3: 6-string electric (leads-melody)
Guitar #4: 6-string electric (leads-harmony)
Guitar #5: bass guitar

Tab for pre-chorus riff and main solo by Oliver K. Reichl.
Mallorytown, Ontario - April, 1998.

oliver@taperecorder.ca
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