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Bella Linda

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                             "Bella Linda"
                   (Mogol / Battisti / Barri / Gross)

Intro:

	Ab [single notes; piano/bass]
	/ / / /

Chorus:

	Db     Ab    Gb            Ab
	Bella Linda, try and understand
	Db     Ab         Gb         Ab
	Bella Linda, I'm doin' all I can
	Db     Ab         Gb         Ab
	Bella Linda, I'm only what I am

String break 1:

	[3/4]                               [2/4] [4/4 into verse]
	  Db     Ab     Db     Ab     Db     Ab 
	  / / /  / / /  / / /  / / /  / / /  / /

Verse 1:

	Ab              Cm/G
	It's so hard for me to say
	F7                  Bbm/F
	The things I really feel
	Eb7/G           Ab
	If I could I'd chase away
	Cm/G                    Fm
	  The pain your eyes reveal
	Cm                      Fm
	  The pain your eyes reveal
	Cm                          Fm
	  From foolish things I've done
	Cm                          Fm
	  The times that I let you down
	Cm                 Db                 Ab
	  And I'll never change, believe me I try
	           Db                      Ab
	If you go away, you know that I'll die
	     Cm/G            Cm7-5/Gb       F7 [9/8: /// /// ///]
	Oh I love you, please don't say goodbye

[repeat chorus]

[repeat string break 1]

Verse 2:

	We've had bad times
	Through the years
	And though I've made you cry
	Think of me through tender tears
	And try to close your eyes
	And try to close your eyes
	To thoughtless things I do
	The dreams that don't come true
	'Cause I'll never change, believe me I try
	If you go away, you know that I'll die
	Oh I need you, please don't say goodbye

[repeat chorus]

String break 2:

	[3/4]                        [2/4] [4/4]
	  Db     Ab     Db     Ab           Ab [single notes, piano/bass]
	  / / /  / / /  / / /  / / /   r r   / / / /

[repeat chorus]

Coda [repeat to fade]:

	Db     Ab    Gb   Ab
	Bella Linda


-- another ace 60's tab from Andrew Rogers