Livin Thing Uke tab by Electric Light Orchestra

10 Chords used in the song: G, C, Am, Ab, Fm, Em, Dm, F, G5+, Bbm

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Tablature / Chords (Full Song)

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Artist: Electric Light Orchestra

Album: A New World Record

Year: 1976

Difficulty:

4.06

(Intermediate)

Key: unknownChords

Intro: 
G C G  
 

Verse:
 C 
Sailing away on the crest of a wave 
           Am 
It's like magic 
    Ab 
Oh, rolling and riding and slipping and sliding 
     Fm 
It's magic  


Chorus:

    Em                     Dm 
And you, and your sweet desire, 
         Em   Dm  Em         F      G     C 
You took me,  oh, higher and higher baby, 
       Am            F 
It's a living thing, 
       Am       G5+/7    C 
It's a terrible thing to lose 
       Am            F 
It's a giving thing 
       Am       G5+/7    C 
What a terrible thing to lose. 
               Bbm    C   Bbm G C G 
I'm taking a dive.  (dive)




C
Making believe this is what you've conceived 
          Am
From your worst day, (I'm taking a dive) 
Ab
Moving in line when you look back in time  
       Fm
To the first day, (I'm taking I'm taking) 
 

Chorus:

    Em                     Dm 
And you, and your sweet desire, 
                   Em                     Dm 
(Don't you do it), don't you do it to me, oh, 
Em         F      G     C 
higher and higher baby 
       Am            F 
It's a living thing, 
       Am       G5+/7    C 
It's a terrible thing to lose 
       Am            F 
It's a giving thing 
       Am       G5+/7    C 
What a terrible thing to lose. 
               Bbm             G C G 
I'm taking a dive. On the sky


Verse:

C 
Taking a dive cause you can't halt the slide 
         Am
Floating down stream, (I'm taking a dive) 
    Ab
Oh, so let her go don't start spoiling the show 
       Fm
It's a bad dream, (I'm taking , I'm taking) 
 



   Em                     Dm 
And you, and your sweet desire, 
                   Em                     Dm 
(Don't you do it), don't you do it to me, oh, 
Em         F      G     C 
higher and higher baby 
      Am            F 
It's a living thing, 
       Am       G5+/7    C 
It's a terrible thing to lose 
       Am            F 
It's a giving thing 
       Am       G5+/7    C 
What a terrible thing to lose. 
      Am            F 
It's a living thing, 
       Am       G5+/7    C 
It's a terrible thing to lose 
       Am            F 
It's a giving thing 
       Am       G5+/7    C 
What a terrible thing to lose.