A Million Miles Away Tab by Rory Gallagher
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Intro 1
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Intro 2
(D minor) (D minor)
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(D minor) (D minor)
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(D minor) (D minor)
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(D minor) (D minor)
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(D minor) (D minor)
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(D minor) (D minor)
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Verse 1
(D minor) This hotel bar is full of (F major) people,
(D minor) The piano man is really laying it down, (F major)
(D minor) Even the old bartender
is as high as a (F major) steeple,
(B flat major) So why to (A major) night
should I wear a frown? (D minor) (D minor)
(D minor) (D minor)
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Verse 2
(D minor) The joint is jumpin' all a (F major) round me
(D minor) And my mood is really not in style (F major)
(D minor) Right now the blues flock to sur (F major) round me
(B flat major) But I'll break (A major) out after a while (D minor)
Chorus 1
Yes I'm a (F major) million miles away
I'm a (D minor) million miles away
(B flat7) I'm sailing like a driftwood (A major)
(D minor) On a windy bay
Yes I'm a (F major) million miles away
I'm a (D minor) million miles away
(B flat7) I'm sailing like a driftwood (A major)
(D minor) On a windy bay
(D minor)
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(D minor) (D minor)
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(D minor) (D minor)
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(D minor) (D minor)
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(D minor) (D minor)
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Solo 1
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(F major) (F major)
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(D minor) (D minor)
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(F major) (F major)
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(D minor) (D minor)
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(F major) (F major)
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(B flat major) (A major)
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(D minor) (D minor)
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(D minor) (D minor)
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(D minor) (D minor)
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Bridge 1
(G minor) Why ask how I feel,
(C major) Well, how does it look to you?
(A minor) I fell hook, line and sinker
Lost my (D minor) captain and my crew
(G minor) I'm standing on the landing
(C major) There's no one there but me
(A minor) That's where you'll see me
(G minor) Looking out on the deep blue sea (C major)
Interlude 1
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(D minor) (D minor)
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(D minor)
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(D minor) (D minor)
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Verse 3
(D minor) There's a song on the lips of every
(F major) body,
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(D minor) There's a smile all around the room,
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(F major)
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(D minor) There's conversation over- (F major) flowing
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(B flat7) So why must (A major) I sit here with the blues (D minor)
Verse 4
(D minor) This hotel bar has lost its
(F major) people,
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(D minor) The piano man has caught
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the last bus home,
(F major)
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(D minor) The old bartender
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just collapsed in the corner,
(F major)
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(B flat major) So why must I (A major) still be here
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I don't know (D minor)
Chorus 2
I'm a (F major) million miles away
I'm a (D minor) million miles away
(B flat7) I'm sailing like a driftwood (A major)
(D minor) on a windy bay
I'm a (F major) million miles away
I'm a (D minor) million miles away
(B flat7) Sailing like a driftwood (A major)
(D minor) on a windy bay
Chorus 3
I'm a (F major) million miles away
(D minor) A million miles away
(B flat7) Sailing like a driftwood (A major)
(D minor) on a windy bay
Well I'm a (F major) million miles
I'm a million miles
I'm a (D minor) million miles
(B flat7) Sailing like (A major) a driftwood
(D minor) on a windy bay
Outro 1
(F major) [Piano] (F major) (D minor) (D minor)
(B flat7) (A major) (D minor) (D minor)
(F major) (F major) (D minor) (D minor)
(B flat7) (A major) (D minor) (D minor)
Outro 2
(F major) [Piano] (F major) (D minor) (D minor)
(B flat7) (A major) (D minor) (D minor)
(F major) (F major) (D minor) (D minor)
(B flat7) (A major) (D minor) (D minor)
Outro 3
(F major) [Piano] (F major) (D minor) (D minor)
(B flat7) (A major) (D minor) (D minor)
[Repeat and fade]
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