Gentle Giant — Funny Ways
* Riff in Verses 2 and 4: EBb e |---3-----------1-------| B |---4--------1--3-------| G |---3---2-h3----3-------| D |---5-----------3--3----| A |---------------1-------| E |-----------------------| Gary Green played a 12 string acoustic on this track, live he is tuned down a full tone, and then a capo added at the 2nd fret to bring it back to standard tuning. Presumably having it in a lower tuning helped take pressure of the guitar neck, or maybe for other songs in a live set using the acoustic he was in a dropped tuning of DGCFAD and just took the capo off for those...? Intro Emadd9 FmajCmaAsus2 x2 ||: / / / / | / / / / :|| Verse 1 Emadd9 Asus2 Sorry to have been ...so much of a bore, D Cmaj7 Emadd9 But, in my own funny way, I find I learn much more, Emadd9 Asus2 I realise ...what you think from your eyes, D Cmaj7 Emadd9 But, in your own funny ways, I find I learn much more! Verse 2 GmBbDmF Em Dm Gm | / / / /__/ | My ways are strange, Gm Bb Dm F Em Dm *Eb Bb | / / / /__/ | They'll never change, *Eb Bb *Eb Bb Bb(addb9) They stay ...strange ways! Verse 3 Em9 | / / / / | / / / / | Emadd9 Asus2 Sorry to have been ...so close from the start, D Cmaj7 Emadd9 But, for all that I cared, we could've been miles a - part, Emadd9 Asus2 I understood ...that you never would... D Cmaj7 Emadd9 ...Under - stand a way of life I never could! Verse 4 GmBbDmF Em Dm Gm | / / / /__/ | My ways are strange, Gm Bb Dm F Em Dm *Eb Bb | / / / /__/ | They'll never change, *Eb Bb *Eb Bb They stay, strange ways! Piano riff D Bm Bm/A D Bm Bm/A x2 ||: /__/ /__/ / / | /__/ /__/ / / :|| ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ Bridge D Bm Bm/A x4 ||: Go your own way, or wait--- ...for me! :|| Organ break Gm7/F Em Gm7/F Em x2 ||: /__/ /__/ / / | /__/ /__/ / / :|| ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ Brass break F5 C5 D5 F5 C5 Eb5 x4 ||: /__/ /__/ / / | /__/ /__/ / / :|| ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ Eb5 E5 | / / / / | ^ ^ Guitar solo Em A D C Em | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | Em A D C Emadd9 | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | Verse 5 Emadd9 Asus2 And so you see ...what happened to me, D Cmaj7 Emadd9 Since the time when I judged my life in nights and days, Emadd9 Asus2 I realised ...that my life was lies, D Cmaj7 Emadd9 So you see what I mean with all my funny ways! Verse 6 Then no chords Emadd9 Sorry to have been ...so much of a bore, But, in my own funny ways, I find I learn much more! Coda EEEEmadd9 Funny ways, funny ways, funny ways, funny ways------! ------------------------------------------------------------------------ In live versions Garry Green uses this chord sequence in the intro, and also during Kerry Minnear's vibraphone solo... Emadd9 Cmaj7 C#m7b5 Cmaj7 Repeat ||: / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / :|| Emadd9 = 024000 Cmaj7 = x35000 C#m7b5 = x45000
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