The Things We Do For Love Tab

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The Things We Do For Love - 10cc, arr Gregson and Collister
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Transcribed by Jared White (whitejc@agresearch.cri.nz).
 
INTRO:
 
      Ebsus4/Bb  Eb/Bb  Eb9sus4/Bb  Eb/Bb  Ebsus4/Bb  Eb/Bb  Db9
Harmony note:
         Ab        G        F         G        Ab       G     F    (pause...)
 
VERSE 1:
 
Bm                               G
    Too many ...
 
D             D/C#              E
    Too many ....
 
(F#)G                               F#sus4  F#
    You lay .....                   pay the price
 
         G(fr7)       (A) D(fr5)    G(fr7)   D(fr5)
    The things we do for love
 
 
Bass run to lead in to verse 2:  A  C#  D  A  A#  B -->
 
 
VERSE 2:
 
CHORUS:
                    D            D/A               D          D/A
Like walking in the rain .....
 
            Em             Em/D           A/C#     A
When you're feeling ...
 
           Bm              Bm/A          G         E
And you're looking ...
 
    A*                    F#m                Bm                Gm
You think ....
 
 
BRIDGE:
Ebsus4/Bb       Eb/Bb           Eb9sus4/Bb       Eb/Bb
Ooh ....                        Ooh ....
 
Ebsus4/Bb      Eb/Bb                    Db9
Ooh ....                        out for more...   Ooh....-->
 
 
SOLO:
 
4/4 triplet feel (12/8)
 
    Bm                                     G
e|--5-----5-----5-----5-----5-----5-----|--------------------------------------|
B|-----7-----7-----7-----7-----7--------|--------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------0--|-----7--9-10p9p7----7--------7\-------|
D|--------------------------------------|-/9--------------9--------------------|
A|--------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
    1  .  .  2  .  .  3  .  .  4  .  .     1  .  .  2  .  .  3  .  .  4  .  .  
 
    D                 D/C                  E
e|----------10----12-14-12-10-----------|-----7--9-10-p9-p7--------------------|
B|-----7-10-------------------12--------|-/9-----------------9----9\-----------|
G|-/7-----------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------|-----------------------------------0--|
    1  .  .  2  .  .  3  .  .  4  .  .     1  .  .  2  .  .  3  .  .  4  .  .  
 
    G                                      F#sus4   F#       G(fr7)
e|--------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------3--|--2-----------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------2-h4-----|-----------2--------------------------|
D|--------------------2-h4-h5-----------|--------------4--3--2-----------0--2--|
A|-----------2-h4-h5--------------------|--------------------------------------|
E|--2-h3-h5-----------------------------|--------------------------------------|
    1  .  .  2  .  .  3  .  .  4  .  .     1  .  .  2  .  .  3  .  .  4  .  .  
 
    D(fr5)            G(fr7)               D(fr5)          harm.
e|--------------------------------------|-------------------------------------||
B|-----------3-------7b8----7-----5-----|--7-----------------7----------------||
G|--------2--------------------------7--|-------------------------------------||
D|--4-h5--------------------------------|-------------------------------------||
A|--------------------------------------|-------------------------------------||
E|--------------------------------------|-------------------------------------||
    1  .  .  2  .  .  3  .  .  4  .  .     1  .  .  2  .  .  3  .  .  4  .  .
                                                       Like  walking  in  the...
 
CHORUS
 
 
BRIDGE 2:
Ooh .......        Ooh .....
Ooh ......         up the wall...   (pause)
 
 
VERSE 3:
 
 
 
    G/A(fr7)         D(fr5)     G/A(fr7)         D(fr5)
The things we do for love  (the things we do for love)   (repeat to fade)
 
 
Unusual chords:
 Ebsus4/Bb:  666x4x or 6667xx
 Eb/Bb:      66504x
 Db9:        x4340x or x4344x
 G(fr7):     xx0787
 D(fr5):     xx0775
 A*:         x02225
 G/A(fr7):   x00787
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