Mia Acordes

Hello fellow Ultimate Guitarists!
 
My first guitar tab / chords - woo hoo! I don't think I have got one of the chords quite
(which I have named G* - 302010), but it sounds close enough.
 
If you are struggling to get the timing right, each chord letter equals 4 counts (so "C
means C is played for 8 counts). The words are written out with each line representing
breath (roughly).
 
Have a go and see what you think....
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Capo required on the FIRST fret (then you can sing along with the track).
 
C      X32010
C/B    X20010
Am     002210
G      320003
F      133211
G*     302010
E      022100
 
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---Intro---------------------------------------------------------------------|
 
C C
 
---Verse One---
 
    C            C/B                   Am
The day that we, took out a car in the rain
       G                     C
Is the day you forgot how to brake
             C/B                      Am
And see, how quickly the picture will change
             G                     F
Filled with fingers and voices and teeth
           G                 Am
I still remember holding my hand
             G*                      F
Against your face just before it was splayed
           G             C
Across the radio, as it played
 
C
 
---Verse Two---
 
    C              C/B                  Am
And you and me are still as the scenery moves
    G
Oh, why should it stop, just ‘cause
C                 C/B                        Am
Suddenly, there’s one where there used to be two,
    G                      F
And everything’s quiet but then
               G                         Am
Looks like the speaker lived through the blow
              G*                   F
Still playing some compilation you made
              G                 Am
Feels like a lifetime sitting alone
            G*                  F
So I start humming along to the tape
 
---Chorus---
 
          G                      C
I always liked this singer, I remember
                 E                        F
How you were the one who told me that her name
           G          C
Was either Mia or M.I.A.
 
C
 
---Bridge---
 
         F        F
And I am thinking,
          C
How many hours ‘til I’m home?
    C                      F
How long do I stay in this place?
      F                     C
Who’s going to wash all the blood from my clothes?
C                     F
Who’s gonna cancel my date?
F                     G     G
Who’s gonna cancel my date?
               F
And I think....
 
---Chorus---
 
         G                      C
I always liked this singer, I remember
                 E                        F
How you were the one who told me that her name
           G     G
Was either Mia...
             F
Oh I think...
 
---Chorus---
 
         G                      C
I always liked this singer, I remember
                 E                        F
How you were the one who told me that her name
           G           C
Was either Mia, or M.I.A.
 
C
 
---Verse Three---
 
    C           C/B                   Am
The day that we took out a car in the rain
   G                         C
I thought to myself that the sky was blue
   C/B                  Am
As I’d ever seen it but yet
      G
Still tainted with red.....
 
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I think it sounds particularly good if you choose a finger-picking pattern rather than
through the whole song.
 
I hope you all enjoy singing about car crashes as much as I do!
 
Amy x
 
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