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Clinging On For Life by The Hoosiers
Clinging On For Life
Fingerpicking:
D & E Bm F#m, G & A
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--------0----|-----------|----0----0----------------------|
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D Bm F#m A
I need you to reach me, teach me how to love
D Bm F#m A
I need you to reach me, teach me how to learn
G A
Cos I must have got it wrong,
Bm
If I had love then it's gone
E G
I've been living without it for oh so long
A
But that's the way it goes, I suppose
Chorus:
D Bm
We made enough mistakes between
F#m
The two of us to sink this thing
A D
We're still clinging on for life
Bm
We made enough mistakes between
G
The two of us to sink this thing
A
We're still clinging on for life
Intro chords
D Bm F#m A
I need you to reach me, teach me how to love
D Bm F#m A
I need you to reach me, teach me how to learn
G A
But that's the way it goes
Bm
When your head can but suppose
E G
And instead of answers it's full of I don't knows
A
And that's the way it goes, I suppose
Chorus:
D Bm
We made enough mistakes between
F#m
The two of us to sink this thing
A D
We're still clinging on for life
Bm
We made enough mistakes between
G
The two of us to sink this thing
A
We're still clinging on for life
G A
I must have got it wrong,
Bm
If I had love then it's gone
E G
I've been living without it for oh so long
A
But that's the way it goes
Bm
When your head can but suppose
E G
And instead of answers it's full of I don't knows
A
And that's the way it goes, I suppose
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version 2
Intro:
D, Bm, F#m, Em7
D Bm
I need you to reach me
F#m Em7
Teach me how to love
D Bm
I need you to reach me
F#m A
Teach me how to love
Em7 A
'Cos I must have got it wrong
Bm
If I had love then it's gone
E
I've been living without it for oh so long
G A
And that's the way it goes
I suppose
D
Made enough mistakes
E G
Between two of us to sink this thing
A
We're still clinging on for life
Made enough mistakes
Between two of us to sink this thing
We're still clinging on for life
I need you to reach me
Teach me how to love
I need you to reach me
Teach me how to love
Must have got it wrong
If I had love then it's gone
I've been living without it for oh so long
And that's the way it goes
I suppose
Made enough mistakes
Between two of us to sing this thing
We're still clinging on for life
Made enough mistakes
Between the two of us to sing this thing
We're still clinging on for life
And I must have got it wrong
If I had love then it's gone
I've been living without it for oh so long
And that's the way it goes
When your head but can suppose
And instead of answers
It's full of 'I don't know's
And that's the way it goes
I suppose
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version 3
CAPO 2
You want the pick pattern to be the the following whilst holding each chord shape:
C= 5th string, 2nd and 3rd strings together x4
Am= 5th string, 2nd and 3rd strings together x4
Em= 5th string, 2nd and 3rd strings together x4
A= 5th string, 2nd and 3rd strings together x4
D= 4th string, 1st and 2nd strings together x4
G= 6th string, 1st and 2nd strings together x4
When coming back to the C each time on the verse try and hammer on the whole chord as you start
playing it again
to get more of an accurate sound ALSO NOTE: When you play the Am parts each time before you change up to Em you
to play the 5th string twice quickly and then hammer-on the 2nd string and then play it open again as in:
E|-------------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
A|--0---0---0-0------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
D|-------------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
G|---2---2-----------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
B|---1---1-----0h1-0-|-------------|-------------|-------------|
e|-------------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
You really need to play this in the verses
INTRO- C(x4),Am(x4),Em(x4),G(x4)
VERSE 1
C Am
I need you to reach me
Em G
Teach me how to love
C Am
I need you to reach me
Em G
Teach me how to love
PRE-CHORUS 1
Em A
'Cos I must have got it wrong
D
If I had love then it's gone
G Em
I've been living without it for oh so long
G
And that's the way it goes
I suppose
CHORUS--->(Same pattern as the verse)
C
Made enough mistakes
Am Em
Between two of us to sing this thing
G
We're still clinging on for life
C
Made enough mistakes
Am Em
Between two of us to sing this thing
G (Sustain the G chord at the end of each chorus)
We're still clinging on for life
VERSE 2
C Am
I need you to reach me
Em G
Teach me how to love
C Am
I need you to reach me
Em G
Teach me how to love
C Am
I need you to reach me
Em G
Teach me how to love
C Am
I need you to reach me
Em G
Teach me how to love
PRE-CHORUS 2
Em A
'Cos I must have got it wrong
D
If I had love then it's gone
G Em
I've been living without it for oh so long
G
And that's the way it goes
I suppose
CHORUS--->(Same pattern as the verse)
C
Made enough mistakes
Am Em
Between two of us to sing this thing
G
We're still clinging on for life
C
Made enough mistakes
Am Em
Between two of us to sing this thing
G
We're still clinging on for life
BRIDGE (Same pattern as Pre-Chorus)
Em A
'Cos I must have got it wrong
D
If I had love then it's gone
G Em
I've been living without it for oh so long
G
And that's the way it goes
A
When your head but can suppose
D
And instead of answers
Em
It's full of 'I don't know's
G
And that's the way it goes
For the outro whistling ooo-ee-ooo-ee-ooo bit, it's the same pattern as the verse and chorus of C,Am,Em,G
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