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That Thing You Do by Wonders
That Thing You Do
Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)
Intro after 3 sets of drums and handclaps
E|----------------||
B|--9-7-5-0-1-----||
G|--9-------2-----||
D|--9-------2-----||
A|--7-------0-----||
E|----------------||
Verse w/ verse riff x2: (See verse riff below)
E A B
You doin that thing you
E A B C#m
Do breaking my heart into
F# F#m Am B
A million pieces like you always do and
E A B
You don't mean to be cruel
E A B C#m
You never even knew
F# F#m D B
About the heartache i've been going through
Chorus 1:
C#m F#
Well I try and try to forget you girl
E E7 A Am
But its just so hard to do
E Am E B
Everytime you do that thing you do
Verse 2 same chords as to the above:
I Know all the games you
play and i'm gonna find a way
to let you know that you'll be mine someday 'cause
We could be happy can't you
See if you only let me be
the one to hold you and keep you here with me
Chorus 2:
Well i try and try to forget you girl
But its just so hard to do
Everytime you do that thing you do
Bridge:
A
I don't ask for a lot girl
C#m (I don't ask for a lot girl
But i know one things for sure
F# (Know one things for sure)
It's the love i haven't got gurl
B C B
and i just can't take it anymore
Solo:
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------||
B|-------------------------------------------------------------------||
G|-9-9------9--11br--9------9-9----9--11br--9----9------9------------||
D|------11-------------11-9-----11------------11----11---------------||
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------||
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------||
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------||
B|-------------------------------------------------------------------||
G|--11b~~--9--11b~~--9--11---11b~~--9--11b~~--9--11--11b~~--9--------||
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------||
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------||
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------||
E|----------------||
B|----------------||
G|----------------||
D|-11--9--10--9---||
A|----------------||
E|----------------||
Outro:
E A B
'Cause we could be happy can't you
E A B C#m
See if you only let me be
F# F#m D B
The one to hold you and keep you here with me
C#m F#
'Cause it hurts me so just to see you go
E E7 A Am
Around with someone new and if
E Am
I know you you're doing that thing
E Am
Everyday just doing that thing
E B (see outro riff)
I can't take you doing that thing you do
Verse Riff:
E A B
E|--------------------------------------------------||
B|--------------------------------------------------||
G|--------------------------------------------------||
D|----------------------2---------------------------||
A|--------------2-2-4------------4--------6---------||
E|--0-0---3-4----------------5-5-----7-7------------||
Outro Riff:
E|--------------------------4------||
B|-------1------------------4------||
G|---------2----------------4------||
D|----2-----------------2---6------||
A|--0----------------2------7------||
E|-------------0--4----------------||
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version 2
Intro:
(2-bar drum fill)
E Am [N.C.]
/ / / / / / / /
Verse 1:
E A B E
You doin' that thing you do
A B C#m F#
You're breakin' my heart into a million pieces
F#m Am B
Like you always do
E A B E
And you you don't mean to be cruel
A B C#m F#
You never even knew about the heartache
D B
I've been goin' through
Chorus:
C#m F#
Well, I try and try to forget you, girl
E E7 A Am
But it's just so hard to do
E Am E [1: B 2: to bridge]
Every time you do that thing you do
Verse 2:
I know all the games you play
And I'm gonna find a way to let you know that
You'll be mine some day
'Cause we could be happy can't you see
If you'd only let me be the one to hold you
And keep you here with me
[repeat chorus]
Bridge:
A
I don't ask a lot, girl (I don't ask a lot, girl)
C#m
But I know one thing's for sure (know one thing's for sure)
F#
It's your love I haven't got, girl
B C B
And I just can't take it anymore (Wow!)
[repeat verse 2 w/ guitar solo over first half]
Chorus 2:
C#m F#
'Cause it hurts me so just to see you go
E E7 A Am
Around with someone new
E Am
And if I know you you're doin' that thing
Coda:
E Am
Every day just doin' that thing
E B (A)
I can't take you doin' that thing you do
A Am (E) Emaj7
v v v v v v v v
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-----------------|-------------4---
-----------------|-------------4---
-----------------|-------2-----6---
-----------------|-----2-------7---
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-- the second ace 90's tab from Andrew Rogers
Date: Mon, 14 Apr 1997 23:21:16 +1000
From: Warwick Rendell
That Thing You Do - The Wonders
INTRO/VERSE 1:
E Am
E
You
A B E
Doin' that thing you do
A B C#m F#
Rippin' my heart into a million pieces
F#m A B
Like you always doooo
E
And you
A B E
Don't mean to be cruel
A B C#m F#
Never even knew about the heartache
F#m B
I've been goin' through
CHORUS 1
C#m F#
Well I try and try just to get you girl
E E7 A Am
But it's just so hard to do
E Am E B
Every time you do that thing you do
VERSE 2
E
I
A B E
Know all the games you play
A B C#m F#
And I'm gonna find a way to let you know that
F#m A B
You'll be mine some day
E
'Cause we
A B E
Could be happy can't you see
A B C#m F#
If you'd only let me be the one to hold you
F#m B
And keep you here with me
CHORUS 2
C#m F#
Cause I try and try to forget you girl
E E7 A Am
But it's just so hard to do
E Am E
Every time you do that thing you do
(Ascending bass line F#-G-G#)
BRIDGE
A
I don't ask a lot girl
C#m
But I know one thing for sure
F#
It's your love I haven't got girl
B C B
And I just can't take it any more
SOLO (Verse chords)
E
A B E
A B C#m F#
F#m B
VERSE 3 (2nd half of verse 2)
E
'Cause we
A B E
Could be happy can't you see
A B C#m F#
If you'd only let me be the one to hold you
F#m B
And keep you here with me
CHORUS 3
C#m F#
Cause it hurts me so just to see you go
E E7 A Am
Around with someone new
E Am
And if I know you you're doin' that thing
E Am
Every day just doin' that thing
E B
I can't take you doin' that thing you do.
OUTRO
A Am
then this
(which is really a bass part)
E
E---------------------------4----
B---------------------------5----
G---------------------------4----
D-------------------2-------6----
A-------------2-------------7----
E-0-----4-------------------4----
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version 3
Capo II
D D+ Gm
D G A D
You, doing that thing you do
G A Bm E
Breaking my heart into a million pieces,
Em Gm D A
like you always do
D G A D
And you, don't mean to be cruel
G A Bm E
You never even knew about the heartache
D A D A
I ve been going through
Bm E
Well, I try and try to forget you girl
D G Gm
but it's just so hard to do
D Gm D G D
Every time you do that thing you do
D G A D
And I, know all the games you play
G A Bm E
And I'm gonna find a way to let you know that
D A D A
You ll be mine someday
D G A D
Cause we, could be happy, can't you see
G A Bm E
If you'd only let me be the one to hold you,
D A D A
and keep you here with me
Bm E
Well, I try and try to forget you girl
D G Gm
but it's just so hard to do
D Gm D G D
Every time you do that thing you do
G
I don't ask a lot girl
Bm
But I know one thing's for sure
E
It s the love I haven't got girl
A B7 A
And I just can't take it anymore....
break
D G A D
Cause we, could be happy, can't you see
G A Bm E
If you'd only let me be the one to hold you,
D A D A
and keep you here with me
Bm E
Cause it hurts me so just to see you go,
D G Gm
around with someone new
D Gm
And if I know you, you're doing that thing
D Gm
Every day, just doing that thing
D Gm A G D
I can't take you doing that thing you do
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version 4
Tuning: Standard
Intro:
Am
e|-4----2----0---------0------------------------------------------------|
B|-0----0----0----0----1------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------1----2------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------2------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------0------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------0------------------------------------------------|
E
You
A B E
Doin' that thing you do
A B C#m F#
Rippin' my heart into a million pieces
F#m A B
Like you always doooo
E
And you
A B E
Don't mean to be cruel
A B C#m F#
Never even knew about the heartache
D B
I've been goin' through
CHORUS 1
C#m F#
Well I try and try just to get you girl
E E7 A Am
But it's just so hard to do
E Am E B rest half beat then down strokes
Every time you do that thing you do
VERSE 2
E
I
A B E
Know all the games you play
A B C#m F#
And I'm gonna find a way to let you know that
F#m A B
You'll be mine some day
E
'Cause we
A B E
Could be happy can't you see
A B C#m F#
If you'd only let me be the one to hold you
D B
And keep you here with me
CHORUS 2
C#m F#
Cause I try and try to forget you girl
E E7 A Am
But it's just so hard to do
E Am E B rest half beat then down strokes
Every time you do that thing you do
BRIDGE
A
I don't ask a lot girl
C#m
But I know one thing for sure
F#
It's your love I haven't got girl
B C B
And I just can't take it any more
SOLO FOR RHYTHM GUITAR (Verse chords)
E
A B E
A B C#m F#
F#m B
SOLO FOR LEAD GUITAR
e|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--9--9------9--11br--9---------9--9------9--11br--9------9------9---|
D|--------11--------------11--9--------11--------------11-----11------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--11b~~--9--11b~~--9--11--11b~~--9--11b~~--9--11--11b~~--9----------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|-----------------|
B|-----------------|
G|-----------------|
D|--11--9--10--9---|
A|-----------------|
E|-----------------|
VERSE 3 (2nd half of verse 2)
E
'Cause we
A B E
Could be happy can't you see
A B C#m F#
If you'd only let me be the one to hold you
F#m B
And keep you here with me
CHORUS 3
C#m F#
Cause it hurts me so just to see you go
E E7 A Am
Around with someone new
E Am OUTRO RIFF 1
And if I know you you're doin' that thing
E Am OUTRO RIFF 2
Every day just doin' that thing
E B OUTRO RIFF 3
I can't take you doin' that thing you do.
OUTRO:
Outro riff 1: Optional
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--------------------------------------------------------------------|
--11br--9-----------------------------------------------------------|
-----------9--------------------------------------------------------|
--------------------------------------------------------------------|
--------------------------------------------------------------------|
Outro riff 2: Optional
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--9--10b(12)r--9----------------------------------------------------|
------------------9-------------------------------------------------|
--------------------------------------------------------------------|
--------------------------------------------------------------------|
--------------------------------------------------------------------|
Outro riff 3: MANDATORY
A Am E6
--------------------------4-----------------------------------------|
--------1-----------------4-----------------------------------------|
-----------2--------------4-----------------------------------------|
-----2-----------------2--6-----------------------------------------|
--0-----------------2-----7-----------------------------------------|
--------------0--4--------4-----------------------------------------|
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version 5
Throughout: E, A, B, C#m, F#, F#m, D, Am, C, C(Power Chord)
(E) (A [Power Chord]) (B [Power Chord]) (C#m) (F#)
e| ---0----------------x----------------x-----------------4----------------2---------------
B| ---0----------------x----------------x-----------------5----------------2---------------
G| ---1----------------2----------------4-----------------6----------------3---------------
D| ---3----------------2----------------4-----------------6----------------4---------------
A| ---3----------------0----------------2-----------------4----------------4---------------
E| ---0----------------x----------------x-----------------x----------------2---------------
(F#m) (D) (Am) (C) (C [Power Chord])
e| ---2----------------2----------------0-----------------3----------------x---------------
B| ---2----------------3----------------1-----------------3----------------x---------------
G| ---0----------------2----------------3-----------------0----------------5---------------
D| ---4----------------0----------------3-----------------2----------------5---------------
A| ---4----------------x----------------0-----------------3----------------3---------------
E| ---2----------------x----------------x-----------------x----------------x---------------
Note: "X" denotes that the string is not played.
Intro:
e| -4----2----0---------0------------------------------------------------------------------
B| -0----0----0----0----1------------------------------------------------------------------
G| ----------------1-----------------------------------------------------------------------
D| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
A| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
E| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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Verse:
(E) (A) (B) (E)
You, doin' that thing you do...
(A) (B) (C#m) (F#)
Breakin' my heart into a million pieces,
(F#m) (B)
Like you always doooooo.
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Verse 2:
(E) (A) (B) (E)
And you, don't mean to be cruel,
(A) (B) (C#m) (F#)
You never even knew about the heartache,
(D) (B)
That I've been goin' throuuuugh.
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"Chorus:"
(C#m) (F#)
Well I try and try to forget you girl,
(E) (A) (Am)
But it's just so hard to dooooooo.
(E) (Am) (E) (B) x7
Every time you do that thing you doooo.
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Verse 3:
(E) (A) (B) (E)
I, know all the games you play,
(A) (B) (C#m) (F#)
And I'm gonna find a way to let you know that,
(F#m) (B)
You'll be mine somedayyyyyy.
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Verse 4:
(E) (A) (B) (E)
Cause we, could be happy can't you seeeee,
(A) (B) (C#m) (F#)
If you'd only let me be the one to hold you,
(D) (B)
And keep you here with meeeee.
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"Chrous:"
(C#m) (F#)
Cause I try and try to forget you girl,
(E) (A) (Am)
But it's just so hard to dooooooo.
(E) (Am) (E) (E) x7
Every time you do that thing you dooooo.
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Verse 5:
(A) [Gently pick at first two strings, or all three.]
I don't ask alot girl, (I don't ask alot girl.)
(C#m) [Gently pick at first few strings.]
But I know one thing's for sure...(know one things for sure)
(F#) [Gently pick at first few strings.]
It's the love I haven't got girl,
(B) (C) (B) x7
And I just can't take it anymorrrre. WAAHHHHHH!
^*^^*^^*^^*^^*^^*^^*^^*^^*^^*^^*^^*^^*^^*^^*^^*^^*^^*^^*^^*^^*^^*^^*^^*^^*^^*^^*^^*^^*^^*^^*^^*^
Interlude/Breakdown/Solo:
Rhythm Guitar Plays with Lead:
Same as first verse;
(E) -------> (A) -------> (B)
(E) -------> (A) -------> (B) -------> (C#m) -------> (F#) -------> (F#m) -------> (B)
^*^^*^^*^^*^^*^^*^^*^^*^^*^^*^^*^^*^^*^^*^^*^^*^^*^^*^^*^^*^^*^^*^^*^^*^^*^^*^^*^^*^^*^^*^^*^^*^
Verse 6:
(E) (A) (B) (E)
Cause we, could be happy can't you see,
(A) (B) (C#m) (F#)
If you'd only let me be the one to hold you,
(D) (B)
And keep you here with meeeeee.
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"Chorus:"
(C#m) (F#)
Cause it hurts me so just to see you go,
(E) (A) (Am)
Around with someone newwwwwww.
(E) (Am)
And if I know you, you're doin' that thing.
(E) (Am)
Every day just doin' that thing.
(E) (A) (Am) (A)
I can't take you, doin' that thing you dooooooo.
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End: (Unknown chord in here, version of E.)
e| -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
B| -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
G| -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
D| -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
A| ---------2-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
E| -2---4-------0---------------------------------------------------------------------------
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version 6
Solo
e--0--0-----0------------------0--0-----0------------------------------|
B--5--5-----5”-7b9b7--5--------5--5-----5”-7b9b7--5-----5-----5--------|
G--------6---------------6--4--------6---------------6-----6-----------|
D----------------------------------------------------------------------|
A----------------------------------------------------------------------|
E----------------------------------------------------------------------|
e----------------------------------------------------------------------|
B”7b9b7--5--7--5--7”7b9b7--5-----5--7”-7b9b7--5-----5-----5-----5------|
G-----------------------------6------------------6-----5-----4---------|
D----------------------------------------------------------------------|
A----------------------------------------------------------------------|
E----------------------------------------------------------------------|
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