Tom: Em E|E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|| Please no more sad songs - Idle Race E|E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|| Tabbed by: Robert McMillan Tuning: Standard The Idle Race, the band Jeff Lynne was in before he joined the Move (and therefore - before ELO). I am surprised that they are not already in the Ultimate Guitar database, so thought I'd post one. (Here's a link to their biog - they have long since split. The F D chord sequence at the end of the verses is the same as the intro riff. The F might be better as an Fmaj7, the F sounds right to me. Also, I am not sure that the guitar fill after the first chorus is right, it's very fast and I'm not particularly good at picking those bits up. I play rhythm more than lead, so... Corrections and comments welcome. Intro ===== F D E|-----------12---------------| B|--------13----15-13---------| G|-----14-------------14------| D|--15------------------------| A|----------------------------| E|----------------------------| Verse ===== G Em Yes she's leaving on the train, C Never coming back again, D D7 F D (intro riff) The lines go far ahead. G Em Got a job fixed in the city, C Wants to be a star she's pretty, D D7 F D (intro riff) And I don't get a part. Chorus ====== G B7 So please no more sad songs, C Am I heard enough today, G Am D C G Isn't it nice, holding you tight, remember- er-er (Fill) E|-----------------------------------| B|-17p15p12--------------------------| G|----------16p14p12h14h16--12h14p12-| D|-----------------------------------| A|-----------------------------------| E|-----------------------------------| Verse ===== Em Left a note here on the floor C Where she used to knock the door D D7 F D (intro riff) I found when I got home G Em Said you're gonna be a singer C Be a star, a real swinger, D D7 F D (intro riff) I hope it's very nice. Chorus ====== G B7 So please no more sad songs, C Am I heard enough today, G Am D C G Isn't it nice, holding you tight, remember- er-er Bridge ====== F Em D Thought she was joking when I looked around F Em Am Went to her room and saw her things had gone, Cm She must have flown G B7 Oh Ahhhhh ahh ahhh ahhhhh F C Aaahhhh aaahhh aaaahhhh aaaahhh Am D G Aaaahhh aaaahhhh aaaahhh aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah Cm E|---------------------------------| B|-------------16---------16p15----| G|----15p14p12---------------------| D|---------------------------------| A|---------------------------------| E|---------------------------------| Verse ===== G Em Guess she's left upon a train, C Never coming back again, D D7 F D (Intro riff) The lines went far away. G Em Got her job in the big city, C She became a star so pretty D D7 F D (Intro riff) Now I don't know her name. Chorus ====== G B7 So please no more sad songs, C Am I heard enough today, G Am D C G C Isn't it nice, holding you tight, remember- er-er G B7 So please no more sad songs, C Am I heard enough today, G Am D C G Isn't it nice, holding you tight, remember- er-er Am G Am D C G Isn't it nice, holding you tight, remember- er-er