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Mia Tab

by Emmy The Great


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).

      X32010
    X20010
     002210
      320003
      133211
*     302010
      022100

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---Verse One---

                                   
The day that we, took out a car in the rain
                            
Is the day you forgot how to brake
                                   
And see, how quickly the picture will change
                                  
Filled with fingers and voices and teeth
                            
I still remember holding my hand
             *                      
Against your face just before it was splayed
                        
Across the radio, as it played



---Verse Two---

                                    
And you and me are still as the scenery moves
    
Oh, why should it stop, just ‘cause
                                         
Suddenly, there’s one where there used to be two,
                          
And everything’s quiet but then
                                        
Looks like the speaker lived through the blow
              *                   
Still playing some compilation you made
                               
Feels like a lifetime sitting alone
            *                  
So I start humming along to the tape

---Chorus---

                                
I always liked this singer, I remember
                                         
How you were the one who told me that her name
                     
Was either Mia or M.I.A.



---Bridge---

                 
And I am thinking,
          
How many hours ‘til I’m home?
                          
How long do I stay in this place?
                           
Who’s going to wash all the blood from my clothes?
                     
Who’s gonna cancel my date?
                          
Who’s gonna cancel my date?
               
And I think....

---Chorus---

                               
I always liked this singer, I remember
                                         
How you were the one who told me that her name
                
Was either Mia...
             
Oh I think...

---Chorus---

                               
I always liked this singer, I remember
                                         
How you were the one who told me that her name
                      
Was either Mia, or M.I.A.



---Verse Three---

                                  
The day that we took out a car in the rain
                            
I thought to myself that the sky was blue
                     
As I’d ever seen it but yet
      
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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