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The Logical Song by Supertramp - Guitar Chords
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Song: The logical song
Artist: Supertramp
Composers: Rick Davies and Roger Hodgson
Album: Breakfast in America
Tabbed by DJ ('DiddyD')for ultimateGuitar- 27th Feb 2015
For Supertramp video performance of the song copy and paste this link:
--.-/watch?ds49aLRv4xt0Fwoc
NOTE: For keyboard players and bassists use the transpose function
and set it to +1 to display the chords in the key of Eb.
[Intro riff]
Bm Bm/F# Bm/A Bm Bm/F# Bm/A
e |---2--2--2--2------------|---2--2--2--2------------|
B |---3--3--3--3------------|---3--3--3--3------------| [x2]
G |---4--4--4--4------------|---4--4--4--4------------|
D |---4--4--4--4------------|---4--4--4--4------------|
A |---2--2--2--2--------0---|---2--2--2--2--------0---|
E |---------------0-h2------|---------------0-h2------|
[Chorus Riff arpeggios]
C Em/B Am7 G (G/A)(G/B)
e |----------------------|-------------------------|
B |----------------------|-------------------------|
G |---------0--------0---|---------0---------------|
D |------2--------2------|------2------------------|
A |---3--------2---------|---0--------------0--h2--|
E |----------------------|------------3------------|
h = hammer-on note
CAPO: 1st fret (Will then sound in the original recorded key of Eb)
Chord names and fret positions are relative to the capo:
Bm = x24432 G = 320033 Em/B = x22000
Bm/F# = 224432 E7/G# = 420100 Am7 = x02010
Bm/A = x04432 D = xx0232 Em = 022000
Gmaj7 = 320002 G#m7b5/D = xx0102 Em7 = 020000
F#m7 = 242222 Gmaj7/D = xx0002 B7 = x21202
A = x02220 C = x32010 Bm/D = xx0432
(G) = 3xxxxx
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[Intro]
Bm Bm/F# Bm/A Bm Bm/F# Bm/A
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[Verse 1]
Bm Gmaj7 F#m7
When I was young, it seemed that life was so wonderful,
(G) A G E7/G#
A miracle, oh, it was beautiful, magical,
Bm
And all the birds in the trees,
Gmaj7 F#m7
Well, they'd be singing so happily,
(G) A G E7/G#
Oh, joyfully, oh, playfully watching me
[Verse 2]
Bm Gmaj7 F#m7
But then they sent me away, to teach me how to be sensible,
(G) A G E7/G#
Logical, oh, re - sponsible, practical,
Bm Gmaj7 F#m7
And then they showed me a world where I could be so de - pendable,
(G) A G E7/G#
Oh, clinical, oh, intel - lectual, cynical
[Chorus]
D G#m7b5/D
There are times when all the world's a - sleep
Gmaj7/D C Em/B Am7 G
The questions run too deep for such a simple man---------------,
D G#m7b5/D
Won't you please, ...please, tell me what we've learnt,
Gmaj7/D
I know it sounds ab - surd,
C Em/B Am7 G
Please, tell me who I am---------------!
C Em/B Am7 G
| / / / / | / / / / |
[Verse 3]
Bm Gmaj7 F#m7
I said now, watch what you say, they'll be calling you a radical,
(G) A G E7/G#
A liberal, oh, fan - atical, criminal,
Bm
Oh, won't you sign up your name?
Gmaj7 F#m7
We'd like to feel you're ac - ceptable
(G) A G E7/G#
Re - spectable, oh, pre - sentable, a vegetable,
E7/G#
Oh, take it, take it,...
[Verse 4 - Sax solo]
...Yeah!
Bm Gmaj7 F#m7 (G) A G E7/G#
| / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / |
Bm Gmaj7 F#m7 (G) A G E7/G#
| / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / |
[Chorus]
E7/G# D G#m7b5/D
But at night, when all the world's a - sleep,
Gmaj7/D C Em/B Am7 G
The questions run so deep for such a simple man---------,
D G#m7b5/D
Won't you please, please, tell me what we've learnt?
(Oh, won't you tell me? Umm, tell me what!)
Gmaj7/D
I know it sounds ab - surd,
(Can you hear me? I know!) (Oh, won't you help me?)
C Em/B Am7 G C Em/B Am7 G
Please, tell me who I am-------------, who I am--------------,
(Tell me who I am-------------!)
C Em/B Am7 G C Em/B Am7 G
Who I am--------------, who I am---------------! Yeah!
[Coda Repeats - See bottom of page for full tablature of Coda]
B7 Em Em7
||: / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / |
B7 Em Bm/D G
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[Coda - Riffing with bass notes] The nine bar pattern repeats
h = Hammer-on notes
B7
e |-------2--2---------|--2-----------------|-------2--2---------|
B |-------0--0---------|--0-----------------|-------0--0---------|
G |-------2--2---------|--2-----------------|-------2--2---------|
D |-------1--1---------|--1---0-h1----------|-------1--1---------|
A |----0--2--2------0--|--2---------2--0----|----0--2--2---------|
E |--2-----------------|--------------------|--2-----------2--1--|
Em Em7 B7
e |--------------------|-------2--2---------|---2----------------|
B |---0--------0--0----|-------0--0---------|---0----------------|
G |---0--------0--0----|-------2--2---------|---2----------------|
D |---2-----2--0--0----|-------1--1---------|---1---0-h1---------|
A |---2----------------|----0--2--2------0--|---2---------2--0---|
E |---0----------------|--2-----------------|--------------------|
B7 Em Bm/D (Bm/F#) G
e |-------2--2---------|--0------2----------|---3----------------|
B |-------0--0---------|--0------3----------|---3----------------|
G |-------2--2---------|--0------4----------|---4----------------|
D |-------1--1---4--3--|--2---2--0------4---|---5----------------|
A |----0--2--2---------|--------------------|--------------------|
E |--2-----------------|--------------------|--------------------|
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