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From: dirkcush@pdq.net
Date: Tue, 17 Mar 1998 09:56:24 -0600
Subject: breaking us into - joe jackson

BREAKING US IN TWO       JOE JACKSON - 1982
Transcribed by: Dirk Cushenbery, MT-BC  (dirkcush@pdq.net -
http://freeweeb.pdq.net/dirkcush)

[F#]Don't you feel like [E/F#]trying something [F#]new [D][E]

[F#]Don't you feel like  [E/F#]breaking out or[D/B] breaking us in [A]two

[D]You don't do the [E]things that I do [D]You want to do the things [E]I
can't do

[D]Always something breaking [E]us in[F#] two

[F#]You and I could [ E/F#]never live a[F#]lone[D][E]

[F#] But don't you feel like [E/F# ]breaking out Just [D/B]one day on your
[A] own

[D]Why does what I'm[E] saying hurt you [D]I didn't say that [E]we were through

[D]Always something breaking [E]us in [F#]two

[D/B ]They say two [E]hearts should beat as [D]one for [A/F#]us

[D]We'll fight it [E]out to see it [F#]through

[C/A]I say that you [D]won't be  too much [am]fun for [em]us

Though it's [C]oh so nice to get advice it's [ F#sus/B ]oh so hard to
do[C#sus][C#]

[F# ]Could we be much [E/F# ]closer if we [F#]tried [D][E]

[F#]We could stay at[E/F# ] home and stare in[D/B]to each other's [A]eyes

[D]Maybe we could [E]last an hour [D]Maybe then we'd [E]see right through

[D]Always something breaking [E]us in [F#]two

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From: wvaughan@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (William Vaughan)

Here's my favorite Joe Jackson tune, as close as I can get it.
I'm not sure about the G/A and G/B in the chorus, but I can't
find anything else close.  I believe the rest is right after
seeing Joe a couple of times in 91.  Listen to the tune to get
the struming pattern down -  its not as easy as it looks.
Correct as needed.

Will

Chords
G  3x0033     Asus2 x02200
D  xx0232     G/A   x00033
F  133211     G/B   x20033
C  x32010


Joe Jackson - Blaze of Glory

Verse 1

G                  D   G            D

Johnny was a young boy with nothing much

                      F           C     F C
But a certain kind of look in his eyes

G                     D   G
He was discovered one day seems he had

          D         F               C     F  C
a certain appeal to certain kind of guys

G             D      G           D
Gave him some advice and set him out

            F           C    F   C
To make the young girls cry

G                  D   G              D
And all the young boys being dumb and restless

     F           C    F C
They could identify


Prechorus

D                          Asus2    F
So tell me who'll take the blame


For the way things turned out

Verse 2 - same pattern as 1st

Well six long months passed and Johnny
was the hottest thing alive
We loved Johnny and we owned Johnny
Nobody knew how Johnny felt inside
But Johnny was beautiful he was like a God
We all went along for the ride
The ride started to go too fast
Johnny just conviently died


Prechorus 2(same as 1st)
And he went up in flames
He did what he had to do


Chorus

F        G         G/A G/B   D
And they say its a trag-ic   story

        F                C   F C
He just wasn't there one day

            G        G/A   G/B  D
But he went out in a blaze of   glory

F           C  F              C    Asus2
And you and I, you and I just fade away

Verse 3 - same as other two
Well now days there's lots of guys like Johnny
They got it all worked out, like working nine to five
But they're all cartoons, they all think they're superman
But they can't even fly
They say that Johnny's ghost walks down in Memphis
Wehn the moon is full and high
And I wonder if he sees these jokers
I wonder if he laughs or if he cries

Prechorus - same
Now he's an angel in flames
but what about you and me.

Chorus twice

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From: helmers@chemie.fu-berlin.de (Juergen Helmers)

BE MY NUMBER TWO        Joe Jackson

This is just a simple try to adapt this lovley piano-based
ballad to the guitar. If you need it, I maybe could write
down and mail you the tabs as I play it, but firstgive it a go
and work out your own..

INTRO

F Bb C F Bb C am7 gm7 C dm7 C

F Bb C F Bb C am7 gm7 C dm7 C


Verses:


F                    Bb  C
  Won't you be my number two

F                  Bb C
  Being number one or trough (?)

am7                  gm7     C
  There won't be too much to do

       dm7               C
  just smile when I feel blue

F                           Bb C
  And there's not much left of me

F                      Bb  C
  What you get is what you see

am7               gm7 C
  Is it worth the energy

    dm7            C
  I leave it up to you


Break:

Bb    F          C            F
  And if you got something to say to me

Bb      F          C        F
  Don't try to lay off only weights on me

Bb  F              C          F
  I know that it's really not fair of me

  Bb9                C9
  But my heart seemed too much action

F                       Bb C
  And every time I look at you

F                      Bb  C
  you'll be who I want you to

am7                gm7   C
  And I'll do what I can do

     dm7             C        Bb^6
  To make a dream or two come true

            Bb^6             gm7    F
  if you be my, if you be my number two.


F Bb C F Bb C am7 gm7 C dm7 C

End:

Bb^6 gm7 gm7/c F^79


Chords:

F:        Bb:        C:

e|--1--------x-----------x---|
b|--1--------3-----------5---|
g|--2--------3-----------5---|
d|--3--------3-----------5---|
a|--3--------1-----------3---|
e|--1--------x-----------x---|


Use these chords for the first two lines of each verse and
the break.
The am7, gm7 and dm7 in the rest of each verse are:


am7:   gm7:    dm7:
e|--x------x-------x-------|
b|--5------3-------10------|
g|--5------3-------10------|
d|--5------3-------10------|
a|--x------x-------x-------|
e|--5------3-------10------|


For last C in each verse I take an upper position:

   C:
e|-----x-------------------|
b|-----8-------------------|
g|-----9-------------------|
d|-----10------------------|
a|-----x-------------------|
e|-----8-------------------|

The Bb9 and the C9 in the end of the break are:

Bb9:         C9:

e|--x-----------x---|
b|--1-----------3---|
g|--3-----------5---|
d|--3-----------5---|
a|--1-----------3---|
e|--x-----------x---|


So you finally need the chords I play in the end of the Song.
I end up in the 10th position (dm7) and progress in a downward
movement in an ending-sequence to a finally F^7/9:


Play the dm7 at the 10th and the C at the 8th position. Go
down two frets to the 6th position and try a Bbmajor6 like
this:

   Bb^6:
e|---------x--------|
b|---------6--------|
g|---------7--------|
d|---------5--------|
a|---------x--------|
e|---------6--------|

In the ending sequence I use the already mentioned gm7 after which I go over a gm7
add C on b-string at first position,

   gm7/C:
e|---------x---------|
b|---------1---------|
g|---------3---------|
d|---------3---------|
a|---------x---------|
e|---------3---------|


to the last chord, a F major7/9:


   F^7/9:
e|---------0---------|
b|---------1---------|
g|---------0---------|
d|---------3---------|
a|---------x---------|
e|---------1---------|

I hope you like it and enjoy...   Juergen


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Juergen Helmers               Freie Universitaet Berlin
Tel.: + 49 30 6269734         Institut fuer Biochemie
Fax :(+ 49 30 6269734)        helmers@chemie.fu-berlin.de
WWW-Page-URL: http://www.chemie.fu-berlin.de/user/helmers
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