As The World Turns

Intro (and between chorus and verses)

   D       A        E          D       A        E
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|-------2--1-----|----------|-------2--1-----|--------|
|--2h4--------2--|--0h2--2--|--2h4--------2--|--0h2---|
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E   D             A             E
I'm checkin' out, checking on a late night flight
D     A           E
LAX a horror show
          D              A             E
Still I'd rather be here sweatin' out another take-off
     D             A            E
Than living in the valley below
      D            A              E     A  E
And I never get no comfort in the earth or sky
     D                 A      E
It's my belief they're not my home
    D           A              E  A E
The world spins one way, but I go a-nother
  D                     A              E
A-gainst the grain, one often stands a-lone


CHORUS BEGINS
D      A               E     
As the world turns, it slaps me hard
D      A               E        A   E
As the world turns, it tells me I'm weak
D      A              E    
As the world turns, I drop my guard
D      A              E        A     E
As the world turns, I turn the other cheek

Tabs are for below part of chorus
   E           A          E           A
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|--------0--|----2-----|--------0--|-----------|
|-----1-----|--2-------|-----1-----|--2--1-----|
|--2--------|----------|--2--------|--------4--|
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   E           A       
|-----------|-------0--|
|--------0--|----2-----|
|-----1-----|--2-------|
|--2--------|----------|
|-----------|----------|
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E               A
I sing, hey oh, slaps me hard,
E       A
Hey oh, slaps me hard,
E       A
Hey oh, slaps me hard,
  D            A             E   A    E
I put it all together in the exercise yard
CHORUS ENDS

Intro 2x

D                   A           E
Dreams that die too easy in the vengeance of time
     D            A             E
Some values given up for others
    D                 A              E
And this, I think the essence of our tragedy
    D               A               E
Our fallenness, our bond with one a-nother
        D             A              E  A    E
And you always hear a-bout it in the evening news
    D             A       E
You get it in the morning paper
    D                 A            E  A    E
But if you think it's always gonna be this way
  D              A       E
I say it's gonna change, sooner or later

Chorus

Interlude E  A  E  B  E  A  E  D  A  E A E
A              E
Slaps me hard (Average Joe)
A              E
Slaps me hard (Cheech Marin)
  A              E
A slappa-ma-face (Elvis)
    D       A        E
You know it slaps me hard (John Lennon)

D           A             E
Many people wanting the e-lixir of youth
D                   A          E
Through defeats and through disasters
D            A               E
Stifling the only thing that changes it all --
D                A           E
Love is what I'm going after
  D                  A            E  A  E
A-chievements always falling into yesterday
      D           A     E
I'm a pupil in an Intro class
D                  A               E   A  E
New cars, travels, love affairs cannot provide
    D                 A    E
The way out of life's iron cast

Chorus - repeat from "Hey oh" 2nd time


Intro 2x

Copyright 1984 Twitchen Vibes Music ASCAP

Transcription by Joshua R. Martinez - guitarman4christ@netzero.net
http://freeweb.pdq.net/pokes.66/ccm/ccm.htm
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