Funny Ways Gentle Giant
* Riff in Verses 2 and 4:
[Eb] [Bb]
e |---3-----------1-------| B |---4--------1--3-------| G |---3---2-h3----3-------| D |---5-----------3--3----| A |---------------1-------| E |-----------------------|
Gary Green played a 12 string acoustic on this track, live he is
tuned down a full tone, and then a capo added at the 2nd fret
to bring it back to standard tuning. Presumably having it in a
lower tuning helped take pressure of the guitar neck, or maybe
for other songs in a live set using the acoustic he was in a
dropped tuning of DGCFAD and just took the capo off for those...?
[Intro]
||: [Emadd9] / / / / [Fmaj7+11]| / [Cmaj7] / [Asus2] / / :|| [x2]
[Verse 1]
[Emadd9] Sorry to have been ...so [Asus2]much of a bore,
But, in my o[D]wn funny way, I [Cmaj7]find I learn much [Emadd9]more,
[Emadd9] I realise ...what you [Asus2]think from your eyes,
But, in your o[D]wn funny ways, I [Cmaj7]find I learn much [Emadd9]more!
[Verse 2]
| [Gm]/ [Bb]/ [Dm]/ [F]/__[Em]/ | [Dm]My ways are str[Gm]ange,
Gm Bb Dm F Em Dm *Eb Bb
| / / / /__/ | They'll never change,
*Eb Bb *Eb Bb Bb(addb9)
They stay ...strange ways!
[Verse 3]
| [Em9] / / / / | / / / / |
[Emadd9] Sorry to have been ...so c[Asus2]lose from the start,
But, for a[D]ll that I cared, we [Cmaj7]could've been miles a [Emadd9]- part,
[Emadd9] I understood ...that[Asus2] you never would...
...Under - st[D]and a way of [Cmaj7]life I never [Emadd9]could!
[Verse 4]
| [Gm]/ [Bb]/ [Dm]/ [F]/__[Em]/ | [Dm]My ways are str[Gm]ange,
Gm Bb Dm F Em Dm *Eb Bb
| / / / /__/ | They'll never change,
*Eb Bb *Eb Bb
They stay, strange ways!
[Piano riff]
||: [D]/__/ /__[Bm]/ /[Bm/A] / | [D]/__/ /__[Bm]/ / [Bm/A] / :|| [x2]
^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
[Bridge]
||: G[D]o your own way, or [Bm]wait--- ...for[Bm/A] me! :|| [x4]
[Organ break]
||:[Gm7/F] /__/ /__[Em]/ / / |[Gm7/F] /__/ /__[Em]/ / / :|| [x2]
^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
[Brass break]
||: [F5]/__[C5]/ /__[D5]/ / / | [F5]/__[C5]/ /__[Eb5]/ / / :|| [x4]
^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
| [Eb5] / / [E5]/ / |
^ ^
[Guitar solo]
| [Em]/ / / / | [A]/ / / / | [D]/ / [C]/ / | [Em]/ / / / |
| [Em]/ / / / | [A]/ / / / | [D]/ / [C]/ / | [Emadd9] / / / / | / / / / |
[Verse 5]
[Emadd9] And so you see ...what h[Asus2]appened to me,
Since the t[D]ime when I judged my [Cmaj7]life in nights and [Emadd9]days,
[Emadd9] I realised ...that[Asus2] my life was lies,
So you s[D]ee what I mean with[Cmaj7] all my funny[Emadd9] ways!
[Verse 6]
Emadd9 [Tben no cbords]
Sorry to have been ...so much of a bore,
But, in my own funny ways, I find I learn much more!
[Coda]
[Emadd9] [Emadd9] [Emadd9] [Emadd9]
Funny ways, funny ways, funny ways, funny ways------! ------------------------------------------------------------------------
In live versions Garry Green uses this chord sequence in the intro,
and also during Kerry Minnear's vibraphone solo...
||: [Emadd9] / / / / |[Cmaj7] / / / / |[C#m7b5] / / / / |[Cmaj7] / / / / :|| [Repeat]
Emadd9 = 024000 Cmaj7 = x35000 C#m7b5 = x45000
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