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ENGLISH ROSE by THE JAM
Written by Paul Weller
Off the LP 'All Mod Cons' (Polydor, 1978)
Intro:
Ab/Eb Dm7b5
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--------5--------5--------------5--------5--------
-----6--------6--------6-----6--------6--------6--
--6--------6--------6-----5--------5--------5-----
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Dbmaj7 Dm7b5
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--------------------------6--6--6----6--6--6-------
--------5--------5---------------------------------
-----6--------6--------6---------------------------
--4--------4--------4-----4--4--4----5--5--5-------
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Dm7b5 Ab/Eb
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--6--6--6--6--6-------------------------------------
-------------------------5--------5-----------------
----------------------6--------6--------5-----------
--5--5--5--5--5----6--------6--------6--------------
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Verses 1,2 and 3
Ab Dm7b5
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--------------------------------5--------5----------
--------6--------6-----------6--------6--------6----
-----6--------6--------6--5--------5--------5-------
--4--------4--------4-------------------------------
Dbmaj7 Ab/Eb
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--------5--------5--------------6--------6----------
-----6--------6--------6-----6--------6--------6----
--4--------4--------4-----4--------4--------4-------
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Ab Dm7b5
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--------------------------------5--------5----------
--------6--------6-----------6--------6--------6----
-----6--------6--------6--5--------5--------5-------
--4--------4--------4-------------------------------
Dbmaj7 Dm7b5
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----------------------------6--6--6--6--6--6--------
--------5--------5----------------------------------
-----6--------6--------6----------------------------
--4--------4--------4-------4--4--4--5--5--5--------
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Dbmaj7 Ab/Eb
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--6--6--6-------------------------------------------
-------------------5--------5-----------------------
----------------6--------5--------5-----------------
--4--4--4----6--------6--------6--------------------
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Play the verse bit three times and then go up (half a) key
for the last verse and the end bit.
A/E Ebm7b5
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--------6--------6--------------6--------6----------
-----7--------7--------7-----7--------7--------7----
--7--------7--------7-----6--------6--------6-------
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Dmaj7 Ab/Eb
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---------6--------6--------6--------6---------------
------7--------7--------7--------7------------------
---5--------5--------7--------7---------------------
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A Ebm7b5
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--------------------------------6--------6----------
--------7--------7-----------7--------7--------7----
-----7--------7--------7--6--------6--------6-------
--5--------5--------5-------------------------------
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Dmaj7 Ebm7b5
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--------------------------7--7--7--7--7--7----------
--------6--------6----------------------------------
-----7--------7--------6----------------------------
--5--------5--------5-----5--5--5--6--6--6----------
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Dmaj7 A/E Ebm7b5
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--7--7--7-------------------------------------------
-----------------6--------6--------------6----------
--------------7--------7--------7-----7-------------
--5--5--5--7--------7--------7-----6----------------
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Dmaj7 A/E A
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--------------------------7--7--7--------------10----
--------6--------6-----------------------6-----------
-----7--------7--------7--------------7-----7--7-----
--5--------5--------5-----5--5--5--7-----------------
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And that's it (I think)