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              Thank You For The Music – ABBA
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Written by: Benny Anderson/Björn Ulvaeus
From: “The Album” (1977)

Tabbed by: maguri
Tuning: Standard

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capo: 4th fret
play: C
key: E

For chords in the original key transpose +4

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[Link 1]
        Gsus4/
      G       
  1 + 2 + 3 + 
e|------------
B|----0---1---
G|----0---0---
D|------------
A|--------0---
E|----3-------

A
G/B
4 +
----|
3---|
0---|
----|
2---|
----|

[Link 2]
      A7  G/B 
  1 + 2 + 3 + 
e|------------
B|----2---3---
G|----0---0---
D|----2-------
A|----0---2---
E|------------

A7/C#
4 +
----|
5---|
0---|
----|
4---|
----|

[Pre chorus]
  Am          
  1 + 2 + 3 + 
e|------------
B|1---1--0h1--
G|2---2---2---
D|2---2-------
A|0-----------
E|------------

     F/A
4 +  1 + 2 + 3
----|---------
1---|1---1--0h
2---|2---2---2
----|3--------
----|0--------
----|---------

 + 4 +
-------|
1--1---|
---2---|
-------|
-------|
-------|

[Coda]
  C       Dm7 
  1 + 2 + 3 + 
e|------------
B|----1-------
G|--0-------2-
D|2-----2-3---
A|3-------5---
E|------------
(Thank you for

     C/E     F
4 +  1 + 2 + 3
0---|----3----
--3-|1--------
----|--0---0-1
----|---------
----|---------
----|0-------1
 pointing out 

m       C
 + 4 +
---3-1-|0
-1-----|1
-------|0
-------|2
-------|3
-------|
the correct co

da chords, gub

bl.fisch.2!)

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CHORDS (E-A-D-G-B-e)

[Intro}       
F#m11      2-x
G6         3-x
G5         3-x

              
-2-2-0-x      
-0-0-0-0      
-0-0-3-x      

   [Chorus]
   C/G        
   D/F#       
   D/A        

 3-x-2-0-1-0
 2-x-0-2-3-x
 x-0-x-2-3-x
              
[Verse]       
Cdim7      x-x
Gaug       3-x
C/E        0-x

              
              
-1-2-1-2      
-1-0-0-x      
-2-0-1-0      

   Eaug       
   E7         
   C/Bb       
   Dm/E       
   Dm/F       

 0-2-0-1-1-x (= E7aug)
 0-2-0-1-0-x
 x-1-2-0-1-0
 x-x-2-2-3-1
 x-x-3-2-3-1
Caug       x-3
F/A        x-0
Dm/C       x-3
              
              
              

-2-1-1-x
-3-2-1-x      
-x-2-3-1      
              
              
              

   [Bridge]
   Fm6        
   Fm(maj7)   
   E7-9       
   E7         

 x-x-3-1-3-1
 x-x-3-1-1-0
 x-x-0-1-0-1
 x-x-0-1-0-0

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[Intro]
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 (freely)

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[Verse 1] (piano, freely)
           
I'm nothing sp

        
ecial, in fact

            
 I'm a bit of 

        [   ]
a bore
             
If I tell a jo

            
ke, you've pro

              
bably heard it

          
 before
             
But I have a t

         
alent, a wonde

rful thing
           
'Cause everyon

          
e listens when

           
 I start to si

ng
            
I'm so gratefu

             
l and proud
            
All I want is 

          
to sing it out

 
 loud...
   
So I       say

 (= Link 1)

[Chorus]
             
Thank you for 

           
the music, the

     
 songs I'm sin

ging
         
Thanks for all

       
 the joy  they

        
're bringing
             
Who can live w

          
ithout it, I a

       
sk  in all hon

     [  ]
esty
             
  What would l

    
ife be?
             
Without a song

          
 or a dance, w

        
hat are we?
  
So I   say  (=

 Link 2)
        
Thank you for 

    
the music
        
For gi-   ving

      |   |   |
 it to me

[Verse 2]
           
Mother says I 

        
was a dancer b

             
efore I could 

      [  
walk         (

 ]
Mh, mh)
             
She says I beg

            
an to sing lon

              
g before I cou

          
ld talk
             
And I've often

              
 wondered, how

           
 did it all st


art?
             
Who found out 

          
that nothing c

            
an capture a h


eart
            
Like a melody 

        
can? (= Pre-ch

orus)
            
Well, whoever 

          
it was, I'm a 


fan
   
So I       say

 (= Link 1)

[Chorus]
             
Thank you for 

           
the music, the

     
 songs I'm sin

ging
         
Thanks for all

       
 the joy  they

        
're bringing
             
Who can live w

          
ithout it, I a

       
sk  in all hon

     [  ]
esty
             
  What would l

    
ife be?
             
Without a song

          
 or a dance, w

        
hat are we?
  
So I   say  (=

 Link 2)
        
Thank you for 

    
the music
        
For gi-   ving

      [  ]
 it to me

[Middle 8]
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I've been so l

              
ucky, I am the

      
 girl with gol

    
den hair
        
I wanna sing i

    
t  out  to eve

  
rybody
          
What a joy, wh

/           
at a life, wha

        
t a cha-a-    

 
  ance!
                              (= Link 1)
[Chorus]
             
Thank you for 

          
the music, the

         
 songs I'm sin

ging
         
Thanks for all

       
 the joy  they

        
're bringing
             
Who can live w

          
ithout it, I a

       
sk  in all hon

     [  ]
esty
             
  What would l

    
ife be?
             
Without a song

          
 or a dance, w

        
hat are we?
  
So I   say  (=

 Link 2)
        
Thank you for 

    
the music
        
For gi-   ving

    |   | 
 it to me
   
 So I   say  (

= Link 2)
        
Thank you for 

    
the music
        
For gi-   ving

    [  ] 
 it to me

[Coda]
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