The Tide Is High - Blondie
Capo: Fret 2
Tuning: B, E A D G B E
Song: The tide is high
Artist: Blondie
Composer: John Holt
Album: Autoamerican
Tabbed by DJ 14th Nov 2016
Blondie's cover of the 1968 track by The Paragons
CAPO: 2nd fret
(Will then sound in the recorded key of B)
A = x02220 D = xx0232 Bm7 = x13121 E = 022100
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riff on the E chord in the Choruses
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[Intro]
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[Chorus 1]
The tide is hi
gh, but I'm ho
lding on,
I'm gonna be y
our number one
,
I'm not the ki
nda girl who g
ives up just l
ike that,
Oh, no-------!
[Verse 1]
It's not the t
hings you do t
hat tease and
hurt me bad
But it's the w
ay you do the
things you do
to me,
I'm not the ki
nda girl who g
ives up just l
ike that,
Oh, no-------!
[Chorus 2]
The tide is hi
gh, but I'm ho
lding on,
I'm gonna be y
our number one
, number one,
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Number one----
------!
[Verse 2]
Every girl wan
ts you to be h
er man,
But I'll wait,
my dear, 'til
it's my turn,
I'm not the ki
nda girl who g
ives up just l
ike that,
Oh, no--------
!
[Chorus 3]
The tide is hi
gh, but I'm ho
lding on,
I'm gonna be y
our number one
, number one,
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Number one----
------!
[Bridge]
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[Verse 3]
Every girl wan
ts you to be h
er man,
But I'll wait,
my dear, 'til
it's my turn,
I'm not the ki
nda girl who g
ives up just l
ike that,
Oh, no--------
!
[Chorus 4]
The tide is hi
gh, but I'm ho
lding on,
I'm gonna be y
our number one
,
Number one, nu
mber one,
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Number one----
------!
[Chorus 5]
The tide is hi
gh, but I'm ho
lding on,
I'm gonna be y
our number one
,
The tide is hi
gh, but I'm ho
lding on,
I'm gonna be y
our number one
[Chorus 6]
The tide is hi
gh, I'm ...ho
lding on,
I'm gonna be y
our number one
,
The tide is hi
gh, I'm ...ho
lding on,
I'm gonna be y
our number one
, your ...numb
er one
[Coda]
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[Suggestion for ending]
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[Chorus Riff]
D E
...Number one-
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B|--0---
G|--1---
D|--2--0
A|------
E|------
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[Option for th
D E
...Number one-
e|--0---
B|--0---
G|--1---
D|--2--0
A|------
E|------
e Chorus riff,
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with chord slide]
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