MORE THAN A FEELING
by Tom Scholz - Boston


(Notes in parentheses indicate bass note)


Progression (C), (), and () to :

           
G(C)    X 3 2 

  
0 3 3
G(B)    X 2 0 0 3 3
G(G)    3 2 0 0 3 3
D       X X 0 2 3 2

Start:

                /                \
fade in :      (C)   ()    ()

                /                \
               (C)   ()    () 

                /                \
               (C)   ()    ()


                                  /                 \
             
I looked out t

              
his morning an

          
d the sun was 

    
gone,

                        /                 \
             
Turned on some

          
 music to star

        
t my day,

                        /               \
             
Then lost myse

          
lf in a famili

      
ar song,

             
I closed my ey

          
es and I slipp

             
ed away...
   

    ()            

                    
                    


             
It's more than

           
 a feeling (mo

             
re than a feel

ing)

             
When I hear th

             
at old song th

            
ey used to pla

     
y
                               (more than a feeling)

            
And I begin dr

            
eaming (more t

         
han a feeling)

             
'Til I see Mar

            
ianne walk a-w

       
ay,

                                  /                \
         
I see my Maria

            
nne walking aw

            
ay.


               /                \
              (C)   ()    ()      

               /                \
              (C)   ()    ()  



                    /                  \
             
So many people

          
 have come and

     
 gone,

                        /                  \
             
Their faces fa

          
de as the year

         
s go by;

                        /                \
             
Yet I still re

          
call as I wond

       
er on, 

             
as clear as th

             
e sun In the s

            
ummer sky


      ()          

                    
                     


             
It's more than

           
 a feeling (mo

             
re than a feel

ing)

             
When I hear th

             
at old song th

            
ey used to pla

     
y
                               (more than a feeling)
            
And I begin dr

            
eaming (more t

         
han a feeling)

             
'Til I see Mar

            
ianne walk a-w

       
ay,

         
I see my Maria

            
nne walking aw

                    
ay.


Lead chords:

              
              

             
            

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            / 

       
              


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            / 

        
              


   \
           (C)    ()    ()

                   /                      \
             
When I'm tired

          
 I'm thinking 

        
cold,
                       /              \
             
I hide in my m

          
usic, forget t

    
he day  and
                  /                     \
             
Dream of a gir

        
l I used to kn

        
ow
             
I closed my ey

             
es and she sli

             
pped away.  

       /                      \
         
       /      

          
              

    
  \
         
              

          
  She slipped 


a -
       /                      \
         
way - - - - - 

          
- - - - - - - 


- - 

       /                  \             
         
- - - - - - - 

      
- - - - - - 


     ()            


                     
                      


             
It's more than

           
 a feeling (mo

             
re than a feel

ing)

             
When I hear th

             
at old song th

            
ey used to pla

     
y
                               (more than a feeling)

            
And I begin dr

            
eaming (more t

         
han a feeling)

             
'Til I see Mar

            
ianne walk a-w

               
ay,

               
               
                   repeat and fade ...


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