Evil Woman - Electric Light Orchestra

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                   Evil Woman – Electric Light Orchestra
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Written by: Jeff Lynne
From: "Face the Music" (1975)

Tabbed by: maguri
Tuning: Standard

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VERSE / CHORUS / SOLO pattern
| 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + | 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + | 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + | 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + |
 [Am     [Em7  [Dm7        [Dm7[Em7  [Am     [Em7  [Dm7        [Em7


LINK to chorus
 [C   [C/E  [C
  1 + 2 + 3 + 
e|0-----0-----
B|1-----1-----
G|0-----0-----
D|2-----2-----
A|3-----x-----
E|------0-----

/G
4 +  
0---|
1---|
0---|
2---|
x---|
3---|


SOLO (string l
 [F           
  1 + 2 + 3 + 
e|------------
B|------------
G|5-----------
D|------------
A|------------
E|------------
              

ine at the end
    [Em(add9) 
4 +  1 + 2 + 3
----|---------
----|---------
----|4-------4
----|---5--4--
----|---------
----|---------
       (triple

)
       [Am
 + 4 +  1  
-------|
-------|
-------|
--5--4-|2
-------|
-------|
ts)

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CHORDS
        E-A-D-
C9      x-3-2-
F9      x-8-7-

G-B-e
3-3-3
8-8-8
F#dim7  x-x-4-
C/E     0-x-2-
C/G     3-x-2-

5-4-5
0-1-0
0-1-0

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[Intro]

 You made a fo

ol of me
            
 But these bro

    
ken dreams 
            
Have got to en

d

[Interlude]
(piano only)
|      | 
|   |   |
|   | 
(full band)

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|   |   |
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[Verse 1]
         
 Hey woman, yo

  
u got the blue

s
       
   ‘cause you 

          
ain't got no o

   
ne else to use
         
 There's an op

          
en road that l


eads nowhere, 
      
   So just mak

           
e some miles b

       
etween here an

d there
         
 There's a hol

           
e in my head w

         
here the rain 

comes in
      
         You t

           
ook my body an

  
d played to wi

n
        
    Ha ha  - w

          
oman it's a cr


ying shame
       
   But you ain

             
't got no one 

               |      |
else to blame

[Chorus]
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 E-evil woman

    
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 E-evil woman

   
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 E-evil woman

    
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 E-evil woman

   

[Verse 2]
         
 Rolled in fro

   
m another town
      
    Hit some g

           
old too hot to

 
 settle down
         
  But a fool a

           
nd his money s

    
oon go separat

e ways
      
         And y

           
ou found a foo

  
l lyin' in a d

aze
        
    Ha, ha - w

            
oman what you 


gonna do
      
    You destro

            
yed all the vi

             
rtues that the

 
 Lord gave you
        
     It's so g

            
ood that you'r

  
e feeling pain
       
   But you bet

             
ter get yourse

              
lf on board th

             
e very next tr

    |      |
ain

[Chorus]
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 E-evil woman

    
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 E-evil woman

   
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 E-evil woman 

    
   (evil woman

)
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 E-evil woman

   

[Solo]
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| 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + | 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + | 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + | 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + |
         
              

           
        (Hey, 

                      
hey, hey, hey)

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  (Hey, hey, h

ey, 
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  hey)

           

       

    

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[Chorus]
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 E-evil woman

    
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 E-evil woman

   
         1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + |  
      
 E-evil woman 

           
(You’re an evi


l woman)
         1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + |  
      
 E-evil woman

   

[Verse 3]
         
 Evil woman ho

      
w you done me 

wrong
      
         But n

           
ow you're tryi

             
n' to wail a d


ifferent song
        
    Ha, ha - f

           
unny how you b


roke me up
      
         You m

           
ade the wine n

       
ow you drink t

he cup
       
     I came ru

           
nnin' every ti


me you cried
      
         Thoug

           
ht I saw love 


smilin' in you

r eyes
       
    Ha, ha - v

   
ery nice to kn

ow
       
   That you ai

             
n't got no pla

             |      |
ce left to go

[Chorus]
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 E-evil woman

    
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 E-evil woman

   

      
 E-evil woman 

           
(You’re an evi

 
l woman)
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 E-evil woman

   

[Chorus]
      
 E-evil woman 

           
(You’re an evi

 
l woman)
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 E-evil woman

   

      
 E-evil woman 

          
(Such an evil 


woman)
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 E-evil woman

   

(fade out)

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