The Air That I Breathe - The Hollies

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Capo: Fret 2
Tuning: Standard, E A D G B E

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Song: The air that I breathe
Artist: The Hollies
Composers: Albert Hammond and Michael Hazelwood
Album: The Hollies

Tabbed by DJ   22nd Sept 2018

FINE TUNING:
The Hollies original studio recording's pitch is
quite sharp, so to play along use a chromatic tuner
and tune all the strings up by approx. +30 above
standard tuning.  Alternatively, choose a live
version which is more likely to be in standard pitch.

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CAPO: 2nd fret 
(Will then sound in the recorded approx. Key of B
 - See fine tuning information above) 

IGNORE THE CHORD BOX DIAGRAMS that the website
displays, they are generated automatically from a
generic database and often don't show the best
options for a particular chord progression. Just use
the voicings suggested in the text column numbers.

A     = x02220               C#m   = x46654
G     = 320003 or xx5433     Dm    = xx0231
Gadd9 = 320203 or xx5435     Asus2 = x02200
G6    = 320000 or xx5430     A4    = x02230
A7    = x02020               E     = 022100
D     = xx0232               E7    = 020100
C#7   = x46464               Em    = 022000
Dm/F  = xx3231 or 10323x     Dsus2 = xx0230
                             E4    = 022200

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[Intro]
             
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[Verse 1]
             
If I could mak

          
e a wish     .

..I think I'd 

pass,
             
Can't think of

        
 anything I ne

ed

[Verse 2]
             
No cigarettes,

              
 no sleep, no 


light, no soun

d,
          
Nothing to eat

             
,  no books to

 
 read

[Bridge]

Making love wi

th you...
            
Has left me  .

              
..peaceful, wa

       
rm and tired,
           
What more coul

              
d I ask?  Ther

            
e's nothing le

ft...
          
...To be de - 

            
sired

[Verse 3]
             
Peace came upo

             
n me, and it l

#
eaves me weak,
             
   So sleep, s

          
ilent angel go

              
 to sleep

[Chorus]
             
Sometimes, all

              
 I need is the

 
 air that I br

eathe,
            
And to love yo

              
u all I need i

      
s the air that

 I breathe,
            
Yes, to love y

    
ou,
              
All I need is 

             
the air that I

            
 breathe------

    
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[Break]
            
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[Verse 4]
             
Peace came upo

             
n me, and it l

#
eaves me weak,
             
   So sleep, s

          
ilent angel go

              
 to sleep

[Chorus]
             
Sometimes, all

              
 I need is the

 
 air that I br

eathe,
            
And to love yo

              
u all I need i

      
s the air that

 I breathe,
            
Yes, to love y

    
ou,
              
All I need is 

             
the air that I

            
 breathe------

    
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[Coda]
             
Sometimes, all

              
 I need is the

 
 air that I br

eathe,
            
And to love yo

             
u...all I need

        
 is the air th

at I breathe
            
Yes to love yo

             
u...all I need

        
 is the air th

at I breathe
            
And to love yo

  
u...

[Live ending]
              
...All I need 

             
is the air tha

             
t I breathe---

      
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