She Moves In Her Own Way Bass Tabs - The Kooks @ BigBassTabs.com

THE KOOKS —— SHE MOVES IN HER OWN WAY BASS TAB

Intro

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D|——————————————|
A|——R——E——S——T——|
E|——————————————|


Verse

So at my show on Monday
I was hoping someday
You'd be on your way to better things
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A|—————5————3————3——0——00—2——5—3—2—0——|
E|——3————3————————————————————————————|

It's not about your make—up
Or how you try to shape up
To these tiresome paper dreams
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A|—————5————3————3——0——00—2——5—3—2—0——|
E|——3————3————————————————————————————|

Paper dreams, honey
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D|————————————55——————————————————————|
A|—————5————3————3——0——00—2——5—3—2—0——|
E|——3————3————————————————————————————|

So now you pour your heart out
You're telling me you're far out
You're not about to lie down for your cause
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D|————————————55——————————————————————|
A|—————5————3————3——0——00—2——5—3—2—0——|
E|——3————3————————————————————————————|


Pre—Chorus

But you don't pull my strings
'Cos I'm a better man
Moving on to better things
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D|————————————55——————————————————————|
A|—————5————3————3——0——00—2——5—3—2—0——|
E|——3————3————————————————————————————|


Chorus
 
Well uh oh, oh I love her because she moves in her own way
Well uh oh, oh she came to my show just to hear about my day
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A|———————————5—5—555——0—0—000——3——5—/7—7—777——3—3—333——0—0—000——3—3——5—5——|
E|——3—3—333———————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————|

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D|—————————————————————|
A|—————————————————————|
E|——3—3—333——3—3—333———|


Verse 2

And at the show on Tuesday
She was in her mindset
Tempered furs and spangled boots
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A|—————5————3————3——0——00—2——5—3—2—0——|
E|——3————3————————————————————————————|

Looks are deceiving
Make me believe it
And these tiresome paper dreams
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D|————————————55——————————————————————|
A|—————5————3————3——0——00—2——5—3—2—0——|
E|——3————3————————————————————————————|

Paper dreams, honey
Yeah
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D|————————————55——————————————————————|
A|—————5————3————3——0——00—2——5—3—2—0——|
E|——3————3————————————————————————————|
 
So wont you go far
Tell me you're a keeper
Not about to lie down for your cause
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D|————————————55——————————————————————|
A|—————5————3————3——0——00—2——5—3—2—0——|
E|——3————3————————————————————————————|


Pre—Chorus 2

And you don't pull my strings
'Cos I'm a better man
Moving on to better things
G|————————————————————————————————————|
D|————————————55——————————————————————|
A|—————5————3————3——0——00—2——5—3—2—0——|
E|——3————3————————————————————————————|


Chorus 2

Well oh oh, oh I love her because she moves in her own way
Well oh oh, oh she came to my show just to hear about my day
G|————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————|
D|————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————|
A|———————————5—5—555——0—0—000——3——5—/7—7—777——3—3—333——0—0—000——3—3——5—5——|
E|——3—3—333———————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————|

G|—————————————————————|
D|—————————————————————|
A|—————————————————————|
E|——3—3—333——3—3—333———|


Bridge

yes I wish that we never made it
Through all the summers
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D|———————————————————————————————|
A|——7~777——5—5—555—2——3——————————|
E|——————————————————————3—3—332——|

They're keeping us instead of
Kicking us back
Down through the suburbs
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D|———————————————————————————————|
A|——7~777——5—5—555—2——3——————————|
E|——————————————————————3—3—332——|

yes I wish that we never made it
Through all the summers
G|———————————————————————————————|
D|———————————————————————————————|
A|——7~777——5—5—555—2——3——————————|
E|——————————————————————3—3—332——|


They're keeping us instead of
Kicking us back
Down through the suburbs
G|———————————————————————————————|
D|———————————————————————————————|
A|——7~777——5—5—555—2——3——————————|
E|——————————————————————3—3—332——|


Solo

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A|———————————5—5—555——0—0—000——3—3—555—/7—7—777——3—3—333——0—0—000——3—3—555—————|
E|——3—3—333————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————3~——|


Outro

But uh oh, I love her because she moves in her own way
G|——————————————|
D|——————————————|
A|——R——E——S——T——|
E|——————————————|

But uh oh, she came to my show just to hear about my day
G|——————————————————————————|
D|——————————————————————————|
A|—————5——0—0—000——3—3—555——|
E|——3———————————————————————|

But uh oh, oh I love her because she moves in her own way
G|————————————————————————————————————————|
D|————————————————————————————————————————|
A|——/7—7—777——3—3—333——0—0—000——3—3——5—5——|
E|————————————————————————————————————————|

But uh oh, oh she came to my show just to hear about my day 
G|——————————————————————————————————————————|
D|——————————————————————————————————————————|
A|———————————0—0—000——5—5—555——3—3—333——————|
E|——3—3—333—————————————————————————————3~——|


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```
G|-------------------|
D|-------------------|
A|---3---------------|
E|-------------------|
            
```
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```
G|-------------------|
D|-------5h7---------|
            
```
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```
G|-------------------|
D|-------7p5---------|
            
```
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```
G|-------------------|
D|-------5/7---------|
            
```

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