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Song title:      Grabbing By The Handful
Original Album:  Crowded House (2016 re-issue, Disc2)

Words and Music by The Mullanes
Copyright © 1986 Roundhead Music
Published by EMI Music Publishing Limited

Transcribed by Gavin Chart (contactus@gartfrets.net)


INTRO:

INTRO Figure

[play:]  [x2]

  Gm              Dm
|-3---3-----------5________-------|-----5____---5____---------------|
|-3---3-----------6________-------|-----6____---6____---------------|
|-3---3-----------7________-------|-----7____---7____---------------|
|-5---5-----------7________-------|---------------------------------|
|-5---5---------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|

| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - |


[then play:]
  Gm              A
|-3---3---------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-3---3-----------5________-------|---------------------------------|
|-3---3-----------6________-------|---------------------------------|
|-5---5-----------7________-------|---------------------------------|
|-5---5-----------7________-------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|

| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - |


  Gm              Dm                                Dm [stop chord]
|-3---3-----------5________-------|-----5-----------10--------------|
|-3---3-----------6________-------|-----6-----------10--------------|
|-3---3-----------7________-------|-----7-----------10--------------|
|-5---5-----------7________-------|---------------------------------|
|-5---5---------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|

| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - |



VERSE1:
Notes:
Play as for INTRO Figure.

Chords:
Dm  x57765
A   577655
Gm  355333

                Dm
I've seen you before, that look on your face,
        A                   Gm         Dm | Dm
Given a wave of desperation marks this place

                Dm
I've seen you before, that... ...???
          A                           | Gm  Dm | Dm
Hoping to save your broken spirit by... ...


CHORUS1:
Chords:
A  577655
D  x57775

    A        D
You know me, grabbing by the handful
A                    D
  Take what I can at every opportunity

A              D
  You know me, grabbing by the handful
A 
  It's what we do with twenty-six...???


[play:]  [x2]

  Gm              Dm
|-3---3-----------5________-------|-----5____---5____---------------|
|-3---3-----------6________-------|-----6____---6____---------------|
|-3---3-----------7________-------|-----7____---7____---------------|
|-5---5-----------7________-------|---------------------------------|
|-5---5---------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|

| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - |


[then play:]
  Gm              A
|-3---3---------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-3---3-----------5________-------|---------------------------------|
|-3---3-----------6________-------|---------------------------------|
|-5---5-----------7________-------|---------------------------------|
|-5---5-----------7________-------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|

| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - |


  Gm              Dm                    
|-3---3-----------5________-------|-----5-----------5____-----------|
|-3---3-----------6________-------|-----6-----------6____-----------|
|-3---3-----------7________-------|-----7-----------7____-----------|
|-5---5-----------7________-------|-----------------7____-----------|
|-5---5---------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|

| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - |



VERSE2:
Chords:
Dm  x57765
A   577655
Gm  355333

                Dm
I've seen you before, that look on your face,
          A                             | Gm    Dm | Dm
Give it a ??? along, baby, all the way to outer-space



CHORUS2:
Chords:
A  577655
D  x57775

            A        D
I think you know me, grabbing by the handful
A                    D
  Take what I can at every opportunity

A              D
  You know me, grabbing by the handful
A                             D
  It's what we do with twenty-six ...???


A                             D
  Well, I'm shocked you wanna save me!
A                             D
  Well, I'm shocked you wanna save me!
A                             D
  Well, I'm shocked you wanna save me!


A                             D
  It's what we do with twenty-six ...???


[Guitar SOLO over verse chords/INTRO Figure]  [repeated]


OUT-CHORUS:
Notes:
Play as for previous choruses.

Chords:
A  577655
D  x57775

            A        D
I think you know me, grabbing by the handful
A                    D
  Take what I can at every opportunity

A              D
  You know me, grabbing by the handful
A                             D
  It's what we do with twenty-six ...???

A                             D
  Well, I'm shocked you wanna save me!
A                             D
  Well, I'm shocked you wanna save me!
A                             D
  Well, I'm shocked you wanna save me!

            A        D
I think you know me, grabbing by the handful
A                             D
  It's what we do with twenty-six ...???

A                             D
  Well, I'm shocked you wanna save me!
A                             D
  Well, I'm shocked you wanna save me!
A                             D
  Well, I'm shocked you wanna save me!

A                             D
  It's what we do with twenty-six ...???


[Guitar SOLO II over: 4/4 | A | D |]  [repeated]

[end on A]