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Song title:      Now We're Getting Somewhere
Original Album:  Crowded House

Words and Music by Neil Finn
Copyright © 1986 Roundhead Music
Published by EMI Music Publishing Limited

Transcribed by Gavin Chart (contactus@gartfrets.net)


NOTES:
Play as a shuffle. Timing is 4/4.


INTRO:
Notes:
Guitar Figure 1 is the main figure that is the basis for the verses.

Chords:
C#m x46654
F#m 244222
G#7 464544


[play: Guitar Figure 1]  [x2]

Guitar Figure 1

  C#m
|---------4---4-----------4---4--|---------4---4-----------4---4--|
|---------5---5-----------5---5--|---------5---5-----------5---5--|
|-6-------6---6---6-------6---6--|-6-------6---6---6-------6---6--|
|-6-------6-------6-------6------|-6-------6-------6-------6------|
|-4-------4-------4-------4------|-4-------4-------4-------4------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|

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


  F#m                              G#7
|---------2---2-------2---2---2--|---------4---4-------4---4---4--|
|---------2---2-------2---2---2--|---------4---4-------4---4---4--|
|---------2---2-------2---2---2--|---------5---5-------5---5---5--|
|-4-------4---4-------4---4---4--|-4-------4---4-------4---4---4--|
|-4-------4---4-------4---4---4--|-6-------6---6-------6---6---6--|
|-2-------2---2-------2---2---2--|-4-------4---4-------4---4---5--|

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


VERSE1:
Chords:
C#m x46654    E  022100
F#m 244222    B7 x2120x
G#7 464544

[Guitar Figure 1]
C#m                           F#m                G#7
    Never used to be that bad,    neither was it great

[Guitar Figure 1]
C#m                               F#m             G#7
    Somewhere in the middle, then;    content and much too safe

E                                  B7
Oh, tell me please why it takes so long
C#m            F#m                        B7
    To realize     when there's something wrong

 
CHORUS:
Chords:
E  022100
A  x02220
B7 x2120x

             E             A                 B7
Well, lay me out with your heart - now we're gettin' somewhere!
        E           A                 B7
Push me back to the start - now we're gettin' some place!
        E           A                   B7
Take me out, let me breathe - now we're gettin' somewhere!
              E            A             B7
When I'm with you, I don't care where it is I'm falling.


[play: Guitar Figure 2]  [x2]

Guitar Figure 2

|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|---------2-----------2-------2--|---------2-----------2-------2--|
|-------------1------------------|-------------1------------------|
|-2-----------------------2------|-2-----------------------2------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|

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


VERSE2:
Notes:
Play as for VERSE1.

Chords:
C#m x46654    E  022100
F#m 244222    B7 x2120x
G#7 464544

[Guitar Figure 1]
C#m                                 F#m                 G#7
    There's money in the Bible-Belt;    hugs for daddy, too

[Guitar Figure 1]
C#m                            F#m                G#7
    Three wishes for eternity;     we've got some work to do

E                                   B7
Oh, tell me please, why it takes so long
C#m           F#m                    B7
    I believe     there is something wrong


[repeat CHORUS]


[Guitar SOLO 1:]  [x2]

 C#m                               F#m              G#7
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|----5-5-----7-7------9---9--9-9--|----10---10-10-----9-------7-----|
|-6---6---8---8-/-9-----9-----9---|/11---11------11-9---9---8---8---|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|

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


 C#m                              F#m              G#7
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|----5-5-----7-7------9---9--9-9--|----10---10-10-----13--13-13--13-|
|-6---6---8---8-/-9-----9-----9---|/11---11------11-13--13-----13---|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|

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


E                                     B7
Oh, tell me please, tell me what went wrong
C#m           F#m                B7
    I believe     that something wrong


[repeat CHORUS]

[Guitar FILL:]

  E
|-7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7--|-7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7--|
|-9---9---9---9---9---9---9---9--|-9---9---9---9---9---9---9---9--|
|-9---9---9---9---9---9---9---9--|-9---9---9---9---9---9---9---9--|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|

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


  B              Bsus4             B              Bsus4
|-2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2--|-2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2--|
|-4---4---4---4---5---5---5---5--|-4---4---4---4---5---5---5---5--|
|-4---4---4---4---4---4---4---4--|-4---4---4---4---4---4---4---4--|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|

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


 E
|-7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7--|-2---2---2---2-------2---2------|
|-9---9---9---9---9---9---9---9--|-4---4---4---5-------5---5------|
|-9---9---9---9---9---9---9---9--|-4---4---4---4-------5---5------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|

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


  B              Bsus4             B              Bsus4
|-2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2--|-2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2--|
|-4---4---4---4---5---5---5---5--|-4---4---4---4---5---5---5---5--|
|-4---4---4---4---4---4---4---4--|-4---4---4---4---4---4---4---4--|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|

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


OUTRO:
Chords:
E  022100
A  x02220
B7 x2120x

         E                       A           B7
When you take me to your room I,   I swear I said surrender
             E                     A           B7
And when you opened up your mouth,   I saw the words fall out
           E                         A           B7
And though nothing much has changed,   I swear I will surrender
             E          A         B7
And there is pain in my heart, ah-ha.
       E              A           B7
We can choose what we choose to believe.


[Guitar SOLO and keyboard SOLO to fade over OUTRO chords]