Biography:
Jeff Lynne (born December 30, 1947) in Birmingham, UK, is a British singer-songwriter and record producer. He was the co-founder (with Roy Wood and Bev Bevan), guitarist, and lead singer of The Electric Light Orchestra (ELO) in the 1970s and 1980s, as well as a co-founder of the Traveling Wilburys (with Bob Dylan, George Harrison, Tom Petty, and Roy Orbison) in the late 1980s. Prior to The Electric Light Orchestra, Lynne was a member of Idle Race and, along with Wood and Bevan, The Move.
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- Dont Let Go
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- Every Little Thing
- Forecast
- If I Loved You
- Im Gone
- In My Own Time
- Let It Run
- Lift Me Up
- Love Is A Many Splendored Thing
- Mercy Mercy
- Nobody Home
- Now Youre Gone
- Save Me Now
- September Song
- Smile
- So Sad
- Sooner Or Later
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Jeff Lynne – Lift Me Up
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Tabbed by: maguri
Tuning: Standard
Jeff Lynne
Lift Me Up (1990)
(Jeff Lynne)
From: "Armchair Theatre"
It may be a little easier to play this in in G (even though the A
shapes have more bottom end - but you cannot have everything, can you?).
Just transpose this tab down 2 steps. To play along with the original, one
would then have to put on a capo 3rd fret.
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capo: 1st fret
play: A
key: Bb
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CHORDS
E-A-D-G-B-e
A/C# x-4-2-2-2-0
D/E 0-2-2-2-3-2
B7/D# x-x-1-2-0-2
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INTRO
| A A/C# | D D/E |
| A A/C# | D D/E |
VERSE
A A/C# D D/E | A A/C# | D D/E |
Lo-o-o-ove is what I want
A A/C# D D/E | A A/C# | D D/E |
And all you gotta do is bring it to me, ba - by
A A/C# D D/E | A A/C# | D D/E |
Ta-a-a-alk is what I want Oh, yeah
A A/C# D D/E | A A/C# | D D/E |
And all you gotta do is bring it to me, ba - by
BRIDGE
F#m Bm
Come on, let's talk about it
F#m Bm
Can't seem to do without it
F#m Bm G B7/D#
Don't want to be one of the broken hearted
CHORUS
A/C# D A/E F#m
So lift me up, finish what you started
A/C# D A/E E
Take me on for a ri-i-ide
A/C# D A/E F#m
Lift me up from the broken hearted
A/C# D A/E E A
River's deep and wi-i-ide
INTERLUDE
| A A/C# | D D/E |
VERSE
A A/C# D D/E | A A/C# | D D/E |
A-a-a-all I want is love, oh, yeah
A A/C# D D/E | A A/C# | D D/E |
And all you gotta do is listen to me, baby
BRIDGE
F#m Bm
You got to think about it
F#m Bm
And do something about it
F#m Bm G B7/D#
No use complainin' when it's over (over)
CHORUS
A/C# D A/E F#m
So lift me up, finish what you started
A/C# D A/E E
Take me on for a ri-i-ide
A/C# D A/E F#m
Lift me up from the broken hearted
A/C# D A/E E
River's deep and wi-i-ide
BRIDGE
F#m Bm
'Cause life gets tougher every
F#m Bm
Day if you can't afford to
F#m Bm G B7/D#
Pay, even so you got to carry on (carry on)
CHORUS
A/C# D A/E F#m
So lift me up, finish what you started
A/C# D A/E E
Take me on for a ri-i-ide
A/C# D A/E F#m
Lift me up from the broken hearted
A/C# D A/E E
River's deep and wi-i-ide
CHORUS
[N.C]
Lift me up
[N.C.]
Take me on for a ride
A/C# D A/E F#m
Lift me up from the broken hearted
A/C# D A/E E
River's deep and wi-i-ide
CODA
A/C# D A/E F#m
Lift me up
A/C# D A/E E
Lift me up, oh yeah
A/C# D A/E F#m
Lift me up
A/C# D A/E E A
The river's deep and wi-i-ide
Jeff Lynne – Lift Me Up
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Tabbed by: maguri
Tuning: Standard
Jeff Lynne
Lift Me Up (1990)
(Jeff Lynne)
From: "Armchair Theatre"
It may be a little easier to play this in in G (even though the A
shapes have more bottom end - but you cannot have everything, can you?).
Just transpose this tab down 2 steps. To play along with the original, one
would then have to put on a capo 3rd fret.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
capo: 1st fret
play: A
key: Bb
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
CHORDS
E-A-D-G-B-e
A/C# x-4-2-2-2-0
D/E 0-2-2-2-3-2
B7/D# x-x-1-2-0-2
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
INTRO
| A A/C# | D D/E |
| A A/C# | D D/E |
VERSE
A A/C# D D/E | A A/C# | D D/E |
Lo-o-o-ove is what I want
A A/C# D D/E | A A/C# | D D/E |
And all you gotta do is bring it to me, ba - by
A A/C# D D/E | A A/C# | D D/E |
Ta-a-a-alk is what I want Oh, yeah
A A/C# D D/E | A A/C# | D D/E |
And all you gotta do is bring it to me, ba - by
BRIDGE
F#m Bm
Come on, let's talk about it
F#m Bm
Can't seem to do without it
F#m Bm G B7/D#
Don't want to be one of the broken hearted
CHORUS
A/C# D A/E F#m
So lift me up, finish what you started
A/C# D A/E E
Take me on for a ri-i-ide
A/C# D A/E F#m
Lift me up from the broken hearted
A/C# D A/E E A
River's deep and wi-i-ide
INTERLUDE
| A A/C# | D D/E |
VERSE
A A/C# D D/E | A A/C# | D D/E |
A-a-a-all I want is love, oh, yeah
A A/C# D D/E | A A/C# | D D/E |
And all you gotta do is listen to me, baby
BRIDGE
F#m Bm
You got to think about it
F#m Bm
And do something about it
F#m Bm G B7/D#
No use complainin' when it's over (over)
CHORUS
A/C# D A/E F#m
So lift me up, finish what you started
A/C# D A/E E
Take me on for a ri-i-ide
A/C# D A/E F#m
Lift me up from the broken hearted
A/C# D A/E E
River's deep and wi-i-ide
BRIDGE
F#m Bm
'Cause life gets tougher every
F#m Bm
Day if you can't afford to
F#m Bm G B7/D#
Pay, even so you got to carry on (carry on)
CHORUS
A/C# D A/E F#m
So lift me up, finish what you started
A/C# D A/E E
Take me on for a ri-i-ide
A/C# D A/E F#m
Lift me up from the broken hearted
A/C# D A/E E
River's deep and wi-i-ide
CHORUS
[N.C]
Lift me up
[N.C.]
Take me on for a ride
A/C# D A/E F#m
Lift me up from the broken hearted
A/C# D A/E E
River's deep and wi-i-ide
CODA
A/C# D A/E F#m
Lift me up
A/C# D A/E E
Lift me up, oh yeah
A/C# D A/E F#m
Lift me up
A/C# D A/E E A
The river's deep and wi-i-ide
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