Under Attack Chords

by ABBA
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Difficulty: intermediate
Capo: no capo
Author NeoMvsEu [a] 35,241. Last edit on Oct 15, 2016

Chords

B7add4
E
A/E
B/E
Asus2/E
B
G#
A
E/G#
F#m
D

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Counting on top. (choruses are all 4/4.)
 
 
ORDER: I V1 C V2 C INT SS C O
 
 
[INTRO]
3/4        4/4
B7add4 | |     | | |
3/4      4/4     5/4
B7add4 |     | |     |
 
 
 
[VERSE 1]
3/4                         5/4
B7add4                    |                      |
Don't know how to take it, don't know where to go
4/4
B7add4                   |
My resistance running low
                    4/4
                  | E                   A/E |            B/E          |
And every day the   hold is getting tighter   and it trou - bles me so
E
(You know that I'm nobody's fool)
3/4                     5/4
B7add4                |                     |
I'm nobody's fool and   yet it's clear to me
4/4
B7add4                  |
I  don't have a strategy
                      | E              A/E |            B/E         |
It's just like taking   candy from a baby    and I think   I must be
 
 
[CHORUS]
E                   Asus2/E       B
  Under attack, I'm be  -  ing ta - ken
E          G#
  About to crack, defenses breaking
A                       E/G#
  Won't somebody please have a heart
               A           F#m               D           B
  Come and res - cue me now   'cause I'm fal - ling apart
E                   Asus2/E        B
  Under attack, I'm ta  -  king co - ver
E            G#
  He's on my track, my chasing lover
A                      E/G#
  Thinking nothing can stop him now
               A                   E              | |
  Should I want to, I'm not sure I would know how
 
 
[VERSE 2]
3/4                     5/4
B7add4                |                     |
This is getting crazy,  I should tell him so
4/4
B7add4                  |
Really let my anger show
                      | E                 A/E  |        B/E           |
Persuade him that the   answer to his questions  is a de - finite "no"
 E                             |
(I'm kind of certain that's the
3/4                           5/4
B7add4                      |                       |
Guess I'm kind of flattered   but I'm scared as well
truth)
4/4
B7add4                      |
Something like a magic spell
                 | E                      A/E |             B/E    | E
I hardly dare to   think of what could happen,  where I'd be   if I  fell
 
 
[CHORUS]
( E )                  Asus2/E       B
   Under attack, I'm be  -  ing ta - ken
E           G#
   About to crack, defenses breaking
A                        E/G#
   Won't somebody please have a heart
                A           F#m               D           B
   Come and res - cue me now   'cause I'm fal - ling apart
E                    Asus2/E        B
   Under attack, I'm ta  -  king co - ver
E             G#
   He's on my track, my chasing lover
A                       E/G#
   Thinking nothing can stop him now
               A                   E              | |
  Should I want to, I'm not sure I would know how
 
 
[INTERLUDE]
3/4        4/4
B7add4 | |     | | |
3/4      4/4   5/4
B7add4 |     |     |
 
 
[SYNTH SOLO] (all 4/4)
G# | A | E/G# | A | E | |
 
 
[CHORUS]
E                   Asus2/E       B
  Under attack, I'm be  -  ing ta - ken
E          G#
  About to crack, defenses breaking
A                       E/G#
  Won't somebody please have a heart
               A           F#m               D           B
  Come and res - cue me now   'cause I'm fal - ling apart
E                   Asus2/E        B
  Under attack, I'm ta  -  king co - ver
E            G#
  He's on my track, my chasing lover
A                      E/G#
  Thinking nothing can stop him now
               A                   E              | |
  Should I want to, I'm not sure I would know how
 
 
[OUTRO] (chorus to fade)
E                   Asus2/E       B
  Under attack, I'm be  -  ing ta - ken
E          G#
  About to crack, defenses breaking
A                       E/G#
  Won't somebody please have a heart
               A           F#m               D           B
  Come and res - cue me now   'cause I'm fal - ling apart
E                   Asus2/E        B
  Under attack, I'm ta  -  king co - ver
E            G#
  He's on my track, my chasing lover
A                      E/G#
  Thinking nothing can stop him now
               A                   E              | |
  Should I want to, I'm not sure I would know how
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counterpuncher1
BLESS YOU FOR CHARTING THIS!!!!!!! I HAVEN'T EVEN SEEN HOW GOOD IT IS AND I'M STILL EXCITED...upon first glance it looks encouragingly simple. YOU GET AN A+++++++ already for doing it. Thank you! What an obscure SLEEPER...maybe my fav ABBA song ever!
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jamesharmonmu
For Uke: best voicing for B7add4 for this tune would be 2422 GCEA
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