Magnificent She Says Chords

by Elbow
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Difficulty: intermediate
Tuning: E A D G B E
Capo: no capo
Author cpotey [pro] 380.
5 contributors total, last edit on Jan 28, 2018

Chords

A
G
D
Bm
C#m
C#
F#m
Dmaj7

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What a great new song from Elbow - bring on the new album!
Suggestions/comments/improvements on lyrics & chords are appreciated!
 
[Intro]
A  G  D  G
 
[Verse 1]
        A                                    G
This is where, and this is where the bottle lands
                                 D
Where all the biggest questions meet,
                               G
With little feet stood in the sand
             A                                        G
And this is where, the echoes slow to nothing on the tide 
                          D                                G
And where a tiny pair of hands finds a sea-worn piece of glass
 
[Pre-Chorus]
                                 Bm
And sets it as a sapphire in her mind
                A     C#m                                 C#       F#m
And there she stands, throwing both her arms around the world                                   
                          C#m    C#                              Dmaj7
A world that doesn't even know     how much it needs this little girl 
 
[Chorus]
                     A
It's all gonna be magnificent
      Dmaj7                     A
She says, "it's all gonna be magnificent"
 
[Verse 2]
A                            G
      This is where it all began,
                          D
To light your mother's cigarette
                         G
Meant I got to touch her hand.
        A                            G
And my heart, there defrosting in a gaze
                         D
Wasn't built to be that way
                G
Suddenly I understand
 
[Pre-Chorus]
              Bm        A
There on the sand
C#m                                C#       F#m
Throwing both her arms around the world
                          C#m    C#                              Dmaj7
A world that doesn't even know     how much it needs this little girl 
 
[Chorus]
                     A
It's all gonna be magnificent 
     Dmaj7                      A
She says, "it's all gonna be magnificent"
     Dmaj7                      A
She says, "it's all gonna be magnificent"
     Dmaj7                      A
She says, "it's all gonna be magnificent"
 
[Outro]
Dmaj7  A
Dmaj7                   A
        The echoes slow
             Dmaj7
The bottle lands
         A                  Dmaj7
An echo slow, and there she stands
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5 comments
whitelyyyy
dma7 in the chorus i think
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stclairmusicuk
For the "throwing both her arms around the world" part I play E6 instead of C#m (cos I definitely hear an E in the bass) and an Faug instead of C# - this way you get a nice bass 'walk-up' to the F#m E6 Faug e -0- -1- B -0- -2- G -6- -2- D -6- -3- A -7- -x- E -0- -1- <--thumb this ;)
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cnwf7iqisf1
They did this version https://youtu.be/2o51NDg5sck where the guitar is tuned in drop-D and the only change to your chords is - I think - a C#7 instead of C#. The finger-picking pattern on that version is nice as well.
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