WHERE THE HEART IS - written by Paddy McAloon - performed by Prefab Sprout

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Note: This song is in 3/4

Intro:
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G6      G/D     B7      Em      (D)

Verse 1:
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D     G     D/F#        G*   A
Maybe other streets are wi - der
D          G      D/F#      Bm7
Than these narrow streets I know
          G7+
Still you find here
          A6
Ties that bind here
          G6        D
Where the heart is

Verse 2:
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D     G     D/F#       G*   A
Maybe other lights are brighter
D          G             D/F#   Bm7
Than these street lights row by row
      G7+
All I know is
        A6
This is home it's
          G6        D
Where the heart is

Chorus:
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      G              D
Maybe other grass is greener

F#7            Bm
And what if it is?
    G7+
I belong here
         A6
Right or wrong, here's
          G6        D
Where the earth is


Instrumental:
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Play the chords of intro and verse


Repeat Chorus 
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Coda:
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Repeat the last 4 measures of chorus (or verse, as they're the same)

THE END.

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STRUCTURES SECTION

Intro structure
        |             |             |             |             |
        |G6           |G/D          |B7           |Em        (D)|
        |---  ---  ---|---  ---  ---|---  ---  ---|---  ---  ---|
                                                        "Maybe...

Verse structure

 "...other" etc.
        |             |             |             |             |
        | G   D/F#    | G    A    D | G   D/F#    |Bm7          |
        |---  ---  ---|---  ---  ---|---  ---  ---|---  ---  ---|
        |             |             |             |             |
        |G7+          |A6           |G6           | D           |
        |---  ---  ---|---  ---  ---|---  ---  ---|---  ---  ---|

Notice that the singing part "Maybe..." starts at "(D)", that is to say before the first verse measure (and, like between intro & verse 1, also between verse 1 and verse 2). See below the similarity in the chorus

Chorus structure

     "May - be other..."
|                 |             |             |             |             |
| D           | G           | D           |F#7          |Bm           |
|---  ---  ---|---  ---  ---|---  ---  ---|---  ---  ---|---  ---  ---|
                  |             |             |             |             |
              |G7+          |A6           |G6           | D           |
              |---  ---  ---|---  ---  ---|---  ---  ---|---  ---  ---|

I've transposed here the previous measure (actually belonging to verse)


Suggested guitar fingerings (obvious omitted):

        G6    G/D   D/F#  G7+   A6    D     G     G*     Em    B7    

e       3-----7-----2-----2-----2-----2-----3-----3------3-----7-----
B       5-----8-----3-----3-----2-----3-----3-----0------5----10-----
G       4-----7-----2-----4-----2-----2-----4-----0------4-----8-----
D       x-----5-----4-----5-----2-----4-----5-----0------2-----7-----
A       5-----5-----x-----x-----0-----5-----5-----2------x-----9-----
E       3-----x-----x-----x-----x-----x-----3-----3------x-----7-----

(I chose the *ed G for that place just in order to ease the guitar playing of that specific bit)

| Tabbed by Paolo Pugliese <accettaveloce@inwind.it>              |
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