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For All These Years

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Tanita Tikaram (born 12 August 1969 in Münster, Germany) British-raised artist, born to a Malaysian mother and Indo-Fijian British army officer father. She is the sister of actor Ramon Tikaram and currently resides in London, UK.

As a singer-songwriter, Tikaram scored her greatest hit to date with Twist in My Sobriety, from her debut album Ancient Heart in 1988, when she was 19 years of age. After two years she released her second album The Sweet Keeper, containing songs such as Sunset's Arrived and Harm in Your Hands.

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Four years of hard work!

This month of May we celebrated four years on the air. We continue working on the dissemination of this wonderful instrument, thank you for participating in our story!

Artist: Tanita Tikaram
Song: For all these years
Album: Ancient heart
Tabbed by: DJ
26th June 2013

E7sus4 = 020200 Bbsus2 = x13311 Cm9 = x30332
D6 = xx0202 Asus2 = x02200 B7b9 = x11213
C#m7-5 = x42000 F = 133211 Bm7 = x24232
Am7 = x02010 G6 = 355400 Em = 022000
Am7 * = x02013 Bbmaj7 = 113231

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[Intro]
E7sus4 D6
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C#m7-5 Am7 Am7 *
| / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / :||[x2]

[Verse 1]
E7sus4 D6
I got a scent on you, I got something here to show,
C#m7-5 Am7 Am7 *
It's somebody's slice of life,
E7sus4 D6
I had it tailor made, I had it soaken,
C#m7-5 Am7 Am7 *
Shaken and... shown around the world! | / / / / | / / / / |

[Verse 2]
Bbsus2 Asus2
And of all these things you tell me, I can't quite believe,
Bbsus2 Asus2 F
You are still there, and I'm still trying... to be somebody!

[Break]
E7sus4 G6
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D6 C#m7-5 D6
| / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / |

[Verse 2]
E7sus4 G6
Always on the upkeep, always trying to reach the rest of us,
D6
We don't have... anything to say,
C#m7-5 Am7
Nothing to give, well, life, it blows away,
E7sus4 G6
I have another chance, I may have two lives,
D6
But my... both my lives will be... brief lives,
C#m7-5 Am7
And then, you all will wonder why!

[Verse 3]
Bbmaj7 Asus2
I was only sixteen years old, you were only seventeen,
Bbsus2 Asus2 F
Life isn't so complicated, but then life isn't 'sposed to be,
E7sus4 G6
For all-------- these years,
D6 C#m7-5 D6
For all-------- these years! | / / / / | / / / / |

[Break]
E7sus4 G6
| / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / |

D6 C#m7-5 D6
| / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / |

[Bridge]
Cm9 B7b9 Am7 Bm7 Em
Could somebody tell them, to hurry on, hurry on down,
Cm9 B7b9
Could somebody tell them to hurry on, hurry on!

[Break]
E7sus4 G6
| / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / |

D6 C#m7-5 Am7
| / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / |

[Verse4]
E7sus4 G6
Every censor, everybody loses their way,
D6 C#m7-5 Am7
I have a wealth of material, I have a well of people to share with you,
E7sus4 G6
Every lover, well, they all tell lies,
D6 C#m7-5
I have his wife in the background, but I have more than this,
Am7
I have more than this!
Bbmaj7 Asus2
And if... Mr. Chaste, he has a past,

[Break]
E7sus4 G6
Give it to me!
| / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / |

D6 C#m7-5 D6
| / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / |

E7sus4 G6
| / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / |

D6 C#m7-5 Am7
| / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / |

[Verse 5]
Bbmaj7 Asus2
I was only sixteen years old, you were only seventeen,
Bbsus2 Asus2 F
Life isn't so complicated, but then life isn't 'sposed to be,
E7sus4 G6
For all-------- these years,
D6 C#m7-5 D6
For all-------- these years! | / / / / | / / / / |

[Coda]
E7sus4 G6
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D6 C#m7-5 Am7 Esus2/4
| / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / :|| / ||