Electric Light Orchestra is a symphonic rock band which formed in Birmingham, England in 1970. The band was formed by Jeff Lynne (vocals, guitar, multiple instruments), Roy Wood (multiple instruments, vocals), Richard Tandy (keyboards, vocals) and Bev Bevan (drums). Lynne, Wood and Bevan were former members of the psychedelic rock band The Move. The band's lineup would fluctuate throughout its original incarnation, although Lynne, Tandy and Bevan would remain constant members.
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[Verse] C Sailing away on the crest of a wave Am It's like magic Ab Oh, rolling and riding and slipping and sliding Fm It's magic
[Chorus] EmDm And you, and your sweet desire, EmDmEmFGC You took me, oh, higher and higher baby, AmF It's a living thing, AmGaugC It's a terrible thing to lose AmF It's a giving thing AmGaugC What a terrible thing to lose. BbmCBbmGCG I'm taking a dive. (dive)
[Verse] C Making believe this is what you've conceived Am From your worst day, (I'm taking a dive) Ab Moving in line when you look back in time Fm To the first day, (I'm taking I'm taking)
[Chorus] EmDm And you, and your sweet desire, EmDm (Don't you do it), don't you do it to me, oh, EmFGC higher and higher baby AmF It's a living thing, AmGaugC It's a terrible thing to lose AmF It's a giving thing AmGaugC What a terrible thing to lose. BbmFGCG I'm taking a dive. On the sky
[Verse] C Taking a dive cause you can't halt the slide Am Floating down stream, (I'm taking a dive) Ab Oh, so let her go don't start spoiling the show Fm It's a bad dream, (I'm taking , I'm taking)
[Outro] EmDm And you, and your sweet desire, EmDm (Don't you do it), don't you do it to me, oh, EmFGC higher and higher baby AmF It's a living thing, AmGaugC It's a terrible thing to lose AmF It's a giving thing AmGaugC What a terrible thing to lose. AmF It's a living thing, AmGaugC It's a terrible thing to lose AmF It's a giving thing AmGaugC What a terrible thing to lose.