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Point of no Return – Electric Light Orchestra
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Written by: Jeff Lynne
From: "Mr Blue Sky – The Very Best of The Electric Light Orchestra" (2002)
Tabbed by: maguri
Tuning: Standard
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CHORDS
E-A-D-G-B-E
F#(7)/C# x-4-4-3-2(0)
Esus 0-2-2-2-0-0
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[Intro]
| Bm | % | % | % |
[Verse]
Bm A
By the time I'd slipped the ball and chain,
F#m G
I was heading down the road again
Bm A D
I was heading for somewhere I shouldn't be
[Verse] (+ bridge)
Bm A
And I heard you shouting me who wait,
F#m G
Better turn back now or it's too late,
G Gm D
'Cos it's heading for the point of no return
[Chorus]
F#/C# Bm
No return
G F# Bm Esus E
No return
G Gm [ D ]
It was getting to the point of no return
[Interlude]
| D | % |
[Verse]
Bm A
We could only run, we could never walk,
F#m G
We could only shout, we could never talk
Bm A D
We were living way too close to the border line
[Verse] (+ bridge)
Bm A
While the city boys were hanging out
F#m G
Trying to clean their shares in the laundromat,
G Gm D
It was getting to the point of no return
[Chorus]
F#/C# Bm
No return
G F# Bm Esus E
No return
G Gm | Bm | % |
It was getting to the point of no return
[Solo]
| Bm | A | F#m | G |
| Bm | A | D | % |
[Verse] (+ bridge)
Bm A
I just had to leave couldn't stay no more,
F#m G
Down the elevator to the door
G Gm D
It was getting to the point of no return
[Chorus]
F#/C# Bm
No return
G F# Bm Esus E
No return
G Gm D
It was getting to the point of no return
[Chorus] (+ outro)
F#/C# Bm
No return
G F# Bm Esus E
No return
G Gm D
It was getting to the point of no return
G Gm D
It was getting to the point of no return
G Gm [ Bm ]
It was getting to the point of no return
[Coda]
| Bm | % | % | Bm