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Barry Manilow - I Write The Songs

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      Intro 
F Bbm/F  F Bb/F Gb Ab/C F
Eb              D7
I've been a-live forever
Gm                  Gm/C      F7
And I wrote the very first song
Asus       A7                  Dm        Dm/C
I put the words and the melodies together I am
G7sus       G7            Gm/C    C7
Music and I write the songs

[Chorus:]
F                                             Gm
I write the songs that make the whole world sing
C                                        Bb/F     F       F F/E Dm
I write the songs of love and special things
Dm                                          G
I write the songs that make the young girls cry
Gm           Gm/C     C           F
I write the songs, I write the songs

Stanza II
Eb                D7
My home lies deep within you
Gm7                 Gm/C                  F
And I've got my own place in your soul
A7                           Dm                      Dm/C
Now when I look out through your ey---es I’m
 G7                                        Gm7   C7
Young again, even tho' I'm very old

Chorus
F           E7sus                 E7                          Em7                E7
Oh, my music makes you dance and gives you spirit to take a chance
A                        A/G#             F#m      A/E
And I wrote some rock 'n roll so you can move
G7
Music fills your heart, well that's a real find place to start
G           C             Gm/C
It's from me, it's for you
Gm/C     C             Gm/C
It's from you, it's for me
Gm/C  C    Gm/C  Bb/C  C        key of F optional I left it in F
It's a world wide symphony









Chorus II
F                                             Gm
I write the songs that make the whole world sing
C               Gm/C     C           Bb/F     F       F F/E Dm
I write the songs of love and special things
Dm                                          G
I write the songs that make the young girls cry

Gm           Gm/C     C           Dm      GMaj
I write the songs, I write the so------ngs I am

Gm             C            F
music and I write the song

Intro notes and chords
F Bbm/F do rythnm all Are  pairs do melody
C A/F Eb C/F Db Bb/F   Bb Dd/F A C/F G Bb/F A C/F A C/F Eb C/F
Then Gb chord Ab/C F

    

Source: https://tabs.ultimate-guitar.com/tab/barry_manilow/i_write_the_songs_chords_922304

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