Electric Light Orchestra - Livin' Thing

      
 
 (Violin Intro)
 
 C Bbm 
   

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 C Bbm (Trumpet)

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 (Guitar)
 
 F G C Csus2 G 
      

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 C Csus2 G 
    

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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:
 
     Em                     Dm  
 And you, and your sweet desire,
             Em Dm Em             F      G     C 
 You took me,  oh, higher and higher baby, 
        Am            F 
 It's a living thing, 
 Dm7 Gaug C
 It's a terrible thing to lose
        Am           F 
 It's a giving thing 
 Dm7 Gaug C
 What a terrible thing to lose.
              Bbm   C   Bbm G C G 
 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)
 
 Pre-Chorus:
 
     Em                     Dm  
 And you, and your sweet desire,
                    Em                     Dm 
 (Don't you do it), don't you do it to me, oh,
 Em         F      G   C 
 higher and higher baby
 
 Chorus:
 
        Am            F 
 It's a living thing, 
 Dm7 Gaug C
 It's a terrible thing to lose
        Am           F 
 It's a giving thing 
 Dm7 Gaug C
 What a terrible thing to lose.
              Bbm       F     G C G 
 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)
 
 Pre-Chorus:
 
     Em                    Dm   
 And you, and your sweet desire,
                    Em                     Dm 
 (Don't you do it), don't you do it to me, oh,
 Em         F      G    C 
 higher and higher baby 
 
 Chorus:
 
        Am            F 
 It's a living thing, 
 Dm7 Gaug C
 It's a terrible thing to lose
        Am           F 
 It's a giving thing 
 Dm7 Gaug C
 What a terrible thing to lose.
        Am            F 
 It's a living thing, 
 Dm7 Gaug C
 It's a terrible thing to lose
        Am           F 
 It's a giving thing 
 Dm7 Gaug C
 What a terrible thing to lose.