Electric Light Orchestra - Living Thing

      NB: Violin Interlude can be picked on Guitar.

Intro: C A#m C A#m F G G C G G


Verse:

C                                             Am
Sailin' away on the crest of a wave it's like magic,
   G#                                                Fm
Oh rollin' and ridin', an' slippin' an' sliding it's magic,
    Em                  Dm
And you, and your sweet desire,
         Em Dm    Em           F      G
You took me,  ohhh, higher and higher baby...


CHORUS:

C      Am
It's a livin' thing,
F      Dm       G        C
It's a terrible thing to lose,
C      Am
It's a given thing,
F      Dm       G        C
What a terrible thing to lose...


Violin Interlude:

C                   A#m   C           A#m G G
  I'm takin' a dive, (echo x3)   dive... (echo x3)

C G G


Verse:

C                                                      Am
Making believe this is what you've conceived from your worst day,

(I'm takin' a dive)
G#                                                  Fm
Oh moving in line when you look back in time to the first day,

(I'm taken, I'm taken)
    Em                 Dm
And you and your sweet desire, (don't you do it, don't you do it)
         Em Dm    Em           F      G
you took me   ohhh, higher and higher baby...


Chorus:

C      Am
It's a living thing,
F      Dm       G        C
It's a terrible thing to lose,
C      Am
It's a given thing,
F      Dm       G        C
What a terrible thing to lose...


Bridge:

C           A#m            F        G G
I'm takin a dive, off the stage... Hey!!

C G G


Verse:

C                                                    Am
Takin' a dive 'cos you can't halt the slide floating downstream,

(I'm takin a dive)
   G#                                                 Fm
Ah so let her go don't start spoiling the show it's a bad dream,

(I'm taken, I'm taken)
Em                     Dm
And you and your sweet desire,

(Don't you do it, don't you do it)
         Em Dm    Em           F      G
You took me,  ohhh, higher and higher baby...


Outro:

C      Am
It's a livin' thing,
F      Dm       G        C
It's a terrible thing to lose,
C      Am
It's a given thing,
F      Dm       G        C
What a terrible thing to lose... (repeat to fade)