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          Spies – Randy Newman
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Written by: Randy Newman
From: “Born Again” (1979)

Tabbed by: maguri
Tuning: Standard

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capo: 3rd fret
play: Em
key: Gm

For original chords transpose this tab +3

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[Main Riff]
  1   +   2   +   3   +   4   +
e|--------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------|
D|2-2-4---5---4-2---2-------------|
A|--------------------5-2---5-2---|
E|--------------------------------|

[Intro]
  Em              A7/G             F/E     B7/E      Em
  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
e|3---------------|2---------------|1---------------|----------------|
B|5---------------|5---------------|1-------4-------|5---------------|
G|4---------------|3---------------|2-------2-------|4---------------|
D|----------------|----------------|--------4-------|5---------------|
A|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
E|0---------------|0---------------|0-------0-------|0---------------|

[Link] verse to chorus
Em/B Bm7 Em/B Bm7
  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
e|3---0-----------|
B|5---1---5---3---|
G|4---0---4---0---|
D|--------2---4---|
A|2---2---2---2---|
E|----------------|


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CHORDS
        E-A-D-G-B-e
Edim7   0-1-2-0-2-0

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[Intro]
| Em | A7/G | F/E B7/E | Em |


[Verse]
Em
 Little mama
Em
 From Japan
Em
 Sent by her Masters
Em
 To a foreign land
Em
 "Go out with the sailors
Em
 Hang 'round the dock
Em
 Get out of the way
Edim7
 When the bombs start to drop" - You know she's a ...


[Chorus]
| Em A | C
         Spy
D                       [ Em ]
 Careful what you say, boys
| Em A | C
         Spy
D                       [ Em ]
 Looks just like a schoolgirl


[Interlude]
| Em | A7/G | F/E     Gb/E F/E |


[Verse]
Em
 Big fat Russian
Em
 Looks into a buffalo
Em
 Check into a dude ranch
Em
 In New Mexico
Em
 Nearby in the desert
A7/E
 Great scientific minds
F/E
 Struggle with questions
   Em/B      Bm7
Of space and time
Em/B   Bm7
 Watch out for him


[Chorus]
| Em A | C
         Spy
D                           [ Em ]
 You can tell he ain't no cowboy
[Chorus]
| Em A | C
         Spy
D       [ Em ]
 Whoaaa !


[Interlude]
| Em | A7/G | F/E     Gb/E F/E |


[Verse]
Em
 If you love this country
Em
 And I hope you do
Em
 Then listen closely
Em
 To what I say to you
Em
 They're in the shipyard
A7/E
 They're in the factory
F/E
 They might look just like you
Em
 And they might look just like me, but they're ...


[Chorus]
| Em A |          C
        ( Spie-ie-ie-ie-ies)
D                           [ Em ]
 Everywhere you go see 'em
| Em A |          C
        ( Spie-ie-ie-ie-ies)
D                        [ Em ]
 They even got 'em in Chicago


[Outro]
| Em A7/G | F/E     Gb/E F/E |
| Em A7/G | F/E     Gb/E F/E |

| Em | A7/G | F/E B7/E | Em |
| Em | A7/G | F/E B7/E | Em |

| Em ] % | % | % |
(repeat Riff and fade)

    

Source: https://tabs.ultimate-guitar.com/tab/randy_newman/spies_chords_2275831

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