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Colin James - Far Away Like A Radio Ukulele

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Far Away Like A Radio Ukulele

(ver. 1)
Colin James
No one did this tab yet so I decided to do it by ear. It's your basic 12 bar blues 
progression in G. 

You can switch regular bar chords for 7 chords if you feel comfortable
        (ex. G = G7)

G    ---3---     Or   G7   ---3---      C   ---5---      Or   Cmaj7 ---3---
     ---3---               ---3---          ---5---                 ---5---
     ---4---               ---4---          ---5---                 ---4---
     ---5---               ---3---          ---5---                 ---5---
     ---5---               ---5---          ---3---                 ---3---
     ---3---               ---3---          ---x---    <-Muted->    ---x---

D    ---7---     Or  Dmaj7 ---5---
     ---7---               ---7---
     ---7---               ---6---
     ---7---               ---7---
     ---5---               ---5---
     ---x---   <-Muted->   ---x---

G	

G
All broke down, comin' in low
C	            G
Far away like a radio

Red lights flash

Static and snow
D	            G
Far away like a radio

 G
I was riding shotgun with the driver

The love is in the rounders
C
Come along with me to LA

Me and my bride on a Greyhound back
	     D			    G
She took a piece out of me that I'll never get back

G
All broke down, comin' in low, comin' in low
C	            G
Far away like a radio

Red lights flash

Static and snow
D	            G
Far away like a radio

G
Ghosts in a shot glass, and lonely all around
C                			          G
Can't help but catch a buzz when you come into this town

Darkness in a box man, you better send a scout
	  D			    G
There's a door to keep you in, but none to let you out

G
All broke down, comin' in low, comin' in low
C	            G
Far away like a radio

Red lights flash

Static and snow
D	            G
Far away like a radio

G
Head on my shoulder, mouth just catchin' flies
C                                	 	 G
A stranger out of stories has just talked himself dry

Half of him will make it to LA by tomorrow
        D			                    G
The rest of him will have to make it, beg, steal or borrow

G
One end of town laughin' at the other
C			               G
They got ragin' home wreckers makin' welfare mothers

Street hosed down when the dawn breaks low
        D				   G
Shinin' like a mirror so the shadows won't show

G
All broke down, comin' in low, comin' in low
C	            G
Far away like a radio

Red lights flash

Static and snow
D	            G
Far away like a radio

C 		       G	
All the happy endings 
D		       G
That I've heard about, 
C                      G
Stories left unwritten,
D		        G
 We'll have to figure it out

Guitar solo (Improvise with G minor/Bb Major pentatonic AND/OR D minor/F major pentatonic)

--------------------------------3--6--8-----|
--------------------------3--6--------------|
--------------------3--5--------------------|  <-G minor/Bb Major Pentatonic,
--------------3--5--------------------------|    D minor/F Major is the same
--------3--5--------------------------------|    pattern but starts on the 
--3--6--------------------------------------|    10th fret.

Chord Progression 12 bar blues in G
G	| G	| G	| G
--------------------------------
C	| C	| G	| G
--------------------------------
D	| D	| G	| G


G
All broke down, comin' in low, comin' in low
C	            G
Far away like a radio

Red lights flash

Static and snow
D	            G
Far away like a radio

G
All broke down, comin' in low, comin' in low
C	            G
Far away like a radio

Red lights flash

Static and snow
D	            G
Far away like a radio

G
All broke down, comin' in low, comin' in low
C	            G
Far away like a radio

Red lights flash

Static and snow
D	            G
Far away like a radio
            
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