This Is Shangrila

	  		
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Key: 
  x = left hand mute 
  / = slide up 
  \ = slide down 
  b = bend (ie, 12b14 = strike at 12, bend to pitch of 14) 
  r = release bend 
  h = hammer-on 
  p = pull-off 
  ' = bend up approx. 1/4 step 



Intro: 
{Fig. 1} 
  N.C. (E5) 
e+-------------------------------------------------| 
B+-------------------------------------------------| 
G+--9-----------9-----x--x--x--x-11----11/12-12-12-| 
D+-------------------------------------------------| 
A+--7-----------7-----x--x--x--x--9-----9/10-10-10-| 
E+-------------------------------------------------| 


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|-12/14-14-14-14\12-12-12-12\11-11-11-11/12\11----| 
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|-10/12-12-12-12\10-10-10-10\-9--9--9--9/10\-9----| 
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|--9-----------9-----x--x--x--x-11----11/12-12-12-| 
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|--7-----------7-----x--x--x--x--9-----9/10-10-10-| 
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                                                    {End Fig. 1} 
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|-12\11-11-11-11\-9--9--9--9\-7--7--7--7-----x--x-| 
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|-10\-9--9--9--9\-7--7--7--7\-5--5--5--5-----x--x-| 
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(Repeat Fig. 1) 

said I've been around the world 
wrote a million songs 
it's all a.. 

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-9-------9---9-9\-----------------14b16-12'-----x-x-x-x-14b16-12\----- 
-9-------9---9-9\----------------------------------------------------- 
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 bore    to    me 

I've slept in the gutter 
and I've lied to the dogs 
it never.. 
                                (These notes ARE picked) 
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-9-------9---9-9\----------------12\11\-9\-7-------------------------- 
-9-------9---9-9\----------------------------------------------------- 
---------------------------------10\-9\-7\-5-------------------------- 
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 bo-    thered me 

the sheriff he came to me 
with his little boys in blue 
they been 
                                               (slower bend) 
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-9-------9---9-9\-----------------14b16-12'--14-14b16----------------- 
-9-------9---9-9\----------------------------------------------------- 
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 lookin' for me, child 

but with my CRYSTAL SHEEN GUITAR 
I'm another ego star 
so give it to 

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-9-------9---9-9\------------------12-11-12-12/14-12-11--9------------ 
-9-------9---9-9\----------------------------------------------------- 
-----------------------------------10--9-10-10/12-10--9--7------------ 
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 me,     give it to me, give it to me___ 


Chorus: (w/ Fig. 1) 

get me to the stage 
it brings me home again 
this is shangrila 
I'm trippin' on it now 
it brings me home again 
this is shangrila 

Verse 2:  (similar to verse 1) 

I look bad in shorts 
most of us do 
don't let that bother me 
I'm the FOOTBALL who knows who 
and I don't believe in smack 
so don't you die on me babe 
don't you die on me 

Verse 3: 
{Fig. 2} 
       A                                            G 
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-------14----14-----x--x--x--x-14b15r14-12h14p12----12- 
-------14----14-----x--x--x--x-14b15r14-12h14p12----12- 
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'cause LOVE                  is all  good  people   need 

                                        G#        {End Fig. 2} 
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----------------------------12----12----13-----x- 
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(w/ Fig. 2) 
and MUSIC sets the sick ones free 
without LOVE, no one ever grows 
nothin' gonna ever sing 

Solo (w/ Fig. 1) (E pent. minor) 

Verse 4: (w/ Fig. 2) 

because now this is shangrila, honey 
and you have gathered for the feast 
MY BREAD IS YOUR BODY 
the wine is blood, child 
the wine is blood 
the wine is 
give it to me 

Chorus (twice) 
(Fig. 2 once) 

End: 

-12-------  Quick rake 
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