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A Million Miles Away - Rory Gallagher 


This is the main bits.  Just listen and repeat! 

The Intro: 
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                         let ring... 

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                                                     let ring... 

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                   let ring...          let ring... 

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                         let ring... 

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                (artificial harmonics) 

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                  (bend string up) 

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                                                   (1st solo) 

The first Solo: 
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    let ring.... 

The first verse: 
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        this hotel bar   is full of    people 

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            the piano man is really laying it down 

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            the old bartender is a high as a 

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    steeple 

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           so why tonight should I wear a 

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    frown ?              (yes I'm a) 

The Refrain (to repeat one more time): 
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    million miles away  I'm a    million miles away 

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      I'm sailing like a driftwood on a    windy bay 

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        why ask how I feel            how does it look to you ? 

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        I feel hook, line and sinker, I lost my 

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    captain and my crew 

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       I'm standing on the landing 

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       there's no one there but me             that's where you'll find me 

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       looking out on the deep blue sea 

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this hotel bar is full of people 
the piano man is really laying it down 
the old bartender is a high as steeple 
so why tonight should I wear a frown? 

the joint is jumping all around me 
and my mood is really not in style 
right now the blues want to surround me 
but I'll break out after a while 

well, I'm a million miles away 
I'm a million miles away 
I'm sailing like a driftwood 
on a windy bay 

why ask how I feel 
well, how does it look to you? 
I fell hook line and sinker, 
I lost my captain and my crew 
I'm standing on the landing 
and there's no one there but me 
that's where you'll find me 
looking out on the deep blue see 

there's a song on the lips of everybody 
there's a smile all around the room 
there's conversation overflowing 
so why must I sit here in the gloom? 

this hotel bar lost all its people 
the piano man has caught the last bus home 
the old bartender is asleep in the corner 
so why must I still be here, I don't know 

well, I'm a million miles away 
I'm a million miles away 
I'm sailing like a driftwood 
on a windy bay

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