EUROPE - "The Final Countdown" Tablature
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e: Wed, 15 Apr 1998 09:01:35 +0200 (MET DST)
From: Hugo Delgado <ee95114@tom.fe.up.pt>
Subject: e/europe/the_final_countdown.tab
Song: The Final Countdown - Europe (The Final Countdown)
by Hugo_MSD (ee95114@tom.fe.up.pt)
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This is NOT a professional transcription, it is just the way I play the song,
so you may find some errors in it. If you have any correction and/or comment,
feel free to e-mail it.
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intro:
F#m / D / Bm / E
F#m / D / Bm / E
F#m G#/E / A D / C#
verse:
F#m
We're leaving together,
Bm
But still it's farewell
F#m
And maybe we'll come back,
F#m G#/E A
To earth, who can tell?
D E
I guess there is no one to blame
A G#/E F#m E D
We're leaving ground (leaving ground)
C# EE EE E
Will things ever be the same again?
F#m D Bm E
It's the final countdown...
F#m D Bm E
the final countdown... Ohhh,
F#m
we're heading for Venus
F#m Bm
and still we stand tall
F#m
Cause maybe they've seen us
F#m G#/E A
and welcome us all
D E
With so many light years to go
A G#/E F#m E D
and things to be found (to be found)
C#m EE EE E
I'm sure that we'll all miss her so.
F#m D Bm E
It's the final countdown...
F#m D Bm E
the final countdown...
F#m G#/E A D C# F#m
the final countdown... Ohhh!!!
SOLO:
Bm A D
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t t t
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Bm F# | A Bm
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C#
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F#m / D / Bm / E
F#m / D / Bm / E
F#m G#/E A D C#
The final countdown... oh-oh
F#m / D / Bm / E F#m / D / Bm / E
it's the final countdown... (the final countdown)
F#m G#/E A D C#
The final countdown (the final countdown), oh
F#m D Bm E
it's the final countdown, we're leaving together
F#m D Bm E
(the final countdown) we'll all miss her so
F#m G#/E A D C#
it's the final countdown (the final countdown, ohh)
F#m D Bm E F#m F#m
it's the final countdown, we're leaving together, The Final Countdown!
This musical interpretation has been removed due to a legal threat from Moses & Singer LLP,
representing the National Music Publishers' Association (NMPA) and
The Music Publisher's Association of the United States (MPA).
Unfortunately, these threats are fueled by greed and being masked by a "copyright infringement." They claim tab sites are
"hurting the songwriters," but it's a known fact that the publishing companies garner most of the
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official EUROPE tablature
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