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How The West Was Won

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Chords: (T=10th fret) D- T90xxx

A- 540xxx

G- 320003

Now it's essentially just these 3 chords over and over again... normally adopting this strum pattern... all quick downstrums by the way and notice the hammering on to create a sus4 effect... very important that you nail it

D               A               G               D

E------------------------------------------------------------------ B------------------------------------------------------------------ G------------------------------------------------------------------

D-0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000-00000000000000-

A-9999999999999T90444444444444454022222222222222229-9999999999T999- E-TTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT55555555555555553333333333333333T-TTTTTTTTTTTTTT- Occasionally Tom changes the strumming, plays more notes of the chords 'n' stuff but listen to the record for that banter...

D                 A                     G                     D

Light me a smoke, I'll tell you a story of how the West was won

A                   G                      D

Flew over diamonds, east river shining, a city sinking in the mud

A                   G                    D

And in a second, a life-long second, I knew what we'd become

A                          G                             D

We use up people, use up time, use up places say goodbye searching for the crowded hour

A                                  G                D

Now there's a buzzing in the wires, look for lightening in your eyes and I see it there

...and it's just that. For 6 minutes. Any banter (although please none of the historical