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How Can I Tell You by Cat Stevens
From Teaser and the Fire Cat
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Intro:

Em* A* D G
|0---------------|5---------------|0h2-------2h3---|3!--------------|
|0---------------|5-----------3-5-|----3-----------|----------------|
|0---------------|2---------------|----2-----2h4---|4!--------------|
|2---------------|2-----------4-5-|0---------------|----------------|
|2---------------|0---------------|----------------|----------------|
|0---------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
1 a 2 a 3 a 4 a 1 a 2 a 3 a 4 a 1 a 2 a 3 a 4 a
* The first two chords are arpegiated.
! The two notes are held from the previous bar

Em A D G G/F#
|2-----0---------|--------------0-|----------2h3---|3---------3-----|
|0-----0-----3---|2-----------3---|2h3---3---------|0---------0-----|
|2-----0-----4---|2-------2-------|----2-----2h4---|----------------|
|------------4---|2-----2---------|0-------0-------|----0-------0---|
|----------------|0---------0-----|----------------|----------------|
|0-------0-------|----------------|----------------|3-------2-------|
1 a 2 a 3 a 4 a 1 a 2 a 3 a 4 a 1 a 2 a 3 a 4 a 1 a 2 a 3 a 4 a


Verse:


Em A D G G/F#
||-0-----0---------|0-----0---------|----------2h3---|3-----3---------|
||*--0-------------|--2-------2-----|2h3---3---------|--0-------0-----|
||-----0-----0-----|----2-------2---|----2-----2h4---|----0-------0---|
||-------------0---|--------2-------|0-------0-------|----------------|
||*--------2-------|0---------------|----------------|----------------|
||-0---------------|----------------|----------------|3-------2-------|
1 a 2 a 3 a 4 a 1 a 2 a 3 a 4 a 1 a 2 a 3 a 4 a 1 a 2 a 3 a 4 a

Oh,_________________ oh,_ oh,_

Em A D G/D D Dsus2 G
|0-----0---------|0-----0---------|2---3---2---0---|3---3-----------|
|--0-------------|--2-------2-----|3---0---3---3---|--0-------0-----|
|----0-----0-----|----2-------2---|2---0---2---2---|----0-----------|
|------------0---|--------2-------|0---0---0---0---|----------------|
|--------2-------|0---------------|----------------|----------------|
|0---------------|----------------|----------------|3-------3---2---|
1 a 2 a 3 a 4 a 1 a 2 a 3 a 4 a 1 a 2 a 3 a 4 a 1 a 2 a 3 a 4 a

How can I tell you that ...

Em A D G/D D Dsus2 G
|0-----0---------|0-----0---------|2---3---2---0---|3---3-----------|
|--0-------------|--2-------2-----|3---0---3---3---|--0-------0-----|
|----0-----0-----|----2-------2---|2---0---2---2---|----0-----------|
|------------0---|--------2-------|0---0---0---0---|----------------|
|--------2-------|0---------------|----------------|----------------|
|0---------------|----------------|----------------|3-------3---2---|
1 a 2 a 3 a 4 a 1 a 2 a 3 a 4 a 1 a 2 a 3 a 4 a 1 a 2 a 3 a 4 a

love_______________ you But I can't ...


Em A D G/D D Dsus2 G
|0-----0---------|0-----0---------|2---3---2---0---|3---3-----------|
|--0-------------|--2-------2-----|3---0---3---3---|--0-------0-----|
|----0-----0-----|----2-------2---|2---0---2---2---|----0-----------|
|------------0---|--------2-------|0---0---0---0---|----------------|
|--------2-------|0---------------|----------------|----------------|
|0---------------|----------------|----------------|3-------3---2---|
1 a 2 a 3 a 4 a 1 a 2 a 3 a 4 a 1 a 2 a 3 a 4 a 1 a 2 a 3 a 4 a

I long to tell you that I'm ...

Em A D G/D D Dsus2 G
|0-----0---------|0-----0---------|2---3---2---0---|3---3-----------|
|--0-------------|--2-------2-----|3---0---3---3---|--0-------0-----|
|----0-----0-----|----2-------2---|2---0---2---2---|----0-------0---|
|------------0---|--------2-------|0---0---0---0---|--------0-------|
|--------2-------|0---------------|----------------|----------------|
|0---------------|----------------|----------------|3---------------|
1 a 2 a 3 a 4 a 1 a 2 a 3 a 4 a 1 a 2 a 3 a 4 a 1 a 2 a 3 a 4 a

always thinking of you But my ...

D G/D D Dsus2 G
|2---3---2---0---|3---3-----------|
|3---0---3---3---|--0-------0-----|
|2---0---2---2---|----0-----------|
|0---0---0---0---|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|3-------3---2---|
1 a 2 a 3 a 4 a 1 a 2 a 3 a 4 a

Just blow a...It __________________
| 1,2,3 |
Em A D G/D D Dsus2 G
|0-----0---------|0-----0---------|2---3---2---0---|3---3------------||
|--0-------------|--2-------2-----|3---0---3---3---|--0-------0-----*||
|----0-----0-----|----2-------2---|2---0---2---2---|----0------------||
|------------0---|--------2-------|0---0---0---0---|-----------------||
|--------2-------|0---------------|----------------|----------------*||
|0---------------|----------------|----------------|3-------3---2----||
1 a 2 a 3 a 4 a 1 a 2 a 3 a 4 a 1 a 2 a 3 a 4 a 1 a 2 a 3 a 4 a

always ends up to one thing honey ....

___________________
| 4
G Em A D
|3---3-----------|0-----0---------|0-----0---------|0h2-------------||
|--0-------0-----|--0-------------|--2-------2-----|----3-----------||
|----0-----------|----0-----0-----|----2-------2---|----2-----------||
|----------------|------------0---|--------2-------|0---------------||
|----------------|--------2-------|0---------------|----------------||
|3-------3---2---|0---------------|----------------|----------------||
1 a 2 a 3 a 4 a 1 a 2 a 3 a 4 a 1 a 2 a 3 a 4 a 1 a 2 a 3 a 4 a

say Oh__________________


Verse 1 and 4 are the same.
Verse 2:
Whereever I am, girl....

Verse 3:
I need to know you...

The words written with the tab is a guide line to
where they're supposed to be sung, but it's not very accurate.
The best thing is to listen to the song I you don't know
how it goes.

Questions and comments welcome.

Kevin Moule
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krmoule@undergrad.math.uwaterloo.ca

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