Hall And Oates : "Its a laugh" Guitar chords

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Date: Thu, 27 Apr 2006 15:46:37 EDT
From: DontPoll@aol.com
Subject: h/hall_and_oates/its_a_laugh.crd

This is entirely my own work.
 
"It's a Laugh"
 Hall and Oates
 From the album "Along the Red Ledge" (1978)
 
 Intro: G/A   A/B
 
 Verse:
 
 C        G/C
 You must..
 
 C/Bb   F/Bb    Bb
 ..But you
 
 A/B
  You remember me..
 
   A/G    G
 ..boyfriend
 
 Chorus:
 
 A              A+5     F#m/A    A?  (see chord shapes below) 
 It's a laugh..
 
 Bm7
 Funny thing is..
 
          A/C#
 Everyone thought
 
   A/C#   D
 ..Forever..
 

 Guitar Chords Defined:
 
 Intro:
 
 G/A = x05430 (or simply x00000)
 A/B = x22222
 
 Verse:
 
 The chords I listed above in the verse are more keyboard oriented..
 For guitar, this is simpler, and sounds fine:
 
 G/C (Cmaj9) (x35433)
 You must...
 
 Bbmaj7 (x13231)
 But you..
 
 A/B (x22222)
 You remember..
 
 A/G (3x2220)
 ..Boy
 
 G (320033)
 -friend..
 
 Chorus:
 
 A (x02220)
 A+5 (x03220)
 F#m/A (x04220)
 A? (x05220)
 
 Basically, you just keep moving up a half-step on the D string,
starting
 with a regular A Major chord.
 
 Same if you're playing it on a piano. Start with an A (A-C#-E), and
keep
 moving the E up a half-step..
 
 Then:
 
 Bm7 (x24232)
 A/C# (x42220)
 D (xx0232)
 
 One more thing:
 
 Before the second chorus (at about 2:03 in the recording), there's a
cool
 harmony guitar lick..it's about a second long, so not the easiest
thing
 to try and transcribe, but heres a shot. I wish I had a second
guitarist
 here so I could see if these two parts sound anything close to what
I hear in the song.
 
    Guitar 1:
 
E----------------------------------------------------------------
B----------------------5----------------------------------------
G---2h4p2---------------------------------------------------
D---------------4p2-------------------------------------------
A----------------------------------------------------------------
E----------------------------------------------------------------
 
   Guitar 2:
 
E----------------------------------------------------------------
B----------------------------------------------------------------
G--------------------------6------------------------------------
D---4h5p4----------------------------------------------------
A----------------7p5-------------------------------------------
E----------------------------------------------------------------
 

 It's a really fast lick as you'll hear in the song. If you have
another
 guitar player, to try play those in harmony, and let me know if it's
close.
 
 dontpoll@aol.com
 

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