Grass Roots - Bella Linda guitar chord

"Bella Linda"

                   (Mogol / Battisti / Barri / Gross)

Intro:

Ab [single notes; piano/bass]

/ / / /

Chorus:

Db     Ab    Gb            Ab

Bella Linda, try and understand

Db     Ab         Gb         Ab

Bella Linda, I'm doin' all I can

Db     Ab         Gb         Ab

Bella Linda, I'm only what I am

String break 1:

[3/4]                               [2/4] [4/4 into verse]

  Db     Ab     Db     Ab     Db     Ab

  / / /  / / /  / / /  / / /  / / /  / /

Verse 1:

Ab              Cm/G

It's so hard for me to say

F7                  Bbm/F

The things I really feel

Eb7/G           Ab

If I could I'd chase away

Cm/G                    Fm

  The pain your eyes reveal

Cm                      Fm

  The pain your eyes reveal

Cm                          Fm

  From foolish things I've done

Cm                          Fm

  The times that I let you down

Cm                 Db                 Ab

  And I'll never change, believe me I try

           Db                      Ab

If you go away, you know that I'll die

     Cm/G            Cm7-5/Gb       F7 [9/8: /// /// ///]

Oh I love you, please don't say goodbye

[repeat chorus]

[repeat string break 1]

Verse 2:

We've had bad times

Through the years

And though I've made you cry

Think of me through tender tears

And try to close your eyes

And try to close your eyes

To thoughtless things I do

The dreams that don't come true

'Cause I'll never change, believe me I try

If you go away, you know that I'll die

Oh I need you, please don't say goodbye

[repeat chorus]

String break 2:

[3/4]                        [2/4] [4/4]

  Db     Ab     Db     Ab           Ab [single notes, piano/bass]

  / / /  / / /  / / /  / / /   r r   / / / /

[repeat chorus]

Coda [repeat to fade]:

Db     Ab    Gb   Ab

Bella Linda

-- another ace 60's tab from Andrew Rogers