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James And Shondells Tommy - Crystal Blue Persuasion guitar chord

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    "Crystal Blue Persuasion"

(Tommy James/Mike Vale/Eddie Gray)

[Notes: 1) If you really want to get technical, the C#m7/A could be notated

as Amaj9.  2) Play C#m7 as xx6657 and Bm7 as xx4435.  3) This is Tommy

James' favorite of all his/their singles; mine, too.]

Intro:

(congas solo for 2 bars)

C#m7/A            Bm7

   /   /   /   /   /   /   /   / (2x)

C#m7/A            Bm7      D       A

   /   /   /   /   /   /   /   /   /

The bass for the intro and verses varies, but is basically

  v       v       v       v         v       v       v       v

|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|

|-----------------2---2---4-------|-----------------4---2-----------|

|-0-------4-----4-------------2---|---------2-----2---------4-------|

|---------------------------------|-----------------------------0---|

verse 1:

                  C#m7/A  Bm7                    C#m7/A  Bm7

Look over yonder                what do you see

The sun is a-risin' / most definitely

A new day is comin' / people are changin'

Ain't it beautiful / crystal blue persuasion

C#m7/A            Bm7      D       A

   /   /   /   /   /   /   /   /   /

verse 2:

Better get ready / gonna see the light

Love, love is the answer / and that's all right

So don't you give up now / so easy to find

Just look to your soul / and open your mind

C#m7/A            Bm7      D       A

   /   /   /   /   /   /   /   /   /

instrumental break:

  v       v       v       v

|---------------------------------|

|---------------------------------|

|---------2-----2-------2---------|

|-----------2-4-----2-4-----2-4---|

|---------------------------------|

|---------------------------------|

guitar repeats above figure over following chords:

A           G           D           A

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

A           G          Bm7        Bm7/E

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

no chords - bass only (pattern similar to verses)

Crystal blue persuasion, mm-hmm

It's a new vibration

Crystal blue persuasion, crystal...

D           A

/  /  r  r  /

            Blue persuasion

(key modulates to Bb)

  v       v       v       v

|-3---3---3---3-3---3-3-------1---|

|-------------------------3-------|

|---------------------------------|

|---------------------------------|

bass plays above riff (2x)

verse 3:

                Dm7/Bb   Cm7                      Dm7/Bb   Cm7

Maybe tomorrow                when He looks down

Every green field / and every town

All of his children / every nation

            Bb                Eb/G

There'll be peace and good    brotherhood

Cm7

Crystal blue persuasion

Outro:

Dm7/Bb          Cm7

Crystal blue persuasion, ah-ha (repeat to fade)

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