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"Starting Over"
(Eric Carmen)

Intro:

piano (simplified) arr. for guitar [2X]:

GG Piano Chord 
        D/GD/G Piano Chord 
    CaddD/G
v   v   v   v     v   v   v   v
-------7---5-----|-3---------------
-0-----8---7-----|-3---------------
-----0-0---7-----|-0---------------
---0-------5-----|-2---------------
-----------------|-----------------
-3---------------|-3---------------

Verse 1 (piano and strings only):

GG Piano Chord 
                       Bm/F#Bm/F# Piano Chord 

Used to feel so fuckin' optimistic
G7/F            CaddD/E
Till she said goodbye
Am11Am11 Piano Chord 
         G/BG/B Piano Chord 
  CaddD      Am11Am11 Piano Chord 
        GG Piano Chord 

x02033     x20033 x32033
Never thought a    love like ours would die
(G)     D/GD/G Piano Chord 
  CaddD/G
/  /  /  /    /  /  /  /
(...die)

Told myself I'd never love another
All I want is friends
But when we met I felt it all again
(GG Piano Chord 
)  D/GC/GD/GC/G Piano Chord 
    GG Piano Chord 

/  /  /  /    /  /  /  /
(...again)

Chorus:

CC Piano Chord 
       C/BC/B Piano Chord 
   Am7Am7 Piano Chord 
  Am7/D    GG Piano Chord 
   D/F#D/F# Piano Chord 
 Em7Em7 Piano Chord 

Though I am starting over under cloudy skies
G/DG/D Piano Chord 
  CC Piano Chord 
       C/BC/B Piano Chord 
      Am7Am7 Piano Chord 
            G/BG/B Piano Chord 
        CC Piano Chord 
   A7/C#  DD Piano Chord 

I say hello to love I'm seeing through different eyes
GG Piano Chord 
     CC Piano Chord 
    C/BC/B Piano Chord 
       Am7Am7 Piano Chord 
       D7D7 Piano Chord 

And if I had a chance to make one wish and
GG Piano Chord 
       B7/D#      EmEm Piano Chord 
    G7/DG7/D Piano Chord 

Know it would come true
CC Piano Chord 
    G/BG/B Piano Chord 
 Am7Am7 Piano Chord 
 Am7/D     GG Piano Chord 

I'd start all   over  with you

1: repeat intro

2,3: GG Piano Chord 
      D/GD/G Piano Chord 
   CaddD/G  GG Piano Chord 

/  /  /  /      /  /  /  /

Verse 2 (band enters):

Every evening I would watch the sunset
End another day
Let the nighttime wash my blues away

Buried my romantic inclination
Deep inside of me
'Til I fell for you immoderately

[repeat chorus]

Bridge:

EbEb Piano Chord 
  Bb/DBb/D Piano Chord 
  Ab/GbAb/Gb Piano Chord 
   Db/CbDb/Cb Piano Chord 

I remember all the good times
Eb/BbEb/Bb Piano Chord 
   Bb/AbBb/Ab Piano Chord 
             CaddD/G
And the bad times spent together
EbEb Piano Chord 
    Bb/DBb/D Piano Chord 
  Ab/GbAb/Gb Piano Chord 
   Db/CbDb/Cb Piano Chord 

Why remember all the old times
Eb/BbEb/Bb Piano Chord 
   Bb/AbBb/Ab Piano Chord 
               CaddD/G
When the new times look much better
Am11Am11 Piano Chord 
   DD Piano Chord 

Much better

[instrumental over verse chords]

[repeat chorus]

Coda:

(repeat last three lines of chorus)

G      D/G  CaddD/G       [2X]
/  /  /  /    /  /  /  /
2: With you...

string/winds tag:

GG Piano Chord 
      D/GD/G Piano Chord 
      CC Piano Chord 
   BbBb Piano Chord 
  CC Piano Chord 
  DD Piano Chord 

/  /  /  /      /  /  /  /  /  /

Badd9Badd9 Piano Chord 
     BB Piano Chord 
     F#add9F#add9 Piano Chord 

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-- another ace 70's tab from Andrew Rogers