So Serious Electric Light Orchestra from "Balance of Power" Notes: on the "serious, so serious" ending to the chorus, skip the last bar and immediately start into the next verse with the C-chord. Riff 1 Riff 2 Riff 3 e|------------ e|------------ e|----------------- B|------------ B|------------ B|----------------- G|------------ G|------------ G|---0------------- D|------------ D|-3--2--0---- D|-3---3-2-0-2-0--- A|-5--3--2--0- A|----------3- A|---------------3- E|------------ E|------------ E|----------------- (triplet feel) (8th note run) (16th note run)
Verse: C G (riff 1) Night ... Dm Am F G I try to make .. C G (riff 1) Night .... Dm Am F G I see you as .... Pre-Chorus: C Dm You took me ... Em Opened up .... F (riff 2) Now we gotta ... Chorus: Am F G C Can it really be ...? Am F G C To be all .... C G Am F I guess we've .... Am F G C But can it .... Am F G (Serious, so serious) Verse (same as first verse): Day after day.... Pre-Chorus: But you know how ....(riff 3 instead of riff 2) Chorus: Can it really be so .... Verse: Tonight, tonight... Pre-Chorus: And now it's up to ....(riff 3) Chorus: Can it really be so .... Ending (use the Am-F-G-C progression from chorus): Serious, so ....