Chords for Jeff Lynne talks about Livin Thing
Tempo:
118.9 bpm
Chords used:
C
G
Dm
Em
F
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret

Jam Along & Learn...
What do I think of Living Thing?
it's one of many that
know, that I wrote so many so quickly in that ELO period
know through about 78 and it was like a
quickly
because I like the chords and I think
they go, there's one chord change
and if I hadn't found that it would
it's one of many that
know, that I wrote so many so quickly in that ELO period
know through about 78 and it was like a
quickly
because I like the chords and I think
they go, there's one chord change
and if I hadn't found that it would
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C
G
Dm
Em
F
C
G
Dm
What do I think of Living Thing?
I think it's good, you know, _ _ it's one of many that
from that period, you know, that I wrote so many so quickly in that ELO period
of about _ from about 74 to you know through about 78 _ and _ it was like a
conveyor belt really, you know, I was just banging them out, you know, really quickly
and I'm very pleased with this one because I like the chords and I think
the chords are really interesting because they go, there's one chord change
that makes the whole song, that makes it work and if I hadn't found that it would
never been a song.
I was looking for that for quite a while as you [Gbm] can imagine
[G] because once [Fm] you're stuck in the F minor there, _ where do you go?
You can either go
back to C or you can go back to G which is the obvious thing but then [Em] suddenly
it came to where the G minor and then keep going down and [Dm] then down again _ _
_ _ _ [Em] you took me _
_ [F] _ yeah [G] _ _ _ [C]
[G] so it's the way it sort of develops back to the C, I was really
chuffed with that bit because that meant the song was gonna work you know and it
was a catchy thing.
I'll never forget, _ I was staying at my mum and dad's house for a few days
having a break, _ I was in bed [G] fast asleep one morning and I was woken up in this
_ enormously loud living thing, my dad he whipped it up real loud like he was
pleased you know that it was on and he was waking me up with this _ one
he was going you _ [C] know
_ _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Am] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Ab] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ [Fm] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _
_ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ [F] _
_ [G] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ [Dm] _
_ [Eb] _ _ [C] _ I like that it goes [B] and that was another naughty bit there going so after you've [C] gone
_ [Am] _ _ [F] _ _ [Dm] _
_ [Eb] _ _ _ [C] which was the [D] unusual bit you know [Eb] because going to the augmented there [E] I
hadn't heard that done [Dm] before from that minor there, the new [Eb] minor to the G augmented
[Bb]
[N] and so that was I was thrilled with that you know well I got a new chord
change that I've never heard before and _ also I mean that's your basic chords
that go [C] it's two relative minors in one swoop so you're going like _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Ab] _ A flat and another relative minor in a different key, [Fm] _ _ _ _ _ G key, [Em] it was good and that _ won the day because I've got nowhere to go after that so as soon as I found the new minor it was a real treat and I'd get it then and once you [F] got back into the air
[G] _ _ [C] _ _ _ you [Am] can live in [A] [F] a _ _ _ [Dm] _
[Eb] cellar by [C] a painting, [G] that's all it is really, it's very
I think it's good, you know, _ _ it's one of many that
from that period, you know, that I wrote so many so quickly in that ELO period
of about _ from about 74 to you know through about 78 _ and _ it was like a
conveyor belt really, you know, I was just banging them out, you know, really quickly
and I'm very pleased with this one because I like the chords and I think
the chords are really interesting because they go, there's one chord change
that makes the whole song, that makes it work and if I hadn't found that it would
never been a song.
I was looking for that for quite a while as you [Gbm] can imagine
[G] because once [Fm] you're stuck in the F minor there, _ where do you go?
You can either go
back to C or you can go back to G which is the obvious thing but then [Em] suddenly
it came to where the G minor and then keep going down and [Dm] then down again _ _
_ _ _ [Em] you took me _
_ [F] _ yeah [G] _ _ _ [C]
[G] so it's the way it sort of develops back to the C, I was really
chuffed with that bit because that meant the song was gonna work you know and it
was a catchy thing.
I'll never forget, _ I was staying at my mum and dad's house for a few days
having a break, _ I was in bed [G] fast asleep one morning and I was woken up in this
_ enormously loud living thing, my dad he whipped it up real loud like he was
pleased you know that it was on and he was waking me up with this _ one
he was going you _ [C] know
_ _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Am] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Ab] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ [Fm] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _
_ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ [F] _
_ [G] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ [Dm] _
_ [Eb] _ _ [C] _ I like that it goes [B] and that was another naughty bit there going so after you've [C] gone
_ [Am] _ _ [F] _ _ [Dm] _
_ [Eb] _ _ _ [C] which was the [D] unusual bit you know [Eb] because going to the augmented there [E] I
hadn't heard that done [Dm] before from that minor there, the new [Eb] minor to the G augmented
[Bb]
[N] and so that was I was thrilled with that you know well I got a new chord
change that I've never heard before and _ also I mean that's your basic chords
that go [C] it's two relative minors in one swoop so you're going like _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Ab] _ A flat and another relative minor in a different key, [Fm] _ _ _ _ _ G key, [Em] it was good and that _ won the day because I've got nowhere to go after that so as soon as I found the new minor it was a real treat and I'd get it then and once you [F] got back into the air
[G] _ _ [C] _ _ _ you [Am] can live in [A] [F] a _ _ _ [Dm] _
[Eb] cellar by [C] a painting, [G] that's all it is really, it's very