Chris Rea - On The Beach Chords & Tabs

Title: On The Beach
Artist: Chris Rea
Tabbed by: Stuart Lowe

*** CAPO 1 ***

Chords, in order of appearance:

Fm       0 2 2 0 0 0
A#m6/C#  x 3 4 2 1 0
A#m6/G  T2 0 4 2 1 0 (T=Thumb)
C7#9     x 2 1 2 3 x
Bbm7     x 0 2 0 1 0
Cm7      x 2 4 2 3 2
Dbmaj7   x 3 2 0 0 0
Ebsus2   x x 0 2 3 0
C#m      x 3 5 5 4 3
G#m7     3 5 3 3 3 3
Ebm7     x x 0 2 1 1
Gb7      3 5 3 4 3 3
Fm9      0 2 0 0 0 2
Bb/C     x 2 2 2 2 x

Intro:

Gtr 1, mute:

|---------------|------------------|
|---------------|------------------|
|--------7---9-9|-----------7---9-9|
|----7s9---9----|-------7s9---9----|
|---------------|------------------|
|---------------|------------------|

Gtr 2 + chords:

 Fm                                    A#m6/C#        C7#9          
|-----10-----10-|-10-------------10---|--------------|--------------|
|10s12----------|----12---10s12----12-|--------------|--------------|
|---------------|------11-------------|9-------------|--------------|
|---------------|---------------------|--------------|--------------|
|---------------|---------------------|--------------|--------------|
|---------------|---------------------|--------------|--------------|

Fm  A#m6/G  C7#9  Fm7  A#m6/G  C7#9

Verse 1:

Fm                  A#m6/G C7#9      Fm   A#m6/G  C7#9
Between the eyes of love I call your name

Fm                   A#m6/G    C7#9    Fm  A#m6/G  C7#9
Behind their guarded walls   I used to go
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Fm            A#m6/C#  C7#9
Upon a summer wind

          Fm          A#m6/C#  C7#9
There’s a certain melody

         Bbm7        Cm7          Dbmaj7  Ebsus2
Takes me back to the place that I know


       Fm     Dbmaj7  C7#9
On the beach

            Fm     Dbmaj7  C7#9
Down on the beach

Verse 2:

The secrets of the summer I will keep
The sands of time will blow a mystery
No-one but you and I
Underneath that moonlit sky
Take me back to the place that I know
On the beach, yeh yeh
Oh down on the beach, yeh down on the beach
On the beach, yeh yeh
On the beach

Break:

C#m   G#m7   C#m   G#m7   C#m   G#m7   C#m  Bbm7  Cm7

Verse 3:

   Fm         A#m6/G  C7#9        Fm   A#m6/G   C7#9
Forever in my dreams       I will be

Fm            Ebm7       Ab7    Dbmaj7  A#m6/G  C7#9
Hanging on to this sweet memory

Fm9                Bb/C
A day of strange desire

      Fm9                    Bb/C
And a night that burned like fire

        Bbm7        Cm7          Dbmaj7  Ebsus2
Take me back to the place that I know

Fm            Dbmaj9  C7#9
On the beach

Fm                                 Dbmaj9  C7#9
Down on the beach, yeh down on the beach

On the beach, yeh yeh
On the beach


Fm   A#m6/C#   C7#9   etc, then
Fm   Dbmaj7    C7#9

Fm . . . .