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(Gallup/Hartley/Smith/Tolhurst)
The opening instrumental for -Seventeen Seconds- is simply:
Riff A:
[A5] [Bb] [Gm] [A5]
E -5-------|-6------|--3-------|--5------||
B -5-------|-6------|-(3)------|--5------||
G -x-----5-|-7------|--3---6-3-|--x------||
D -7-------|-8------|--5-------|-(7)-----||
A -7---7---|-8------|--5-------|--7------||
E -5-------|-6------|--3-------|--5------||
(The number in the parenthesis is the note that is accented by the piano
playing)
Riff B:
[Fmaj7] [F5]
E -0------|-------||
B -1------|-------||
G -2------|-------||
D -3------|-3-----||
A -3------|-3-----||
E -1------|-1-----||
Play: Riff 1 (4x), Riff 2 (4x), Riff 1 (4x)