Electric Light Orchestra - Livin Thing

a fairly good tab on here already , but it doesn’t give the full intro , and there’s
a couple of errors that had been pointed out that i’ve corrected . also , it was
missing an F on the second “i’m taking a dive” section . so for completeness only , here it is :

intro :

C A#m C A#m F

G C G

verse :

C
sailing away on the crest of a wave
Am
it’s like magic
G#
oh , rolling and riding and slipping and sliding
Fm
it’s magic

chorus :

Em Dm
and you , and your sweet desire ,
Em Dm Em F G C
you took me , oh , higher and higher baby ,
Am F
it’s a living thing ,
Dm7 gaug C
it’s a terrible thing to lose
Am F
it’s a giving thing
Dm7 gaug C
what a terrible thing to lose .
A#m C A#m G C G
i’m taking a dive . ( dive )

C
making believe this is what you’ve conceived
Am
from your worst day , ( i’m taking a dive )
G#
moving in line when you look back in time
Fm
to the first day , ( i’m taking i’m taking )

chorus :

Em Dm
and you , and your sweet desire ,
Em Dm
( don’t you do it ) , don’t you do it to me , oh ,
Em F G C
higher and higher baby
Am F
it’s a living thing ,
Dm7 gaug C
it’s a terrible thing to lose
Am F
it’s a giving thing
Dm7 gaug C
what a terrible thing to lose .
A#m F G C G
i’m taking a dive . on the sky

verse :

C
taking a dive cause you can’t halt the slide
Am
floating down stream , ( i’m taking a dive )
G#
oh , so let her go don’t start spoiling the show
Fm
it’s a bad dream , ( i’m taking , i’m taking )

Em Dm
and you , and your sweet desire ,
Em Dm
( don’t you do it ) , don’t you do it to me , oh ,
Em F G C
higher and higher baby
Am F
it’s a living thing ,
Dm7 gaug C
it’s a terrible thing to lose
Am F
it’s a giving thing
Dm7 gaug C
what a terrible thing to lose .
Am F
it’s a living thing ,
Dm7 gaug C
it’s a terrible thing to lose
Am F
it’s a giving thing
Dm7 gaug C
what a terrible thing to lose .