The Tide Is High Chords

CAPO 2

The Tide is High - Blondie


[Intro]

A                    D       E     A    
The Tide is high but I'm  holdin' on,   
               D       E
I'm gonna be your    number one.
A                      D            E   
I'm not the kinda girl who gives up just
     A        D       E
like that, oh no

    A                                
It's not the things you do that tease 
      D       E
and   hurt me bad,
A                                       
but it's the way you do the things you  
D       E
do  to  me,
A                      D            E   
I'm not the kinda girl who gives up just
     A        D       E
like that, oh no
A                    D       E     A    
The tide is high but I'm  holdin' on,   
               D       E
I'm gonna be your    number one.
D             E   (first riff?)
Num  -  ber   one.


[Bridge]

A                       D      E    A   
Ev'ry girl wants you to be her man, but 
                            D  E
I'll wait my dear, till it's my turn,
A                      D            E   
I'm not the kinda girl who gives up just
     A        D       E
like that, oh no
A                    D       E     A    
The tide is high but I'm  holdin' on,   
               D      E
I'm gonna be your    number one.
D             E       D             E
Num  -  ber   one.    Num  -  ber   one.



[Instrumental]


A                       D      E    A   
Ev'ry girl wants you to be her man, but 
                            D  E
I'll wait my dear, till it's my turn,
A                      D            E   
I'm not the kinda girl who gives up just
     A        D       E
like that, oh no
A                    D       E     A    
The tide is high but I'm  holdin' on,   
               D      E
I'm gonna be your    number one.
D             E       D             E
Num  -  ber   one.    Num  -  ber   one.


(repeat and fade)                       
                           (end  on A)
     A                    D       E    
The tide is high but I'm  holdin' on,  
A                    D      E
I'm gonna be your    number one.


(Chords)

A: 0 2 2 2 0
D: x 0 2 3 2
E: 0 2 2 1 0 0
B7: x 2 1 2 0 2

(Riff 1)

e|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------|
E|-12--10---9---7---5---4---2---0--|