'English Rose' by Jam - Guitar Tutorial

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ENGLISH ROSE by THE JAM

Written by Paul Weller
Off the LP 'All Mod Cons' (Polydor, 1978)

Intro:

  Ab/Eb                   Dm7b5
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--------------------------------------------------
--------5--------5--------------5--------5--------
-----6--------6--------6-----6--------6--------6--
--6--------6--------6-----5--------5--------5-----
--------------------------------------------------

  Dbmaj7                             Dm7b5
---------------------------------------------------
--------------------------6--6--6----6--6--6-------
--------5--------5---------------------------------
-----6--------6--------6---------------------------
--4--------4--------4-----4--4--4----5--5--5-------
---------------------------------------------------

  Dm7b5            Ab/Eb
----------------------------------------------------
--6--6--6--6--6-------------------------------------
-------------------------5--------5-----------------
----------------------6--------6--------5-----------
--5--5--5--5--5----6--------6--------6--------------
----------------------------------------------------

Verses 1,2 and 3

  Ab                      Dm7b5       
----------------------------------------------------
----------------------------------------------------
--------------------------------5--------5----------
--------6--------6-----------6--------6--------6----
-----6--------6--------6--5--------5--------5-------
--4--------4--------4-------------------------------

  Dbmaj7                  Ab/Eb
----------------------------------------------------
----------------------------------------------------
--------5--------5--------------6--------6----------
-----6--------6--------6-----6--------6--------6----
--4--------4--------4-----4--------4--------4-------
----------------------------------------------------

  Ab                      Dm7b5
----------------------------------------------------
----------------------------------------------------
--------------------------------5--------5----------
--------6--------6-----------6--------6--------6----
-----6--------6--------6--5--------5--------5-------
--4--------4--------4-------------------------------

  Dbmaj7                           Dm7b5
----------------------------------------------------
----------------------------6--6--6--6--6--6--------
--------5--------5----------------------------------
-----6--------6--------6----------------------------
--4--------4--------4-------4--4--4--5--5--5--------
----------------------------------------------------

  Dbmaj7    Ab/Eb
----------------------------------------------------
--6--6--6-------------------------------------------
-------------------5--------5-----------------------
----------------6--------5--------5-----------------
--4--4--4----6--------6--------6--------------------
----------------------------------------------------

Play the verse bit three times and then go up (half a) key
  for the last verse  and the end bit.

  A/E                     Ebm7b5
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----------------------------------------------------
--------6--------6--------------6--------6----------
-----7--------7--------7-----7--------7--------7----
--7--------7--------7-----6--------6--------6-------
----------------------------------------------------

   Dmaj7             Ab/Eb
----------------------------------------------------
----------------------------------------------------
---------6--------6--------6--------6---------------
------7--------7--------7--------7------------------
---5--------5--------7--------7---------------------
----------------------------------------------------
 
  A                       Ebm7b5
----------------------------------------------------
----------------------------------------------------
--------------------------------6--------6----------
--------7--------7-----------7--------7--------7----
-----7--------7--------7--6--------6--------6-------
--5--------5--------5-------------------------------

----------------------------------------------------
----------------------------------------------------
----------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------
  Dmaj7                            Ebm7b5
----------------------------------------------------
--------------------------7--7--7--7--7--7----------
--------6--------6----------------------------------
-----7--------7--------6----------------------------
--5--------5--------5-----5--5--5--6--6--6----------
----------------------------------------------------

  Dmaj7    A/E                     Ebm7b5   
----------------------------------------------------
--7--7--7-------------------------------------------
-----------------6--------6--------------6----------
--------------7--------7--------7-----7-------------
--5--5--5--7--------7--------7-----6----------------
----------------------------------------------------

  Dmaj7                            A/E        A
-----------------------------------------------------
--------------------------7--7--7--------------10----
--------6--------6-----------------------6-----------
-----7--------7--------7--------------7-----7--7-----
--5--------5--------5-----5--5--5--7-----------------
-----------------------------------------------------

And that's it (I think)