So serious — E.l.o.

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From: [email protected] (Chris Gaasch) Subject: CRD: So Serious by Electric Light Orchestra Date: Wed, 29 Oct 1997 08:15:56 -0600

So Serious Electric Light Orchestra From "Balance of Power"

Notes: on the "serious, so serious" ending to the chorus, skip the last Bar and immediately start into the next verse with the C-chord.

Riff 1 Riff 2 Riff 3 (triplet feel) (8th note run) (16th note run)

Verse

Night after night I try to make it all fit together Night after night I see you as someone I remember

Pre-Chorus

You took me by surprise Opened up my eyes Now we gotta talk this over.

Chorus

Can it really be so serious? To be all broken up and delirious I guess we've really been out of touch But can it really be so serious? (Serious, so serious)

Verse

Day after day I know it's not the way that you wanted it Day after day I try to find the key, but it don't fit

Pre-Chorus

But you know how it is No matter what I did We gotta talk it over. (riff 3 instead of riff 2)

Chorus

Can it really be so serious? To be all broken up and delirious I guess we've really been out of touch But can it really be so serious? (Serious, so serious)

Verse

Tonight, tonight I'm thinking over everything you said to me Tonight, tonight I'm sorry, but I just didn't see

Pre-Chorus

And now it's up to you There's nothing else to do We've gotta talk it over. (riff 3)

Chorus

Can it really be so serious? To be all broken up and delirious I guess we've really been out of touch But can it really be so serious?

Ending (use the Am-F-G-C progression from chorus): Serious, so serious Serious, so serious...