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Guitar chords for "You've Only Got To Stop To Get Better" 
By Embrace (McNamara/McNamara) 
Published by Hut/Virgin

From: Collen Chandler 
To: T Kihara 
Subject: Re: Youve Only Got To Stop   

The only problem is all of the wah-wah guitar that sours in the background 
all the way through it - impossible to tab (well, on my acoustic guitar anyway!)
but ive got the framework for the song down, i think. The D could be a Dsus2, 
and the A could be an Asus2, but I doubt it quite strongly because Embrace never
seem to use these types of chords.
So, here ya go, (using your lyrics with added "a-aaa"s which are 
necessary to show chord changes):

Right, CAPO 1st fret, or 3rd if operating on dropped D as mine always 
seems to be these days...

INTRO (Riff1):

F
C
G#         2        2 0      0h2
Eb     0h2     0h2         0
Bb  0                    0
F                        

Riff2:

F
C
G#        0     0
Eb    2     3     2  0
Bb
F   3                    3


Riff3:

F
C
G#       0      0   0 0 0 0
Eb     0      0     0 0 0 0
Bb                  2 2 2 2
F    0       3      3 3 3 3

Intro goes:

Riff1 four times
Riff2 once
Riff1 once
Riff3 once
Riff1 twice

then:

A                 G               A
With every single step I take I`m leaving 
G                           A
   Will you get your story told 
E                   G
Stealing light from falling stars 
                                        A     G
The devil that you know knows where you are a-aaa
                          A      G
Sell your soul, you`ll go far, a-aaa
A                  G               A
You`ve only got to stop to make it easy 
G                           A
   We were born without the brakes 
E               G
What we like we say we like 
                                        A       G
Like when you should hate and make your name, a-aaa
                         A        G
If I seem down then look again, a-aaa 


CHORUS:
              A                      G
You've got to stop to make it better 
              D                    A
And you don`t feel it so you do it again 
G
I don`t need your labels 
                         D      A
You can use what`s in my naaaaaame

Repeat chorus...then

  G
a-aaa
                         A        G
If I seem down then look again, a-aaa 

A G D A G G D A

A G D A G G D A G

Repeat chorus

A G A G A G A to fade...
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