Where Are You?

Written by 
Harold Adamson and Jimmy McHugh
Released on 
Shadows In the Night (2015)
Tabbed by 
Eyolf Østrem

A celebration of the 13th chord! This beast that, in strict theory contains every note of the entire scale, but in practice is “just” a seventh chord with an added sixth. Using the two standard shapes based on E and A, any 13th chord can be made, such as E13=020120, F13=131231, etc., and A13=x02022, B13=x24244, etc.

The second refrain has a wonderful modulation from E major to F major, shamelessly exploiting the ambiguity of these fat chords. The key to the modulation is the descending bass line, so it’s helpful if this is brough out and emphasised. This could be done with the chords:

 Bsus4 B/d#  Do  C#7   F/c   or  Bsus4 B/d#  Do  C#7     F/c
|--------------------|--1----||---------2----1---------|--1-----||
|--5----4----6----2--|--1----||---0-----0----0----2----|--1-----||
|--2----4----4----4--|--2----||---2-----2----1----4----|--2-----||
|--4----4----6----3--|--3----||---2-----1----0----3----|--3-----||
|--2----6----5----4--|--3----||---2---------------4----|--3-----||
|--------------------|-------||------------------------|--------||
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Chords 
Ab7      464544
Db9      x4344x
Dbm6     x4242x
Do       x56464
C#7/a#   646464
Ebm7-5   x6767x
Eb/e     011000
B13      x24244
C#9      x4344x
B6       x24444
G13      353453
D13      x57577
C13      x35355
Am7-5    x01010

Intro:

Ab7 . Db9 Dbm6 | Ab .   Do C#7/a# |

Ab . Abm .    | Ebm7-5 Eb7 .  |  Emaj7 . . . | . . . .
            
E          G#m7
 Where are you?
F#m7            B7add4   Eb/e E     E6
 Where have you gone without  me?
F#7                  Eb/e E
 I though you cared about me.
B13       E
Where are you?
            
E          C#9
 Where's my heart?
F#m7          B7       Eb   E
 Where is the dream we started?
F#7                    Eb  E
 I can't believe we're parted.
B13       E
Where are you?
            
A   F#m              B6
    When we said goodbye, love,
E  C#m7  F#m7     B7    E
         what had we to gain?
F#m7                G#7
    When I gave you my love,
C#m7       F#7      Bb7-B7
    was it all in vain?
            
E          C#9
All life through
F#m7       B7    Eb  E
 must I go on pretending?
F#7                  Eb E
 where is that happy ending?
B13       E
Where are you?
            
F#m7/e                  E
       When we said goodbye, love,
F#m7/e B7             Emaj7
       what had we to gain?
F#m7/e                 G#7
       When I gave you my love,
C#m7          F#7    B7sus4  B7/d#  Do  C#7
       was it all in vain?
            
F/c      D9
All life through
Gm7        C7    E  F   Dm7
 must I go on pretending?
G7             G13   E  F    Dm7
 where is that happy ending?
C         Am7-5    D13
Where are you?
G13   C13 F
Where are you?

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