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Here's another classic for Genesis fans.  Enjoy.
Regards,
Frank
    
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    Artist: Genesis
    Title:  Your Own Special Way
    Album:  Wind & Wuthering (1976)
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                             YOUR OWN SPECIAL WAY
    
                     Words and Music by Mike Rutherford
    
    Chord Voicings:
    
        Ab  C   C6 Cmaj7 C/E Dm7 Em7  F Fmaj7 F#m7-5 G
    e---4---0---0----0----0---1---0---1---0-----0----3--
    B---4---1---1----0----1---1---3---1---1-----1----0--
    G---5---0---2----0----0---2---0---2---2-----2----0--
    D---6---2---2----2----2---0---2---3---3-----2----0--
    A---6---3---3----3----x---x---2---3---x-----x----x--
    E---4---x---x----x----x---x---0---1---x-----2----3--
    
    Note: In the tab section, a note in brackets is not to be played.
    
    
    Moderately Fast, in 3
    3/4 time (except chorus in 2/4)
    Key of C
    
    [Intro]
     ~~~~~
    |C               |C6              |Cmaj7           |C6              |
    
    |C               |C6              |Cmaj7           |C6              |
    
    
    [Verse 1]
     ~~~~~~~
    |C                                |C6                               |
     Go       far      e   -   nough,_____                        and
    
    |Cmaj7                            |C6                               |
     you      will     reach
    
    |C                                |C6                               |
    
    
    |Cmaj7                            |C6                               |
                                                                   A
    
    |C                                |C6                               |
     place     where      the     sea_____                        runs
    
    |Cmaj7                            |C6                               |
     un   -   der  - neath.____
    
    |C                                |C6                               |
    
    
    |Cmaj7                            |C6                               |
                                                                  And
    
    |Ab                               |                                 |
     we'll      see     our____        shad  -  ow
    
    |G                                |                                 |
     high      in       the      sky,_____
    
    |F#m7-5                           |                                 |
     dy   -   ing        a   -   way______            in       the
    
    |F                                |                                 |
     night._______________________________
    
    |C                                |C6                               |
    
    
    |Cmaj7                            |C6                               |
                                                                  I've
    
    [Verses 1 (cont.), 2, & 3]
     ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    |: C                              |C6                               |
    1. sailed   the  world__                                      for
    2. Who's    seen     the    wind?_____                        Not
    3. What     mean     the    dreams____                       night
    
    |Cmaj7                            |C6                               |
     sev  -  en     years
     you     or       I.
     af   -  ter    night?
    
    |C                                |C6                               |
    
    
    |Cmaj7                            |C6                               |
                                                                  and
                                                                  But
                                                                  The
    
    |C                                |C6                               |
     left        all       I     love_____                        be  -
     when        the      ship  moves,____                        she's
     man         in       the   moon's____                         a
    
    |Cmaj7                            |C6                               |
     hind      in     tears.____
     pass   -  ing    by._______
     blind  -  ing    light.____
    
    |C                                |C6                               |
    
    
    |Cmaj7                            |C6                               |
    1.
    2.                                                            Be  -
    3.
    
    |Ab                               |                                 |
     Won't     you     come____        here,                      wher -
     tween     you     and_____        me,                         I
     Won't     you     come____        out,                       who -
    
    |G                                |                                 |
     ev    -    er       you           are?                       I've
     real  -    ly      don't          think                      she
     ev    -    er       you           are?                      You've
    
    |F#m7-5                           |                                 |
     been       all       a   -  lone_____        long         e   -
     knows      where    she's    go      -       ing          at
     fol   -    lowed     me     quite____        long         e   -
    
    |F                                |                                 |
     nough._______________________________
     all._________________________________
     nough._______________________________
    
    
    [Chorus]
     ~~~~~~
     2/4 time
    |                                 |
    
     Moderately slow, in 2
    |C                                |                                 |
     You,                                           you   have   your
     You,                                           you   have   your
     You,                                           you   have   your
    
    |Dm7                              |                                 |
     own___________    spe  -  cial    way
     own___________    spe  -  cial    way
     own___________    spe  -  cial    way
    
    |F                                |                                 |
                                                   of  hold - ing   my
                                                   of  car - ry'ng  me
                                                   of  hold - ing   my
    
    |C/E              Fmaj7           |C/E               Fmaj7          |
     hand.  Keep  it  way  'bove  the  wa - ter.  Don't  ev  -  er   let
     twice 'round the world, nev - er  clos - er   to    home  than  the
     hand.______________________________________________________________
    
    |Em7                              |                                 |
     go,                                      oh,  no,  no,____   no.___
     day,                                     the  day  I______   start
     ___                                     Don't ev - er  let   go.___
    
    |Dm7                              |                                 |
     _______________
     -  ed._________
     _______________
    
    |C                                |                                 |
     You,                                           you   have   your
     You,                                           you   have   your
     You,                                           you   have   your
    
    |Dm7                              |                                 |
     own___________    spe  -  cial    way
     own___________    spe  -  cial    way
     own___________    spe  -  cial    way
    
    |F                                |                                 |
                                                   of  turn - ing   the
                                                  Hold  on -  to    my
                                                   of  turn - ing   the
    
    |C/E               Fmaj7          |C/E              Fmaj7           |
     world   so  it's  fac - ing  the  way  that  I'm   go - ing.  Don't
     hand.  Keep  it   way  'bove the  wa - ter.  Don't ev -  er   let
     world   so  it's  fac - ing  the  way  that  I'm   go - ing.  Don't
    
    |Em7                              |                                 |
     ev    -    er,                               don't  ev - er  stop.__
     go,                                           no,   no,      no.____
     ev    -    er,                               don't  ev - er  leave__
    
    |Dm7                              |                                 |
     ____________                                                        *
     ____________                                                        &
     ____     me.                                                        #
    
    { *  go to |1. }
    { &  go to |2. }
    { #  go to |3. }
    
     _____________________________________________________________________
    |1.
     3/4 time
    |C                                |C6                               |
    
    |Cmaj7                            |C6                              :|
    
    {go to start of verse 2}
    
     _____________________________________________________________________
    |2.
     Tacet
    |:              |                 |                |                |
    e--3-(3)--6-(6)-----4-(4)--3-(3)------1-(1)------------1--3---6------
    B--|--|---|--|------|--|---|--|-------|--|---3-(3)-----|--|---|--4---
    G--|--|---|--|------|--|---|--|-------|--|---|--|------|--|---|--|---
    
    |               |                 |                |                |
    e----------------------1---3--1------(1)-----------------------------
    B-(4)(4)-(4)(4)-----4--|---|--|-------|--4--(4)(4)-----3-(3)-(3)(3)--
    G--|--|---|--|------|--|---|--|-------|--|---|--|------|--|---|--|---
    
    |              :|
    e---------------|
    B-(3)(3)-(3)(3)-|  {repeat this tab block once more then continue}
    G--|--|---|--|--|
    
    |               |                 |                |                |
    e--0-(0)--0-(0)-----6-(6)--6--3------(3)(3)-(3)(3)----(3)(3)-(3)(3)--
    B--|--|---|--|------|--|---|--|-------|--|---|--|------|--|---|--|---
    G--|--|---|--|------|--|---|--|-------|--|---|--|------|--|---|--|---
    
    |               |                 |                |                |
    e--1-(1)--1-(1)-----8-(8)--8--5------(5)(5)-(5)(5)----(5)(5)-(5)-5---
    B--|--|---|--|------|--|---|--|-------|--|---|--|------|--|---|--|---
    G--|--|---|--|------|--|---|--|-------|--|---|--|------|--|---|--|---
    
    |               |                 |                |                |
    e--5--6--(6)(6)-----1-(1)-------------3-(3)-(3)(3)----(3)(3)-(3)-1---
    B--|--|---|--|------|--|---3-(3)------|--|---|--|------|--|---|--|---
    G--|--|---|--|------|--|---|--|-------|--|---|--|------|--|---|--|---
    
    |               |                 |                |
    e--0-(0)-------------------------------------------|
    B--|--|---3-(3)-----1-(1)-(1)(1)-----(1)(1)-(1)(1)-|
    G--|--|---|--|------|--|---|--|-------|--|---|--|--|
    
     3/4 time
    |C              |C6               |Cmaj7           |C6              |
    
    {go to start of verse 3}
    
    
     __________________________________
    |3.
    |C                                ||  {The end}
    
    
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    | Frank Palcat              |  |
    | Ottawa, Ontario, Canada   | /\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\|
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