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Pure Imagination

by Willie Wonka · posted by Billy_Idle

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Pure Imagination / Willie Wonka / Gene Wilder

Tabbed for C Chromatic (Key of C) so you can Play Along With Willie Wonka!



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Pure Imagination

To play along with the video, simply hold the slide in (*) for the entire song,
with the exception of two notes. The (5*) becomes (-5) and (-3*) becomes (-4)


Come with me and you'll be   In a world of pure imagination
 -3   5   7  -3    5    7    -3 5  -8   8   -8  8 -8 8 -8 7

Take a look and you'll see   Into your imagination
 -3  5  6   -6    7     6    -5 5  -4  4 -4 4 -4 3   

We'll begin with a spin   Traveling in a world of my creation
 -3   5  7  -3   5  7      -3   5   -8 8  -8    8 -8  8 -8 7

What we'll see will defy explanation
 -3    5    6   -6  7 6  -5 5 -4 -8


If you wanna view paradise   Simply look around and view it
 9 -9   9 -9  9   -8  7  6    6 -6   6   -6  6   5   6    7  

Anything you want to do it   Wanna change the world
-8 8 -8   8   -8  -4 -7 -8   -7 -8   -7   -8   -7

There's nothing to it
 -3     -4   5 (5*) -5


There is no life I know   To compare with pure imagination
 -3   5  7  -3   5  7     -3  5  -8   8   -8   8 -8 8 -8 7

Living there, you'll be free   If you truly wish to be
 -3  5   6     -6    7   6     -5  5 -4 -8 (-3*) -4  4


If you wanna view paradise   Simply look around and view it
 9 -9   9 -9  9   -8  7  6    6 -6   6   -6  6   5   6    7  

Anything you want to do it   Wanna change the world
-8 8 -8   8   -8  -4 -7 -8   -7 -8   -7   -8   -7

There's nothing to it
 -3     -4   5 (5*) -5


There is no life I know   To compare with pure imagination
 -3   5  7  -3   5  7     -3  5  -8   8   -8   8 -8 8 -8 7

Living there, you'll be free   If you truly wish to be
 -3  5   6     -6    7   6     -5  5 -4 -8 (-3*) -4  4 


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