90
Crowded House-Weather With You
[INTRO - BPM 94]
[Intro Riff]
[Em7] [A] [Em7] [A]
E 0-0----0-0----0--0---7-7-7--0-----0-
B 3-0----3-2----0--0---7-7-7--0-----0-
G 0-0----2-2----11-12--7-9-7--4-----6-
D 2-2----2-2----12-12--9-9-9--5-----7-
A 2-2----0-0----0--0---7-7-7--0-----0-
E 0-0----x-x-----------7-7-7----------
[Verse 1]
Walking 'round the
[Em7] room singing stormy wea [A] ther, at Fifty-
[Em7] Seven Mount Pleasant Str [A] eet .. Well, it's the
[Em7] same room but everything's diff [A] erent, you can fight the
[Em7] sleep but not the [A] dream.
BRIDGE:
[Dm] Things ain't [C] cookin' [Dm] in my [C] kitchen,
[Dm] strange aff- [C] liction wash [F] over me.
[Dm] Julius Ca [C] esar [Dm] and the Roman [C] Empire,
[Dm] couldn't [C] conquer the [F] blue sk - [G] y.
[Intro Riff]
[Em7] [A] [Em7] [A]
[VERSE 2]
Well, there's a
[Em7] small boat made of [A] china, its going
[Em7] nowhere on the mantle- [A] piece. Well, do I
[Em7] lie like a loungeroom [A] lizard, or do I
[Em7] sing like a bird re-leased. [A]
[CHORUS]
Everywhere you
[A7sus4] go, always take the [D] weather with you, ... everywhere you
[A7sus4] go, always take the [D] weather. ... Everywhere you
[A7sus4] go, always take the [G] weather with you, .. everywhere you
[D] go, always take the [G] weather, the [A] weather with you.
[Intro Riff]
[Em7] [A] [Em7] [A] x 2
[CHORUS]
Everywhere you
[A7sus4] go, always take the [D] weather with you, ... everywhere you
[A7sus4] go, always take the [D] weather. ... Everywhere you
[A7sus4] go, always take the [G] weather with you, .. everywhere you
[D] go, always take the [E] weather, the [G] weather with you. take the
[A] weather with [D] you (drums stop for a bit)
[Bass Interlude + Chorus - No chords for first bit - Light drums that build]
E - 0 2 5 ---- 5 7 A - 5 - E 7 A 5 E 7 A 5
Everywhere you go, always take the weather with you,
everywhere you go, always take the weather.
Everywhere you go, always take the [G] weather with you,
everywhere you [D] go, always take the [E] weather,
the we [G] ather with you. (slow down to finish)
take the [A] weather with [D] you
[End]
Extra notes
Lower harmony - A B C# D B B B C# - must play Em7 (Em7 xxx / A Asus4 A)
75
Robbie Williams-Angels
[Intro - BPM 150 - No drums]
[E] [E] [E] [Esus4]
[Verse 1]
I sit and wait
[E] .............. does an angel .......contem
[A] plate my fate ([C#m]) (C#m passing chord - just play on 4)
[B] ...................and do they know
[E] .....the places where we go when we're grey and
[A] old ...................... ([C#m])
[B] ........... 'cos I've been
[F#m] told .......... that salva
[A] tion ........... lets their
[C#m7] wings unfold ..................
[A] ................. so when I'm
[D] lying in my bed ........thoughts
[A/C#] running through my head ..... and I
[E] feel that love is dead ............
[D] I'm loving [A/C#] angels instead [E]
[Chorus]
and through it
[B] all she offers me protec [C#m] tion
a lot of love and a [A] ffection
whether I'm right or [E] wrong
and down the water [B] fall
wherever it may [C#m] take me
I know that life wont [A] break me
when I come to [E/G#] call she wont
for [F#m - high E 542 run] sake me
[D] I'm loving [A/C#] angels instead [E]
[Verse 2]
[E] when I'm feeling weak and my pain walks down a one
[A] way street ([C#m])
[B] ................. I look above
[E] ......... and I know i'll always be blessed
[A] with love ([C#m])
[B] ............... and
[D] as the feeling grows ... she breathes
[A/C#] flesh to my bones and
[E] when love is dead ............
[D] I'm loving [A/C#] angels instead [E]
[Chorus]
and through it
[B] all she offers me protec [C#m] tion
a lot of love and a [A] ffection
whether I'm right or [E] wrong
and down the water [B] fall
wherever it may [C#m] take me
I know that life wont [A] break me
when I come to [E/G#] call she wont
for [F#m - high E 542 run] sake me
[D] I'm loving [A/C#] angels in [E] stead
[Solo]
Bm A E E x4
[Chorus]
and through it
[B] all she offers me protec [C#m] tion
a lot of love and a [A] ffection
whether I'm right or [E] wrong
and down the water [B] fall
wherever it may [C#m] take me
I know that life wont [A] break me
when I come to [E/G#] call she wont
for [F#m - high E 542 run] sake me
[D] I'm loving [A/C#] angels in [E] stead
105
Cher-Turn Back Time
[Intro - BPM 108 - No drums - chug chords - BE CAREFUL KEYCHANGE]
| B | B | (play sus4 as follows - 1 2 3 4 - 1 2 3 4 - (1)(2)3 4 - 1 2 3 4)
[Chorus - No drums - with E can play Emaj7 at points]
If I could
[B]turn back time .... If I could [E] find a way ....I'd take
back [C#m] those words that hurt you and you'd stay [F#] (12341234)
[Verse 1 - Pattern with chords - first onbeat, next off - repeat]
[F#] I don't know [B] why I did the [E]things I [F#] did
[F#] I don't know [B] why I said the [E]things I [F#] said
[F#] Love's like [B]a knife it can [E] cut deep insi [F#] ide
(all straight on chords - drums in)
[F#] words are like [B]weapons, they [E]wound some(snare) [F#] times
[Pre-Chorus - E G# F# as one single phrase sort of - XxxX xXXx xxxx xxxx]
[E] [G#m] [F#] I didn't really mean to [E] hurt you
[G#m] [F#] I didn't wanna see you go
[E]I know i made you cry, (drums in) [F#] but baby if I could
[Chorus - Full open downstrokes on chords]
turn [B] back time .... If I could [E] find a way....I'd take
back[C#m] those words that had hurt you and you'd [F#] stay
(1 bar dropped) .. If I could
[B] reach the stars I'd give them all [E] to you...Then you'd
[C#m] love me, love me, love me like used to (drums stop)
(rhythm of next chords F#xxB xxxx ExxF# xxxx )
do [F#]xx[B] xxxx [E] If I [F#] could turn back
[Verse 2 - Light drums]
[F#] My world was [B] shattered I was [E] torn a [F#] part
[F#] Like someone [B] took a knife and drove it [E] deep in my [F#] heart
[F#] You walk out that [B] door I swore that [E] i didn't [F#] care but I
(full drums in)
[F#] lost every [B] thing darling [E] then and [F#] there (1234)
[Pre-Chorus]
[E] [G#m] [F#] Too strong to tell you I was
[E] sorry [G#m] [F#] Too proud to tell you I was wrong
[E] And I know that I was blind [F#] and darling If I could
[Chorus]
turn [B] back time .... If I could [E] find a way....I'd take
back[C#m] those words that had hurt you and you'd [F#] stay
(1 bar dropped) .. If I could
[B] reach the stars I'd give them all [E] to you...Then you'd
[C#m] love me, love me, love me like you used to [F#] do
aaaaaaah (drums stop) (12341234)
[Ending to avoid complexity and key change]
Repeat chorus then
[F#] [B] [E] If I could[F#] turn back
[B] Time
################################################
[Bridge - just bass drum]
[F#] [B] [E] If I could[F#] turn back
[F#] time .[B]...... (turn back [E] time) If I could[F#] turn back
[F#] time .[B]...... (turn back [E] time) If I could[F#] turn back
[F#] time .[B]...... [E] oh [F#] babe
[Big riff - all hits with snare] beh [F#] x x [B] - x x x [E] - [E] x [F#] [F#] - x x x x
[Pre-Chorus - Drums fully in]
[E] [G#m] [F#] I didn't really mean to [E] hurt you
[G#m] [F#] I didn't wanna see you go
[E]I know i made you cry, [F#] but baby if I could
[Chorus - Get ready for key change]
[B] turn back time ... If I could [E] find a way,
I'd take [C#m] back those words that hurt you (2 bars dropped)
If I could [D] reach the stars I'd give them [G] all to you Then you'd
[Em] love me, love me, love me like you used to [A] do
(previous dropped bar stays - 'If' comes in on 3rd beat of 1st bar - bass drum)
If I could turn back time ......
[D] turn back time If I could [G] find a way
Then [Em] maybe maybe maybe you'd [A] stay
[End on D]
75
Train-Drops of Jupiter
[Intro Riff - 79 BPM - No drums]
C ... Csus4 x32011 - G-32003x 32000
F F - Fsus2-x33011** x33011 F
** bring first finger to E and B strings for barre and mute lower E with thumb - still full sound
after hammer onto A on G string then play full F barre
[Verse 1]
Now [C] that she's back in the atmosphere
With [G] drops of Jupiter in her hair, hey,
h [F] ey (Fsus2 riff)
[C] She acts like summer and walks like rain
[G] Reminds me that there's time to change,
h [F] ey, hey (Fsus2 riff)
[C] Since the return from her stay on the moon
[G] She listens like spring and she talks like June,
hey, [F] hey (Fsus2 riff)
[Chorus 1]
[G] Tell me did you sail across the [D] sun
Did you make it to the Milky [F] Way to see the lights all faded
[C] And that heaven is overrated
[G] Tell me, did you fall from a shooting [D] star
One without a permanent [Dm] scar
And did you miss me while you were
[F] looking for yourself out there
[Drums in
Intro Riff - C C C (C Csus4) G G G (G Gadd6)
F - x8(7)565 x8(5)565 x8(7)565]
[Verse 2] F riff - play x87565 x85565 x87565
Now [C] that she's back from that soul vacation
[G] Tracing her way through the constellation,
[F] hey, hey (F riff)
She [C] checks out Mozart while she does tae-bo
Re [G] minds me that there's room to grow, hey, [F] hey
Now [C] that she's back in the atmosphere
I'm a [G] fraid that she might think of me as
[F] plain ol' Jane
Told a story about a man who is too afraid to fly so he
never did land (chromatic up to G# then to G)
[Chorus 2]
[G] Tell me did the wind sweep you off your [D] feet
Did you finally get the chance to [F] dance along the light of day
[C] And head back to the Milky Way
And [G] tell me, did Venus blow your [D] mind
Was it everything you wanted to [Dm] find
And did you miss me while you were [F] looking for yourself out there
[La la Riff - C9 C C9 C C9 C -
G (3x003x) G6 (3x0030) G6 G G6 G - F(at1) F(at5)]
[Bridge]
Can you imagine no [C] love, pride, deep-fried chicken
Your [G] best friend always sticking [F] up for you,
even when I know you're wrong
Can you imagine no [C] first dance, freeze dried
romance [G] five-hour phone conversation
(can just stay on Bb until F to make simpler)
The [Bb/D] best soy [x787xx] latte that you
[Bb] ever had, [Bbsus2] and [F] me (drums stop)
[Chorus 3]
[G] Tell me did the wind sweep you off your [D] feet
Did you finally get the chance to [F] dance along the light of day
[C(stop)] And head back toward the Milky Way
Drum fill U = upstrum, T = thumb snare, D = downstrum
123123123123123
--UT--T--T-UT--
---D--D--D--D--
[G] Tell me did you sail across the [D] sun
Did you make it to the Milky [F] Way to see the lights all faded
[C] And that heaven is overrated
[G] Tell me, did you fall from a shooting [D] star
One without a permanent [Dm] scar
And did you miss me while you were [F] looking for yourself (snare stop)
[Outro] - La la bit - is C9 to C, then G (with 3 on B string)
to open E at top - just take fingers off top strings
[C] na na na na na na
[G] na na na na na na [F] na-na-na-na
And did you finally get the chance to dance along the light of day
[C] na na na na na na
[G] na na na na na na
And did you [F] fall from a shooting star, fall from a shooting star
[C] na na na na na na
[G] na na na na na na
(can just stay on Bb to make easier)
And are ya [Bb/D] lonely [x787xx] looking
[Bb] for your self [Bbsus2] out [F] there
[End]
85
Verve-Bittersweet Symphony
[Intro - BPM 171 - roll little finger off to play D figure]
[E] [Bm7] [D] [A]
E --------(7)-------------------------
B 9-12-9---10-7-10--15----15-14----14-
G 9--------7-----------14-------14----
D 9--------7--------0--------x--------
A ---------9-----------------0--------
E 0--------7--------------------------
[Verse - Lower Harmony - Lower Chords]
[E] [Bm7] [Dsus2] [A] Cos' it's a
[E] bitters [Bm7] weet [Dsus2] sympho [A] ny that's
[E] life [Bm7] [Dsus2] [A] Trying to
[E] make ends mee [Bm7] t you're a [Dsus2] slave to the [A] money then you
[E] die. [Bm7] [Dsus2] [A] I'll take you
[E] down the [Bm7] only [Dsus2] road I've [A] ever been
[E] down [Bm7] [Dsus2] [A] You know the
[E] one that [Bm7] takes you to the [Dsus2] places where [A] all the veins
[E] meet yeah [Bm7] [Dsus2] [A]
[Chorus - Higher harmony at points]
[E] No change I can [Bm7] change I can [Dsus2] change I can [A] change But I'm
[E] here in my [Bm7] mould I am [Dsus2] here in my [A] mould But I'm a
[E] million different [Bm7] people from [Dsus2] one day to the [A] next I can't change
[E] my mould [Bm7] no no [Dsus2] no no no [A] no
[Intro Riff x 2 - with high vox B - ah ha]
[Verse - Lower Harmony - Lower Chords]
Well I've
[E] never [Bm7] prayed but [Dsus2] tonight I'm [A] on my
[E] knees yeah [Bm7] [Dsus2] [A] I need to
[E] hear some [Bm7] sounds that [Dsus2] recognize the [A] pain in
[E] me yeah [Bm7] [Dsus2] [A] I let the
[E] melody [Bm7] shine let it [Dsus2] cleanse my [A] mind I feel
[E] free n [Bm7] ow [Dsus2] [A] but the air
[E] waves are [Bm7] clean and there's [Dsus2] nobody [A] singing to
[E] me now [Bm7] [Dsus2] [A]
[Chorus - Higher harmony at points]
[E] No change I can [Bm7] change I can [Dsus2] change I can [A] change But I'm
[E] here in my [Bm7] mould I am [Dsus2] here in my [A] mould But I'm a
[E] million different [Bm7] people from [Dsus2] one day to the [A] next I can't change
[E] my mould [Bm7] no no [Dsus2] no no no [A] no
[Intro Riff x 2 - with high vox B - ah ha]
"Have you ever been down" - "ah hah"
[Verse - Higher Harmony - Lower Chords]
Cos' it's a
[E] bitters [Bm7] weet [Dsus2] sympho [A] ny that's
[E] life [Bm7] [Dsus2] [A] Trying to
[E] make ends mee [Bm7] t you're a [Dsus2] slave to the [A] money then you
[E] die. [Bm7] [Dsus2] [A] I'll take you
[E] down the [Bm7] only [Dsus2] road I've [A] ever been
[E] down [Bm7] [Dsus2] [A] You know the
[E] one that [Bm7] takes you to the [Dsus2] places where [A] all the veins
[E] meet yeah [Bm7] [Dsus2] [A]
[Chorus - Higher harmony at points - Chordal Riff]
You
[E] know I can change I can [Bm7] change I can [Dsus2] change I can [A] change but I'm
[E] here in my [Bm7] mould I am [Dsus2] here in my [A] mould But I'm a
[E] million different [Bm7] people from [Dsus2] one day to the [A] next I can't change
[E] my mould [Bm7] no no [Dsus2] no no no [A] no
[E] [Bm7] [D] [A] repeat
[Outro - Cue from Guido as to the end]
...
(It's just sex and violence, melody and silence)
...
(I'll take you down the only road I've ever been down)
...
(Been down)
(Ever been down)
...
[End]
[Intro notes]
E Bm7 Dsus2 A (Dsus2 = Dsus2/E)
e|--0---------2-----0-------0-------|
B|--0---0-----3-----3---3---2---2---|
G|--1-1---1---2---2-2-2-----2-2-----|
D|--2---------4-4---0-------2-------| x4
A|--2---------2-----0-------0-------|
E|--0---------x-----0-------x-------|
[Chordal Riff]
0x999x 0x9912x 0x999x
Bm7 at 7th 7977107 797777 7977107
D at 10th 10-12-12-11-10-10 10-12-12-11-10-X 10-12-12-11-10-10A at 9th x09109 x0910x (mute high D) x09109
2 Chords to start E to Bm7 - 999 7710 - then play the individual notes
- when full drums come in play chord version
Go back to string riff before next verse
E to Bm7 x 2 - 0x999x xx7710x - Just bass drum
Then individual notes x 2
B - 9 12 9 10 7 10 E 10 B 10 E 10 - E 9 B 10 E 9 (play snare to come in)
Then snare on 4 and bring in chordal riff x 4
120
Fleetwood Mac-Don't Stop
[Intro - No drums]
[D] [G] x 4
(pick line on E - 3-3-2-0 on G chord- drums in at end - fast down strums muted - sounds best - but be ready for speed - and stop on snare)
[Vamp - Play add6s]
[D] [C] [G] [G]
[Verse 1 - D to Dadd6 riff, same with C and G]
[D] If you [C] wake up and [G] don't want to smile
[D] If it [C] takes just a [G] little while
[D] Open your [C] eyes and [G] look at the day
[A to A6 shuffle] You'll see things in a different way
[Chorus - Can play more open Ds and Gs with 6s - x00202, 03x210]
[D] Don't [C] stop [G] thinking about tomorrow
[D] Don't [C] stop, [G] it'll soon be here
[D] It'll [C] be [G] better than before
[A to A6 shuffle] Yesterday's gone, yesterday's gone
[Link]
[D] [C] [G] [G]
[D] [C] [G] [G]
[Verse 2]
[D] Why not [C] think about [G] times to come
[D] And not a [C] bout the [G] things that you've done
[D] If your [C] life was [G] bad to you
[A to A6 shuffle] Just think what tomorrow will do
[Chorus]
[D] Don't [C] stop [G] thinking about tomorrow
[D] Don't [C] stop, [G] it'll soon be here
[D] It'll [C] be [G] better than before
[A to A6 shuffle] Yesterday's gone, yesterday's gone [hold chord 2 more bars]
[Lead break]
[D] [C] [G] [G]
[D] [C] [G] [G]
[D] [C] [G] [G]
[A to A6 shuffle] - twice as long as usual
[Verse 3]
[D] All I [C] want is to [G] see you smile
[D] If it [C] takes just a [G] little while
[D] I know you [C] don't be [G] lieve that it's true
[A7] I never meant any harm to you
[Chorus]
[D] Don't [C] stop [G] thinking about tomorrow
[D] Don't [C] stop, [G] it'l [STOP - N.C.] l soon be here (BACK IN)
[D] It'll [C] be [G] better than before
[A7] Yesterday's gone, yesterday's gone
[D] Don't [C] stop [G] thinking about tomorrow
[D] Don't [C] stop, [G] it'll soon be here
[D] It'll [C] be [G] better than before
[A7] Yesterday's gone, yesterday's gone
[Outro]
[D] Ooo [C] ooh, [G] Don't you look [D] back [C] [G]
[D] Ooo [C] ooh, [G] Don't you look [D] back [C] [G]
[D] Ooo [C] ooh, [G] Don't you look [D] back [C] [G]
[D] Ooo [C] ooh, [G] Don't you look [D] back [C] [G]
[Extra notes]
vox - big doubled sound - lots of reverb
[Add6 riff]
[D] [C] [G]
E --7----5---3-3-----
B 7-7--5-5---3-5--
G 7-7--5-5---4-4--
D 7-7--5-5---5-X--
A 5-5--3-3---5-5--
E -----------3-3--
[Piano part]
E --2----3-2-0---(PICK EACH NOTE)
B --3----0-------
G --2----0-------
D --0----0-------
A --X----X-------
E --X----3-------(CAN TAKE ALL FINGERS OFF G TO PLAY HIGH FIGURE WELL)
(down strum triplets at some points to really simulate the piano part that McVie played)
Play 3 times, then muted downstrokes with snare hits for final figure
80
Tom Petty-Free Falling
[Intro]
[E] [A] ([A] [Amaj7]) [B]
[Verse]
She's a [E] good [A] girl loves her [B] mama
Loves [E] Je [A] sus and America [B] too
She's a [E] good [A] girl crazy 'bout [B] Elvis
Loves [E] hor [A] ses and her boyfriend [B] too
[Instrumental]
[E] [A] ([A] [Amaj7]) [B]
It's a [E] long [A] day livin' in Re [B] seda
There's a [E] free [A] way runnin' through the [B] yard
And I'm a [E] bad [A] boy 'cause I don't even [B] miss her
I'm a [E] bad [A] boy for breakin' her [B] heart
[Chorus]
And I'm [E] free [A] ([A] [Amaj7]) [B]
free [E] fallin' [A] ([A] [Amaj7]) [B]
Yeah I'm [E] free [A] ([A] [Amaj7]) [B]
free [E] fallin' [A] ([A] [Amaj7]) [B]
[Verse]
All the [E] vam [A] pires walkin' through the [B] valley
Move [E] west [A] down Ventura Boule [B] vard
And all the [E] bad [A] boys are standing in the [B] shadows
All the [E] good [A] girls are home with broken [B] hearts
[Chorus]
And I'm [E] free [A] ([A] [Amaj7]) [B]
free [E] fallin' [A] ([A] [Amaj7]) [B]
Yeah I'm [E] free [A] ([A] [Amaj7]) [B]
free [E] fallin' [A] ([A] [Amaj7]) [B]
[Instrumental]
[E] [A] ([A] [Amaj7]) [B]
[Verse]
I wanna [E] glide [A] down over Mulholland
I wanna [E] write [A] her name in the sky
I wanna [E] free [A] fall out into nothin'
Gonna [E] leave [A] this world for a while
[Chorus]
And I'm [E] free [A] ([A] [Amaj7]) [B]
free [E] fallin' [A] ([A] [Amaj7]) [B]
Yeah I'm [E] free [A] ([A] [Amaj7]) [B]
free [E] fallin' [A] ([A] [Amaj7]) [B]
And I'm [E] free [A] ([A] [Amaj7]) [B]
free [E] fallin' [A] ([A] [Amaj7]) [B]
Oh! [E] free [A] ([A] [Amaj7]) [B]
free [E] fallin' [A] ([A] [Amaj7]) [B]
80
Cranberries-Zombie
[Intro - BPM 84 - Vox - v1-1, v2-3]
(No drums - Light chord strumming)
[Em] [C] [G] [D/F#]
(Full drums)
[Em] [C] [G] [D/F#] x 2
[Guitar riff just over G and D/F# - and just bass drum]
[Em] [C] first
[G] [D]
E---------------------------------
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Dr S S S S
[Verse 1 - Just bass drum]
[Em] Another [C] head hangs lowly,
[G] child is slowly [D/F#] taken
[Em] And the violence [C] caused such silence,
[G] who are we mista [D/F#] ken .. But you
[Em] see it's not me, it's not [C] my family .. In your
[G] head, in your head, they are fighting [D/F#] .. With their
[Em] tanks and their bombs and their [C] bombs and their guns ..in your
[G] head, in your head, they are cry [D/F#] ing
[Chorus 1 - FULL DRUMS - Vocal doubling effect]
In your
[Em] head, in your [C] head, zombie, [G] zombie, zombie [D/F#]
What's in your
[Em] head, in your [C] head, zombie, [G] zombie, zombie [D/F#]
[Instrumental with 'doo doo doo doos']
[Em] [C] [G] [D/F#]
(just bass drum)
[Em] [C] [G] [D/F#] with riff over G and D
[Verse 2 - Just bass drum]
[Em] Another mo [C] ther's breaking hea [G] rt is taking ov [D/F#] er
[Em] When the violence [C] causes silence, [G] we must be mista [D/F#] ken ..It's the
[Em] same old theme since [C] 1916 ... In your
[G] head, in your head, they're still [D/F#] fighting .. With their
[Em] tanks and their bombs and their [C] bombs and their guns ... In your
[G] head, in your head, they're [D/F#] dying
[Chorus 2 - Full drums]
In your
[Em] head, in your [C] head, zombie, [G] zombie, zombie [D/F#]
What's in your
[Em] head, in your [C] head, zombie, [G] zombie, zombie [D/F#]
[Instrumental - oohs with ya eh ya yah]
[Em] [C] [G] [D/F#]
[Em] [C] [Em] [C] x2
[Solo]
[Em] [C] [G] [D/F#] x3
[Outro - with just bass drum]
[Em] [C] [Em] [C]
[Em] [C] (big fill - hard stop)
[Em]
130
Philip Oakley-Electric Dreams
BPM 129 - verse play chords just on first part of each bar -
big vox for love never ends
[INTRO] 0232 0033 0220 0033 (think at points it may be a D at the end)
D G/D A/D G/D D G/D A/D G/D (arp across strings e to g only)
Drums in
D G/D A/D D, D G/D A/D D
[VERSE 1]
I [D] only knew you f [A] or a while I nev
[Bm7] er saw your sm [G] ile
'Til it was t [D] ime to go, time [Cadd9] to
go awa [Em7] y (time t [A7sus4] o go [A7] away)
Somet [D] imes its hard to r [A] ecognise love
com [Bm7] es as a surpri [G] se
And its too la [D] te, its just t [Cadd9] oo
late to sta [Em7] y, too late t [A7sus4] o sta [A7]
[CHORUS 1]
D (riff - xx0232 xx0235 xx07710) Em7
[Em7] We'll always be toge [D/F#] ther,
h [G] owever fa [A7] r it s [D] eems (love never end [Em7] s)
We' [Em7] ll always be togeth [D/F#] er, tog [G] ether
in ele [A7] ctric d [D] reams
[LINK] D G/D A/D D x 2
[VERSE 2]
B [D] ecause the friendship th [A] at you gave has taug
[Bm7] ht me to be bra [G] ve
No matter where I g [D] o Ill never find a [Cadd9] better
pri [Em7] ze (find a [A7sus4] bet [A7] ter prize)
T [D] hough you're miles and mi [A] les away I see [Bm7]
you every da [G]
I dont have to tr [D] y, I just c [Cadd9] lose my eye
[Em7] s, I close [A7sus4] my ey [A7] es
[CHORUS 1]
D (riff - xx0232 xx0235 xx07710) Em7
[Em7] We'll always be toge [D/F#] ther, h [G] owever
fa [A7] r it s [D] eems (love never end [Em7] s)
We' [Em7] ll always be togeth [D/F#] er, tog [G] ether in
ele [A7] ctric d [D] reams
[Em7] We'll always be toge [D/F#] ther, h [G] owever
fa [A7] r it s [D] eems (love never end [Em7] s)
We' [Em7] ll always be togeth [D/F#] er, tog [G] ether in electric d [A] reams
[INSTRUMENTAL] - progression x 2
Bm Bm Bm (E (A7sus4 A7)) - final time hold A for longer
[CHORUS 1]
D (riff - xx0232 xx0235 xx07710) Em7
[Em7] We'll always be toge [D/F#] ther, h [G] owever
fa [A7] r it s [D] eems (love never end [Em7] s)
We' [Em7] ll always be togeth [D/F#] er, tog [G] ether in
ele [A7] ctric d [D] reams
[Em7] We'll always be toge [D/F#] ther, h [G] owever
fa [A7] r it s [D] eems (love never end [Em7] s)
We' [Em7] ll always be togeth [D/F#] er, tog [G] ether in
ele [A7] ctric d [D] reams
[CHORDS] (Capo on 1 for original)
D X-X-0-2-3-2
G/D X-X-0-7-8-7
A/D X-X-0-9-10-9
A X-0-2-2-2-0
Bm7 X-2-0-2-3-0
G 3-2-0-0-3-3
Cadd9 X-3-2-0-3-0
Em7 0-2-2-0-3-0
A7sus4 X-0-2-0-3-0
A7 X-0-2-0-2-0
D/F# 2-X-0-2-3-3
140
Bryan Adams-Summer of 69
[Intro - BPM 140 - with Asus2 could try x07600]
Chug on [D] - no drums - optional to play G before A during verse
[Verse 1 - No drums - Down stroke strumming chug]
[D] I got my first real six-string [G]
[A] Bought it at the five-and-dime [G]
[D] Played it 'til my fingers bled [G]
[A] It was the summer of '69 [G]
[Verse 2 - Bass on 1 only, snare at usual times - move to slow strum]
[D] Me and some guys from school [G]
[A] Had a band and we tried real hard [G]
[D] Jimmy quit, Joey got married [G]
[A] I shoulda known we'd never get far
[Chorus 1 - Full drums - BAd DoG]
[Bm] Oh, when I [A] look back now
[D] That summer seemed to [G] last forever
[Bm] And if I [A] had the choice
[D] Yeah, I'd always [G] wanna be there
[Bm] Those were the [A] (stop) best days of my
[Instrumental - Up and down strumming - very open]
Life
[Dsus2 D Dsus4 D Dsus2 D] [Asus2 A Asus4 A Asus2 A] x 2
[Verse 3]
[D] Ain't no use in complainin' [G]
[A] When you got a job to do [G]
[D] Spent my evenin's down at the drive in [G]
[A] And that's when I met you, yeah [G]
[Chorus 2]
[Bm] Standin' on your [A] mama's porch
[D] You told me that you'd [G] wait forever
[Bm] Oh, and when you [A] held my hand
[D] I knew that it was [G] now or never
[Bm] Those were the [A] best days of my [D] life
[Instrumental]
[Dsus2 D Dsus4 D Dsus2 D] [Asus2 A Asus4 A Asus2 A] x 2
Oh yeah Back in the summer of '69 Ohhh
[Bridge]
[F] Man, we were [Bb] killin' time
We were [C] young and restless
We [Bb] needed to unwind
[F] I guess [Bb] nothin' can last
for [C] ever, forever no
[Instrumental - No drums until fill on final A - just follow chords stab with snare]
[Dsus2 D Dsus4 D Dsus2 D] [Asus2 A Asus4 A Asus2 A] x 2
[Verse 4]
[D] And now the times are changin' [G]
[A] Look at everything that's come and gone [G]
[D] Sometimes when I play that old six-string [G]
[A] I think about you, wonder what went wrong
[Chorus 3]
[Bm] Standin' on your [A] mama's porch
[D] You told me that it'd [G] last forever
[Bm] Oh, and when you [A] held my hand
[D] I knew that it was [G] now or never
[Bm] Those were the [A] best days of my [D] life
[Outro]
[Dsus2 D Dsus4 D Dsus2 D] [Asus2 A Asus4 A Asus2 A] x ad lib - solo out
Oh yeah Back in the summer of '69 uh huh/ooh etc - repeat
90
Toto-Africa
[Vox 2 - 5th below, vox 3 - 5th below and 3rd up - increase mix of harmony - make sure double on main vox]
[Intro BPM 95 ]
Drums B..B B+S...
A..A .A.A A.G#m. C#m...
(Stop playing C#m to play Keyboard riff)
[Verse 1]
[B] I hear the drums [D#m] echoing [G#m] tonight
She [G#m/F#-224444] hears only [A] whispers of some
[C#m] quiet con [G#m] versa [A] tion [A] [G#m] [C#m]
[B] She's coming [D#m] in, twelve thirty [G#m] flight
The moonl [G#m/F#] it wings [A] reflect the stars that
[C#m] guide me towards [G#m] salva [A] tion [G#m] [C#m]
[B] I stopped an [D#m] old man along the [G#m] way
Hoping [G#m/F#] to find some [A] old forgotten [C#m] words
or ancient [G#m] melo [A] dies [A] [G#m] [C#m]
[B] He turned to [D#m] me as if to [G#m] say
[G#m/F#] Hurry boy, it's [A] waiting there for you [A] [G#m] [C#m]
(Drum fill)
[Chorus - Guido in one second line]
[F#m] It's gonna take a [D] lot to drag me [A] away from [E] you
[F#m] There's nothing that a [D] hundred men or [A] more could ever [E] do
[F#m] I bless the [D] rains down [A] in Afri [E] ca
[F#m] Gonna take some [D] time to do the [A] things we never
[C#m] Ha-- a a[E]ad a a [F#m] ad [E] oo, [A] ooo [G#m] [C#m]
[Link]
A (G#m C#m) X 2
[Verse 2]
[B] The wild dogs [D#m] cry out in the [G#m] night
As [G#m/F#] they grow restless [A] longing for some
[C#m] solitary [G#m] compa [A] ny [A] [G#m] [C#m]
[B] I know that [D#m] I must do what's [G#m] right
As sure as [G#m/F#] Kilimanjaro [A] rises like
O [C#m] lympus above the [G#m] Serenge [A] ti [A] [G#m] [C#m]
[B] I seek to [D#m] cure what's deep in [G#m] side...
[G#m/F#] Frightened of this [A] thing that I've become [A] [G#m] [C#m]
(Drum fill)
[Chorus - Guido in one second line]
[F#m] It's gonna take a [D] lot to drag me [A] away from [E] you
[F#m] There's nothing that a [D] hundred men or [A] more could ever [E] do
[F#m] I bless the [D] rains down [A] in Afri [E] ca
[F#m] Gonna take some [D] time to do the [A] things we never
[C#m] Ha-- a a[E]ad a a [F#m] ad [E] oo, [A] ooo
[Link]
A (G#m C#m) X 2
[Music Break]
B D#m G#m B A C#m G#m A (G#m C#m)
[B] [D#m] [G#m] H [G#m/F#] urry boy,
she's [A] waiting there for you [A] [G#m] [C#m]
(Drum fill)
[Chorus - Guido in one second line]
[F#m] It's gonna take a [D] lot to drag me [A] away from [E] you
[F#m] There's nothing that a [D] hundred men or [A] more could ever [E] do
[F#m] I bless the [D] rains down [A] in Afri [E] ca
[F#m] I bless the [D] rains down [A] in Afri [E] ca
[F#m] I bless the [D] rains down [A] in Afri [E] ca
[F#m] I bless the [D] rains down [A] in Afri [E] ca
[F#m] Gonna take some [D] time to do the [A] things we never
[C#m] Ha-- a a[E]ad a a [F#m] ad [E] oo, [A] ooo [G#m] [C#m]
[Outro] A (G#m C#m) til fade
[Keyboard riff - Pick individually and ring notes together to make bigger sound]
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