[Intro bass riff - BPM 199 - Am F] A ---------------------8--8----8--8-- E -5--5-0--0-5--5-0---0----8--8----8-S--
[Then drums + keyboard riff - High Am and F] [keyboard riff - mute low E with thumb and D string with fretting finger] (strum gentler than you think to make right notes ring) E -8---10---8----10---------------------------------- B -10--10---10---10--------------------------------- G -9---9----10---10------------------------------- D -10--10---10---10---------------------------------- A -0---0----8----8----------------------------------- E -X---X----X----X---------------------------------
[Verse 1] I [Am] t's up in my heart when it s [F] kips a beat [Am] Can't feel no pavement right [F] under my feet
[Chorus] [C] Up in my lonely room [G] When I'm dreaming of y [F] ou (wah oooo) Oh what can I do [Am] I still need you, but [F] I don't want you now [Am][F][E]
[Keyboard intro riff - Am F Am F]
[Verse 2] [Am] When I'm down and my [F] hands are tied [Am] I cannot reach a pen for [F] me to draw the line [Am] From this pain I just [F] can't disguise [Am] Its gonna hurt but I'll [F] have to say goodbye
[Chorus] [C] Up in my lonely room [G] When I'm dreaming of y [F] o Oh what can I do [Am] I still need you, but [F] I don't want you now [Am] [F][E] x 4 (oh yeah)
[Solo - play octaves - all 3 - concentrate on muting] (I don't need you but I don't want you - solo follows this) Am F Am F C G F Am F Am F E
[Keyboard intro riff - but sung as well] Am F Am F (Drum fill at end - right hand to soundboard sS
[Chorus] [C] Up in my lonely room [G] When I'm dreaming of y [F] o Oh what can I do [Am] I still need you, but [F] I don't want you now [Am] [F][E] (Stop on E)
e|---------------------0--------------------------------8---7-| B|-------3-1-----------------1-----------------1--------10--9-| G|-----0-----------5-----0h2---0h2p0-----0-0h2-------5--10--9-| D|-0h2-------2-2s5---3---------------3-2---------2s7----10--9-| A|------------------------------------------------------8---7-| E|------------------------------------------------------------| (alternately, you can replace the last two barre chords with a swift -E--F-)
[Verse] On a [Gm] cobweb [F] afternoon In a [Dm7] room full of [Eb] emptiness By a [Gm] freeway [F] I confess I [Dm7] was lost in the [Eb] pages [Gm] Of a book [F] full of death [Dm7] Reading how we'll [Eb] die alone [Gm] And if we're good [F] we'll lay to rest [Dm7] Anywhere [Eb] we wanna go
[Chorus] [Gm]In your [Bb] house [F] I long to [Gm] be [Gm]Room by [Bb] room [F] patient [Gm] ly [Eb]I'll wait for [Gm] you there [F]Like a [Gm] stone [Eb] I'll wait for you [Gm] there [D]Alone
[Instrumental] [Gm][F][Dm7][Eb]
[Verse] On my [Gm] deathbed [F] I will pray To [Dm7] the gods and the [Eb] angels Like a [Gm] pagan to [F] anyone Who [Dm7] will take me to [Eb]heaven [Gm] To a place [F] I recall [Dm7] I was there so [Eb] long ago The [Gm] sky was bruised The [F] wine was bled And [Dm7] there you led me [Eb] on
[Chorus] [Gm]In your [Bb] house [F] I long to [Gm] be [Gm]Room by [Bb] room [F] patient [Gm] ly [Eb]I'll wait for [Gm] you there [F]Like a [Gm] stone [Eb]I'll wait for you [Gm] there [D]Alone [D]Alone
[Solo - Same chords as Chorus]
[Bridge] [Eb] And on I [Bb] read [D] Until the day was [Eb] gone And I [D#m] sat in [C] regret Of [D] all the things [Gm] I've done For [Eb] all that I've [Bb] blessed And [D] all that I've [Eb] wronged In [D#m] dreams until my [C] death I will [D] wander on
[Chorus] [Gm]In your [Bb] house [F] I long to [Gm] be [Gm]Room by [Bb] room [F] patient [Gm] ly [Eb]I'll wait for [Gm] you there [F]Like a [Gm] stone [Eb]I'll wait for you [Gm] there [D]Alone [D]Alone
