Third Eye Blind-Semi-Charmed Life
[Drum intro]B SBSB SSSB B
[Intro 1]
[G] [D] [C9] [C9] x 2
[Rhythm - Cs are Cadd9 and final D is Dsus4 - run on C9 at end is B string 33 10]
GGGG-Gxxx DDDD-DDxx CCCC-CxCC CCxx-CCxx
B S B S B S B S
V V V V VV V V V V V VV V (Vocal line hits)
[Intro 2]
[G] Doo-doo-doo, [D] doo-doo- [Dsus4] doo-doo
[C] Doo-doo-doo, doo-doo-doo-doo
[G] Doo-doo-doo, [D] doo-doo- [Dsus4] doo-doo
[C] Doo-doo-doo
[Verse 1 - Light with chords - not staccato]
I'm packed and I'm [G] holding, I'm smiling,
she l [D] iving, she [Dsus4] golden,
she [C] lives for me, says she lives for me
Ov [G] ation, her o [D] wn motiv [Dsus4] ation
[C] She comes around and she goes down on [G] me
And I make her s [D] mile like a [Dsus4] drug for you
[C] Do ever what you want to do
Coming over [G] you
Keep on smi [D] ling what we go [Dsus4] through
[C] One stop to the rhythm that divides you
[Pre-Chorus - more riffy]
[G] And I speak to yo [D] u like th
[Dsus4] e chorus to the v [C] erse
Chop another line like a coda with a [G] curse
Come on like a [D] freak show [Dsus4] takes the [C] stage
We give them the games we play she said
[Chorus 1 - Full staccato riff - sits well with vocals]
[G] I want [D] somet [Dsus4] hing e [C] lse
To get me through this
[G] S [D] emi-charmed kin [Dsus4] d of l [C] ife baby, baby
[G] I want [D] some [Dsus4] thing [C] else
I'm not listening when you s [G] ay [D] go [Dsus4] od~~~b [C] ye
[Post-chorus - Full staccato riff]
[G] Doo-doo-doo, [D] doo-doo- [Dsus4] doo-doo
[C] Doo-doo-doo, doo-doo-doo-doo
[G] Doo-doo-doo, [D] doo-doo- [Dsus4] doo-doo
[C] Doo-doo-doo
[Verse 2 - Light with chords]
The sky it was [G] gold, it was rose
I was [D] taking sips [Dsus4] of it through my [C] nose
And I wish I could get back there
Some place [G] back there, smiling in the
[D] pictures you would [Dsus4] take
[C] Doing crystal meth will lift you up until you break
It won't s [G] top I won't come [D] down
I keep [Dsus4] stock with a [C] tick-tock rhythm, a bump for the drop
And then I [G] bumped up, I took the [D] hit that I was [Dsus4] given
Then I [C] bumped again, then I bumped again, said
[Pre-Chorus]
[D] How do I get b [C] ack there to
The [D] place where I fell asl [C] eep inside you?
H [D] ow do I get mys [C] elf back to
(drums follow vocals)
The [D] place where you said
[Chorus 1 - Full staccato riff]
[G] I want [D] somet [Dsus4] hing e [C] lse
To get me through this
[G] [D] Semi-charmed ki [Dsus4] nd of [C] life baby, baby
[G] I want [D] some [Dsus4] thing [C] else,
I'm not listening when you [G] say [D] g [Dsus4] ood~~~ [C] bye
[Verse 3] (soft acoustic)
[G] I believe in the [D] sand beneath my [C] toes
The beach gives a feeling, an earthy [G] feeling
I be [D] lieve in the faith that g [C] rows
And the four right chords can (fuller drums and riff)
[G] make me cry [D] [Dsus4]
[C] When I'm with you I feel like I could [G] die
And that would be [D] alri [Dsus4] ght, al [C] right
[Bridge]
And when the pl [D] ane came in she s [C] aid she was crashing
[D] The velvet it [C] rips in the city we tr [D] ipped
On the urge to f [C] eel alive
But n [G] ow I'm struggling to survive [G]
Those d [D] ays you were wearing that [C] velvet dress
Y [D] ou're the priestess I m [C] ust confess
Those [D] little red panties they [C] pass the test
Slide [G] (drums stop) up around the belly face
down on the mattress
(not sure about this bit)
[G] One, [D]
And you [C] hold me [C]
And we're [G] broken. [D]
Still it's all [C] that I want to do.
Just a little now
[G] Feel myself a [Dsus4] head made of the [C] ground,
I'm scared but [C] I'm not coming
[G] down [Dsus4] no [C]no
And [C]I won't run for
[G] my life, [Dsus4]
She's [C] got her jaws now [C] locked down her in
[G] smile
but nothing is all [Dsus4] right,
[C] All right,
[Chorus 2 - Light drums and snare from muted strike on strings]
[G] I want [Dsus4] something [C] else
To get me [G] through this [Dsus4]
[C] life, baby
[G] I want [Dsus4] something [C] else
Not listening [G] when you [Dsus4] say (drums back in)
goo [C] dbye [G/B] [Am]
good [C] by [G/B] e [Am]
good [C] by [G/B] e [Am]
goodbye..... [G] [D] [Dsus4] [C]
[G] [D] [Dsus4] [C]
[Post-chorus]
[G] Doo-doo-doo, [D] doo-doo- [Dsus4] doo-doo
[C] Doo-doo-doo, doo-doo-doo-doo
[G] Doo-doo-doo, [D] doo-doo- [Dsus4] doo-doo [C]
[Outro]
The sky it was [G] gold, it was rose
I was [D] taking sips [Dsus4] of it through my [C] nose
And I wish I could get back there
someplace [G] back there
in the [D] place you [Dsus4] used to
(drum emphasise vocal)
[C] start ... aaa ... aaa ... aaart
[G] Doo-doo-doo, [D] doo-doo- [Dsus4] doo-doo
[C] Doo-doo-doo, doo-doo-doo-doo
[G] I want [D] some [Dsus4] thing [C] else [C]
(drums CxxCxxCxxCxxC - next subdivisions - B and S follow chords)
[Ending - Drums follow the chords]
[C] [G/B] [Am**]