[Intro Riff - Drop D - BPM 136 - No drums] [D][G][Bm][A] E(10)----------------- B 10-10-10--10-1010--- G 7--0--7---7--6-7---- D 0-----9---7--------- A ----------0--------- E --------------------
[Verse 1 - Over riff] [D] When I was six years [G] old I broke my leg [Bm][A] [D] And I was running [G] from my brother and [Bm] his friends [A] [D] And tasted the [G] sweet perfume of the [Bm] mountain grass as I [A] rolled down [D] I was younger [G] then, [Bm] take me back to [A] when I
[Pre-Chorus 1 - Slap snare] [G] Found my [A] heart and broke it [D] here Made friends and [G] lost them through the years [G] And I've not [A] seen the roaring [D] fields in so long, I [G] know I've grown [G] But I can't [A] wait to go home
[Chorus 1 - Full drums] [D] I'm on [D/F#] my [G] way, [Bm] driving at [A7sus4] ninety Down [D] those coun [D/F#] try [G] lanes [Bm] singing to [A7sus4] Tiny Dancer And [D] I miss [D/F#] the [G] way you make [Bm] me feel [A7sus4] and it's real When [D] we watched [D/F#] the [G] sunset [Bm] over the [A7sus4] castle on the hill
[Riff - 0 7e 10 (10) for 2 bars - Drums stop] [D]
[Verse 2 - chords where you hold high A - Full drums] [D] Fifteen years [G] old and smoking [Bm] hand-rolled cigarettes [A] [D] Running from the law [G] through the backfields and [Bm] getting drunk with my [A] friends [D] Had my first [G] kiss on a Friday [Bm] night, I don't [A] reckon I did it [D] Right, I was younger [G] then [Bm] take me back to w [A] hen we found
[Pre-Chorus 2] [G] Weekend [A] jobs and when we got [D] paid We'd buy cheap [G] spirits and drink them [G] straight Me and my [A] friends have not thrown [D] up in so long, [G] oh how we've grown [G] But I can't [A] wait to go home
[Chorus 2] [D] I'm on [D/F#] my [G] way, [Bm] driving at [A7sus4] ninety Down [D] those coun [D/F#] try [G] lanes [Bm] singing to [A7sus4] Tiny Dancer And [D] I miss [D/F#] the [G] way you make [Bm] me feel [A7sus4] and it's real When [D] we watched [D/F#] the [G] sunset [Bm] over the [A7sus4] castle on the hill [D] woo [D/F#] ooo [G] oooh [Bm] Over the [A7sus4] astle on the hill (drums stop)
[Bridge - No drums] [Bm][G][D][A7sus4] (Just bass drum) [Bm] One friend [G] left to sell clothes, [D] one works A7sus4] down by the coast [Bm] One had two [G] kids but lives alone, [D] one's [A7sus4] brother overdosed [Bm] One's al [G] ready on his second wife, [D] one's just [A7sus4] barely getting by but [Bm] These people [G] raised me and I-I-I, [D] can't [A7sus4] wait to go home
[Chorus 3 - Still no drums] [D] I'm on [D/F#] my [G] way, [Bm] driving at [A7sus4] ninety Down [D] those coun [D/F#] try [G] lanes when [Bm] we did not [A7sus4] know the answers and (full drums) [D] I miss [D/F#] the [G] way you make [Bm] me feel [A7sus4] and it's real When [D] we watched [D/F#] the [G] sunset [Bm] over the [A7sus4] castle on the hill [D] woo [D/F#] ooo [G] oooh [Bm] Over the [A7sus4] astle on the hill [D] woo [D/F#] ooo [G] oooh (slow down and quieter) [Bm] Over the [A7sus4] astle on the hill
[Intro - Capo 2 - BPM 125 - 'Deh' starts off beat prior to first 1 - remember to play G 3x0003 as B is important to melody] [Chug chords with Vocals - bass drum on all 4] Deh ... deh do ... ded doo BxSB - x B S x - B B S x
(sing C to G for C chords, then B to G twice for G and Em chords, then A to G for D chord) [C][G][Em][D] (x2)
[Verse 1 - Drums B-B- ---- ---- ---- Guitar X-X- X-xx xxX- X---] [C] I was left [G] to my own de [Em] i i i i ces [D] [C] Many days [G] fell away with [Em] nothing to [D] show
[Pre-Chorus - Bass drum on all 4] And the [C] walls kept tumbling [G] down In the city that we [Em] l-o-v-e- [D] (to make more drummy - add bass drums now each 8th note BB(B+S)B) Great [C] clouds roll over the [G] hills Bringing darkness from [Em] a-b-o-v- [D] e [Vamp on D to stop]
[Chorus - Deh deh in background - Full drums - bass drum on all beats] But if you close your [C] eyes, Does it [G] almost feel like [Em] Nothing changed at [D] all? And if you close your [C] eyes, Does it [G] almost feel like [Em] You've been here be [D] fore? How .. [C] am I gonna be an [G] optimist a [D] bout this? How .. [C] am I gonna be an [G] optimist a [D] bout this? (stop)
[Verse 2 - No drums - Chugging guitar] [C] We were caught [G] up and lost in [Em] all of our [D] vices (light drums in BxSlap xxSlap) [C] In your pose [G] as the duh uh ust [Em] settles a [D] round us
[Pre-Chorus - Bass drum] And the [C] walls kept tumbling [G] down In the city that we [Em] l-o-v-e- [D] (to make more drummy - add bass drums now each 8th note BB(B+S)B) Great [C] clouds roll over the [G] hills Bringing darkness from [Em] a-b-o-v- [D] e [Vamp on D to stop]
[Chorus - Full drums - bass drum on all 4] But if you close your [C] eyes, Does it [G] almost feel like [Em] Nothing changed at [D] all? And if you close your [C] eyes, Does it [G] almost feel like [Em] You've been here be [D] fore? How .. [C] am I gonna be an [G] optimist a [D] bout this? How .. [C] am I gonna be an [G] optimist a [D] bout this?
[Deh etc section - Full drums] Deh ... deh do ... ded doo [C][G][Em][D] (stop)
[Bridge - No drums - Quiet] [C] Oh where do we beg [G] in? The [Em] rubble or our [D] sins? (big harmonies come in) [C] Oh where do we beg [G] in? The [Em] rubble or our [D] sins?
[Pre-Chorus - Just bass drum and funky strumming] And the [C] walls kept tumbling [G] down In the city that we [Em] l-o-v-e- [D] Great [C] clouds roll over the [G] hills Bringing darkness from [Em] a-b-o-v- [D] e [Vamp on D / drum fill to stop]
[Chorus - Full drums - bass drum on all 4] But if you close your [C] eyes, Does it [G] almost feel like [Em] Nothing changed at [D] all? And if you close your [C] eyes, Does it [G] almost feel like [Em] You've been here be [D] fore? How .. [C] am I gonna be an [G] optimist a [D] bout this? How .. [C] am I gonna be an [G] optimist a [D] bout this? If you close your [C] eyes, Does it [G] almost feel like [Em] Nothing changed at [D] all? (stop drums)
[Outro - No drums - Deh ... deh do ... ded doo] [C][G][Em][D] (x2) [Tempo check - 19/11/23 - 120 - actual 125 - OK - prefer slower everytime]