[Intro Riff - BPM 80 - No drums - 1st fret for original key - dont bother live] [E][E] - no drums [E][E] - with drums
[Verse 1 - 16th note strumming] [E] Drinking in the morning sun [Asus2] Blinking in the morning sun [Bsus4-x24400] Shaking off the heavy one [Asus2] Heavy like a loaded gun (sus4 riff from E?) [E] What made me behave that way?..(Intro Riff) [Asus2] Using words I never say (Intro Riff) [F#min7] I can only think it must be love (sus4) [Asus2] Oh, anyway (sus4 riff 2 in chords follows) [E/A] It's [Esus4/A]loo [E/A]king [Esus4/A]like [E/A]a [Esus4/A]beau E/A]ti [Esus4/A]ful [E] day (hold note high before drop to chord tone)
[E maj vamp - octaves x 2 - see notes - low to high]
[Verse 2] [E] Someone tell me how I feel .. (Intro Riff) [Asus2] It's silly wrong but vivid right (E/A sus4 riff) [F#min7] Oh, kiss me like the final meal.. (sus4 riff) [Asus2] Yeah, kiss me like we die tonight
[Chorus] [E] Cause holy cow I love your eyes [Asus2] And only now I see the light [F#min7] Yeah Lying with me half-awake ............ Oh, [Asus2] anyway ... It's [E/A] (sus4 riff 2) looking like a beautiful day [E]
[E maj vamp - octaves x 3 - low to high - followed by intro riff]
[Verse 2 - Drums stop (just bass drum) - quiet - octaves] (Strum each chord once lightly muted and then pick octaves muted) [E] When my face is chamois-creased (MUTE play D2 to high E0) [Asus2] If you think I'll wink, I did (MUTE play D2 to E0) [B-76444x] Laugh politely at repeats (MUTE play A6 to B4) Yeah, [A] kiss me when my lips are thin (MUTE play D2 to B2)
[Chorus] [E] Cause holy cow I love your eyes [Asus2] And only now I see the light [F#min7] Yeah Lying with me half-awake [A] Stumbling over what to say .. Oh, any [A] way ............... [E/A-sus4-figure] It's looking like a beautiful [E] day
[E maj vamp - octaves x 4 - low to high]
[Outro - 1st version of chords - keep E octave vamp going] [E] So throw those curtains [Asus2/E - 002200] wide [Asus2/E] One day like this A year'd see me [E] right [E] So throw those curtains [Asus2/E - 002200] wide [Asus2/E] One day like this A year'd see me [E] right
[E] So throw those curtains [D/A - x00232] wide [Asus2] One day like this [Asus2] A year'd see me [E] right [E] So throw those curtains [D/A] wide [Asus2] One day like this [Asus2] A year'd see me [E] right (repeat building higher and higher)
(perhaps Hey Jude ending) [End]
[Riffs] E 0-0------------0-0------------ B 0---4-0-2---0--0---4-0-2----- G 1---------1----1---------1---- D 2--------------2-------------- A 2--------------2-------------- E 0--------------0--------------
[Strings figure 1 - version 2] E X-12-11----9---X B 9-------12-9-9-12 G 9----------9---9 D 9----------9---9 A X--------------- E 0---------------
[E maj vamp] E ----12-12-------- B ----9--9----- G 1-1-9--9------- D 2-2-9--9------- A 2-2-7--7------- E 0-0------------
[Verse 1 - Capo 2 original key - BPM 82] When I was [D] young I'd listen to the [F#m] radio Waiting [Bm] for my [Bm/A] favourite [Gmaj7] songs When they pl [Gmaj7] ayed I'd sing a [F#m7] long Em7 A/C# G9/B-x20005 It made me smile Those were such [D] happy times and not so [F#m] long ago How I wo [Bm] ndered [Bm/A] where they'd [Gmaj7] gone [C#m7] But they're [Bm] back again Just like a [Bm/A] long lost friend All the [Gmaj7] songs I [Em7] love so [A] well
[Chorus] [Asus4] Every [D] sha-la-la-la, Every [Bm] wo-o-wo-o still [D] shines [Bm] [Bm riff - Bsus2 to Bm Bsus2 - then x244x2 - mute B with fretting finger x x Bm Bsus2 - Bsus2 Bm Bsus2 B5] Every [D] shing-a-ling-a-ling That they're [Bm] startin' to sing so [Em7] fine [A] [G/A][A] When they [Bm] get to the part Where he's [A#aug-x1232x] breaking her heart It can [D] really make me [G#m7] cry Just like be [D] fore [G/A] It's yesterday once [Dmaj7] more [Dmaj7] Shu be doo [D] lang [G/A] lang [Dmaj7] Shu be doo [D] lang [G/A] lang
[Verse 2] Looking [D] back on how it was in [F#m] years gone by And the [Bm] good times [Bm/A] that I [Gmaj7] had Makes [Gmaj7] today seem rather [F#m7] sad So much has c [Em7] hanged [A/C#][G9/B] It was [D] songs of love that I would [F#m] sing to then And I'd [Bm] memo [Bm/A] rize each [Gmaj7] word [C#m7] Those old [Bm] melodies Still sound so [Bm/A] good to me As they [Gmaj7] melt the y [Em7] ears a [A] way.
[Chorus with variation] [Asus4] Every [D] sha-la-la-la, Every [Bm] wo-o-wo-o still [D] shines (All the oldies but the [Bm] goodies) Every [D] shing-a-ling-a-ling That they're s [Bm] tartin' to sing so [Em7] fine [A] [G/A][A] All my [Bm] best memories come back [A#aug] clearly to me Some can [D] even make me [G#m7] cry. Just like be [D] fore [G/A] It's yesterday once [Dmaj7] more
[Dmaj7] Shu be doo [D] lang [G/A] lang
[Asus4] Every [D] sha-la-la-la, Every [Bm] wo-o-wo-o still [D] shines [Bm] Every [D] shing-a-ling-a-ling That they're s [Bm] tartin' to sing so [Em7] fine [A] [Repeat Chorus Start to end - End on D]
