[Intro Guitar riff - finger first G chord 2nd finger playing 3rd fret of B] Play round of F and G first then F G F G F G (PLAY 5 WITH LITTLE FINGER) E ----------x----x--------------x----x------------------3------ B ----------3----353------------3----3------------------3------ G ----------0----0--5-----------0----2420---------------4----- D ----------0----0--------------0----0------------------5------ A ----------x----x--------------x-----------------------5 E 1111-1111-3333-3333-1111-1111-3333-3333-----1111-1111-333-5--
[Verse - Barre chord for F and chug G but play inversion where you can play the riff as well] [F] Now here you [G] go again You say [F] you want your f [G] reedom (lower G riff) [F] Well, who am [G] I to keep you down [F] ? [G] [F] It's only righ [G] t that you should [F] play the way you f [G] eel it But lis [F] ten caref [G] ully to the so [F] und Of your l [G] oneliness, like a (bass on all quarter notes) h [F] eartbeat, drives you [G] mad In the sti [F] llness of re [G] membering what you ha [F] d [G] And what you l [F] ost [G] And what you h [F] ad [G] And what you l [F] ost [G]
[Chorus - More open chords but keep 8th note pulse under and put fills in - imply fills with strumming and chords more than snare] Oh [Fmaj7] thunder only ha [G6] ppens when it's r [Fmaj7] aining [G] [Fmaj7] Players only l [G6] ove you when they're p [Fmaj7] laying [G] Say [Fmaj7] women they will co [G6] me and they will [Fmaj7] go [G] [Fmaj7] When the rain wash [G6] es you clean, you'll [Fmaj7] know [G] You'll [Fmaj7-High one] know
[Instrumental Break - Drums stop - strum all of this to make sound fuller] |(Fmaj7)| G | G | F E -8---8----------x------5--3----------1--- B -10--10--8-10---3----------3---------1--- G -9---9----------0-----------------5--2--- D -10--10---------0--------------------3--- A -8---8----------x--------------------3--- E ----------------3--------------------1---
|Am | G | G | F Fmaj7 at 8th fret E -8---8----------x------5--3----------1---------- B -10--10--8-10---3----------3---------1---10p8---(notes ring together) G -9---9---9-9----0-----------------5--2-------9-- D -x---x----------0--------------------3--------10 A -0---8----------x--------------------3---8------ E ----------------3--------------------1----------
[Verse] [F] Now here I [G] go again I s [F] ee your crystal [G] visions (lower G riff) [F] I keep my v [G] isions to myse [F] lf [G] [F] It's only me [G] who wants to wra [F] p around you dream [G] s and, [F] Have you any d [G] reams you'd like to s [F] ell Dreams of lo [G] neliness like a (bass drum on all quarter notes) [F] heartbeat drives you [G] mad In the s [F] tillness of re [G] membering what you ha [F] d [G] And what you l [F] ost [G] And what you h [F] ad [G] Ooh, and what you [F] lost [G]
[Chorus] Oh, [Fmaj7] thunder only hap [G6] pens when it's ra [Fmaj7] ining [G] [Fmaj7] Players only l [G6] ove you when they're pl [Fmaj7] aying [G] Say, [Fmaj7] women, they will c [G6] ome and they will [Fmaj7] go [G] [Fmaj7] When the rain wash [G6] es you clean, you'll [Fmaj7] know [G]
Oh, t [Fmaj7] hunder only happe [G6] ns when it's ra [Fmaj7] ining [G] [Fmaj7] Players only l [G6] ove you when they're pl [Fmaj7] aying [G] Say, [Fmaj7] women, they will c [G6] ome and they will [Fmaj7] go [G] [Fmaj7] When the rain wash [G6] es you clean, you'l [Fmaj7] l know [G] You'll [Fmaj7] know [G] You will [Fmaj7] know [G] Ahh, yo [Fmaj7] u'll know
[Intro - Just bass drum] Aaahh freak [Am7] out! Le [D] freak, c'est [C] Chic Freak o [Am7] ut! [D] Aaahh freak [Am7] out! Le [D] freak, c'est [C] Chic Freak o [Am7] ut! [D]
[Verse - Full drums] [Am7] Have you heard a- [D] bout the new dance [C] craze? [Am7] Listen to us, I'm [D] sure you'll be a- [C] mazed [Am7] Big fun to be [D] had by every- [C] one [Am7] It's up to you, it [D] surely can be [C] done [Am7] Young and old are [D] doing it, I'm [C] told [Am7] Just one try, and [D] you too will be [C] sold [Am7] It's called Le Freak! They're [D] doing it night and [C] day [Am7] Allow us, we'll [D] show you the way
[Chorus - Full drums but drop one snare on the 2] [C] Aaahh freak [Am7] out! Le [D] freak, c'est [C] Chic Freak o [Am7] ut! [D]
[Verse - Full drums] [Am7] All that pressure [D] got you down [C] [Am7] Has your head [D] spinning all a- [C] round [Am7] Feel the rhythm, [D] chant the [C] rhyme [Am7] Come on along and [D] have a real good [C] time [Am7] Like the days of [D] stopping at the Sa- [C] voy [Am7] Now we're free, [D] oh what a [C] joy [Am7] Just come on down, [D] to fif-ty [C] four [Am7] Find a spot out [D] on the floor
[Chorus - Full drums but drop one snare on the 2] [C] Aaahh freak [Am7] out! Le [D] freak, c'est [C] Chic Freak o [Am7] ut! [D]
[Solo - Full drums] [Am7] Now freak! -- [D] ------ [Am7] -------- [D] ------- [Am7] ---------- [D] ------- [Am7] ----------------- [D] ----- I said [Am7] freak!---- [D] -------- [Am7] -------- [D] ------------------------------------------ [Am7] Now freak!----- [D] ---------- [Am7] ------------ [D] -----------------------------------
[Verse - Full drums] [Am7] All that pressure [D] got you down [C] [Am7] Has your head [D] spinning all a- [C] round [Am7] Feel the rhythm, [D] chant the [C] rhyme [Am7] Come on along and [D] have a real good [C] time [Am7] Like the days of [D] stopping at the Sa- [C] voy [Am7] Now we free, [D] oh what a [C] joy [Am7] Just come on down, [D] to fif-ty [C] four [Am7] Find a spot out [D] on the floor
[Chorus - Full drums?] [C] Aaahh freak [Am7] out! Le [D] freak, c'est [C] Chic Freak o [Am7] ut! [D]
[Outro] [C] Aaahh freak [Am7] out! Le [D] freak, c'est [C] Chic Freak o [Am7] ut! [D] [C] Aaahh freak [Am7] out! Le [D] freak, c'est [C] Chic Freak o [Am7] ut! [D]
