BPM 139 - Drop D for big Chorus? Play F 3332 [Intro] [F - Strum Csus4 at end]
Riff - down up on full chord helps melody ring outs----------Think Csus4 at end Strum---d--d---d---d--d--d-d--u-d-u-------------d--u--d--d---d--d ------E -------------------5--5-5-5--5--5-5-5----------------x--x-x ------B -------------------8--6-8-6--8--6-8-6---11-11-11-10--5--5-5 ------G -------------------5--5-5-5--5--5-5-5---10-10-10-10--5--5-5 ------D -------------------x---------x----------10-10-10-10--5--5-5 ------A -8xx8-x8xx-8xx8-x8x8---------8----------8--8--8--8---3--3-3 ------E ----------------------------------------------------------- Drums SBBSBS
[Verse - Fsus2 to F is what is played high - just bass drum for first line] [follow drums on C then bring in snare figure 1x3x x2xx] (Pattern bass FFFF FFFF FFFF FFFF FFFF FFFF FCCC CCCC bbbb bbbb bbbb bbbb bbbb bbbb bFFF FFFF ) Drums and Guitar BxSx BSxS guitar on snares typically x 3 - then BxSx SxSx
(C is 101010xxx, Bb is 888xx as hard to stop that lower E string ringing when played at x1333x) [F] -------Loving you, isn t the right thing to do?------ [Cxxx xxxx] [Bb] -------How can I, ever change things that I feel--- [Fxxx xxxx] [F] If I could, maybe I d give you my world----- [Cxxx xxxx] --- [Bb] -------How can I, when you wont take it from me?---- [Fxxx xxxx]
[Chorus - 16th notes in strum pattern x-xx x-x- -x-- x--- feel B (BB)S B - B S - ] [Dm] You can [Bb] go your own way, [C] Go your own way [C] [Dm] You can [Bb] call it Another [C] lonely day [C] [Dm] You can [Bb] go your own way, [C] Go your own way [C]
[Verse] (Pattern bass FFFF FFFF FFFF FFFF FFFF FFFF FCCC CCCC bbbb bbbb bbbb bbbb bbbb bbbb bFFF FFFF ) [F] --------Tell me why, everything turned around?---- [C] [Bb] --------Packing up, shacking up is all you wanna do--- [F] [F] --------If I could, baby Id give you my world----- [C] [Bb] ---------Open up, everythings waiting for you----- [F]
[Chorus - 16th notes in strum pattern xxx xxx xxx xxx feel] [Dm] You can [Bb] go your own way, [C] Go your own way [C] [Dm] You can [Bb] call it Another [C] lonely day [C] [Dm] You can [Bb] go your own way, [C] Go your own way [C]
[Chorus - 16th notes in strum pattern xxx xxx xxx xxx feel] [Dm] You can [Bb] go your own way, [C] Go your own way [C] [Dm] You can [Bb] call it Another [C] lonely day [C] [Dm] You can [Bb] go your own way, [C] Go your own way [C]
[Solo] (over and over during guitar solo) Dm Bb C C
[Chorus - 16th notes in strum pattern xxx xxx xxx xxx feel] [Dm] You can [Bb] go your own way, [C] Go your own way [C] [Dm] You can [Bb] call it Another [C] lonely day [C] [Dm] You can [Bb] go your own way, [C] Go your own way [C] (Fade out on chorus)
[Potential Solo Approach - perhaps put distortion on with fast strumming] Dm Bb C (fast strumming) E 10--------10---10-13-12-10-------------- B 10-13b15--10---10---------13-11-10---10- G 10--------10---10------------------12--- D 0---------8----10----------------------- A 0---------8----10----------------------- E 0---------8----10
[Intro Riff - Drop D - BPM 136 - No drums] [D][G][Bm][A] E(10)----------------- B 10-10-10--10-1010--- G 7--0--x---7--6-7---- D 0-----7---7--------- A ----------0--------- D 0-----9-------------
[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