[Intro Riff x 8 - No drums - Capo at 1st fret - original key is F] [E bass riff] [E] (don't play full chord - Maj implied by riff) D 2--------- A 2------2-- E 0-0-2h4---
[Verse - No drums] [E] My house in Budapest my, My hidden treasure chest, [E] Golden grand piano My beautiful Castill oh (drums in) [A] you, oooh You oooh Id leave it all [E] (intro riff)
(bass drum only and Eadd9, Aadd6 keyboard riffs) [E] My acres of a land I have achieved [E] It may be hard for you to, Stop and believe But for [A] you, You Id Leave it all [E] But for [A] you, You Id Leave it all [E]
[Chorus - Full drums] [B] Give me one good reason Why [A] I should never make a change [E] (sus4 riff) And [B] baby if you hold me Then [A] all of this will go away [E] (sus4 riff)
[Verse - Eadd9, Aadd6 keyboard riffs] [E] My many artifacts The list goes on [E] If you just say the words I'll up and run Oh, to [A] you, You Id leave it all [E] Oh, to [A] you, You Id leave it all [E]
[Chorus] [B] Give me one good reason Why [A] I should never make a change [E] (sus4 riff) And [B] baby if you hold me Then [A] all of this will go away [E] (sus4 riff)
[B] Give me one good reason Why [A] I should never make a change [E] (sus4 riff) And [B] baby if you hold me Then [A] all of this will go away [E] (sus4 riff)
[Instrumental - hammer on the whole chords to follow vocal - ah ooh bit] [Eadd9][Eadd9][Aadd6][Eadd9]
[Verse - Quieter - no drums - back to intro riff] [E] My friends and family They, don't understand [E] They fear they'd lose so much If, you took my hand [A] But, for you, You Id lose it all. [E] [A] But, for you, You Id lose it all. [E]
[Chorus - Drums] [B] Give me one good reason Why [A] I should never make a change [E] (sus4 riff) And [B] baby if you hold me Then [A] all of this will go away [E] (sus4 riff)
[B] Give me one good reason Why [A] I should never make a change [E] (sus4 riff) And [B] baby if you hold me Then [A] all of this will go away [E] (sus4 riff)
[Verse - no drums] [E] My house in Budapest My hidden treasure chest, [E] Golden grand piano My beautiful Castill oh [A] you, You Id leave it all [E] For [A] you, You Id leave it all [E]
[End] [Esus4 riff - can individually pick as does not clash with snare] E ------- B --000-- G -----32 D 2------ A 2------ E 0------
[Eadd9 keyboard riff - x=mute high E with little finger to bring out line] E 0-2-0-x- B 0-----0 G 1------ D 2------ A 2------ E 0------
[Add6 keyboard riff] E 0-2-0-- B 2------ G 2------ D 2------ A 0------ E x------
Then 2nd fret on high E for the slight instrumental bit with a hammer on off the whole chords (E and A) to simulate the vocal bass line
[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