Elbow-One Day Like This
[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------------