[Intro - BPM 129 - E Riff with drums snare on each beat - Full drums halfway through] x16 Low Riff then High Riff - then full drums in
[Verse - Drums straight now - no Hendrix chords whilst playing] [E] I was born long ago [E] I am the chosen, I'm the one [E] I have come to save the day [E] And I won't leave until I'm done [G] So, that's why you've got to try [G] You got to breath and have some fun [Riff at end - 33x22x11x22x33x - Play double snares on each fretted not SSxSSxSSxSSxSS)] [E] Though I'm not paid, I play this game [E] And I won't stop until I'm done
[Chorus] [G(xxx430)] But what I [A(x0x220)] really want to know is (E D and G riff - see notes) [E][D][E] Are you gonna go my way? [E][E][G][E] [G(xxx430)] And I got to, [A(x0x220)] got to know (drums stop for a bit x x x S)
[Riff with drums - snare on all to start then straight] x8
[Verse - no Hendrix chords whilst playing] [E] I don't know why we always cry [E] This we must leave and get undone [E] We must engage and rearrange [E] And turn this planet back to one [G] So, tell me why we got to die [G] And kill each other one by one [E] We've got to love and rub a dub [E] We've got to dance and be in love
[Chorus] [G(xxx430)] But what I [A(x0x220)] really want to know is (E D and G riff - see notes) [E][D][E] Are you gonna go my way? [G(xxx430)] And I got to [A(x0x220)] got to know (hold - then count back in with 1 2 3 4)
[Riff Vamp with solo halfway through] [E][D][A] x12 E ------------------- B -9---7--7--5-7-5--- G -9---7--7--6-6-6--- D -9---7--7--7-7-7--- A -7---7--7--0-0-0--- E -------------------
Stop on [G] ( count 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 to come back in)
[Outro] [E][D][E] Are you gonna go my way? [E][D][E] G(xxx430) A(x0x220) And I got to got to know [End]
E D and G riff E ------------------------- B --9-9-7-9--9-9-12-9------ G --9-9-7-9--9-9-12-9------ D --9-9-7-9--9-9-12-9------ A --7-7-7-7---------------- E --(0)ring to fatten sound
On acoustic how riff for E and G could work DURING VERSE YOU CAN PLUCK LOW E AS WELL AS NOT PLAYING SNARE ON EACH 1/4 NOTE Ch E E -------------------------------------- B ------------------------------------8- G 2h4p0-------------every 2nd time----7- D -----2---0--2-----------------------6- A -----2---0--2-----------------------7- E (0)--0---0--0------------------------- Dr S S
Ch G - Pluck bass note with thumb and treble line with first finger E --------------- B --------------------------- G 5h7p5p3------------------------ D -------5---3--5----------------- A -------5---3--5----------------- E 3------3---3--3---------------33-22-11-22-33 Dr S S
[Verse 1 - No drums - BPM 170 - Capo 1st fret, standard tuning - Don't bother for live] [Telefonics have capo on 2 I believe? Mainly vocals] [D] Do you have the [A] time To [Bm] listen to me [F#m] whine A [G] bout nothing and [D] everything All [A] at once
[D] I am one of [A] those Me [Bm] lodramatic [F#m] fools Neu [G] rotic to the [D] bone No doubt about [A] it
[Chorus - Bass drum just on each chord once] [G] Sometimes I [A] give myself the [D] creeps [G] Sometimes my [A] mind plays tricks [D] on me (more bass drum) It [G] all keeps adding [A] up (backward drums with offbeat to bring Bm in) I [D] think I'm [C] cracking [Bm] up (full drums) ... Am [G] I just para [A] noid? Am I just .....
[Verse 2 - Full drums] I [D] went to a [A] shrink To [Bm] analyze my [F#m] dreams She [G] says it's lack of [D] sex That's bringing [A] me down I [D] went to a [A] whore He [Bm] said my life's a [F#m] bore So [G] quit my whining [D] cause It's bringing [A] her down
[Chorus - More bass drum so like low tom figures] [G] Sometimes I [A] give myself [D] the creeps [G] Sometimes my [A] mind plays tricks [D] on me It [G] all keeps adding [A] up (backward drums with offbeat to bring Bm in) I [D] think I'm [C] cracking [Bm] up Am [G] I just para [A] noid? [################Scroll#################] Uh, yuh, yuh....
[Riff - Full drums] ya [D][A][Bm][A] x 4
[Bridge - Backward drums] [G] Grasping to con [A] trol [N.C.] (stop) So I better hold
[Instrumental - Full drums] on.... [D][A][Bm][F#m] - [G][D][A][A] (drum fill SBBSBB S) [D][A][Bm][F#m] - [G][D][A][A]
[Chorus] [G] Sometimes I [A] give myself [D] the creeps [G] Sometimes my [A] mind plays tricks [D] on me It [G] all keeps adding [A] up (backward drums with offbeat to bring Bm in) I [D] think I'm [C] cracking [Bm] up Am [G] I just para [A] noid? Am I just
[Outro] stoned? [D] - [G5/D-xx0033] - [Bm][Bm#5-225432] - ([G][D]) - [A] Play above 4 times [G][D][A]
