Riff at start - capo on 2 for your voice - ring chords as much as poss 11th fret is with rest of chord E -7--9-11--------6--9-11---5----9--7-------------------- B -7--7-7---------7--7-7----7----7--7-9-7---------------- G -8--8-8---------8--8-8----8----8--8-------------------- D -9--9-9---------9--9-9----9----9--9-------------------- A -0--0-0---------0--0-0----0----0--0-------------------- E ------------------------------------------------------- ------u-u u = upstroke - it is the right timing and helps lift the note out when holding the maj7 chord you can the release it and play normal chord to be able to make the stretch
During chorus - for A chords play open B at some point and then back to 2nd fret - emulates strings BPM 160 - See end for info regarding chords Capo: 2nd fret [Intro] | A | Amaj7 | A7 | D6 Dm/F | | A | Amaj7 | A7 | D6 Dm/F |
[Verse] [A] Here we are [Amaj7] Still tog [A7] ether We are [D6] one [Dm/F] [A] So much time [Amaj7] wasted [A7] Playing games with [D6] love [Dm/F]
[Chorus] [A] So many tears I've cried [Amaj7] So much pain inside [A7] But baby it ain't over 'til it's [D6] o - [Dm/F] ver [A] So many years we've tried [Amaj7] To keep our love alive [A7] But baby it ain't over 'til it's [D6] o - [Dm/F] ver
[Verse] [A] How man [Amaj7] y times did we give up [A7] But we always worked things [D6] out [Dm/F] [A] And all my doubts and fear Kept me [Amaj7] wondering, yeah If I'd [A7] always, always be in [D6] love [Dm/F]
[Chorus] [A] So many tears I've cried [Amaj7] So much pain inside [A7] But baby it ain't over 'til it's [D6] o - [Dm/F] ver [A] So many years we've tried [Amaj7] And kept our love alive [A7] But baby it ain't over 'til it's [D6] o - [Dm/F] ver
[Solo] | F | G | Dm7 | Em7 | | Fmaj7 | G | Ab/Eb - Play Fmaj bar at '4th' fret mute low E | Bb/F - same as Ab but 2 frets up - C/F 13555x| | N.C. | (bass)
[Chorus] (no drums to begin with - come in halfway through - eally lifts song, sitar guitar and harmonies only) [A] So many tears I've cried [Amaj7] So much pain inside [A7] But baby it ain't over 'til it's [D6] o - [Dm/F] ver [A] So many years we've tried [Amaj7] And kept our love alive [A7] Cause baby it ain't over 'til it's [D6] o - [Dm/F] ver
[Chorus] [A] So many tears I've cried [Amaj7] So much pain inside [A7] But baby it ain't over 'til it's [D6] o - [Dm/F] ver [A] So many years we've tried [Amaj7] And kept our love alive [A7] But baby it ain't over 'til it's [D6] o - [Dm/F] ver
(repeat and fade) Play: A Key: C#
For original chords transpose +4 (voicings: see [Chords] section)
[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]
