[Chug section - Just bass drum] [E5] Random stabs then build on bass drum to riff
[Riff 1 - Full drums] [E5][E5] ([A#]) [Asus2] x 3 [G Riff 1] (repeat)
[Verse 1] [E5/Em] Say your prayers, little one Don't forget, my son To include everyone [G Riff 1] Tuck you in, warm within Keep you free from sin 'Til the sandman, he comes [G Riff 2]
[Prechorus - Bass drum is on offbeat but the F#5 is on the offbeat 3 times] [F#m][B5] Sleep with [F#m] one eye [B5] open [F#m][B5] Gripping your pillow [F#m] tight
[Chorus] [F#m] Ex [B5]it light [F#m][B5] En [F#m][B5] ter [E5]night [F#m] Take [B5] my Hand [E5] (stop) Off to never never land
[Verse + Verse Riff] [E5] Somethings wrong, shut the light Heavy thoughts tonight And they aren't of Snow White [G Riff 1] [E5] Dreams of war, dreams of liars Dreams of dragon's fire And of things that will bite [G Riff 2]
[Prechorus] [F#m][B5] Sleep with [F#m] one eye [B5] open [F#m][B5] Gripping your pillow [F#m] tight
[Chorus] [F#m] Ex [B5]it light [F#m][B5] En [F#m][B5] ter [E5]night [F#m] Take [B5] my Hand [E5] (stop) Off to never never land
[Bridge - over E riff - played lightly?] Now I lay me down to sleep Now I lay me down to sleep I pray the Lord my soul to keep I pray the Lord my soul to keep If I die before I wake If I die before I wake I pray the Lord my soul to take I pray the Lord my soul to take
[F#m Riff] Hush, little baby, don't say a word And never mind that noise you heard It's just the beasts under your bed In your closet, in your head
[Chorus] [F#m] Ex [B5]it light [F#m][B5] En [F#m][B5] ter [E5]night [F#m]Grain [B5] of [E5]sand [B5]
[F#m] Ex [B5]it light [F#m][B5] En [F#m][B5] ter [E5]night [F#m] Take [B5] my Hand [E5]
[Riff and then repeat chorus until you end it]
[E5] (stop) Off to never never land [End] [Notes]
[Intro - BPM 123 - No drums for first 4 then bass drum on all beats for next 4] e|---0------------------------------------------------------| B|---0------------------------------------------------------| G|---0------------------------------------------------------| D|-----------5~~~~~~~----------------5----------------------| x 8 total A|-------7----------0------------7-----------0--7-----------| E|---0----------6~~~~~-------0-----------6(ring)------------|
[Then variation on intro riff with bass drum - fuller riff - with random stabs]
[FULL DRUMS - Full intro riff with G to F# section with full drums x 2]
[Prechorus - Bass drum is on offbeat but the F#5 is on the offbeat 3 times] [F#m] Sleep with one eye open etc e|--------------- --------------- B|--------------- --------------- G|---------5s4--- -------------- D|--4------5s4--- x 3 4-------------- A|--4------3s2--- 4--4--4--4--2--3--4- E|--2------------ 2--2--2--2--0--1--2- Dr B xxS S S S S S S B S B B - F#5 starts on offbeat but bass drum does not follow
[Chorus - F# with some E5 at end of some phrases - Play 355 with upstroke so can really hammer this] [use fretting finger to mute any string as necessary above the fretted string] [F#m]Exit light e|--2------------------| B|--2------------------| G|--x----------5-s-4---| D|--4----------5-s-4---| A|--4----------3-s-2---| E|--2------------------| Enter [E5]night e|--2-----------------0| B|--2-----------------0| G|--x----------5-s-4--x| D|--4----------5-s-4--2| A|--4----------3-s-2--2| E|--2-----------------0| [F#m] Take my [E5]hand e|--2-----------------0| B|--2-----------------0| G|--x----------5-s-4--x| D|--4----------5-s-4--2| A|--4----------3-s-2--2| E|--2-----------------0| [Drums and music stop] We're off to never-never land
[Intro - BPM 118 - No drums - Guitar pattern is pluck 3 high strings - then play root note] E B C#m A - E B G#m A
[Verse 1] [E] Just a [B] small town girl, [C#m] living in a [A] lonely world [E] She took the [B] midnight train going [G#m] anywhe [A] re
[Verse 2] [E] Just a [B] city boy, [C#m] born and raised in [A] south Detroit [E] He took the [B] midnight train going [G#m] anywhe [A] re
[V.3 INSTRUMENTAL](guitar entrance 4 bars in) E B C#m A - E B G#m A
[Verse 4] [E] A singer in a [B] smoky room, [C#m] the smell of wine and [A] cheap perfume [E] For a smile they can [B] share the night, it goes (strum to build) [G#m] on and on and [A] on and on
[Chorus - Full drum] [A] Strangers waiting [E] up and down the boulevard Their [A] shadows searching in the [E] night [A] Streetlight, people, [E] living just to find emotion [A] Hiding, somewhere in the night[B]xx[E] xxxx [B]x[E][A]
[Instrumental] E B C#m A
[Verse 5] [E] Working hard to [B] get my fill [C#m] , everybody [A] wants a thrill [E] Paying anything to [B] roll the dice, just [G#m] one more t [A] ime
[Verse 6] [E] Some will win, [B] some will lose, [C#m] some were born to [A] sing the blues [E] Oh, the movie [B] never ends; it goes [G#m] on and on and [A] on and on
[Chorus] [A] Strangers waiting [E] up and down the boulevard Their [A] shadows searching in the [E] night [A] Streetlights, people, [E] living just to find emotion [A] Hiding, somewhere in the night[B]xx[E] xxxx [B]x[E][A]
[GUITAR SOLO OVER VERSE CHORDS] E B C#m A - E B G#m A
[Outro] [E] Don't stop [B] believing [C#m] hold on to the [A] feeling [E] Streetlight [B] people oo-oh [G#m][A] [E] Don't stop [B] believing [C#m] hold on to the [A] feeling [E] Streetlight [B] people oo-oh [G#m][A] [E] Don't stop [B] believing [C#m] hold on to the [A] feeling [E] Streetlight [B] people oo-oh [G#m][A] [Fade Out - or end on E]
