[Intro - 97 BPM] (x2) I play Dsus4 for Dadd4 - comes in on 3&4 And follow the melody / keys i.e. D Dsus4 D
(play chords low and off beat) pickup with snare on each - count in 1 2 3 4 1 2 Riff [D-x57775][D-x57775] x [D-x57775] [C][Emadd4/A-00x987][D-x57775][D-x57775] [C][Emadd4/A][D][D] [C][Emadd4/A][D][D] [Em][Em][Em][Dadd4]
[C] x x [Em7/A-x02030] - x x [Em/A-02000][Em/A-02000]- x [D] x x - [Dadd4] [C][Em7/A-x02030][D][Dadd4] [C][Em7/A-x02030][Dadd6-xx0202][D] [Em][Em][Em][F#] [Repeat]
[Verse 1] [C#m*] I got it bad, you don't know how bad I got it [C#m*] You got it easy, you don't know when you got it good [C#m*] It's getting harder, just keeping life and soul together [C#m*] I'm sick of fighting, even [D*] though I know [A] I shouldn't [A] The cold is biting through [G#m] each and every [D#m] nerve and fibre My broken [D#m] spirit is [F#] frozen to the [C#m] core (vocal note now goes down from one tone - from G to F# - notes for this line are F# to B) [Bsus4/E-think Esus2-779977] I don't wanna be here no (more)(straight to next line)
[Chorus 1 - Sometimes Cadd4 figure add snare on all hits] [Dadd4] Wouldn't it be [C] good to [Em7/A-x02030]be in [Em/A-02000]your [D] shoes .. [Dadd4] even if it [C] was for [Em7/A-x02030] just one day [D] .. [Dadd4] And wouldn't it be [C] good, if [Em7/A-x02030]we could [Em/A-02000]wish [D] ourselves [D] a [Em] way (riff 022000 x 022000 x - x 000000 x 000000 - 022000)
[Dadd4] Wouldn't it be [C] good to [Emadd4] be on your [D] side ..[Dadd4] The grass is always [C] greener [Emadd4] over there [D][Dadd4] Wouldn't it be [C] good, if [Emadd4] we could live [D] without [D*] a care [Em][Em][Em][F#]
[Verse 2] [C#m*] You must be joking, You don't know a thing about it [C#m*] You've got no problem, I'd stay right there if I were you [C#m*] I got it harder, You couldn't dream how hard I got it [C#m*] Stay out of my shoes, If you know [D*] what's good [A] for you [A] The heat is stifling, [G#m] burning me up from [D#m] me inside The sweat is [D#m] coming through [F#] each and every [C#m] pore
[Bridge - No drums] [Esus2-079977] I don't wanna be (octave riff) here no more [Esus2-079977] I don't wanna be (octave riff) here no more [Esus2-079977] I don't wanna be (octave riff) here no more [Esus2-079977] (octave riff) [Esus2-079977] (octave riff) [Esus2-079977] (octave riff) [Ebsus4] (synth sweep)
[Instrumental] D (keyboard pick up riff)
C Emadd4-00x987 D-x57775 D*-x-x-0-11-10-10 C Emadd4 D D C Emadd4 D D* Em Em Em D (keyboard pick up riff)
C Emadd4 D D* (barre at 10th) C Emadd4 D D C Emadd4 D D* Em Em Em Dadd4 (sus4 pickup riff with snare on each hit)
[Dhorus 2] [Dadd4] Wouldn't it be [C] good to [Em7/A-x02030]be in [Em/A-02000]your [D] shoes .. [Dadd4] even if it [C] was for [Em7/A-x02030] just one day [D] .. [Dadd4] And wouldn't it be [C] good, if [Em7/A-x02030]we could [Em/A-02000]wish [D] ourselves [D] a [Em] way (riff 022000 x 022000 x - x 000000 x 000000 - 022000)
[Dadd4] (s)Would (s)n't (drums stop) it be (drums back in) [C] good to [Emadd4] be on your [D] side ..[Dadd4] The grass is always [C] greener [Emadd4] over there [D][Dadd4] Wouldn't it be [C] good, if [Emadd4] we could live [D] without [D] a care [Em][Em][Em][F#]
[End] [C#m]
[Notes] [Solo] [D] (keyboard pick up riff) [D][C][Em][D] E 7-----------0--7--2--10---------------------- B 7-10-8-7----1--8--3--10------------------- G 7-----------0--9--2--11------------------- D 0-----------2--x--0--x------------------- A ------------3--0--x----------------------- E -------------------------------------------
[D][C][Em][D] E 7----------0-3-0----0---0-10---2--- B 7-10-8-7---1--------10--12-----3--- G 7----------0--------9---9------2--- D 0----------2--------x---x------0--- A -----------3--------0---0---------- E -----------------------------------
[Vox 2 - 5th below, vox 3 - 5th below and 3rd up - increase mix of harmony - make sure double on main vox] [Intro BPM 95 ] Drums B..B B+S... A..A .A.A A.G#m. C#m... (Stop playing C#m to play Keyboard riff)
[Verse 1] [B] I hear the drums [D#m] echoing [G#m] tonight She [G#m/F#-224444] hears only [A] whispers of some [C#m] quiet con [G#m] versa [A] tion [A][G#m][C#m] [B] She's coming [D#m] in, twelve thirty [G#m] flight The moonl [G#m/F#] it wings [A] reflect the stars that [C#m] guide me towards [G#m] salva [A] tion [G#m][C#m] [B] I stopped an [D#m] old man along the [G#m] way Hoping [G#m/F#] to find some [A] old forgotten [C#m] words or ancient [G#m] melo [A] dies [A][G#m][C#m] [B] He turned to [D#m] me as if to [G#m] say [G#m/F#] Hurry boy, it's [A] waiting there for you [A][G#m][C#m] (Drum fill)
[Chorus - Guido in one second line] [F#m] It's gonna take a [D] lot to drag me [A] away from [E] you [F#m] There's nothing that a [D] hundred men or [A] more could ever [E] do [F#m] I bless the [D] rains down [A] in Afri [E] ca [F#m] Gonna take some [D] time to do the [A] things we never [C#m] Ha-- a a[E]ad a a [F#m] ad [E] oo, [A] ooo [G#m][C#m]
[Link] A (G#m C#m) X 2
[Verse 2] [B] The wild dogs [D#m] cry out in the [G#m] night As [G#m/F#] they grow restless [A] longing for some [C#m] solitary [G#m] compa [A] ny [A][G#m][C#m] [B] I know that [D#m] I must do what's [G#m] right As sure as [G#m/F#] Kilimanjaro [A] rises like O [C#m] lympus above the [G#m] Serenge [A] ti [A][G#m][C#m] [B] I seek to [D#m] cure what's deep in [G#m] side... [G#m/F#] Frightened of this [A] thing that I've become [A][G#m][C#m] (Drum fill)
[Chorus - Guido in one second line] [F#m] It's gonna take a [D] lot to drag me [A] away from [E] you [F#m] There's nothing that a [D] hundred men or [A] more could ever [E] do [F#m] I bless the [D] rains down [A] in Afri [E] ca [F#m] Gonna take some [D] time to do the [A] things we never [C#m] Ha-- a a[E]ad a a [F#m] ad [E] oo, [A] ooo
[Link] A (G#m C#m) X 2
[Music Break] B D#m G#m B A C#m G#m A (G#m C#m)
[B][D#m][G#m] H [G#m/F#] urry boy, she's [A] waiting there for you [A][G#m][C#m] (Drum fill)
[Chorus - Guido in one second line] [F#m] It's gonna take a [D] lot to drag me [A] away from [E] you [F#m] There's nothing that a [D] hundred men or [A] more could ever [E] do [F#m] I bless the [D] rains down [A] in Afri [E] ca [F#m] I bless the [D] rains down [A] in Afri [E] ca [F#m] I bless the [D] rains down [A] in Afri [E] ca [F#m] I bless the [D] rains down [A] in Afri [E] ca [F#m] Gonna take some [D] time to do the [A] things we never [C#m] Ha-- a a[E]ad a a [F#m] ad [E] oo, [A] ooo [G#m][C#m]
[Outro] A (G#m C#m) til fade
[Keyboard riff - Pick individually and ring notes together to make bigger sound] E ---0~~~~~~~~~~~ B ---75~-75~-75~- G -66~-66~-66~-6~ D --------------- A --------------- E ---------------
