[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 -----------------------------------
[Verse 1 - No drums - freeform-ish] I [A] remember [Amaj7] all my [A] life [A] Raining down as [Amaj7] cold as [A] ice [Bm] Shadows of a man [Bm] Face through a window [G] Crying in the night The [E7] night goes [E] in [E7] to
[Verse 2] [A] Morning, just a [Amaj7] nother [A] day [A] Happy people [Amaj7] pass my [A] way [Bm] Looking in their eyes I [Bm] see a memory I [G] never realized How [E7] happy you [E] made [E7] me
[Chorus - Full drums] Oh, [A] Mandy Well, you [F#m] came and you [D] gave without [E] taking But I [E7] sent you a [E] way Oh, [A] Mandy Well, you [F#m] kissed me and [D] stopped me from [E] shaking And I [E7] need you to [E] day, oh [A] Mandy
[Interlude - half bar each chord- drums stop] [A][F#m][D] ([E][E7])
[Verse 3 - Drums back in] I'm [A] standing on the [Amaj7] edge of [A] time I [A] walked away when [Amaj7] love was [A] mine [Bm] Caught up in a world Of [Bm] uphill climbing [G] Tears are in my mind And [E7] nothing is [E] rhy [E7] ming
[Chorus] Oh, [A] Mandy Well, you [F#m] came and you [D] gave without [E] taking But I [E7] sent you a [E] way Oh, [A] Mandy Well, you [F#m] kissed me and [D] stopped me from [E] shaking And I [E7] need you to [E] day, oh Mandy
[Interlude] [F#m][C#m][D][Bm] [E][E]
[Semi Verse] [Bm] Yesterday's a dream, I [Bm] face the morning [G] Crying on a breeze, the [E7] pain is [E] call [E7] ing
[Chorus] Oh, [A] Mandy Well, you [F#m] came and you [D] gave without [E] taking But I [E7] sent you a [E] way Oh, [A] Mandy Well, you [F#m] kissed me and [D] stopped me from [E] shaking And I [E7] need you to [E] day, oh [B] Mandy (key change) Well, you [G#m] came and you [E] gave without [F#7] taking But I [F#] sent you away Oh, [B] Mandy Well, you [G#m] kissed me and [E] stopped me from [F#7] shaking And I [F#] need [B] you . . .
