[Intro BPM - 158] Intro bass - play muted picking on guitar D -5-5-5-5-5-5------------------------------------ A ------5-----5--1-1-1--1-1-1--3-3-3--3-3-3-------- E --------------------1------1------3------3 Play the above as part of the Chords on guitar as well
[Verse 1 - Guitar and Bass Drum - snare is just hard downward strum] Can't keep my hands to myself [Gm] Th [Bb] ink I'll dust em off, put em back up on the s [Cm] helf In case my little baby girl is in n [Gm] ee Am I (stop + Snare) coming out of left field?
[Chorus 1 - slap string snare - chords more barre] [Gm] Ooh woo, I'm a rebel just for kicks now [Bb] I been feeling it since 1966 now [Cm] Might be over now, but I feel it stil [Gm] l [Gm] Ooh woo, I'm a rebel just for kicks now [Bb] Let me kick it like it's 1986 now [Cm] Might be over now, but I feel it stil [Gm] l
[Verse 2 - slap string snare - chords more barre] (stop) Got another mouth to fee [Gm] d Le [Bb] ave her with a baby sitter, mama call the grave digge [Cm] r Gone with the fallen leave [Gm] s Am I (stop + Snare) coming out of left field?
[Chorus 1 - Full snare - chords more barre but open up] [Gm] Ooh woo, I'm a rebel just for kicks now [Bb] I been feeling it since 1966 now [Cm] Mighta had your fill, but you feel it stil [Gm] l (Am7 Riff) [Gm] Ooh woo, I'm a rebel just for kicks now [Bb] Let me kick it like it's 1986 now [Cm] Might be over now, but I feel it [Gm] still
[Verse 3] We could fight a war for peac [Eb] e --------------[Cm]---------------- [Gm] Give in to that easy living Goodbye to my hopes and dream [Eb] s [Cm] Stop flipping for my enemie [Gm] s We could wave until the walls come down [Eb] (I'm a re [Cm] bel just for kicks now) [Gm] It's time to give a little tip Kids in the middle, [Eb] move over till it fall [Cm] s Don't bother m [Gm] e
[Bridge - No snare - Drums Bxxb BxxbB etc] [Eb] Is it coming [Cm] Is it coming [Gm] Is it coming [Gm] Is it coming [Eb] Is it coming [Cm] Is it coming ba [Gm] ck
(Stop)
[Chorus 3 - Slap snare - Chords more barre] [Gm] Ooh woo, I'm a rebel just for kicks, yeah [Bb] Your love is an abyss for my heart to eclipse now [Cm] Might be over now, but I feel it still (Stop + pick all notes with hard thumb action - bass drum on all 4 notes)
[Chorus 1 - Full Drums - chords more open] [Gm] Ooh woo, I'm a rebel just for kicks now [Bb] I been feeling it since 1966 now [Cm] Might be over now, but I feel it stil [Gm] l [Gm] Ooh woo, I'm a rebel just for kicks now [Bb] Let me kick it like it's 1986 now [Cm] Might be over now, but I feel it stil [Gm] l [Gm] Mighta had your fill [Cm] but you feel it stil [Gm] l (end)
[End]
[Notes] [Gm Riff - Bass on all 1/4 notes] Play Am7 at 5th fret whole chord and finger the notes as necessary e|----------3--------3--------------- B|------6--------6-------6---3------- G|-------------------------------5--3 D|----------------------------------- A|----------------------------------- E|-----------------------------------
[Intro - Capo 2 - BPM 125 - 'Deh' starts off beat prior to first 1 - remember to play G 3x0003 as B is important to melody] [Chug chords with Vocals - bass drum on all 4] Deh ... deh do ... ded doo BxSB - x B S x - B B S x
(sing C to G for C chords, then B to G twice for G and Em chords, then A to G for D chord) [C][G][Em][D] (x2)
[Verse 1 - Drums B-B- ---- ---- ---- Guitar X-X- X-xx xxX- X---] [C] I was left [G] to my own de [Em] i i i i ces [D] [C] Many days [G] fell away with [Em] nothing to [D] show
[Pre-Chorus - Bass drum on all 4] And the [C] walls kept tumbling [G] down In the city that we [Em] l-o-v-e- [D] (to make more drummy - add bass drums now each 8th note BB(B+S)B) Great [C] clouds roll over the [G] hills Bringing darkness from [Em] a-b-o-v- [D] e [Vamp on D to stop]
[Chorus - Deh deh in background - Full drums - bass drum on all beats] But if you close your [C] eyes, Does it [G] almost feel like [Em] Nothing changed at [D] all? And if you close your [C] eyes, Does it [G] almost feel like [Em] You've been here be [D] fore? How .. [C] am I gonna be an [G] optimist a [D] bout this? How .. [C] am I gonna be an [G] optimist a [D] bout this? (stop)
[Verse 2 - No drums - Chugging guitar] [C] We were caught [G] up and lost in [Em] all of our [D] vices (light drums in BxSlap xxSlap) [C] In your pose [G] as the duh uh ust [Em] settles a [D] round us
[Pre-Chorus - Bass drum] And the [C] walls kept tumbling [G] down In the city that we [Em] l-o-v-e- [D] (to make more drummy - add bass drums now each 8th note BB(B+S)B) Great [C] clouds roll over the [G] hills Bringing darkness from [Em] a-b-o-v- [D] e [Vamp on D to stop]
[Chorus - Full drums - bass drum on all 4] But if you close your [C] eyes, Does it [G] almost feel like [Em] Nothing changed at [D] all? And if you close your [C] eyes, Does it [G] almost feel like [Em] You've been here be [D] fore? How .. [C] am I gonna be an [G] optimist a [D] bout this? How .. [C] am I gonna be an [G] optimist a [D] bout this?
[Deh etc section - Full drums] Deh ... deh do ... ded doo [C][G][Em][D] (stop)
[Bridge - No drums - Quiet] [C] Oh where do we beg [G] in? The [Em] rubble or our [D] sins? (big harmonies come in) [C] Oh where do we beg [G] in? The [Em] rubble or our [D] sins?
[Pre-Chorus - Just bass drum and funky strumming] And the [C] walls kept tumbling [G] down In the city that we [Em] l-o-v-e- [D] Great [C] clouds roll over the [G] hills Bringing darkness from [Em] a-b-o-v- [D] e [Vamp on D / drum fill to stop]
[Chorus - Full drums - bass drum on all 4] But if you close your [C] eyes, Does it [G] almost feel like [Em] Nothing changed at [D] all? And if you close your [C] eyes, Does it [G] almost feel like [Em] You've been here be [D] fore? How .. [C] am I gonna be an [G] optimist a [D] bout this? How .. [C] am I gonna be an [G] optimist a [D] bout this? If you close your [C] eyes, Does it [G] almost feel like [Em] Nothing changed at [D] all? (stop drums)
[Outro - No drums - Deh ... deh do ... ded doo] [C][G][Em][D] (x2) [Tempo check - 19/11/23 - 120 - actual 125 - OK - prefer slower everytime]
