[Intro - BPM 154 - no drums] D Dsus4 D x4 (pickup x x x bS
[Verse 1 - Double snare on 'This Thing' to bring drums in] This [D+sus4] thing .... called love, ... I [G] just can't [C] handle [G/B] it,..This thing, [D+sus4] called love ... I [G] must, get [C] round to [G/B] it, I ain't [D] ready ..... [Bb] Crazy little [C] thing called [D] love. (bssbssbsss fill + stop)
[Verse 2] This [D+sus4] thing, called love, it [G] cries, in a [C] cradle all [G/B] night, It [D+sus4] swings, it jives, it [G] shakes all over like a [C] jelly [G/B] fish, I kinda [D] like it, .... [Bb] Crazy little [C] thing called [D] love. (bssbssbsss fill + stop)
[Bridge][#######################SCROLL############] There goes my [G] baby, she [C] knows how to rock and [G] roll, ....She drives me [Bb] crazy ................. she gives me [E7] hot and cold [A7] fever, then she [F7] leaves (stop) me in a cool, cool sweat.
[Break - keep bass drum going on 1 & 3] D5 C#5 C5 N.C. A5 G#5 G5 N.C. (stabs with snare) E7 E7 E7 E7 E7 E7 A7 (Then descending riff - just notes not chords) (G)I (F#)gotta (E)be
[Verse 3] [D+sus4] cool, relax, get [G] hip, ... get [C] on my [G/B] tracks, take a [D+sus4] back seat, hitch-hike And [G] take a long ride on my [C] motor [G/B] bike until I'm [D] ready, .....[Bb] Crazy little [C] thing called [D] love. [N.C.] (stop)
[Solo] | Bb | Bb | D G | D | | Bb | Bb | E7 A7 | F7 N.C.
[Verse 4] (no chords - just snare) I gotta be cool, relax, get hip, get on my tracks, take a back seat, hitch-hike And take a long ride on my motorbike until I'm ready, (ready Freddie) Crazy little thing called love. (bssbssbsss fill + D then stop) Bass run (G) (F#) (E)
[Verse 5 - Full drums] This thing, [D+sus4] called love, I [G] just can't [C] handle [G/B] it, This thing, [D+sus4] called love, I [G] must, get [C] round to [G/B] it, I ain't [D] ready, .... [Bb] Crazy little [C] thing called [D] love.
[Outro] [Bb] Crazy little [C] thing called [D] love, yeah yeah (fade out, repeats another approx 8 times)
Standard fingering with R/H so can play descending Bsus2 arp fluently E 1--1--1-0h1p0--1- B -----1-------1--- G --2-2---------2-- D ----------------- A --------0-------- E 1---------------- DRB-S-B-S-B---S-B-S-B
E --------------------- B ----6-3-----6-3------ G --3----5p3-3---5p35-- D --------------------- A --------------------- E -3-3------3----------
E --3-1p0----3--1p0-------1-------1------ B -1-----3p1-------1-11h3--3p1------3p1-1 G ------------------0----3----3--3-----3- D -----------------------------3--------- A 0---------3--3------1---------1-------- E --------------------------------------- When descending the notes of the Bsus2 do the pulloff with the little finger and then move that to 3rd fret of D string - to fret - nice rolling sustained figure [Repeat above once]
[Verse1] They say that [F] these are not the [Fmaj7/A] best of times But [Gm7] they're the only [Bbsus2] times I've ever [F] known [Fmaj7/A][Gm7][Bbsus2] And I [F] believe there is a [Fmaj7/A] time for medi [Gm7] tation In [Bbsus2] cathedrals of our [C] own ([C][G]) [C][A7] Now I've [Dm] seen that sad sur [C] render in my [Bbsus2] lover's eyes [Bbsus2/A] And [G7sus4] I can only [G7] stand upon and [Cadd9] sympathize [C] For we are [Bb] always what our [F] situations [Gm7] hand us It's either [C] sadness or [Bbsus2] euphoria - [Eb][Bbsus2] (drums in)
[Verse2] So we'll [F] argue and we'll [Fmaj7/A] compromise And [Gm7] realize that [Bbsus2] nothing's ever [F] changed [Fmaj7/A][Gm7][Bbsus2] ..For all our [F] mutual [Fmaj7/A] experience Our [Gm7] separate con [Bbsus2] clusions are the [C] same ([C][G]) [C][A7] .. Now we are [Dm] forced to recog [C] nize our inhu [Bbsus2] manity [Bbsus2/A] .. Our [G7sus4] reason co [G7] exists with our in [Cadd9] sanity [C] .. And though we [Bb] choose between re [F] ality and [Gm7] madness .. It's either [C] sadness or [Bbsus2] euphoria [Eb][Bbsus2]
[Verse3] How [Dm] thoughtlessly we [C] dissipate our [Bbsus2] energies [Bbsus2/A] Per [G7sus4] haps we don't ful [G7] fill each other's [Cadd9] fantasies [C] .. And as we [Bb] stand upon the [F] ledges of our [Gm7] lives With our [C] respective simi [Bbsus2] larities [Eb][Bbsus2] It's either [C] sadness or [F] euphoria.
[Outro] [F][Fmaj7/A][Gm7][Bbsus2] [F] Wo [Fmaj7/A] oo woh oo [Gm7] oh oo [Bbsus2] woh oh oo [F] oh [Fmaj7/A] ooh [Gm7] wo ooh [Bbsus2] woh oh oo (slows done to end) [Am7] woh oh [C] oh [Bbsus2] oh [C - (C C Cadd9 C Cadd6)] [F]
[Notes] Final chord C C C9 C C6 (x3x210 - move 2nd finger up to G string when playing normal C)
