[Intro - BPM 114 - No drums] Riff over D A/D G/D A/D E ------------------5----repeat with A/D and G/D lifting first finger off 5th fret on A B 7---------7----8--7----5-5---3-3--5-5--- G 7---------7-x2-7--7----6-6---4-4--6-6--- D 7---------7----7--7----7-7---5-5--7-7--- A 5-5-5-555-0-------5----5-0---5-0--5-0--- E --------
(mute chords a bit so dont play low bass notes by accident and controls ring) [D][A/D-x57655 or xx0220][G/D-55433][A/D]
[D] Boom, boom, bah, bah [A/D-xx0220] Boom, boom, bah, bay B [G/D-xx0001] b boom, bah, bay, bay. [A/D]
[Verse 1 - Drums in] [D] Pressure pushing [A/D] down on me Pressing [G/D] down on you, no man ask [A/D] for Under [D] pressure that burns a [A/C#] building down Splits a [G/B] family in two Puts [A] people on streets [D] Boom, bah, bay, bay, [A/C#] boom, bah, bay, bay Do [G/B] day dah do day dah, [A] that's okay
[Verse 2 - Bass drum on all quarter notes - no snare] It's the [G] terror of knowing What this [A/G-3x222x] world is about [G] Watching some good friends Screaming [A/G] , "Let me out!" Pray [G] tomorrow gets me [A/G] higher Pressure [D/F#]on [D/F#]people - people [G]on the [A]streets [Drums stop]
[Intro riff over D] [D] Day, day, dee, dee dee oo, oo, bop. Okay!
[Verse 3 - Sing some of this low - Drums back in] [D] Chippin' around, [A/D] kick my brains 'round the floor [G/D] These are the da [A/D*] ys - it never rains but it pours [D] De doh, dah, d [A/C#] oh, de, de, doh, dah, doh [G/B] Mm, dah ,doh , [A] ba ,la ,lop [D] People on streets, de, dah, [A/C#] de, dah, day [G/B] People on streets, de, dah, [A] de, dah, de, dah
[Verse 4 - Bass drum on all quarter notes - no snare] It's the [G] terror of knowing What this [A/G] world is about [G] Watching some good friends Screaming [A/G] , "Let me out!" Pray [G] tomorrow gets me [A/G] higher higher higher... Pressure [D/F#]on [D/F#]people, people [G]on the [A]streets
[Verse 5 - Drums stop] Turned a [G] way from it all like a [C] blind man [G] Sat on a fence but it [C]don't work (bass drum come back in) Keep [G] coming up with love but it's so [C] slashed and torn (perhaps just play chords here to imply the vocals?) Why [Am] , why, [F] why. [G/F-1x0003] ..? [F][G/F] [A] Love In [A]sanity (drums stop)laughs under pressure we crack (snare pick up in) [G] Can't we
[Verse 6 - Full drums] [D] give ourselves one more [G] chance? [A] Why [G] can't we [D] give love that one more [G] chance? [A] Why [G] can't we [D] give love, give love, [G] give love, [A] give lo [G] ve, [D] give love, give [A/C#] love?..
[Verse 7] 'Cause [G/B] love's such an [A] old-fashioned [D] word And love [A/C#]dares you to [G/B]care for The [A]people on the [D]edge of the [A/C#]night And love [G/B]dares you to [A] change our way of (backward drums) [G] Caring a [A/G] bout ourselves [G] This is our [A/G] last dance [G] This is our [A/G] last dance [D/F#] This is our[G] selves[A] .... Under (original riff back in) [D] pressure, under pressure, [G][A7] [D] pressure [G][A7]
BPM 123 - drop D tuning v1 - use second harmonizer - double - 100% wet and lots of reverb and mid way delay
[Intro] Start with percussive guitar and bass drum D x 4 G x 4 D x 4 G x 4 Bm x 2 A x 2 D x 4 (open up D percussive chord to more open for start)
[Verse 1 - Bm7 works - muted low strings] (Lift thumb but do not rotate wrist so can maintain mute and have loud snare) I want to [D] run I want to [D] hide I want to [D] tear down the walls That hold me in [G-5x0003] side I want to reach [Bm-9x5555] out And touch the [A] flame Where the [C] streets have no name I, I, I, I want to [D] feel, sunlight on my [D] face I see the [D] dust cloud disappear without a [G] trace I want to take [Bm] shelter from the poison [A] rain Where the [C] streets have no name Oh Ah Where the streets have no
[Chorus - D triad at 2nd fret - play 5 3 then 2 on high E] [D] name ............. [D] Where the streets have no name (Head voice, lips tight) We're still building Then [G] burning down love, burning down love And when I [Bm] go there I go there with [A] you... (it's all I can [D] do) [Play high D octave 7 10 no B and lower notes for vamp]
[Verse 2] The city's a [D] flood And our love turns to [D] rust We're beaten and [D] blown by the wind Trampled in [G] dust I'll show you a [Bm] place High on a [A] desert plain Where the [C] streets have no name Oh Ah Where the streets have no
[Chorus] [D] Name ...... Where the streets have no name We're still building [G] Then burning down love, burning down love [Bm] And when I go there [A] I go there with you... [D] it's all I can do [D] Our love turns to rust [D] We're beaten and [G] blown by the wind, blown by the wind Oh when I [Bm] go there, I go there [A] with you It's all I can [D] d
[Outro as per intro] D x 4 G x 4 D x 4 G x 4 Bm x 4 A x 2 then D
[Additional notes] E-7710 10 8 7 8 10 - Play lower notes for verse - then full chords for chorus Try plucking with low open D ringing - 1010 > 107 78 77 78 < [Intro] (Synth) D G Bm A D G D G Bm A (Guitar) D (over synth) D D G D G Bm A C
