[BPM 88 Intro Riff 1 - F#m11 = x44200 for verse - 244x00 for Chorus for verse first finger remains pressed at all times whilst moving from one chord to the next] [F#m][Asus2][E] Slide from one to the other E -444-2-2------222-0-0-----0-0--0--- B -000-0-0------000-0-0-----0-0--0-- G -666-4-4------444-2-2-----2-2--1-- D -666-4-4------444-2-2-----2-2--2-- A -000-0-0------444-0-0-----0-0--2-- E -------------------------------0-- Repeat - drums in at end of riff
[Verse 1] [F#m11-x44200] Two jumps in a week........................................ I bet you [Asus2] think that's pretty clever don't you [E] boy [Esus4][E] [F#m11] Flying on your motorcycle [Asus2] Watching all the ground beneath you [E] drop [Esus4][E] You'd [F#m11] kill yourself for recognition [Asus2] Kill yourself to never ever [E] stop [Esus4][E] You [F#m11] broke another mirror You're [Asus2] turning into something you are [E] not [Esus4][E]
[Chorus] Don't leave me [F#m11-244x00] high ......... [Asus2] ........ Don't leave me [E] dry Don't leave me [F#m11] high [Asus2] Don't leave me [E] dry
[Interlude] (Riff 1) [F#m][Asus2][E]
[Verse] [F#m11] Drying up in conversation [Asus2] You will be the one who cannot [E] talk [Esus4][E] [F#m11] All your insides fall to pieces [Asus2] You just sit there wishing you could [E] still make love [Esus4][E] [F#m11] They're the ones who'll hate you When you [Asus2] think you've got the world all [E] sussed out [Esus4][E] [F#m11] They're the ones who'll spit at you You [Asus2] will be the one screa [E] ming out [Esus4][E]
[Chorus] Don't leave me [F#m11-244x00] high ......... [Asus2] ........ Don't leave me [E] dry Don't leave me [F#m11] high [Asus2] Don't leave me [E] dry
[Interlude 2] F#m11 Asus2 E [2x]
[Bridge] It's the [F#m11] best thing that you ever had The [Asus2] best thing that you ever, eve [E] r had It's the [F#m11] best thing that you ever had The [Asus2] best thing you ever had has gone [E] away [Esus4][E]
[Chorus] Don't leave me [F#m11-244x00] high ......... [Asus2] ........ Don't leave me [E] dry Don't leave me [F#m11] high [Asus2] Don't leave me [E] dry
[End] *Chords Used Intro Octaves F#m11 Asus2 E Esus4 G# F# E e|-----------0----0----0----------------| B|-----0-----0----0----0----------------| G|-----2-----2----1----2----13--11--9---| D|-----2-----2----2----2-----x---x--x---| A|-----x-----0----2----2----11---9--7---| E|-----2----------0----0-----------(0)--|
[Verse 1 - Capo 2 original key - BPM 82] When I was [D] young I'd listen to the [F#m] radio Waiting [Bm] for my [Bm/A] favourite [Gmaj7] songs When they pl [Gmaj7] ayed I'd sing a [F#m7] long Em7 A/C# G9/B-x20005 It made me smile Those were such [D] happy times and not so [F#m] long ago How I wo [Bm] ndered [Bm/A] where they'd [Gmaj7] gone [C#m7] But they're [Bm] back again Just like a [Bm/A] long lost friend All the [Gmaj7] songs I [Em7] love so [A] well
[Chorus] [Asus4] Every [D] sha-la-la-la, Every [Bm] wo-o-wo-o still [D] shines [Bm] [Bm riff - Bsus2 to Bm Bsus2 - then x244x2 - mute B with fretting finger x x Bm Bsus2 - Bsus2 Bm Bsus2 B5] Every [D] shing-a-ling-a-ling That they're [Bm] startin' to sing so [Em7] fine [A] [G/A][A] When they [Bm] get to the part Where he's [A#aug-x1232x] breaking her heart It can [D] really make me [G#m7] cry Just like be [D] fore [G/A] It's yesterday once [Dmaj7] more [Dmaj7] Shu be doo [D] lang [G/A] lang [Dmaj7] Shu be doo [D] lang [G/A] lang
[Verse 2] Looking [D] back on how it was in [F#m] years gone by And the [Bm] good times [Bm/A] that I [Gmaj7] had Makes [Gmaj7] today seem rather [F#m7] sad So much has c [Em7] hanged [A/C#][G9/B] It was [D] songs of love that I would [F#m] sing to then And I'd [Bm] memo [Bm/A] rize each [Gmaj7] word [C#m7] Those old [Bm] melodies Still sound so [Bm/A] good to me As they [Gmaj7] melt the y [Em7] ears a [A] way.
[Chorus with variation] [Asus4] Every [D] sha-la-la-la, Every [Bm] wo-o-wo-o still [D] shines (All the oldies but the [Bm] goodies) Every [D] shing-a-ling-a-ling That they're s [Bm] tartin' to sing so [Em7] fine [A] [G/A][A] All my [Bm] best memories come back [A#aug] clearly to me Some can [D] even make me [G#m7] cry. Just like be [D] fore [G/A] It's yesterday once [Dmaj7] more
[Dmaj7] Shu be doo [D] lang [G/A] lang
[Asus4] Every [D] sha-la-la-la, Every [Bm] wo-o-wo-o still [D] shines [Bm] Every [D] shing-a-ling-a-ling That they're s [Bm] tartin' to sing so [Em7] fine [A] [Repeat Chorus Start to end - End on D]
