[Intro] No drums - Downstrokes, mute and play slight harmonics to simulate flange D -9999999999999999-6666666666666666--2222222222222222--9999999999999 A ------------------------------------------------------------------- E -------------------------------------------------------------------
[Intro riff - Imply A to come into - keep barre as much as possible -Pluck the high Es to start the phrases] Emaj C#m7 A E E 0-----11-x---0--x---0----- B x--12----9---x--12----12- G 9--9-----9---9--9---9--9-- D x--9-----9---x--x------9-- A x--x-----x------0------x-- E x!-0-----9-------------0-- !Snare pick up
[Verse 1 - remember A differs from main riff] [E] Thinking back, thinking of [C#m7] you Summertime, think it was [Amaj7sus2-x0x99x] June Yeah, think it was [E] June
[E] Laying back, head on the [C#m7] grass Chewing gum, having some [Amaj7sus2] laughs Yeah, having some [E] laughs
[Chorus - hard downward rakes to emphasise the high lines you are playing] [Amaj7] You made me feel like the one You made me feel like the one, the [Esus4-riff] one [Amaj7] You made me feel like the one You made me feel like the one, the [Esus4-riff] one
[Verse 2 - Can play a B/D# just before E] [E] Drinking back, drinking for [C#m7] two Drinking with [Amaj7sus2] you When drinking was [E] new [E] Sleeping in the back of my [C#m7] car We never went [Amaj7sus2] far Didn't need to go [E] far
[Chorus - hard downward rakes to emphasise the high lines you are playing] [Amaj7] You made me feel like the one You made me feel like the one, the [Esus4-riff] one [Amaj7] You made me feel like the one You made me feel like the one, the [Esus4-riff] one
[Bridge - STACCATO CHORD STABS - backward drums for 'I dont know where we are going'] [E] I don't know where [B] we are going [Amaj7-riff] [E] I don't know where [B] we are going [Amaj7-riff] now
[Verse 3] [E] Wake up call, coffee and [C#m7] juice Remembering [Amaj7sus2] you What happened to [E] you [E] I wonder if we'll meet a [C#m7] gain Talking about life since [Amaj7sus2] then Talk about why did it [E] end
[Chorus - hard downward rakes to emphasise the high lines you are playing] [Amaj7] You made me feel like the one You made me feel like the one, the [Esus4-riff] one [Amaj7] You made me feel like the one You made me feel like the one, the [Esus4-riff] one
[Bridge - STACCATO CHORD STABS] [E] I don't know where [B] we are going [Amaj7-riff] now [E] I don't know where [B] we are going [Amaj7-riff] now So take a look at me [E] now So take a look at me [B] now So take a look at me [Amaj7sus2] now So take a look at me [Amaj7sus2] now So take a look at me [E] now (repeat 'take a look at me now' infinitum)
[Esus4-riff] = 0-x-9-9-9-x 0-x-9-9-10-x
[Amaj7-riff] E -0---0-2--- B -0-2-0-0--- G -1--------- D -2--------- A -0--------- E -----------
[Amaj7 Chorus riff - "I don't know" hard downward rakes to emphasise the high lines you are playing] E 12-11----9- B 9--9--12-9- G 9--9--9--9 D x--x--x--x-- A 0--0--0--0- E -----------
[Intro - No drums - REMEMBER TO SOMETIMES PLAY CSUS2, ASUS2, BSUS2, F#M INSTEAD] [C#m][A][B][F#m] x2
[Verse 1 - Just bass drum] [C#m][A] Just a [B] casta [F#m] way, an [C#m] island [A] lost at [B] sea, [F#m] oh [C#m] A [A] nother [B] lonely [F#m] day, [C#m] no one [A] here but [B] me, [F#m] oh [C#m][A] More [B] loneli [F#m] ness than [C#m] any [A] man could [B] bear [F#m] [C#m][A] Rescue [B] me be [F#m] fore I [C#m] fall in [A] to des [B] pair, [F#m] oh
[Chorus - Full drums] [A] I'll send an [D] S.O. [E] S. to the world [A] I'll send an [D] S.O. [E] S. to the world
[F#m] I hope that some [D] one gets my, [F#m] I hope that some [D] one gets my, [F#m] I hope that some [D] one gets my
[C#m] Message in a b [A] ottle, yeah [C#m][A] [C#m] Message in a b [A] ottle, yeah [F#m][F#m]
[Verse 2 - Just bass drum] [C#m][A] A [B] year has [F#m] passed since I [C#m] wrote my [A] note [B][F#m] [C#m][A] I should have [B] known this [F#m] right from the [C#m] start [A][B][F#m] [C#m][A] Only [B] hope can [F#m] keep me to [C#m] ge - [A] ther [B][F#m] [C#m][A] Love can [B] mend your [F#m] life but [C#m] love can [A] break your [B] heart [F#m]
[Chorus - Full drums] [A] I'll send an [D] S.O. [E] S. to the world [A] I'll send an [D] S.O. [E] S. to the world
[F#m] I hope that some [D] one gets my, [F#m] I hope that some [D] one gets my, [F#m] I hope that some [D] one gets my
[C#m] Message in a b [A] ottle, yeah [C#m][A] [C#m] Message in a b [A] ottle [C#m][A] ohhh [C#m] Message in a b [A] ottle, yeah [C#m][A] [C#m] Message in a b [A] ottle, yeah [F#m][F#m]
[F#m] (Tom fill)
[Verse 3 - Light drums] [C#m][A] Walked out this [B] morn [F#m] ing, [C#m] don't be [A] lieve what I [B] saw [F#m] [C#m] A [A] hundred [B] billion [F#m] bottles, [C#m] washed up [A] on the [B] shore [F#m] [C#m][A] Seems I'm not a [B] lone in [F#m] being a [C#m] lone [A][B][F#m] A [C#m] hundred [A] billion [B] casta [F#m] ways, [C#m] looking [A] for a [B] home [F#m]
[Chorus - Full drums] [A] I'll send an [D] S.O. [E] S. to the world [A] I'll send an [D] S.O. [E] S. to the world
[F#m] I hope that some [D] one gets my, [F#m] I hope that some [D] one gets my, [F#m] I hope that some [D] one gets my,
[C#m] Message in a b [A] ottle, yeah [C#m][A] [C#m] Message in a b [A] ottle, oh [C#m][A] [C#m] Message in a b [A] ottle, whoa [C#m][A] [C#m] Message in a b [A] ottle, yeah [F#m][F#m]
[C#m][A][B][F#m] x4
[Outro] [C#m] Sending o [A] ut an S [B] .O.S [F#m] . [C#m] Sending o [A] ut an S [B] .O.S [F#m] . I'm [C#m] sending o [A] ut an S [B] .O.S [F#m] . I'm s [C#m] ending ou [A] t an S. [B] O.S. [F#m] ...