[Intro BPM 168 - No drums] D x x Dsus4 x x x x x x x x x x x x D x x Dsus4 x x x x x x x x x x x x (Bass drum but don't play straight - play BxxB xxxx BxxB xxxx with chords) D x x G x x x D x x A x x x x D x x G x x x D x x A x x x x
[Verse - Bass drums with chords - D to Asus4 move - just move 2nd finger from E 2nd fret to D 2nd fret] It [D] used to seem to [G] me that my [D] life ran on too [Asus4] fast, and I [D] had to take it [G] slowly just to [D] make the good parts [A] last But [D] when you're born to [G] run it's so [D] hard to just slow [Asus4] down, so [D] don't be surprised to [G] see me back [D] in that bright part of [A] town
[Chorus - Full drums in] I'll be [D] back in the [A] high life a [D] gain, [G] all the doors I [D] closed one time, will [A] open up a [D] gain (offbeat fill) I'll be [D] back in the [A] high life a [D] gain, [G] all the eyes that [D] watched me once, will [A] smile and take me [D] in
[Theme - No snare, bass drum with chords] D x x Dsus4 x x x x x x x x x x x x D x x Dsus4 x x x x x x x x x x x x D x x G x x x D x x A x x x x
[Verse - Snare is string slap] You [D] used to be the [G] best to [D] make life be life to [Asus4] me, and I [D] hope that you're still [G] out there and you're [D] like you used to [A] be We'll [D] have ourselves a [G] time and we'll [D] dance till morning [Asus4] sun, and we'll [D] let the good times [G] come in and we [D] won't stop till we're [A] done
[Chorus - Drums in] We'll be [D] back in the [A] high life [D] again, [G] all the doors th [D] at closed one time, wi [A] ll open u [D] p again You'll b [D] e back in th [A] e high life [D] again, [G] all the eyes that [D] watched us once, will [A] smile and take us [D] in
[Bridge 1 - Drums B offsnare B S] And I'll [G] drink and dance with one hand [D] free and [A] have the world so [D] easily, and [G] oh we'll be a [D] sight to see; back in the [Asus4] high .......... [A] life a [D] gain
[Theme - Finger pick - No snare, bass drum with chords] D x x G x x x D x x A x x x x D x x G x x x D x x A x x x x D x x G x x x D x x A x x x x D x x G x x x D x x A x x x x
[Chorus] We'll be [D] back in the [A] high life a [D] gain, [G] all the doors I [D] closed one time, will [A] open up a [D] gain We'll be [D] back in the [A] high life a [D] gain, [G] all the eyes that [D] watched us once, will [A] smile and take us [D] in
[Bridge 1 - Drums B offsnare B S] And we'll [G] drink and dance with one hand [D] free; [A] and have the world so [D] easily, and [G] oh we'll be a [D] sight to see; back in the [Asus4] high .......... [A] life a [D] gain
[Intro BPM 89- - Sort of simulate arpeggio with right hand first finger - slight mute] Aadd6 (x02222) Aadd6 (x02222) (passing A to E - x0225x) Esus2 (x7997x) E (x7999x) E (x7999x) E (x7999x) Aadd6 (x02222) Aadd6 (x02222) (passing A to E - x0225x) Esus2 (x7997x) E (x7999x) E (x7999x) E (x7999x)
(can play octave up as well A - x-0-14-14-14 -- x-0-14-14-17x E - 0-14-x-13-x-14 -- 0-14-x-13-x-16
[Verse 1] [E] Hey little girl, is your daddy home Did he go and leave you all alone [A] I've got a bad de [C#m] sire, [A] Oh oh [B] oh, I'm on [E] fire
[Verse 2] [E] Tell me now baby, is he good to you And can he do to you the things that I do [A] I can take you hig [C#m] her [A] Oh oh [B] oh, I'm on [E] fire
[Intro again] A(add6) E(sus2) x 2
[Verse 3 - Guido play on own] Sometimes it's like [A] someone took a knife baby, edgy and dull And cut a [C#m] six inch valley through the [A] middle of my skull [Short vamp on A - 3 times]
[Verse 4] At [E] night I wake up with the sheets soaking wet And a freight train running through the middle of my head, and [A] you You cool my de [C#m] sire [A] Oh oh [B] oh, I'm on [E] fire [A] Oh oh [B] oh, I'm on [E] fire [A] Oh oh [B] oh, I'm on [E] fire
[Outro like intro with woo hoos] [C#m][E] - repeat to fade