[Intro BPM 120 - G#m7b5/D = xx0102 - CAPO 1st fret for original key] -----Bm--------Bm/F#-Bm/A--Bm---------Bm/F#-Bm/A ||:--/---/---/___/---/---|--/---/---/___/----/--:||[x2]
[Keyboard riff] e |-2--2----keep Bm ringing apart from any part fretted with first finger B |-3--3------------------- G |-4--4------------------- D |-4--4------------------- A |-2--2-----0------------- E |-X--X--0h2--------------
[Verse 1 - Chug with no drums] [Bm] When I was young, it seemed that [Gmaj7] life was so [F#m7] wonderful, [(G)] A [A] miracle, oh, it was [G] beautiful, [E7/G#] magical, And all the [Bm] birds in the trees, well, they'd be [Gmaj7] singing so [F#m7] happily, [(G)] Oh, [A] joyfully, oh, [G] playfully [E7/G#] watching me
[Verse 2 - Full drums but slap snare] But then they [Bm] sent me away, to teach me [Gmaj7] how to be [F#m7] sensible, [(G)][A] Logical, oh, re - [G] sponsible, [E7/G#] practical, And then they [Bm] showed me a world where I [Gmaj7] could be so de - [F#m7] pendable, [(G)] Oh, [A] clinical, oh, intel - [G] lectual, [E7/G#] cynical
[Chorus - Just bass drum Bxxb Bxxx] There are [D] times when all the world's a - [G#m7b5/D - XX0102] sleep The questions run too [Gmaj7/D - XX0432] deep for such a simple (drums in) [C] man- [Em/B] ------ [Am7] ----- [G] ---, Won't you (just bass drum) [D] please, ...please, tell me what we've [G#m7b5/D] learnt, I know it sounds ab - [Gmaj7/D] surd, Please, tell me who I [C] am- [Em/B] ------ [Am7] ----- [G] --! -----C-----Em/B-----Am7---G |-/--/--/--/--|--/--/--/--/--|
[Verse 3 - Full snare] I said now, [Bm] watch what you say, they'll be [Gmaj7] calling you a [F#m7] radical, [(G)] A [A] liberal, oh, fan - [G] atical, [E7/G#] criminal, Oh, won't you [Bm] sign up your name? We'd like to [Gmaj7] feel you're ac - [F#m7] ceptable, [(G)] Re - [A] spectable, oh, pre - [G] sentable, a [E7/G#] vegetable, oh, take it, take it!
[Verse 4 - Sax solo - Full drums] ...Yeah! ---Bm----------Gmaj7-F#m7------(G)-A------------G------E7/G# |--/--/--/--/-|-/--/--/--/-|-/--/--/--/-|-/--/--/--/-|-/--/--/--/-| ---Bm----------Gmaj7-F#m7------(G)-A------------G------E7/G# |--/--/--/--/-|-/--/--/--/-|-/--/--/--/-|-/--/--/--/-|-/--/--/--/-|
[Chorus - drums as per others] But at [D] night, when all the world's a - [G#m7b5/D] sleep, The questions run so [Gmaj7/D] deep for such a simple [C] man [Em/B] ------ [Am7] ---, [G] Won't you [D] please, please, tell me what we've [G#m7b5/D] learnt? (Oh, won't you tell me? Umm, tell me what!) I know it sounds ab - [Gmaj7/D] surd-----!, (Can you hear me? I know!) (Oh, won't you help me?) Please, tell me who I [C] am- [Em/B] ------ [Am7] ---- [G] --, (Tell me who I am-------------!) who I [C] am- [Em/B] ------ [Am7] ----- [G] --,
Who I [C] am- [Em/B] ------ [Am7] ----- [G] --, who I [C] am- [Em/B] ------ [Am7] ----- [G] ---! Yeah!
[Outro - Fade to End] ----B7-------------------------------------Em----Em7 ||:-/--/--/--/-|-/--/--/--/-|-/--/--/--/-|-/--/--/--/-|
==================================================================== [Coda - with bass notes] This nine bar pattern repeats to the fade
h = Hammer-on notes
B7 e |-------2--2---------|--2-----------------|-------2--2---------| B |-------0--0---------|--0-----------------|-------0--0---------| G |-------2--2---------|--2-----------------|-------2--2---------| D |-------1--1---------|--1---0-h1----------|-------1--1---------| A |----0--2--2------0--|--2---------2--0----|----0--2--2---------| E |--2-----------------|--------------------|--2-----------2--1--|
Em Em7 B7 e |--------------------|-------2--2---------|---2----------------| B |---0--------0--0----|-------0--0---------|---0----------------| G |---0--------0--0----|-------2--2---------|---2----------------| D |---2-----2--0--0----|-------1--1---------|---1---0-h1---------| A |---2----------------|----0--2--2------0--|---2---------2--0---| E |---0----------------|--2-----------------|--------------------|
B7 Em Bm/D (Bm/F#) G e |-------2--2---------|--0------2----------|---3----------------| B |-------0--0---------|--0------3----------|---3----------------| G |-------2--2---------|--0------4----------|---4----------------| D |-------1--1---4--3--|--2---2--0------4---|---5----------------| A |----0--2--2---------|--------------------|--------------------| E |--2-----------------|--------------------|--------------------|
[Additional Notes] Bm Bm/F# Bm/A Bm Bm/F# Bm/A e |---2--2--2--2------------|---2--2--2--2------------| B |---3--3--3--3------------|---3--3--3--3------------| [x2] G |---4--4--4--4------------|---4--4--4--4------------| D |---4--4--4--4------------|---4--4--4--4------------| A |---2--2--2--2--------0---|---2--2--2--2--------0---| E |---------------0-h2------|---------------0-h2------|
[Chorus Riff arpeggios] C Em/B Am7 G (G/A)(G/B) e |----------------------|-------------------------| B |----------------------|-------------------------| G |---------0--------0---|---------0---------------| D |------2--------2------|------2------------------| A |---3--------2---------|---0--------------0--h2--| E |----------------------|------------3------------|
h = hammer-on note
Chord names and fret positions are relative to the capo: Bm = x24432 G = 320033 Em/B = x22000 Bm/F# = 224432 E7/G# = 420100 Am7 = x02010 Bm/A = x04432 D = xx0232 Em = 022000 Gmaj7 = 320002 G#m7b5/D = xx0102 Em7 = 020000 F#m7 = 242222 Gmaj7/D = xx0002 B7 = x21202 A = x02220 C = x32010 Bm/D = xx0432(G) = 3xxxxx
[Sound effects to start] [Intro Riff - BPM 116 - Angle little finger down to get sus4 quickly with Fsus4] [F] - [F6sus4] - [F] - [Fsus4] x 2
[Verse 1] [F]Ice will [Fsus4] melt, wat [F] er will b [F6sus4] oil [F] You and [F6sus4] I can [F] shake off this [F6sus4] mortal coil It's [Eb] bigger than us [Bb] You [Eb] don't have to [Bb] worry about it [Intro Riff][F] - [F6sus4] - [F] - [Fsus4]
[Verse 2] [F] Ready or [Fsus4] not h [F] ere comes the dr [Fsus4] op [F] You feel [Fsus4] lucky when you know wher [F] e you are, you [Fsus4] know [(F)] It's [Eb] gonna come tr [Bb] ue [Eb] Here in your [Bb] arms I remem -[F ] ber [Intro Riff][F] - [F6sus4] - [F] - [Fsus4]
[Chorus] It's only [Dm] natural That I should want to Be [Am] there with you It's only [Dm] natural That you should feel the same way too [Am]
[Verse 3] It's [F] easy when you [Fsus4] don't try [F] Going on [Fsus4] first impressions [F] Man in a [Fsus4] cage has ma [F] de his con - fe [Fsus4] ssion now [(F)] You've [Eb] seen me at my worst [Bb] And it [Eb] won't be the last [Bb] time I'm down there [Intro Riff][F] - [F6sus4] - [F] - [Fsus4]
[Verse 4] I [F] want you to [Fsus4] know I feel com - pletely a [F] t peace [Fsus4] [F] Read me like a [Fsus4] book That's [F] fallen [Fsus4] down be - twee [F] n your knees [Eb] [Bb] Please [Eb] let me have [Eb] my way with you
[Chorus] It's only [Dm] natural That I should want to Be [Am] there with you It's only [Dm] natural That you should feel the same way too [Am] [Am][C] It's circum - stan [F] tial, it's nothing [A7] written in the sky And [Bb] we don't even have to [Bb] try
[Break] [F][Fsus4][Fsus4] [F] Shaking like [Fsus4] mud, buil [F] dings of glas [Fsus4] s [F] Sink into the [Fsus4] bay they'll be under the [F] rocks a - [Fsus4] gain You [Eb] don't have to say [Bb] I know y [Eb] ou're a - fraid [Bb]
[Chorus] It's only [Dm] natural That I should want to Be [Am] there with you It's only n [Dm] atural That you should feel the same way too [Am][C] It's circum - stan [F] tial, [A7] It's, something I was born [Bb] to It's only nat [F] ural [A7] Can I help it if I want [Bb] to (stop - drum fill the back in)
[Extra notes] F6sus4 133331 Fsus4 133311 Eb x68886 Bb 688766 Vox - just 3rd - no variation Hold B for just 1 bar in the 'try' bit IT'S ONLY NATURAL - Crowded House Drum part - B T (T F T + B) strum up (strum down + T) - 1 2 3 4 the whole lot - fingers close to guitar if you do Can do instead - B S TF(TB)F then two down strums final strum on Snare Intro: