[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
[Intro - No drums for first time round chords] [A/D-xx0220][C9-x32030] … One, two One, two, three, ow
[Riff] [A/D-xx0230][C9-x32030]
[Verse 1] [A/D] … Wake up, [C9] kids .. we got the dreamers disease [A/D] Age fourteen, [C9] they got you down on your knees [A/D]So polite, we're busy still saying please [Em7][Asus4][A]
[A/D] Fre ne [C9] emies, who when you're down ain't your friend [A/D] Every [C9] night we smash a Mercedes-Benz [A/D] First we [C9] run, and then we laugh 'til we cry [Em7][Asus4][A]
[Pre Chorus] But [F#m7] when the night is [Bm] falling [A] You [G] cannot find the light [Asus4][A] (light) You [F#m7] feel your dreams are [Bm] dying [A] Hold [G] tight [Asus4] You've got the [A] music in you
[Chorus] [G] Don't let go [Asus4] You've got the [A] music in you [F#m7] One dance [Bm7] left This world is [A] gonna pull through [G] Don't give [Asus4] up You've got a [A] reason to live [F#m7] Can't for [Bm] get We only [A] get what we give [G] [Am7][G]
[A/D][C9] I'm comin' home, baby [A/D] You're tops [C9] Give it to me now
[Verse 2] [A/D] 4 A [C9] M, we ran a miracle mile [A/D] We're flat [C9] broke But hey, we do it in style [A/D] The bad [C9] rich God's flying in for your trial [Em7][Asus4][A]
[Pre Chorus] But [F#m7] when the night is [Bm] falling [A] You [G] cannot find a friend [Asus4][A] (friend) You [F#m7] feel tree is breaking [Bm][A] Just [G] bend [Asus4] You've got the [A] music in you
[Chorus] [G] Don't let go [Asus4] You've got the [A] music in you [F#m7] One dance [Bm7] left This world is [A] gonna pull through [G] Don't give [Asus4] up You've got a [A] reason to live [F#m7] Can't for [Bm] get We only [A] get what we give [G] [Am7][G]
[Vamp] [A/D][C9] x 2
[Bridge] [A/D] This whole damn [Am7] world could [G] fall a [A/D]part You'll be o [Am7]kay, fol [G]low your [A/D]heart You're in harm's [Am7] way, I'm [G] right be [A/D]hind Now say you're mine [Em][A] [Em][A] (stop?) You've got the music in you
[Chorus] [G] Don't let go [Asus4] You've got the [A] music in you [F#m7] One dance [Bm7] left This world is [A] gonna pull through [G] Don't give [Asus4] up You've got a [A] reason to live [F#m7] Can't for [Bm] get We only [A] get what we give [G]
[G] Don't let go [Asus4] You've got the [A] music in you [F#m7] Don't let [Bm7] go [A]
[G] Fly high, [Asus4] high i i [A] i i [F#m7] high high [Bm7] high high [A] high high high … What's [G] reeee allll [Asus4][A] can't [F#m7] dieeeeeeeeeeeee [Bm7][A]
[Verse 4] [G] Health insurance, rip off lying [Asus4] FDA, big [A] bankers buying [F#m7] Fake computer crashes dining [Bm7] Cloning while they're [A] multiplying [G] Fashion shoots with Beck and Hanson [Asus4] Courtney Love [A] and Marilyn Manson [F#m7] You're all fakes Run to your mansions [Bm7] Come around, we'll [A] kick your asses
[Chorus] [G] Don't let go [Asus4][A] [F#m7] One dance [Bm7] left [A] [G] Don't give up [Asus4][A] [F#m7] Can't for [Bm7] get [A] [Repeat to fade]
