[Vox 2 - 5th below, vox 3 - 5th below and 3rd up - increase mix of harmony - make sure double on main vox] [Intro BPM 95 ] Drums B..B B+S... A..A .A.A A.G#m. C#m... (Stop playing C#m to play Keyboard riff - or play C#m normally them as x44x65x so can ring the 65 notes as you play 6, 5 7 5, 5 7 5)
[Verse 1][RECORD LOOP] [B] I hear the drums [D#m] echoing [G#m] tonight She [G#m/F#-224444] hears only [A] whispers of some [C#m] quiet con [G#m] versa [A] tion [A][G#m][C#m] [PLAY LOOP] [B] She's coming [D#m] in, twelve thirty [G#m] flight The moonl [G#m/F#] it wings [A] reflect the stars that [C#m] guide me towards [G#m] salva [A] tion [G#m][C#m] [B] I stopped an [D#m] old man along the [G#m] way Hoping [G#m/F#] to find some [A] old forgotten [C#m] words or ancient [G#m] melo [A] dies [A][G#m][C#m] [STOP LOOP] [B] He turned to [D#m] me as if to [G#m] say [G#m/F#] Hurry boy, it's [A] waiting there for you [A][G#m][C#m] (Drum fill)
[Chorus - Guido in one second line] [F#m] It's gonna take a [D] lot to drag me [A] away from [E] you [F#m] There's nothing that a [D] hundred men or [A] more could ever [E] do [F#m] I bless the [D] rains down [A] in Afri [E] ca [F#m] Gonna take some [D] time to do the [A] things we never [C#m] Ha-- a a[E]ad a a [F#m] ad [E] oo, [A] ooo [G#m][C#m]
[Link] A (G#m C#m) X 2
[Verse 2] [B] The wild dogs [D#m] cry out in the [G#m] night As [G#m/F#] they grow restless [A] longing for some [C#m] solitary [G#m] compa [A] ny [A][G#m][C#m] [B] I know that [D#m] I must do what's [G#m] right As sure as [G#m/F#] Kilimanjaro [A] rises like O [C#m] lympus above the [G#m] Serenge [A] ti [A][G#m][C#m] [B] I seek to [D#m] cure what's deep in [G#m] side... [G#m/F#] Frightened of this [A] thing that I've become [A][G#m][C#m] (Drum fill)
[Chorus - Guido in one second line] [F#m] It's gonna take a [D] lot to drag me [A] away from [E] you [F#m] There's nothing that a [D] hundred men or [A] more could ever [E] do [F#m] I bless the [D] rains down [A] in Afri [E] ca [F#m] Gonna take some [D] time to do the [A] things we never [C#m] Ha-- a a[E]ad a a [F#m] ad [E] oo, [A] ooo
[Link] A (G#m C#m) X 2
[Music Break][START LOOP - LEAD SOUND] B D#m G#m B A C#m G#m A (G#m C#m)
[B][D#m][G#m] H [G#m/F#] urry boy, [STOP LOOP] she's [A] waiting there for you [A][G#m][C#m] (Drum fill)
[Chorus - Guido in one second line] [F#m] It's gonna take a [D] lot to drag me [A] away from [E] you [F#m] There's nothing that a [D] hundred men or [A] more could ever [E] do [F#m] I bless the [D] rains down [A] in Afri [E] ca [F#m] I bless the [D] rains down [A] in Afri [E] ca [F#m] I bless the [D] rains down [A] in Afri [E] ca [F#m] I bless the [D] rains down [A] in Afri [E] ca [F#m] Gonna take some [D] time to do the [A] things we never [C#m] Ha-- a a[E]ad a a [F#m] ad [E] oo, [A] ooo [G#m][C#m]
[Outro] A (G#m C#m) til fade
[Keyboard riff - Pick individually and ring notes together to make bigger sound] E ---0~~~~~~~~~~~ B ---75~-75~-75~- G -66~-66~-66~-6~ D --------------- A --------------- E ---------------
[Solo- 2:58 - start off beat - upstroke on 4 of B] 32nd note 12431 Pick each first note of 3 note groupings to get rhythm ** switch mute alternate pick for timing think double pull offs for much of this phrase !Left hand position shift E *-11p9p7--9p7----7-------------------------------------------------- B --------------9-----9p7---9p7------7----------------------**4p2p0-- G -----------------------------8-----!8p6--8p6s4--6p4--4-----------1- D ---------------------------------------------------6--------------4 A ------------------------------------------------------------------- E -------------------------------------------------------------------
Bt1 234 broken triplet feel ish E *-------------------------------------------------- B -------5-4----------------------------------------- G ------------6-4--------4-----------------4--------- D -----6----------7-6-4-----7--6--4-----4-----4------ A ---7-------------------------------7-----------4--4 E ---------------------------------------------------
(*** poss 11+12,9+11,7+9 over G#m - upstrokes so harmony notes not too loud) E --------------------------***--s11------s9-----7 B -------4----4---7-4-7-9-7----------------------- G -6-4-6----6------------------------------------- D ------------------------------------------------ A ------------------------------------------------ E ------------------------------------------------
(CHANGE PATCH AND COME IN FOR CHORUS OR LEAVE PATCH IF SLIGHTLY DISTORTED TO BUILD CHORUS?)
[Intro - Drums straight in] [Eb][Eb][Bbm][Db] (play pattern 111 133 with power chords to suggest 7th but not on Db) (keyboard riff is play the sus2 Eb Eb Ebsus2 Eb - x688 x6810 x6810)
[Verse 1] [Eb] Funny how I [Bbm] find myself [Db] in [Eb] love with you [Bbm][Db] [Eb] If I could buy my [Bbm] reaso [Db] ning I'd [Eb] pay to lose [Bbm][Db] One [E] half won't do
[Pre-chorus] [Am][F][G][C] I've [F] asked myself how much [G] do you. [Am] .. [F][G][C] Com [F] mit yourself? (drums BBS BBS)
[Chorus] [G] It's my [Am] life [Dm][G] don't [C] you for [Am] get [Dm][G] [C] It's my [Am] life [Dm][G] it [C] never [Am] ends [Dm][G][C]
[Instrumental] [Fm][Fm] (implied more than played - bass also stops) [Eb][Eb][Bbm][Db]
[Verse 2] [Eb] Funny how I [Bbm] blind myself [Db] I [Eb] never knew [Bbm][Db] [Eb] If I was sometimes [Bbm] played upon [Db] a [E] fraid to lose
[Pre-chorus] [Am][F][G][C] I'd [F] tell myself what good you [G] do [Am] ... [F][G][C] Con[F] vince myself
[Chorus] [G] It's my [Am] life [Dm][G] don't [C] you for [Am] get [Dm][G] [C] It's my [Am] life [Dm][G] it [C] never [Am] ends [Dm][G][C]
