[Intro Riff - 79 BPM - No drums] C Csus4 x32011 G 32003x 32000 F xx3211 xx3211 Fsus2 xx3011 xx3011 F xx3211
[Verse 1] Now [C] that she's back in the atmosphere With [G] drops of Jupiter in her hair, hey, h [F] ey (Fsus2 riff) [C] She acts like summer and walks like rain [G] Reminds me that there's time to change, h [F] ey, hey (Fsus2 riff) [C] Since the return from her stay on the moon [G] She listens like spring and she talks like June, hey, [F] hey (Fsus2 riff)
[Chorus 1] [G] Tell me did you sail across the [D] sun Did you make it to the Milky [F] Way to see the lights all faded [C] And that heaven is overrated [G] Tell me, did you fall from a shooting [D] star One without a permanent [Dm] scar And did you miss me while you were [F] looking for yourself out there
[Drums in Intro Riff - C C C (C Csus4) G G G (G Gadd6) F - x8(7)565 x8(5)565 x8(7)565]
[Verse 2] F riff - play x87565 x85565 x87565 Now [C] that she's back from that soul vacation [G] Tracing her way through the constellation, [F] hey, hey (F riff) She [C] checks out Mozart while she does tae-bo Re [G] minds me that there's room to grow, hey, [F] hey Now [C] that she's back in the atmosphere I'm a [G] fraid that she might think of me as [F] plain ol' Jane Told a story about a man who is too afraid to fly so he never did land (chromatic up to G# then to G)
[Chorus 2] [G] Tell me did the wind sweep you off your [D] feet Did you finally get the chance to [F] dance along the light of day [C] And head back to the Milky Way And [G] tell me, did Venus blow your [D] mind Was it everything you wanted to [Dm] find And did you miss me while you were [F] looking for yourself out there
[La la Riff - C9 C C9 C C9 C - G (3x003x) G6 (3x0030) G6 G G6 G - F(at1) F(at5)]
[Bridge] Can you imagine no [C] love, pride, deep-fried chicken Your [G] best friend always sticking [F] up for you, even when I know you're wrong Can you imagine no [C] first dance, freeze dried romance [G] five-hour phone conversation The [Bb/D] best soy [x787xx] latte that you [Bb] ever had, [Bbsus2] and [F] me (drums stop)
[Chorus 3] [G] Tell me did the wind sweep you off your [D] feet Did you finally get the chance to [F] dance along the light of day [C(stop)] And head back toward the Milky Way Drum fill U = upstrum, T = thumb snare, D = downstrum 123123123123123 --UT--T--T-UT-- ---D--D--D--D-- [G] Tell me did you sail across the [D] sun Did you make it to the Milky [F] Way to see the lights all faded [C] And that heaven is overrated [G] Tell me, did you fall from a shooting [D] star One without a permanent [Dm] scar And did you miss me while you were [F] looking for yourself (snare stop)
[Outro] - La la bit - is C9 to C, then G (with 3 on B string) to open E at top - just take fingers off top strings [C] na na na na na na [G] na na na na na na [F] na-na-na-na And did you finally get the chance to dance along the light of day [C] na na na na na na [G] na na na na na na And did you [F] fall from a shooting star, fall from a shooting star [C] na na na na na na [G] na na na na na na And are ya [Bb/D] lonely [x787xx] looking [Bb] for your self [Bbsus2] out [F] there
[End]
[Misc notes] chord and play drums on guitar body - hihat pattern and snare1 2 off off (nails of fingers) 4
Old notes for intro C Csus4 x32011 G 32003x 32000 F xx323x xx(3)211 xx3(23)1 () = emphasis xx301x xx301x xx3(0h2)1
[Intro] THIS BIT STRAIGHT e|---------------------------------- ------------------------------------| B|---------------------------------- ------------------------------------| G|---------12-------10------7---5- ----7------10-------12-------10-----| D|---10/12----12\10----10\7---7\5--- 5/7---7/10----10/12----12\10--------| A|----------------------------------- -----------------------------------| E|----------------------------------- -----------------------------------| 10 10 12 SLIDE DOWN TO C [Verse] [C] There's no combi [C/B] nation of words I could [Am] put on the back of a [G] postcard [F] No song that [C/E] I could sing But [Dm] I can try for [G] your heart, [C] Our [C/B] dreams, and they are m [Am] ade out of real thi [G] ngs Like a [F] shoe box of [C/E] photographs With [Dm] sepia-toned [G] loving [C] Love is the [C/B] answer At least for [Am] most of the questions in [G] my heart like [F] Why are we [C/E] here? And where do we [Dm] go And how come it's [G] so hard? [C] It's not always [C/B] easy and Sometimes [Am] life can be de [G] ceiving [F] I'll tell you one [C/E] thing, it's always [Dm] better when we're to [G] gether [Chorus] [F] Mmmm, it's always [G] better when we're together [F] Yeah, we'll look at the [G] stars and we're together [F] Well, it's always [G] better when we're together [F] Yeah, it's always [G] better when we're together [Interlude] C C/B Am G F C/E Dm G C C/B Am G F C/E Dm G [Verse] And all of these [C] moments Just might [C/B] find their way into my d [Am] reams tonight [G] , But I [F] know that they'll be [C/E] gon When the [Dm] morning light [G] sings And brings [C] new things [C/B] For to [Am] morrow night you [G] see That [F] they'll be gone [C/E] too Too many [Dm] things I have to [G] d But if all of these [C] dreams might find [C/B] their way Into my [Am] day to day scen [G] e I'd be [F] under the imp [C/E] ression I was [Dm] somewhere in bet [G] ween With only [C] two, Just me and [C/B] you Not so many [Am] things we got to [G] d Or [F] places we got to [C/E] be We'll sit be [Dm] neath the mango [G] tree, now [Chorus] [F] Yeah, it's always [G] better when we're together [F] Mmmm, we're somewhere [G] in between together [F] Well, it's always [G] better when we're together [F] Yeah, it's always [G] better when we're together [Interlude] [C] Mmm [C/B] mmm mm m [Am] m mmm mm m [G] m mmm [F] Mm mm mm [C/B] mm mmm m [Dm] mmm m [G] m mmm [Instrumental] C C/B Am G F C/B Dm G [Bridge] [Dm] I believe in [G] memories they look so [Dm] So pretty when I [G] sleep hey now and [Dm] When I [G] wake up you look so [Dm] pretty Sleeping next to [G] me but there is [F] Not enough [G] time there is no [F] No song I could [G] sing and there is no [Dm] Combination of [G] words I could say But I will [Dm] still tell you one [G] thing We're better together [Outro] C C/B Am G F C/E Dm G C C/B Am G F C/E Dm G C
