BPM 124 - Guido Key - See "playing riff with backbeat" at end Strum it (i.e play with r/h motion up and down) to help play broken triplets figure
[Intro - Combine with sweet dreams in some way] Just bass riff first x 2 Then bass drum with riff x 2
[Verse 1 - Just bass drum and bass to begin with - snare on "talking" bit] I'm gonna [Am] fight 'em off [F][E] A seven nation [Am] army couldn't hold me [F] back [E] They're gonna [Am] rip it off [F][E] Taking their [Am] time right be hind my [F] back [E] And I'm [Am] talking to my self at [F] night Because I [E] can't for [Am] get ...... [F][E] [Am] Back and forth through my [F] mind behind a [E] ciga [Am] rette .............[F][E] And a [C] message coming from my [D] eyes says leave it alone
[Instrumental] Am .... Am Am/C Am Am/G F .... E Am .... Am Am/C Am Am/G F G F E Repeat above 2 lines C C C C D D D D Back in - just bass riff first x 2 Then bass drum with riff x 2
[Verse 2- Just bass drum and bass to begin with - snare on "catch" bit] Don't want [Am] to hear about it [F][E] Every single [Am] ones got a story to tell [F][E] Everyone [Am] knows about it [F][E] From the Queen of [Am] England to the hounds of Hell [F][E] And if I [Am] catch it coming back my way [F] I'm gonna [E] serve it to you [Am] ........ [F][E] And [Am] that ain't what you want to hear [F] But that's what [E] I'll [Am] do ........ [F][E] And a [C] feeling coming from my [D] bones says find a home
[Instrumental] Am .... Am Am/C Am Am/G F .... E Am .... Am Am/C Am Am/G F G F E Repeat above 2 lines x 3 C C C C D D D D Back in - just bass riff first x 2 Then bass drum with riff x 2
[Verse 3- Just bass drum and bass to begin with - snare on "bleeding" bit] I'm going to [Am] Wichita ......... [F][E] Far from this [Am] opera, forever more [F][E] I'm going to [Am] work the straw [F][E] Make the sweat [Am] drip out of every pore [F][E] And I'm [Am] bleeding and I'm bleeding and I'm [F] bleeding right be [E] fore the [Am] Lord ............[F][E] All the [Am] words are going to bleed from me [F] And I will think [E] no [Am] more .......... [F][E] And the [C] stains coming from my blood [D] tell me go back home
[Instrumental] Am .... Am Am/C Am Am/G F .... E Am .... Am Am/C Am Am/G F G F E Repeat above 2 lines Then just finish on Am
[Verse] On a [Gm] cobweb [F] afternoon In a [Dm7] room full of [Eb] emptiness By a [Gm] freeway [F] I confess I [Dm7] was lost in the [Eb] pages [Gm] Of a book [F] full of death [Dm7] Reading how we'll [Eb] die alone [Gm] And if we're good [F] we'll lay to rest [Dm7] Anywhere [Eb] we wanna go
[Chorus] [Gm]In your [Bb] house [F] I long to [Gm] be [Gm]Room by [Bb] room [F] patient [Gm] ly [Eb]I'll wait for [Gm] you there [F]Like a [Gm] stone [Eb] I'll wait for you [Gm] there [D]Alone
[Instrumental] [Gm][F][Dm7][Eb]
[Verse] On my [Gm] deathbed [F] I will pray To [Dm7] the gods and the [Eb] angels Like a [Gm] pagan to [F] anyone Who [Dm7] will take me to [Eb]heaven [Gm] To a place [F] I recall [Dm7] I was there so [Eb] long ago The [Gm] sky was bruised The [F] wine was bled And [Dm7] there you led me [Eb] on
[Chorus] [Gm]In your [Bb] house [F] I long to [Gm] be [Gm]Room by [Bb] room [F] patient [Gm] ly [Eb]I'll wait for [Gm] you there [F]Like a [Gm] stone [Eb]I'll wait for you [Gm] there [D]Alone [D]Alone
[Solo - Same chords as Chorus]
[Bridge] [Eb] And on I [Bb] read [D] Until the day was [Eb] gone And I [D#m] sat in [C] regret Of [D] all the things [Gm] I've done For [Eb] all that I've [Bb] blessed And [D] all that I've [Eb] wronged In [D#m] dreams until my [C] death I will [D] wander on
[Chorus] [Gm]In your [Bb] house [F] I long to [Gm] be [Gm]Room by [Bb] room [F] patient [Gm] ly [Eb]I'll wait for [Gm] you there [F]Like a [Gm] stone [Eb]I'll wait for you [Gm] there [D]Alone [D]Alone