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
[Intro - No drums - Half bar per chord instance] [G][G] - [G][C] [G][G] - [G][G]
[Verse 1] [G] So at my show on [C] Monday, I was hoping [Am] someday You'd be on your [Bm]way to [C]better [G]things It's not about your [C] make up or how you try to [Am] shape up To these [Bm] tiresome [C] paper [G] dreams. [C] [C] Paper [Am] dreams, honey [Bm][D]
[Verse 2] [G] So now you pour your [C] heart out, you're telling me you're [Am] far out But not about to [Bm] lie down [C] for your [G] cause [G] But you don't [C] pull my strings 'Cause I'm a [Am] better man [Bm] moving on to [D] better [G] things
[Chorus - DRUMS IN] [G] But oh- [D] oh, ooh, I love [Am] her because She [C] moves in [D] her own [Em] way But oh- [C] oh, ooh, she came [Am] to *my show (melody climb A,B,C) Just to [C] hear a [D] bout my [G] day
[Verse 3 - Bring drums down - string slaps for snare] [G] And at the show on [C] Tuesday, she was in her [Am] mindset Tempered [Bm] furs and [C] spangled [G] boots Looks are de [C] ceiving, make me be [Am] lieve it And these [Bm] tiresome [C] paper [G] dreams. [C] Paper [Am] dreams, honey [Bm] . Y [C] eah
[Verse 4] [G] Soooo won't you [C]go far, tell me you're a [Am] keeper Not about to [Bm] lie down [C] for your [G] cause [G] But you don't [C] pull my strings 'Cause I'm a [Am] better man [Bm] moving on to [C] better [G] things
[Chorus - FULL DRUMS] [G] But oh- [D] oh, ooh, I love [Am] her because She [C] moves in [D] her own [Em] way But oh- [C] oh, ooh, she came [Am] to my show Just to [C] hear a [D] bout my [G] day
[Bridge] [Em] Yes, I [D] wish that we never [Bm]made [C]it [G] Through all the summers [Em] And kept them [D]up instead of kicking [Bm]us [C]back [G]down to the suburbs [Em] Yes, I [D] wish that we never [Bm]made [C]it [G] Through all the summers [Em] And kept them [D]up instead of kicking [Bm]us [C]back [G]down to the suburbs
[Instrumental - 1 bar per chord] [Em][G][Am][G] [Em][G][Am][G] [Drums stop]
[Chorus] [G] But oh- [D] oh, I love [Am] her because She [C] moves in [D] her own [Em] way (drums back in) But oh- [C] oh, she came [Am] to my show Just to [C] hear a [D] bout my [G] day But oh- [D] oh, ooh, I love [Am] her because She [C] moves in [D] her own [Em] way But oh- [C] oh, ooh, she came [Am] to my show Just to [C] hear a [D] bout my [G] day [End]