[Intro - BPM 102 - No drums to start - 2/4 emphasis on 2 when strumming] (strum pattern d-D- -udu d-D- (down up, caps - emphasis) Am G C C x 2
[Verse 1] [Am] I was scared of [G] dentists and the [C] dark [Am] I was scared of [G] pretty girls and [C] starting conversations, Oh [Am] all my friends [G] are turning [C] green - You're the [Am] magician's a [G] ssistant in their [C] dreams
[Pre-chorus - At stop start to count 1 2 3 4 starting on 'come' and tap snare on 4 to come back in] Uh [Am] Ooh, [G] ooh, [C] ooh -- [Am] Uh, [G] oh oh oh, and they [C] (stop) come unstuck
[Chorus - Drums full drums] [Am] Lady, [G] running down to the [C] riptide, taken away to the [Am] dark side, [G] I wanna be your [C] left hand man ...I [Am] love you [G] when you're singing that [C] song, and I got a lump in my [Am] throat, 'cause [G] you're gonna sing the words [C] wrong
[Verse 2 - Slap snare] [Am] There's this movie [G] that I think you'll [C] like - This [Am] guy decides to [G] quit his job and [C] heads to New York City - This [Am] cowboy's [G] running from [C] himself ... And [Am] she's been living [G] on the highest [C] shelf
[Pre-chorus] Uh [Am] Ooh, [G] ooh, [C] ooh -- [Am] Uh, [G] oh oh oh, and they [C] (stop) come unstuck
[Chorus - Drums full drums] [Am] Lady, [G] running down to the [C] riptide, taken away to the [Am] dark side, [G] I wanna be your [C] left hand man ...I [Am] love you [G] when you're singing that [C] song, and I got a lump in my [Am] throat, 'cause [G] you're gonna sing the words [C] wrong
[Bridge] [Am] I just wanna, I just wanna [G] know [C] If you're gonna, if you're gonna st [Fmaj7] ay [Am] I just gotta, I just gotta know [G] [C] I can't have it, I can't have it [Fmaj7] (drums stop) any other way
[Pre-chorus] (strum once and hold - no snare) I [Am] swear she's [G] destined for the [C] screen --[Am] Closest thing to [G] Michelle Pfeiffer [C] that you've ever seen, oh
[Chorus - No drums quiet - then full drums for 2 repeats] [Am] Lady, [G] running down to the [C] riptide, taken away to the [Am] dark side, [G] I wanna be your [C] left hand man ...I [Am] love you [G] when you're singing that [C] song, and I got a lump in my [Am] throat, 'cause [G] you're gonna sing the words [C] wrong
[Chorus x 2] [End on C - or go to Avicii Wake Me Up?]
[Intro - BPM 116 - Coming into Choruses hang onto F and also play emphasis F on snare in chorus 'but i just (quiet) wait] F C Bb
[Verse 1] [F] Morning, it's [C] Another pure [Bb] grey [F] morning Don't [C] know what the [Bb] day is [F] holding When I g [C] et upti [Bb] gh And I wa [F] lk right into the p [C] ath of a l [Bb] ightning Bo [F] l
[Verse 2] [F] Sirens of an a [C] mbule [Bb] nce comes h [F] owling Right thr [C] ough the ce [Bb] ntre of t [F] own and No one bl [C] inks an e [Bb] ye and I l [F] ook up to the sky for the [C] path of a l [Bb] ightning bo [F] l
[Verse 3] [F] Met her as the a [C] ngels p [Bb] arted fo [F] r her but she o [C] nly b [Bb] rought me to [F] rture but t [C] hat's what h [Bb] appens When it's y [F] ou who's standing in the p [C] ath of a l [Bb] ightning bo [F] l
[Chorus] [Bb] Everyone I see just walks the walk with gritted teeth but I just [F] stand by and I wait my time They say you [Bb] gotta toe the line they want the water not the wine But when I [F] see the signs I [C] jump on that [Bb] lightning b [F] olt
[Verse 4] [F] Chances, people t [C] ell you n [Bb] ot to take ch [F] ances When they t [C] ell you there a [Bb] ren't any an [F] swers and [C] I was st [Bb] arting to ag [F] ree but I awoke suddenly in the p [C] ath of a l [Bb] ightning bo [F] l
[Verse 5] [F] Fortune, people ta [C] lking a [Bb] ll about fo [F] rtune Do you m [C] ake it or d [Bb] oes it just ca [F] ll you In the b [C] linking of an [Bb] ey Just an [F] other passer by in the p [C] ath of a l [Bb] ightning bo [F] l
[Chorus] [Bb] Everyone I see just walks the walk with gritted teeth but I just [F] stand by and I wait my time They say you [Bb] gotta toe the line they want the water not the wine But when I [F] see the signs I [C] jump on that [Bb] lightning b [F] olt
[Verse 6] [F] It was silent, I was l [C] ying b [Bb] ack gazing sky [F] ward [C] When the m [Bb] oment got shat [F] tered I rem [C] ember what she sai [Bb] d and then she f [F] led in the p [C] ath of a l [Bb] ightning bo [F] l
