[Intro - Capo 2 - BPM 125 - 'Deh' starts off beat prior to first 1 - remember to play G 3x0003 as B is important to melody] [Chug chords with Vocals - bass drum on all 4] Deh ... deh do ... ded doo BxSB - x B S x - B B S x
(sing C to G for C chords, then B to G twice for G and Em chords, then A to G for D chord) [C][G][Em][D] (x2)
[Verse 1 - Drums B-B- ---- ---- ---- Guitar X-X- X-xx xxX- X---] [C] I was left [G] to my own de [Em] i i i i ces [D] [C] Many days [G] fell away with [Em] nothing to [D] show
[Pre-Chorus - Bass drum on all 4] And the [C] walls kept tumbling [G] down In the city that we [Em] l-o-v-e- [D] (to make more drummy - add bass drums now each 8th note BB(B+S)B) Great [C] clouds roll over the [G] hills Bringing darkness from [Em] a-b-o-v- [D] e [Vamp on D to stop]
[Chorus - Deh deh in background - Full drums - bass drum on all beats] But if you close your [C] eyes, Does it [G] almost feel like [Em] Nothing changed at [D] all? And if you close your [C] eyes, Does it [G] almost feel like [Em] You've been here be [D] fore? How .. [C] am I gonna be an [G] optimist a [D] bout this? How .. [C] am I gonna be an [G] optimist a [D] bout this? (stop)
[Verse 2 - No drums - Chugging guitar] [C] We were caught [G] up and lost in [Em] all of our [D] vices (light drums in BxSlap xxSlap) [C] In your pose [G] as the duh uh ust [Em] settles a [D] round us
[Pre-Chorus - Bass drum] And the [C] walls kept tumbling [G] down In the city that we [Em] l-o-v-e- [D] (to make more drummy - add bass drums now each 8th note BB(B+S)B) Great [C] clouds roll over the [G] hills Bringing darkness from [Em] a-b-o-v- [D] e [Vamp on D to stop]
[Chorus - Full drums - bass drum on all 4] But if you close your [C] eyes, Does it [G] almost feel like [Em] Nothing changed at [D] all? And if you close your [C] eyes, Does it [G] almost feel like [Em] You've been here be [D] fore? How .. [C] am I gonna be an [G] optimist a [D] bout this? How .. [C] am I gonna be an [G] optimist a [D] bout this?
[Deh etc section - Full drums] Deh ... deh do ... ded doo [C][G][Em][D] (stop)
[Bridge - No drums - Quiet] [C] Oh where do we beg [G] in? The [Em] rubble or our [D] sins? (big harmonies come in) [C] Oh where do we beg [G] in? The [Em] rubble or our [D] sins?
[Pre-Chorus - Just bass drum and funky strumming] And the [C] walls kept tumbling [G] down In the city that we [Em] l-o-v-e- [D] Great [C] clouds roll over the [G] hills Bringing darkness from [Em] a-b-o-v- [D] e [Vamp on D / drum fill to stop]
[Chorus - Full drums - bass drum on all 4] But if you close your [C] eyes, Does it [G] almost feel like [Em] Nothing changed at [D] all? And if you close your [C] eyes, Does it [G] almost feel like [Em] You've been here be [D] fore? How .. [C] am I gonna be an [G] optimist a [D] bout this? How .. [C] am I gonna be an [G] optimist a [D] bout this? If you close your [C] eyes, Does it [G] almost feel like [Em] Nothing changed at [D] all? (stop drums)
[Outro - No drums - Deh ... deh do ... ded doo] [C][G][Em][D] (x2) [Tempo check - 19/11/23 - 120 - actual 125 - OK - prefer slower everytime]
[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