[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]
[Verse 1 - No drums - Riff later from G back to start of chords is A - 87 5 33] [Guitar slightly funky - Xxxx XxxX xXxX Xxxx] [G] Tastes like [Dm7] strawberries On a [Am7] summer evening [C] And it sounds just like a [G] song I want [Dm7] more berries And that [Am7] summer feeling [C] It's so wonderful and [G] warm
[Pre-Chorus - Just bass drum] Breathe me [Dm7] in, breathe me [Am7] out I don't [C] know if I could ever go with [G] out I'm just [Dm7] thin.....king out [Am7] loud I don't [C] know if I could ever go with [G] out
[Chorus] Watermelon sugar [Dm7] high Watermelon sugar [Am7] high Watermelon sugar [C] high Watermelon sugar [G] high (Watermelon sugar)
[Verse 2 - With riff on A string 87 5 3] [Dm7] Strawberries On a [Am7] summer evening [C] Baby, you're the end of [G] June I want [Dm7] your belly And that [Am7] summer feeling [C] Getting washed away in [G] you
[Pre-Chorus] Breathe me [Dm7] in, breathe me [Am7] out I don't [C] know if I could ever go with [G] out (stop)
[Chorus] Watermelon sugar [Dm7] high Watermelon sugar [Am7] high Watermelon sugar [C] high Watermelon sugar [G] high
Watermelon sugar [Dm7] high Watermelon sugar [Am7] high Watermelon sugar [C] high Watermelon sugar [G] high
[Pre-Bridge - Vocal starts on high A] [Dm7] I just wanna taste it [Am7] I just wanna taste it [C] Watermelon sugar [Gadd9] high
[Bridge - No drums] Tastes like [Dm7] strawberries On a [Am7] summer evening [C] And it sounds just like a [G] song I want [Dm7] your belly And that [Am7] summer feeling [N.C.] I don't know if I could ever go without
[Chorus] Watermelon sugar [Dm7] high Watermelon sugar [Am7] high Watermelon sugar [C] high (Sugar!) Watermelon sugar [G] high (Sugar!) Watermelon sugar [Dm7] high Watermelon sugar [Am7] high Watermelon sugar [C] high Watermelon sugar [G] high
[Outro] [Dm7] I just wanna taste it [Am7] I just wanna taste it (Yeah) [C] Watermelon sugar [G] high [Dm7] I just wanna taste it [Am7] I just wanna taste it [C] Watermelon sugar [Gadd9] high [N.C.] Watermelon sugar[End]