[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] [E] Uptown girl ......... [F#m] She's been living in her [G#m] uptown world [A] I bet she [B] never had a [E] back street guy [F#m] I bet her mama never [G#m] told her [A] why I'm gonna [B] try for an [E] Uptown girl [F#m] She's been living in her [G#m] white bread world [A] As long as [B] anyone with [E] hot blood can [F#m] And now she's looking for a [G#m] downtown man [A] That's what I [B] am
[Chorus] [C] And when she [Am] knows what She [Dm] wants from her [G] time [C] And when she [Am] wakes up And [Dm] makes up her [G] mind [A] She'll see I'm [F#m] not so tough [D] Just because [B] I'm in love with an
[Verse] [E] Uptown girl ... [F#m] You know I've seen her in her [G#m] uptown world [A] She's getting [B] tired of her [E] high class toys [F#m] And all her presents from her [G#m] uptown boys [A] She's got a [B] choice
[Verse] [E] Uptown girl ..... [F#m] You know I can't afford to [G#m] buy her pearls [A] But maybe [B] someday when my [E] ship comes in [F#m] She'll understand what kind of [G#m] guy I've been [A] And then I'll [B] win
[Chorus] [C] And when she's [Am] walking She's [Dm] looking so [G] fine [C] And when she's [Am] talking She'll [Dm] say that she's [G] mine [A] She'll say I'm [F#m] not so tough [D] Just because [B] I'm in love with an
[Verse - Drum fills section - snare only really on 4] (just play bass drum and chords on 1 and put fills in on snare when appropriate) [E] Uptown girl ......[F#m] She's been living in her [G#m] white bread world [A] As long as [B] anyone with [E] hot blood can [F#m] And now she's looking for a [G#m] downtown man [A] That's what I [B] am
[Verse] [E]Uptown girl [F#m] She's my uptown [G#m] girl .. You [A] know I'm in [B] love with an [E] uptown girl [F#m] My uptown [G#m] girl ....... You [A] know I'm in [B] love with an [E] Uptown girl .... [F#m] My uptown [G#m] girl ....... You [A] know I'm in [B] love with an [E] Uptown girl .... [F#m] My uptown [G#m] girl ......... You [A] know I'm in [B] love (end on E)