[Verse 1 - BPM 108] [Intro riff with bass drum] E --------------------------------------------------- B --------------------------------------------------- G -4-444--44-------------------------------------- D ----------7-777-77-6-666-66-4-444-44-2-222-221-111-11-- A -----------------------------------------------------2 E ---------------------------------------------------
[Intro - Full drums] [Intro riff] A (S)E B A E -----0-0----0-------------------------0---- B -2-0-x-2-0--0-(0)----4---44---2-2----2-2p0- G -2-----1----1--x--6--4---44---2-2----2----2 D -2-----2----2--2--6--4---446--4-2----2----- A -0-----2----2--2--x--2---22-----0----0----- E -0-----0----------7------------------------
[E][B][A][A]
[Verse 1] Dirty old [E] river, must you keep [B] rolling, rolling in [A] to the night, People so [E] busy, makes me feel [B] dizzy, taxi lights [A] shine so bright, .. But I
[F#m]don't .............. [F#mmaj7-243222] ... need no [F#m7]friends, [B] As long as I
[E] gaze on Waterloo [B] sunset I am in [A] (*Move to play A barred at 5th fret to get ready for descending line) paradise, ( *[A] sha [G#m] la [F#m] la) [F#7] Every day I look at the world from my [B] window, ( *[A] sha [G#m] la [F#m] la) [F#7] But chilly, chilly is the evening time,
(drums stop - just bass drum) [B] Waterloo sun [B/A-x0444x] set's fine, [B/G#-4x444] Waterloo sun [Bsus4/F#-22445] set's [B-799877] fi... [B-799877] i..... [B7] ine),
[Verse 2] Terry meets [E] Julie, Waterloo [B] Station, every [A] Friday night, But I am so [E] lazy, don't want to [B] wander, I stay at [A] home at night, ...But I
[F#m]don't .............. [F#mmaj7-243222] ... feel a [F#m7]fraid [B] As long as I
[E] gaze on Waterloo [B] sunset I am in [A] paradise, ( *[A] sha [G#m] la [F#m] la) [F#7] Every day I look at the world from my [B] window, ( *[A] sha [G#m] la [F#m] la) [F#7] But chilly, chilly is the evening time,
(drums stop - just bass drum) [B] Waterloo sun [B/A-x0444x] set's fine, [B/G#-4x444] Waterloo sun [Bsus4/F#-22445] set's [B-799877] fi... [B-799877] i..... [B7] ine),
[Verse 3] Millions of [E] people swarming like [B] flies 'round Waterloo [A] underground, But Terry and [E] Julie cross over the [B] river where they feel [A] safe and sound, And they
[F#m]don't .............. [F#mmaj7-243222] ... need no [F#m7]friends, [B] As long as they
[E] gaze on Waterloo [B] sunset they are in [A] paradise,
[Intro again] [E][B][A]
[Outro - Townsend style strums] [B] Waterloo sunsets fine - repeat to fade
[Intro - No Drums - Original key down half step] [Em-x79987 x x x-10-x-x-x-x][D/F#-x9777x] [Em][D/F#] x 3
[Verse 1 - Light Drums in - Sustain sung bit over spoken bit as much as poss]
It starts with [Em] One thing I don't know why It [D] doesn't even matter how hard you try Keep [C] that in mind I designed this rhyme To ex [D] plain in due time All I
[Em] know Time is a valuable thing Watch [D] it fly by as the pendulum swings Watch [C] it count down to the end of the day The clock [D] ticks life away It's so un
[Em] real Didn't look out below Watch [D] the time go right out the window Try [C] ing to hold on but didn't even know Was [D] ted it all just to Watch you
[Em] go I kept everything inside And even [D] though I tried it all fell apart [C] What it meant to me will eventually Be a memo [D] ry of a time when
[Chorus - First note over Em is actually F#] I [D] tried [Dsus2] so [Emadd9] hard And got so far [G] But in the end [D] It doesn't even mat [C] ter I [C] had to [Emadd9] fall To lose it all [G] But in the end [D] It doesn't even mat [C] ter er er er er er
[Verse 2] [Em] One thing I don't know why It [D] doesn't even matter how hard you try [C] Keep that in mind I designed this rhyme To re [D] mind myself how I tried so
[Em] hard In spite of the way you were mocking me [D] Acting like I was part of your property [C] Remembering all the times you've fought with me [D] I'm surprised it got so [Em] Things+(far)
[Em] aren't the way they were before [D] You wouldn't even recognize me anymore [C] Not that you knew me back then But it [D] all comes back to me (In the
[Em] end) You kept everything inside And even though [D] I tried it all fell apart [C] What it meant to me will eventually Be a memo [D] ry of a time when
[Chorus] I [D] tried [Dsus2] so [Emadd9] hard And got so far [G] But in the end [D] It doesn't even mat [C] ter I [C] had to [Emadd9] fall To lose it all [G] But in the end [D] It doesn't even mat [C] ter er er er er er
[Verse 3] I put my [Em] trust in you [D] Pushed as far [C] as I can go [D] And for all this [Em] There's only one [D] thing you should know o [C] ooo ow ow [D] ow
I put my [Em] trust in you [G] Pushed as far [D] as I can go [C] for all this [Em] There's only one [G] thing you should know o [D] ooo ow ow [C] ow
[Chorus] I [D] tried [Dsus2] so [Emadd9] hard And got so far [G] But in the end [D] It doesn't even mat [C] ter I [C] had to [Emadd9] fall To lose it all [G] But in the end [D] It doesn't even mat [C] ter er er er er er
[End - No Drums] [Em-x79987 x x x10xxxx][D/F#-x9777x] [Em][D/F#] x 3