Verve-Bittersweet Symphony
[Intro - BPM 171 - roll little finger off to play D figure][E] [Bm7] [D] [A]
E --------(7)-------------------------
B 9-12-9---10-7-10--15----15-14----14-
G 9--------7-----------14-------14----
D 9--------7--------0--------x--------
A ---------9-----------------0--------
E 0--------7--------------------------
[Verse - Lower Harmony - Lower Chords]
[E] [Bm7] [Dsus2] [A] Cos' it's a
[E] bitters [Bm7] weet [Dsus2] sympho [A] ny that's
[E] life [Bm7] [Dsus2] [A] Trying to
[E] make ends mee [Bm7] t you're a [Dsus2] slave to the [A] money then you
[E] die. [Bm7] [Dsus2] [A] I'll take you
[E] down the [Bm7] only [Dsus2] road I've [A] ever been
[E] down [Bm7] [Dsus2] [A] You know the
[E] one that [Bm7] takes you to the [Dsus2] places where [A] all the veins
[E] meet yeah [Bm7] [Dsus2] [A]
[Chorus - Higher harmony at points]
[E] No change I can [Bm7] change I can [Dsus2] change I can [A] change But I'm
[E] here in my [Bm7] mould I am [Dsus2] here in my [A] mould But I'm a
[E] million different [Bm7] people from [Dsus2] one day to the [A] next I can't change
[E] my mould [Bm7] no no [Dsus2] no no no [A] no
[Intro Riff x 2 - with high vox B - ah ha]
[Verse - Lower Harmony - Lower Chords]
Well I've
[E] never [Bm7] prayed but [Dsus2] tonight I'm [A] on my
[E] knees yeah [Bm7] [Dsus2] [A] I need to
[E] hear some [Bm7] sounds that [Dsus2] recognize the [A] pain in
[E] me yeah [Bm7] [Dsus2] [A] I let the
[E] melody [Bm7] shine let it [Dsus2] cleanse my [A] mind I feel
[E] free n [Bm7] ow [Dsus2] [A] but the air
[E] waves are [Bm7] clean and there's [Dsus2] nobody [A] singing to
[E] me now [Bm7] [Dsus2] [A]
[Chorus - Higher harmony at points]
[E] No change I can [Bm7] change I can [Dsus2] change I can [A] change But I'm
[E] here in my [Bm7] mould I am [Dsus2] here in my [A] mould But I'm a
[E] million different [Bm7] people from [Dsus2] one day to the [A] next I can't change
[E] my mould [Bm7] no no [Dsus2] no no no [A] no
[Intro Riff x 2 - with high vox B - ah ha]
"Have you ever been down" - "ah hah"
[Verse - Higher Harmony - Lower Chords]
Cos' it's a
[E] bitters [Bm7] weet [Dsus2] sympho [A] ny that's
[E] life [Bm7] [Dsus2] [A] Trying to
[E] make ends mee [Bm7] t you're a [Dsus2] slave to the [A] money then you
[E] die. [Bm7] [Dsus2] [A] I'll take you
[E] down the [Bm7] only [Dsus2] road I've [A] ever been
[E] down [Bm7] [Dsus2] [A] You know the
[E] one that [Bm7] takes you to the [Dsus2] places where [A] all the veins
[E] meet yeah [Bm7] [Dsus2] [A]
[Chorus - Higher harmony at points - Chordal Riff]
You
[E] know I can change I can [Bm7] change I can [Dsus2] change I can [A] change but I'm
[E] here in my [Bm7] mould I am [Dsus2] here in my [A] mould But I'm a
[E] million different [Bm7] people from [Dsus2] one day to the [A] next I can't change
[E] my mould [Bm7] no no [Dsus2] no no no [A] no
[E] [Bm7] [D] [A] repeat
[Outro - Cue from Guido as to the end]
...
(It's just sex and violence, melody and silence)
...
(I'll take you down the only road I've ever been down)
...
(Been down)
(Ever been down)
...
[End]
[Intro notes]
E Bm7 Dsus2 A (Dsus2 = Dsus2/E)
e|--0---------2-----0-------0-------|
B|--0---0-----3-----3---3---2---2---|
G|--1-1---1---2---2-2-2-----2-2-----|
D|--2---------4-4---0-------2-------| x4
A|--2---------2-----0-------0-------|
E|--0---------x-----0-------x-------|
[Chordal Riff]
0x999x 0x9912x 0x999x
Bm7 at 7th 7977107 797777 7977107
D at 10th 10-12-12-11-10-10 10-12-12-11-10-X 10-12-12-11-10-10A at 9th x09109 x0910x (mute high D) x09109
2 Chords to start E to Bm7 - 999 7710 - then play the individual notes
- when full drums come in play chord version
Go back to string riff before next verse
E to Bm7 x 2 - 0x999x xx7710x - Just bass drum
Then individual notes x 2
B - 9 12 9 10 7 10 E 10 B 10 E 10 - E 9 B 10 E 9 (play snare to come in)
Then snare on 4 and bring in chordal riff x 4