[Intro - Just drums B S (SS)BB - Capo at 6 for original key] [2 bars - later in song you can start sextuplet strums on downstroke to support busier vocal phrases]
[Verse 1 - Capo 3 for Guido - Second 'Oh Oh' suggests Cmaj7] [Em] First things first, I'ma say all the words inside my [C] head...I'm fired up and [B7] tired of the way that things have [Em] been oh-ooh ... The way that things have [C] been, oh- [B7] ooh-ooh
[Em] Second thing second, don't you tell me what you think that I can [C] be I'm the one at the [B7] sail, I'm the master of my [Em] sea, oh-ooh The master of my [C] sea, oh- [B7] ooh-ooh
[Pre-Chorus - strumming in 6s?] I was [Em] broken from a young age, taking my [Em] sulking to the masses Writing my [C] po....ems for the few, that looked at me, t [B7] ook to me, shook to me, feeling me Singing from [Em] heartache, from the pain, take up my [Em] message from the veins Speaking my [C] lesson from the brain, seeing the [B7] beauty through the...
[Chorus - Pain on snare] [Em] Pain! You made me a, you made me a be [C] liever, be [B7] liever [Em] Pain! You break me down, you build me up, be [C] liever, be [B7] liever [Em] Pain! Oh, [Em] let the bullets fly, oh, let them [C] rain My [B7] life, my love, my drive, they came from... [Em] Pain! You made me a, you made me a be [C] liever, be [B7] liever
[Verse 2] [Em] Third things third, send a [Em] prayer to the ones up a [C] bove All the hate that you've [B7] heard has turned your spirit to a [Em] dove, oh-ooh Your spirit up a [C] bove, oh- [B7] ooh-ooh
[Pre-Chorus - strumming in 6s?] I was [Em] choking in the crowd, building my [Em] rain up in the cloud Falling like [C] ashes to the ground, hoping my [B7] feelings, they would drown But they [Em] never did, ever lived, ebbing and flowing, in [Em] hibited, limited Till it broke open and [C] rained down..... it rained [B7] down, like...
[Chorus - Pain on snare] [Em] Pain! You made me a, you made me a be [C] liever, be [B7] liever [Em] Pain! You break me down, you build me up, be [C] liever, be [B7] liever [Em] Pain! Oh, [Em] let the bullets fly, oh, let them [C] rain My [B7] life, my love, my drive, they came from... [Em] Pain! You made me a, you made me a be [C] liever, be [B7] liever
[Verse 3 - No drums] [Em] Last things last, by the [Em] grace of the fire and the [C] flames .. You're the face of the [B7] future, the blood in my [Em] veins, oh-ooh The [Em] blood in my [C] veins, oh- [B7] ooh-ooh
[Alternative chords?] But they [C] never did, ever lived, ebbing and flowing, inhibited, limited Till it broke open and [D] rained down, it rained [B/D#] down, [N.C.] like...
[Chorus - Full drums] [Em] Pain! You made me a, you made me a be [C] liever, be [B7] liever [Em] Pain! You break me down, you build me up, be [C] liever, be [B7] liever [Em] Pain! Oh, [Em] let the bullets fly, oh, let them [C] rain My [B7] life, my love, my drive, they came from... [Em] Pain! You made me a, you made me a be [C] liever, be (stop) [B7] liever
[Intro Riff - Drop D - BPM 136 - No drums] [D][G][Bm][A] E(10)----------------- B 10-10-10--10-1010--- G 7--0--7---7--6-7---- D 0-----9---7--------- A ----------0--------- E --------------------
[Verse 1 - Over riff] [D] When I was six years [G] old I broke my leg [Bm][A] [D] And I was running [G] from my brother and [Bm] his friends [A] [D] And tasted the [G] sweet perfume of the [Bm] mountain grass as I [A] rolled down [D] I was younger [G] then, [Bm] take me back to [A] when I
[Pre-Chorus 1 - Slap snare] [G] Found my [A] heart and broke it [D] here Made friends and [G] lost them through the years [G] And I've not [A] seen the roaring [D] fields in so long, I [G] know I've grown [G] But I can't [A] wait to go home
[Chorus 1 - Full drums] [D] I'm on [D/F#] my [G] way, [Bm] driving at [A7sus4] ninety Down [D] those coun [D/F#] try [G] lanes [Bm] singing to [A7sus4] Tiny Dancer And [D] I miss [D/F#] the [G] way you make [Bm] me feel [A7sus4] and it's real When [D] we watched [D/F#] the [G] sunset [Bm] over the [A7sus4] castle on the hill
[Riff - 0 7e 10 (10) for 2 bars - Drums stop] [D]
[Verse 2 - chords where you hold high A - Full drums] [D] Fifteen years [G] old and smoking [Bm] hand-rolled cigarettes [A] [D] Running from the law [G] through the backfields and [Bm] getting drunk with my [A] friends [D] Had my first [G] kiss on a Friday [Bm] night, I don't [A] reckon I did it [D] Right, I was younger [G] then [Bm] take me back to w [A] hen we found
[Pre-Chorus 2] [G] Weekend [A] jobs and when we got [D] paid We'd buy cheap [G] spirits and drink them [G] straight Me and my [A] friends have not thrown [D] up in so long, [G] oh how we've grown [G] But I can't [A] wait to go home
[Chorus 2] [D] I'm on [D/F#] my [G] way, [Bm] driving at [A7sus4] ninety Down [D] those coun [D/F#] try [G] lanes [Bm] singing to [A7sus4] Tiny Dancer And [D] I miss [D/F#] the [G] way you make [Bm] me feel [A7sus4] and it's real When [D] we watched [D/F#] the [G] sunset [Bm] over the [A7sus4] castle on the hill [D] woo [D/F#] ooo [G] oooh [Bm] Over the [A7sus4] astle on the hill (drums stop)
[Bridge - No drums] [Bm][G][D][A7sus4] (Just bass drum) [Bm] One friend [G] left to sell clothes, [D] one works A7sus4] down by the coast [Bm] One had two [G] kids but lives alone, [D] one's [A7sus4] brother overdosed [Bm] One's al [G] ready on his second wife, [D] one's just [A7sus4] barely getting by but [Bm] These people [G] raised me and I-I-I, [D] can't [A7sus4] wait to go home
[Chorus 3 - Still no drums] [D] I'm on [D/F#] my [G] way, [Bm] driving at [A7sus4] ninety Down [D] those coun [D/F#] try [G] lanes when [Bm] we did not [A7sus4] know the answers and (full drums) [D] I miss [D/F#] the [G] way you make [Bm] me feel [A7sus4] and it's real When [D] we watched [D/F#] the [G] sunset [Bm] over the [A7sus4] castle on the hill [D] woo [D/F#] ooo [G] oooh [Bm] Over the [A7sus4] astle on the hill [D] woo [D/F#] ooo [G] oooh (slow down and quieter) [Bm] Over the [A7sus4] astle on the hill
