[Intro - no drums - finger pick - free time Start note is E - so unfret the third finger when playing B minor] [Secondary vocal effect - octave up]
[Bmadd4-x24430] Lately, I've been, [Dsus2] I've been losing sleep [A] Dreaming about the things that [G] we could be But [Bm] baby, I've been, [D] I've been praying hard, [A] Said no more counting dollars [G] We'll be counting stars, yeah w [G] e'll be counting stars
[Interlude - Full drums] [Bm][Bm7][Dadd9][A][Aadd6][Asus4][G] E -2-----5-2---0-------5-----0---2-2-------------3 B -3-----3-3---3-------3-----2---2-3-------------3 G -4-----2-3---2-------2-----2---2-2-------------0 repeat D -4-----4-4---0-------0-----2---2-2-------------0 A -2-------------------------0---0-0-------------x E -----------------------------------------------3
[Verse 1 - Just bass drum] I see this [Bm] life like a swinging vine [D] Swing my heart across the line And [A] in my face is flashing signs [G] Seek it out and ye shall find (full drums but light) [Bm] Old, but I'm not that old [D] Young, but I'm not that bold [A] I don't think the world is sold [G] On just doing what we're told
[Pre-Chorus - HEAD VOICE - THIS IS HIGH] [Bm] I .. I I I I [D] Feel something so [A] right Doing the [G] wrong thing [Bm] I .. I I I I [D] Feel something so [A] wrong Doing the [G] right thing [G] I couldn't lie, couldn't lie, couldn't lie [G] Everything that [N.C.] kills me makes me feel alive
[Chorus - Lower octave to begin with then up - vocal effect to be one octave up?] [Bm] Lately, I've been, [D] I've been losing sleep [A] Dreaming about the things that [G] we could be [Bm] But baby, I've been, [D] I've been praying hard, [A] Said no more counting dollars [G] We'll be counting stars (up an octave) [Bm] Lately, I've been, [D] I've been losing sleep [A] Dreaming about the things that [G] we could be [Bm] But baby, I've been, [D] I've been praying hard, [A] Said, no more counting dollars [G] We'll be, we'll be counting stars
[Interlude] [Bm][D][A][G] x 2
[Verse 2 - Just bass drum] I feel your [Bm] love and I feel it burn [D] Down this river, every turn [A] Hope is our four-letter word [G] Make that money, watch (drums in) it burn [Bm] Old, but I'm not that old [D] Young, but I'm not that bold [A] And I don't think the world is sold [G] On just doing what we're told
[Pre-Chorus - HEAD VOICE - THIS IS HIGH] [Bm] I .. I I I I [D] feel something so wr [A] ong Doing the [G] right thing [G] I couldn't lie, couldn't lie, couldn't lie [G] Everything that [N.C.] drowns me makes me wanna fly
[Chorus - At higher octave all way] [Bm] Lately, I've been, [D] I've been losing sleep [A] Dreaming about the things that [G] we could be But [Bm] baby, I've been, [D] I've been praying hard, [A] Said no more counting dollars [G] We'll be counting stars [Bm] Lately, I've been, [D] I've been losing sleep [A] Dreaming about the things that [G] we could be But [Bm] baby, I've been, [D] I've been praying hard, [A] Said no more counting dollars [G] We'll be, we'll be counting stars (drums go to just bass drum)
[Just drums - 2 bars] - wo oh oh oh ooh
[Bridge - Chord just as start staccato - Just bass drum] [Bm] Oh, take that money, watch it burn [D] Sink in the river the lessons I learned [A] Take that money, watch it burn [G] Sink in the river the lessons I learned [Bm] Oh, take that money, watch it burn [D] Sink in the river the lessons I learned [A] Take that money, watch it burn [G] Sink in the river the lessons I learned (Drums stop) [G] Everything that [Em] kills me ...… makes feel alive
[Chorus] [Bm] Lately, I've been, [D] I've been losing sleep [A] Dreaming about the things that [G] we could be .. But [Bm] baby, I've been, [D] I've been praying hard, [A] Said, no more counting dollars [G] We'll be counting stars [Bm] Lately, I've been, [D] I've been losing sleep [A] Dreaming about the things that [G] we could be .. But [Bm] baby, I've been, [D] I've been praying hard, [A] Said, no more counting dollars [G] We'll be, we'll be counting stars
[Outro] [Bm] Take that money, watch it burn [D] Sink in the river, the lessons I learned [A] Take that money, watch it burn [G] Sink in the river, the lessons I learned [Bm] Take that money, watch it burn [D] Sink in the river, the lessons I learned [A] Take that money, watch it burn (drums stop) [G] Sink in the river, the lessons I learned
[Intro - BPM 116 - Coming into Choruses hang onto F and also play emphasis F on snare in chorus 'but i just (quiet) wait] F C Bb
[Verse 1] [F] Morning, it's [C] Another pure [Bb] grey [F] morning Don't [C] know what the [Bb] day is [F] holding When I g [C] et upti [Bb] gh And I wa [F] lk right into the p [C] ath of a l [Bb] ightning Bo [F] l
[Verse 2] [F] Sirens of an a [C] mbule [Bb] nce comes h [F] owling Right thr [C] ough the ce [Bb] ntre of t [F] own and No one bl [C] inks an e [Bb] ye and I l [F] ook up to the sky for the [C] path of a l [Bb] ightning bo [F] l
[Verse 3] [F] Met her as the a [C] ngels p [Bb] arted fo [F] r her but she o [C] nly b [Bb] rought me to [F] rture but t [C] hat's what h [Bb] appens When it's y [F] ou who's standing in the p [C] ath of a l [Bb] ightning bo [F] l
[Chorus] [Bb] Everyone I see just walks the walk with gritted teeth but I just [F] stand by and I wait my time They say you [Bb] gotta toe the line they want the water not the wine But when I [F] see the signs I [C] jump on that [Bb] lightning b [F] olt
[Verse 4] [F] Chances, people t [C] ell you n [Bb] ot to take ch [F] ances When they t [C] ell you there a [Bb] ren't any an [F] swers and [C] I was st [Bb] arting to ag [F] ree but I awoke suddenly in the p [C] ath of a l [Bb] ightning bo [F] l
[Verse 5] [F] Fortune, people ta [C] lking a [Bb] ll about fo [F] rtune Do you m [C] ake it or d [Bb] oes it just ca [F] ll you In the b [C] linking of an [Bb] ey Just an [F] other passer by in the p [C] ath of a l [Bb] ightning bo [F] l
[Chorus] [Bb] Everyone I see just walks the walk with gritted teeth but I just [F] stand by and I wait my time They say you [Bb] gotta toe the line they want the water not the wine But when I [F] see the signs I [C] jump on that [Bb] lightning b [F] olt
[Verse 6] [F] It was silent, I was l [C] ying b [Bb] ack gazing sky [F] ward [C] When the m [Bb] oment got shat [F] tered I rem [C] ember what she sai [Bb] d and then she f [F] led in the p [C] ath of a l [Bb] ightning bo [F] l
