[Intro - no drums - finger pick - free time Start note is D] [Secondary vocal effect - octave up]
[Amadd4-x02230] Late [Am] ly, I've been, [Cadd9-x32030] I've been losing sleep [G] Dreaming about the things that [F] we could be But [Am] baby, I've been, [C] I've been praying hard, [G] Said no more counting dollars [F] We'll be counting stars, yeah [F] we'll be counting stars
[Interlude - Full drums - Hum along with] [Am][Cadd9][G][F] E -0-----3-0--0------3-0-----x-----0-x-1- B -1-----1-1--3------1-1-----3-----0-1-1- G -2-----2-2--0------0-0-----0-----0-0-2- repeat D -2-----2-2--2------2-3-----0-----0-0-3- A -0-----0-0--3------3-5-----x-----x-x-3- E ---------------------------3-----3-3-1-
[Verse 1 - Just bass drum] I see this [Am] life like a swinging vine [C] Swing my heart across the line And [G] in my face is flashing signs [F] Seek it out and ye shall find (full drums but light) [Am] Old, but I'm not that old [C] Young, but I'm not that bold [G] I don't think the world is sold [F] On just doing what we're told
[Pre-Chorus - HEAD VOICE - THIS IS HIGH] [Am] I .. I I I I [C] Feel something so [G] right Doing the [F] wrong thing [Am] I .. I I I I [C] Feel something so [G] wrong Doing the [F] right thing [F] I couldn't lie, couldn't lie, couldn't lie [F] 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?] [Am] Lately, I've been, [C] I've been losing sleep [G] Dreaming about the things that [F] we could be [Am] But baby, I've been, [C] I've been praying hard, [G] Said no more counting dollars [F] We'll be counting stars (up an octave) [Am] Lately, I've been, [C] I've been losing sleep [G] Dreaming about the things that [F] we could be [Am] But baby, I've been, [C] I've been praying hard, [G] Said, no more counting dollars [F] We'll be, we'll be counting stars
[Interlude] [Am][C][G][F] x 2
[Verse 2 - Just bass drum] I feel your [Am] love and I feel it burn [C] Down this river, every turn [G] Hope is our four-letter word [F] Make that money, watch (drums in) it burn [Am] Old, but I'm not that old [C] Young, but I'm not that bold [G] And I don't think the world is sold [F] On just doing what we're told
[Pre-Chorus - HEAD VOICE - THIS IS HIGH] [Am] I .. I I I I [C] feel something so wr [G] ong Doing the [F] right thing [F] I couldn't lie, couldn't lie, couldn't lie [F] Everything that [N.C.] drowns me makes me wanna fly
[Chorus - At higher octave all way] [Am] Lately, I've been, [C] I've been losing sleep [G] Dreaming about the things that [F] we could be But [Am] baby, I've been, [C] I've been praying hard, [G] Said no more counting dollars [F] We'll be counting stars [Am] Lately, I've been, [C] I've been losing sleep [G] Dreaming about the things that [F] we could be But [Am] baby, I've been, [C] I've been praying hard, [G] Said no more counting dollars [F] We'll be, we'll be counting [Am]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] [Am] Oh, take that money, watch it burn [C] Sink in the river the lessons I learned [G] Take that money, watch it burn [F] Sink in the river the lessons I learned [Am] Oh, take that money, watch it burn [C] Sink in the river the lessons I learned [G] Take that money, watch it burn [F] Sink in the river the lessons I learned (Drums stop) [F] Everything that [Dm] kills me ...… makes feel alive
[Chorus] [Am] Lately, I've been, [C] I've been losing sleep [G] Dreaming about the things that [F] we could be .. But [Am] baby, I've been, [C] I've been praying hard, [G] Said, no more counting dollars [F] We'll be counting stars [Am] Lately, I've been, [C] I've been losing sleep [G] Dreaming about the things that [F] we could be .. But [Am] baby, I've been, [C] I've been praying hard, [G] Said, no more counting dollars [F] We'll be, we'll be counting stars
[Outro] [Am] Take that money, watch it burn [C] Sink in the river, the lessons I learned [G] Take that money, watch it burn [F] Sink in the river, the lessons I learned [Am] Take that money, watch it burn [C] Sink in the river, the lessons I learned [G] Take that money, watch it burn (drums stop) [F] Sink in the river, the lessons I learned
[Intro] x2 [G] Gsus4 - 355433 355433 355433 (35x433 35x533 35x433) [F] Fsus4 - same approach as G [Am] Am9 (hammer on back to Am - or play x02200) (repeat these figures throughout verses)
[Verse] When you [G] grow up livin' like a good boy [F] oughta And your [Am] mama takes a shine to her best [G] son Something [G] different all the girls they seem to [F] like you Cause you're [Am] handsome like to talk and a whole lot of [G] fun
But now your [Am] girl's gone a m [Am/G] issin' And your [Am/F#] house has got an [D] empty [G] bed The folks'll [Am] wonder 'bout the [Am/G] wedding They won't [Am/F#] listen to a [D] word you [G] said
[Chorus] [G] Gonna take your mama out all night Yeah we'll [F] show her what it's all about We'll get her [C] jacked up on some cheap champagne We'll let the [G] good times all roll out And if the [G] music ain't good, well it's just too bad We're gonna [F] sing along no matter what Because the [C] dancers don't mind at the New Orleans If you tip [G] em and they make a cut [F][F][F#][G]
[G] Do it - take your mama [F] out all night So she'll [C] have no doubt that we're doing oh the best we [G] can [F][F][F#][G] We're gonna [G] do it -take your mama [F] out all night You can [C] stay up late 'cause baby you're a full grown [G] man (continue to play drums over) [F][F][F#][G]
[Repeat intro] - G F Am
[Verse] It's a [G] struggle livin' like a good boy ou [F] ghta In the [Am] summer watchin' all the girls pass by [G] When your [G] mama heard the way that you'd been [F] talking I tried to tell [Am] you that all she'd wanna do is [G] cry
Now we [Am] end up takin' the long [Am/G] way home [Am/F#] Lookin' overdressed wearin' [D] buckets of stale co [G] logne It's so [Am] hard to see streets on a [Am/G] country road When your [Am/F#] glasses in the garbage And your [D] Continental's just got [G] towed
[Chorus] [G] Gonna take your mama out all night Yeah we'll [F] show her what it's all about We'll get her [C] jacked up on some cheap champagne We'll let the [G] good times all roll out And if the [G] music ain't good, well it's just too bad We're gonna [F] sing along no matter what Because the [C] dancers don't mind at the New Orleans If you tip [G] em and they make a cut [F][F][F#][G]
[Bridge] [G] Do it - take your mama [F] out all night So she'll [C] have no doubt that we're doing oh the best we [G] can [F][F][F#][G] We're gonna [G] do it -take your mama [F] out all night You can [C] stay up late 'cause baby you're a full grown [G] man [F][F][F#][G]
[Solo - Repeat intro riff] G F C G F C F F F# G
[Chorus] [G] Gonna take your mama out all night Yeah we'll [F] show her what it's all about We'll get her [C] jacked up on some cheap champagne We'll let the [G] good times all roll out And if the [G] music ain't good, well it's just too bad We're gonna [F] sing along no matter what Because the [C] dancers don't mind at the New Orleans If you tip [G] em and they make a cut [F][F][F#][G]
