[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 - Capo 2 - do use capo as key to help play the riff] [Intro Riff - No drums] [G][G][G][G] keyboard riff to bring drums in -2 snares on
[G][G][Em][C] - [G][G][Em][C] [D]
[Verse - No strums - finger picked arps - see notes - or one rake for each chord at start and very light strums after that] So you're in [G] love with some one else Someone who [Em] burns with in your soul And it [C] looks like I [D] am the last to [G] know
I hear you've [G]never felt so alive So much de [Em] sire beyond control And as [C] usual I [D] am the last to [G] know
[Chorus - Imply riff by playing chords with this rhythm x X x XX] The last to [Em7] know how you're [C/G] feeling The last to [G] know where you [Em7] are The last to [C] know if you're [Am] happy now (play chords straighter now) Or if he's [Bm] treating you like I [Bm] treated you Or if he's [C] cruel [D] I'll be the last to [G] know (riff)
[Verse * = snare] We *spent *summers [G] out beyond the bay And you said these [Em] are such perfect days But if the [C] bomb drops baby I [D] want to be the last to [G] know
But now you're [G]living up behind the hill And though we [Em] share the same city and feel the same sun When your win [C] winter comes [D] I'll be the last to [G] know
[Chorus 2] Always the last to [Em7] know how you're [C/G] feeling The last to [G] know where [Em7] you are The last to [C] know if you're [Am] happy now Or if he's
[Bridge] [Bm] pleaded with you like I [Bm] pleaded with you if you [C] go Ohoh ....Don't [D] let me be the last to [C] know .....Don't [D] let me be the laaaaa [D] aaaaaaaaaast (snare)to [G] know (stop drums)
[Riff] [G] x 2
[Middle Eight] (drums back) [Am] Creations gone [D] crazy (that ain't so bad [Am] ) TV's Gone [G] Mad (that ain't so crazy) [Am] Now you're the only sane thing that I [D] have
[Instrumental - Play B string-3-1-0 over all with some notes on G string for G chords] [G][G][G][G] [D][D]
[Chorus 3] (drums stop) Always the last to (drums back in) [Em7] know how you're [C/G] feeling The last to [G] know where [Em/7] you are The last to [C] know if you're [Am] happy now Or if he's [Bm] cheated on you like I [Bm] cheated on you
[Outro] Oh oh (just bass drum - just arpeggios on guitar) [C] ohohh [D] You were the last to [C] know [D] You were the last to [C] know .. Don't (drums back in) [D] let me be the (this is the half bar) [D] (3 bars) laaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaast to [G] know [G] (drums stop)
[Riff] [G] x 2
[End] Repeat opening riff [G][G][Em][C] x 4 [G]
[Intro riff - No drums then snare hit on each * - for other riff try to emphasise lower strings for contrast] (support first finger with thumb where you can to lift the melody out) E --x-xx---------3--------- B --x-xx---------0---*-*---0 G --0-00------X3-0--020202- D --0-00--2-0----0--------- A --x-xx---------x--------- E --3-33---------3--------
[G][Em][C] E x-----------------0----0------- B x-------------0---0----1-------0 G 0-------020202----0----0-020202- D 0--2-0------------2----2------- A x-----------------2----3------- E 3-----------------0------------
[G][Em][C] E x-----------------0----0------- B x-------------0---0----1-------0 G 0-------020202----0----0-020202- D 0--2-0------------2----2------- A x-----------------2----3------- E 3-----------------0------------
riff over C slightly different to go to D [C][D] E 0--------2 B 1--------3 G 0--------2 D 2-020202-0 A 3--------x E x--------x
[Finger picked arps - S = WHEN HIT SNARE - can pick single notes with just one finger like a plectrum * = pluck all three] E --0*-S-3---- B --1--S---0-- G --0--S-----0 D -----S------ A -----S------ E 3----S------
[Solo] [G] E --0-0-0---------- B --3-1-0---------- G --0-0-0---2-420-- D ----------------- A ----------------- E 3----------------
E --0-0-0-------------- B --3-1-0-------------- G --0-0-0---2h4p2--2h4p2 D --------------------- A --------------------- E 3--------------------
[D] E --2-2-2-------------- B --3-1-0--10---------- G --2-2-2----2--------- D 0-------------------- A --------------------- E ---------------------
