[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 - Full riff and drums - DROP D] [D] (twice round riff)
E x--------------------------------- B 3--------------------------------- G 2--------------------------------- D 0--------------------3s4p0-------- A 0-23-0023-0---0023--------3p0----- D 0----00----3b-00--------------573b
[Verse 1 - singing whilst playing the riff] I've had a [D]large mouth bass bust [D] my line A+couple+of [D]beautiful girls tell [D]me good bye Trucks [D] break down, dogs [D] run off Po [D] liticians lie, being [D]fired by the boss
[Verse 2] It takes [D]one hand to count the things I can [D]count on There ain't [D]much man, that ain't never let [D]me down (Drums stop - play descending riff)
[Chorus - Slide up to notes] [D]Long neck ice cold beer [G] never broke my [D]heart Like [D]diamond rings and football teams have torn [A] this boy apart Like a [D]neon dream it just dawned on me, that bars [G] and this guitar And [D]*long neck ice cold beer [A] never broke* my [D]heart (** vocal stay on F#)
[Riff - just once] [D]
[Verse 2] she was a Ca [D] ro li na blue [D] jean baby Fire [D] in her eyes that [D]drove me crazy .. it was [D]Red tail lights when she [D] left town .. If I [D]didn't know then, I [D] sure know now
[Chorus - Slide up to notes] [D]Long neck ice cold beer [G] never broke my [D]heart Like [D]diamond rings and football teams have torn [A] this boy apart Like a [D]neon dream it just dawned on me, that bars [G] and this guitar And [D]long neck ice cold beer [A] never broke my [D]heart
[Solo] [G][D][E][A]
[Verse 4 - JUST BASS DRUM] It takes [D]one hand to count the things I can [D]count on But I got [D]one hand that's gripping down on a [D] cold one
[Random Pause]
[Chorus - No drums] [N.C.]Long neck ice cold(snare - then drums in) beer [G] never broke my [D]heart Like [D]diamond rings and football teams have torn [A] this boy apart Like a [D]neon dream it just dawned on me, that bars [G] and this guitar And [D]long neck ice cold beer [A] never broke my [D]heart, no
[Riff out with solo] [D] It never broke my heart (play riff 4 times)
