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Keane-Somewhere Only We Know - BPM - 129

[Intro - Full drums - plodding rhythm]
| A | Amaj7 | Bm | Esus4 x x E - x Esus4 x x | x 2
 
[Verse - Drums stop - gentle vocals - plodding downstroke muted guitar]
[A] I walked across [Amaj7] an empty land
[Bm] I knew the pathway like the [Esus4] back of my [E] hand [Esus4] 
[A] I felt the earth [Amaj7] beneath my feet
[Bm] Sat by the river and it [Esus4] made me comp [E] lete [Esus4] 
 
[Pre-chorus]
[F#m] Oh simple thing [C#m] where have you gone
[D] I'm getting old and I need [D6-x00202] something to re [E] ly on
[F#m] So tell me when [C#m] you're gonna let me in
[D] I'm getting tired and I need [D6] somewhere to be [E] gin (drums in)
 
[Verse - muted plodding downstroke chords]
[A] I came across [Amaj7] a fallen tree
[Bm] I felt the branches of it [Esus4] looking at [E] me [Esus4] 
[A] Is this the place [Amaj7] we used to love?
[Bm] Is this the place that I've been [Esus4] dreaming [E] of?
 
[Pre-chorus - open up chords]
[F#m] Oh simple thing [C#m] where have you gone
[D] I'm getting old and I need [D6] something to re [E] ly on
[F#m] So tell me when [C#m] you're gonna let me in
[D] I'm getting tired and I need [D6] somewhere to be [E] gin
 
[Chorus]
[Bm] So if you have a [A/C#] minute why don't [E] we go
[Bm] Talk about it [A/C#] somewhere only [E] we know
[Bm] This could be the [A/C#] end of every [E] thing
[D] So why don't we go
[E] Somewhere only [A] we know? (drums stop)
[D] ..........
So [E] mewhere only we know [D] ....
[E] (drum fill)
 
[Pre-chorus]
[F#m] Oh simple thing [C#m] where have you gone?
[D] I'm getting old and I need [D6] something to re [E] ly on
[F#m] So tell me when [C#m] you're gonna let me in
[D] I'm getting tired and I need [D6] somewhere to be [E] gin
 
[Chorus]
[Bm] And if you have a [A/C#] minute why don't [E] we go
[Bm] Talk about it [A/C#] somewhere only [E] we know?
[Bm] This could be the [A/C#] end of every [E] thing
[D] So why don't [D]we go
[D] so why don't [E]we go
 
[Instrumental]
[Bm]         [Bm]         [A/C#] uuuuuh [E] ....uh  
[Bm] uh!     [Bm]         [A/C#] uuuuuh [E] ....uh uh 
 
[Chorus]
[Bm] ........ This could be the [A/C#] end of every [E] thing
[D] So why don't we go
[E] Somewhere only [A] we know [D] (drums stop - slow vocals to end)
[E] Somewhere only we know [D] 
[E] Somewhere only [D] we know 

[End]
[A] 

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Billy Joel-Uptown Girl - BPM - 129

[BPM - 129]
[Intro]
"uh oh .." etc - 
[E] [F#m] [G#m] ([A] [B])

[Verse]
[E] Uptown girl ......... [F#m] She's been living in her
[G#m] uptown world [A] I bet she [B] never had a 
[E] back street guy [F#m] I bet her mama never 
[G#m] told her [A] why I'm gonna [B] try for an
[E] Uptown girl [F#m] She's been living in her 
[G#m] white bread world [A] As long as [B] anyone with 
[E] hot blood can [F#m] And now she's looking for a 
[G#m] downtown man [A] That's what I [B] am

[Chorus]
[C] And when she [Am] knows what
She [Dm] wants from her [G] time
[C] And when she [Am] wakes up
And [Dm] makes up her [G] mind
[A] She'll see I'm [F#m] not so tough
[D] Just because
[B] I'm in love with an

[Verse] 
[E] Uptown girl ... [F#m] You know I've seen her in her 
[G#m] uptown world [A] She's getting [B] tired of her
[E] high class toys [F#m] And all her presents from her 
[G#m] uptown boys [A] She's got a [B] choice

[Interlude]
[G] Whoo-ooo-ooo- [A] ooo-ooo-ooo-ooo- 
[F#] ooo-ooo-ooo-ooo- [Bm] ooo-ooo- [A] ooo-oah
[G] Whoo-ooo-ooo- [A] ooo-ooo-ooo-ooo- 
[F#] ooo-ooo-ooo-ooo- [B] ooo-ooo- [B] ooo-oah

[Verse]
[E] Uptown girl .....  [F#m] You know I can't afford to 
[G#m] buy her pearls [A] But maybe [B] someday when my  
[E] ship comes in [F#m] She'll understand what kind of 
[G#m] guy I've been [A] And then I'll [B] win

[Chorus]
[C] And when she's [Am] walking
She's [Dm] looking so [G] fine
[C] And when she's [Am] talking
She'll [Dm] say that she's [G] mine
[A] She'll say I'm [F#m] not so tough
[D] Just because
[B] I'm in love with an

[Verse - Drum fills section - snare only really on 4]
(just play bass drum and chords on 1 and put fills in on snare when appropriate)
[E] Uptown girl ......[F#m] She's been living in her 
[G#m] white bread world [A] As long as [B] anyone with 
[E] hot blood can [F#m] And now she's looking for a 
[G#m] downtown man [A] That's what I [B] am

[Interlude]
[G] Whoo-ooo-ooo- [A] ooo-ooo-ooo-ooo- 
[F#] ooo-ooo-ooo-ooo- [Bm] ooo-ooo- [A] ooo-oah
[G] Whoo-ooo-ooo- [A] ooo-ooo-ooo-ooo- 
[F#] ooo-ooo-ooo-ooo- [B] ooo-ooo- [B] ooo-oah

[Verse]
[E]Uptown girl [F#m]  
She's my uptown [G#m] girl .. You 
[A] know I'm in [B] love with an 
[E] uptown girl [F#m] My uptown 
[G#m] girl ....... You
[A] know I'm in [B] love with an 
[E] Uptown girl .... [F#m] My uptown 
[G#m] girl ....... You 
[A] know I'm in [B] love with an 
[E] Uptown girl .... [F#m] My uptown 
[G#m] girl ......... You 
[A] know I'm in [B] love (end on E)            

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