Level 42-Something About You
[Intro - Full drums][E] [Fuller Run E to C] [C] [D] [E] x2 (oohs)
1 2 oh oh oh - (notes to sing) oh(C) x x oh(C/B) x x oh(D/A) x x oh(E/B)
[Verse 1 - go much quieter on guitar so can build in chorus]
[E] How, ...(keyboard riff) ....[C#m-High] ... how can it
[D] be ...That a [Bm7] love carved out of
[E] caring Fashioned by [C#m] fate Could suffer so
[D] hard ..... From the [Bm7] games played once too
[E] often (keyboard riff) [C#m-High] ...
[D] stakes ... is a [Bm7] part of life's imper
[E] fections Born of the [C#m] years .. Is it
[D] so wrong To be [Bm7] human after
[E] all
[Pre-Chorus - words in () brackets drop if can not get to]
[E] [Lighter Run E to C] Drawn into the
[C] stream ..... (Of) [D] undefined ill
[E] usion Those [Lighter Run E to C] diamond
[C] dreams ..... (They) [D] can't disguise the
[E] truth
[Chorus]
[Fuller run E to C] That there is something
[C] about you, ...........[D] baby, so
[E] right [Fuller run E to C] I wouldn't be with
[C] out you, [D] baby, to
[E] night
[Verse 2]
[E] (keyboard riff)
[C#m-High] If ever our
[D] love was con [Bm7] cealed .. No one can
[E] say that we didn't [C#m] feel .. A million
[D] things and a [Bm7] perfect dream of
[E] life (keyboard riff)
[C#m-High] Gone, fragile but
[D] free .... We [Bm7] remain tender to
[E] gether If not so in [C#m] love It's not
[D] so wrong We're only [Bm7] human after
[E] all
[Pre-Chorus - Just bass drum]
[E] [Lighter Run E to C] These che en gine
[C] years ..... (They) [D] add to your con
[E] fusion [Lighter Run E to C] (E-0) Oh (2)and you
(on beat) (4)nee (5)eed (A-2)to
[C] hear (The) [D] time that told the
[E] truth
[Chorus - Full drums]
[Fuller run E to C] That there is something
[C] about you, ...........[D] baby, so
[E] right [Fuller run E to C] I wouldn't be with
[C] out you, [D] baby, to
[E] night
[Solo]
[E] [Fuller run E to C] [C] [D] [E] x2
[Oohs]
[E] [Fuller run E to C] [C] [D] [E]
x 4 (something about you improv)
[End]
[E riff]
[E] [C#m-High]
E x-------12--
B 9-10-12-9---
G 9-------9---
D 9-------x---
A x-------11--
E 0-------9---
[Lighter Run E to C] Count (1) (2) (3)(&)(4)(&) - * = barre with 1st finger and lift up bottom so high open strings ring a bit
E 0-0-0--0
B 0-0-0--1
G 1-1-1--0
D 2-2-2--2
A 2-2-2--3
E 0-2-457-
[Fuller run E to C] Count (1) (2) (3)(&)(4)(&) - * = barre with 1st finger and lift up bottom so high open strings ring a bit
(with snares)
E 0--0--0-0-0-0
B 0--0--0-0-0-1
G 1--1--0-1-1-0
D 2--2--2-2-2-2
A 2--2--2-0-2-3
E 0--2--4-0-0-x