[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
[Vox 2 - 5th below, vox 3 - 5th below and 3rd up - increase mix of harmony - make sure double on main vox] [Intro BPM 95 ] Drums B..B B+S... A..A .A.A A.G#m. C#m... (Stop playing C#m to play Keyboard riff)
[Verse 1] [B] I hear the drums [D#m] echoing [G#m] tonight She [G#m/F#-224444] hears only [A] whispers of some [C#m] quiet con [G#m] versa [A] tion [A][G#m][C#m] [B] She's coming [D#m] in, twelve thirty [G#m] flight The moonl [G#m/F#] it wings [A] reflect the stars that [C#m] guide me towards [G#m] salva [A] tion [G#m][C#m] [B] I stopped an [D#m] old man along the [G#m] way Hoping [G#m/F#] to find some [A] old forgotten [C#m] words or ancient [G#m] melo [A] dies [A][G#m][C#m] [B] He turned to [D#m] me as if to [G#m] say [G#m/F#] Hurry boy, it's [A] waiting there for you [A][G#m][C#m] (Drum fill)
[Chorus - Guido in one second line] [F#m] It's gonna take a [D] lot to drag me [A] away from [E] you [F#m] There's nothing that a [D] hundred men or [A] more could ever [E] do [F#m] I bless the [D] rains down [A] in Afri [E] ca [F#m] Gonna take some [D] time to do the [A] things we never [C#m] Ha-- a a[E]ad a a [F#m] ad [E] oo, [A] ooo [G#m][C#m]
[Link] A (G#m C#m) X 2
[Verse 2] [B] The wild dogs [D#m] cry out in the [G#m] night As [G#m/F#] they grow restless [A] longing for some [C#m] solitary [G#m] compa [A] ny [A][G#m][C#m] [B] I know that [D#m] I must do what's [G#m] right As sure as [G#m/F#] Kilimanjaro [A] rises like O [C#m] lympus above the [G#m] Serenge [A] ti [A][G#m][C#m] [B] I seek to [D#m] cure what's deep in [G#m] side... [G#m/F#] Frightened of this [A] thing that I've become [A][G#m][C#m] (Drum fill)
[Chorus - Guido in one second line] [F#m] It's gonna take a [D] lot to drag me [A] away from [E] you [F#m] There's nothing that a [D] hundred men or [A] more could ever [E] do [F#m] I bless the [D] rains down [A] in Afri [E] ca [F#m] Gonna take some [D] time to do the [A] things we never [C#m] Ha-- a a[E]ad a a [F#m] ad [E] oo, [A] ooo
[Link] A (G#m C#m) X 2
[Music Break] B D#m G#m B A C#m G#m A (G#m C#m)
[B][D#m][G#m] H [G#m/F#] urry boy, she's [A] waiting there for you [A][G#m][C#m] (Drum fill)
[Chorus - Guido in one second line] [F#m] It's gonna take a [D] lot to drag me [A] away from [E] you [F#m] There's nothing that a [D] hundred men or [A] more could ever [E] do [F#m] I bless the [D] rains down [A] in Afri [E] ca [F#m] I bless the [D] rains down [A] in Afri [E] ca [F#m] I bless the [D] rains down [A] in Afri [E] ca [F#m] I bless the [D] rains down [A] in Afri [E] ca [F#m] Gonna take some [D] time to do the [A] things we never [C#m] Ha-- a a[E]ad a a [F#m] ad [E] oo, [A] ooo [G#m][C#m]
[Outro] A (G#m C#m) til fade
[Keyboard riff - Pick individually and ring notes together to make bigger sound] E ---0~~~~~~~~~~~ B ---75~-75~-75~- G -66~-66~-66~-6~ D --------------- A --------------- E ---------------
