[Verse 1] [C] Day after day I'm more con [G] fused [C] Yet I look for the [D] light through the pouring [G] rain [C] You know that's a game that I hate to [G] lose [Am] And I'm feelin' the strain, [C] ain't it a shame?
[Chorus] Oh, [G] give me the beat boys and free my soul, I [D] want to get lost in your rock'n'roll, and [C] drift away Oh, [G] give me the beat boys and free my soul, I [D] want to get lost in your rock'n'roll, and [C] drift away [G]
[Instrumental - approx 1/2 bar for these chords] G... ..D. .... .... (C D) - G
[Verse 2] [C] Beginning to think that I'm wasting [G] time [C] I don't under [D] stand the things I [G] do [C] The world outside looks so un [G] kind [Am] I'm a-countin' on you, [C] to carry me through
[Chorus] Oh, [G] give me the beat boys and free my soul, I [D] want to get lost in your rock'n'roll, and [C] drift away Oh, [G] give me the beat boys and free my soul, I [D] want to get lost in your rock'n'roll, and [C] drift away [G]
[Instrumental - approx 1/2 bar for these chords] G... ..D. .... .... (C D) - G
[Bridge] [Am] And when my mind is free, [C] you know no melody can [G] move me [Am] And when I'm feeling blue, [C] the guitars, comin' through to [D] soothe me [C] Thanks for the joy that you've given [G] me [C] I want you to know, I believe in your [G] song [C] Rhythm and rhyme in har [G] mony [Am] You'll help me along, [C] makin' me strong
[Chorus] (acappella) Oh, [G] give me the beat boys and free my soul, I [D] want to get lost in your rock'n'roll, and [C] drift away Oh, [G] give me the beat boys and free my soul, I [D] want to get lost in your rock'n'roll, and [C] drift away
[Chorus] Oh, [G] give me the beat boys and free my soul, I [D] want to get lost in your rock'n'roll, and [C] drift away Oh, [G] give me the beat boys and free my soul, I [D] want to get lost in your rock'n'roll, and [C] drift away
[Chorus] Oh, [G] give me the beat boys and free my soul, I [D] want to get lost in your rock'n'roll, and [C] drift away Oh, [G] give me the beat boys and free my soul, I [D] want to get lost in your rock'n'roll, and [C] drift away
[Outro] [G] Now, now, now, won't you, won't you take me? Woah, oh [D] take me? . . . [C] (vamp out)
[Intro - BPM 120 - No drums - Drop D] Arp - just DGB strings - Dm Dm#5 (xx0331) C Dm Dm#5 Dm C Dm x2
(Drums in after first phrase) [Dm][F][Am][Dm] x2 (perhaps don't play 13 to 10 pull offs as hard to then play chord) E -----10------10--------------10-----------------------------13---12-----------13-------10 B 10h13--13p10-10---------10h13--13p10-10--------10----------13--13--------10h13--13p10--10 G -------------x----------------------10---10h12----------14--14--------------------------x D -------------0-----------------------10h12------------------------x---------------------0 A -------------0-----------------------8----------------------------0---------------------0 D -------------0--------------------------------------------------------------------------0
Dr B S B S B S B S B S B
[Verse] [Dm] (stop) Half past twelve ........ And I'm [Gm] (drums in) watching the late show in my flat all alone How I hate to spend the evening on my [Dm] own
[Dm] (stop) Autumn winds ... Blowing [Gm] (drums in) outside the window as I look around the room And it makes me so depressed to see the [Dm] gloom [Bb] There's not a soul out there (High E - 0 1 3 1 0 - Snare between first 0 and 1) [Gm] No one to hear my prayer [Dm/A][A]
[Chorus] [Dm] Gimme gimme [Bb] gimme a [C] man after [Dm] midnight [Bb] Won't somebody [Dm] help me chase these [C] shadows [Dm] away [Dm] Gimme gimme [Bb] gimme a [C] man after [Dm] midnight [Bb] Take me through the [Dm] darkness to the [C] break of the [Dm] day
[Interlude] [Dm][F][Am][Dm] x2
[Verse] [Dm] Movie stars .... Find the [Gm] end of the rainbow, with that fortune to win It's so different from the world I'm living [Dm] in
[Dm] Tired of T.V. ..... I open the [Gm] window and I gaze into the night But there's nothing there to see, no one in [Dm] sight [Bb] There's not a soul out there (E 0 1 3 1 0) [Gm] No one to hear my prayer [Dm/A][A]
[Chorus] [Dm] Gimme gimme [Bb] gimme a [C] man after [Dm] midnight... [Bb] Ah [Dm] ah [C] ah [Dm] ah [Dm] Gimme gimme [Bb] gimme a [C] man after [Dm] midnight... [Bb] Ah [Dm] ah [C] ah [Dm] ah [Dm] Gimme gimme [Bb] gimme a [C] man after [Dm] midnight... [Bb] Ah [Dm] ah [C] ah [Dm] ah [Dm] Gimme gimme [Bb] gimme a [C] man after [Dm] midnight... [Bb] Ah [Dm] ah [C] ah [Dm] ah
[Vamp - Solo] [Dm] x 10000
[Partial Verse] [Bb] There's not a soul out there (E 0 1 3 1 0) [Gm] No one to hear my prayer [Dm/A][A]
[Chorus] x2 [Dm] Gimme gimme [Bb] gimme a [C] man after [Dm] midnight [Bb] Won't somebody [Dm] help me chase these [C] shadows [Dm] away [Dm] Gimme gimme [Bb] gimme a [C] man after [Dm] midnight [Bb] Take me through the [Dm] darkness to the [C] break of the [Dm] day