OneRepublic-Counting Stars
[Intro - no drums - finger pick - free timeStart 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
[End][Am]