[Intro Arp intro - no drums] [Badd11-x24400][C#m7-046650][F#m7][Aadd9-x02200] x 2
[Verse 1 - Chords straight ish - no embellishments] [Badd11] I let go [C#m7] of everything I ever [F#m7] had [Aadd9] [Badd11] 'Cause I couldn't [C#m7] give the love you des [F#m7] erved [Aadd9] [Badd11] By The [C#m7] |Gunner, you shouted, "Oh, my [F#m7] God" [Aadd9] [Badd11] It seemed [C#m7] churlish, but it's what I was [F#m7] owed, I supp [Aadd9] ose
[Badd11] Every [C#m7] flagstone of this town [F#m7] bears our [Aadd9] prints [Badd11] And all the [C#m7] bars round here serve my [F#m7] ghosts and [Aadd9] carcasses [Badd11] I wish I [C#m7] knew these things when I [F#m7] was young [Aadd9] [Badd11] 'Cause [C#m7] now I've just gone so [F#m7] numb [Aadd9]
[Chorus - Drums stop - 'strum then arps' figure] [Badd11] We [C#m7] take whatever we [Aadd9] can to get the reason [Badd11] back [C#m7] So please don't [Aadd9] rein me in
[Drums back - Put triplet strums on A in- Asus2 to A and the x07670 x07690 figure at end] [Badd11] (Ooh) Don't [C#m7] rein me [F#m7] in [Aadd9] [Badd11] (Ooh) Please don't [C#m7] rein me [F#m7] in [Aadd9] I'm [Badd11] working myself up to a [C#m7] nice, warm bliss (Ooh) All my [F#m7] memories of you ring like [Aadd9] tinnitus If I [Badd11] stop, it's just pain (Ooh) Please don't [C#m7] rein me [F#m7] in [Aadd9]
[Verse 2 - Straight chords] [Badd11] There's nothing [C#m7] brave in walking a[F#m7]lone [Aadd9] [Badd11] Love in exile has nowhere to [C#m7]go, so come on [F#m7]home [Aadd9] [Badd11] Mmm, don't run a [C#m7] way from my [F#m7]tenderness [Aadd9] [Badd11] You're so afraid of that [C#m7] heart inside your [F#m7] chest [Aadd9] ... We were doing so well
[Badd11] well but you were scared to be [C#m7] held Took the easiest [F#m7] way out [Aadd9] ... I see the tears of [Badd11] man , too proud to reach for a [C#m7] hand Oh, let my love keep you [F#m7] safe now [Aadd9] so please don't
[Chorus - Full chords and embellishments] [Badd11] (Ooh) Don't [C#m7] rein me [F#m7] in [Aadd9] [Badd11] (Ooh) Please don't [C#m7] rein me [F#m7] in [Aadd9] I'm [Badd11] working myself up to a [C#m7] nice, warm bliss (Ooh) All my [F#m7] memories of you ring like [Aadd9] tinnitus If I [Badd11] stop, it's just pain (Ooh) Please don't [C#m7] rein me [F#m7] in [Aadd9]
[Bridge - Keep embellishments - START LOOP] And [Badd11] I'm, [C#m7] I'm stood here [F#m7] chewing everybody's lugs [Aadd9] off (Ooh) [PLAY LOOP] [Badd11] (Ooh) [C#m7] Telling everybody how much [F#m7] I fucked it up [Aadd9] [Badd11] (Ooh) [C#m7] Telling everybody how much [F#m7] I fucked it up [Aadd9] [Badd11] (Ooh) [C#m7] Telling everybody but you, [F#m7] how much I fucked it [Aadd9] up [Badd11][C#m7] slow [F#m7] down - [Aadd9] rein me in
[Instrumental - Solo] [Badd11][C#m7][F#m7][Add9]
[Chorus] [Badd11] (Ooh) Don't [C#m7] rein me [F#m7] in [Aadd9] [Badd11] (Ooh) Please don't [C#m7] rein me [F#m7] in [Aadd9] I'm [Badd11] working myself up to a [C#m7] nice, warm bliss (Ooh) All my [F#m7] memories of you ring like [Aadd9] tinnitus If I [Badd11] stop, it's just pain (Ooh) Please don't [C#m7] rein me [F#m7] in [Aadd9] [Repeat]
[Intro - Capo 2 - BPM 125 - 'Deh' starts off beat prior to first 1 - remember to play G 3x0003 as B is important to melody] [Chug chords with Vocals - bass drum on all 4] Deh ... deh do ... ded doo BxSB - x B S x - B B S x
(sing C to G for C chords, then B to G twice for G and Em chords, then A to G for D chord) [C][G][Em][D] (x2)
[Verse 1 - Drums B-B- ---- ---- ---- Guitar X-X- X-xx xxX- X---] [C] I was left [G] to my own de [Em] i i i i ces [D] [C] Many days [G] fell away with [Em] nothing to [D] show
[Pre-Chorus - Bass drum on all 4] And the [C] walls kept tumbling [G] down In the city that we [Em] l-o-v-e- [D] (to make more drummy - add bass drums now each 8th note BB(B+S)B) Great [C] clouds roll over the [G] hills Bringing darkness from [Em] a-b-o-v- [D] e [Vamp on D to stop]
[Chorus - Deh deh in background - Full drums - bass drum on all beats] But if you close your [C] eyes, Does it [G] almost feel like [Em] Nothing changed at [D] all? And if you close your [C] eyes, Does it [G] almost feel like [Em] You've been here be [D] fore? How .. [C] am I gonna be an [G] optimist a [D] bout this? How .. [C] am I gonna be an [G] optimist a [D] bout this? (stop)
[Verse 2 - No drums - Chugging guitar] [C] We were caught [G] up and lost in [Em] all of our [D] vices (light drums in BxSlap xxSlap) [C] In your pose [G] as the duh uh ust [Em] settles a [D] round us
[Pre-Chorus - Bass drum] And the [C] walls kept tumbling [G] down In the city that we [Em] l-o-v-e- [D] (to make more drummy - add bass drums now each 8th note BB(B+S)B) Great [C] clouds roll over the [G] hills Bringing darkness from [Em] a-b-o-v- [D] e [Vamp on D to stop]
[Chorus - Full drums - bass drum on all 4] But if you close your [C] eyes, Does it [G] almost feel like [Em] Nothing changed at [D] all? And if you close your [C] eyes, Does it [G] almost feel like [Em] You've been here be [D] fore? How .. [C] am I gonna be an [G] optimist a [D] bout this? How .. [C] am I gonna be an [G] optimist a [D] bout this?
[Deh etc section - Full drums] Deh ... deh do ... ded doo [C][G][Em][D] (stop)
[Bridge - No drums - Quiet] [C] Oh where do we beg [G] in? The [Em] rubble or our [D] sins? (big harmonies come in) [C] Oh where do we beg [G] in? The [Em] rubble or our [D] sins?
[Pre-Chorus - Just bass drum and funky strumming] And the [C] walls kept tumbling [G] down In the city that we [Em] l-o-v-e- [D] Great [C] clouds roll over the [G] hills Bringing darkness from [Em] a-b-o-v- [D] e [Vamp on D / drum fill to stop]
[Chorus - Full drums - bass drum on all 4] But if you close your [C] eyes, Does it [G] almost feel like [Em] Nothing changed at [D] all? And if you close your [C] eyes, Does it [G] almost feel like [Em] You've been here be [D] fore? How .. [C] am I gonna be an [G] optimist a [D] bout this? How .. [C] am I gonna be an [G] optimist a [D] bout this? If you close your [C] eyes, Does it [G] almost feel like [Em] Nothing changed at [D] all? (stop drums)
[Outro - No drums - Deh ... deh do ... ded doo] [C][G][Em][D] (x2) [Tempo check - 19/11/23 - 120 - actual 125 - OK - prefer slower everytime]