[Intro - No drums - REMEMBER TO SOMETIMES PLAY CSUS2, ASUS2, BSUS2, F#M INSTEAD] [C#m][A][B][F#m] x2
[Verse 1 - Just bass drum] [C#m][A] Just a [B] casta [F#m] way, an [C#m] island [A] lost at [B] sea, [F#m] oh [C#m] A [A] nother [B] lonely [F#m] day, [C#m] no one [A] here but [B] me, [F#m] oh [C#m][A] More [B] loneli [F#m] ness than [C#m] any [A] man could [B] bear [F#m] [C#m][A] Rescue [B] me be [F#m] fore I [C#m] fall in [A] to des [B] pair, [F#m] oh
[Chorus - Full drums] [A] I'll send an [D] S.O. [E] S. to the world [A] I'll send an [D] S.O. [E] S. to the world
[F#m] I hope that some [D] one gets my, [F#m] I hope that some [D] one gets my, [F#m] I hope that some [D] one gets my
[C#m] Message in a b [A] ottle, yeah [C#m][A] [C#m] Message in a b [A] ottle, yeah [F#m][F#m]
[Verse 2 - Just bass drum] [C#m][A] A [B] year has [F#m] passed since I [C#m] wrote my [A] note [B][F#m] [C#m][A] I should have [B] known this [F#m] right from the [C#m] start [A][B][F#m] [C#m][A] Only [B] hope can [F#m] keep me to [C#m] ge - [A] ther [B][F#m] [C#m][A] Love can [B] mend your [F#m] life but [C#m] love can [A] break your [B] heart [F#m]
[Chorus - Full drums] [A] I'll send an [D] S.O. [E] S. to the world [A] I'll send an [D] S.O. [E] S. to the world
[F#m] I hope that some [D] one gets my, [F#m] I hope that some [D] one gets my, [F#m] I hope that some [D] one gets my
[C#m] Message in a b [A] ottle, yeah [C#m][A] [C#m] Message in a b [A] ottle [C#m][A] ohhh [C#m] Message in a b [A] ottle, yeah [C#m][A] [C#m] Message in a b [A] ottle, yeah [F#m][F#m]
[F#m] (Tom fill)
[Verse 3 - Light drums] [C#m][A] Walked out this [B] morn [F#m] ing, [C#m] don't be [A] lieve what I [B] saw [F#m] [C#m] A [A] hundred [B] billion [F#m] bottles, [C#m] washed up [A] on the [B] shore [F#m] [C#m][A] Seems I'm not a [B] lone in [F#m] being a [C#m] lone [A][B][F#m] A [C#m] hundred [A] billion [B] casta [F#m] ways, [C#m] looking [A] for a [B] home [F#m]
[Chorus - Full drums] [A] I'll send an [D] S.O. [E] S. to the world [A] I'll send an [D] S.O. [E] S. to the world
[F#m] I hope that some [D] one gets my, [F#m] I hope that some [D] one gets my, [F#m] I hope that some [D] one gets my,
[C#m] Message in a b [A] ottle, yeah [C#m][A] [C#m] Message in a b [A] ottle, oh [C#m][A] [C#m] Message in a b [A] ottle, whoa [C#m][A] [C#m] Message in a b [A] ottle, yeah [F#m][F#m]
[C#m][A][B][F#m] x4
[Outro] [C#m] Sending o [A] ut an S [B] .O.S [F#m] . [C#m] Sending o [A] ut an S [B] .O.S [F#m] . I'm [C#m] sending o [A] ut an S [B] .O.S [F#m] . I'm s [C#m] ending ou [A] t an S. [B] O.S. [F#m] ...
[Intro - riff is played offbeat ] (Drums in on C#m) [E][C#m] E------------------4-4-- B--9-9-9-9---------5-5-- G--9-9-9-9-----6-6-6-6-- D-11-9-9-9-----7-8-6-6-- A--7-7-7-7-----4-4-4-4-- E----------------------- Dr 1-2-3-4-....1-2-3-4
[E][C#m]again
[Verse - With drums can drop second snare] Lay where you're [E] laying Don't make a sound [E] I know they're [C#m] watching (actually Csus2 is more accurate) They're watching [C#m] All the com [E] motion (full drums) the kiddie [E] like play Has people [C#m] talking Talking [C#m]
[Chorus - Play chorus riff1] [E] You ..........Your sex is on [C#m]fire ........[A]
[Verse - Semi drums] The dark of the [E] alley The break of the [E] day Head while I'm [C#m] driving I'm driving [C#m] Soft lips are [E] open (full drums) Them knuckles are [E] pale Feels like you're [C#m] dying You're [C#m] dying
[Chorus] [E] You ..........Your sex is on [C#m]fire ........[A]........Con [E] sumed .......With what's to tran [C#m] spire ................[A]
[Verse - Semi drums] Hot as a [E] fever Rattling [E] bones I could just [C#m] taste it Taste it [C#m] But it's not for [E] ever (full drums) But it's just to [E] night Oh we're still the [C#m] greatest The greatest [C#m] The greatest [C#m]
[Chorus] [E] You ..........Your sex is on [C#m]fire ........[A]........
(just bass drum - just lower chords on 1&) [E] You ..........Your sex is on (guitar riff) [C#m]fire ........[A]........Con
(just bass drum - full riff) [E] sumed .......With what's to tran [C#m] spire ................[A]
(full drums in and full riff) And [E] You ..........Your sex is on [C#m]fire ........[A]........Con
[E] sumed .......With what's to tran [C#m] spire ................[A] [E]
[End] [E] 1&
[Riff 1] [E][Cm7][A] E --12--11----11-9---11--11---0------ B 9-----------9--9---10--10---9------ G 9-----------9--9---9---9----9------ D 9-----------9--9---x--------x------ A x------------------0--------0------ E 0-----------9--9-------------------