[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] ...
Standard fingering with R/H so can play descending Bsus2 arp fluently E 1--1--1-0h1p0--1- B -----1-------1--- G --2-2---------2-- D ----------------- A --------0-------- E 1---------------- DRB-S-B-S-B---S-B-S-B
E --------------------- B ----6-3-----6-3------ G --3----5p3-3---5p35-- D --------------------- A --------------------- E -3-3------3----------
E --3-1p0----3--1p0-------1-------1------ B -1-----3p1-------1-11h3--3p1------3p1-1 G ------------------0----3----3--3-----3- D -----------------------------3--------- A 0---------3--3------1---------1-------- E --------------------------------------- When descending the notes of the Bsus2 do the pulloff with the little finger and then move that to 3rd fret of D string - to fret - nice rolling sustained figure [Repeat above once]
[Verse1] They say that [F] these are not the [Fmaj7/A] best of times But [Gm7] they're the only [Bbsus2] times I've ever [F] known [Fmaj7/A][Gm7][Bbsus2] And I [F] believe there is a [Fmaj7/A] time for medi [Gm7] tation In [Bbsus2] cathedrals of our [C] own ([C][G]) [C][A7] Now I've [Dm] seen that sad sur [C] render in my [Bbsus2] lover's eyes [Bbsus2/A] And [G7sus4] I can only [G7] stand upon and [Cadd9] sympathize [C] For we are [Bb] always what our [F] situations [Gm7] hand us It's either [C] sadness or [Bbsus2] euphoria - [Eb][Bbsus2] (drums in)
[Verse2] So we'll [F] argue and we'll [Fmaj7/A] compromise And [Gm7] realize that [Bbsus2] nothing's ever [F] changed [Fmaj7/A][Gm7][Bbsus2] ..For all our [F] mutual [Fmaj7/A] experience Our [Gm7] separate con [Bbsus2] clusions are the [C] same ([C][G]) [C][A7] .. Now we are [Dm] forced to recog [C] nize our inhu [Bbsus2] manity [Bbsus2/A] .. Our [G7sus4] reason co [G7] exists with our in [Cadd9] sanity [C] .. And though we [Bb] choose between re [F] ality and [Gm7] madness .. It's either [C] sadness or [Bbsus2] euphoria [Eb][Bbsus2]
[Verse3] How [Dm] thoughtlessly we [C] dissipate our [Bbsus2] energies [Bbsus2/A] Per [G7sus4] haps we don't ful [G7] fill each other's [Cadd9] fantasies [C] .. And as we [Bb] stand upon the [F] ledges of our [Gm7] lives With our [C] respective simi [Bbsus2] larities [Eb][Bbsus2] It's either [C] sadness or [F] euphoria.
[Outro] [F][Fmaj7/A][Gm7][Bbsus2] [F] Wo [Fmaj7/A] oo woh oo [Gm7] oh oo [Bbsus2] woh oh oo [F] oh [Fmaj7/A] ooh [Gm7] wo ooh [Bbsus2] woh oh oo (slows done to end) [Am7] woh oh [C] oh [Bbsus2] oh [C - (C C Cadd9 C Cadd6)] [F]
[Notes] Final chord C C C9 C C6 (x3x210 - move 2nd finger up to G string when playing normal C)