Keane-Somewhere Only We Know - BPM - 85
[Intro - Full drums - plodding rhythm]| A | Amaj7 | Bm | Esus4 x x E - x Esus4 x x | x 2
[Verse - Drums stop - gentle vocals - plodding downstroke muted guitar]
[A] I walked across [Amaj7] an empty land
[Bm] I knew the pathway like the [Esus4] back of my [E] hand [Esus4]
[A] I felt the earth [Amaj7] beneath my feet
[Bm] Sat by the river and it [Esus4] made me comp [E] lete [Esus4]
[Pre-chorus - HIGH NOTE SO GET READY]
[F#m] Oh simple thing [C#m] where have you gone
[D] I'm getting old and I need [D6-x00202]something to re [E]ly on
[F#m] So tell me when [C#m] you're gonna let me in
[D] I'm getting tired and I need [D6]somewhere to be [E]gin (drums in)
[DRUMS BACK IN - Verse - muted plodding downstroke chords]
[A] I came across [Amaj7] a fallen tree
[Bm] I felt the branches of it [Esus4] looking at [E] me [Esus4]
[A] Is this the place [Amaj7] we used to love?
[Bm] Is this the place that I've been [Esus4] dreaming [E] of?
[Pre-chorus - open up chords]
[F#m] Oh simple thing [C#m] where have you gone
[D] I'm getting old and I need [D6] something to re [E] ly on
[F#m] So tell me when [C#m] you're gonna let me in
[D] I'm getting tired and I need [D6] somewhere to be [E] gin
[Chorus - HIGH A COMING UP TO MAKE BM7 - GET READY]
[Bm] So if [Bm] you have a [A/C#] minute why don't [E] we go
[Bm] Talk [Bm] about it [A/C#] somewhere only [E] we know
[Bm] This [Bm] could be the [A/C#] end of every [E] thing
[D] So why don't we go
[E] Somewhere only [A]we know [D](drums stop)
[E] Somewhere only [A]we kno... [D]ow?
[E] (drum fill)
[Pre-chorus]
[F#m] Oh simple thing [C#m] where have you gone?
[D] I'm getting old and I need [D6] something to re [E] ly on
[F#m] So tell me when [C#m] you're gonna let me in
[D] I'm getting tired and I need [D6] somewhere to be [E] gin
[Chorus]
[Bm] So if [Bm] you have a [A/C#] minute why don't [E] we go
[Bm] Talk [Bm] about it [A/C#] somewhere only [E] we know
[Bm] This [Bm] could be the [A/C#] end of every [E] thing
[D] So why don't we [D] go
[D] so why don't we [E] go oh oh
[Instrumental]
[Bm] [Bm] [A/C#] uuuuuh [E] ....uh
[Bm] uh! [Bm] [A/C#] uuuuuh [E] ....uh uh
[Chorus - all 'only's follow same pattern going up]
[Bm] ........ This could be the [A/C#] end of every [E] thing
[D] So why don't we go
[E] Somewhere only [A]we know oh[D] (drums stop - slow vocals to end)
[E] Somewhere only [A]we know oh[D]
(melody for 'we know' is B to A)
[E] Somewhere only [Bm]we [A]know
[End]
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