[Intro - BPM 163 - No drums for first run - then just bass drum on 1] --A---------C#m------------ [String riff plays at start and during verse] E X---------9--9--9--9--9--9- B 2-222-2---9--9--9--9--9--9- G 2-222-2---9--9--9--9--9--9- D 2-222-2---X--11-X--11-X--11 A 0---------11-11-X--11-X--11 E X---------9--9--9--9--9--9- (repeat twice)
[Verse 1 - Bass drum just on 1] This [A] is the next [C#m] century, [A][C#m] Where the [A] universa [C#m] l's free, [A][C#m] You can [E] find it an [Bm] ywhere, [E] Yes, the fu [Bm] ture's been sold.
[Verse 2] [A] Every night we're [C#m] gone, [A][C#m] And to [A] karaoke [C#m] songs, [A][C#m] How we [E] like to sing a [Bm] long, [E] Although the [Bm] words are wrong.
[Chorus - Full drums] It [Asus4] real [A] ly, [Asus4] real [A] ly, [Asus4] real [A] ly could hap [D] pen, Yes, it [Asus4] real [A] ly, [Asus4] real [A] ly, [Asus4] real [A] ly could hap [D] pen, When the [C#m] days they seem to fall through you, Well [D] just [D/C#] let them [Bm] go. [E]
[Orchestra solo] --A--------------C#m----------A-----------C#m Pluck the notes, no strumming and insert snare where can E 12------9---16--12---9-12---14----back to normal riff- B 10------10--14--9----9-9----14-- G 9-------9---14--9----9-9----14-- D ----------------9-----------14- A 0---------------12----------0--- E ----------------9--------------- Dr----S---------S-----------------
[Verse 3 - Bass drum just on 1] No [A] one here is al [C#m] one, [A][C#m] Satel [A] lites in every [C#m] home, [A][C#m] Yes the [E] universal's [Bm] here, [E] Here for [Bm] everyone.
[Intro riff] [A][C#m][A][C#m]
[Verse 4] Every [A] paper that y [C#m] ou read [A][C#m] Says to [E] morrow's your lucky [Bm] day, [E] Well, here's your [Bm] lucky day.
[Chorus](x2): It [Asus4] real [A] ly, [Asus4] real [A] ly, [Asus4] real [A] ly could hap [D] pen, Yes, it [Asus4] real [A] ly, [Asus4] real [A] ly, [Asus4] real [A] ly could hap [D] pen, When the [C#m] days they seem to fall through you, Well [D] just [D/C#] let them [Bm] go. [E]
[Interlude - Chorus Chords] Asus4 A Asus4 A Asus4 A D Asus4 A Asus4 A Asus4 A D C#m D D/C# Bm E (Repeat)
[Verse - No drums - BPM 88] [Em] I never saw it as the [D] start, It's more a [G] change of heart (bass drum in) [F] Rapping on the windows, whistling down the chimney [E] pot [G] Blowing up the dust in the room where I for [D] got I [C] laid my plans in [B] solid rock (snare lightly in) [Em] Stepping through the door Like a troubadour whiling just an [A] hour away, [Em] Looking at the trees on the roadside feeling it's a [A] holiday
[Chorus - Backward drums] [D] You and I should [A#dim7-x12020] ride the coast And [Bm] wind up in our [A/C#-x4222x] favourite coats just [Em] miles away. [G] Roll a number ........ write another song Like [A] Jimmy heard the day he caught the train.
[Post-Chorus - Full drums] [D] Wo [A] wo la la [G] Wo [Em7] wo la la [D] Wo [A] wo la la [G] Wo [Em7] wo laaa (drums stop)
[Verse] [Em] He sipped another rum and [D] coke and told a [G] dirty joke (drums back in) [F] Walking like Groucho sucking on a number [E] 10 [G] Rolling on the floor with the cigarette burns walked [D] in I'll [C] miss the crush and I'm [B] home again
[Em] Stepping through the door With the night in store whiling just an [A] hour away, [Em] Step into the sky in the star bright feeling it's a [A] brighter day.
[Chorus - Backward drums] [D] You and I should [A#dim7-x12020] ride the coast And [Bm] wind up in our [A/C#-x4222x] favourite coats just [Em] miles away. [G] Roll a number ........ write another song Like [A] Jimmy heard the day he caught the train.
[Post-Chorus - Full drums] [D] Wo [A] wo la la [G] Wo [Em7] wo la la [D] Wo [A] wo la la [G] Wo [Em7] wo laaa
[Bridge - run1 E 3 2 0 A 2 D 2] [A] You and I should ride the tracks And find ourselves just wading through to [D] morrow [A] And you and I when we're coming down
We're only getting back And you know I feel no [D] sorrow. [A][G(run1)][Em]
[Vamp] D A G(run1) Em x 2
[Post-Chorus] [D] Wo [A] wo la la [G] Wo [Em7] wo la la [D] Wo [A] wo la la [G] Wo [Em7] wo laaa
[Bridge] [D] When you find that [A] things are getting wild [G] Don't you want days like [Em7] these? (big fill) [D] When you find that [A] things are getting wild [G] Don't you want days like [Em7] these? (big fill) [D] When you find that [A] things are getting wild [G] Don't you need days like [Em7] these? (big fill) [D] When you find that [A] things are getting wild [G] Don't you want days like [Em7] these? I say
[Post-Chorus] [D] Wo [A] wo la la [G] Wo [Em7] wo la la [D] Wo [A] wo la la [G] Wo [Em7] wo laaa