[Intro - BPM 163 - No drums for first run - then just bass drum on 1] --A---------C#m7-to-C#m----------- [String riff plays at start and during verse] E X---------4--4--4--4--4--4- B 2-222-2---5--5--5--5--5--5 G 2-222-2---4--6--4--6--4--6- D 2-222-2---6--6--6--6--6--6-- A 0---------4--4--4--4--4--4-- E X--------------------------- (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#m7-toC#m Pluck the notes, no strumming and insert snare where can E 12------9---16--12---9-12---14---------4--4--4--4--4--4- B 10------10--14--9----9-9----14---------5--5--5--5--5--5 G 9-------9---14--9----9-9----14---------4--6--4--6--4--6- D ----------------9-----------14---------6--6--6--6--6--6-- A 0---------------12----------0----------4--4--4--4--4--4- 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 1 - Capo 2 original key - BPM 82] When I was [D] young I'd listen to the [F#m] radio Waiting [Bm] for my [Bm/A] favourite [Gmaj7] songs When they pl [Gmaj7] ayed I'd sing a [F#m7] long It made me smile [Em7][Em7][A/C#][G9/B-x20005]
Those were such [D] happy times and not so [F#m] long ago How I wo [Bm] ndered [Bm/A] where they'd [Gmaj7] gone [C#m7] But they're [Bm] back again Just like a [Bm/A] long lost friend All the [Gmaj7] songs I [Em7] love so [A] well
[Chorus] [G/A] Eve [A]ry [D]sha-la-la-la, Every [Bm] wo-o-wo-o still [D] shines [Bm] [Bm riff - Bsus2 to Bm Bsus2 - then x244x2 - mute B with fretting finger x x Bm Bsus2 - Bsus2 Bm Bsus2 B5]
Every [D] shing-a-ling-a-ling That they're [Bm] startin' to sing so [Em7] fine [A] [G/A]When [A]they [Bm] get to the part (can play just Asharp to cheat) Where he's [A#aug-x1232x] breaking her heart It can [D] really make me [G#m7] cry Just like be [D] fore [G/A] (double stop) It's yesterday once [Dmaj7] more (D to G/A is quick change) [Dmaj7] Shu be doo [D]lang [G/A]lang [Dmaj7] Shu be doo [D]lang [G/A]lang
[Verse 2] Looking [D] back on how it was in [F#m] years gone by And the [Bm] good times [Bm/A] that I [Gmaj7] had Makes [Gmaj7] today seem rather [F#m7] sad So much has c [Em7] hanged [A/C#][G9/B] It was [D] songs of love that I would [F#m] sing to then And I'd [Bm] memo [Bm/A] rize each [Gmaj7] word [C#m7] Those old [Bm] melodies Still sound so [Bm/A] good to me As they [Gmaj7] melt the y [Em7] ears a [A] way.
[Chorus with variation] [G/A] Eve [A]ry [D] sha-la-la-la, Every [Bm] wo-o-wo-o still [D] shines (All the oldies but the [Bm] goodies) Every [D] shing-a-ling-a-ling That they're s [Bm] tartin' to sing so [Em7] fine [A]
[G/A]All [A]my [Bm] best memories come back [A#aug] clearly to me Some can [D] even make me [G#m7] cry. Just like be [D] fore [G/A] (double stop) It's yesterday once [Dmaj7] more
[Dmaj7] Shu be doo [D]lang [G/A]lang
[G/A] Eve [A]ry [D] sha-la-la-la, Every [Bm] wo-o-wo-o still [D] shines [Bm] Every [D] shing-a-ling-a-ling That they're s [Bm] tartin' to sing so [Em7] fine [A] [Repeat Chorus Start to end - End on D]
[Possible ending] [G/A] Eve [A]ry [D] sha-la-la-la
