[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)
[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] [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)
[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] [Bm] So if you have a [A/C#] minute why don't [E] we go [Bm] Talk about it [A/C#] somewhere only [E] we know [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? (drums stop) [D] .......... So [E] mewhere only we know [D] .... [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] And if you have a [A/C#] minute why don't [E] we go [Bm] Talk about it [A/C#] somewhere only [E] we know? [Bm] This could be the [A/C#] end of every [E] thing [D] So why don't [D]we go [D] so why don't [E]we go
[Chorus] [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 [D] (drums stop - slow vocals to end) [E] Somewhere only we know [D] [E] Somewhere only [D] we know
