• Song:

    Safe And Sound

  • Artist:

    Capital Cities

  • Album:

    Capital Cities EP

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*This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the*
*song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research.*
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Released on February 1st 2011 as a digital download and later released as the premier
track of their first full lenght album "In A Tidal Wave Of Mystery", this song peaked
on several international music charts, including: Germany, US, Mexico, Venezuela and 
more. It also reached Gold and Platinum certification in several countries, selling 
more than 2.5M copies around the world. With a cheerful techno beat, charged with pop 
synths, this track really lifts you up.

Tabbed by Pelusteriano
Contact at my UG profile
Lyrics by Ryan Merchant & Sebu Simonian
Music by Ryan Merchant (vocals), Sebu Simonian (vocals and synth), Spencer Ludwig (trumpet)
         Manny Quintero (bass), Nick Merwin (guitar) & Channing Holmes (drums)

NOTE: Tab based on lives performances, like this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KRR2CmFWJCw 
      and this http://goo.gl/DywHSK

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CHORDS (low to high)
Fmaj7 X3321X   C/G 33201X   Am X02210   G 32000X   Dm X57765   F* X8-10-10-10X   G* X10-12-12-12X

  INTRO

||: Fmaj7 C/G  Am   G :||x2


VERSE I

Fmaj7            C/G         Am
I could lift you up, I could show you what you wanna see
    G
And take you where you wanna be
Fmaj7           C/G        Am
You could be my luck, even if the sky is falling down
  G
I know that we'll be safe and sound


TRUMPET BRIDGE

Fmaj7  C/G                      Am   G
           We're safe and sound


 VERSE II

Fmaj7             C/G              Am
I could fill your cup, you know my river won't evaporate
     G
This world we still appreciate
Fmaj7           C/G        Am
You could be my luck, even in a hurricane of frowns
  G
I know that we'll be safe and sound


 CHORUS

Fmaj7    C/G
Safe and sound - We're safe and sound
Am       G
Safe and sound - We're safe and sound
Fmaj7     C/G
Hold your ground - We're safe and sound
Am       G
Safe and sound


 VERSE III (with hand claps)

Fmaj7            C/G        Am
I could show you love, in a tidal wave of mystery
       G
You'll still be standing next to me
Fmaj7           C/G        Am
You could be my luck, even if we're six feet underground
  G
I know that we'll be safe and sound (sound-sound-sound...)


INTERLUDE

||:  Dm   F*   G* :||


 CHORUS

Fmaj7    C/G     Am       G
Safe and sound,  Safe and sound 
Fmaj7     C/G    Am       G
Hold your ground Safe and sound


 VERSE IV (No chords, only bass)
 
I could lift you up, I could show you what you wanna see
And take you where you wanna be
You could be my luck, even if the sky is falling down
I know that we'll be safe and sound


 VERSE V

Fmaj7            C/G         Am
I could lift you up, I could show you what you wanna see
    G
And take you where you wanna be
Fmaj7           C/G        Am
You could be my luck, even if the sky is falling down
  G
I know that we'll be safe and sound


PRE-CHORUS

Fmaj7 C/G                     
          We're safe and sound
Am   G
          We're safe and sound
Fmaj7 C/G                     
          We're safe and sound
Am   G
          We're safe and sound


 CHORUS

Fmaj7    C/G
Safe and sound - We're safe and sound
Am       G
Safe and sound - We're safe and sound
Fmaj7     C/G
Hold your ground - We're safe and sound
Am       G
Safe and sound - We're safe and sound
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