Main Riff:
                ( Bm )                    ( Bm7 )
          e---------------------------------------------- | 
          B------3-------3-------3-------3------3-------- | 
          G----------4-------4-------4-------2------2---- | 
          D---------------------------------------------- | 

                                    ( F# )          ( F#74 )  ( F# )
          e-------------------------------------------------------- | 
          B--3-------3-------3-------2-------2-------2------2------ | 
          G------2-------2-------2-------3-------3-------4------3-- | 
          D-------------------------------------------------------- | 

                                             ( A9 )
           e-------------------------------------------------------- | 
           B--2-------2-------2-------2-------0-------0------0------ | 
           G------3-------3-------3-------3-------2-------2------2-- | 
           D-------------------------------------------------------- | 

                                                     ( E )
           e--------------------------------------------------------- | 
           B--0-------0-------0-------0-------0-------0------0------- | 
           G------2-------2-------2-------2-------2-------1------1--- | 
           D--------------------------------------------------------- | 

             ( E4 )  E )
           e------------------0-------0-------0------0---- | 
           B--0-------0-------0-------0-------0------0---- | 
           G------2-------1-------1-------1------1-------- | 
           D---------------------------------------------- | 

Note:  When F#74 is played it's actually an F#4 at some points in the
       song but I just use the former all the time for ease of changing
       chords.


Intro: (These chords are played with some sound effects - Just start with
        the main riff if playing on acoustic only)

   Bm9 (xx12-11-10-9)           F#7M  (xx16-15-14-13)     

  A7M(xx7654)                 E7M  (xx14-13-12-10)   x2

              Bm      Bm7
Verse 1:      Say     something,
                  F#7           F#74      F#7
              Oh, anything will do        my love
                       A9
              Theres a girl on the phone,
                         E           E4   E
              Thats the girl who's never     home.


              Bm            Bm7
Verse 2:      Say something good
                        F#      F#74    F#
              There's a wil-der-ness of    hope
                         A9
              That's the girl on the phone
                        E            E4   E         Em
              Thats the girl who's never    home.


             ( Em )      F#                                 F#7
Pre-Chorus 1: And your friends they were so close, close


              Bm       Bm7      F#7   F#74   F#7
Chorus 1:     Hey________,      Hey________________,
              A   A4   A      E      
    E
              Hey__________,     Hey____________Hey.


              Bm           Bm7
Verse 2:      Say you will stay,
              F#            F#74        F#
              Forgot what I came      here for,
                      A9
              Passing signs on the road,
                      E         E4  E
              Telling me im far from   home.

              Bm            Bm7
Verse 3:      Strangers out here
              F#       F#74  F#
              Myself I disa_____ppear
                         A9
              That's the killer on a call,
                         E         E4   E         Em
              That's the man who's working lone


             ( Em )
Pre-chorus 2: Your friends they were so close,
                     F#       F#74   F#
              One by one they didn't    stay,
                     A        A4     A
              Drift away like rolling   sea,
                     E        E4    E
              One by one they drift    away,
                          G        D        F#       F#aug
              One of these   days,
              F#7 *
              Ahhhhhhhhh  aaaaah,


                           Bm   Bm7   F#7   A   
  A   E   E4   E
Chorus 2:     One of these days
                           Bm   Bm7   F#7   A   
  A   E   E4   E
              One of these days          (Ahhhhhh)

              Em
Coda:         Your friends they were so close,
                     F#       F#74   F#
              One by one they didn't    stay,
                     A        A4     A
              Drift away like rolling   sea
                     E           E4   E
              One by one they drift     away,
                      G
              And the people that were close,
                      D
              Are the ones you miss the most,
                           F#7       F#74    F#7
              One of these days I'll blow      away,
                           F#7       F#74    F#7
              One of these days I'll blow      away.
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