Main Riff:
                ( B5 )                    ( B5 )
          e---------------------------------------------- | 
          B------3-------3-------3-------3------3-------- | 
          G----------4-------4-------4-------2------2---- | 
          D---------------------------------------------- | 

                                    ( F#5 )          ( F#5 )  ( F#5 )
          e-------------------------------------------------------- | 
          B--3-------3-------3-------2-------2-------2------2------ | 
          G------2-------2-------2-------3-------3-------4------3-- | 
          D-------------------------------------------------------- | 

                                             ( A5 )
           e-------------------------------------------------------- | 
           B--2-------2-------2-------2-------0-------0------0------ | 
           G------3-------3-------3-------3-------2-------2------2-- | 
           D-------------------------------------------------------- | 

                                                     ( E5 )
           e--------------------------------------------------------- | 
           B--0-------0-------0-------0-------0-------0------0------- | 
           G------2-------2-------2-------2-------2-------1------1--- | 
           D--------------------------------------------------------- | 

             ( E5 )  E5 )
           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)

   B5 (xx12-11-10-9)           F#5  (xx16-15-14-13)     

  A7M(xx7654)                 E5  (xx14-13-12-10)   x2

              B5      B5
Verse 1:      Say     something,
                  F#5           F#5      F#5
              Oh, anything will do        my love
                       A5
              Theres a girl on the phone,
                         E5           E5   E5
              Thats the girl who's never     home.


              B5            B5
Verse 2:      Say something good
                        F#5      F#5    F#5
              There's a wil-der-ness of    hope
                         A5
              That's the girl on the phone
                        E5            E5   E5         E5
              Thats the girl who's never    home.


             ( E5 )      F#5                                 F#5
Pre-Chorus 1: And your friends they were so close, close


              B5       B5      F#5   F#5   F#5
Chorus 1:     Hey________,      Hey________________,
              A5   A5   A5      E5      
    E5
              Hey__________,     Hey____________Hey.


              B5           B5
Verse 2:      Say you will stay,
              F#5            F#5        F#5
              Forgot what I came      here for,
                      A5
              Passing signs on the road,
                      E5         E5  E5
              Telling me im far from   home.

              B5            B5
Verse 3:      Strangers out here
              F#5       F#5  F#5
              Myself I disa_____ppear
                         A5
              That's the killer on a call,
                         E5         E5   E5         E5
              That's the man who's working lone


             ( E5 )
Pre-chorus 2: Your friends they were so close,
                     F#5       F#5   F#5
              One by one they didn't    stay,
                     A5        A5     A5
              Drift away like rolling   sea,
                     E5        E5    E5
              One by one they drift    away,
                          G5        D5        F#5       F#aug
              One of these   days,
              F#5 *
              Ahhhhhhhhh  aaaaah,


                           B5   B5   F#5   A5   
  A5   E5   E5   E5
Chorus 2:     One of these days
                           B5   B5   F#5   A5   
  A5   E5   E5   E5
              One of these days          (Ahhhhhh)

              E5
Coda:         Your friends they were so close,
                     F#5       F#5   F#5
              One by one they didn't    stay,
                     A5        A5     A5
              Drift away like rolling   sea
                     E5           E5   E5
              One by one they drift     away,
                      G5
              And the people that were close,
                      D5
              Are the ones you miss the most,
                           F#5       F#5    F#5
              One of these days I'll blow      away,
                           F#5       F#5    F#5
              One of these days I'll blow      away.
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