ELEVATOR LOVE
Written by Guy Sebastian and Jarrod Rogers

4 beats per chord                   D5  A3  D3  G5  refer to dyads
' = 2 beats (changes on 2+)         of root with fifth or third
. = staccato Beat-3 then tacet      Bass plays third in '3' chords
_ = staccato Beat-1 then tacet      Refer to TAB below for detail

INTRO:
D5  A3  'D3 'G5  'D3 'G5
                        If

VERSE:
D5      A3     'D3     'G5      'D3     'G5
I could I would do it a-gain I'd do it a-gain I
D5       A3           'D3 'G  'D3 'G5
Wouldn't change a thing__            we
D5            A3           'D3     'G5     'D3     'G5
Have love and lose love and do it a-gain we do it a-gain but

PRE-CHORUS:
Bm     A      G  G*
That's how we are  we come
Bm   A       A              A.
Back just to throw it all a-way tell me it's

CHORUS:
D   D           G           G
Over  so we can do it all a-gain I'm ad-
Bm             Bm       G   A
dicted to this elevator love  tell me you
D      D                 G                 G
Miss me  and I will come back for one more day I'm ad-
Bm             Bm       G    A
dicted to this elevator love elevator

LINK:
D5       A3
Love yeah__ yeah

VERSE:
D5       A3        'D3     'G5     'D3     'G5
We laugh we cry and do it a-gain we do it a-gain we
D5    A3          'D3 'G5  'D3   'G5
Go to hell and back__         ooh oh but there's
D5         A3        'D3          'G5      'D3          'G5
Something 'bout you I can't keep a-way just can't keep a-way we

PRE-CHORUS:
Bm   A           G   G*
Know we'll crash down  but I
Bm    A       A.        N.C.
Don't want it any other way tell me it's

CHORUS:
D   D           G           G
Over  so we can do it all a-gain I'm ad-
Bm             Bm       G    A
dicted to this elevator love yeah tell me you
D      D                 G                 G
Miss me  and I will come back for one more day I'm ad-
Bm             Bm       G    A
dicted to this elevator love elevator

BRIDGE:
A          A               G      G~
  Over and over and over we__ fall__ we go
A                       A                  G             G
Up to come down just to turn it around and face it all a-gain tell me it's

CHORUS-HALF: [breakdown]
D   D           G           G
Over  so we can do it all a-gain I'm ad-
Bm             Bm       G        A             'N.C.
dicted to this elevator love yeah__ tell me it's
                                                (2/4 bar)
CHORUS-VARIATION: [tutti]
 D    D            G            G
 Over____er-   er- er_______ oh yeah I'm ad-
(over-er so we can do it all a- gain)
Bm             Bm       G      G
dicted to this elevator lo-ove-yeah tell me you
D      D                  G                 G
Miss me__ and I will come back for one more day I'm ad-
Bm             Bm       G    G
dicted to this elevator love elevator

OUTRO:
D5  A3  'D3 'G5  'D3 'G5
Love
D5  A3  'D3 'G5  'D3 'G5

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INTRO/VERSE/OUTRO:
Dyads played with downstrokes and staccato phrasing
   D5                A3                D3    G5          D3    G5
   1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +   1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +   1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +   1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
E|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
B|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
G|-7-7-7-7---7-7-7-|---6---6-6-6-6---|-----------------|-----------------|
D|-7-7-7-7---7-7-7-|---7---7-7-7-7---|-4-4-4-5---5-5-5-|---4---5-5-5-5---|
A|-----------------|-----------------|-5-5-5-5---5-5-5-|---5---5-5-5-5---|
E|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
   D                 C#                F#    G           F#    G  <-bass

PRE-CHORUS/CHORUS/BRIDGE:
Chord names reflect overall harmony but guitar part is power chords.
For more interest add the notes which mimic the backing vocals
and the passing notes (#11,maj7 on Beat-1 and 2)

CHORDS:                  D(11) D       D(9)  D5       A(9)  A       (#11) (maj7)
   Bm  A  G  D  Em7/B   "o-    ver-    er-   er"     "we'll crash"    G*    G~ 
E|-2---0--3--2----0---||-3-----2-----|-0-----------||-0-----0-----||--3-----2--|
B|-3---2--3--3----3---||-3-----3-----|-3-----3-----||-2-----2-----||--2-----3--|
G|-4---2--0--2----0---||-2-----2-----|-2-----2-----||-4-----2-----||--0-----0--|
D|-4---2--0--0----2---||-0-----0-----|-0-----0-----||-2-----2-----||--0-----0--|
A|-2---0----------2---||-------------|-------------||-0-----0-----||-----------|
E|--------3-----------||-------------|-------------||-------------||--3-----3--|

Bm-chord in the CHORUS is ambiguous.
Guy plays a different chord on his guitar and sings an E-note.
Try Em7/B to duplicate the ensemble sound.
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