Capo on 2, all chords relative to capo.
Chords used:
G G5/E D Am C G7
e--3----3-----2---0---0---1-- |
b--3----3-----3---1---1---0-- |
g--0----0-----2---2---0---0-- |
d--0----2-----0---2---2---0-- |
a--2----0-----0---0---3---2-- |
e--3----3-----2---0---3---3-- |
Intro
Strum between ( G ) and ( G5/E ) - a 'down down up down' ryhthm , which continues into the
verse. I like to start on the bottom strings then throw in a few top strings as we get
into the intro..
VERSE 1
(Strumming between G and G5/E )
I've got my head down in my books
( D )
I've been reading all weekend,
(Back to G and G5/E )
But I don't learn anything
Because my mind is full of emptiness,
( D ) (Back to G and G5/E )
I've less energy than a stick of celery.
( Am ) ( C ) ( G )
And then you call me up, down in Jericho,
( G7 ) ( Am ) ( C ) ( G )
To see if I'll go for a drink or two
CHORUS 1
( G7 ) ( Am ) ( C )
But I don't want you to see,
( G ) ( G7 ) ( Am )
What the lonely nights are doing to me,
( C ) ( G ) ( G7 )
Bit my fingers to the bone,
( Am ) ( C )
And I don't want to hear you say,
( G ) ( G7 )
You let what happened anyway
( Am ) ( C )
'Cos you don't know anything
BRIDGE / FREAK OUT BIT
It's a bit weird to work out. I think i strumming between ( A ) and ( Am ) for a few bars.
Then hold the ( A ) for a bar or two longer, then ( C ), then back to strumming between ( G )
and ( G5/E )
VERSE 2
( D )
I was a stronger man than you when I loved Delilah,
(Back to G and G5/E )
With her pants on fire
But then she cut my hair and left me here,
( D ) (Back to G and G5/E )
With more inertia than a limpet on the shore
( Am ) ( C ) ( G )
When the tide falls so low I feel like letting go,
( G7 ) ( Am )( C ) ( G )
Though I should go to my family
CHORUS 2
( G7 ) ( Am ) ( C )
But I don't want you to see,
( G ) ( G7 ) ( Am )
What the lonely nights are doing to me,
( C ) ( G ) ( G7 )
Bit my fingers to the bone,
( Am ) ( C )
And I don't want to hear you say,
( G ) ( G7 )
You let what happened anyway
( Am ) ( C ) ( G ) ( G7 )
'Cos you don't know anything
( Am ) ( C )
And I don't want to hear you say,
( G ) ( G7 )
You let what happened anyway
( Am ) ( C ) ( G ) (Let ring)
'Cos you don't know anything