• Song:

    Always Where I Need To Be Live Acoustic

  • Artist:

    The Kooks

This is a live acoustic session of luke playing on his own in donna
   The A* is an optional chord, can be played as just an A, but luke hammers on and 
of the top E string whilst playing the A, using his thumb found below

Tuning: standard

e | - - - - - - - - - -
b | 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 - -
g | 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 - -
d | 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 - -
a | - - - - - - - - - -
E | - - 0 2 2 2 0 - - -

Intro
        A, Bm, F#m, D
        A*,Bm, F#m, D


Verse 1
   A          Bm         F#m
   She don't know who she is,
                       D
   Oh,I can take her anywhere,
   A        Bm          F#m
   Do whatever comes naturally to you,
                      D
   You know she just don't care,
                      A
   You know she just don't care,

Chorus
              D       A
   'Cause I'm always where,
   Em F#m
   I need to be,
          D       A
   And I always thought,
             Em F#m                    A
   I would end up with you eventually,
                    Bm    F#m       D
   Do do do dododo, do do do dododo,
   A                Bm    F#m       D
   Do do do dododo, do do do dododo

Verse 2
   A       Bm    F#m
   Now I see her again,
                    D
   I have to be a hummingbird,
   A        Bm          F#m
   Whisper words in her ear,
                        D
   Oh, You know I just don't care,
                         A
   You know she just don't care,

Chorus
              D       A
   'Cause I'm always where,
   Em F#m
   I need to be,
          D       A
   And I always thought,
             Em F#m                    A
   I would end up with you eventually,
                    Bm    F#m       D
   Do do do dododo, do do do dododo,
   A                Bm    F#m       D
   Do do do dododo, do do do dododo

 Luke plays a D and a F#m here and just plucks a few strings from each chord

Outro

     D                         F#m
   Oooh oh I'm a man I'm a man Oh I'm a man on the scene,
     D                      F#m
   I'm a man and I can be so obscene,
              D              F#m
   'Cause I always think I know how to be,
           D      A             Em  F#m              
      A
   But I always thought I would end up with you eventually,
                  Bm    F#m      D   A               
Bm    F#m        D
Do do do dododo, do do do dododo,    Do do do dododo, do do do dododo

   End on the D chord by palm mutting it, there you go, 100% perfect : )
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