Bear's Den - Pompeii These are the chords, found by eyes and ears, from Bear's Den's Bands in Transit performance: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WtcvhV0pOGk It looks like he's using an arpeggio of sorts, but adding small pauses to the pattern below will give you a similar sound: Capo on 7th fret. Picking pattern: G (320003@1) Ame|----------------3-------------------------------3----------------------------| (x02210@1)B|---------0--------------0---------------1--------------1---------------------| G|-----0-------0------0------0---0----2-------2------2--------2---2------------| D|-------0------0-------0------0--------2-------2------2--------2--------------| A|----------------------------------0-------0------0-------0-------------------| E|---3-------3------3------3---------------------------------------------------| Em (022000@1) Ce|-----------------3--------------------------------3--------------------------| (x32010@1)B|---------0---------------2----------------1---------------1------------------| G|-----0-------0-------0-------0---0----0-------0-------0------0---0-----------| D|-------2-------2-------2-------2--------2-------2-------2------2-------------| A|------------------------------------3-------3-------3------3-----------------| E|---0-------0-------0-------0-------------------------------------------------| Picking pattern for the instrumental part: G (320003@1) Am (x02210@1) Em (022000@1) Ce|-----------3-3--------------3-3---------------3-3-------------3-3----------| (x32010@1)B|---------0------0---------1------1----------0-----0---------1-----1--------| G|-------0----------0-----2-----------2-----0---------0-----0---------0------| D|-----0----------------2-----------------2---------------2------------------| A|--------------------0---------0-----------------------3--------------------| E|---3---------3------------------------0------------------------------------| ** If changing up the pattern too much gives you trouble, try with the regular pattern, and add a pinch with the basenote of the chord you're on and the high e. Add the note on the high e just before the pinch, and you should get the "pling- pling" sound that Bear's Den have ** ** Your pinky should be on the high e through the entire song ** G (320003@1) Am (x02210@1) We built our home out on the slopes, Em (022000@1) Pompeii beneath she lay above, C (x32010@1) How she haunted our home, How she haunted our home. G (320003@1) Am (x02210@1) You were a God in my eyes, Em (022000@1) Above the clouds above the skies, C (x32010@1) You were a God in my eyes, You were a God. Instrumental: G (320003@1) Am (x02210@1) Em (022000@1) Ce|-----------3-3--------------3-3---------------3-3-------------3-3----------| (x32010@1)B|---------0------0---------1------1----------0-----0---------1-----1--------| G|-------0----------0-----2-----------2-----0---------0-----0---------0------| D|-----0----------------2-----------------2---------------2------------------| A|--------------------0---------0-----------------------3--------------------| E|---3---------3------------------------0------------------------------------| G (320003@1) Am (x02210@1) You took me walking through the town Em (022000@1) Showed me the statues underground, C (x32010@1) Said, "just don't they look at peace," Sometimes I wish that was me. G (320003@1) Am (x02210@1) I was the son you always had, Em (022000@1) Tugging at your coat while you were sad, C (x32010@1) I was the son you always had, I was the son you always had. Instrumental: G (320003@1) Am (x02210@1) Em (022000@1) Ce|-----------3-3--------------3-3---------------3-3-------------3-3----------| (x32010@1)B|---------0------0---------1------1----------0-----0---------1-----1--------| G|-------0----------0-----2-----------2-----0---------0-----0---------0------| D|-----0----------------2-----------------2---------------2------------------| A|--------------------0---------0-----------------------3--------------------| E|---3---------3------------------------0------------------------------------| Chorus G (320003@1) Just don't cry, Am (x02210@1) Hold your head up high, Em (022000@1) She would want you to, C (x32010@1) She would want you to. G (320003@1) Please just don't cry, Am (x02210@1) Hold your head up high, Em (022000@1) She would want you to, C (x32010@1) She would want you to. G (320003@1) Am (x02210@1) You said stay in the car and wait, Em (022000@1) There's just some things I have to say, C (x32010@1) Don't you know I miss her too, I miss her just as much as you. G (320003@1) Am (x02210@1) So my father and my son, Em (022000@1) As you end what you've begun, C (x32010@1) You'll lie patient by her side, With roses red and lilies white. G (320003@1) Am (x02210@1) I was too young to understand, Em (022000@1) The flowers slipping from your hand, C (x32010@1) I was too young to understand, I was too young to understand. I was too young to understand, Em (022000@1) The flowers sleeping in your hand, C (x32010@1) I was too young to understand, I was too young to understand. ** Strum this part. You could use simple downstrokes, or a more complex strum. ** G (320003@1) Oh please just don't cry, Am (x02210@1) Hold your head up high, Em (022000@1) She would want you to, C (x32010@1) She would want you to. G (320003@1) And just don't cry, Am (x02210@1) Hold your head up high, Em (022000@1) She would want you to, C (x32010@1) She would want you to.