• 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| (022000@1)- - - - - - - - - -
b| (x24432@1)2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 - -
g| (355333@1)2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 - -
d| (xx0231@1)2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 - -
a| (x02210@1)- - - - - - - - - -
E| (022100@1)- - 0 2 2 2 0 - - -

Intro
        A, Bm, F#m, D (xx0232@1)       A*,Bm, F#m, D (xx0232@1)
Verse 1
   A (x02220@1)        Bm (x24432@1)       F#m (244222@1)  She don't know who she is,
                       D (xx0232@1)  Oh,I can take her anywhere,
   A (x02220@1)      Bm (x24432@1)        F#m (244222@1)  Do whatever comes naturally to you,
                      D (xx0232@1)  You know she just don't care,
                      A (x02220@1)  You know she just don't care,

Chorus
              D (xx0232@1)     A (x02220@1)  'Cause I'm always where,
   Em (022000@1)name="chord_244222@1">F#m
   I need to be,
          D (xx0232@1)     A (x02220@1)  And I always thought,
             Em (022000@1)name="chord_244222@1">F#m                    A (x02220@1)  I would end up with you eventually,
                    Bm (x24432@1)  F#m (244222@1)     D (xx0232@1)  Do do do dododo, do do do dododo,
   A (x02220@1)              Bm (x24432@1)  F#m (244222@1)     D (xx0232@1)  Do do do dododo, do do do dododo

Verse 2
   A (x02220@1)     Bm (x24432@1)  F#m (244222@1)  Now I see her again,
                    D (xx0232@1)  I have to be a hummingbird,
   A (x02220@1)      Bm (x24432@1)        F#m (244222@1)  Whisper words in her ear,
                        D (xx0232@1)  Oh, You know I just don't care,
                         A (x02220@1)  You know she just don't care,

Chorus
              D (xx0232@1)     A (x02220@1)  'Cause I'm always where,
   Em (022000@1)name="chord_244222@1">F#m
   I need to be,
          D (xx0232@1)     A (x02220@1)  And I always thought,
             Em (022000@1)name="chord_244222@1">F#m                    A (x02220@1)  I would end up with you eventually,
                    Bm (x24432@1)  F#m (244222@1)     D (xx0232@1)  Do do do dododo, do do do dododo,
   A (x02220@1)              Bm (x24432@1)  F#m (244222@1)     D (xx0232@1)  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 (xx0232@1)                       F#m (244222@1)  Oooh oh I'm a man I'm a man Oh I'm a man on the scene,
     D (xx0232@1)                    F#m (244222@1)  I'm a man and I can be so obscene,
              D (xx0232@1)            F#m (244222@1)  'Cause I always think I know how to be,
           D (xx0232@1)    A (x02220@1)           Em (022000@1)F#m (244222@1)            
      A (x02220@1)  But I always thought I would end up with you eventually,
                  Bm (x24432@1)  F#m (244222@1)    D (xx0232@1) A (x02220@1)             
Bm (x24432@1)  F#m (244222@1)      DDo (xx0232@1)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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