• Song:

    Come On

  • Artist:

    The Verve

  • Album:

    Northern Soul Demos

transcribed by Steve Robbins

Standard tuning

Chords:

A=002220
B=x2444x
E=022100
E5=x799xx
D5=x577xx

intro:  A to B over and over again...continue over the verse...actually it
        it is the bass that plays this.

                       A       B
sort of like this:  e:-x--xx-x-x---------|
                    B:-5--55-5-7---------|
                    G:-6--66-6-8---------|
                    D:-7--77-7-(b9)--------|
                    A:-7--77-7-(b9)-----7--|
                    E:-5--55-5-7---7h(b9)--|...and back to A again


                                 A      B
Nick?s guitar over intro:  e:-----------------|
      (wah-wah)        B:---------------------|
                           G:-----------------|
                           D:-11----7(b9)----|
                           A:-----------------|
                           E:-----------------|

A                      B
   I must be feeling low

A                         B                 A
   I talked to god in a phonebox on my way home

                  B                   A                          B
I told you my answer, I left you my dreams on your answering machine

----chorus----

B      A
Come o--n

         E        A
Let the spirit inside you

B                 A
Don't wait to be found

      E             A
Come along with my sound

B               A
Let the spirit move you

        E                      A
Let the waves come up, they'll fuse you

  B         A           E     B
I never met no one to deny a sound
----
intro again
----

A                     B
   I must be going insane

A                         B                 A
   I called the doctor so he can relieve my pain

                   B
He's got a little pill for me

               A                         B
Just a little luxury, help me through my day
------
chorus again...then this middlebreak:
------

e:--------------------------------|
B:--------------------------------|
G:--------------------------------|
D:----(b9)--------------7-------7h(b9)|
A:2/6----6---7------6---(b9)7h(b9)----|
E:---------(b9)---7h(b9)--------------|   x2

------
back to introstuff....and then

A  B   D5 slide to E5   A   B    ..play this over:

Come on
Come on
Come on
Come on...

for sologuitar...play the bluesscale in B, starting on 7th fret, for example:

e:-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
B:-(b9)(b9)(b9)9h10-7--------------------------------8h10--10-9h10-(b9)7---------|
G:--------------------7-9b(10)-9b10-7----------------------------(b9)7-----|
D:--------------(b9)-7h(b9)---------------(b9)7--(b9)7-----------------------7h(b9)|
A:-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
E:-----------------------------------------------------------------------| on and on.
  improvise with this.


the other guitar just plays on with chords...(a, b, d5, e5, a, b)..

There's only one life
There's only one life

Let it go
Let it go
Let it go

This is a big
Fuck you!
This is a big
Fuck you!
Come on!

Just love somebody at the back
Just love somebody at the back

Come on now
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