Great song from a great album.
Standard Tuning
Listen to the track for the strum/picking pattern.
don’t you swing like a child,
in a tree, on a tire, in 85?
there’s an arc that your feet will ride
on the way between hate and that sunday fire
(and that sunday fire)
you look so serious
oh, you look so serious
the night is serving us
but you look so serious
and this could be our reward
this could be it
and this could be our reward
this could be it
Not perfect but you get the idea
e|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---0---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2----|
A|-3---3---3---3---3---3---3---2---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
(overdrive fades in)
this simple friday night
where you’re loosening your tie
but there's a tightness in your eyes
you look so serious
why do you look so serious?
the night is serving us
and we’re deserving it
and this could be our reward
this could be it
and this could be our reward
this could be it
(this could be all we're owed)
(all we're owed, all we're getting)
and this could be our reward
this could be it
this simple friday night
when you’re loosening your tie
but there's a tightness in your eyes
(Listen for pattern)
cause if we swing like a child
then we’re always colliding this time of night
but our arcs, they could align (we could align! we could align!)
and over gravity up comes this kicking child
this kicking child
E|----------|
B|----------|
G|----------|
D|----2---2-|
A|--3---3---|
E|----------| ...
Continue that picking pattern with this harmonized scale:
E|-----------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------|
D|----0----2----4----5----7----9-----|
A|----2----3----5----7----9----10----|
E|-----------------------------------|
Listen to the song for the progression. Towards the end strum both strings at the same time.
enjoy!