I worked this out ages ago, recorded my own version of it too.
it's a great song.
anyways it's extremely easy to play
I can't remember if it's played half a step down or not as I don't have my guitar
with me right now. I think it might be.
but no capo.
chords that are picked throughout about 90% of the song are as follows:
it's simple to work out the picking method.
(Riff set 1)
e-x e-x e-x
B-3 B-3 B-3
G-0 G-0 G-0
D-x D-x D-x
A-x A-x A-3
E-3 E-0 E-x
pick these chords for this part:
There’s a kite caught in a tree
not far from here. It reminds me
of you and me and our desperate
love. Cause I can’t fly when you
smother me, but I’ll just fall to
the ground without you, and our
desperate love.
right, now he mixes it up a bit, well, slightly.
it goes like this for the next section of lyrics.
(Riff set 2)
e----3-| e----3-| e----3-|
B-----3| B-----3| B-----3|
G------|\ G------|\ G------|D------|--x4 D------|--x4 D------|--x4
A------|/ A------|/ A-3-3--|/
E-3-3--| E-0-0--| E------|
You were the
saddest song, that I could sing.
You were a broken bridge dropping
a thousand feet. You‘re my reason
to try be everything. You were a
starving child, on a TV screen.
You were the ship beneath a storm
mounting. You’re the broken hands
on a pianist.
he plays a little bridge before going back to the first set of picked chords. it goes like this.
'You’re lost....'
(lets call this RIFF SET 3)
e--------------|
B-3--0-----0---|
G-------2------|
D-------------2|
A--------------|
E-3-3--3--3--3-|
then back to Riff set 1 for these lyrics:
'And there’s a boy made of glass who
stays out the rain cause he’ll
slip and he’ll fall and he’ll
break and then he’ll be gone. But
there’s a girl made of concrete
who holds his hand. She knows just
want he wants, what he needs so he
wont go smash under her.
Riff set 2 for the following:
You’re the only place, I really belong.
You’re the line I scream in my favourite song.
You’re a mistake I made, that I won’t admit was one.
You’re a boiling day led out in the sun.
When we’re all happy, and we love everyone. You bring me
to think of what I’ll become cause I’m scared.
okay, this next bit was the only part that gave me hassle working it out.
but it's really easy. goes like this.
Note: it's easier to pick this part with your fingers first in the Am
postition then into the Dsus2 position for the second part.
Note +:
Dsus2:
e-0
B-3
G-2
D-0
A-x
E-x
anyways, cracking on, the middle 8 goes like this for the following lyrics:
it's mostly adapted by me, but it's simple enough to figure out how he plays it.
e------------| e-0-----2-----0------|
B-1---1p0---0| B----3-----3-----3---|
G--------2-0-|\ G--------------------|
D---------2--|--x2 D-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0|
A-0-0-0------|/ A--------------------|
E------------| E--------------------|
'You just seem to know
me so well. And I cant remember
anything before, you came around.
It’s a joke to say I’d ever been
as happy but I am now. And you
just seem to know me so well.'
Riff set 1:
'You were beautiful when you fell
asleep, then you’d sit up awake
and you’d talk to me. Tell me
everything's going to be okay and
we‘ll heal. You were a screaming
mess on a hospital bed. You were a
violent night thats ended in
death. You were a 100 feet of
emptiness ---'
'--- below.'
it changes again here ever so slightly.
it goes to D before the strumming comes in.
note: this part is plucked.
e-2
B-3
G-2
D-0
A-x
E-x
there's a pull off on the D aswell, which you should be able to work out yourself.
right, for the last part, He strums these chords over again.
Am, G, Emsus2, D.
emsus2: (MOST COMMONLY USED CHORD EVER!)
e-3
B-3
G-0
D-2
A-2
E-0
Am
You're an accident in a roadside stare.
G
You're a statue in a broken monument.
Emsus2 D
You're a microphone picking up everything that I say.
Am
You're a little girl, trapped in an old deep well.
G
You’re a time long ago, when I could still
Emsus2
really feel like I was, still alive
D
when I could still feel your hands on my skin.
Am
You’re the cruellest thoughts, that I could never tell.
G
You’re the waving hands of my hardest farewell.
Emsus2 D
You’re a daydream I won’t ever wake from.
Everything I hate, I love,I need.
Riff 1:
END.
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