Acoustic Intro Riff:
Just hold a D chord shape and pick the following pattern
e -------------------------------|b ---------------3---------------|g --------2----------2-----2-----|d -----0-----0----------0--------| x 4a -------------------------------|e -------------------------------|
Then The Electric lead Riff comes in (this is just a rough guess at it)e --------------------------------------|b ------------10------------------------|g ----------------9h10p9----------------|d -----2s12----------------7s12--12-----| x3a --------------------------------------|e --------------------------------------|(The chords under this electric riff are F, G, Dm listen to the song to work out the timing of the changes)
The Final Time the riff changes after the 9h10p9 to this:
e -------------------------------------|b --------10s15v--15s17-17-17-17v-17s0-|g -------------------------------------|d -------------------------------------|a -------------------------------------|e -------------------------------------|
Dm Am
Boy you've dug your head out of a thousand holes
Dm Am
You've gotta stand up, you gotta take the blows
Am F C
Cos if you don't take the blows then the girl won't sing
Em
And the grass won't grow
Dm Am
Sometimes I think that I think too much
Dm Am
And that it's all in my head, and I can't touch
F C
Cos if you touch too much then the lights won't go on
Em
And the water won't flush
D Bm
And I'm chasing all my cares away
D Bm
Fighting for freedom for one day
D Bm
I'm chasing all my cares away
C G D
So take me to that beautiful way
Interlude Chords over the Lead riff: F, G, Dm x 3
Dm Am
Nigel said my eyes look blank too much
Dm Am
And if I carry on my mind will turn to mush
F C
And if it turns to mush then the strings won't rattle
Em
And the paint won't brush
Dm Am
He said you're only happy when you're pissed
Dm Am
I said "No I'm not", he said "I insist"
F C
How many times should you have blown a kiss
Em
But instead you swung your fist
D Bm
And I'm chasing all my cares away
D Bm
Fighting for freedom for one day
D Bm
I'm chasing all my cares away
C G D
So take me to that beautiful way
Dm A#
What was that dripping away?
F
Oh was it water or time?
C
Was it a stunt or a crime?
Dm A#
You can only own your own life
F C A
So I own mine, I own miiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiine
Chords under lead riff: Dm, F, G x 4
D Bm
And I'm chasing all my cares away
D Bm
Fighting for freedom for one day
D Bm
I'm chasing all my cares away
C G D
So take me to that beautiful way
C G D
So take me to that beautiful way
C G D
So take me to that beautiful way
C G D
So take me to that beautiful way
