Chords with lyrics
Tabbed by: DJ
18th June 2013
Tuning: Standard
CAPO:2nd fret (Sounds in key of B minorBm)
A augmentedA simpler way to play it on acoustic guitar.
There's a couple of quick jazzy chords, but, if you use the shapes shown
at the bottom of the page, they're relatively easy, just use the
index finger to barre the top three strings on both chords.
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A minorAm A4 A minorAm A4
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A minorAm A4 A minorAm A minorAm G+G FF
Time was drift - in', this rock had got to roll,
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A minorAm Abmaj7b5 BbM7Bbm7
So I hit the road, and made my getaway, /_/ /_/
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A minorAm A4 A minorAm A minorAm G+G FF
Restless feel - in'... really gotta hold,
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D MajorD D MajorD
I started searching for a better way!
^ ^
C majorC G+G DmDm
And I kept on looking for a sign in the middle of the night,
DmDm E minorEm FF C majorC G+G
But I couldn't see the light, ^ ^ ^ no, I couldn't see the light,
C majorC G+G DmDm
I kept on lookin' for a way to take me through the night---,
E minorEm Bb majorBb D MajorD
Couldn't get it right, I couldn't get it right!
A minorAm A4 A minorAm A4
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A minorAm A4 A minorAm A minorAm G+G FF
L.A. fev - er, made me feel al - right,
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A minorAm Abmaj7b5 BbM7Bbm7
But, I must admit, it got the best of me, /_/ /_/
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A minorAm A4 A minorAm A minorAm A minorAm G+G FF
Gettin' down, so deep I could've drowned,
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D MajorD D MajorD
Now I can't get back the way I used to be!
^ ^
C majorC G+G DmDm
But I kept on looking for a sign in the middle of the night,
DmDm E minorEm FF C majorC G+G
But I couldn't see the light, no, I couldn't see the light,
C majorC G+G DmDm
I kept on lookin' for a way to take me through the night---,
E minorEm Bb majorBb D MajorD
Couldn't get it right, I couldn't get it right!
A minorAm A4 A minorAm A minorAm G+G FF A minorAm Abmaj7b5 BbM7Bbm7
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A minorAm A4 A minorAm A minorAm G+G FF D MajorD D MajorD
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A minorAm A4 A minorAm A minorAm G+G FF
New York Ci - ty, took me with the tide,
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A minorAm Abmaj7b5 BbM7Bbm7
I nearly died from hospi - tality, /_/ /_/
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A minorAm A4 A minorAm A minorAm G+G FF
Left me strand - ed, took away my pride,
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D MajorD D MajorD
Just another no account fa - tali - ty!
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C majorC G+G DmDm
Kept on looking for a sign in the middle of the night,
DmDm E minorEm FF C majorC G+G
But I couldn't see the light, no, I couldn't see the light,
C majorC G+G DmDm
I kept on lookin' for a way to take me through the night---,
E minorEm Bb majorBb D MajorD
Couldn't get it right, couldn't get it right!
C majorC G+G DmDm
I kept on looking for a sign in the middle of the night,
DmDm E minorEm FF C majorC G+G
But I couldn't see the light, no, I couldn't see the light,
C majorC G+G DmDm
I kept on lookin' for a way to take me through the night---,
E minorEm Bb majorBb D MajorD
Couldn't get it right, couldn't get it right!
C majorC G+G DmDm
I kept on looking for a sign in the middle of the night,
DmDm E minorEm FF C majorC G+G
But I couldn't see the light, no, I couldn't see the light,
C majorC G+G DmDm
I kept on lookin' for a way to take me through the night---,
E minorEm Bb majorBb D MajorD
Couldn't get it right, couldn't get it right!
(Suggestion for coda, gradually slowing down overlast two bars)
A minorAm A4 A minorAm A minorAm G+G FF A minorAm Abmaj7b5 BbM7Bbm7 A minorAm
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Chord shapes are relative to capo position:
A minorAm = x02210 or 577555 Abmaj7b5 = xx0113 DmDm = xx0231
A4 = x02230 or 577755 BbM7Bbm7 = xx0111 E minorEm = 022000
G+G = 355433 D MajorD = xx0232 Bb majorBb = x13331
FF = 133211 C majorC = x32010
At the end of the choruses the bass does an octave rundown.
Playing in A minorAm you can't get that bottom D MajorD without detuning
your 6th string, but this riff is close enough:
D MajorD
E MajorE |--2--------2------|
BB |--3--------3------|
G+G |--2--------2------|
D MajorD |--0--------0------|
A augmentedA |-----3--0---------|
E MajorE |------------------|
If you're playing without a capo, in Bm, then you can get the full bass riff:
E MajorE
E MajorE |--0---------------|
BB |--0---------------|
G+G |--1---------------|
D MajorD |--2--0------------|
A augmentedA |--2-----2---------|
E MajorE |--0--------0------|