Pressure Off chords by Duran Duran

Chords with lyrics

Duran Duran - Pressure Off (2015)


Tuning: Standard

Intro/Chorus/Middle 8/Outro: E MajorE C majorC A augmentedA
Verses: E MajorE C majorC A minorAm G+G F# minorF#m

Intro:
E MajorE              C majorC
Stepping out, stepping out, stepping out and jumping off
A augmentedA
Stepping out, stepping out, stepping out and jumping off
E MajorE              C majorC
Stepping out, stepping out, stepping out and jumping off
A augmentedA
Pressure off, pressure off; pressure, pressure, pressure off

Verse 1:
E MajorE          C majorC
The past is another country
  A minorAm           G+G  F# minorF#m
The present will never last
E MajorE           C majorC
The future it's still tomorrow
    A minorAm       G+G  F# minorF#m
Are we living too fast?
E MajorE            C majorC
Searchlight the crowd I fix on your face
A minorAm             G+G       F# minorF#m
I know it well, but it's a dream I can't place
E MajorE             C majorC
Something is happening to me
A minorAm           G+G     F# minorF#m
Maybe it's happening to you, you, you, you

Chorus 1:
E MajorE          C majorC       A augmentedA
Everybody everywhere feel it in the air, oh yeh
(A augmentedA)
It's time to take the pressure off
E MajorE       C majorC            A augmentedA
Everybody everywhere step out into the future
 A augmentedA
It's time to take the pressure off
E MajorE         C majorC           A augmentedA
Oh oh oh oh oh oh, oh oh oh oh it's up to you now
 A augmentedA
It's time to take the pressure off
E MajorE         C majorC           A augmentedA
Oh oh oh oh oh oh, oh oh oh oh it's up to you now
 A augmentedA
It's time to take the pressure off

Interlude 1:
E MajorE    C majorC     A minorAm
Stepping, stepping, stepping
   G+G        F# minorF#m
It’s time to take the pressure off

Verse 2:
E MajorE            C majorC
We're swimming with the rat-race
   A minorAm         G+G  F# minorF#m
We're running against the tide
     E MajorE      C majorC
And it's everybody's business
       A minorAm     G+G   F# minorF#m
When there's nowhere to hide
E MajorE             C majorC
Searchlight the crowd I'm fixed onto you
A minorAm             G+G    F# minorF#m
There is a way out of this into the blue
E MajorE             C majorC
Something is happening to me
A minorAm           G+G     F# minorF#m
Maybe it's happening to you, you, you, you

Chorus 2:
E MajorE          C majorC       A augmentedA
Everybody everywhere feel it in the air, oh yeh
(A augmentedA)
It's time to take the pressure off
E MajorE       C majorC            A augmentedA
Everybody everywhere step out into the future
 A augmentedA
It's time to take the pressure off
E MajorE         C majorC           A augmentedA
Oh oh oh oh oh oh, oh oh oh oh it's up to you now
 A augmentedA
It's time to take the pressure off
E MajorE         C majorC           A augmentedA
Oh oh oh oh oh oh, oh oh oh oh it's up to you now
 A augmentedA
It's time to take the pressure off

Interlude 2:
E MajorE              C majorC
Stepping out, stepping out, stepping out and jumping off
A augmentedA
Stepping out, stepping out, stepping out and jumping off
E MajorE              C majorC
Stepping out, stepping out, stepping out and jumping off
A augmentedA
Pressure off, pressure off; pressure, pressure, pressure off

Middle 8:
E MajorE
I'm lost don't wanna be found
C majorC
I'm up not gonna be down be down
A augmentedA
Outside looking into myself
 A augmentedA
Just me I couldn't be anyone else
E MajorE
Is it bad when you're feeling this good?
C majorC
Are we all misunderstood?
A augmentedA
It's fine going out of my mind, going out of my mind, going out of my mind

Chorus 3:
E MajorE       C majorC          A augmentedA
Everybody everywhere feel it in the air, oh yeh
A augmentedA
It's time to take the pressure off
E MajorE       C majorC            A augmentedA
Everybody everywhere step out into the future
A augmentedA
It's time to take the pressure off
E MajorE         C majorC           A augmentedA
Oh oh oh oh oh oh, oh oh oh oh it's up to you now
A augmentedA
It's time to take the pressure off
E MajorE         C majorC           A augmentedA
Oh oh oh oh oh oh, oh oh oh oh it's up to you now

Outro:
         E MajorE     C majorC
Step out into the future
         A augmentedA
Jump off into the future
         E MajorE     C majorC
Step out into the future
         A augmentedA
Jump off into the future
         N.C.
Step out into the future

Here is my best guess as to how Nile actually plays the intro and chorus, based off his fingerings and style.
It’s not perfect, but with a bit of palm muting and up-and-down motions, it should sound somewhat close.

  E MajorE    C majorC     A augmentedA
e|----------8---10----10-9--10--9--------------|
BB|--10-9----8---8-----7--7--7--7---------------|
G+G|--9--9----9---9-----9--9--9--9---------------|
D MajorD|--9--9----10--8-----7--7--7--7---------------|
A augmentedA|--7--7----10--10-----------------------------|
E MajorE|---------------------------------------------|