Pressure Off chords by Duran Duran

Duran Duran - Pressure Off (2015)


Tuning: Standard

Intro/Chorus/Middle 8/Outro: E C A
Verses: E C Am G F#m

Intro:
E                           C
Stepping out, stepping out, stepping out and jumping off
A
Stepping out, stepping out, stepping out and jumping off
E                           C
Stepping out, stepping out, stepping out and jumping off
A

Pressure off, pressure off; pressure, pressure, pressure off

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

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

Interlude 1:
E        C         Am
Stepping, stepping, stepping
      G               F#m
It’s time to take the pressure off

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

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

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

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

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

Outro:
                  E          C
Step out into the future
                  A
Jump off into the future
                  E          C
Step out into the future
                  A
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       C         A
e|----------8---10----10-9--10--9--------------|
B|--10-9----8---8-----7--7--7--7---------------|
G|--9--9----9---9-----9--9--9--9---------------|
D|--9--9----10--8-----7--7--7--7---------------|
A|--7--7----10--10-----------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------|