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Reckless Chords by Bernard Fanning

Reckless chords by Bernard Fanning

Guitar chords with lyrics

Intro

e |--0--4h0------4/5---4---2h0-------------0-------|---0--0h4/7--5p4p0------0-------------0---------2--|
B |----------0--------------------0---0h2-------2--|--------------------0h4---4p0-----0h2---2p0--------|
G |------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------0-------------0-----|
D |------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------0--|
A |--4------------4-------------------0------------|---4---4/7----------0-------------0----------------|
E |------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------|

Using chord shapes for this next part of the intro

C#m B A E (slide a D shape down two frets for the E)

e |----------------------------------------|--------0---------------4h5-------5p4----|
B |------------5------------------4--------|-----2-----2p0--------5---------5-----5--|
G |---------6-----6------------4-----4-----|---------------1----4---------4----------|
D |------6----------6-------4-----------4--|------------------0----------------------|
A |---4------------------2-----------------|--0--------------------------------------|
E |----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
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Verse

  C#m       B                  A
     Only a fool would step away from it
         C#m     B            A       D
     The song so sweet on the siren's lips
     C#m            B               A       E
     How do you lie straight with a viper's tongue?

There's a little run after 'tongue' which is the same as the last five notes in the intro

For the lines with A E/G# F#m and E they are picked, shown just below

e |----------0--------------------|-----------------------------|
B |----------2----------5---------|---------2---------0---------|
G |---------------------4---------|---------2---------1---------|
A |----------0--------------------|-----------------------------|
E |-------------------------------|-----------------------------|
E |---------------------4---------|---------2---------0---------|

  A           E/G#        F#m     E
     I'm at a loss to explain
  A           E/G#     F#m         E
     Just how easy you found me to replace
  C#m             B              A            E
     Now that the naked truth is out on display

Chorus

                      B             C#m
     Could you explain, why did you gravitate?
   A                   E
     Was something about to break?
   B               C#m
     Take what you need to take
   A             E
     Just silently walk away
   A               E            B
     How could you be so reckless?
                       A              E            B
     Could you explain, how could you be so reckless?

The second verse and Chorus are pretty much the same as the first

 Solo

e |-----------------|--------------------|-----------------------------|
B |--5-----------5--|-----------5--------|--7b(9)--7b(9)--(9)r7--5-----|
G |-----6--4--6-----|--6--4--6-----6--4--|--------------------------6--|
D |-----------------|--------------------|-----------------------------|
A |-----------------|--------------------|-----------------------------|
E |-----------------|--------------------|-----------------------------|

e |-----------------|--------------------|-------7--7-------------|
B |--5-----------5--|-----------5--------|--7/9--------9/7--5-----|
G |-----6--4--6-----|--6--4--6-----6--4--|---------------------6--|
D |-----------------|--------------------|------------------------|
A |-----------------|--------------------|------------------------|
E |-----------------|--------------------|------------------------|

e |--7--0--7p0-----|--5-----4----------0-----|--7------7------|---7-----------|
B |-------------0--|-----0-----0--0/2-----2--|--7b(9)--7b(9)--|--(9)r7--5-----|
G |----------------|-------------------------|----------------|------------6--|
D |----------------|-------------------------|----------------|---------------|
A |----------------|-------------------------|----------------|---------------|
E |----------------|-------------------------|----------------|---------------|

e |--7--0--7p0-----|--5-----4-----|--7--0--7p0-----|--5-----4-----|--0-----------|
B |-------------0--|-----0-----0--|-------------0--|-----0-----0--|--------------|
G |----------------|--------------|----------------|--------------|--------------|
D |----------------|--------------|----------------|--------------|--------------|
A |----------------|--------------|----------------|--------------|--------------|
E |----------------|--------------|----------------|--------------|--------------|

Then its back to the Chorus, on the line were he sings 'Only a fool would step away from it', play the Cdim7,
otherwise its just the A E B

   A       E        B               A       E        B       Cdim7

e |----------------|---------------|----------------|----------------|
A |----------------|---------------|----------------|----------------|
G |----------------|---------------|----------------|----------------|
D |----------------|---------------|----------------|----------------|
A |----------------|---------------|----------------|----------------|
E |----------------|---------------|----------------|----------------|

For the outro

e |--0--4h0------4/5---4---2h0-------------0-------|--0--4--2-------2----------0-----|
B |----------0--------------------0---0h2-------2--|-------------0-----0--0h2-----2--|
G |------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
D |------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
A |--4------------4-------------------0------------|--4--4--2--2----------2----------|
E |------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------|

And that's it, happy jamming

| h  Hammer-on
| p  Pull-off
| /  Slide up


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