Chords with lyrics
4/4 Throughout, Key of D MajorD Minor
Bbm6Bbm6 Am/D
Say it's alright Joe,
Bb/CBb/C Bb6/C
I need another drink
Bb6Bb6 Am7Am7 Gm7(can also be played Bb6/G)
To blow on the glass so I know I'm alive
Bbm6Bbm6 Am/D
Play me a song Joe
Bb6Bb6 Bb6/C
To fill the hours till morning
Bb majorBb Am7Am7 Gm7Gm7
Then never again will I bother you
Bb/G C7no5
Ooh, Build myself a tower
Bb/G C7no5
No way in no way out.
Bb/G C majorC
Then my friends can visit me
Bb/G C majorC
Once in a while.
Bbm6Bbm6 Am/D
Say it's alright Joe.
Bb/CBb/C Bb6/C
I need some reassurance
Bb majorBb Am7Am7 Gm7Gm7
You never know what you might find in the night.
Bb/G C7no5 Bb/G C7no5
Ooh I'm just a busy bee, still alive in my hive,
Bb/G C majorC
Looking for some other world
Bb/G C majorC
To dream out my dreams.
Chords: |Bbm6Bbm6 |G minorGm | DmDm
Synth Notes:(|C#C# Bb majorBb FF|G+G FF C#C# FF| D MajorD over DmDm on "Kings")
DmDm G minorGm
There were Kings who were laughing in the rain
DmDm G minorGm
And they told me I'd come here to lead the parade
DmDm G minorGm
All the colours were changing, the sky was in ruins
DmDm G minorGm
The lights are all shining on me and on you
Shine on...
Keyboard Solo: Synth notes under chords in parentheses
|G minorGm D/F#D/F# |Gm/F Em7b5Em7b5 |
(Bb majorBb Bb majorBb A augmentedA G+G A augmentedA |Bb majorBb A augmentedA G+G A augmentedA Bb majorBb C majorC )
|G minorGm D MajorD+7/F# |Gm/F Em7b5Em7b5 |
(D MajorD C majorC Bb majorBb C majorC Bb majorBb C majorC|D MajorD C majorC Bb majorBb C majorC )
|Em7b5Em7b5 |Bb/CBb/C |
( Bb majorBb C majorC|D MajorD C majorC Bb majorBb )
|C/GC/G |Bb majorBb |
(C majorC Bb majorBb A augmentedA|Bb majorBb A augmentedA G+G)
|C6/9 |
(A augmentedA )
Bbm6Bbm6 Am/D
Say it's alright Joe
Bb/CBb/C Bb6/C
The night will soon be over
Bb6Bb6 Am7Am7 Gm7Gm7
And nothing and no one will ever know.
BbmBbm Am/D
Open my eyes Joe
Bb/CBb/C Bb6/C
I'd like to see the daylight
Bb majorBb Am7Am7 Gm7Gm7
The clock on the wall says it's time to leave.
Bb/G C7no5
Never seen the same face twice
Bb6/G
Never walked the same way
Bb/G C majorC
The little love that I have known
Bb/G
I keep to myself.
|Bbm6Bbm6 |G minorGm |
DmDm G minorGm
There's a fire it's asleep in my bed
DmDm G minorGm
I must leave it to burn until it burns itself out
DmDm G minorGm
Catch as you can I'm not staying here long
DmDm G minorGm
I'll be coming back early or never at all
Shine on...
Outro: Repeat Keyboard Solo then repeat Bb/C, C6/9 with ad-libs to fade