Tuning: G C E A (G C E A) For the intro I just pluck this over and over: C G C G A|---------0----------0---------0---------0-| E|---0----------0---------0---------0-------| C|-0----------0---------0---------0---------| G|-----0-0--------0-0-------0-0-------0-0---| For the parts of the song that are sung, I play a simplified version: C G C G A|-------0-------0-------0-------0---| E|---0-------0-------0-------0-------| C|-0-------0-------0-------0---------| G|-----0-------0-------0-------0-----|
So it ends up being: C G Pullin down backstreets deep in your head A|--------------------0---------------------------0-| E|-------0--------------------------0---------------| C|-0-------------------------0----------------------| G|--------------0--------------------------0--------| C G Slippin through dreamland like a tourist A|--------------------0---------------------------0-| E|-------0--------------------------0---------------| C|-0-------------------------0----------------------| G|--------------0--------------------------0--------| C G That first friend you had that worst thing you said A|--------------------0---------------------------0-| E|-------0--------------------------0---------------| C|-0-------------------------0----------------------| G|--------------0--------------------------0--------| C G That perfect moment, that last tear you shed A|--------------------0---------------------------0-| E|-------0--------------------------0---------------| C|-0-------------------------0----------------------| G|--------------0--------------------------0--------| C G All you've done in bed, all on memorex A|--------------------0---------------------------0-| E|-------0--------------------------0---------------| C|-0-------------------------0----------------------| G|--------------0--------------------------0--------| C G All round round your head all round round your head A|--------------------0---------------------------0-| E|-------0--------------------------0---------------| C|-0-------------------------0----------------------| G|--------------0--------------------------0--------| C G Pullin down backstreets deep in your head A|--------------------0---------------------------0-| E|-------0--------------------------0---------------| C|-0-------------------------0----------------------| G|--------------0--------------------------0--------| C G Slippin through dreamland like a tourist A|--------------------0---------------------------0-| E|-------0--------------------------0---------------| C|-0-------------------------0----------------------| G|--------------0--------------------------0--------| C G You've had too much of the digital love A|--------------------0---------------------------0-| E|-------0--------------------------0---------------| C|-0-------------------------0----------------------| G|--------------0--------------------------0--------| D Em You want everything live, you want things you can touch A|--------------------0---------------------------0-| E|-------0--------------------------0---------------| C|-0-------------------------0----------------------| G|--------------0--------------------------0--------| C G Make it feel like a movie you saw in your youth A|--------------------0---------------------------0-| E|-------0--------------------------0---------------| C|-0-------------------------0----------------------| G|--------------0--------------------------0--------| D Em Make it feel like that song that just unopened you A|--------------------0---------------------------0-| E|-------0--------------------------0---------------| C|-0-------------------------0----------------------| G|--------------0--------------------------0--------| C G You were ten years old holdin' hands in the classroom A|--------------------0---------------------------0-| E|-------0--------------------------0---------------| C|-0-------------------------0----------------------| G|--------------0--------------------------0--------| D Em He had a gun on the first day of highschool A|--------------------0---------------------------0-| E|-------0--------------------------0---------------| C|-0-------------------------0----------------------| G|--------------0--------------------------0--------| C G You want somethin' bizzare old conceptual cars A|--------------------0---------------------------0-| E|-------0--------------------------0---------------| C|-0-------------------------0----------------------| G|--------------0--------------------------0--------| D Em You want girls dressed in drag, you want boys with guitars A|--------------------0---------------------------0-| E|-------0--------------------------0---------------| C|-0-------------------------0----------------------| G|--------------0--------------------------0--------| C G Pullin down backstreets deep in your head A|--------------------0---------------------------0-| E|-------0--------------------------0---------------| C|-0-------------------------0----------------------| G|--------------0--------------------------0--------| C G Slippin through dreamland like a tourist A|--------------------0---------------------------0-| E|-------0--------------------------0---------------| C|-0-------------------------0----------------------| G|--------------0--------------------------0--------| C G You see kodachrome, you see pink and gold A|------------0-------------------------------0-----| E|----0--------------------------0------------------| C|-0-------------------------0----------------------| G|--------0-0------------------------0----0---------| C G You see moholland glow, You see in airplane mode A|------------------0---------------------------0---| E|----0-------------------------0-------------------| C|-0------------------------0-----------------------| G|--------0-0--------------------------0--0---------| C G All round round your head All round round your head A|--------------------0---------------------------0-| E|-------0--------------------------0---------------| C|-0-------------------------0----------------------| G|--------------0--------------------------0--------| C G All round round your head All round round your head A|--------------------0---------------------------0-| E|-------0--------------------------0---------------| C|-0-------------------------0----------------------| G|--------------0--------------------------0--------| C G You float in the pool where the soundtrack is canned A|--------------------0---------------------------0-| E|-------0--------------------------0---------------| C|-0-------------------------0----------------------| G|--------------0--------------------------0--------| C G You go ask your questions like what makes a man A|--------------------0---------------------------0-| E|-------0--------------------------0---------------| C|-0-------------------------0----------------------| G|--------------0--------------------------0--------| C G Oh its 2020 so its time to change that A|--------------------0---------------------------0-| E|-------0--------------------------0---------------| C|-0-------------------------0----------------------| G|--------------0--------------------------0--------| C G So you go make an album and call it Dreamland A|--------------------0---------------------------0-| E|-------0--------------------------0---------------| C|-0-------------------------0----------------------| G|--------------0--------------------------0--------| Your welcome to play whichever you like, but I find it easier to sing and play the simplified version at the same time. The plucking stays the same for Verse 2. Hope this makes since!
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