From their album 'Heart Attack'.
Tuning: Eb/Half-step down = (Eb,Ab,Db,Gb,Bb,Eb)/(D#,G#,C#,F#,A#,D#)
Chords used: (x = mute string)
Eb|-----|-------|-----|-----|
Bb|-----|-------|-----|-----|
Gb|--4--|--4----|-----|-----|
Db|--4--|--4----|--2--|--4--|
Ab|--2--|--x----|--2--|--4--|
Eb|-----|--4----|--0--|--2--|
BbG/BbEbFNOTE: If you want a more 'fuller' sound, on each chord play the open Bb string and
the 2nd fret on the high Eb string (whilst muting the Gb string on chords Eb and F).
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Bb, G/Bb, Eb, BbBb, G/Bb, Eb, FBbG/Bb
It starts with another day,
EbBb
Alone in your car
G/Bb
There's gotta be another way,
EbF
For me to get to you
BbG/Bb
This distance is real,
EbBb
My heart burns at the wheel
G/Bb
There's gotta be another way,
EbF
For me to get to you
BbG/BbEbBb
I saw you leaning on the hood of my car
G/BbEbBb
We're not leaving here, we're not leaving here
BbG/BbEbBb
I need to be with you alone in my arms
BbG/BbEbF
I am dying here, I am dying here
Bb
When you're not home
G/Bb
When you're not home
Eb
We're laying wide awake
F
We're always wide awake
BbG/Bb
It starts with another day,
EbBb
Alone in your room
G/Bb
I wish I had the time to stay,
EbF
But it's something I have to do
BbG/Bb
This distance is real,
EbBb
And you're dying to feel
G/Bb
There's gotta be another way,
EbF
For me to get to you
BbG/BbEbBb
I saw you leaning on the hood of my car
G/BbEbBb
We're not leaving here, we're not leaving here
BbG/BbEbBb
I need to be with you alone in my arms
BbG/BbEbF
I am dying here, I am dying here
Bb
When you're not home
G/Bb
When you're not home
Eb
We're laying wide awake
F
We're always wide awake
Bb
When you're not home | (I saw you leaning on the hood of my car)
G/Bb |
When you're not home | (I'm not leaving here, no I'm not leaving you now)
Eb |
We're laying wide awake | (I need to be with you)
F |
We're always wide awake | (alone in my arms)
Bb
I am dying here
G/Bb
I am dying here
Eb
We're laying wide awake
F
We're always wide awake
BbG/Bb
It starts with another day,
EbBb
Alone in your car
G/Bb
There's gotta be another way,
EbBb
For me to get to you
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