Background Noise chords by Pulp

• Difficulty: Intermediate 💪

Key: C

Intro:


F5/C    |%     |%       :%

C       |C     |F/C     :F/C

Verse 1:

C                                       C
 I walked out of the house, it began to rain
                                    F/C                F/C
I got on a train, started thinking about being single again
C                                           C
 I got off at the next station, went to Westfield
                                            F/C                           F/C
Trying to buy myself some time, but now I'm back here and I'm trying to explain

Chorus:

G
What brought me back?
G                                     F        F
Just a hunch, just an inkling, just a feeling?
     G                     G
A suspicion, a compromise, force of habit?
               F
But I got this feeling
G      Gm
  Over years

Verse 2:

           C                     C
Love turns into background noise
             F/C             F/C
Like this ringing in my ears
         Dm                  Dm
Like the buzzing of a fridge
                Abdim           Abdim
You only notice when it disappe---ars - ha!

Verse 3:

C    C             F/C    F/C
       Ma-ma-ma-ma-ma
C
 I got no evidence
                   C
Don't remember the first time - or the last time
       F/C                     F/C
Or the way we got from here to there
C
 Should I keep you at arm's length?
    C
Too far away, I'll die of cold
    F/C                        F/C
Too close, I lose my teeth and hair

Chorus:

          G                                   G
It's only real if you don't know where you're going
                              F       G
If you don't know what you're feeling
         G
The afternoon sunlight in your hair
            F
Feet on the moss
                         F
Jesus Christ now, what a feeling
F
 How could I know?

Chorus:

           C                     C
Love turns into background noise
             F/C             F/C
Like this ringing in my ears
         Dm                  Dm
Like the buzzing of a fridge
                Abdim           Abdim
You only notice when it disappe---ars

          C                   C
Often, it turns back on noise
             F/C             F/C
Like this ringing in my ears
         Dm                  Dm
Like the buzzing of a fridge
                Abdim           Abdim
You only notice when it disappe---ars

Outro:

        C                       C
No, no, no, no background noise
        F/C               F/C
No more ringing in my ears
        Dm                   Dm
No more buzzing like a fridge
                Abdim           Abdim
You only notice when it disappe---ars
    C
Aaa-ooo