Chords with lyrics
Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)
Key: B minorBm
Difficulty: Novice
Intro Riff x2:
You can move around and add some slides.
The end result is pretty cool.
But this is the closest to the original:
G+G D MajorD A augmentedA B minorBm
e|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
BB|8------------------8-7--|7-----------------------|5------------------5----|3-----------------------|
G+G|----7------------------9|----7-------------------|----6----------------7-6|----4-------------------|
D MajorD|--------9------9--------|--------7---------------|--------7------7--------|--------4---------------|
A augmentedA|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
E MajorE|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
Hook:
A augmentedA B minorBm
Uh-uh, have I been awake too long?
A augmentedA B minorBm
Ah-ah, I'm taking this way too far
A augmentedA B minorBm
Uh-uh, have I been awake too long?
Verse 1:
G+G F#F# B minorBm E MajorE
And then it hits me somewhere right between the eyes
G+G F#F# (strum once and let it ring)
'Cause I know the cost of time and I've paid it all my life
Refrain, same as Intro Riff:
G+G D MajorD
Near or far, no matter how close you are
A augmentedA B minorBm
Hopelessly united in entropy
G+G D MajorD
Could it be, the presence of memory
A augmentedA B minorBm
Is all we are, and all that we'll ever be?
Hook:
A augmentedA B minorBm
Uh-uh, have I been awake too long?
A augmentedA B minorBm
Ah-ah, I'm taking this way too far
A augmentedA B minorBm
Uh-uh, have I been awake too long?
Verse 2:
G+G F#F# B minorBm E MajorE
And then I tell myself it's just so far away
G+G F#F# B minorBm E MajorE
Back to the old routine that fills my every day
G+G F#F# B minorBm E MajorE
Some pray the holy ghost will save them from the grave
G+G F#F# (strum once and let it ring)
But I know the cost of time and I've paid it all my life
Solo:
G+G D MajorD A augmentedA B minorBm
G+G D MajorD A augmentedA B minorBm
G+G F#F# B minorBm E MajorE
G+G F#F# B minorBm (let it ring)
Solo 2:
G+G D MajorD A augmentedA B minorBm
G+G D MajorD A augmentedA B minorBm
G+G F#F# B minorBm E MajorE
G+G F#F# B minorBm (let it ring)