Forty Thieves chords by Charlie Simpson

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Eb MajorEb (Half-Step Down)

To play it in standard just click "transpose -1"

Chords used:

C majorC    [x32010]
C7C7   [x32000]
Cadd9Cadd9  [x32033]
E minorEm   [022000]
E minor 7Em7   [022033]
G+G    [320003]
Gadd9Gadd9  [320033]
D/F#D/F#  [200233]
C/GC/G   [332010]
Dadd4/A [55403x]

* = hold

INTRO: (these are not the exact chords that are picked, but they fit if you listen closely)

E minor 7Em7 Cadd9Cadd9 G+G D/F#D/F#


VERSE 1:

(Sounds best if you palm mute and just strum the bass strings down in triplets.
If you want to pick the chords rather than strum them, use G+G instead of Gadd9Gadd9)

E minorEm       Cadd9Cadd9

Oh, my body is toxic

        Gadd9Gadd9             D/F#D/F#

And now there?s visitors living in my veins yet

                      E minorEm
I?m just a host in their selfish games well

  Cadd9Cadd9       Gadd9Gadd9

Oh god where are you now?

 D/F#D/F#

I thought you loved us all the same


CHORUS:

C majorC     E minor 7Em7   Gadd9Gadd9       C majorC

 I was up looking for you all night

           E minor 7Em7     Gadd9Gadd9

I?m sure I heard your voice in the darkness

C majorC     E minor 7Em7   Gadd9Gadd9       C majorC

 I was up looking for you all night

              E minor 7Em7      Gadd9Gadd9

'cause you know you are the fortress I am bound to

BREAK:


(Not 100% sure on this bit but it sounds nice how I do it)

C majorC * E minor 7Em7 * Dadd4/A *

Cadd9Cadd9 * C majorC * C7C7 *


VERSE 2:

E minorEm             Cadd9Cadd9

Oh, I was shattered when I found you

       Gadd9Gadd9                     D/F#D/F#

And all your skin was white there were crystal lines running

                            E minorEm

Between your lips and down through your spine, there was

 Cadd9Cadd9                  Gadd9Gadd9

Nothing in your eyes that I could recognise

    D/F#D/F#

For the pain you left I hope you made it there


CHORUS:

C majorC     E minor 7Em7   Gadd9Gadd9       C majorC

 I was up looking for you all night

           E minor 7Em7     Gadd9Gadd9

I?m sure I heard your voice in the darkness

C majorC     E minor 7Em7   Gadd9Gadd9       C majorC

 I was up looking for you all night

              E minor 7Em7      Gadd9Gadd9

'cause you know you are the fortress I am bound to

BRIDGE:

(I know these aren't the exact chords used in the song but they sound really nice here)

C majorC *

 It?s funny how the simplest things

  E minor 7Em7 *       Dadd4/A *

Are often the hardest

  Cadd9Cadd9 *          C majorC *   C7C7 *

But all I ever wanted was to love you

INSTRUMENTAL:

(You can use a barred G+G here to make the chord transition smoother [355433])


C/GC/G E minor 7Em7 Gadd9Gadd9 [x4]


CHORUS:

(I use C/GC/G instead of C majorC here because it adds more impact - but keep the last chord as a regular C majorC)

C majorC     E minor 7Em7   Gadd9Gadd9       C majorC

 I was up looking for you all night

           E minor 7Em7     Gadd9Gadd9

I?m sure I heard your voice in the darkness

C majorC     E minor 7Em7   Gadd9Gadd9       C majorC

 I was up looking for you all night

              E minor 7Em7      Gadd9Gadd9   C majorC *