Forty Thieves chords by Charlie Simpson

• Tuning: Eb (Half-Step Down)

Tuning: Eb (Half-Step Down)

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

Chords used:

C       [x32010]
C7      [x32000]
Cadd9   [x32033]
Em      [022000]
Em7     [022033]
G       [320003]
Gadd9   [320033]
D/F#    [200233]
C/G     [332010]
Dadd4/A [55403x]

* = hold

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


Em7  Cadd9  G  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 instead of Gadd9)

Em             Cadd9

Oh, my body is toxic

               Gadd9                          D/F#

And now there?s visitors living in my veins yet

                                           Em
I?m just a host in their selfish games well

   Cadd9             Gadd9

Oh god where are you now?

  D/F#

I thought you loved us all the same


CHORUS:

C         Em7     Gadd9             C

  I was up looking for you all night

                     Em7          Gadd9

I?m sure I heard your voice in the darkness

C         Em7     Gadd9             C

  I was up looking for you all night

                           Em7           Gadd9

'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 *  Em7 * Dadd4/A *

Cadd9 *  C *  C7 *


VERSE 2:

Em                         Cadd9

Oh, I was shattered when I found you

             Gadd9                                          D/F#

And all your skin was white there were crystal lines running

                                                        Em

Between your lips and down through your spine, there was

  Cadd9                                   Gadd9

Nothing in your eyes that I could recognise

        D/F#

For the pain you left I hope you made it there


CHORUS:

C         Em7     Gadd9             C

  I was up looking for you all night

                     Em7          Gadd9

I?m sure I heard your voice in the darkness

C         Em7     Gadd9             C

  I was up looking for you all night

                           Em7           Gadd9

'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 *

  It?s funny how the simplest things

   Em7 *             Dadd4/A *

Are often the hardest

   Cadd9 *                   C *     C7 *

But all I ever wanted was to love you

INSTRUMENTAL:

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


C/G  Em7  Gadd9 [x4]


CHORUS:

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

C         Em7     Gadd9             C

  I was up looking for you all night

                     Em7          Gadd9

I?m sure I heard your voice in the darkness

C         Em7     Gadd9             C

  I was up looking for you all night

                           Em7           Gadd9     C *