Chords with lyrics
Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)
instead of just playing Bb majorBb in the verses you can also follow the baseline by doing the following:
Bb majorBb Bb/A Bb/G Bb/FBb/F
Intro:
C majorC Dmin FF Bb majorBb x2
Verse 1:
C majorC Dmin FF Bb majorBb
Fantasising about the future
C majorC Dmin FF Bb majorBb
Holding on to the front of the past
C majorC Dmin FF Bb majorBb
Hypnotise by the lure
C majorC Dmin
It pulls me in sometimes
FF Bb majorBb
But never lasts
C majorC Dmin FF Bb majorBb
Somewhere in between
C majorC Dmin FF Bb majorBb
My reality and my dream
C majorC Dmin FF Bb majorBb
Somehow it's above them both
C majorC Dmin Bb majorBb
Some days so far below
Chorus:
FF
When I’m occupied
Bb majorBb
I don't have to think to breathe
Dmin
As long as I'm making better memories
C majorC C6C6 C majorC
Cos these things last as far as I can see
FF
But when I’m up at night
Bb majorBb
And I'm sinking in these sheets
Dmin
And thinking of these memories
C majorC C6C6 C majorC
Yea these things last as far as I can see
slightly bend the last few notes
e|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
BB|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G+G|-------------------------------------------------2-2-2-2b3-2b3-2b3-2b3-2b3----|
D MajorD|---------------------------------3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3------------------------------|
A augmentedA|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1----------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Verse 2:
C majorC Dmin
This is how it works
FF Bb majorBb
This is how I learn
C majorC
I've got dime to make
Dmin FF Bb majorBb
For when I've got time to burn
C majorC
I've got things to do
Dmin FF Bb majorBb
And I've got things to see
C majorC
Running on my own time
Dmin FF Bb majorBb
My imaginations mine
C majorC Dmin
This place is not the world
Bb majorBb
The world's outside
Chorus:
FF
When I’m occupied
Bb majorBb
I don't have to think to breathe
Dmin
As long as I'm making better memories
C majorC C6C6 C majorC
Cos these things last as far as I can see
FF
But when I’m up at night
Bb majorBb
And I'm sinking in these sheets
Dmin
And thinking of these memories
C majorC C6C6 C majorC
Yea these things last as far as I can see
slightly bend the last few notes
e|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
BB|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G+G|-------------------------------------------------2-2-2-2b3-2b3-2b3-2b3-2b3----|
D MajorD|---------------------------------3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3------------------------------|
A augmentedA|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1----------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Solo:
e|------------------------------------------------------------------|
BB|------------------------------------------------------------------|
G+G|-9-9-9-9-9-9b10-10--10br9-9-5-7-7--7-7-7-7-7--7--7-7--------------|
D MajorD|------------------------------------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|------------------------------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|------------------------------------------------------------------|
BB|-----------10b11--11br10--10-10-10-10 10/13--13--13-13-13-13------|
G+G|-9-9-9-9-9--------------------------------------------------------|
D MajorD|------------------------------------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|------------------------------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|------------------------------------------------------------------|
Chorus:
FF
When I’m occupied
Bb majorBb
I don't have to think to breathe
Dmin
As long as I'm making better memories
C majorC C6C6 C majorC
Cos these things last as far as I can see
FF
But when I’m up at night
Bb majorBb
And I'm sinking in these sheets
Dmin
And thinking of these memories
C majorC C6C6 C majorC
Yea these things last as far as I can see
Outro:
slightly bend the last few notes
e|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
BB|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G+G|-------------------------------------------------2-2-2-2b3-2b3-2b3-2b3-2b3----|
D MajorD|---------------------------------3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3------------------------------|
A augmentedA|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1----------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
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| b Bend
| br Bend release
| / Slide up
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