Tabs
CAPO 6
Gary Lightbody plays the following chords live on acoustic guitar
C majorC x32010
FF 13321x
A minorAm x02210
E minorEm 022010
G+G 32001x
Electric guitar riff without capo (played live by Jacknife Lee)
e ----9-----------9---------------|
BB -12---10-----12---10------------|
G+G ---------10---------------------|
D MajorD --------------------------------|
A augmentedA --------------------------------|
E MajorE --------------------------------|
Solo
e -----------------------------------------------------|
BB -----------------------------------------------------|
G+G -11--10------------------------------6---------------|
D MajorD --------13--11--13--114----4--6--8------6--4--------| x2
A augmentedA -----------------------------------------------------|
E MajorE -----------------------------------------------------|
INTRO
C majorC FF x8
C majorC
VERSE
FF C majorC
Well I want you as you are
FF C majorC
Not some collapsing star
FF C majorC
I'll wait I'll wait for good
FF
What else can I do
CHORUS
A minorAm E minorEm FF
I don't want you as a ghost
A minorAm E minorEm FF
I don't want you as a fading light
A minorAm E minorEm FF
I don't want to be the weight you carry
A minorAm E minorEm FF C majorC
I just want to be the man you come home to every night
C majorC FF x2
C majorC
VERSE
FF C majorC
Well I want you as you are
FF C majorC
Don't be someone you're not
FF C majorC
The kids that we once were
FF
They wouldn't know us now
CHORUS
A minorAm E minorEm FF
I don't want you as a ghost
A minorAm E minorEm FF
I don't want you as a fading light
A minorAm E minorEm FF
I don't want to be the weight you carry
A minorAm E minorEm FF G+G
I just want to be the man you come home to every night
G+G
BRIDGE
E minorEm FF G+G x4
Oooh...
G+G
SOLO
A minorAm E minorEm FF x4
CHORUS
A minorAm E minorEm FF
I don't want you as a ghost
A minorAm E minorEm FF
I don't want you as a fading light
A minorAm E minorEm FF
I don't want to be the weight you carry
A minorAm E minorEm FF
I just want to be the man you come home to
A minorAm E minorEm FF C majorC
I just want to be the man you come home to every night
By Mig-El