Chords with lyrics
Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)
Note - You can just play an A augmentedA through the intro, or an A augmentedA with the riff notes (F#F# E MajorE C#C# D MajorD)
If you want to play it as chords
Intro:
F# minorF#m A augmentedA D MajorD
F# minorF#m A augmentedA D MajorD
Verse 1:
F# minorF#m A augmentedA D MajorD
I know a man who could never relax
F# minorF#m A augmentedA D MajorD
Lonely in his bed, going over his tracks
F# minorF#m A augmentedA D MajorD
I know a man at the break of dawn
E MajorE D MajorD
He goes on, he goes on, he goes on
F# minorF#m A augmentedA D MajorD
I know a girl who keeps to herself
F# minorF#m A augmentedA D MajorD
Pushed all her dreams to the back of a shelf
F# minorF#m A augmentedA D MajorD
I know a girl and she's almost gone
E MajorE D MajorD
She goes on, she goes on, she goes on
Chorus:
A augmentedA Asus4Asus4 A/D# Asus4Asus4
And it's alright
A augmentedA Asus4Asus4 A/D# Asus4Asus4
Yeah, it's alright
F# minorF#m E MajorE F# minorF#m D MajorD
They wanna build you up and make you a na-tional treasure
F# minorF#m E MajorE F# minorF#m D MajorD
They wanna tear you apart and baby, you're fee-ling the pressure
Instrumental:
F# minorF#m A augmentedA D MajorD (x4)
Verse 2:
F# minorF#m A augmentedA D MajorD
I know a boy who can barely breathe
F# minorF#m A augmentedA D MajorD
Ain't caught a breath since he was seventeen
F# minorF#m A augmentedA D MajorD
I know a boy with an iron lung
E MajorE D MajorD
He goes on, he goes on, he goes
F# minorF#m A augmentedA D MajorD
My daddy says, "Don't sweat it"
F# minorF#m A augmentedA D MajorD
My daddy says, "Don't forget it"
F# minorF#m A augmentedA E MajorE D MajorD
My daddy says, "Don't let it get you down"
Chorus:
A augmentedA Asus4Asus4 A/D# Asus4Asus4
'Cause it's alright
A augmentedA Asus4Asus4 A/D# Asus4Asus4
Yeah, it's alright, oh
F# minorF#m E MajorE F# minorF#m D MajorD
They wanna build you up and make you a na-tional treasure
F# minorF#m E MajorE F# minorF#m D MajorD
They wanna tear you apart and baby, you're fee-ling the pressure
F# minorF#m E MajorE
Well shake me alright (shake me alright)
F# minorF#m D MajorD
Wake me already
F# minorF#m E MajorE
It's taking all night (taking all night)
F# minorF#m D MajorD E MajorE F# minorF#m
And it's making me edgy, yeah
D MajorD
It doesn't end like this
E MajorE F# minorF#m
Oh, no, no
E MajorE
It doesn't end like this
E MajorE F# minorF#m
Oh, no, no
D MajorD n.c.
It doesn't end like this
Like this
Interlude:
F# minorF#m A augmentedA D MajorD (x8)
Chorus:
F# minorF#m E MajorE
Shake me alright (shake me alright)
F# minorF#m D MajorD
Wake me already
F# minorF#m E MajorE
It's taking all night (taking all night)
F# minorF#m D MajorD
And it's making me edgy
F# minorF#m E MajorE
Shake me alright (shake me alright)
F# minorF#m D MajorD
Shake me
F# minorF#m E MajorE
It's taking all night
F# minorF#m D MajorD E MajorE
And it's making me edgy, ooh