notes: - I'm not sure what the proper name of the A* chord is. - I shortened all the "sus" and "5" chord names. So when you see "A" in the song, it's really A5sus as stated above. I hope this doesn't cause any confusion, but there just wasn't enough space for the full names. - (open) obviously isn't a real chord, it just what's played in the bridge. - The rhythm might be pretty hard to get used to, so listen to the CD. - In the chorus, throw in some open high E and B strings to make it sound good. - The bridge is pretty weird. You can either play the single notes or a combination of the notes and chords. - This isn't perfect, but it's pretty damn close. If I made any mistakes, please let me know!
intro piano (arranged for guitar): Eb|------12---14---16--------12---14---16--------12---14---16---19----------| Bb|-------------------------------------------------------------------------| Gb|--14-----------------13------------------14------------------------------| Db|-------------------------------------------------------------------------| Ab|-------------------------------------------------------------------------| Eb|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
lyrics:
AaddF# E B AaddF# throw away the radio suitcase that keeps you awake
E B AaddF# hide the telephone, the telephone, telephone in case
E B AaddF# you realize that sometimes you're just not okay
E B AaddF# you level off, you level off, you level off, and it's not alright now
E G# F# AaddF# you need to understand there's nothing strange about this
E B (hold) you need to know your friends, you need to know that
pre-chorus:
A E A i'll be waving my hand, watching you drown
B F# watching you scream quiet or loud
chorus:
C# A E B and maybe you should sleep
C# A E B and maybe you just need ... a friend
A C# B C# as clumsy as you've been there's no one laughing
A E B F# you will be safe in here
A E B (hold) you will be safe in here
AaddF# E B AaddF# throw away this very old shoelace, it tripped you again
E B try and shrug it off, shrug it off, shrug it off
AaddF# it's only skin now
E G# F# AaddF# you need to understand there's nothing fake about this
E B you need to let me in ... i'm watching you and
[pre-chorus] (sing "quiet or loud" instead of "no one's around")
[chorus]
bridge:
G G (open)D A* A* E|--3---3---0---2------5---5---7---4---2---0---2---| B|-------------------------------------------------| G|-------------------------------------------------| X 3 D|-------------------------------------------------| A|-------------------------------------------------| E|-------------------------------------------------|
G G (open)D d (open) E|--3---3---0---2---2---0---2-----0---| B|------------------------------------| G|------------------------------------| D|------------------------------------| A|------------------------------------| E|------------------------------------|
yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah
[pre-chorus] (softly)
at end of pre-chorus, play this: E|----------| B|--2\1\0---| the slashes mean G|----------| slide down. after D|----------| you play this, A|----------| blast into the chorus. E|----------|
[chorus] (play 2nd last line "you will be safe in here" 9 times and end the song with a B chord)