(4:4)
(Amajor)
(90bpm)
(slow version: 83bpm)
(reference note: F# F# E)
INTRO:
[A Asus2 (A G A trill) A Asus2 A] x 4
(bass: A (A G trill) (B) A)
(bo diddley groove in A)
VERSE 1:
(A6 A) (A Asus2 A)
what if i…bit my lip… and saved your space?
(Dmaj7 Dsus2) (Dmaj7 Dsus2 Dmaj7 D6 D)
may as well g-g-g-give it away
(Dsus2 D) (Dm7 Dm6 Dm)
erase my face…
(Dmaj7sus2 A)
replace my race…
(bass: A (C#) D (C# C) A (E))
CHORUS:
(F#m) (F#m/F) (F#m7) (B9)
t-t-t-turpentine (i) try to change your mind eva-everyday
(A) (B7 Adim)
’til you finally find the needle
(D7) (D7 D6 D)
finally find the needle
(Esus2 E E6 E Esus2 E Esus4 E A)
may u finally find that needle in the hay…
(bass: F# (A C#) B (A) A (C ) B (A) A (C D#) D (A F#) E (G# A) A)
TRANSITION:
(A chord with descending bassline A G F# F)
VERSE 2:
(A)
what if i did the time…
and got away?
(Dmaj7 Dmaj7sus2)
cuz nothing i seem to say
will solve the crime
or change your mind
(bass: A (C#) D (A) F#)
CHORUS:
so pardon me
cuz part of me wants to stay
and walk on pins and needles
and break up like the beatles
declare that there ain’t nothing left to say…
(declare that there ain’t nothing left to say…)
(Esus2 E E6 E Esus2 E E6 E A)
BRIDGE:
(Bm7) (F#m) (F#7 F#7sus4 F#m)
(E+sus2 E+ E6 A+)
(A+ C#7) x 3
(E+sus2 E+ Esus2 E)
(Esus2 E Esus2 Esus4)
(Esus2 E E6 E A)
(bass: (A C#) B (E F#) F# (E) E (G#) A (C#) C# (B G#) A (C#) C# (B G# E) E (G#))
so make a pact with me
we’ll face the fact…
we’ll hide our history
and stage…our final act…
and stage…stage our final act…
(Bm) (F#m)
(A+)
(E+sus2 E) (E6) (A) (F#m)
(A+)
(E+)
(A+)
(E+)
OUTRO:
(A)
(bassline: A G F# F F G)
(x 12)
here’s to the one who got away…
(and so i go it alone…)
(time waits for no man…)
(picture yourself in a boat on a river…)
(take me to the river…)
(dear prudence….)
(the sun is up…the sky is blue…it’s beautiful…and so are you…)
(you thought the leaden winter would bring you down forever…)
(end on:)
(i’ve been dazed and confused for so long it’s not true…)