“rock bottom” (chords)

(4:4)
(93bpm)
(Amajor)

(reference note: E E E D C A G# A)

INTRO:

(E+)
(E E E D C A G# A)

VERSE 1:

(E+ E7+ E+ Am Am/G# Am Am/G# Am Am)
i caught you clapping on a saturday night

(F#m7 F#+ F#m Esus4 E)
you brought your boyfriend along

(Bmsus4 Bm Bmsus4 Bm Esus2 E E6 E Esus4 F#m)

well you’ve got what’s coming
no you didn’t think i’d end up this strong

(A6)
(A G# G)
for i hit rock bottom a long long time ago

(bass: E (G#) A (E) F# E (G#) B (F#) E F# (A) A (E))

CHORUS:

(F#m7 F#7 Adim)
(Adim B7 Adim B7 A B7 A A6)

i drank my cheap wine
i took my sweet time
hoping that it never would go

(bass: F# (A) A B A B A B A))

VERSE 2:

(A6)
(D9) (Dmaj7) (D6) (D)
(Esus2 E Esus2 E6 E Esus4) x 2
(Dmaj7)

my phone stopped working so i turned off the light
and wrote myself a letter to bed
praying to the future that i’d find myself a penpal instead

(bass: A (C#) D (A F#) E (G# A B) D (C# A))

CHORUS:

i drank my cheap wine
i took my sweet time
waited ’til she started to show

VERSE 3:

my little red hiding hood has ridden away
writing off my role in her play
calling up an understudy waiting all his life for today

(*SOLO OVER CHORUS*)

“rock…rock bottom…”

(bass: (A C D# E)

(E+)

VERSE 4:

i caught you clapping on a saturday night
you shoulda come out alone

(Bm7 Bm Bmsus2 Bm7 E7 E6)
well it’s been so long that i may as well…

(bass: B (A F#) E (G#) A)

OUTRO:

(A A+ A6 A+)

so i say…ai ai ai ai ai ai ai…ai ai ai ai ai…

(*into “oh darling!”*)

(***BACK TO “ROCK BOTTOM”***)