Tuning:

Colin Hay - Overkill (Acoustic in D) Colin Hay has played this song SEVERAL different ways. This particular version is based on the version performed on Park City Television which can be found on YouTube ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SuXLElEDEKI ). Unlike the Men At Work and Scrubs versions which start in E, this one starts in D. Rather than being exact, I tried to put together a version that sounds very similar but is fairly easy to play. Don't let the chords scare you away on this one. Follow the chord chart below for best results. If you want to make the verses even easier you can use your first finger and pinky to play the fingerings on the D and E strings and mute the rest. Another tip...For the transition from F# to F#7 in the chorus all you have to do is lift your pinky. Enjoy! [Chord Chart] D D/C# C C/B Bm Asus A F# F#7 G e|---x------x-------x------x------2-------0-------0-------2------2------3---| B|---7------7-------5------5------3-------3-------2-------2------2------3---| G|---7------7-------5------5------4-------2-------2-------3------3------4---| D|---7------7-------5------5------4-------2-------2-------4------2------5---| A|---5------4-------3------2------2-------0-------0-------4------4------5---| E|---x------x-------x------x------x-------x-------x-------2------2------3---| [Verse]

^D I can't get to ^D/C#sleep ^C I think about the im^C/Bplications ^D Of diving in to^D/C#o deep ^C And possibly th^C/Be complications ^D Especially at ^D/C#night ^C I worry over^C/B situations ^D I know will be al^D/C#right ^C Perhaps its just my^C/B imagination

[Chorus]

^Bm Day after day it rea^Asusppears^A ^Bm Night after night my heartbeat ^Asusshows the ^Afear ^F#Ghosts ap^F#7pear and fade a^Gway Asus A

[Verse]

^D Alone between the^D/C# sheets ^C Only brings exa^C/Bsperation ^D It's time to walk the^D/C# streets ^C Smell the^C/B desperation ^D At least there's pretty^D/C# lights ^C And though there's littl^C/Be variation ^D It nullifies the^D/C# night ^C from over^C/Bkill

[Chorus]

^Bm Day after day it re^Asusappear^As ^Bm Night after night my heartbeat ^Asusshows the ^Afear ^F#Ghosts ap^F#7pear and fade a^Gway Asus A

[Verse]

^D I can't get to ^D/C#sleep ^C I think about the^C/B implications ^D Of diving in too ^D/C#deep ^C And possibly the^C/B complications ^D Especially at ^D/C#night ^C I worry over^C/B situations ^D I know will be a^D/C#lright ^C It's just ove^C/Brkill

[Chorus]

^Bm Day after day it re^Asusappear^As ^Bm Night after night my heartbeat ^Asusshows the ^Afear ^F#Ghosts ap^F#7pear and fade a^Gway ^F#Ghosts ap^F#7pear and fade a^Gway ^F#Ghosts ap^F#7pear and fade a^Gway