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Notice: It's not that simple to make this song sound good on a single guitar, so if you play alone you may have to try around and vary some parts. They don't always play it the same way, so I listened to various live versions and took the parts as I liked them the most for me, especially in the "Now I'm as old..." parts and the end. There he plays some chords that are hard to name, so I name them like D* and D** etc. But the rest of the song is mainly based on G C and em. Note that C is always played with G in bass and Em is played in 7th fret until this part "I just called..." , from there on it's played "normally" G C Em D* D** C9* C* G9* F#m7 e|--3---0---0----x----x---x----x---x---x--- b|--3---1---0----x----x---x----x---0--(2)-- g|--0---0---0----7---11---5---(9)--0---2--- d|--0---2---5----0----0---0---10---7---2--- A|--2---3---7----9----9---7----7---x---4--- E|--3---3---7---10---10---8----8---7---x--- Verses are played in this special rhythm: |123+4|123+4|1|123+4|1|123+4| |G G |C C |e|G G |C|e C |
GI was born in SeptCember and like everything Emelse, I can't remGember I replace it with sCcenes from a fEmilm that I will never mCake
GWhen I blinked it was oCver I was thinking my lEmife will get sGlower That I will sort this shit Cout when I'm sEmober It's eCven better now that you're older
GI read the scares on the fCront page It says we're waiting aEmround for an iGce age It says our comforts they cCome with a price Emtag They kiClled the cancer but discGovered a new plague
* no guitar (if you play alone, sounds better with guitar or any ideas?)
G*They said just think of the Cchildren *and imagine the wEmorld that we've wGilled them *It's populated with wCeirdos to Emkill them
*and break their hearts
And Ceverybody knows G This is the endC It's now a fashionable, Emoh Goh dinner party conversCation Em C
There are several ways to play this part, here is one: |D* |C9* G |D* |C9*| G|-------7-----7---|-----5-------0---|-------7-----7---|-5- D|-0---0---0-----0-|---------------0-|-0---0---0-----0-|-0- A|---9-------9-----|---7---7---2-----|---9-------9-----|-7- E|10---------------|-8-------3-------|10---------------|-8- Now I'm as old as you were when you had me Should I be afraid? Should I start a family? I'd raise them in the wild 'cuz up against the city My love is such a small thing Interlude (picked): | G | C | e - e|-----------------0---------------|-----0-----3---------------------|-----0-----3-----| b|-----3-----0-----------0---------|-----------------0---------------|-----------------| G|-----------------------------2-0-|-----------------------2-----0---|-----------------| D|-----0-------0-------0-------0---|-----2-------2-------2-------2---|-----2-------2---| A|---------------------------------|-3-------3-------3-------3-------|-----------------| E|-3-------3-------3-------3-------|---------------------------------|-0-------0-------| (strummed) |1234|1234|1|1234|1|123+4| |G G |C C |e|G G |C|e C |
GWhen you're young you're hot C You have your whole life beEmfore you EveryGone will adore You'll grow up, you'll be an astronCaut Em or aCnything you want. G
GWhat goes up goes up in fClames and now your choices surroEmund you and decGision confounds you and you're pacing around in place C Em Shows you eCverything you're not
* no guitar (if you play alone, sounds better with guitar) *And in a brief, little romance *you've committed a soul without its consent *Delivered life as a form without its content
because young people get Gbo-o-o-ored everydCay yeah young people, young pEmeople get Gbo-o-o-ored C Em C
There are several ways to play this part, here is one: |D |C9* G9 |D** |C9*| G|-----------------|-----5-----0---0-|-------11--------|--- D|-----0-----------|-------------7---|-----0-----------|-9- A|---9---9---------|---7---7---------|---9-------------|-7- E|10---------------|-8-------7-------|10---------------|-8- Never went to church thought a song was gonna save me so I wrote a hymn on the guitar that you gave me Singing what you spoke I built a fire with the smoke You know that hope is just a small thing (picked) (In original there's same melody as before continuing on other chords, but I just play alternating bass-string and rest-strings like he plays in some live versions) | G | C/G | Em G | C/G F#m7 |
GI just called to tell you CI just called to say EmLearned all Gyour mistakes CYou were my F#m7inspiration GAnd it wasn't all we hoped for CBut we shake it off and we say EmHere's your yGellow ribbon CI am your cF#m7onsolation
(strummed) | G | C/G | Em G | C/G F#m7 | | Em | C/G | F#m7 C/G |
GI was born in September Cand if I die today Emjust know I dGon't regret you Csome things I F#m7can explain (like) EmIt's a slow descent CIt's a lifeless place F#m7Every gCod damned day
Gand I know you know Cno matter where you goEm G that I will follCowF#m7, that I will follow
EmYou are my only hope CIt's not much, but it's F#m7all that I knoCw
Here's how it goes (strum on muted strings, beside first beat of every chord)
G* I just called to tell you C* I just called to say Em* Learned all Gyour mistakes C* Passed down through F#m7generations