Prep note: decide what you’re going to do
for vox in the chorus (see below).
I play the riff as:
E 0221xx
A/E 0422xx
Asus4/E 0522xx
Then A/E, E
8 measures drums
Are you ready Steve? Uh huh
Andy? Yeah
Mick? OK
Alright fellas, let's go!
Riff x 4
Vox on the 6 (F# if the chord is A)
A | |
Well | it’s been getting so hard |
E | |
Living with the things you do to | me |
Riff x 2
A | |
My | dreams are getting so strange |
E | |
I’d like to tell you everything I | see |
Riff x 2
I write E, but it’s close to NC
E |
Oh I see a man at the back as a matter of fact |
His eyes are as red as the sun
And a girl in the corner let no one ignore her 'cause
Hard stop on “she”
She thinks she's the passionate one
E |
Oh yeah, it was like |
F# | A |
Lightning, everybody was | frightening |
C | E | |
And the music was | soothing and they all started | grooving |
These yeah’s are basically on the 1
E |
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah |
There’s basically no chance of me singing this at pitch,
so I either drop an octave, or descend on F# E D# E.
Great if someone else can sing the real melody an octave
down.
F# | A | |
And the | man at the back said | everyone attack |
B | E | |
And it | turned into a ballroom | blitz |
F# | A | |
And the | girl in the corner said | boy I wanna warn you |
B | E | |
And it | turned into a ballroom | blitz |
D5 | D#5 | E5 |
Ball | room | blitz |
x4
Riff x 4, first two w/o drums
A | |
I’m | reaching out for something |
E | |
Touching nothing’s all I ever | do |
Riff x 2
A | |
I | softly call you over |
E | |
When you appear there’s nothing left of | you |
Riff x 2
E |
Now the man at the back is ready to crack |
As he raises his hands to the sky
And the girl in the corner is everyone's mourner
She could kill you with a wink of her eye
E | F# | A |
Oh yeah, it was | electric, so frightfully | hectic |
C | E | |
And the band started | leaping ‘cause they all stopped | breathing |
E |
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah |
F# | A | |
And the | man at the back said | everyone attack |
B | E | |
And it | turned into a ballroom | blitz |
F# | A | |
And the | girl in the corner said | boy I wanna warn you |
B | E | |
And it | turned into a ballroom | blitz |
D5 | D#5 | E5 |
Ball | room | blitz |
Bass breakdown and solo more or less on D D# E
E |
Oh yeah |
F# | A | |
It was like | lightning, everybody was | frightening |
C | E | |
And the music was | soothing and they all started | grooving |
E |
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah |
F# | A | |
And the | man at the back said | everyone attack |
B | E | |
And it | turned into a ballroom | blitz |
F# | A | |
And the | girl in the corner said | boy I wanna warn you |
B | E | |
And it | turned into a ballroom | blitz |
D5 | D#5 | E5 |
Ball | room | blitz |
x4
E | D |
It’s, it’s a ballroom blitz |
E | D |
It’s, it’s a ballroom blitz |
E | D |
It’s, it’s a ballroom blitz |
E |
Yeah, it’s a ballroom blitz |
Repeat riff a few times