Originally in A, I play in E. Highest note that matters is the 1 (“oh simple thing”)
All of the I/7’s also have some Isus4/7 mixed in
Intro
| E | E/D# | F#m | Bsus4 | B |
| → | x2 |
Let ring
| E | E/D# |
| I walked across | an empty land |
| F#m |
| I knew the pathway |
| Bsus4 | B | |
| Like the | back of my h | and |
| E | B/D# |
| I felt the Earth | beneath my feet |
| F#m |
| Sat by the river |
| Bsus4 | B | |
| And it m | ade me compl | ete |
| C#m |
| Oh simple thing |
| G#m |
| Where have you gone |
| A |
| I’m getting old and I need |
| A6 | B |
| Something to rel | y on |
| C#m |
| So tell me when |
| G#m |
| You’re gonna let me in |
| A |
| I’m getting tired and I need |
| A6 | B |
| Somewhere to beg | in |
Band enters
| E | B/D# |
| I came across | a fallen tree |
| F#m |
| I felt the branches are |
| Bsus4 | B | |
| They | looking at m | e |
| E |
| Is this the place |
| B/D# |
| We used to love |
| F#m |
| Is this the place |
| Bsus4 | B | |
| That I’ve been d | reaming | of? |
| C#m |
| Oh simple thing |
| G#m |
| Where have you gone |
| A |
| I’m getting old and I need |
| A6 | B |
| Something to rel | y on |
| C#m |
| So tell me when |
| G#m |
| You’re gonna let me in |
| A |
| I’m getting tired and I need |
| A6 | B |
| Somewhere to beg | in |
Vox on the 7 of the chord (1 of the key) on “if”
| F#m7 | Eadd9/G# |
| And if you have a m | inute |
| Eadd9/B | |
| Why don’t w | e go |
| F#m7 | Eadd9/G# |
| Talk about it s | omewhere |
| Eadd9B | |
| Only w | e know |
| F#m7 | Eadd9/G# | Edd9/B |
| This could be the | end of everyth | ing |
| A6 | |
| S | o why don’t we go |
| B6 | Eadd9 | |
| S | omewhere only w | e know? |
| A6 | B6 |
| S | omewhere only we know |
| A6 | B6 | F#m/B |
| → |
| C#m |
| Oh simple thing |
| G#m |
| Where have you gone |
| A |
| I’m getting old and I need |
| A6 | B |
| Something to rel | y on |
| C#m |
| So tell me when |
| G#m |
| You’re gonna let me in |
| A |
| I’m getting tired and I need |
| A6 | B |
| Somewhere to beg | in |
| F#m7 | Eadd9/G# |
| And if you have a m | inute |
| Eadd9/B | |
| Why don’t w | e go |
| F#m7 | Eadd9/G# |
| Talk about it s | omewhere |
| Eadd9B | |
| Only w | e know |
| F#m7 | Eadd9/G# | Edd9/B |
| This could be the | end of everyth | ing |
| A6 | |
| S | o why don’t we go |
| A6 | |
| S | o why don’t we go |
| F#m7 | Edd9/G# | Eadd9/B |
| Ahh | → |
| F#m7 | Edd9/G# | Eadd9/B |
| Ahh | → |
| F#m7 | Eadd9/G# | Edd9/B |
| This could be the | end of everyth | ing |
| A6 | |
| S | o why don’t we go |
| B6 | Eadd9 | |
| S | omewhere only w | e know |
| A6 | B6 | B6 | A#6 |
| S | omewhere only we know | → | → |
| A6 | B6 | A6 | A | E |
| S | omewhere only w | e k | now |