Chords Used:
C.......X 3 2 0 1 0
C7*.....X 1 2 0 1 0
G6......3 2 0 0 0 0
G7......3 2 0 0 0 1
C9maj7..0 2 0 0 1 0
D7......2 0 0 2 1 2 (use thumb on 6th string fret 2)
Am7.....X 0 2 0 1 0
F.......X X 3 2 1 1
Fmaj7...X X 3 2 1 0
G6*.....3 5 3 4 5 3 (finger as a capo 3rd fret)
G7*.....3 5 3 4 3 3 (finger as a capo 3rd fret)
G#dim...4 5 6 4 6 4 (finger as a capo 4th fret)
E7*.....4 5 6 4 5 4 (finger as a capo 4th fret)
NOTE: use capo at 1st fret to play in the same key that Roddy does.
If you find dificult to play D7, E7* and C7* use the common chord shapes,
they sound well too
VERSE:
C-------------------------------
Make a wish, blow 'em out, do it
C----------------------------
Maybe if they get around to it
Fmaj7-----------------------------------------G6-- G7
You'll get a dedication on your favourite station WLS
C--------------------------------
You make something out of nothing
C--------------------------------
An afternoon, sunlight and memory.
Fmaj7------------------------------------------------
And in the frames you see the flowering of your heart
-------------G6---------
And mine is opening too
--------------F----
Don't learn to drive
-------------------Fm-----------Am7-------Fm----- G7
'Cos you'll drive a car over the edge of a cliff.
CHORUS 1:
C--------------C7*--------------
Learn to ride, ride a white pony.
F----------------Fm-------------------
Fly and keep the feeling in your bones
C-----------------------------------Am7--------G7----
for when the days all drag, and the nights are lonely
INSTRUM
(C - Fmaj7 - Am - G7) x2
BRIDGE:
C------C9maj7----Am7-----Am7*---
School where our fathers learned
Fmaj7-------D7--------Fmaj7---G7
beneath the bough of oak and elm
C----C9maj7--Am7---------Am7*
steadfast in thought and deed
Fmaj7-----------D7------Fmaj7-G7____(silence)___
our hearts sing hail to thee---
CHORUS 2:
_________F-------------Fm--------------Am7-------Fm7----G7
so we go out, knocking around, talkin' about the weekend
C-----C7--------------F------------------Fm------------------
Inside freezin' over, can't hide, sinkin' like a stone
C----------------------[G6*-G7*] - [G#dim-E7*]
and all you own is an ic-ey fee-----ling
Am-------------------E-----
so go try on the night,
C7------------------------D7---
the dress, the shoes, the gaze
Fmaj7-----Am7---
it's not forever
Fmaj7__(let it ring)_
the arc of who you are
G------------------------------> INSTRUM
is the quicksand to the stars
INSTRUM (guitar solo)
(C - Fmaj7 - Am - G7) x2
CHORUS 2:
-----------F------------------Fm---------------
and out in the night I hope that you've found
-Am7------------Fm7----G7
love in the lights and the sound
CHORUS 1: (piano, play each chord and let them them ring)
C-------------C7*----------------------
Life's fast, chasing after good times.
F-------------Fm-------------------------
flies past then you realise, sometimes
C----------------------G----C-----
you've got to stop and look around.
(Thanks to Lesly and Brian Easly for providing
me with the lyrics and the mp3 respectively)
Tabs by Miguel A. Dominguez