Miguel says:
Use capo at 2nd fret. There are many chord changes, so if you're not an advanced player this is a
good opportunity to practice. About the intro riff: start fixing the two fingers over the same fret
(#16) and thenjust slide down one fret the finger over the 2nd string (frets #14 and #12) and start
again on the frets #11 and #9 and so on...
Chords Used:
E A D G B E
A --------- X 0 2 2 2 0
F#m 2 4 4 2 2 2
D --------- X X 0 2 3 2
D5(-) X X 0 2 3 5
Db -------- X 4 6 6 6 4 or X X X 1 2 1 (Transitory)BASS
G 3 5 5 4 3 3
E --------- 0 2 2 1 0 0
Bm 2 2 4 4 1 2
Intro Riff:
E-----------------------------------------------
B------16--14--12--11--9--7--5--4--2------------
G------16--15--13--11--9--8--6--4--3------------ -->E--(E7)
D-----------------------------------------------
A-----------------------------------------------
E-----------------------------------------------
Verse:
A ------------------------
In the approach of midlife
F#m ----------------------- D ------ A ----
I received a letter from an eloquent friend
A -----------------------------------
Saying he was touched by my progress
F#m ---------------------------- D --- A --
A kind of poem to the words that I’d penned
A ------------ F#m ------------------------ D --
My ego under attack I felt myself shrinking back
------------------------------------ A --
From his embrace into a place that I know
A --------------- F#m ------------------------ D ---
Felt relief in resentment couldn’t see what it meant
------------------------------- A -
The jealous echo of a hurt long ago
Bridge:
D5(-) -- (D)
I’m so vain
E -------------------- A -----
Thought this song was about me
D5(-) ---------------- (D) -
Now it’s gone down the drain
E ------ A -------
Turning against me
---------- G ---
Calling me names
--- F#m ---- E...(silent)....
And me, well I
Chorus:
................... E --------------- A ----
I’m still screwing around with a portastudio
F# ---------- E ---------------- A -------
You’re in the rain, arguing with your girl
BASS
-(Db) --------- D --
Friend it’s the same
E --------- A ------
Rules and restraints
F#m --------- D ----
I strum and I scrawl
BASS
E ---------- A ------- (Db) ------ D ---
Watching the paint stay wet on the walls
E --------- A ---
The mercury falls
---- F#m ------- Bm -----
And everything’s changed
E --------- A -----
Nothing has changed
F#m ------- Bm -----
Nothing has changed
E ---------- A -----
Everything's changed
Verse:
A -------------------------
I’m turning over a new page
F#m ----------------------- D --------- A -
I’m taking stock of all the gifts I can see
A --------------------------
I’m sorry if I have hurt you
F#m ------------------------- D -------- A
It’s been so hard to find the freedom in me
A ----------------- F#m ------------------------ D --
I’m dedicating this song to someone I know who's gone
----------------------------------- A --
Cut all my records with a steadying hand
A ------------------ F#m ----------------------- D ---
I’m talkin' 'bout Mr Blair up in his room in his chair
------------------------------------- A ---
Working some magic I still can’t understand
Bridge:
D5(-) ----- (D)
Is that all gone
E ------------------------- A ----
No autumn light through the window
D5(-) ----------------- (D)
No, man the cut's still on
E -------------------------- A -------
Between the tracks, hear the wind blow
-------------- G --
Two seconds of time
-- F#m -- E --
And in we fade
Chorus:
................... E --------------- A ----
I’m still screwing around with a portastudio
F# ---------- E ---------------- A -------
You’re in the rain, arguing with your girl
BASS
-(Db) --------- D --
Friend it's the same
E --------- A ------
Rules and restraints
F#m --------- D ----
I strum and I scrawl
BASS
E ---------- A ------- (Db) ------ D ---
Watching the paint stay wet on the walls
E --------- A ---
The mercury falls
---- F#m ------- Bm -----
And everything’s changed
E --------- A -----
Nothing has changed
F#m ------- Bm -----
Nothing has changed
E ---------- A -----
Everything's changed
Miguel says: