| The main progression for the INTRO and VERSE of the song goes like |
| Use a 1st finger barre at 2nd fret, move (not slide) it up to 4th fret. |
| When you play it with the song, you'll get the feel of it: |
E-------------------|--------------|-------------------|--------------------|
B-2-----------------|-4-----4--5--7|-5-----------------|-4------------------|
G-2-----------------|-4-----4------|-6-----------------|-4------------------|
D-2-----------------|-4-----4------|-7-----------------|-4------------------|
A-0--0--0-0-0--0-0-0|-0--0--0------|-0--0--0-0-0--0-0-0|-0--0--0-0-0--0-0-0-|
E-------------------|--------------|-------------------|--------------------|
| | A |
| | You know, sometimes, I don't know why |
| | B/A | Amaj7 | B/A |
| | But this whole town just seems so | hopeless | |
| | A | B/A |
| | I ain't really sure but it seems I remember | the good times |
| | Amaj7 | B/A |
| Were just a little bit | more in focus | |
| | A | B/A |
| | But when she puts her arms around | me |
| | Amaj7 | B/A |
| I can | somehow rise above | it |
| | A | B/A |
| | Yeah man when I got that little girl | standing right by my side |
| | Amaj7 | B/A |
| You know I can | tell the whole wide world to | shove it |
| | E | A | E | A |
| Hey here comes my | girl | Here comes my | girl | |
| Yeah and she looks so right She is all I need tonight |
| VERSE 2:Every now and then I get down to the end of a day |
| I'll just have to stop, ask myself, "What've I done?" |
| It just seems so useless to have to work so hard |
| And nothin' ever really seem to come from it |
| And then she looks me in the eye, says, "We gonna last forever," |
| And man, you know I can't begin to doubt it |
| No, because this feels so good and so free and so right |
| I know we ain't never goin' change our minds about it |
| CHORUS and then BREAK (see bottom) |
| VERSE 3:Yeah every time it seems there ain't nothin' left no more |
| I find myself havin' to reach out and grab hold of somethin' |
| Yeah, I just catch myself wanderin', waitin', worryin' |
| About some silly little things that don't add up to nothin' |
| And then she looks me in the eye, says, "We gonna last forever," |
| And man, you know I can't begin to doubt it |
| No, because this feels so good and so free and so right |
| I know we ain't never goin' change our minds about it |
| (the ending is just the first and last measures of the VERSE: A to B/A) |
| BREAK: This break repeats three times, and the fourth time just |
| continues the same vamp on the E and A strings, to VERSE 3. |
E-------------------------------------0-| o------| on this
B------------------------0^2^0--------2-| F#5-------------------| | | | | | | chord diagram
G-------------------------------3-----3-------------------------| T | | | 1 | (and E9 below)
D----------------------------------4--4-------------------------| | | | 2 | | represent the
A-4--4--4-4-4-4-4--4--4---------------4-------------------------| | 3 4 | | | finger used.
E-2--2--2-2-2-2-2--2--2---------------2-------------------------| "T" means
| The '^' means hammer on the first time, and pull off the second time. |
| When pulling off, sort of flick the B string so it rings clearly. |
| Also, the E in the CHORUS can be played with an E9 in the middle: |
| | | Use the E9: | | | 1 | | |
| | / / / / / / | "down/down/up/up/down/up" | 2 3 | | 4 |
| "If I was sad, well, I'm happy now" |
