Intro:
Listen to it to get the quick changes
DC - C - CCC x4
Verse 1:
Em
Where do we go from here?
G
The words are coming out all weird
C
Where are you now, when I need you
Em
Alone on an aeroplane
GC
Fall asleep against the window pane
My blood will thicken
Break:
A--- - CVerse 2:
EmG
I need to wash myself again to hide all the dirt and pain
C
'Cause I'd be scared that there's nothing underneath
Em
But who are my real friends?
G
Have they all got the bends?
CAm I really sinking this low?
Chorus:
DCCC
My baby's got the bends, oh no
DCCC
We don't have any real friends, no, no, no
Bridge:
(This part doesn't actually have any guitar, but I like to palm mute around the 7th and
12th fret harmonics)
(7th harmonic palm mute)
Just lying in the bar with my drip feed on
Talking to my girlfriend, waiting for something to
(12th harmonic palm mute)
happen
(7th)
I wish it was the sixties, I wish we could be happy
Em
I wish, I wish, I wish that something would happen
Verse 3:
Em
Where do we go from here?
GC
The planet is a gunboat in a sea of fear
And where are you?
EmG
They brought in the CIA, the tanks and the whole marines
C
To blow me away, to blow me sky high
Chorus:
DCCC
My baby's got the bends
DCCC
We don't have any real friends
Bridge:
(7th harmonic palm mute)
Just lying in the bar with my drip feed on
Talking to my girlfriend, waiting for something to
(12th harmonic palm mute)
happen
(7th)
I wish it was the sixties, I wish we could be happy
I wish, I wish, I wish that something would
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Solo:
(On this part I like to mimic the electric by sliding the G chord up to the 15th fret,
but it's not totally necessary)
GC x2
Refrain:
G
I wanna live, breathe
C
I wanna be part of the human race
G
I wanna live, breathe
C
I wanna be part of the human race, race, race, race
Outro:
Em
Where do we go from here?
G
The words are coming out all weird
C
Where are you now when I need you?
This arrangement for the song is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the song. You may only use this for private study, scholarship, or research.