NOTE FOR PLAYERS:
Along the verse the main chord is A. On the record, Roddy plays arpeggio variations over this
chord. For getting this sound you can play variations from A chord to Amaj7 and A6 (chords in
parenthesis not necessary)
Chords Used:
E A D G B E
A ------- X 0 2 2 2 0
Amaj7 X 0 2 2 2 4
A6 ------ X 0 2 2 2 2
B X X (4) 4 4 2
D ------- X 0 0 2 3 2
Db X X (0) 6 6 4
Dm ------ X X 0 2 3 1
E13 0 2 0 1 2 2
Pre-Chorus Riff:
E-|------------------|------2-|···
B-|------------2-3-2-|---2----|···
G-|------1-2-4-------|-4--4---|···
D-|--2-4-------------|--------|
A-|------------------|--------|
E-|------------------|--------|
Intro and Chorus:
D -- Db -- D -- Db -- Dmaj7 -- E13 -- A -- Db
Verse 1:
A ------------------------------------
"Hey baby, baby bring your love to me"
(Amaj7) ----------------------
Repeats the radio relentlessly
(A6) --------------------------------------
All day I dream a dream where feelings flee
-- B ------------- Dm
In free formation.
A ------------------------------------------
The sweetest sound reflects in saddened eyes
(Amaj7) -------------------------
Defies description and identifies
(A6) --------------------------------------
The heart that hungers for the sudden skies
--- B -------------- Dm
The souls migration.
Chorus:
--- D ------ Db -
How sweet to fly
-- D ------- Db
To touch the sky
(filled with pre-chorus riff)
-- Dmaj7 ----- E13
To feel in the flow
-------- A ------------------- Db
Like the one who glides there.
- D ----- Db -
I feel we flew
-- D --- Db -
We never knew
(filled with pre-chorus riff)
--- Dmaj7 ------- E13
But to know is to go
--------- A ------------------ Db
When your heart resides there.
Verse 2:
A --------------------------------------
I take a winter coat and walk the square
(Amaj7) ----------------------------------
The people gather and the birds they scare
(A6) --------------------------------------
Concrete and clay conspire to cage me there
-- B --------------- Dm
Among the lost boys.
A -------------------------------------------
Down in the streets I see the trees grow bare
(Amaj7) ----------------------------------
Broken and battered in the thinning air
(A6) -----------------------------------------
The birds are scattered and my footsteps there
- B ---------------- Dm
I long for lost joy.
Chorus (as before, repeat to end)
