NOTE FOR PLAYERS: Numbers in parenthesis can be played or not as you choose.
You can use D instead D/F/9 if you find it better or easier to play. Notice the unusual
and rare chord G5dim/5dim. Do you remember "Imperfectly" ?... Here is that same
chord that I don't know how to name again! I think I should name it "the Frame
chord"...
Chords Used:
E A D G B E
G ---------- 3 2 0 0 2 2
Em 0 2 2 0 0 0
C ---------- 0 3 2 0 1 0
D x x 0 2 3 2
G5dim5dim - (3) 4 5 6 (0) (0) Frame Chord
G7 3 2 3 0 0 (1)
D/F/9 ------ x x 4 2 3 0
C/9 0 3 2 0 3 (0)
Riff Intro:
(v=vibrato bar 1/2 low)
E|-----------------|---------------|--------------|-------------|
B|-----------------|---------------|--------------|-------------|
G|-----------------|------0v-------|--------------|-------------|
D|-----------------|------2v-------|--------------|-------------|
A|2--2--2--2--3--2-|---------------|--2-2-2-2-3-2-|-------------|
E|-----------------|---------------|--------------|------0v-----|
E|-----------------|---------------|
B|-----------------|---------------|
G|-----------------|---------------|
D|-----------------|0-2_3-2-0------|
A|--2--2--2--2--3--|----------3----|
E|-----------------|---------------|
E|-----------------|---------------|
B|-----------------|---------------|
G|-----------------|---------------|
D|--5-4-2-0--------|4-2-0----------|
A|3---------3-2-0--|------3-2------|
E|----------------3|----------2-3v-|
Verse:
G ------------------------------------------
The hungry ghosts that haunt the working day
Em -----------------------------------
Who want it most and want it yesterday
------- C -----------------------------------------------
Will se-duce you with your power, crush you like a flower
D ---------------
Here comes payday
G --------------------------------------------
You're headed for a taste of bittersweet times
Em ----------------------------------------
The sun and moon'll never rise to deadlines
--- C -----------------------------------------------------
And wellin' up within will come the taste of nearly winning
G5dim/5dim---------
Perfume and saline...
--- C -------------------------- Em --
And every little tear is like an ocean
---- C ----------------------------- Em ----
That falls beyond the reach of our e-motions
- C ----------------------------------------
A place within a place where everybody bears
---------------- D/F/9 -------------- D
a trace of every promise ever broken
Chorus:
--- G ------------------------------ Em ---------
You say it doesn't touch you but you seem so sore
G ---------------------- Em ------------
Maybe you don't wanna be touched anymore
G7 ---------------------------- C ----------------
The world is waitin' but you"ve seen it all before
--------------------------------- D ---------- G ---> INTRO
With your hungry ghost eyes, your hungry ghost eyes
Verse 2
G ----------------------------------
In the city there's no place to hide
Em ----------------------------------
from a world defined by foolish pride
--- C ---------------------------------- C/9 -----------------
You say it's what you choose because you couldn't bear to lose
----------- G ------------ D
And so your soul's denied
G --------------------------------------
Out on the bridge beyond the bottom line
Em --------------------------------------
I started thinkin' 'bout what wasn't mine
-- C -------------------------- C/9 -------------------
My lips were gettin' drier, the boulevards were hummin'
-------- G5dim/5dim --------------------------------------
With the sound of sheer desire, we've really got it comin'
---- C ------------------------------- Em ----
This paste and copy world has lost its meaning
----- C ---------------------------- Em -
Where things are only ever what they seem
---- C -------------------------------------------------------
It's bound to bring you down when every word that was profound
------------ D/9 ---------------------
Suggests the sound of someone schemin'
Chorus 2:
--- G ------------------------------------ Em -
You say that your ambition's gonna get you free
-- G ------------------------------- Em ---------
In-stead of sittin' wishin' for what you can't be,
G7----------------------- C ----------
You wanna buy it but your soul can see
--------------------------------- D ---------- G --
Into your hungry ghost eyes, your hungry ghost eyes
Instrumental:
C -- Em
C -- Em
C -- G5dim/5dim -- Gdim
Chorus 3:
--- G ----------------------------------- Em ---------
You say you've found something that could set you free
------ G ----------------------------- Em -------
You're gonna sit and wish for what you want to be
------ G --------------------------- Em ------------
You're itchin' to believe it but you still can't see
------ G --------------------------- Em ----
You're mixin' up your money with the mystery
G7------------------------------------------- C ---------------
But there's a little bitty Buddha where there didn't used to be
-------------------------------------- D ------- G ---
I hope your hungry ghost eyes meet his innermost smile