All I Need
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Afinação: E A D G B ECapotraste: Sem capotraste
[Intro]
F#M F#m E F#m
[Verse 1]
F#M A Bm
Nobody cried when the last radio DJ died
F#M A Bm C#m
He might have been a decent guy, with a great collection of 45s
Bm A
But there was no one left to hear them, to hear his strong opinions,
E F#m
To listen to his stories about the band he used to be in
E F#m E F#m
And he looked like he was sleeping, slumped on the mixer in Studio B and
A Bm F#m
You and I searched the station for provisions and supplies
A Bm C#m
I took some novelty sunglasses they’d once given as a prize
Bm A
Which I still wear all these years later on the other side of the equator
E F#m
These mirrored aviators reflect the whitecaps and the breakers
E F#m
Yes I am quite a stylish sailor
[Chorus]
D A Bm F#m
All that I need is just you and the sea
D A Bm C#m
And some food and fresh water and something to read,
D A Bm F#m
An endless vista, the fancy pen I got for my bar mitzvah
D A E
And a semi-decent pair of water skis:
F#m
That’s all I need
F#M F#m E F#m
[Verse 2]
F#m A Bm F#m
The beach of broken glass is turning back into the sand it was made with
A Bm C#m
Is this what the Mariner meant when he said dry land is a myth?
Bm A
I know I once proclaimed I loved the things that people make
E F#m
But come on, for heaven’s sake, everybody makes mistakes
E F#m E F#m
I miss the trees I miss the lakes, I hate the things that people break
A Bm F#m
Down at the edge of this churning shifting floating raft of flotsam
A Bm C#m
There’s a colony of concrete gannets the ornithologist has forgotten
Bm A
We set them all up in a row, and we put on an epic show
E F#m
You play an improvised banjo, strings made out of nylon rope
E F#m E F#m
Stretched on a mannequin torso, look how wild the gannets go
E F#m E F#m
There’s some magic here I know, this pelagic archipelago
[Chorus]
D A Bm F#m
All that I need is just you and the sea
D A Bm C#m
And this souvenir shirt and this old DVD
D A Bm F#m
Of the Jerk (it doesn’t work), and this toy Star Trek phaser,
D A E
And my blazer with the patches and the tweed:
F#m
That’s all I need
[Instrumental]
D A Bm F#m
All that I need is you and the sea
D A Bm C#m
And this picture of us recording ‘No Peace’
D A Bm F#m
A few moments of glory I’ll exaggerate in stories
D A E
That I’ll scrawl on scraps and ask you to proofread:
F#m
That’s all I need.
[Outro]
E
And a melody that goes one, two, one, two, three, four
D A Bm F#m
La La la la la la la la la la la
D A E
La La La La La La
F#m
How to play All I Need
Use the controls above to change the key and text size. Follow the highlighted chords while listening, then practice each section slowly before playing at the original tempo.
What is the starting chord?
The first identified chord is E. You can transpose without leaving the page.
Can I play it on guitar or keyboard?
Yes. The chord progression works on acoustic guitar, electric guitar and keyboard. Adapt the voicings to your instrument and level.