Alone
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Afinação: E A D G B ETecla: F#mCapotraste:
2nd traste
https://open.spotify.com/track/4yi0GQj2CLaTP1yRJA6TF3?si=974633d28b9041cf
https://youtu.be/HU1tUVn9uDM
Album Kabaret - 2008 -
English version of : Solo
Capo 2 play as Em key
Chords are half measure
... : prolonged note
- : prolonged note or little stop in voice
/ : 1 beat
[Intro]
| E5 E5 | Em Am | Em Am | Em Am |
| Em Am |
[Verse 1]
Em Am Em Am
This day is crumbling all round me
Em Am Em Am
Started when you in-vi-ted me for tea
C Cmaj7 G
What a mistake I... should have known
Gmaj7 C
You'd kick off over nothing
Cmaj7 B7 A7/B
I watch you exploded
[Chorus]
Em Am Em
It sta-rts with a kick to the wall
Am
What would the neigh-bours think ?
Em Am7 Em
It ends... with us both on the floor
Am7
And before I can blink
Em B7
You go men-tal
Em Fdim
I go home
F B7 Em
'Cause I... need to be alo-ne
[Instrumental]
| C Gsus4/E | C Em | Am Em | Am / A /
[Verse 2]
Em Am Em Am
Ta-xi 's waiting right out-si-de
Em Am Em Am
Then you decide you're going to be... nice
C Cmaj7 G
What a surprise I sh-ould have known
Gmaj7 C
You'd turn in-to an an-gel
Cmaj7 B7 A7/B
Whi-le I ex-ploded
[Chorus]
Em Am Em
It sta-rts with a kick to the wall
Am
What would the neigh-bours think ?
Em Am7 Em
It ends... with us both on the floor
Am7
And before you can blink
Em B7
I go men-tal
Em Fdim
I go home
F B7 Em
'Cause you... need to be alo-ne
[Instrumental]
// Am / Am/C / | Em Am | Em Am | Em Am | C
Alo-ne...
[Bridge]
C G
We should have known
G C
We really should stay sober
C B7 A/B
When we explo-ded
[Chorus]
Em Am Em
It sta-rts with a kick to the wall
Am7
What would the neigh-bours think ?
Em Am7 Em
It ends... with us both on the floor
Am7
And before we can blink
Em B7
We go men-tal
Em Fdim
We go home
F B7 Em E5
'Cause we... need to be.... alone (mute)
[Outro]
Em Am Em
It sta-rts with a kick to the wall
Am7
What would the neigh-bours think ?
Em Am7 Em
It ends... with us both on the floor
Am7
And before we can blink
Em B7
We go men-tal
Em Fdim
We go home
F B7 E5 /
'Cause we... need to be.... alone
How to play Alone
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