Check The Meaning
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Afinação: E A D G B ETecla: FCapotraste: Sem capotraste
(Ashcroft)
Single version.
Tabbed by STET
NB. Though the chords seem to repeat, Em and G chords sporadically
alternate, even between choruses, to match the lyrical mood.
*F and Dm chords hammer-on/off Fsus2 and Dm7 respectively throughout to create riff
sound
Fsus2: 133011 Dm7: xx0211
[Intro]
F (Fsus2) Em Dm (Dm7) Em x2
F (Fsus2) G Dm (Dm7) Em x2
[Verse 1]
F G Dm
When I'm low, and I'm weak, and I'm lost
Em F G Dm Em
I don't know who I can tru-u-ust
F Em Dm
Paranoia, the destroyer,
Em F Em Dm Em
Comes knocking on my do-o-or
F G Dm
You know the pain drifts to days, turns to nights
Em F Em Dm Em
But slowly will subsi-i-ide
F G Dm
And when it does, I take a step, I take a breath
Em F G Dm Em
And wonder what I'll fi-i-ind
[Chorus 1]
F G Dm Em
Can you hear what I'm saying?
F G Dm Em
Got my mind meditating on love, love
F G Dm Em
Feel what I'm saying
F G Dm Em
Got my mind meditating on love, love
F G Dm Em
Check the meaning.
[Verse 2]
F Em Dm
Too much blood, too much hate, turn off the set
Em F Em Dm Em
There's gotta be something mo-o-ore
F G Dm
When Mohammed, Allah, Buddah, Jesus Christ
Em F Em Dm Em
Are knocking down my do-o-or
F G Dm
I'm agnostic getting God, but man
Em F Em Dm Em
She takes a female fo-o-orm
F G Dm
There's no time, no space, no law
Em F Em Dm Em
We're out here on our o-o-own
[Chorus 2]
F G Dm Em
Can you hear what I'm saying?
F Em Dm Em
Got my mind meditating on love, love
F G Dm Em
Feel what I'm saying
F G Dm Em
Got my mind meditating on love, love.
[Instrumental]
F Em Dm Em
F G Dm Em
[Bridge]
F Em Dm Em
Can you hear what I'm saying?
F Em Dm Em
Can you hear what I'm saying? (Check the meaning).
F Em Dm Em x4
[Outro]
F G Dm Em
Can you hear what I'm saying?
(Check the meaning)
F G Dm Em
Got my mind meditating on love - love
(I'm like a fish with legs) (I fell from the tree)
F G Dm Em
Can you hear what I'm saying
(I made a wheel)
F Em Dm Em
Got my mind meditating on love, love.
(I made a rocket - I swam the ocean)
F G Dm Em
Feel what I'm saying
(I see you) (I see the universe and beyond)
F G Dm Em
Got my mind meditating on love, love.
(I see you) (I see me)
F Em Dm Em
That's my reality...
How to play Check The Meaning
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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.