Dinner Time Is At Home Not Here
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INTRO RIFF: (x8)
Guitar 1
E |---------------------------------------------------|||
B |---------------------------------------------------|||
G |---------------------------------------------------|||
D |---------------------------------------------------|||
A |--------------3-----------7------------------------|||
E |--0-----4-----------4-----------4-----4--5--4------|||
Guitar 2
E |---------------------------|||
B |-----11----9-----7-----9---|||
G |---------------------------|||
D |--8-----6-----4-----6------|||
A |---------------------------|||
E |---------------------------|||
verse 1:
Guitar (x4)
F# B A
E |--------------------------0-----0-----0-----0-------|
B |-----2-----2-----4-----4--2-----2-----2-----2-------|
G |--3-----3-----4-----4-----2-----2-----2-----2-------|
D |--------------------------2-----2-----2-----2-------|
A |--------------------------0-----0-----0-----0-------|
E |----------------------------------------------------|
E |--0-----0-----0-----0-------||
B |--2-----2-----2-----2-------||
G |--2-----2-----2-----2-------||
D |--2-----2-----2-----2-------||
A |--0-----0-----0-----0-------||
E |----------------------------||
F# B
Thinking back now
A
Lazing on hazy days although in many ways
F# B
It's always a task
A
What we used to see on the TV on Saturdays
F# B A
Seems so far away
I think to myself, now's the time to self indulge
F# B A
And on the other side
Is a program about someone who died
F# E C D
I get so tired, dinner time is at home (not here)
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Guitar
F# E C D
E |----------------------------------------------------||
B |----------------------------------------------------||
G |-----------3--1-----------0--------------2-----2----||
D |--------4-----------2-----------2-----0-------------||
A |-----4----------------------------------------------||
E |--2-------------------------------------------------||
F# E C D
Mine is the truth, never ending year after year
Guitar
F# E C D
E |----------------------------------------------------||
B |----------------------------------------------------||
G |-----------3--1-----------0-------------------------||
D |--------4-----------2-----------2-----0-------------||
A |-----4----------------------------------------------||
E |--2-------------------------------------------------||
verse 2:
F# B
A change of scene
A
I know, oh happy days, meeting people on the way
F# B A
And on the TV screen
Oh dear, what's the time? You used to be a friend of mine
F# B
It's time to go now
A
La la laa, la la laa, la la laa, la la laa,
F# B
I'm turning round now
A
La la laa, la la laa, la la laa, la la laa,
F# E C D F# E C D
What's happening now, I never see eye to eye
F# E C D F# E C D
All ideas blown up high in the sky
Chorus:
G C A D
I'm so sorry which I cannot show
E Bb Am F
But I can't say anymore, I've got to go home to my own world
(x2)
(INTRO RIFF)
(verse 1)
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Guitar 1
E |----19~---19~---19~---19~---||
B |----------------------------||
G |----------------------------||
D |----------------------------||
A |----------------------------||
E |----------------------------||
Guitar 2
E |----------------------------------------------------||
B |--6--6--------8--8----------------------------------||
G |--6--6--------8--8--------4--4--------6--6----------||
D |--6--6--------8--8--------5--5--------7--7----------||
A |--4--4--------6--6--------5--5--------7--7----------||
E |--------------------------3--3--------5--5----------||
(x4)
Bridge:
Guitar (palm muted & only after 2nd repeat)
E |-----------5--4--------------------5--4-------------||
B |--2--4--5--------5--4-----2--4--5--------5--4-------||
G |-----------------------4-----------------------4----||
D |----------------------------------------------------||
A |----------------------------------------------------||
E |----------------------------------------------------||
A
Used to be a friend of mine
F#
I can sense a change in mind
(x4)
verse 3:
F# B
It's time to go now
A
La la laa, la la laa, la la laa, la la laa,
F# B
I'm turning round now
A
La la laa, la la laa, la la laa, la la laa,
(x2)
F# E C D F# E C D
F# E C D F# E C D
(Chorus)
E
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BRIDGE (MODIFIED):
Guitar 1 (palm muted)
E |--13------------------------------------||
B |-----13-13-------13-13-14-14------------||
G |-----------14-14-------------14-14-14---||
D |----------------------------------------||
A |----------------------------------------||
E |----------------------------------------||
Guitar 2 (also palm muted)
E |----------------------------------------||
B |--13------------------------------------||
G |-----14-14-------14-14-14-14------------||
D |-----------15-15-------------14-14-14---||
A |----------------------------------------||
E |----------------------------------------||
Then it goes into the main riff from the bridge with some harmonising
from the synths - after that the riff changes slightly
Guitar (palm muted)
E |----------------------------------------------------|
B |--------2--5--5--2--------------2--5--5--2----------|
G |-----2--------------4--1-----2--------------4--1----|
D |--2-----------------------2-------------------------|
A |----------------------------------------------------|
E |----------------------------------------------------|
E |----------------------------------------------------||
B |--------2--5--5--2--------------2--5--5--2----------||
G |-----2--------------4--1-----2--------------4--1----||
D |--4-----------------------4-------------------------||
A |----------------------------------------------------||
E |----------------------------------------------------||
(x4)
Then the normal riff returns X2
GUITAR SOLO
A
E |--------------------17-------17---------------------|
B |-----------------------20b------20b---20b-----------|
G |----------------------------------------------------|
D |----------------------------------------------------|
A |----------------------------------------------------|
E |----------------------------------------------------|
F#
E |--------------------18-------18---------------------||
B |-----------------------21b------21b---21b-----------||
G |----------------------------------------------------||
D |----------------------------------------------------||
A |----------------------------------------------------||
E |----------------------------------------------------||
(NOISY BIT AGAIN)
(Chorus - Instrumental)
(Chorus)
A
How to play Dinner Time Is At Home Not Here
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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.