This song’s actually played on a bass, so in reality most of the ‘chords’ are actually single
notes. But you can get a reasonably similar sound by just busting out the good ol’ power chord
(i.e. root and fifth, no third). So when you read E in this chord chart, play E5.
Two bars of E with a D hammer-on for the intro and main riff – to get the rhythm, just listen to
the record to figure it out (ba dum ching!)
[Verse]
E
Nothing here to see, just a kid like me
Trying to cuss and see, trying to figure it out
A G F#
Nothin’ better to do, when I'm stuck on you
F E
And still I'm here, trying to figure it out
E
Getting hard to sleep, but it is in my dreams
But it's killing me, to try and figure it out
A G F#
Nothing better to do, when I'm stuck on you
F E
And still I'm here, trying to figure it out
D C# C B x2
[Chorus]
E G A G D - A
I'll let it go 'cause I won't see you later and I'm not allowed to talk it out
E G A G D - A
I said I'll come, I'll promise I won't show but I see you trying to figure it out
E G A G D - A
I promise you, I'll take a bet on you but you didn't know I planned it out
E G A G D - A x3
I said I'll go, yeah, I won't see you later and I'm not allowed to figure it out
[Verse]
E
Nothing here to see, just a kid like me
Trying to cuss and see, trying to figure it out
A G F#
Nothin’ better to do, when I'm stuck on you
F E
And still I'm here, trying to figure it out
E
Getting hard to sleep, but it is in my dreams
But it's killing me, to try and figure it out
A G F#
Nothing better to do, when I'm stuck on you
F E
And still I'm here, trying to figure it out
[Chorus]
E G A G D - A
I'll let it go 'cause I won't see you later and I'm not allowed to talk it out
E G A G D - A
I said I'll come, I'll promise I won't show but I see you trying to figure it out
E G A G D - A
I promise you, I'll take a bet on you but you didn't know I planned it out
E G A G D - A x3
I said I'll go, yeah, I won't see you later and I'm not allowed to figure it out
[Solo]
G G# A A# - B x 2
[Outro]
A few big hits on E to finish
