xArtist: The Kooks
Song: Naive Acoustic
Tuning: Standard
(There alot of different versions of this song but after looking at
most of them and some live footage on you tube i came up with this
for the strumming patterns just get them form listening to the song
a few times and keeping up)
Chords:
G#m7: 464444 (try fingering 6th fret on G)
E: x79997 (try fingering 11th fret on D)
F#/A#: 64467x
B: 799877
F#7: x9897x
B/A#: 6998xx
D#m: x68876
[Intro]
G#m7 E F#/A# B F#7
[Verse]
G#m E
I’m not saying it was your fault
F#/A#
Although you could have done more
B F#7
Oh you’re so naive yet so
G#m E
How could this be done
F#/A#
Your such a smiling sweetheart
B F#7
Oh and your sweet and pretty face
G#m E
In such an ugly word
F#/A#
For something so beautiful
B F#7
That everytime I look inside
[Chorus]
E B F#/A#
I know that she knows that I’m not fond of asking
E B F#/A#
True or false it may be, she’s still out to get me
E G#m7 F#/A#
I know that she knows that I’m not fond of asking
E B B/A#
True or false it may be, she’s still out to get me
E E
[Verse 2]
G#m E
I may say it was your fault
F#/A#
Because i know you could have done more
B F#7
Oh you’re so naive yet so
G#m E
How could this be done
F#/A#
By such a smiling sweetheart
B F#7
Oh and your sweet and pretty face
G#m E
In such an ugly word
F#/A#
For something so beautiful
B F#7
That everytime I look inside
[Chorus]
E B F#/A#
I know that she knows that I’m not fond of asking
E B F#/A#
True or false it may be, she’s still out to get me
E G#m7 F#/A#
I know that she knows that I’m not fond of asking
E B B/A#
True or false it may be, she’s still out to get me
[Solo]
(for the strumming patterns just get them from listening to the song
a few times and playing along)
E ||------------------7--11------------------x----------------------|
B ||--4-/-7-/-7-/-9---7--9---4-/-7-/-7-/-9---11---------------------|
G ||--4-/-6-/-8-/-9---9--9---4-/-6-/-8-/-9---11---------------------|
D ||--6-/-8-/-9-/-11--9--9---6-/-8-/-9-/-11--11---------------------|
A ||------------------x--x-------------------x----------------------|
E ||------------------x--x-------------------x----------------------|
[Verse 3]
G#m E
So how could this be done
F#/A#
By such a smiling sweetheart
B F#7
Oh you're so naive yet so
G#m
such an ugly thing
E F#/A#
For someone so beautiful
B F#7
But everytime you're on his side
[Chorus]
E B F#/A#
I know that she knows that I’m not fond of asking
E B F#/A#
True or false it may be, she’s still out to get me
E G#m7 F#/A#
I know that she knows that I’m not fond of asking
E B B/A#
True or false it may be, she’s still out to get me
[Outro]
E D#m G#m7 B
Just don’t let me down
E D#m G#m7 B
Just don’t let me down
E D#m G#m7
Hold on to your kite, }
B }
Just don’t let me down, } x2
E D#m G#m7 B }
Just don’t let me down, }
E D#m G#m7
Hold on to this kite,
B
Just don’t let me down,
E D#m G#m7
Just don’t let me down,
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| x Dead note
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