Verse Pre-Chorus + Chorus Bridge + Outro
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Em x7998x Em 02200x C 8-10-10-9-x-x
B 7998xx B x2444x Em x7998x
G 3554xx G 32003x Bb 6887xx
A 5776xx A x0222x A 5776xx
C 8-10-10-9-x-x C x3201x G 3554xx
Gb 2443xx
F 1332xx
[Intro]
Em B G A C Em A
e|-------------------|-------------------|--------------------|-------------------|
B|------8------------|-------------------|---------------8----|-------------------|
G|--------9-----8----|------4-------6----|------9----------9--|------6------------|
D|----9-----------9--|--------5-------7--|--------10---9------|--------7----------|
A|--7---------9------|----5-------7------|---10---------------|----7--------------|
E|----------7--------|-\3------/5--------|-/8--------0--------|--5----------------|
(\ = slide down)
(/ = slide up)
[Verse 1]
Em B G A C Em A
e|-------------------|-------------------|--------------------|-------------------|
B|------8\-----------|-------------------|---------------8\---|-------------------|
G|------9\------8\---|------4\------6\---|-------9\------9\---|------6\-----------|
D|------9\------9\---|------5\------7\---|------10\------9\---|------7\-----------|
A|--7-7---------9\---|------5\------7\---|------10\-----------|------7\-----------|
E|----------7-7------|--3-3-----5-5------|--8-8------0-0------|--5-5----0-3~-0-3~-|
(Palm mute first two notes of each chord)
(~ = vibrato)
Em B G A
The sky is a neighborhood, so keep it down
C Em A
The heart is a storybook, a star burned out
Em B G A
The sky is a neighborhood, don’t make a sound
C Em A
Lights coming up ahead, don’t look now
[Pre-Chorus 1]
Em B G A
The sky is a neighborhood
C Em A
The sky is a neighborhood, don’t look now
[Chorus 1]
Em B G A
Oh my dear, heaven is a big bang now, gotta get to sleep somehow
C Em A G
Bangin’ on the ceiling, bangin’ on the ceiling, keep it down
Em B G A
Oh my dear, heaven is a big bang now, gotta get to sleep somehow
C Em A
Bangin’ on the ceiling, bangin’ on the ceiling, keep it down
[Verse 2]
Em B G A
Mind is a battlefield, all hope is gone
C Em A
Trouble to the right and left, whose side you’re on?
Em B G A
Thoughts like a minefield, I’m a ticking bomb
C Em A
Maybe you should watch your step, don’t get lost
[Pre-Chorus 2]
Em B G A
The sky is a neighborhood
C Em A
The sky is a neighborhood, don’t get lost
[Chorus 2]
Em B G A
Oh my dear, heaven is a big bang now, gotta get to sleep somehow
C Em A G
Bangin’ on the ceiling, bangin’ on the ceiling, keep it down
Em B G A
Oh my dear, heaven is a big bang now, gotta get to sleep somehow
C Em A
Bangin’ on the ceiling, bangin’ on the ceiling, keep it down
[Bridge]
C Em Bb A
The sky is a neighborhood
G Gb F
[Verse 3]
Em B G A
The heart is a storybook, a star burned out
C Em A
Someone coming up ahead, don’t look now
[Chorus 3]
Em B G A
Oh my dear, heaven is a big bang now, gotta get to sleep somehow
C Em A G
Bangin’ on the ceiling, bangin’ on the ceiling, keep it down
Em B G A
Oh my dear, heaven is a big bang now, gotta get to sleep somehow
C Em A
Bangin’ on the ceiling, bangin’ on the ceiling, keep it down
[Outro]
Em B G A
The sky is a neighborhood
(Oh my dear, heaven is a big bang now, gotta get to sleep somehow)
C Em A
The sky is a neighborhood
(Bangin’ on the ceiling, bangin’ on the ceiling, keep it down)
C Em Bb A
G Gb F N.C.
The sky is a neighborhood
