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Version 1
Chords:
C x32010
D x00232
Em 022000
G 320003
Em/G 322000
Am 002210
[Intro] (picked part, before/including when bass comes in)
e|-12-------12-------12-------12-------|-10-------10-----7-----7-------|
B|-------12-------12-------12-------12-|-------10------8-----8------12-|
G|----12-------12-------12-------12----|----11-------9------9----12----|
D|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------|
Repeat twice, or 'til whenever... this is where my chords start
[Verse 1]
C D Em
I--- got dosed by you and
C D Em
Closer than most to you and
C D Em
What am I supposed to do
C D Em
Take it away I never had it anyway
C D Em
Take it away everything will be okay
C D Em C D Em
[Verse 2]
C D Em
In you a star is born and
C D Em
You cut a perfect form and
C D Em
Someone forever warm
C D Em
Lay on lay on lay on lay on
C D Em
Lay on lay on lay on lay on
[Chorus 1]
G D Em C
Way up on the mountain where she died
G D Em C
All I ever wanted was your life
G D Em C
Deep inside the canyon I can't hide
G D Em C
All I ever wanted was your life
[Verse 3]
C D Em
Show love with no remorse and
C D Em
Climb onto your seahorse and
C D Em
This ride is right on course
C D Em
This is the way I wanted it to be with you
C D Em
This is the way I knew that it would be with you
C D Em
Lay on lay on lay on lay on
C D Em
Lay on lay on lay on lay on
[Chorus 2]
G D Em C
Way up on the mountain where she died
G D Em C
All I ever wanted was your life
G D Em C
Deep inside the canyon I can't hide
G D A9 C2
All I ever wanted was your life
C D Em C D Em
[Verse 3] (it sounds good doing the picked part (from the beginning) here during this verse)
C D Em
I--- got dosed by you and
C D Em
Closer than most to you and
C D Em
What am I supposed to do
(resume chords if you want, this is when the drums start again and we get
background vocals, Flea resumes the normal bass line)
C D Em
Take it away I never had it anyways
C D Em
Take it away and everything will be okay
C D Em C D Em
[Chorus]
G D Em C
Way up on the mountain where she died
G D Em C
All I ever wanted was your life
G D Em C
Deep inside the canyon I can't hide
G D A9 C2
All I ever wanted was your life
[Solo]
C D Em C D Em
C D Em C D Em
C D Em C D Em
[Outro]
C G Am G