This is based on the acoustic version that John played at a radio station in San Francisco
Tuning:
(All down a full step)
[D] [G] [C] [F] [A] [D]
If you want to play along with the radio version, tuning is standard
[(E] [A] [D] [G] [B] [E)]
Fingering:
G Em Cadd9 D C C/B G' D' C'
---3---0---3-----2---0---0----3---5---3
---3---0---3-----3---1---0----3---5---3
---0---0---0-----2---0---0----4---7---5
---0---2---2-----0---2---2----5---7---5
---2---2---3-----x---3---3----5---5---3
---3---0---x-----x---x---0----3---x---x
-- INTRO --
[G] [Cadd9] [G] [Cadd9]
-- VERSE 1 --
[G] We keep heading in the same direction
[Cadd9] You've become my own reflection
[Em] Is that your soul that you're trying to protect
[Cadd9] I always hoped that we would intersect, yeah
[G] You need time to cope and time to heal
[Cadd9] Time to cry if it's what you feel
[Em] Oh, life can hurt, when it gets too real
[Cadd9] I can hold you up when it's hard to deal
-- BRIDGE 1 --
A[Em]live, alive
A[Cadd9]live is all I wanna feel
To[Em]night, tonight
[D] I need to be where you are
I need to be where you are
-- CHORUS --
[G]Hey you, look a[D]round
Can you [Cadd9]hear that noise, it's a rebel sound
We got [G]nowhere [D]else to [Caddd9]go
And when the [G]sun goes down and we fill the [D]streets
You're gonna [Cadd9]dance till the morning to the rebel's beat
You can [Em]take every[D]thing from [Cadd9]me
'Cause this is all I need
[G] [Cadd9] [G] [Cadd9]
-- VERSE 2 --
[G] You know that life is like a ticking clock
[Cadd9] Nobody knows when it's gonna stop, yeah
[Em] Before I'm gone I need to touch someone
With a [C/B]word, with a kiss, with a decent song yeah
[G] And it gets lonely when you live out loud
[Cadd9] When the truth that you seek isn't in this crowd
[Em] You better find your voice, better make it loud
We gotta [C/B]burn that fire, or we'll just burn out
-- BRIDGE 1 --
A[Em]live, alive
A[Cadd9]live is all I wanna feel
To[Em]night, tonight
[D] I wanna be where you are
I need to be where you are
-- CHORUS --
[G]Hey you, look a[D]round
Can you [Cadd9]hear that noise, it's a rebel sound
We got [G]nowhere [D]else to [Caddd9]go[D]
And when the [G]sun goes down and we fill the [D]streets
You're gonna [Cadd9]dance till the morning to the rebel's beat
You can [Em]take every[D]thing from [Cadd9]me, oh yeah
You can [Em]take every[D]thing from [Cadd9]me
'Cause this is all I need
- BRIDGE 2 --
[G] We are free tonight
[Cadd9] And everything's alright
[G] Just put your arms around me
[Cadd9]Baby, show me how to move you
[G] 'Cause there's no worries, there's no [Cadd9]cares
Feel the sound that's everywhere
[G] We'll take what's ours for once and [Cadd9]baby, RUN LIKE HELL!
(Barre chords)
G' D' C' D'
-- CHORUS --
G' D'
Hey you, look around
C' D'
Can you hear that noise, it?s a rebel sound
G' D' C'
We got nowhere else to go
(standard chords)
And [G]when the sun goes down and we fill the [D]streets
Gonna [C]dance till the morning to the rebel's beat
You can [Em]take every[D]thing from [C]me, oh yeah
You can [Em]take every[D]thing from [C]me
'Cause this is all I need
[G] [Cadd9] Yeah, this is all I need
[G] [Cadd9] This is all I need
Tuning:
(All down a full step)
[D] [G] [C] [F] [A] [D]
If you want to play along with the radio version, tuning is standard
[(E] [A] [D] [G] [B] [E)]
Fingering:
G Em Cadd9 D C C/B G' D' C'
---3---0---3-----2---0---0----3---5---3
---3---0---3-----3---1---0----3---5---3
---0---0---0-----2---0---0----4---7---5
---0---2---2-----0---2---2----5---7---5
---2---2---3-----x---3---3----5---5---3
---3---0---x-----x---x---0----3---x---x
-- INTRO --
[G] [Cadd9] [G] [Cadd9]
-- VERSE 1 --
[G] We keep heading in the same direction
[Cadd9] You've become my own reflection
[Em] Is that your soul that you're trying to protect
[Cadd9] I always hoped that we would intersect, yeah
[G] You need time to cope and time to heal
[Cadd9] Time to cry if it's what you feel
[Em] Oh, life can hurt, when it gets too real
[Cadd9] I can hold you up when it's hard to deal
-- BRIDGE 1 --
A[Em]live, alive
A[Cadd9]live is all I wanna feel
To[Em]night, tonight
[D] I need to be where you are
I need to be where you are
-- CHORUS --
[G]Hey you, look a[D]round
Can you [Cadd9]hear that noise, it's a rebel sound
We got [G]nowhere [D]else to [Caddd9]go
And when the [G]sun goes down and we fill the [D]streets
You're gonna [Cadd9]dance till the morning to the rebel's beat
You can [Em]take every[D]thing from [Cadd9]me
'Cause this is all I need
[G] [Cadd9] [G] [Cadd9]
-- VERSE 2 --
[G] You know that life is like a ticking clock
[Cadd9] Nobody knows when it's gonna stop, yeah
[Em] Before I'm gone I need to touch someone
With a [C/B]word, with a kiss, with a decent song yeah
[G] And it gets lonely when you live out loud
[Cadd9] When the truth that you seek isn't in this crowd
[Em] You better find your voice, better make it loud
We gotta [C/B]burn that fire, or we'll just burn out
-- BRIDGE 1 --
A[Em]live, alive
A[Cadd9]live is all I wanna feel
To[Em]night, tonight
[D] I wanna be where you are
I need to be where you are
-- CHORUS --
[G]Hey you, look a[D]round
Can you [Cadd9]hear that noise, it's a rebel sound
We got [G]nowhere [D]else to [Caddd9]go[D]
And when the [G]sun goes down and we fill the [D]streets
You're gonna [Cadd9]dance till the morning to the rebel's beat
You can [Em]take every[D]thing from [Cadd9]me, oh yeah
You can [Em]take every[D]thing from [Cadd9]me
'Cause this is all I need
- BRIDGE 2 --
[G] We are free tonight
[Cadd9] And everything's alright
[G] Just put your arms around me
[Cadd9]Baby, show me how to move you
[G] 'Cause there's no worries, there's no [Cadd9]cares
Feel the sound that's everywhere
[G] We'll take what's ours for once and [Cadd9]baby, RUN LIKE HELL!
(Barre chords)
G' D' C' D'
-- CHORUS --
G' D'
Hey you, look around
C' D'
Can you hear that noise, it?s a rebel sound
G' D' C'
We got nowhere else to go
(standard chords)
And [G]when the sun goes down and we fill the [D]streets
Gonna [C]dance till the morning to the rebel's beat
You can [Em]take every[D]thing from [C]me, oh yeah
You can [Em]take every[D]thing from [C]me
'Cause this is all I need
[G] [Cadd9] Yeah, this is all I need
[G] [Cadd9] This is all I need
