This song was meant to be played on ukulele. See an earlier blog entry for the ukulele riff. - Jack plays it in E, but ukers play it in C - the people's key!
SEVEN NATION ARMY
C C Eb C Bb Ab G
I'm gonna fight 'em off,
G C C Eb C Bb Ab G
A seven nation army couldn't hold me back.
G C C Eb C Bb Ab G
Their gonna rip it off,
G C C Eb C Bb Ab G
Taking their time right behind my back.
C Eb C Bb Ab G
And I'm talking to myself at night
C Eb C Bb Ab G
Because I can't forget.
C Eb C Bb Ab G
Back and forth through my mind,
C Eb C Bb Ab G
behind a cigarette.
(Pre/Post - Chorus:)
Eb F
And the message comming from my eyes, says leave it alone.
Eb F
Riff x 4
(Verse 2:)
G C Eb C Bb Ab G
Don't want to hear about it,
G C Eb C Bb Ab G
Every single ones got a story to tell.
G C C Eb C Bb Ab G
Everyone knows about it,
G C C Eb C Bb Ab G
From the queen of England to the hounds of hell.
G C C Eb C Bb
And if I catch you comming back my way,
Ab G C C Eb C Bb Ab G
I'm going to serve it to you.
C Eb C Bb Ab G
And that ain't what you want to hear,
C Eb C Bb Ab G
But that's what I'll do.
(Pre/Post - Chorus:)
Eb F
And the feeling coming from my bones, says find a home.
(Verse 3)
Riff x 8
Eb F
Riff x 4
C C Eb C Bb Ab G
I'm going to Witchita,
G C Eb C Bb Ab G
Far from this opera and for ever more.
G C C Eb C Bb Ab G
I'm going to work the straw,
G C C Eb C Bb Ab G
Make the sweat drip out of every pour.
G C C Eb C
And I'm bleedin', and I'm bleedin',
C Bb Ab G C C Eb C Bb Ab G
And I'm bleeding right before the lord.
C C Eb C Bb Ab
All the words are going to bleed from me,
G C C Eb C Bb Ab G
And I will think no more.
(Pre/Post-Chorus)
Eb F
And the stains comming from my blood, says go back home.
Eb F
Riff x 4
I'm waiting to hear the audio file for this one Helen!
ReplyDeleteWith vocals!
ReplyDeleteThey're coming - just gathering the army together for the final assault!
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