Pompeii Acoustic Chords

by Bastille
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Difficulty: beginner
Tuning: E A D G B E
Capo: no capo
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3 contributors total, last edit on Feb 25, 2020
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Chords

D
A
F#m
E

Strumming

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Great song, Great band
 
The chords are pretty much the same throughout but I would like to say
that although ive said the 3rd chord in the progression is (F#m) and this is how I
play it, sometimes it looks as though the guitar is playing a normal F# though its
still sung as if over a minor. :) Enjoy
 
 
[INTRO]
 
 
D - A - F#m - E
D - A - F#m - E
 
[Verse 1]
 
D          A         F#m    E
I was left to my own devices
D         A              F#m         E
Many days fell away with nothing to show
 
 
[Pre-Chorus]
 
D                           A
And the walls kept tumbling down
                   F#m   E
In the city that we loved
D                          A
Great clouds roll over the hills
                       F#m  E
Bringing darkness from Above
 
 
[Chorus]
 
                      D
But if you close your eyes,
        A
Does it almost feel like
F#m                 E
Nothing changed at all?
                      D
And if you close your eyes,
        A
Does it almost feel like
F#m                E
You've been here before?
D                    A         E
How am I gonna be an optimist about this?
D                    A          E
How am I gonna be an optimist about this?
 
 
[Verse 2]
 
D              A              F#m         E
We were caught up and lost in all of our vices
D            A           F#m             E
In your pose as the dust settles around us
 
 
[Pre-Chorus]
 
D                           A
And the walls kept tumbling down
                    F#m E
In the city that we loved
D                          A
Great clouds roll over the hills
                       F#m  E
Bringing darkness from Above
 
 
[Chorus]
 
                      D
But if you close your eyes,
        A
Does it almost feel like
F#m                 E
Nothing changed at all?
                      D
And if you close your eyes,
        A
Does it almost feel like
F#m                E
You've been here before?
 
 
D                    A         E
How am I gonna be an optimist about this?
D                    A         E
How am I gonna be an optimist about this?
 
 
[Instrumental]
 
D A F#m  E
 
 
[Bridge]
 
D              A
Oh where do we begin?
F#m                E
The rubble or our sins?
D              A
Oh where do we begin?
F#m                E
The rubble or our sins?
 
 
[Pre-Chorus]
 
D                           A
And the walls kept tumbling down
                    F#m  E
In the city that we loved
D                          A
Great clouds roll over the hills
                       F#m  E
Bringing darkness from Above
 
 
[Chorus]
 
                     D
But if you close your eyes,
        A
Does it almost feel like
F#m                  E
Nothing changed at all?
                      D
And if you close your eyes,
        A
Does it almost feel like
F#m               E
You've been here before?
D                    A          E
How am I gonna be an optimist about this?
D                    A          E
How am I gonna be an optimist about this?
 
                      D
But if you close your eyes,
        A
Does it almost feel like
F#m                  E
Nothing changed at all?
 
 
[OUTRO]
 
D - A - F#m - E X2
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28 comments
ZackGarvey94
Sounds Good! When playing the F#m, play it with variation 2 when you hover over the chord with the mouse. Sounds really good like that.
+7
sarah9798
You can also play it as C G Em D
+6
hay-jay98
Hooray well done! Great version, thanks heaps :)
+2