Overkill Acoustic Chords
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Version in D with non standard chords.Was this info helpful?
Difficulty: | intermediate |
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Tuning: | E A D G B E |
Key: | D |
Capo: | no capo |
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This is based on the version by rabidGadfly
https://tabs.ultimate-guitar.com/c/colin_hay/overkill_acoustic_ver2_crd.htm
and the YouTube-Tutorial by Colin Hay
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yWbjnuWU4iQ
I basically just changed the chords in the chart to more correct/interesting
sounding versions. Also in Colin Hay's tutorial he plays everything in
dropped D tuning, but I don't think this is neccessary so I rewrote it for
standard tuning. This makes the song a bit more difficult to play. But it
should sound better because a lot of the chords are actually played with
an open G string.
If you want to play it in E, just place the capo on the 2nd fret.
[Chord Chart]
D D/C# C C/B Bm Asus A Asus* A* F#sus F# G
e|---x----x-----x----x----x-----0----0-----x----x-----x-----x----x---|
B|---7----7-----5----5----3-----3----2-----x----x-----x-----x----3---|
G|---0----0-----0----0----0-----2----2-----7----6-----4-----3----0---|
D|---7----7-----5----5----4-----2----2-----5----5-----2-----2----0---|
A|---5----4-----3----2----2-----0----0-----x----x-----x-----x----0---|
E|---x----x-----x----x----x-----x----x-----5----5-----2-----2----3---|
[Verse]
D D/C#
I can't get to sleep
C C/B
I think about the implications
D D/C#
Of diving in too deep
C C/B
And possibly the complications
D D/C#
Especially at night
C C/B
I worry over situations
D D/C#
I know will be alright
C C/B
Perhaps its just my imagination
[Chorus]
Bm Asus A
Day after day it reappears
Bm Asus* A*
Night after night my heartbeat shows the fear
F#sus F# G
Ghosts appear and fade away
Asus A
[Verse]
D D/C#
Alone between the sheets
C C/B
Only brings exasperation
D D/C#
It's time to walk the streets
C C/B
Smell the desperation
D D/C#
At least there's pretty lights
C C/B
And though there's little variation
D D/C#
It nullifies the night
C C/B
from overkill
[Chorus]
Bm Asus A
Day after day it reappears
Bm Asus* A*
Night after night my heartbeat shows the fear
F#sus F# G
Ghosts appear and fade away
Asus A
Come back another day
[Verse]
D D/C#
I can't get to sleep
C C/B
I think about the implications
D D/C#
Of diving in too deep
C C/B
And possibly the complications
D D/C#
Especially at night
C C/B
I worry over situations and
D D/C#
I know will be alright
C C/B
It's just overkill
[Chorus]
Bm Asus A
Day after day it reappears
Bm Asus* A*
Night after night my heartbeat shows the fear
F#sus F# G
Ghosts appear and fade away
F#sus F# G
Ghosts appear and fade away
F#sus F# G
Ghosts appear and fade away
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