Overkill Chords

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Difficulty:	intermediate
Tuning:	E A D G B E
Capo:	2nd fret

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F#sus4

F#7sus4

F#7

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CAPO 2  - Men at Work Cargo Album version
No CAPO - Colin Hay Acoustic version from his album Men @ Work
 
 
[Verse 1]
 
D                A
I can't get to sleep
C                 G
I think about the implications
D                A
Of diving in too deep
C                  G
And possibly the complications
D              A
Especially at night
C             G
I worry over situations
D               A
I know will be alright
C                 G
Perhaps it's just imagination
 
 
[Chorus]
 
Bm                     A
Day after day it reappears
Bm                              A
Night after night my heartbeat shows the fear
F#sus4   F#           G     A
Ghosts appear and fade away
 
 
[Verse 2]
 
D                  A
Alone between the sheets
C              G
Only brings exasperation
D                     A
It's time to walk the streets
C            G
Smell the... desperation
D                       A
At least there's pretty lights
C                         G
And though there's little variation
D                A
It nullifies the night
C         G
from Overkill
 
 
[Chorus]
 
Bm                     A
Day after day it reappears
Bm                              A
Night after night my heartbeat shows the fear
F#sus4   F#           G
Ghosts appear and fade away...
A
  come back another day
 
 
[Solo]
 
D  A  C  G  D  A  C  G
D  A  C  G  D  A  C  G
Bm    A     F#7sus4  F#7  G
 
 
[Verse 3]
 
D                A
I can't get to sleep
C                 G
I think about the implications
D                A
Of diving in too deep
C                  G
And possibly the complications
D              A
Especially at night
C             G
I worry over situations that
D               A
I know will be alright
C             G
It's just Overkill
 
 
[Chorus]
 
Bm                     A
Day after day it reappears
Bm                              A
Night after night my heartbeat shows the fear
F#sus4   F#           G
Ghosts appear and fade away...
F#sus4   F#           G
Ghosts appear and fade away...
F#sus4   F#            G
Ghosts appear and fade away...
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Overkill – Men at Work

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Capo 2 for original song key.

Colin Hay explains how to play the song here: https://youtu.be/yWbjnuWU4iQ In the video he explains that the 1st and 6th strings are tuned to D. Pretty cool to have the actual artist explaining their own song.

D - D/C# C - C/B If you cant hear this is missing from this tab, you never heard the song, big part of the song, the dropping bass on the same chord. The A and G have no part of this.