Souvenir Chords

SOUVENIR
(Neil Finn)
 
NOTES:
 
-- I've supplied two different versions of the intro (which is the same
thing played on the verses); the first version is an easier way to go,
though the voicings are not as accurate as Version 2. The problem is
that version 2 relies on the higher strings, giving you very little bass
to work with -- and this is a pretty bass-heavy song.
 
-- This is one of those songs on the album that doesn't work
particularly well as an acoustic guitar song.
 
-- The riff is pretty much identical all through the song.
 
 
* UNUSUAL CHORDS
 
E      XX2100 (diff. from usual fingering)
D6     XX0100
F#m    XX4222 (diff. from usual fingering)
A6/C#  X42422
 
RIFF:
 
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INTRO/VERSE, version 1:   E   F#m
 
INTRO/VERSE, version 2:   E*  D6*  F#m*
 
 
[Verse]
              E         (D6)  F#m
Don't ask the question
 
                       E      (D6)  F#m
cos you won't like the answer
 
                E      (D6) F#m
get up off your chair
 
                        A
there's nothing for you here
 
 
 
[Chorus]
 
D         A                   D
Where the guests like souvenirs
 
A         D        A            D
they play with you til you're all worn out
 
A    D         A               D         E  (D6)   F#m
back there the guests like souvenirs
 
 
[Verse]
Prison colour blue
it's a uniform of choice
count yourself lucky
and you don't write the software
 
[Chorus]
and the guests like souvenirs
they play with you till you're all worn out
back where the guests take photographs
they hope you had a good night
 
[Bridge]
G    A    Bb     A
 
          G         A    Bb    A
Loosen up your tie
 
         G
make the viewers cry
 
A         Bb        E   (D6)  F#m
I cannot pretend to cry
 
 
[Solo]
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[Verse]
Memorise by heart
every single part
there's nothing for you here
 
[Chorus]
Where the guests like souvenirs
they play with you til you're all worn out
back where the guests like souvenirs
they hope you had a good night
 
 
G   A    Bb    A
 
 
G   A        Bb        A
Each night I would fall
 
     G              A
right off the stairs
 
      Bb     A
no one's in prayer (?)
 
 
CODA: (instrumental, no words)
 
G       A6/C#*   F#m     D
 
G       A6/C#    F#m     E       G
 
 
 
 
[c] 1997 by Roundhead Music, Administered by Wixen Music (BMI)
 
(Transcription by Marck Bailey)
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