Malibu Chords

MALIBU
As recorded by Ruel
(From the 2024 EP ADAPTATIONS)
 
 
For easier chord fingerings you may put a capo at 4th fret.
To do so transpose -4 steps.
 
 
[Intro]
E   A   E   A
 
 
[Verse 1]
E                   A                 E         A
I never came to the beach or stood by the ocean
G#m                A               G#m                     A
I never sat by the shore under the sun with my feet in the sand
                E
But you brought me here
A                  E
And I'm happy that you did
A              E          A              E        A
'Cause now I'm as free as birds catchin' the wind
E                              A          E    A
I always thought I would sink, so I never swam
  G#m7                          A
I never went boatin', don't get how they are floatin'
        G#m7                     A              C#m7     A
And sometimes I get so scared of what I can't understand
 
 
[Chorus]
           E   G#m     C#m7  A
But here I am, next to you
              E         G#m  C#m  A
Oh, the sky's more blue in Malibu
        E   G#m  C#m  A
Next to you in Malibu
        E    G#m
Next to you
 
 
[Verse 2]
E                     A               E    A
We watched thе sun go down as we were walkin'
    E                        A                  E        A
Now I'd spеnd the rest of my life just standing here, talkin'
E                     A            E          A
You would explain the current as I just smile
E                           A                     G#m
Hoping that you'll stay the same and nothing will change
             A           E       A             E
And it'll be us just for a while, do they even exist?
A                  E      A                  E        A
That's when I make my wish to swim away with the fish
        E                       A           E        A
'Cause it's supposed to be this hot, all summer long
G#m7               A                          G#m7
I never would've believed you if three years ago you told me
       A            C#m7      A
I'd be here writing this song
 
 
[Chorus]
           E   G#m     C#m7  A
But here I am, next to you
          E         G#m  C#m7  A  E
The sky's more blue in Malibu
G#m7        C#m7  A
I’m next to you
                E         G#m  C#m7
Where the sky's more blue in Malibu
        E
Next to you
 
 
[Outro]
G#m7  C#m7  A  E
G#m7  C#m7  A  E
G#m7  C#m7  A  E
G#m7  C#m7  A  E
G#m7  C#m7  A  E
G#m7  C#m7  A  E
G#m7
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