Old Soul Cifras

136 BPM, 3/4
Capo 2 / Transpose up 2
 
Bass Descent:
With capo:                No Capo:
E|-------------------|    e|-------------------|
B|-------------------|    B|-------------------|
G|-------------------|    G|-------------------|
D|-------------------|    D|-------------------|
A|--4------2---------|    A|--6------4---------|
E|----------------4--|    E|----------------6--|
 
The A5add#11 is a transition chord that can be replaced with an A.
The timing for the above riff is all quarter notes.
The bass descent can be replaced with a B.
 
[Intro]
A       C#m  E
Sinking in - to the sheets
A       C#m  B
Sinking in - to defeat
A            C#m                        A5add#11 A
Step softly,      as I lay beneath
  B
I spread myself under your feet
 
N.C.
[Bass Descent]
 
A A C#m [Bass Descent]
A A C#m E
 
[Pre-Verse]
     A       C#m  [Bass Descent] A
Step softly, as   I lay be    -     neath
  C#m             E
I spread myself under your feet
 
[Verse 1]
A   A        C#m           E
     I had a lot to learn about respect
A   A         C#m              B          A
     When you told me you were better off   dead
C#m               E            A
Tell me something I can sing
        B
Tell me anything
 
[Chorus 1]
             A     B  C#m   B
What is this place in hell
       E    B  A
That I know so well?
    A         B
This life is a labour
       C#m             B       E      B     A
I will slave until I'm able to     forget myself
      A   A   C#m   [Bass Descent] A
But I sink          in - to  de -  feat
 
A A C#m E
 
[Pre-Verse]
     A       C#m  [Bass Descent] A
Step softly, as   I lay be       neath
  C#m             E        A
I spread myself under your  feet
 
A A C#m E
A A C#m [Bass Descent]
 
[Verse 2]
A   A        C#m           E
     I had a lot to learn about respect
A   A            C#m           [Bass Descent]  A
     I thought a lot about the things that you  said
    C#m              E            A
The younger men have wished for death
           C#m      B               A
But I will carry on because I am my father's son
B          C#m         B
   I am my mother's love
    E      B         A
And I will earn your name
 
[Chorus 2]
             A     B  C#m   B
What is this place in hell
       E    B  A
That I know so well? This
A         B
Life is a labour
       C#m             B       E      B     A
I will slave until I'm able to     forget myself
A         A   B   C#m B      E       B    A
I shut myself a - way   from endless tragedy
A            A  B   C#m B        E     B
My head gets in the way   of the man I try to
C#m   B      A
Man I try to be
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