Lorde - Buzzcut Season
This is a version to pick out the bass vibe of the song.
Drop-D Tuning
Fm:333111 or 333564
Eb:11134x
G: 555xxx
Ab:66689x
Db:x46664
C: x355xx
Fm*:x89978
Eb*:x68886
Ab*:x11 10 8 9
Note that capo on 1 makes the bounce back and forth between the Eb easier.
Then the Eb just can just be played as open strings: oooxxx
But I’m going to write it out as no capo since capo-relative gets to be a pain
once you’re past fret 4 or so.
(Intro) [and verse pattern]:
|1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +| 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + |1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + |1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + |
|Fm Eb | Fm G |Ab Eb |Ab G | (2x)
(Verse)
Fm Eb Fm G Ab Eb Ab G
I remember when your head caught flame
Fm Eb Fm G
It kissed your scalp and caressed your brain
Ab Eb Ab G
(I remember when your head caught flame)
Fm Eb Fm G Ab Eb Ab G
Well you laughed, baby it's okay
Fm Eb Fm G
It's buzzcut season anyway
Ab Eb Ab G
(Well you laughed, baby it's okay)
Db C Db
Explosions on Tee-Vee
Eb* Fm* Eb* Fm*
And all the girls with heads inside a dream
Eb* Db C Db
So now we live beside the pool
Eb* Fm* Eb* Fm* Eb*
Where everything is good
(Verse)
Fm Eb Fm G Ab Eb Ab G
We ride the bus with the knees pulled in
Fm Eb Fm G
People should see how we're living
Ab Eb Ab G
(We ride the bus with the knees pulled in)
Fm Eb Fm G Ab Eb Ab G
Shut my eyes to the song that plays
Fm Eb Fm G
Sometimes this has a hot, sweet taste
Ab Eb Ab G
(Shut my eyes to the song that plays)
Db C Db
The men up on the news
Eb* Fm* Eb* Fm*
They try to tell us all that we will lose
Ab* Eb* Db Eb*
But it's so easy in this blue
Ab* Fm* Eb* Fm*
Where everything is good
(Chorus)
Eb* Db C Db
And I'll never go home again
Eb
(Place the call, feel it start)
Fm Eb Fm
Favorite friend
Ab Eb(1688xx)
(And nothing's wrong but nothing's true)
Ab Fm Eb Fm
I live in a hologram with you
Db C Db
Where all the things that we do for fun
Eb
(And I'll breathe, and it goes)
Fm Eb Fm
Play along
Ab Eb(1688xx)
(Make believe, it's hyper real)
Ab Fm Eb Fm
But I live in a hologram with you
(Bridge)
[quieter -- just play bass note of the higher octave * chords on the A string.]
Fm* Eb* Fm G* Ab* Eb*
Cola with the burnt-out taste
Ab* G* Db (gets weird here... like xx13 12xx) Eb
I'm the one you tell your fears to
Fm
There'll never be enough of us
[still quiet]
Db C Db
Explosions on Tee-Vee
Eb* Fm* Eb* Fm*
And all the girls with heads inside a dream
Eb* Db C Db
So now we live beside the pool
Eb* Fm* Eb* Fm* Eb*
Where everything is good
(Chorus)
[n.c.] Db C Db
And I'll never go home again
Eb
(Place the call, feel it start)
Fm Eb Fm
Favorite friend
Ab Eb(1688xx)
(And nothing's wrong but nothing's true)
Ab Fm Eb Fm
I live in a hologram with you
Db C Db
Where all the things that we do for fun
Eb
(And I'll breathe, and it goes)
Fm Eb Fm
Play along
Ab Eb(1688xx)
(Make believe, it's hyper real)
Ab Fm Eb Fm
But I live in a hologram with you
(Outtro)
[Play high voicings
Fm: xxx10 9 8
Eb: xxx886
Gm: xxx12 11 10
Ab: xxx13 11 11 ]
Eb Fm Eb Fm
Gm Ab Gm Ab
Gm Gm Ab Gm
[just b+g strings]
Eb Fm Eb Fm