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The chords for this lovely song as played at several Flicker Sessions.
The following video shows the chords played very well especially in the later parts:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Vweij-zPHw
Here's a good tutorial video (not mine):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jUXg5WHskLE
I have simplified some and adjusted a bit for ease of play and what I think sounds best playing this solo.
Don't be turned off by the "weird" chords if you're a beginner - Gadd11 and Fmaj7 are played like a
standard open C chord, except moving your fingers on the 2nd and 3rd fret one string up/down respectively,
which makes the transitions very easy. For C/G, put an additional finger on the 1st string 3rd fret.
For the intro, the last part of the chorus and the bridge(whenever you have the Am Gadd11 C F
chord sequence), you can use the following finger picking pattern:
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-0h1---------3---------5---------5-------1---------1---------1---------1---------|
G|-------0---------0---------0---------0-------2---------2---------2---------2-----|
D|-----2---2-----0---0-----0---0-----0-------3---3-----3---3-----3---3-----3--(3)--|
A|-0-----------2---------3---------3-----------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------1---------1---------1---------1---------|
[Intro]
Am Gadd11 C F
Am Gadd11 C F
[Verse 1]
C/G
When you feel your love's been taken
Em
When you know there's something missing
Am Gadd11 Fmaj7
In the dark, we're barely hangin' on
C/G
Then you rest your head upon my chest
Em
And you feel like there ain't nothing left
Am Gadd11 Fmaj7
So I'm afraid that what we had is gone
[Chorus]
F
Then I think of the start
C
And it echoes a spark
Am Gadd11 C Fmaj7
And I remember the magic and electricity
F
Then I look in my heart
C
There's a light in the dark
Am Gadd11 C Fmaj7
Still a flicker of hope that you first gave to me
Dm
And I wanna keep
Am Gadd11 C F
Please don't leave
Am Gadd11 C F
Please don't leave
[Verse 2]
C/G
When you lay there and you're sleeping
Em
Hear the patterns of your breathing
Am Gadd11 Fmaj7
And I tell you things you've never heard before
C/G
Asking questions to the ceiling
Em
Never knowing what you're thinking
Am Gadd11 Fmaj7
'Cause I'm afraid that what we had is gone
[Chorus]
F
Then I think of the start
C
And it echoes a spark
Am Gadd11 C Fmaj7
And I remember the magic and electricity
F
Then I look in my heart
C
There's a light in the dark
Am Gadd11 C Fmaj7
Still a flicker of hope that you first gave to me
Dm
And I wanna keep
Am Gadd11 C F
Please don't leave
Am Gadd11 C F
Please don't leave
[Bridge]
Am Gadd11 C F
And I want this to pass
Am Gadd11 C F
And I hope this won't last
Dm
Last too long
[Chorus]
F
Then I think of the start
C
And it echoes a spark
Am Gadd11 C Fmaj7
And I remember the magic and electricity
F
Then I look in my heart
C
There's a light in the dark
Am Gadd11 C Fmaj7
Still a flicker of hope that you first gave to me
Dm
And I wanna keep
Am Gadd11 C F
Please don't leave
Am Gadd11 C F
Please don't leave
The following video shows the chords played very well especially in the later parts:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Vweij-zPHw
Here's a good tutorial video (not mine):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jUXg5WHskLE
I have simplified some and adjusted a bit for ease of play and what I think sounds best playing this solo.
Don't be turned off by the "weird" chords if you're a beginner - Gadd11 and Fmaj7 are played like a
standard open C chord, except moving your fingers on the 2nd and 3rd fret one string up/down respectively,
which makes the transitions very easy. For C/G, put an additional finger on the 1st string 3rd fret.
For the intro, the last part of the chorus and the bridge(whenever you have the Am Gadd11 C F
chord sequence), you can use the following finger picking pattern:
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-0h1---------3---------5---------5-------1---------1---------1---------1---------|
G|-------0---------0---------0---------0-------2---------2---------2---------2-----|
D|-----2---2-----0---0-----0---0-----0-------3---3-----3---3-----3---3-----3--(3)--|
A|-0-----------2---------3---------3-----------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------1---------1---------1---------1---------|
[Intro]
Am Gadd11 C F
Am Gadd11 C F
[Verse 1]
C/G
When you feel your love's been taken
Em
When you know there's something missing
Am Gadd11 Fmaj7
In the dark, we're barely hangin' on
C/G
Then you rest your head upon my chest
Em
And you feel like there ain't nothing left
Am Gadd11 Fmaj7
So I'm afraid that what we had is gone
[Chorus]
F
Then I think of the start
C
And it echoes a spark
Am Gadd11 C Fmaj7
And I remember the magic and electricity
F
Then I look in my heart
C
There's a light in the dark
Am Gadd11 C Fmaj7
Still a flicker of hope that you first gave to me
Dm
And I wanna keep
Am Gadd11 C F
Please don't leave
Am Gadd11 C F
Please don't leave
[Verse 2]
C/G
When you lay there and you're sleeping
Em
Hear the patterns of your breathing
Am Gadd11 Fmaj7
And I tell you things you've never heard before
C/G
Asking questions to the ceiling
Em
Never knowing what you're thinking
Am Gadd11 Fmaj7
'Cause I'm afraid that what we had is gone
[Chorus]
F
Then I think of the start
C
And it echoes a spark
Am Gadd11 C Fmaj7
And I remember the magic and electricity
F
Then I look in my heart
C
There's a light in the dark
Am Gadd11 C Fmaj7
Still a flicker of hope that you first gave to me
Dm
And I wanna keep
Am Gadd11 C F
Please don't leave
Am Gadd11 C F
Please don't leave
[Bridge]
Am Gadd11 C F
And I want this to pass
Am Gadd11 C F
And I hope this won't last
Dm
Last too long
[Chorus]
F
Then I think of the start
C
And it echoes a spark
Am Gadd11 C Fmaj7
And I remember the magic and electricity
F
Then I look in my heart
C
There's a light in the dark
Am Gadd11 C Fmaj7
Still a flicker of hope that you first gave to me
Dm
And I wanna keep
Am Gadd11 C F
Please don't leave
Am Gadd11 C F
Please don't leave
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