Band: Oasis
Album: Definitely Maybe
Year: 1994
Songwriter: Noel Gallagher
1. ROCK 'N' ROLL STAR
CAPO 2ND FRET
Chords used:
A - (x02220)
D - (xx0232)
Bm - (x24432)
G - (320033)
F#m - (224422)
E - (022100)
A D
I live my life in the city
A D
And there's no easy way out
Bm G A D
The day's moving just too fast for me
A D
I Need some time in the sunshine
A D
Gotta slow it right down
Bm G A D
The day's moving just too fast for me
F#m D
I live my life for the stars that shine
A
People say it's just a waste of time
F#m D
Then they said I should feed my head
A
That to me was just a day in bed
F#m D
I'll take my car and drive real far
A
They're not concerned about the way we are
G
In my mind my dreams are real
E
Now you concerned about the way I feel
G D A D
Tonight... I'm a rock n' roll star
G D A D
Tonight... I'm a rock n' roll star
E - D ...
It`s just rock n roll...
It's just rock n roll...
2. SHAKERMAKER
Chords used:
A - (x02220)
B - (x24442)
E - (022100)
F# - (244322)
B
I'd like to be somebody else and not know where I've been
E B
I'd like to build myself a house out of plasticine
A E B
Aaaah, aaaaah, Shake along with me
A E B F#
Aaaah, aaaaah, Shake along with me
B
I've been driving in my car with my friend Mr. Soft
E B
Mr. Clean and Mr.Ben are living in my loft
A E B
Aaaah, aaaaah, Shake along with me
A E B F#
Aaaah, aaaaah, Shake along with me
D A B
I'm sorry but I just don't know
D A B
I know I said I told you so
D A B
But when you're happy and you're feeling fine
A E
Then you'll know that it's the right time
A E
Yeah, you know that it's the right time
To shake along with me!
B
Mister Sifter sold me songs when I was just sixteen
E B
Now he stops at traffic lights but only when they're green
A E B
Aaaah, aaaaah, Shake along with me
A E B F#
Aaaah, aaaaah, Shake along with me
A E
Aaaah, aaaaah
3. LIVE FOREVER
Chords used:
G - (3x0033)
D - (xx0232)
Am7 - (x02010)
C - (x32010)
Em - (022000)
Fmaj7 - (x33210)
C/B - (x20010)
G D
Maybe, I don't really wanna know
Am7
How your garden grows
C D
I just wanna fly
G D
Lately, did you ever feel the pain
Am7
in the morning rain
C D
as it soaks it to the bone
Em D
Maybe I just wanna fly
Am7
Wanna live I don't wanna die
C
Maybe I just wanna breathe
D Em
Maybe I just don't believe
D
Maybe you're the same as me
Am7
We see things they'll never see
Fmaj7
You and I are gonna live forever
Am7 Fmaj7 C/B
We're gonna live forever...
Am7 Fmaj7 C/B
We're gonna live forever...
4. UP IN THE SKY
Chords Used:
G - (320033)
Cadd9 - (x32033)
Dmadd11 - (x03233)
C - (x32010)
Csus4 - (x33010)
A7 - (x02020)
A7Sus4 - (x02030)
D - (xx0232)
Em - (022000)
D11 - (xx0010)
Cadd9 G Cadd9 G Cadd9 G Cadd9 G Cadd9
Hey you! up in the sky, learning to fly, tell me how high,
Dmadd11 Cadd9 G Cadd9 G Cadd9
Do you think you'll go, before you start fallin...
Cadd9 G Cadd9 G Cadd9 G Cadd9 G Cadd9
Hey you! up in the tree, you wanna be me, well that couldn't be
Dmadd11 Cadd9
'cos the people here,
G Cadd9 G Cadd9 C Csus4 C
they don't hear you calling...
A7 A7Sus4 A7 G Cadd9 G Cadd9 G Cadd9 G
How does it feel?... When you're inside... me.
Cadd9 G Cadd9 G Cadd9 G Cadd9 G Cadd9
Hey you! wearing your crown, making no sound, I heard you feel down,
Dmadd11 Cadd9 G Cadd9 G Cadd9
Well that's just too bad, welcome to my... world
Cadd9 G Cadd9 G
Hey you! stealing the light,
Cadd9 G Cadd9 G Cadd9
I heard that the shine's gone out of your life
Dmadd11 Cadd9
Well that's just too bad,
G Cadd9 G Cadd9 C Csus4 C
welcome to my... world.
A7 A7Sus4 A7 G Cadd9 G Cadd9 G Cadd9 G
How does it feel?... When you're inside... me.
D Em D C
You'll need assistance with the things that you have never ever seen,
D
It's just a case of never breathing out
Em D C A7 A7Sus4 A7
Before you've breathed it in
D11
So tell me how does it feel?...
G Cadd9 G Cadd9 G Cadd9 G Cadd9
When you're inside... me.
D Em D C
You'll need assistance with the things that you have never ever seen,
D
It's just a case of never breathing out
Em D C A7 A7Sus4 A7
Before you've breathed it in
D11
So tell me how does it feel?...
G Cadd9 G Cadd9 G Cadd9 G
When you're inside... me,
Cadd9 G Cadd9 G Cadd9 G Cadd9 G
When you're inside... me.
5. COLUMBIA
Chords Used:
A - (x02220)
C - (x32010)
D - (xx0232)
A
There we were, now here we are
D C
All this confusion, nothing's the same to me,
A
There we were, now here we are
D C
All this confusion, nothing's the same to me,
A
But I can't tell you the way I feel,
D C
'Cos the way I feel is oh so new to me,
A
No I can't tell you the way I feel,
D C
'Cos the way I feel is oh so new to me,
A
What I heard is not what I hear,
D C
I can see the signs but they're not very clear
A
What I heard is not what I hear,
D C
I can see the signs but they're not very clear
A D C
This is confusion, am I confusing you?
A D C
This is confusion, am I confusing you?
A D C
This is peculiar, we don't wanna fool ya.
A D C
This is peculiar, we don't wanna fool ya.
6. SUPERSONIC
Chords Used:
F#m - (244222)
A - (x02220)
B - (x24442)
E - (022100)
C#7 - (x46464)
D - (xx0232)
F#m A B
I need to be myself
F#m A B
I can't be no one else
F#m A B
I'm feeling supersonic, give me gin and tonic
F#m A B
You can have it all but how much do you want it?
F#m A B
You make me laugh
F#m A B
Give me your autograph
F#m A B
Can I ride with you in your BMW?
F#m A B
You can sail with me in my yellow submarine
E
You need to find out
F#m
'Cos no one's gonna tell you what I'm on about
E C#7
You need to find a way for what you want to say
But before tomorrow
D A E F#m
Cause my friend said he'd take you home
D A E F#m
He sits in a corner all alone
D A E F#m
He lives under a waterfall
D A
No body can see him
E F#m D A
No body can ever hear him call
E F#m D A
No body can ever hear him call
7. BRING IT ON DOWN
Chords Used:
Bm - (224432)
A - (x02220)
E - (022100)
D - (xx0232)
Dsus2 - (xx0230)
Bm Bm/A
What was that sound ringing round your brain?
D E D Bm Bm/A
Today is just a blur you gotta head like a ghost train
Bm Bm/A
What was that sound ringing around your brain?
D E D Bm Bm/A
You're here on your own who you gonna find to blame?
Bm Dsus2 A Bm Dsus2 A
You're the outcast you're the underclass
Bm Dsus2 A Bm Dsus2 A
But you don't care because you're living fast
Bm Dsus2
You're the un-invited guest who stays 'till the end
G Em
I know you've got a problem that the devil sends
Bm Dsus2
You think they're talking 'bout you but you don't know who
G Em Bm Bm/A
I'll be scraping your life from the soul of my shoe tonight.
Bm Bm/A
Bring it on down. Bring it down for me
D E D Bm Bm/A
Your head's in a fish tank your body and your mind can't breathe
Bm Bm/A
Bring it on down. Bring it down for me
D E D Bm Bm/A
Your head's in a fish tank your body and your mind can't breathe
8. CIGARETTES & ALCOHOL
Chords Used:
A - (x02220)
E - (022100)
D - (xx0232)
F#m - (244222)
E F#m A E
Is it my imagination, or have I finally found something worth looking for,
E F#m A E
I was looking for some action, but all I found was Cigarettes and Alcohol,
A E
You could wait for a lifetime,
A E
to spend your days in the sunshine,
A E D
You might as well do the white line, 'cause when it comes on top,
A (strum once) E D A E
You gotta make it happen, you gotta make it happen,
D A E D A E
You gotta make it happen, you gotta make it happen,
E A
You gotta, you gotta, you gotta make it
E A
You gotta, you gotta, you gotta fake it
9. DIGSY'S DINNER
Chords used:
A - (x02220)
C#7 - (x46464)
D - (xx0232)
E - (022100)
D7 - (xx0212)
D/A - (x0423x)
E7 - (022130)
Bm7 - (x24232)
A C#7
What a life it could be
D E7
If you could come to mine for tea
D E7
I’ll pick you up at half past three
D7 A D/A A
We’ll have lasagna.
C#7 D
I’ll treat you like a queen
E7
I’ll give you strawberries and cream
D E7
Then your friends will all go green
D7 A D/A A
For my lasagna.
E A D/A A D/A
These could be the best days of our lives
A Bm7 C#7
But I don’t think we’d be living very wise
A
Oh no! no!
A C#7
What a life it could be
D E7
If you could come to mine for tea
D E7
I’ll pick you up at half past three
D7 A D/A A
We’ll have lasagna
D E
Then your friends will all go green
D E
Then your friends will all go green
D E
Then your friends will all go green
D7 A
For my lasagna
10. SLIDE AWAY
Chords used:
Am7 - (x02013)
G - (3x0033)
G2 - (3554xx)
G7 - (320001)
F - (x33211)
F2 - (1332xx)
Fmaj7 - (x33210)
C - (x32010)
D7 - (xx0212)
F#/D - (2x0232)
E - (022100)
Am7 G F
Slide away, and give it all you've got
Am7 G F
My today, fell in from the top
Am7 G F
I dream of you, and all the things you say
Am7 G F
I wonder where you are now
Am7 G F
Hold me down, all the world's asleep
Am7 G F
I need you now, you've got me on my knees
Am7 G F
I dream of you, we talk of growing old
Am7 G F
But you said please don't
G2 F2 G2 F2
Slide in, baby - together we'll fly
G2 F2 G G7
I've tried praying - and I know just what you're saying to me
C
Now that you're mine,
G
we'll find a way
Fmaj7
of chasing the sun
Am7
Let me be the one
G
Who shines with you
D7 F2
In the morning when you don't know what to do
C
Two of a kind
G
We'll find a way
Fmaj7
To do what we've done
Am7 G
Let me be the one that shines with you
F2 F#/D F2 F#/D
And we can slide away slide away
G E
Away...
11. MARRIED WITH CHILDREN
Chords used:
E - (022100)
Ab - (466544)
C#m - (x46654)
A - (577655)
C - (x35553)
B7 - (x24242)
F# - (244322)
Abm - (466444)
B - (x244xx)
E* - (076780)
E Ab C#m A
There's no need for you to say you're sorry
C B7 E
Goodbye, I'm going home
E Ab C#m A
I don't care no more so don't you worry
C B7 E
Goodbye, I'm going home
A E
I hate the way that even though you
A E
know you're wrong, you say you're right
A E
I hate the books you read and all your friends
F# A G
Your music's shite, it keeps me up all night...
C#m Abm A E
And it will be nice to be alone for a week or two
C#m Abm A
But I know that I will be right, right back here
B A Abm F#
with you, with you, with you, with you,
B A Abm F#
with you, with you, with you...