5 Seconds of Summer (also known as 5SOS) are a 4-piece Australian pop rock/pop punk band. Formed in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia in 2011, the band consists of Luke Hemmings (lead vocals, guitar), Michael Clifford (guitar, vocals), Calum Hood (bass guitar, vocals) and Ashton Irwin (drums, vocals). The group were originally YouTube celebrities, posting videos of themselves covering songs from various artists in 2011. From there, they gained a small following in 2012 after posting a series of cover versions of popular songs onto YouTube
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Only basic open chords appear so everyone is able to play this song. I created it using the bass line in the officially recorded song. Disclaimer: The bridge is not 100% accurate. If you know it, please correct me below and I'll fix it asap. Any questions? Email me @ [email protected]
Standard Tuning: Capo 2
Intro: AmGF
VERSE: AmG Within a minute I was all packed up FF I've got a ticket to another world AmG I don't wanna go F I don't wanna go AmG Suddenly words are hard to speak FF When your thoughts are all I see AmGF Don't ever leave, she said to me
PRE-CHORUS: AmG When we both fall asleep, underneath the same sky F To the beats of our hearts at the same time AmGF So close but so far away F (Can you hear me?)
CHORUS: C She sleeps alone F My heart wants to come home AmG I wish I was, I wish I was F Beside you C She lies awake F Trying to find the words to say AmG I wish I was, I wish I was F Beside you
VERSE: AmG Another day, and I?m somewhere new FF I made a promise that I'll come home soon AmGF Bring me back, bring me back to you
PRE-CHORUS: AmG When we both wake up underneath the same sun FF Time stops, I wish that I could rewind AmGF So close but so far away
CHORUS: C She sleeps alone F My heart wants to come home AmG I wish I was, I wish I was F Beside you C She lies awake F Trying to find the words to say AmG I wish I was, I wish I was F Beside you
INTERLUDE: CFAmGF
BRIDGE: GF The pieces of us both Am Under every city light FGC And the shining as we fade into the night
CHORUS: (One strum) C She sleeps alone F My heart wants to come home AmGF I wish I was, I wish I was
CHORUS: C She sleeps alone F My heart wants to come home AmG I wish I was, I wish I was F Beside you C She lies awake F Trying to find the words to say AmG I wish I was, I wish I was F Beside you CF She lies awake, beside you AmGFGC (once) I wish I was, I wish I was CG She sleeps alone Am My heart wants to come home GF I wish I was, I wish I was