Duran Duran (named after a character in Roger Vadim's sci-fi classic, Barbarella) is an electronic pop rock band that was part of the New Wave movement of the 80s and 90s. Created by Nick Rhodes (keyboards) and John Taylor (bass) in Birmingham, England in 1978, it later add took in Roger Taylor (drums), Andy Taylor (guitar), and Simon Le Bon (lead vocals). The band has sold more than 100 million records over their more than 40 years of existence, making them one of the best-selling groups in history.
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Here are the chords for the fifth track from the band’s 2015 album, Paper Gods.
Intro: Am-G-F-Em-C-Dm-F-Bm-E - I tend to play the final E chord as a standard bar chord, since it doesn’t sound right in a minor or a full-on major chord along the fretboard - feel free to make suggestions on the intro below though! - then play just Am before Simon comes in for the verses
Verses: Am-Dm - play a G chord before entering the chorus riff
Chorus/Outro: F-A-Dm-C-G
Middle 8: Am
[Intro] AmGFEmC DmFBmE
Am
[Verse 1] Am A little ray of comfort in the afternoon Dm To brighten up the room To lighten up your mood Am The whole world is an ink spot on a plastic spoon Dm You can fight it Or invite it G Live beside it, laughing 'til you're crying
[Chorus 1] FA Hold on to your time boy DmCG Don't be scared of what they'll say FA You'll pull it off fine girl DmCG If you got the face for today...yeh!
Am Oh yeh, oh yeh… mmmm
[Verse 2] Am Around around the wall of death, around you go Dm What keeps you in the air Is having not a care… yeh Am And time flies like a dancing man on crystal glow Dm You can fight it Or invite it G Live beside it, laughing 'til you're crying
[Chorus 2] FA Hold on to your time boy DmCG Don't be scared of what they'll say FA You'll pull it off fine girl DmCG You've got that thing which makes us smile, yeh! FA Hold on to your time boy DmCG Make up your own fat cache FA You'll pull it off fine girl DmCG If you got the face for today... yeh!
Am
G Yeh!
[Middle 8] FADmCG
FA
DmCG When you got the face for today... yeh!
[Chorus 3] FA Hold on to your time boy DmCG Don't be scared of what they'll say FA You'll pull it off fine girl DmCG You've got that thing which makes us smile, yeh! FA Hold on to your time boy DmCG Wake up on that speeding train
FA You'll pull it off fine girl DmCG If you got the face for today... yeh!
FADm CG The face for today... yeh! FADm CG The face for today... yeh!