So Jamie did a video explaining how to play this song on piano, here are the chords:
INTRO:
The riff plays over F# and E chords, so you can pick the riff notes while playing the chrods
It goes like this
F# E F# E
-2-2------------0----------2-2-----------0-----------|
-2-2-----4-4----0----------2-2----4-4----0-----------|
-3-3-4-4--------1----------3-3-4-4-------1-----------|
-4-4---------4--2----------4-4--------4--2-----------|
-4-4------------2----------4-4-----------2-----------|
-2-2------------0----------2-2-----------0-----------|
F# E E F#
-2-2-----2-2-----0---------0-2-2-----------2---------|
-2-2---------4--(4)--------0-----4-4-2-2-0-2---------|
-3-3-4-4---------1---------1---------------3---------|
-4-4-------------2---------2---------------4---------|
-4-4-------------2---------2---------------4---------|
-2-2-------------0---------0---------------2---------|
The verse plays just like the intro
VERSE
F# E
Right now the world looks so exciting
F# E
But that first rung it feels so cold
F# E
The air up there looks so inviting
E F#
You'll do the rest when you are old
F# E
The printed pictures they stain your hands
F# E
It's like a memory you don't own
F# E
The architecture of your grand plans
E F#
Designed to put you on the throne
F# Eadd9
The bitter taste of the unknown
CHORUS
E B
I'll tell you for nothing you're not the only one singing singing
E B
Trying to bring to life your dreams
E Abm7 F#
I'll tell you for nothing you're not the only one who believes
BRIDGE
F# E x2 (Half an intro)
VERSE 2:
F# E
I don't know if you're gonna make it
F# E
How many girls you're gonna know
F# E
I don't know if you'll pay your dad back
E F#
With front row tickets to your show
F# E
Right now your snare drum is a trash can
F# E
Your bedroom shadows are your stage
F# E
Your old best friend he is your one fan
E F#
He'll watch the light inside you fade
CHORUS:
E B
I'll tell you for nothing you're not the only one singing singing
E B
Trying to bring to life your dreams
E Abm7 F#
I'll tell you for nothing you're not the only one who believes
E B
I'll tell you for nothing you're not the only one singing singing
E B
Trying to bring to life your dreams
E Abm7 F#
I'll tell you for nothing you're not the only one who believes
Repeat INTRO
F# E F# E
-2-2------------0----------2-2-----------0-----------|
-2-2-----4-4----0----------2-2----4-4----0-----------|
-3-3-4-4--------1----------3-3-4-4-------1-----------|
-4-4---------4--2----------4-4--------4--2-----------|
-4-4------------2----------4-4-----------2-----------|
-2-2------------0----------2-2-----------0-----------|
F# E E F
-2-2-----2-2-----0---------0-2-2-----------2---------|
-2-2---------4--(4)--------0-----4-4-2-2-0-2---------|
-3-3-4-4---------1---------1---------------3---------|
-4-4-------------2---------2---------------4---------|
-4-4-------------2---------2---------------4---------|
-2-2-------------0---------0---------------2---------|
CHORUS
E B
I'll tell you for nothing you're not the only one singing singing
E B
Trying to bring to life your dreams
E Abm7 F#
I'll tell you for nothing you're not the only one who believes
E B
I'll tell you for nothing you're not the only one singing singing
E B
Trying to bring to life your dreams
E Abm7 F#
I'll tell you for nothing you're not the only one fading away
Repeat INTRO x3
Eadd9 Abm7
--2-- --4--|
--0-- --4--|
--1-- --4--|
--2-- --4--|
--2-- --6--|
--0-- --4--|