I love this song, and there were no tabs for it that i thought were quite right, so decided to make one myself
if you have any questions or corrections, feel free to comment them down below. Enjoy!
Capo II
Drop D tuning
D5 F5 G5 Bb5 C5 E5
e|---x-----x------x-------x---- --x------x----------------|
B|---3-----x------x-------x-------x------x----------------|
G|---2-----x------x-------3-------5------7----------------|
D|---0-----3------5-------3-------5------7----------------|
A|---0-----3------5-------1-------3------5----------------|
E|---0-----3------5-------x-------x------x----------------|
*=one strum
[Verse]
D5
Now I’m in town, break it down, thinking of making a new sound
F5
Playing a different show every night in front of a new crowd
G5
That’s you now, ciao, seems that life is great now
Bb5 C5
See me lose focus, as I sing to you loud
D5
And I can’t, no, I won’t hush
F5
I’ll say the words that make you blush
G5 Bb5
I’m gonna sing this now
C5
Ow ow
D5
See, I’m true, my songs are where my heart is
F5
I’m like glue, I stick to other artists
G5
I’m not you, now that would be disastrous
Bb5 C5
Let me sing and do my thing and move to greener pastures
D5
See, I’m real, I do it all, it’s all me
F5
I’m not fake, don’t ever call me lazy
G5
I won’t stay put, give me the chance to be free
Bb5 C5
Suffolk sadly seems to sort of suffocate me
[Chorus]
D5 F5
‘Cause you need me, man, I don’t need you
F5 G5
You need me, man, I don’t need you
G5 Bb5
You need me, man, I don’t need you at all
Bb5 C5 D5
You need me, man, I don’t need you
D5 F5
You need me, man, I don’t need you
F5 G5
You need me, man, I don’t need you
Bb5
You need me, man, I don’t need you at all
C5
You need me
[Verse]
D5
I sing and write my own tune and I write my own verse
F5
Hell, don't need another word-smith to make my tune sell
G5
Call yourself a singer-writer - you’re just bluffing
Bb5 C5
Your name’s on the credits and you didn’t write nothing
D5
I sing fast, I know that all my shit’s cool
F5
I will blast and I didn’t go to Brit School
G5
I came fast with the way I act, right
Bb5 C5
I can’t last if I’m smoking on a crack pipe
D5
And I won’t be a product of my genre
F5
My mind will always be stronger than my songs are
G5
Never believe the bullshit that fake guys feed to ya
Bb5 C5
Always read the stories that you hear on Wikipedia
D5
And musically I’m demonstrating
F5
When I perform live, feels like I am meditating
G5
Times at the Enterprise when some fella filmed me
Bb5 C5
‘A young singer-writer like Gabriella Cilmi’
[Chorus]
D5 F5
‘Cause you need me, man, I don’t need you
F5 G5
You need me, man, I don’t need you
G5 Bb5
You need me, man, I don’t need you at all
Bb5 C5 D5
You need me, man, I don’t need you
D5 F5
You need me, man, I don’t need you
F5 G5
You need me, man, I don’t need you
Bb5
You need me, man, I don’t need you at all
C5
You need me
D5
'Cause with the lyrics I’ll be aiming it right
F5
I won’t stop 'til my name's in lights
F5
At stadium heights with Damien Rice
G5
On red carpets, now I’m on Arabian Nights
Bb5 C5
Because I’m young I know my brother's gonna give me advice
D5
Long nighter, short height and I gone hyper
F5
Never be anything but a singer-songwriter, yeah.
G5
The game's over but now I’m on a new level
Bb5 C5
Watch how I step on the track without a loop pedal
D5
People think that I’m bound to blow up
F5
I’ve done around about a thousand shows
G5
But I haven’t got a house plus I live on a couch
Bb5 C5
So you believe the lyrics when I’m singing them out, wow
D5
From day one, I’ve been prepared
F5
With vo5 wax for my ginger hair
G5 Bb5
So now I’m back to the sofa, giving a dose of what the future holds
C5
'Cause it’s another day
D5
Plus I'll keep my last name forever keep the genre pretty basic
D5 F5
Gonna be breaking into other people’s tunes when I chase it
G5
And replace it with the elephant in the room with a facelift
Bb5 C5
Into another rapper's shoes using new laces
D5
I'm selling CDs from my rucksack aiming for the papers
F5
Selling CDs from my rucksack aiming for the majors
G5
Nationwide tour with Just Jack, still had to get the bus back
Bb5 C5
Clean cut kid without a razor for the mustache
D5
I hit back when the pen hurts me
F5
I’m still a choir boy in a Fenchurch tee
G5
I’m still the same as a year ago but more people hear me though
Bb5 C5
According to the MySpace and YouTube videos
D5
I’m always doing shows if I’m not I’m in the studio
F5
Truly broke, never growing up call me Rufio
G5
Melody music maker reading all the papers
Bb5 C5
They say I’m up and coming like I'm fucking in an elevator .
[Chorus]
D5 F5
‘Cause you need me, man, I don’t need you
F5 G5
You need me, man, I don’t need you
G5 Bb5
You need me, man, I don’t need you at all
Bb5 C5 D5
You need me, man, I don’t need you
D5 F5
You need me, man, I don’t need you
F5 G5
You need me, man, I don’t need you
Bb5*
You need me, man, I don’t need you at all
C5* E5*
You need me, man, I don't need you
Hope this helped :)