Tuning: Standard
Here are the chords to the band's title track from their 2004 album. Much of this song
is acoustic based, with Simon LeBon playing these chords live and Andy Taylor playing
along for some of them. Andy also does some extra work on the electric in parts of the
song, as well.
Verse One:
Em B Asus2 Am
Makes my hair stand up on end
Something alien happening
Synchronized but don't comprehend
Coz where I stop that's where you begin
I know the moment I commit
A pleasure rising when I take the hit
And I'm addicted to state you're in
Cos you're getting me out of it
A E D
Wasted
There is nothing gonna ace this
And we're gonna go to space kid
Cos I'm leaving with an astronaut
Verse Two:
Em B Asus2 Am
Groovin-out to x-ray spex
Something tells me you're the alien sex
I can't imagine now; what comes next
When this astronaut connects?
Coming-on when I touch your skin
A kind of strange light you emit
I feel your gravity pull me in
Now you're getting me out of it
A E D
Wasted
There is nothing gonna ace this
And we're gonna go to space kid
Cos I'm leaving with an astronaut
(Repeat Again)
Bridge:
(No Chords Played Here)
Bare-feet for quantam leap
Because space is hot and deep
And we follow giant footprints as we fall... in
falling like the twins through Saturn's holy rings
And if they can't hold us
Where it's gonna end up - anybody knows
Interlude:
A E D
An A-stronaut
An A-stronaut
A E D
Wasted
There is nothing gonna ace this
And we're gonna go to space kid
Cos I'm leaving with an astronaut
(Repeat Again)
Finale:
A E D
Boop-Boop-Boop-Boop-Boop-Boop
An A-stronaut
Boop-Boop-Boop-Boop-Boop-Boop
An A-stronaut
Boop-Boop-Boop-Boop-Boop-Boop
An A-stronaut
Boop-Boop-Boop-Boop-Boop-Boop
An A-stronaut
There are many upstrokes here... and they follow the same pattern throughout the song:
Em: down, up up up
B: up, down, up
Asus2: up
Am: down, up
A; down, up up up
E: up, down, up
D: up, down, up
And here's how it should look in tab form... try to hit some of the bottom strings when
playing Em as well for a better sound.
Verse:
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------1--1---------------------------------------------------|
G|------------------4--4--4----2--2--2---------------------------------------------------|
D|--2----2--2--2----4--4--4----2--2--2---------------------------------------------------|
A|--2----2--2--2----2--2--2--------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Chorus and Interlude:
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|------------------9--9--9----7--7--7---------------------------------------------------|
D|--7----7--7--7----9--9--9----7--7--7---------------------------------------------------|
A|--7----7--7--7----7--7--7----5--5--5---------------------------------------------------|
E|--5----5--5--5-------------------------------------------------------------------------|