Big up to AloneAndUnknown on Youtube for working this out - I m just tabbing her chords here.
Capo 2nd Fret (but you can play it without if you can t sing as high as Werner)
The chords he uses are just , , Cadd2 and /.
I use the add2 cos it s much easier to get to the / from it in the chorus, but
they both sound ok You can play the proper open C but it s a lot easier to use
these the Cadd2 and these ones:
(add2) /
e: 0 0 0 (2) (but I just leave it open or mute it)
B: 3 3 3 3
G: 0 0 0 2
D: 0 2 2 0
A: 2 3 2 0
E: 3 x 0 2
Then for his little intro riff (and pretty much whenever he plays a G) he just
plays the G and does this:
e:-0-0-
B:-3-3-
G:-0-0-
D:-0-0-
A:-0h2-
E:-3-3-
And then strums the G and fiddles the high strings. Most of the melody comes from the bass.
With the lyrics now:
VERSE:
If nothing ever really dies then
why do I feel barely alive?
If we re only living for second tries then
baby surely I should spend the night
CHORUS:
You should speak your mind,
and I could be a nicer guy
/
If I tried
You could be just fine,
hanging on those lines
but I would die
/
before I let you take me alive
BRIDGE:
(Just C and G, and sometimes he does the hammer-on on the )
And I d give anything
To wake up next to you again
Then it s just the chorus again...