first verse and chores
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------1-------------1----------0---------------0-------------------|
G|-----2------------2-----------0--------------1----------------------| x4 for first verse
D|---2-----------3------------0-------------2-------------------------|
A|-0-----------0------------------------------------------------------| x2 for first chores
E|-------------------------3------------0-----------------------------|
One strum: *
capo on 3rd fret
Standard D tuning
Strumming pattern: DDU UDU (or whatever feels natural)
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Verse 1
(Am,Fmaj,G,E)
AmFmaj
It started on a weekend in May
G
I was looking for attention
E
needed intervention
AmFmaj
Felt somebody looking at me
G
With a powder white complexion
E
feeling the connection
AmFmaj
The way she looked was so ridiculous
G
Every single step
E
Had me waiting for
the next
AmFmaj
Before I knew it, it was serious
G
Dragged me out the bar
E
To the backseat of a car
Chorus
(Am,Fmaj,G,E)
Am ^
When the lights go out,
Fmaj
she's all I ever think about
G
The picture burning in my brain
kissin' in the rain
E
I can't forget my English love affair
AmFmaj
Today, I'm seven thousand miles away
G
The movie playing in my head
Of her king size bed
E
Means I can't forget my
English love affair
My English love affair
Am Fmaj G E x2
Verse 2
(Am,Fmaj,G,E)
Am
Next thing we were back at
Fmaj
her place
GE
A hideaway in Mayfair all
the great and good there
Am
Drinking all the way to third
Fmaj
base
G
Princess getting naked
E
Falling on their faces
AmFmaj
The story line was so ridiculous
G e
Every single step had me begging
for the next
AmFmaj
Before I knew it, it was serious
G
Dragged me up the stairs and it
E
wasn't ending there
Chorus
(Am,Fmaj,G,E)
Am
When the lights go out,
Fmaj
she's all I ever think about
G
The picture burning in my brain
kissin' in the rain
E
I can't forget my
Am
English love affair
Fmaj
Today, I'm seven thousand miles
away
G
The movie playing in my head
of her king size bed
E
Means I can't forget my English
Am
love affair
Am Fmaj G E x1
Middle XD
(Fmaj,G)
Fmaj
When I got out I knew that
nobody I knew would be
G
believing me
Fmaj
I look back now and know that
nobody could ever take the
G *
memory
Chorus *Break down*
(Am,Fmaj,G,E)
Am^
When the lights go out, she's
Fmaj
all I ever think about
G
The picture burning in my brain
kissin' in the rain
E
I can't forget my
(start fading in with strumming)
English love affair
Am
Today, I'm seven thousand
Fmaj
miles away
G
The movie playing in my head
of her king size bed
E
Means I can't forget my
English love affair
Am Fmaj G x1
E
My English love affair
Am Fmaj G x1
E * Am *
My English love affair