CAPO: 4th fret (Sounds in the key of E)
The hammer-on notes in the intro are also used in the verses,
and on the Am's in the second half of the choruses too.
Intro x2
CAm
e |---------------------------------|------------------------------|
B |--1--1------------1--1-----------|--1--------1------------------|
G |--0--0--------0---0--0--------0--|--0---h2---0---h2---2---------|
D |--------0--h2-----------0--h2----|------h2-------h2------2------|
A |--3--3------------3--3-----------|--0--------0------------------|
E |---------------------------------|------------------------------|
GAm
e |---------------------------------|------------------------------|
B |---0-----0-----------------------|--1--------1------------------|
G |---0--0--------------------0-----|--0---h2---0---h2---2---------|
D |--------------------0--h2-----0--|------h2-------h2------2------|
A |--------------0--h2--------------|--0--------0------------------|
E |---3-------3---------------------|------------------------------|
Verse 1
C
I turn awake, I'm just sleep rising,
Am
I put on my clothes, sleep gliding,
GAm
Onto the bus, sleep riding to work again, to work again!
C
I swipe-in the door, sleep lifting,
Am
Up to my floor, sleep drifting,
GAm
A number twenty-four, white coffee with a sweetener, a sweetener!
Chorus
CGEmAm
This artificial ...me, I'd like to show you what I really could be,
CG
I'd like to run across the office tables,
AmGAmG
Singing, "No, you won't have me! No, no, you won't have me!
AmGAmG
No, no, you won't have me! No, no, you won't have me!
AGC
And I'll ...keep a -running 'til I reach the sea------!"
Bridge
CAmGAm
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Verse 2
C
I switch on my machine, sleep typing,
Am
I answer the phone, sleep hyping,
GAm
Am I alone? I don't really know what I'm selling, I'm selling!
C
And the boss wants a word, I've been daydreaming,
Am
The boss wants a word, clockwatching,
GAm
I wish I was a bird, I'd fly right out of the window, the window!
Chorus
CGEmAm
This artificial ...me, I'd like to show you what I really could be,
CG
I'd like to run across the office tables,
AmGAmG
Singing, "No, you won't have me! No, no, you won't have me!
AmGAmG
No, no, you won't have me! No, no, you won't have me!
AGC
And I'll ...keep a - running 'til I reach the sea------!"
Verse 3
CAmGAm
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CAmGAm
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C
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Verse 4
C
But I turn awake, I'm just sleep rising,
Am
I put on my clothes, sleep gliding,
GAm
Onto the bus, sleep riding to work---- again!
C
I swipe-in the door, sleep lifting,
Am
Up to my floor, sleep drifting,
GAm
A number twenty-four, white coffee with a sweetener, a sweetener!
Chorus
CGEmAm
This artificial ...me, one day I'll show you what I really can be,
CG
And I'll run across the office tables,
AmGAmG
Singing, "No, you didn't have me! No, no, you won't have me!
AmGAmG
No, no, you won't have me, and not your company ...policy,
AmG
A little more hu--- ...manity, please,
AmG
And not the company ...policy,
AmG
A little more hu--- ...manity!
Coda
AmG
And I'll ...keep a - running 'til I reach the sea,
AmG
And I'll ...keep a - running 'til I reach the sea,
AmG
And I'll ...keep a - running 'til I reach the sea,
AmG
And I'll ...keep a - running 'til I reach the sea,
AGC
And I'll ...keep a - running 'til I reach the sea--------!
CAmGAm
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CAmAm
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