Bear's Den - Pompeii
These are the chords, found by eyes and ears, from Bear's Den's Bands in Transit performance:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WtcvhV0pOGk
It looks like he's using an arpeggio of sorts, but adding small pauses to the
pattern below will give you a similar sound:
Capo on 7th fret.
Picking pattern:
G Am
e|----------------3-------------------------------3----------------------------|
B|---------0--------------0---------------1--------------1---------------------|
G|-----0-------0------0------0---0----2-------2------2--------2---2------------|
D|-------0------0-------0------0--------2-------2------2--------2--------------|
A|----------------------------------0-------0------0-------0-------------------|
E|---3-------3------3------3---------------------------------------------------|
Em C
e|-----------------3--------------------------------3--------------------------|
B|---------0---------------2----------------1---------------1------------------|
G|-----0-------0-------0-------0---0----0-------0-------0------0---0-----------|
D|-------2-------2-------2-------2--------2-------2-------2------2-------------|
A|------------------------------------3-------3-------3------3-----------------|
E|---0-------0-------0-------0-------------------------------------------------|
Picking pattern for the instrumental part:
G Am Em C
e|-----------3-3--------------3-3---------------3-3-------------3-3----------|
B|---------0------0---------1------1----------0-----0---------1-----1--------|
G|-------0----------0-----2-----------2-----0---------0-----0---------0------|
D|-----0----------------2-----------------2---------------2------------------|
A|--------------------0---------0-----------------------3--------------------|
E|---3---------3------------------------0------------------------------------|
** If changing up the pattern too much gives you trouble, try with the regular pattern,
and add a pinch with the basenote of the chord you're on and the high e.
Add the note on the high e just before the pinch, and you should get the "pling-
pling" sound that Bear's Den have **
** Your pinky should be on the high e through the entire song **
G Am
We built our home out on the slopes,
Em
Pompeii beneath she lay above,
C
How she haunted our home,
How she haunted our home.
G Am
You were a God in my eyes,
Em
Above the clouds above the skies,
C
You were a God in my eyes,
You were a God.
Instrumental:
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/b/bears_den/pompeii_tab.html ]
G Am Em C
e|-----------3-3--------------3-3---------------3-3-------------3-3----------|
B|---------0------0---------1------1----------0-----0---------1-----1--------|
G|-------0----------0-----2-----------2-----0---------0-----0---------0------|
D|-----0----------------2-----------------2---------------2------------------|
A|--------------------0---------0-----------------------3--------------------|
E|---3---------3------------------------0------------------------------------|
G Am
You took me walking through the town
Em
Showed me the statues underground,
C
Said, "just don't they look at peace,"
Sometimes I wish that was me.
G Am
I was the son you always had,
Em
Tugging at your coat while you were sad,
C
I was the son you always had,
I was the son you always had.
Instrumental:
G Am Em C
e|-----------3-3--------------3-3---------------3-3-------------3-3----------|
B|---------0------0---------1------1----------0-----0---------1-----1--------|
G|-------0----------0-----2-----------2-----0---------0-----0---------0------|
D|-----0----------------2-----------------2---------------2------------------|
A|--------------------0---------0-----------------------3--------------------|
E|---3---------3------------------------0------------------------------------|
Chorus
G
Just don't cry,
Am
Hold your head up high,
Em
She would want you to,
C
She would want you to.
G
Please just don't cry,
Am
Hold your head up high,
Em
She would want you to,
C
She would want you to.
G Am
You said stay in the car and wait,
Em
There's just some things I have to say,
C
Don't you know I miss her too,
I miss her just as much as you.
G Am
So my father and my son,
Em
As you end what you've begun,
C
You'll lie patient by her side,
With roses red and lilies white.
G Am
I was too young to understand,
Em
The flowers slipping from your hand,
C
I was too young to understand,
I was too young to understand.
I was too young to understand,
Em
The flowers sleeping in your hand,
C
I was too young to understand,
I was too young to understand.
** Strum this part. You could use simple downstrokes, or a more complex strum. **
G
Oh please just don't cry,
Am
Hold your head up high,
Em
She would want you to,
C
She would want you to.
G
And just don't cry,
Am
Hold your head up high,
Em
She would want you to,
C
She would want you to.
