For A and D, you can choose to play the basic ones. Still, I recommend that you use these.
CHORDS USED:
A - 5 7 7 6 5 5
F#m - 2 4 4 2 2 2
E - 0 2 2 1 0 0
D - 5 5 7 7 7 5
STANDARD TUNING. NO CAPO.
INTRO: A F#m E
A
Lost in a world that rattles my brain
A
I’m cleaning up my life from the mess you made
F#m
Oh, oh
E
Woah, oh oh oh.
A
My soul’s in debt but my bills are paid
A
I’d give anything just to make an escape
F#m
Oh, oh
E
Woah, oh oh oh.
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D
So you can keep knockin, knockin, knockin
D A
Baby you’re knockin but there ain’t no way I’m ever letting you in
E
Not again
D
So keep on knockin, knocking, knocking
D A
But baby you’re better off walking cause I ain’t gonna let you in
E
Never again
A
No, not again
(So, basically the chords would just repeat until the bridge.)
A
I went out on a limb again
E
Guess I had to lose to win
F#m D
I was too confused to know which way to turn
A
She could be a millionaire
E
Be a model, I don’t care
F#m
Cause baby there’s nobody home
D
Nobody’s home!
Repeat chorus
Then, end with A
