Overkill (Men at Work/Colin Hay) "acoustic version"
(see chords below)
D D/C# D/C
I can't get to sleep
D/C D/B D
I think about the implications
D D/C# D/C
Of diving in too deep
D/C D/B D
And possibly the complications
D D/C# D/C
Especially at night
D/C D/B
I worry over situations
D D/C# D/C
I know will be alright
D/C D/B
Perhaps it's just imagination
Bm A A(sus) A
Day after day it reappears
Bm A?1 A?2
Night after night my heartbeat, shows the fear
E?1 E?2 G A A(sus) A
Ghosts appear and fade away
D D/C# D/C
Alone between the sheets
D/C D/B D
Only brings exasperation
D D/C# D/C
It's time to walk the streets
D/C D/B
Smell the desperation
D D/C# D/C
At least there's pretty lights
D/C D/B D
And though there's little variation
D D/C# D/C
It nullifies the night
D/C D/B D
From overkill
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Bm A A(sus) A
Day after day it reappears
Bm A?1 A?2
Night after night my heartbeat, shows the fear
E?1 E?2 G A A(sus) A
Ghosts appear and fade away, come back another day
(INTRO)
D D/C# D/C
I can't get to sleep
D/C D/B D
I think about the implications
D D/C# D/C
Of diving in too deep
D/C D/B D
And possibly the complications
D D/C# D/C
Especially at night
D/C D/B D
I worry over situations that
D D/C# D/C
I know will be alright
D/C D/B D
It's just overkill
Bm A A(sus) A
Day after day it reappears
Bm A?1 A?2
Night after night my heartbeat, shows the fear
E?1 E?2 G A A(sus) A
Ghosts appear and fade away
E?1 E?2 G (hold G)
Ghosts appear and fade away
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Intro:
D xx0232
xx0032 (can add sus)
xx0032
xx0432
Verses: (muffle the 'walk-down' occasionally)
Walk-down base
D xx0232
D/C# x4x232
D/C x3x320
D/B x2x020 (can add high G)
Chorus
Bm x24432
A x02220 (sus)
Bm x24432
A?1 X05700 (G-str 7 to 6)
A?2 X05600
E?1 X02400 (G-str 4 to 3)
E?2 X02300
G 320033
A x02220
A(sus) x02230
