Transcribed from the premiere of this wonderful song on Jools Holland's Later programme
on BBC2, May 2012
That performance was accompanied by piano - no guitar -
so I hope the following represents a good arrangement for solo guitar.
Standard tuning, capo 1
All chords relative to open tuning
i.e. for Asus2 play x02200 which is in fact A#sus2
Chords
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Asus2 x02200
Bsus4 x24400
C#m x46650
E 022100
B/G# 4x4400
Intro
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Asus2 E C#m Bsus4
Asus2 E Bsus4
Verse 1
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Asus2 E C#m Bsus4
Let's get old to-gether
Asus2 E Bsus4 B/G#
Let's be un-happy for-ever
Asus2 E Bsus4 C#m
Cos there's no-one else in this world
Asus2 E Bsus4 B/G#
That I'd rather be unhappy with
Verse 2
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Asus2 E C#m Bsus4
Let's be ex-posed and unpro-tected
Asus2 E Bsus4 B/G#
Let's see one a-nother when we're weak
Asus2 E Bsus4 C#m
Let's go our separate ways in the night like to Mars
Asus2 E Bsus4
But know that you're flying home to me
Pre-chorus 1
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/G# Asus2 E
I was born thinking it would all be dreaming
C#m Bsus4
But I know that I wouldn't be happy that way
Asus2 E
You wear me out with frustration and heartache and anger
F# Asus2 /C
But we wait for the wave just to wash it a-way
Chorus 1
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C#m Asus2
Don't say nothing
C#m /B /A E
Just sit next to me
C#m Asus2
Don't say nothing ssshhh
F# Asus2
Just be just be just be
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/p/paloma_faith/just_be_crd.html ]
E Bsus4
Verse 3
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Asus2 E C#m Bsus4
Let's let go to-gether
Asus2 E Bsus4 B/G#
Let us un-fold one an-other
Asus2 E Bsus4 C#m
And watch all the little things that once drew me to you
Asus2 E Bsus4
Eventually get on my nerves
Asus2 E
I wear you out with frustration and heartache and anger
F# Asus2 /C
But we wait for the wave just to wash it a-way
Chorus 2
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C#m Asus2
Don't say nothing
C#m /B /A E
Just sit next to me
C#m A
Don't say nothing ssshhh
F# Asus2 E
Just be just be just be
Bridge
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/F# /G#
Oh woh
Asus2 Bsus4 E /F# /G /G#
When you're sick of me every day ohh oh oh
Asus2 Bsus4 E /F# /G /G#
When you're tired of my voice
Asus2 Bsus4 C#m
When you tell me you'll walk out that door
F# Asus2/A# /B /C
That's when I know that you'll stay woh oh
Asus2/A# /B /C
Chorus 3
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C#m Asus2
Don't say nothing
C#m /B /A E
Just sit next to me
C#m A
Don't say nothing
F# Asus2
Just be just be just
Chorus 4
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C#m Asus2
Don't say nothing
C#m /B /A E
Just sit next to me
C#m Asus2
Don't say nothing
F# Asus2 E
Just be just be just be
Outro
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C#m Asus2
Don't say nothing ssshhh
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I hope I've done it justice!
Kevin O'Brien
Watford
England
May 2012
watfordkev@gmail.com
