Babyshambles - A Rebours

listen to the song for the right rhythms , the C > D is a fast change he does on
some acoustic versions .

E – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – |
B – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – |
G – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 6 – 7 – 6 – – 0 – – | ( acoustic go from here into the verse )
D – 1 – 0 – 1 – 0 – 1 – – – 7 – 7 – 7 – – 0 – – – |
A – 2 – 0 – 2 – 0 – 2 – – – 0 – 0 – 0 – – 0 – – – |
E – 2 – 0 – 2 – 0 – 2 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – | x3 B , C , D

( electric does this on lead and rhythm is play open E )
E – 12 – 11 – 7 – 5 – 4 – |
B – – 9 – – 9 – 9 – 5 – 5 – |
G – – – – – – – – – – – – – |
D – – – – – – – – – – – – – |
A – – – – – – – – – – – – – |
E – – – – – – – – – – – – – | x3 B , C , D

C#m B C#m B
you sent for me
A E B
i was knock knock knocking on death’s door
C#m B C#m B
you ignore , adore , and a’rebour me
A E B
you leave me washed up begging for more
B C# D# B
if you really cared for me
C#m G#m
ah you’d let me be
C#m G#m
you’d set me free
F#
but what you robbed me of is my . . .
B C D
o poor me , is my liberty

C#m B C#m B
the curtain was calling
A E B
blew away and die boy
C#m B C#m B
in the mirror bawling
A E B
if you want it so much you can have it all
B C# D# B
if you really cared for me
C#m G#m
christ knows she’d let me be
C#m G#m
you’d set me free
F# B C D
i’m too polite to say . . .
F#m E B
i defy you all
E A
you know twice as much as nothing at all
A A# B
it’s still nothing at all
F#m E B
ah , you can’t define us all
E A
the tides are now turned and hammered it all
A A# B
hammered it all

ah , no , ah no , ah no . . .
E – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – |
B – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – |
G – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 6 – 7 – 6 – – 0 – – |
D – 1 – 0 – 1 – 0 – 1 – – – 7 – 7 – 7 – – 0 – – – |
A – 2 – 0 – 2 – 0 – 2 – – – 0 – 0 – 0 – – 0 – – – |
E – 2 – 0 – 2 – 0 – 2 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – | x3 B , C , D

E G#m
we’ve been running round this world too much , girl
F#m
pretending not to see
B C D
what’s thrilling me , is killing me
E
oh no , i think i understand
G#m
what i misunderstood before
F#m
how your love gives me so much more
B C D
i Am free again , i can see again . .
C#m C
but if , if i should fall
E
would you vow today to pay tomorrow
A B
the fxxk off big debt i owe to sorrow . . .

E – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – |
B – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – |
G – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 6 – 7 – 6 – – 0 – – |
D – 1 – 0 – 1 – 0 – 1 – – – 7 – 7 – 7 – – 0 – – – |
A – 2 – 0 – 2 – 0 – 2 – – – 0 – 0 – 0 – – 0 – – – |
E – 2 – 0 – 2 – 0 – 2 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – | x3 B , C