A Reminder

[Intro]
Strum E repeatedly

[Verse]
E C G Gsus4 E
And if I get old, I’ll not give in
E C G Gsus4 E
But if I do, remind me of this
E C G Gsus4 E
Remind me that once I was free
Em C G Gsus4 E
Once I was cool, once I was me
E C G Gsus4 E
And if I sat down and crossed my arms
Em C G Gsus4 E
Hold me until this song

D A Am E
Knock me out, smash out my brains
Am E
If I take the chair
B Am E
And start to talk shit

E C G Gsus4 E
If I get old, remind me of this
Em C G Gsus4 E
The night we kissed, and I really meant it
E C G Gsus4 E
Whatever happens, if we’re still speaking
Em C G Gsus4 E
Pick up the phone… play me this song.

*Gsus4 = [320013]

STRUMMING PATTERNS USED:
The strumming is a very important part to this song.. The following
is how it’s done on the CD. If you’re going to improvise something more
interesting on top of it, then stick to this pattern:

[Intro]
|. 1 – 2 – 3 – 1 – 2 – 3 – .|
|. / / / / / / .|

= upstroke : eadgbe
<----- THIS WAY / = downstroke : eadgbe -----> THIS WAY

Occasionally, a heavy, ‘deliberate’ upstroke is used on the first beat
of a new bar in the intro.

The verse chords change as follows:

E C G Gmaj7 E E
|. 1 – 2 – 3 – 1 – 2 – 3 – 1 – 2 – 3 – 1 – 2 – 3 – 1 – 2 – 3 – .|
|. / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / .|

The chorus chords change as follows:

D A C E
|. 1 – 2 – 3 – 1 – 2 – 3 – 1 – 2 – 3 – 1 – 2 – 3 – .|
|. / / / / / / / / / / / / .|

C E B Am Am [back to E again..]
|. 1 – 2 – 3 – 1 – 2 – 3 – 1 – 2 – 3 – 1 – 2 – 3 – 1 – 2 – 3 – .|
|. / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / .|