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Pompeii

Bastille

RockMedium for beginners4 chords

How to play it

Fingering diagrams for the shapes in this song. × = don't play, ○ = open string.

D××
A×
F#mDiagram coming soon
E

Chords & lyrics

Chord names sit directly above the word where you change.

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Intro: D A F#m E (2x) 
  
 
D          A         F#m   E  
I was left to my own devices  
D         A          F#m             E 
Many days fell away with nothing to show  
D                           A                    F#m     E 
And the walls kept tumbling down in the city that we love  
E        D                 A                       F#m      E 
Great clouds roll over the hills bringing darkness from above  
 
 
 
 
                       D 
But if you close your eyes  
 
        A                 F#m                 E  
Does it almost feel like nothing changed at all?  
E                     D 
And if you close your eyes  
         A               F#m                E 
Does it almost feel like you've been here before?  
D                   A            E  
How am I gonna be an optimist about this?  
D                    A          E  
How am I gonna be an optimist about this?  
 
 
D              A              F#m        E 
We were caught up and lost in all of our vices  
D            A           F#m        E 
In your pose as the dust settles around us  
D                           A    A           F#m        E 
And the walls kept tumbling down in the city that we love  
D                          A                       F#m     E 
Great clouds roll over the hills bringing darkness from above  
 
 
 
 
                       D 
But if you close your eyes  
 
        A                 F#m                 E  
Does it almost feel like nothing changed at all?  
E                     D 
And if you close your eyes  
         A               F#m                E 
Does it almost feel like you've been here before?  
D                   A            E  
How am I gonna be an optimist about this?  
D                    A          E  
How am I gonna be an optimist about this?  
 
Interlude: D A F#m E 
 
Bridge: 
 
D                 A 
Oh where do we begin? 
F#m                E 
The rubble or our sins?  
D                 A 
Oh, oh where do we begin?  
F#m                E 
The rubble or our sins?  
D                           A                 F#m       E 
And the walls kept tumbling down in the city that we love  
D                          A                       F#m      E 
Great clouds roll over the hills bringing darkness from above  
 
 
 
                       D 
But if you close your eyes  
 
        A                 F#m                 E  
Does it almost feel like nothing changed at all?  
E                     D 
And if you close your eyes  
         A               F#m                E 
Does it almost feel like you've been here before?  
D                   A            E  
How am I gonna be an optimist about this?  
D                    A          E  
How am I gonna be an optimist about this?   
                      D 
But if you close your eyes  
 
D          A                 F#m                 E  
    Does it almost feel like nothing changed at all?  
 
End: D A F#m E (2x) 
 
          
 

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Chord set

D · A · F#m · E

Practice tip

Loop the first two chords slowly until the change is clean, then add the rest.