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Way Beyond

Bastille

RockMedium for beginners5 chords

How to play it

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

Em
C×
Am×
D××
G

Chords & lyrics

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Capo on 4th fret
               
 
 
 
Intro: spoken 
("What the fuck are y'all doing is the question 
This is the question") 
 
 
verse 1 
Em        C                   Am    Em 
  The animals break out their ca - ges, now 
Em          C             Am   Em    
  Chaos is raining down around us 
Em              C                  Am    Em 
  But here we stand with our arms fol - ded 
                  Em   C       Am  Em    
  Do you wanna be fr - ee of this? 
 
 
verse 2 
Em            C             Am  Em 
  When panic rises like the oceans, we 
Em               C                   Am  Em           
  Just keep on flicking through the stations, 'cause 
Em             C              Am     Em    
  If we don't post it does it hap - pen? 
                Em   C       Am  Em 
  Oh I wanna be fr - ee of this 
 
 
Pre-Chorus 
             C              D     Em 
Have you and I been sleepwalking way too long? 
               C             D  Em 
Won't someone pour ice water on me? 
 
 
         D             G    C 
It only matters if we care now, 
           D          Em 
If you're way beyond that 
     C                   Am          Em 
Then I'm gonna dust you off of my shoulders 
         D              G     C 
And I remember when we cared now, 
           D          Em 
If you're way beyond that 
     C                   Am          Em           D 
Then I'm gonna dust you off of my shoulders, my shoulders 
 
 
verse 3 
Em            C          Am    Em 
  Movies and news on televi - sion 
Em                C                Am    Em 
  Sometimes it's hard to tell the difference, oh 
Em                  C                   Am    Em 
  When real life's more fucked up than fic - tion 
                  Em   C       Am  Em 
  Do you wanna be fr - ee of this? 
 
 
Pre-Chorus 
             C              D     Em 
Have you and I been sleepwalking way too long? 
               C             D  Em 
Won't someone pour ice water on me? 
 
 
         D             G    C 
It only matters if we care now, 
           D          Em 
If you're way beyond that 
     C                   Am          Em 
Then I'm gonna dust you off of my shoulders 
         D              G     C 
And I remember when we cared now, 
           D          Em 
If you're way beyond that 
     C                   Am          Em     
Then I'm gonna dust you off of my shoulders 
 
 
Bridge 
         D          G             D 
I don't wanna play dumb, dumb anymore 
                    Em               C 
I just wanna feel something, like before 
                    G             D 
I don't wanna feel numb, numb anymore 
              Em                C   D 
I just wanna something, like before 
 
 
                       G    C 
It only matters if we care now, 
           D          Em 
If you're way beyond that 
     C                   Am          Em 
Then I'm gonna dust you off of my shoulders 
         D              G     C 
And I remember when we cared now, 
           D          Em 
If you're way beyond that 
     C                   Am          Em           D 
Then I'm gonna dust you off of my shoulders, my shoulders 
 
 
Spoken 
G                             C                       D                     
("Television viewers have the choice of watching the tragedy play out 
         Em                            C           Am 
from the seating and comfort of their living rooms 
           Em                            D                        G        C 
But victims have to respond to the pressure of the media while still in shock") 
 
 
Ending 
           D          Em 
If you're way beyond that 
     C                   Am          Em            D 
Then I'm gonna dust you off of my shoulders, my shoulders 
          
 

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Chord set

Em · C · Am · D · G

Practice tip

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