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So Long, And Thanks For All The Booze

All Time Low

RockAdvanced for beginners4 chords

How to play it

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

C#Diagram coming soon
A×
F#Diagram coming soon
G#Diagram coming soon

Chords & lyrics

Chord names sit directly above the word where you change.

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C#          A                    F# 
Pick yourself up off the ground 
C#                   A                       F# 
You're sure as hell too good to let them hold you down 
 
C# A F# (2x) 
 
C#         A                           F#    
Waste of chances, waste of time (you gotta let me be me) 
C#                A                   F# 
You waste it all on wasted lines (you gotta let me be me) 
C#           A            F# 
Back myself into a corner once again 
C#                   A                    F# 
Take you for a liar while you called yourself a friend 
C# 
It's the end, it's the end 
 
 
C#                               G# 
So gimmie gimmie my motivation 
F# 
Gimmie gimmie my dreams 
C#                         G#                    F#  
You gotta tear me down to set me free 
C#                                  G#             F# 
And gimmie gimmie my revalation, gimmie back my scene 
           A                   G#                                C#      A        F# 
You've gotta let me be, you gotta let me be me 
                                C#       A       F# 
You gotta let me be me 
 
 
C#          A                 F# 
I gave a lot to let you in (you gotta let me be me) 
C#                 A                             F# 
I shook your hand, you pulled the pin (you gotta let me be me) 
C#               A                          F# 
Now I'm all ears to find you're lying through your teeth 
C#                  A                        F# 
You wear the smile to hide the coward underneath 
C# 
Bittersweet, bittersweet 
 
 
 
C#                               G# 
So gimmie gimmie my motivation 
F# 
Gimmie gimmie my dreams 
C#                         G#                    F#  
You gotta tear me down to set me free 
C#                                  G#             F# 
And gimmie gimmie my revalation, gimmie back my scene 
           A                   G#                                C#      A        F# 
You've gotta let me be, you gotta let me be me 
                                 
C#       A       F# 
 
C#                                                     A 
Waste of chances, waste of time (you gotta let me be me) 
C#                  
A waste of chances, waste of time 
 
 
 
C#                               G# 
So gimmie gimmie my motivation 
F# 
Gimmie gimmie my dreams 
C#                         G#                    F#  
You gotta tear me down to set me free 
C#                                  G#             F# 
And gimmie gimmie my revalation, gimmie back my scene 
            A                 G# 
You've gotta let me be (yeah) 
            A                 G# 
You've gotta let me be 
G# (pause)                   C# 
You've gotta let me be me 
          
 

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Chord set

C# · A · F# · G#

Practice tip

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