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The Scientist

Boyce Avenue

RockMedium for beginners5 chords

How to play it

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

Em
C×
G
D××
Bm×

Chords & lyrics

Chord names sit directly above the word where you change.

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Capo on 1st fret
               
 
 
 
Intro:    Em   C    G    D 
 
 
 
          Em         C                       G 
Verse:     come up to meet you, tell you i'm sorry, you don't know how lovely you are 
          Em         C                       G 
           i had to find you, tell you i ne-ed you, tell you i'll set you apart 
          Em         C                       G 
           tell me your secrets and ask me your questions, oh lets go back to the start 
          Em         C                       G 
           running in circles, coming in ta-les, heads are a science apart 
 
 
 
          C                      G 
Chorus:    nobody said it was easy,   it's such a shame for us to part 
          C                      G                                   D 
           nobody said it was easy,   no-one ever said it would be this hard 
          C                      G 
           oh take me back to the start 
 
 
 
Solo:   | G  | C  |   G  |  G  | Bm | Em | 
 
 
          Em         C                       G 
Verse:     i was just guessing at numbers and f--igures, pulling the puzzles apart 
          Em           C                    G  
           questions of science, science and pr-ogress, do not speak as loud as my heart 
          Em          C                      G 
           tell me you love me, come back and ha-unt me, oh and i rush to the start 
          Em         C                G             
           running in circles, chasing t--ales, coming back as we are 
 
 
          C                      G                  
Chorus:    nobody said it was easy,  oh it's such a shame for us to part 
          C                      G                                   D 
           nobody said it was easy,  no-one ever said it would be so hard 
          C                      G           C            G 
           i'm going back to the start 
 
 
Outro:  |: Em | C | G :| 
          
 

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Chord set

Em · C · G · D · Bm

Practice tip

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