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Piledriver Waltz

Alex Turner

RockMedium for beginners6 chords

How to play it

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

C×
Am×
E
F
Dm××
G

Chords & lyrics

Chord names sit directly above the word where you change.

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Capo on 1st fret
              
 
 
C 
I etched the face of a stopwatch  
Am 
On the back of a raindrop 
E                                 F 
And did a swap for the sand in an hourglass. 
C                            Am 
I heard the nun happy ending it sort of sounds like youre leaving 
E                             F                           C 
I heard the piledriver waltz, it woke me up this morning. 
  
 
 
                     F                         Dm             Am 
You look like youve been for breakfast at the heartbreak hotel 
                              F                  Dm       Am 
And sat in a back booth by the pamphlets and the literature on how to lose. 
     F            G             Am          E  
Your waitress was miserable and so was your food.  
                F                          G             
If you?re gonna try and walk on water make sure you wear your comfortable  
 
shoes.  
 
 
C                        Am                               E 
Mysteries flashing amber go green when you answer but the red on the rest of  
                  F 
the questionnaire never changes.  
C                                     Am                 
I heard the news that youre planning to shoot me out of a cannon.  
E                             F                         C 
I heard the piledriver waltz, it woke me up this morning.  
 
 
                     F                         Dm             Am 
You look like youve been for breakfast at the heartbreak hotel 
                              F                  Dm       Am 
And sat in a back booth by the pamphlets and the literature on how to lose. 
     F            G             Am          E  
Your waitress was miserable and so was your food.  
                F                          G             
If youre gonna try and walk on water make sure you wear your comfortable  
 
shoes.  
 
G     C            Am            E            F          
 Ooooh  Piledriver 
 
C Am E F (X2) 
 
 
          
 

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Chord set

C · Am · E · F · Dm · G

Practice tip

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