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As Sure As the Sun

Black Rebel Motorcycle Club

RockAdvanced for beginners6 chords

How to play it

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

CmDiagram coming soon
G#Diagram coming soon
G○○○
FmDiagram coming soon
C×○○
Cm7Diagram coming soon

Chords & lyrics

Chord names sit directly above the word where you change.

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              Intro (after bass-solo): 
C  Cm (play this repeatedly) 
 
Verse: 
        Cm7/5- 
So now that everybody's gone 
         Cm 
You see what change has come 
     Cm7/5- 
In every song you've ever sung 
         Cm 
You find the words were wrong 
 
            Cm7/5- 
But now the time is gonna come 
           Cm 
And there's no feeling lost 
     Cm7/5- 
For everyone you could've loved 
            Cm 
And made me not to love 
 
        G#             G         
And all the time, I thought your words were mine,  
        Cm                  Fm 
You held me down,  As sure as the sun 
        Cm                 Fm 
You held me down, As sure as the sun 
 
Interlude: 
Cm  C  Cm 
             
2nd Verse: 
            Cm7/5-                   Cm 
Now I could see into your eyes, but there's no compromise 
    Cm7/5-                   Cm 
For anyone you coulda saved, but never recognized 
         Cm7/5-                   Cm     
And now your world is gonna fall, but I wont help at all 
     Cm7/5-                                Cm     
For everyone who sees the place, who knows they can't belong 
 
            G#             G 
And all the time, I thought your words were mine 
        Cm                 Fm 
You held me down, As sure as the sun 
            Cm                 Fm 
You held me down, As sure as the sun 
 
AfterChorus: 
G#           G              Cm          Fm 
You've taken away, Much more than you gave, What keeps me down 
G#             G          Cm              Fm 
I'm lost in a rage, No one can explain, What keeps me down 
Cm           Fm 
What keeps you down 
 
Solo: 
Cm  Cm7/5-   (play this repeatedly)  
Cm C Cm  (play this at the end of solo, same way as Interlude)  
 
3rd Verse: 
        Cm7/5-                 Cm 
So now that everybody's gone, You see no change has come 
         Cm7/5-                         Cm 
In every song you've ever sung, You find the words were wrong 
      Cm7/5-                         Cm 
And every paper that you read, You feel your spirit grieve 
         Cm7/5-                        Cm 
For everyone who's gonna fall, The distance another leaves 
 
            G#             G 
And all the time, I thought your words were mine 
            Cm                 Fm 
You held me down, As sure as the sun 
            G#             G 
And all the time, I thought your words were mine 
            Cm                 Fm 
You held me down, As sure as the sun 
            Cm                 Fm 
You held me down, As sure as the sun 
 
AfterChorus: 
G#        G              Cm           Fm 
You've taken away, Much more than you gave, What keeps me down 
G#            G          Cm              Fm 
I'm lost in a rage, No one can explain, What keeps me down 
Cm           Fm 
What keeps you down 
 
Outro: 
Cm  Cadd9-  (play this repeatedly) 
 
 
Enjoy !!!

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Chord set

Cm · G# · G · Fm · C · Cm7

Practice tip

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