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Black Rebel Motorcycle Club

RockAdvanced for beginners8 chords

How to play it

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

F
Dm××
C×
G
D××
BbDiagram coming soon
A#Diagram coming soon
EbDiagram coming soon

Chords & lyrics

Chord names sit directly above the word where you change.

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Intro: F  Dm  C    G 
 
 
        G            C                G 
We were close but we never made it home 
          G           C                  G 
We could see what we had and we let it go 
         G         C             G 
Now it's miles away and cast in stone 
          G       C              G 
Now we're miles away and casting stones 
 
           D 
There's a fire 
                        Bb 
There's a fire on the road 
         D     C               G 
It's a cruel world that lets us go 
 
(Wah on G) 
 
       D           C              G 
It's a place we can never call our own 
It's a falling wind that calls our souls 
It's a cruel world that lets us go 
It's a cruel world that lets us go 
 
Intro 
 
      G          C            G 
It's a fool alone that carries gold 
He'll find his own when he finds alone 
Now it's miles away and cast in stone 
Now he's miles away and casting stones 
 
          D 
There's a fire 
                        A# 
There's a fire on the road 
        D       C               G 
It's a cruel world that lets us go 
 
(Wah on G) 
 
       D              C                 G 
It's a place we can never call our own 
It's a falling wind that calls our souls 
It's a cruel world that lets us go 
It's a cruel world that lets us go 
 
(Wah on G) 
 
         D          C              G 
So where are they now to let us know 
So where are they now to let us know 
So where are they now to let me know 
 
F                                  Eb 
Falling through what's left of the fractions 
(I'm gonna catch them) 
        Bb 
Gonna catch them 
           F 
Never let go 
 
F                         Eb 
Waking up the silence passing 
I'm gonna catch them 
        Bb 
Gonna catch them 
           F 
Never let go 
 
F                             Eb 
Holding on to something you can't lose 
I'm gonna catch them 
       Bb 
Gonna catch them 
          F 
Never let go 
 
F                        Eb 
Waiting for a sign of passion 
I'm gonna catch them 
        Bb 
Gonna catch them 
          F 
Never let go 
 
F  G  
 
D             C   G 
Where are they now 
Where are they now 
Where are they now  
          
 

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Chord set

F · Dm · C · G · D · Bb · A# · Eb

Practice tip

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