Returning

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.

Asus2Diagram coming soon

F#mDiagram coming soon

AsusDiagram coming soon

BDiagram coming soon

Chords & lyrics

Chord names sit directly above the word where you change.

 
              
 
 
 
 
Intro: Asus2 E 
 
Verse: 
 
Asus2 
A part of you is ending 
 
E 
A part of you holds on 
 
Asus2 
What leaves your life suspended 
 
E 
Cradled by the sun 
 
 
Asus2 
You found what's right before your eyes 
 
E 
Speaking like a fool 
 
Asus2 
You hide yourself inside your words 
 
E 
Leaving someone else 
 
Bridge: 
F#m                    Asus2 
But you must leave and not turn back 
 
E                D 
Knowing what you hold 
 
F#m                Asus2 
How much time have we got left 
 
D 
It's killing us... 
 
 
        Asus2              E   E   F#m   D 
... but carries us on   (hoho part) 
 
Asus2                E E F#m D E 
Carries us all... 
 
 
Asus2 
A part of you is able 
 
E 
A part of you is gone 
 
Asus2 
With leads you from the table 
 
E 
Returning to the cold 
 
 
Asus2 
You found yourself inside a tomb 
 
E 
Screaming to the sun 
 
Asus2 
You feel your heart can only give 
 
E 
Pieces of a ghost 
 
 
F#m                    Asus2 
But you must leave and not turn back 
 
E                D 
Knowing what you hold 
 
F#m                Asus2 
How much time have we got left 
 
D                            Asus2, E, E, F#m, D 
It's killing us, but carries us on 
 
Asus2, E, E, F#m, D,  
Carries us all... 
 
 
F#m           E           Asus2 (strummed once)    D    
I will follow you till we all     ....             return 
 
        F#m      E     Asus2 
Till we know our souls survived  | (repeated 3 times) 
 
       F#m    E           Asus2 (strummed once)    D   
I will follow you till we all                      return 
 
        F#m         E        Asus2            E  E        F#m  D 
Till we know you'll carry us on      Carry us on, carry us all 
 
Continue with the: Asus, E, E F#m, D 
 
Carry us on, carry us all 
Carry us on, carry us all 
 
Carry us all 
 
hide this tab Ending (you can also use these chords in the chorus if you want to): 
    F#        E       A      D Let it ring   ( and let it rock'n'roll ) 
e|-----------------------------------| 
B|-----------------------------------| 
G|--11---11-x-9---9-x-2-2-2--7~------| 
D|--11---11-x-9---9-x-2-2-2--7~------| 
A|--9----9--x-7---7-x-0-0-0--5~------| 
E|-----------------------------------|

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Chord set

Asus2 · E · F#m · D · Asus · B · G · A

Practice tip

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