Other Side of the World
KT Tunstall
Strum: D d D DU Note that this pattern only lasts 2 beats--
1 + 2 + need to play it twice to play a full measure.
Main Riff:
D Dsus2 | Dsus4 Dsus2
D D DU U U U | D D DU U U U
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + | 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
Intro: Main Riff x2
(one strum per chord)
A Em7
over the sea and far away she's waiting like an
A Em7
iceberg waiting to change but she's cold inside
A G
she wants to be like the water
Main Riff
(w/strum pattern)
A Em7
all the muscles tighten in her face
A Em7
buries her soul in one embrace
A G (1½)
they're one and the same just like the water
Chorus:
D Bm
the fire fades away most of every
G (½) D/F# (½) Em (½) A (½)
day is full of tired excuses but it's too hard to
D Bm
say I wish it was simple but we give up
G (½) D/F# (½) Em (½) A (½)
easily you're close enough to see that
Bm (½) A (½) G (½) A (½)
you're the other side of the world to me
Main Riff
A Em7
on comes the panic light holding on with
A Em7
fingers and feelings alike but the time has
A G
come to move along
Chorus (don’t sing “to me” at the end)
Bridge:
Em G
can you help me? Can you let me
Main Riff
go?
Em Bm
and can you still love me when you can't
A (½) G (½) D/F# (½) Em (½)
see me any - more?
Final Chorus:
(one strum per chord)
D Bm
the fire fades away most of every
G (½) D/F# (½) Em (½) A (½)
day is full of tired excuses but it's too hard to
(w/strum pattern)
D Bm
say I wish it was simple but we give up
G (½) D/F# (½) Em (½) A (½)
easily you're close enough to see that
Bm (½) A (½) G (½) A (½)
you're the other side of the world
Bm (½) A (½) G (½) A (½)
Oh, the other side of the world
Bm (½) A (½) G (½) A (hold ½)
you're the other side of the world to me
End on D