Chords for BASTILLE // Pompeii at The British Museum

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123 bpm
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A

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Bm

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BASTILLE // Pompeii at The British Museum chords
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[E] [N]
[Bm] I [A]
[E]
[D] was left [A] to my own [E] devices.
[D] Many [A] days fell away [F#m] with nothing to [E] show.
[D] And the walls kept [A] tumbling down on the city that we [D] love.
[E] [Bm] Great clouds [A] rolled over the hills bringing [D] darkness from [E] above.
[G#m] But if you close your [D] eyes, [A] it'll almost feel [F#m] like nothing changed [E] at all.
And if you close [D] your eyes, it'll [A] almost feel like you [F#m] leave me [C#m] alone.
[E]
[A] How am I going to be an [E] optimist about this?
[A] How am I going to be an optimist [E] about this?
[D] We were caught [A] up and lost [F#m] in all of our [E] vices.
[D]
In your poses [A] of dust, [F#m]
settled [E] around us.
[D] And the walls kept tumbling [F#m] down on the city that we
[C#m] love.
[Bm] Great clouds rolled over the [D#] hills bringing darkness from [E] above.
[A] But if you [G] close your eyes, [D] it'll [A] almost feel like [F#m] nothing [E] changed at all.
And if you close [D] your eyes, it'll [A] almost feel like [F#m] you leave me [E] alone.
[A]
How am I going to be an optimist [E] about this?
[A] How am I going to be an optimist [E] about this?
If you [D] close your eyes at all. At [A] all.
[F#m]
[E] [Bm]
[D] [A] Oh, [F#m]
[E] [G]
[D] where do we [A] begin?
The [F#m]
rubble of our [E] sins.
[D] Oh, where do we [A] begin?
The rubble of [F#] our [E] sins.
And [G] the walls kept tumbling [A] down on the city that we [C#m] love.
[E] Great [D] clouds rolled over [Em] the hills bringing [A] darkness from above.
[E] [A#] But if you [D] close your eyes, it'll [A] almost feel like [F#m] nothing [E] changed at all.
And if you [D] close your eyes, it'll [A] almost feel like [F#m] you leave me [E] alone.
[D] How am I going to [A] be an [E] optimist about this?
[D] How am I going to [A] be an optimist [E] about this?
If you close [D] your eyes at [A] all.
[F#m]
[E] At all.
[D] [Dm] [G]
[E] [D]
[B]
[Bm] [C#] [E]
[A]
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1231
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1321
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[E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _
_ _ [Bm] I _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _
_ _ [D] was left [A] to my own _ _ [E] _ devices. _
[D] _ Many _ [A] days fell away [F#m] with nothing to [E] show.
[D] And the walls kept [A] tumbling down on the city that we _ [D] love.
_ [E] _ _ [Bm] Great clouds [A] rolled over the hills bringing [D] darkness from _ _ [E] above.
_ [G#m] _ But if you close your [D] eyes, [A] it'll almost feel [F#m] like nothing changed [E] at all.
And if you close [D] your eyes, it'll [A] almost feel like you [F#m] leave me [C#m] alone.
_ [E]
[A] How am I going to be an [E] optimist about _ this?
[A] How am I going to be an optimist [E] about _ this?
[D] We were caught [A] up and lost [F#m] in all of our [E] _ vices.
[D]
In your poses [A] of dust, [F#m]
settled _ [E] around us.
[D] And the walls kept tumbling [F#m] down on the city that we _
_ _ [C#m] love.
_ [Bm] Great clouds rolled over the [D#] hills bringing darkness from [E] above.
_ _ _ [A] _ But if you [G] close your eyes, [D] it'll _ [A] almost feel like [F#m] nothing [E] changed at all.
And if you close [D] your eyes, it'll [A] _ almost feel like [F#m] you leave me [E] alone.
_ [A]
How am I going to be an optimist [E] about this?
[A] How am I going to be an optimist [E] about this?
If you [D] close your eyes at all. At [A] all.
_ _ _ [F#m] _
_ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ [Bm] _
_ [D] _ _ [A] Oh, _ _ [F#m] _
_ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ [G]
[D] where do we [A] begin?
_ The [F#m]
rubble of our [E] sins.
_ [D] Oh, where do we [A] begin?
_ _ The rubble of [F#] our [E] sins.
And [G] the walls kept tumbling [A] down on the city that we [C#m] love.
_ [E] _ _ _ Great [D] clouds rolled over [Em] _ the hills bringing [A] darkness from above.
_ _ [E] _ _ _ [A#] But if you [D] close your eyes, it'll [A] _ almost feel like [F#m] nothing [E] changed at all.
And if you [D] close your eyes, it'll [A] _ almost feel like [F#m] you leave me [E] alone. _ _
[D] How am I going to [A] be an [E] optimist about this?
[D] How am I going to [A] be an optimist [E] about this?
If you close [D] your eyes at [A] all.
_ _ [F#m] _
_ _ _ [E] At all. _
_ [D] _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ [B] _ _ _ _ _
[Bm] _ [C#] _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

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