Chords for James Dean - 'This is the End'
Tempo:
131.3 bpm
Chords used:
C#
Dm
F#
D
C
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[F#]
This
[D]
[Dm] [D]
[C#] [D] [A]
[Dm] is the end.
[C] [D]
This is the end.
[C] Beautiful friend.
[D]
This is the end.
[C] My [E] only friend.
[Dm] The end.
[C] Of our
[G]
[D] eldered plans.
The end.
[C] Of [G] everything [D] that stands.
The end.
[C] No safety,
[G] no [D] surprise.
The end.
[C] I'll never look
into your [D] eyes again.
[Dm]
This is the end.
[C]
[Dm]
[C#] [Dm] [C#] [Dm]
[C#] [Dm]
[C#] [Dm]
[C#] [Dm]
[N]
[F#]
No one knows what they're doing
half the time.
You don't know what this guy's gonna do
with that one.
This is a
[C#m]
[C#] long, straight shot.
Clear from the top of the hill.
Clear past
the shalam there.
It's just a downhill shot going west.
And it's real straight.
Ride the king's highway.
The San Andreas earthquake fault
goes through those hills.
It's near what they would
anticipate to be in the epicenter of a big
California earthquake.
To the Chumash
Indians, and there's been rains of
stone happenings there.
A haunted place.
Which seems inside the gold mine.
[F#]
[C#] Ride the highway, baby.
[F#] You have an
Well, he went to turn
left to go to Avenal.
[C#] And, uh,
I guess, uh, he seen
James Dean's car coming
and he tried to switch back.
Go back into his
lane and it left in front
of both cars.
That portion was kind of hard to see.
It was that silvery gray
on the road was kind of
At that time of day was kind of a
I don't know, blended in.
We, uh, done some
sliding [C#m] our brakes and everything else
to keep from ending up in [F#] the accident ourself.
And the headlight
ring of the Porsche went sailing
over our pickup.
And the [C#] 49 Ford,
the rear end of it, lifted up
in the air and it swung
sideways and was perpendicular
to the road.
And James [F#] Dean's car just went airborne
and [C#] done a complete
360 degree turn as I remember it.
It hit alongside the fence, the barbed wire fence.
Ran alongside the road.
His upper body,
head, face, and everything
hit the barbed wire fence.
He was laying on the ground
and he was kind of mumbling.
Looked like to me he had bitten
his tongue off or something.
Afterwards, it dawned on me what
he was saying.
He was saying,
where's Jimmy?
Where's Jimmy?
The producer, I guess, came up to the station
wagon pulling the bar trailer.
He went running up there
saying, oh my God, please save Jimmy.
Please save Jimmy.
I asked somebody, I says,
who's Jimmy?
He said, that's James Dean, the movie star
in the accident.
I couldn't even tell
[F#] who it was.
It [C#] could have been a relative of mine.
I wouldn't have recognized [F#] because
there was so much, there was
[C#m] the blood mixed in with the dirt
on his face.
He was slumped over the side of the car
and [C#] they went ahead and
laid him on the ground.
I think it was after that
when I checked his breathing
or a pulse or anything.
I couldn't detect anything.
You believe the mechanic was actually driving the car?
Yeah.
My brother-in-law
and I both testified that he was.
It was a left-hand
drive.
My brother-in-law and I both described
who was wearing what and where they
were sitting in the car.
I'm pretty [F#] sure it was James Dean who was
wearing a white t-shirt
and the mechanic was wearing a plaid
short blue shirt or
something.
[C] Jimmy, we probably have a great many
young people watching our show tonight and
for their benefit, I'd like your opinion about
fast driving on the highway.
Do you think it's a good idea?
It's a good point.
I used to fly around
quite a bit.
I took a lot of unnecessary chances
on the highway.
I started racing
and now I drive
on the highways and
I'm extra cautious.
No one knows what they're doing half the time.
You don't know what this guy's going to do or that one.
Do you have any special advice for the young people who drive?
Take it easy driving.
I thought you might say
it might be mine.
This
[D]
[Dm] [D]
[C#] [D] [A]
[Dm] is the end.
[C] [D]
This is the end.
[C] Beautiful friend.
[D]
This is the end.
[C] My [E] only friend.
[Dm] The end.
[C] Of our
[G]
[D] eldered plans.
The end.
[C] Of [G] everything [D] that stands.
The end.
[C] No safety,
[G] no [D] surprise.
The end.
[C] I'll never look
into your [D] eyes again.
[Dm]
This is the end.
[C]
[Dm]
[C#] [Dm] [C#] [Dm]
[C#] [Dm]
[C#] [Dm]
[C#] [Dm]
[N]
[F#]
No one knows what they're doing
half the time.
You don't know what this guy's gonna do
with that one.
This is a
[C#m]
[C#] long, straight shot.
Clear from the top of the hill.
Clear past
the shalam there.
It's just a downhill shot going west.
And it's real straight.
Ride the king's highway.
The San Andreas earthquake fault
goes through those hills.
It's near what they would
anticipate to be in the epicenter of a big
California earthquake.
To the Chumash
Indians, and there's been rains of
stone happenings there.
A haunted place.
Which seems inside the gold mine.
[F#]
[C#] Ride the highway, baby.
[F#] You have an
Well, he went to turn
left to go to Avenal.
[C#] And, uh,
I guess, uh, he seen
James Dean's car coming
and he tried to switch back.
Go back into his
lane and it left in front
of both cars.
That portion was kind of hard to see.
It was that silvery gray
on the road was kind of
At that time of day was kind of a
I don't know, blended in.
We, uh, done some
sliding [C#m] our brakes and everything else
to keep from ending up in [F#] the accident ourself.
And the headlight
ring of the Porsche went sailing
over our pickup.
And the [C#] 49 Ford,
the rear end of it, lifted up
in the air and it swung
sideways and was perpendicular
to the road.
And James [F#] Dean's car just went airborne
and [C#] done a complete
360 degree turn as I remember it.
It hit alongside the fence, the barbed wire fence.
Ran alongside the road.
His upper body,
head, face, and everything
hit the barbed wire fence.
He was laying on the ground
and he was kind of mumbling.
Looked like to me he had bitten
his tongue off or something.
Afterwards, it dawned on me what
he was saying.
He was saying,
where's Jimmy?
Where's Jimmy?
The producer, I guess, came up to the station
wagon pulling the bar trailer.
He went running up there
saying, oh my God, please save Jimmy.
Please save Jimmy.
I asked somebody, I says,
who's Jimmy?
He said, that's James Dean, the movie star
in the accident.
I couldn't even tell
[F#] who it was.
It [C#] could have been a relative of mine.
I wouldn't have recognized [F#] because
there was so much, there was
[C#m] the blood mixed in with the dirt
on his face.
He was slumped over the side of the car
and [C#] they went ahead and
laid him on the ground.
I think it was after that
when I checked his breathing
or a pulse or anything.
I couldn't detect anything.
You believe the mechanic was actually driving the car?
Yeah.
My brother-in-law
and I both testified that he was.
It was a left-hand
drive.
My brother-in-law and I both described
who was wearing what and where they
were sitting in the car.
I'm pretty [F#] sure it was James Dean who was
wearing a white t-shirt
and the mechanic was wearing a plaid
short blue shirt or
something.
[C] Jimmy, we probably have a great many
young people watching our show tonight and
for their benefit, I'd like your opinion about
fast driving on the highway.
Do you think it's a good idea?
It's a good point.
I used to fly around
quite a bit.
I took a lot of unnecessary chances
on the highway.
I started racing
and now I drive
on the highways and
I'm extra cautious.
No one knows what they're doing half the time.
You don't know what this guy's going to do or that one.
Do you have any special advice for the young people who drive?
Take it easy driving.
I thought you might say
it might be mine.
Key:
C#
Dm
F#
D
C
C#
Dm
F#
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [F#] _
This _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
[Dm] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [C#] _ [D] _ _ _ [A] _
_ [Dm] _ _ _ _ is the end.
_ [C] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ This is the end.
_ [C] _ _ Beautiful friend.
[D] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ This is the end.
_ [C] _ My [E] only friend.
[Dm] The end.
_ [C] Of our
[G] _
[D] eldered plans.
The end.
_ [C] Of [G] everything [D] that stands.
The end. _
[C] No safety,
[G] no [D] surprise.
The end.
_ [C] I'll never _ look
into your [D] _ eyes _ _ again. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ This is the end.
_ [C] _ _ _
_ [Dm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[C#] _ [Dm] _ _ _ [C#] _ [Dm] _ _ _
[C#] _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [C#] _ [Dm] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [C#] _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [N] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [F#] _ _ _ _
No one knows what they're doing
half the time.
You don't know what this guy's gonna do
with that one.
This is _ _ a _ _
_ _ [C#m] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [C#] _ long, straight shot. _ _
Clear from the top of the hill.
Clear past
the shalam there.
It's just a _ downhill shot going west.
_ And _ _ it's real straight.
_ _ Ride the king's highway.
_ _ _ _ _ The San Andreas earthquake fault
goes through those hills.
It's near what they would
anticipate to be in the epicenter of a big
California earthquake. _ _
_ To the Chumash
Indians, and there's been rains of
stone _ happenings there.
A haunted place.
_ Which seems inside the gold mine.
_ _ _ _ [F#] _ _
_ [C#] _ _ _ Ride the highway, _ _ baby. _ _ _ _
[F#] You have an_
Well, _ he went to turn
left to go to Avenal.
[C#] And, uh,
I guess, uh, he seen
James Dean's car coming
and he tried to switch back.
Go back into his
lane and it left in front
of both cars.
That _ _ portion was kind of hard to see.
It was that silvery gray
on the road was kind of_
At that time of day was kind of a_
I don't know, blended in.
We, uh, done some
sliding [C#m] our brakes and everything else
to keep from ending up in [F#] the accident ourself.
And the headlight
ring of the Porsche went sailing
over our _ pickup.
_ And the [C#] 49 Ford,
the rear end of it, lifted up
in the air and it swung
sideways and was perpendicular
to the road.
_ And James [F#] Dean's car just went airborne
and [C#] done a complete
360 degree turn as I remember it.
It hit alongside the fence, the barbed wire fence.
Ran alongside the road.
_ _ His upper body,
head, face, and everything
hit the barbed wire fence.
_ He was laying on the ground
and he was kind of mumbling.
Looked like to me he had bitten
his tongue off or something. _
Afterwards, it dawned on me what
he was saying.
He was saying,
where's Jimmy?
Where's Jimmy?
_ The producer, I guess, came up to the station
wagon pulling the bar trailer.
_ He went running up there
saying, oh my God, please save Jimmy.
Please save Jimmy. _ _ _
I asked somebody, I says,
who's Jimmy?
He said, that's James Dean, the movie star
in the accident.
I couldn't even tell _ _ _
[F#] who it was.
_ It [C#] could have been a relative of mine.
I wouldn't have recognized [F#] because
there was so much, there was
[C#m] the blood mixed in with the dirt
on his face.
_ He was slumped over the side of the car
and [C#] they went ahead and
laid him on the ground. _
_ _ _ I think it was after that
when I checked his breathing
_ or a pulse or anything.
_ _ I couldn't detect anything.
You believe the mechanic was actually driving the car?
Yeah.
My brother-in-law
and I both testified that he was. _
It was a left-hand
drive.
My brother-in-law and I both described
who was wearing what and where they
were sitting in the car.
_ I'm pretty [F#] sure it was James Dean who was
wearing a white t-shirt
and the mechanic was wearing a plaid
short blue shirt or _
something.
_ [C] Jimmy, _ _ we probably have a great many
young people watching our show tonight and
for their benefit, I'd like your opinion about
fast driving on the highway.
Do you think it's a good idea?
It's a good point.
_ I _ used to fly around
quite a bit.
I took a lot of unnecessary chances
on the highway. _ _ _
I started racing
and _ now I drive
on the highways and
_ I'm extra cautious.
_ _ No one knows what they're doing half the time.
You don't know what this guy's going to do or that one.
Do you have any special advice for the young people who drive?
_ Take it easy driving.
I thought you might say
it might be mine. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
This _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
[Dm] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [C#] _ [D] _ _ _ [A] _
_ [Dm] _ _ _ _ is the end.
_ [C] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ This is the end.
_ [C] _ _ Beautiful friend.
[D] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ This is the end.
_ [C] _ My [E] only friend.
[Dm] The end.
_ [C] Of our
[G] _
[D] eldered plans.
The end.
_ [C] Of [G] everything [D] that stands.
The end. _
[C] No safety,
[G] no [D] surprise.
The end.
_ [C] I'll never _ look
into your [D] _ eyes _ _ again. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ This is the end.
_ [C] _ _ _
_ [Dm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[C#] _ [Dm] _ _ _ [C#] _ [Dm] _ _ _
[C#] _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [C#] _ [Dm] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [C#] _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [N] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [F#] _ _ _ _
No one knows what they're doing
half the time.
You don't know what this guy's gonna do
with that one.
This is _ _ a _ _
_ _ [C#m] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [C#] _ long, straight shot. _ _
Clear from the top of the hill.
Clear past
the shalam there.
It's just a _ downhill shot going west.
_ And _ _ it's real straight.
_ _ Ride the king's highway.
_ _ _ _ _ The San Andreas earthquake fault
goes through those hills.
It's near what they would
anticipate to be in the epicenter of a big
California earthquake. _ _
_ To the Chumash
Indians, and there's been rains of
stone _ happenings there.
A haunted place.
_ Which seems inside the gold mine.
_ _ _ _ [F#] _ _
_ [C#] _ _ _ Ride the highway, _ _ baby. _ _ _ _
[F#] You have an_
Well, _ he went to turn
left to go to Avenal.
[C#] And, uh,
I guess, uh, he seen
James Dean's car coming
and he tried to switch back.
Go back into his
lane and it left in front
of both cars.
That _ _ portion was kind of hard to see.
It was that silvery gray
on the road was kind of_
At that time of day was kind of a_
I don't know, blended in.
We, uh, done some
sliding [C#m] our brakes and everything else
to keep from ending up in [F#] the accident ourself.
And the headlight
ring of the Porsche went sailing
over our _ pickup.
_ And the [C#] 49 Ford,
the rear end of it, lifted up
in the air and it swung
sideways and was perpendicular
to the road.
_ And James [F#] Dean's car just went airborne
and [C#] done a complete
360 degree turn as I remember it.
It hit alongside the fence, the barbed wire fence.
Ran alongside the road.
_ _ His upper body,
head, face, and everything
hit the barbed wire fence.
_ He was laying on the ground
and he was kind of mumbling.
Looked like to me he had bitten
his tongue off or something. _
Afterwards, it dawned on me what
he was saying.
He was saying,
where's Jimmy?
Where's Jimmy?
_ The producer, I guess, came up to the station
wagon pulling the bar trailer.
_ He went running up there
saying, oh my God, please save Jimmy.
Please save Jimmy. _ _ _
I asked somebody, I says,
who's Jimmy?
He said, that's James Dean, the movie star
in the accident.
I couldn't even tell _ _ _
[F#] who it was.
_ It [C#] could have been a relative of mine.
I wouldn't have recognized [F#] because
there was so much, there was
[C#m] the blood mixed in with the dirt
on his face.
_ He was slumped over the side of the car
and [C#] they went ahead and
laid him on the ground. _
_ _ _ I think it was after that
when I checked his breathing
_ or a pulse or anything.
_ _ I couldn't detect anything.
You believe the mechanic was actually driving the car?
Yeah.
My brother-in-law
and I both testified that he was. _
It was a left-hand
drive.
My brother-in-law and I both described
who was wearing what and where they
were sitting in the car.
_ I'm pretty [F#] sure it was James Dean who was
wearing a white t-shirt
and the mechanic was wearing a plaid
short blue shirt or _
something.
_ [C] Jimmy, _ _ we probably have a great many
young people watching our show tonight and
for their benefit, I'd like your opinion about
fast driving on the highway.
Do you think it's a good idea?
It's a good point.
_ I _ used to fly around
quite a bit.
I took a lot of unnecessary chances
on the highway. _ _ _
I started racing
and _ now I drive
on the highways and
_ I'm extra cautious.
_ _ No one knows what they're doing half the time.
You don't know what this guy's going to do or that one.
Do you have any special advice for the young people who drive?
_ Take it easy driving.
I thought you might say
it might be mine. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _