Strength Chords by The Alarm

Tempo:
76.175 bpm
Chords used:

F#

B

C#m

E

G#m

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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The Alarm - Strength chords
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[C#] Give me [C#m] love, [F#] give me [E] [D#m] strength, give [F#] me someone
Who [C#m]
[B] [F#] [C#m]
[B] [F#] [B] will light the fire that I need [F#] to survive
[B] Who will be the lifeblood coursing through my [F#] veins
[E] Like a river flowing [B] that will never [F#] change
[G#m] I need someone, [F#] I pray, [E] be [B]
praised
[F#] [E] [B]
[F#] [C#m] [E] Cause I'm a man of emotion, [B] who can't hide the tears
[F#] [C#m] I'm a man of feeling, [B] who can't hide the [F#m] pain
[C#m] I'm alone on the edge, [B] there's a tower, no one knows my name
[C#m] I'm at the point in my life [B] where I need [F#] a [E] [B]
[F#] vision
Oh, [E] [B]
[F#] I'm alone
[C#m] Give me love, give [F#] me [E] [B] strength, give [F#] me someone to live for
[C#m] Give me love, [F#] give [E] [B] me strength, give [F#] me someone [B] to [F#] live for
I need [C#m] it now
[B] [F#] [C#m]
[B] [F#] Someone [C#m] write me a letter, [B] I need to know that I'm still [F#] alive
[C#m] Someone give me a telephone call, I [B] need to hear a human [F#] sound
[C#m] Someone open up a door and let [B] me out of this [F#] place
[G#m] [C#m] I've been caged up for oh [G#m] so long, [B] I don't know if I'm living or [E] [B]
[F#] dying
[E] Oh, oh, [B]
oh, oh, [F#] oh, oh, oh, [C#m]
[F#] [E] oh
Give [B] me love, give me strength, give [F#] me someone to live for
[C#m] Give me love, [F#] give me strength, [E] [B]
give me someone to [F#] live for
[C#m]
[F#] [C#m]
I [E] [F#] walk alone across [G#m] the [F#] outskirts of town
[C#m] I can't control [G#m] what I'm going through [F#] now
[C#] Will you light the fire [F#] that I need to survive
[G#m] Will you donate the life blood coursing through [F#] my veins
[C#] Will you open up the door and [F#] let me out of this place
[G#m] I've been caged up for oh so [F#] long, I don't know if I'm living or [E] [B] dying
[F#] Oh, [E] oh, [B]
[F#] oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
[C#m] Give me love, [F#] give me [E] strength, [B]
give [F#] me someone to live for
[G#] [E] [C#m] Give me love, [F#] [E] give [B] me strength, give [F#] me someone to [C#m] live for
[F#] [E] [B] [E] [F#] [E] [F#]
[B] [F#] [G#m]
[C#m] [F#m] [G#m] [C#m]
[B] [C#m]
[G#m] [F#] [N]
Key:  
F#
134211112
B
12341112
C#m
13421114
E
2311
G#m
123111114
F#
134211112
B
12341112
C#m
13421114
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To learn The Alarm - Strength chords, begin by getting comfortable with these sequence: F#, E, B, F#, C#m, F# and C#m. Begin your practice at a relaxed 38 BPM, then work your way up to the song's BPM of 76. For a balanced pitch, adjust the capo with respect to your voice and the song's key: B Major.

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[C#] Give me [C#m] love, _ [F#] give me _ _ [E] _ [D#m] strength, give [F#] me someone
_ Who _ [C#m] _ _ _
_ [B] _ [F#] _ _ [C#m] _ _ _ _
_ [B] _ _ [F#] _ _ [B] will light the fire that I need [F#] to survive
[B] Who will be the lifeblood coursing through my [F#] veins
_ [E] Like a river flowing [B] that will never [F#] change
_ [G#m] I need someone, _ [F#] I pray, [E] be _ [B]
praised
[F#] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ [B] _
[F#] _ _ _ _ [C#m] [E] Cause I'm a man of emotion, [B] who can't hide the tears
[F#] _ [C#m] I'm a man of feeling, [B] who can't hide the [F#m] pain
_ [C#m] I'm alone on the edge, [B] there's a tower, no one knows my name
[C#m] _ I'm at the point in my life [B] where I need [F#] a [E] _ _ [B] _
_ [F#] vision
Oh, [E] _ _ [B] _
_ [F#] I'm alone
_ _ [C#m] Give me love, give [F#] _ me [E] _ _ [B] strength, give [F#] me someone to live for
_ [C#m] Give me love, [F#] give _ _ [E] _ [B] me strength, give [F#] me someone [B] to [F#] live for
I need [C#m] it now _
_ [B] _ [F#] _ _ [C#m] _ _ _ _
_ [B] _ _ [F#] _ Someone [C#m] write me a letter, [B] I need to know that I'm still [F#] alive
[C#m] Someone give me a telephone call, I [B] need to hear a human [F#] sound
_ [C#m] Someone open up a door and let [B] me out of this [F#] place
[G#m] [C#m] I've been caged up for oh [G#m] so long, [B] I don't know if I'm living or [E] _ _ [B] _
[F#] dying
_ _ [E] Oh, oh, [B]
oh, oh, [F#] oh, oh, oh, _ [C#m] _ _ _
_ [F#] _ _ [E] oh
Give [B] me love, give me strength, give [F#] me someone to live for
[C#m] Give me love, [F#] give me strength, [E] _ _ [B]
give me someone to [F#] live for
[C#m] _ _ _
_ _ _ [F#] _ _ [C#m] _ _
I [E] _ [F#] _ _ _ walk alone across [G#m] the [F#] outskirts of town
_ [C#m] I can't control [G#m] what I'm going through [F#] now
[C#] _ Will you light the fire [F#] that I need to survive
[G#m] Will you donate the life blood coursing through [F#] my veins
_ [C#] Will you open up the door and [F#] let me out of this place
_ [G#m] I've been caged up for oh so [F#] long, I don't know if I'm living or [E] _ [B] dying
_ [F#] _ Oh, _ [E] oh, [B] _
[F#] oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
[C#m] Give me love, [F#] give me [E] strength, _ [B]
give [F#] me someone to live for
[G#] _ [E] [C#m] Give me love, [F#] _ _ _ _ [E] give [B] me strength, give [F#] me someone to [C#m] live _ for
[F#] _ _ _ [E] _ [B] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [E] _ [F#] _ [E] _ [F#] _
_ [B] _ _ [F#] _ [G#m] _ _ _ _
_ [C#m] _ _ [F#m] _ [G#m] _ _ [C#m] _ _
_ [B] _ _ _ _ [C#m] _ _ _
_ [G#m] _ _ _ [F#] _ _ [N] _ _

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