Verse and any intro or post-Chorus interludes 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + e|------------------|-----------------| B|--------1--------1---------1--------| G|--0----0---0----0----0----0---0---0-| D|----0h2------0h2-------0h2--3---2---| A|3--------3---------3----------------| E|------------------|-----------------| Pre-Chorus, this is a simplified pattern, it's hard to tell exactly what she does in the recordings. It also sounds good to follow the pattern of the verse with the hammer-on, especially on the A minor chord 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + e|---------------|----------------| B|--1---1---1---1---1---1---------| G|--2---2---0---0---0---0-------2-| D|--2---2---0---0---2---2-----3---| A|0---0---2---2---3---3-----3-----| E|---------------|--------1-------| Verse City livin's mighty close I wanna know what I can't know I've seen you from across the street Chances are we'll never meet Pre-Chorus But oh when I fall I fall good and I fall hard Can't tell between what I need and what I want, want Goodbye sunshine I see straight to the heart of it We slide right by then go back to the start of it Maybe we'll get even closer the next time around Verse One day you might grab a seat On the empty barstool next to me Or you'll drop your books and I'll pick em up When you hand em back our fingers touch But oh when I fall I fall good and I fall hard Can't tell between what I need and what I want Goodbye sunshine I see straight to the heart of it We slide right by then go back to the start of it Maybe we'll get even closer the next time around Maybe we'll get even closer the next time around Verse As I lay me down to sleep I pray that I might dream so deep For all the things that might have been Or right now might be happening But oh when I fall I fall good and I fall hard Can't tell between what I need and what I want Goodbye sunshine I see straight to the heart of it We slide right by then go back to the start of it Maybe we'll get even closer the next time around Maybe we'll get even closer the next time around ******************* | h hammer-on *******************

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