The Beautiful Occupation Travis
Travis - The beautiful occupation
From 12 Memories Album
Trascribed by: Achtung! ;)
Ok, if you want to play this song the way they do:
I'm not sure about de D/F# chord, you may want to play
just the D chord, or you can try a G/F#[220033] chord... It's up to you.
Capo--> 7th fret
Chords (relative to capo)
Bm - x24432
Em - 022000
G - 320033
D/F# - 200323
A - 002220
Bb - x13331
Intro:
[ Bm Em ] x2
Riff (with capo):
e|---------2------| B|----------------| G|-----4-------4--| D|-5--------------| repeat until chorus and play again A|----------------| on every verse and prechorus E|----------------|
Verse:
[Bm]Don't just stand there watching it happening
I [Em]can't stand it, Don't need it
[Bm]Something's telling me
Don't wanna go [Em]out this way, But have a nice day
Pre-chorus:
Then [G]read it in the [D/F#]headlines[Em]
Wat[G]ch it on the[D/F#] TV[Em]
Put [G]it in the b[D/F#]ackground[Em]
Sti[G]ck it in a [D/F#]bag, Stick it in[Em] a bag
Chorus:
For the[A] beautiful occup[Em]ation
The b[A]eautiful occup[Em]ation
You [A]don't need an invit[Em]ation
To [A]drop in upon a[Em] nation
Verse (same as above):
I'm [Bm]too cynical...
[Em]I'm just wasting....
Ha[Bm]lf a million...
Gonna [Em]die today...
Then [G]read it in the [D/F#]headlines[Em]
Wat[G]ch it on the[D/F#] TV[Em]
Put [G]it in the b[D/F#]ackground[Em]
Sti[G]ck it in a [D/F#]bag, Stick it in[Em] a bag
[Cborus]
Solo:
[Bm] [Bb] [A] [Em]
[Verse]
[Precborus]
[Cborus] x 2
End with:
Bm Em D [Single strums]
I'd appreciate if someone can help me with the solo...
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