Bastille – Way Beyond (Ukulele)

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By Hanna M | instagram @wildworldpilots Simplified chords for ukulele transpose -1 for original key [Intro: spoken] ("What the fuck are y'all doing is the question This is the question") [Verse 1]
Am        F                   Dm    Am
  The animals break out their ca - ges, now

Am          F             Dm   Am   
  Chaos is raining down around us

Am              F                  Dm    Am
  But here we stand with our arms fol - ded

                  Am   F       Dm  Am   
  Do you wanna be fr - ee of this?
[Verse 2]
Am            F             Dm  Am
  When panic rises like the oceans, we

Am               F                   Dm  Am          
  Just keep on flicking through the stations, 'cause

Am             F              Dm     Am   
  If we don't post it does it hap - pen?

                Am   F       Dm  Am
  Oh I wanna be fr - ee of this
[Pre-Chorus]
             F              G     Am
Have you and I been sleepwalking way too long?

               F             G  Am
Won't someone pour ice water on me?
[Chorus]
         G             C    F
It only matters if we care now,

           G          Am
If you're way beyond that

     F                   Dm          Am
Then I'm gonna dust you off of my shoulders

         G              C     F
And I remember when we cared now,

           G          Am
If you're way beyond that

     F                   Dm          Am           G
Then I'm gonna dust you off of my shoulders, my shoulders
[Verse 3]
Am            F          Dm    Am
  Movies and news on televi - sion

Am                F                Dm    Am
  Sometimes it's hard to tell the difference, oh

Am                  F                   Dm    Am
  When real life's more fucked up than fic - tion

                  Am   F       Dm  Am
  Do you wanna be fr - ee of this?
[Pre-Chorus]
             F              G     Am
Have you and I been sleepwalking way too long?

               F             G  Am
Won't someone pour ice water on me?
[Chorus]
         G             C    F
It only matters if we care now,

           G          Am
If you're way beyond that

     F                   Dm          Am
Then I'm gonna dust you off of my shoulders

         G              C     F
And I remember when we cared now,

           G          Am
If you're way beyond that

     F                   Dm          Am    
Then I'm gonna dust you off of my shoulders
[Bridge]
         G          C             G
I don't wanna play dumb, dumb anymore

                    Am               F
I just wanna feel something, like before

                    C             G
I don't wanna feel numb, numb anymore

              Am                F   G
I just wanna something, like before
[Chorus]
                       C    F
It only matters if we care now,

           G          Am
If you're way beyond that

     F                   Dm          Am
Then I'm gonna dust you off of my shoulders

         G              C     F
And I remember when we cared now,

           G          Am
If you're way beyond that

     F                   Dm          Am           G
Then I'm gonna dust you off of my shoulders, my shoulders
[Spoken]
C                             F                       G                    
("Television viewers have the choice of watching the tragedy play out

         Am                            F           Dm
from the seating and comfort of their living rooms

           Am                            G                        C        F
But victims have to respond to the pressure of the media while still in shock")
[Ending]
           G          Am
If you're way beyond that

     F                   Dm          Am            G
Then I'm gonna dust you off of my shoulders, my shoulders