Ellie Goulding – My Blood (Guitar Solo)

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Hopefully this provides a nice basis for solo performances of this song. The song itself starts on Fmaj7/A, not Am. Finger-picking the Verse and Pre-Choruses sounds great (16th notes), then strumming the choruses (try strumming in 8th notes, down down down down up). The Fmaj7/A is played for a full measure, while the Am (and C) and G chords are played for half measures respectively. Strumming in 8th notes, that would come out to something along the lines of: Fmaj7/A - down down down down up down down down down up; Am - down down down down up; G - down down down down up. Also, listen for how the end of each lyrical line leads into the Fmaj7/A chord of the next line during the Verses and the Choruses (but not the Pre-Choruses). The actual bridge is a bit different, but the normal chord progression works fine too. [Intro] (x2) Fmaj7/A Am G [Verse 1]
Fmaj7/A          Am              G
    That feeling that doesn't go away just did

Fmaj7/A           Am             G
    And I walked a thousand miles to prove it

Fmaj7/A              Am               G
    And I'm caught in the crossfire of my own thoughts

Fmaj7/A           Am                G
    The color of my blood is all I see on the rocks

Fmaj7/A                  Am         G
    As you sail from me
[Pre-Chorus]
Fmaj7/A           Am       G
Alarms will ring for eternityyyyy

Fmaj7/A                Am          G
The waves will break every chain on me

Fmaj7/A               Am       G
My bones will bleach, My flesh will flee

Fmaj7/A
So help my lifeless frame to breathe
[Chorus]
Fmaj7/A                    C           G
    And God knows, I'm not dying but I bleed now

Fmaj7/A                     Am          G
    And God knows, it's the only way to heal now

Fmaj7/A                            C       G
    With all the blood I lost with youuuuuuuuuuu

Fmaj7/A                           Am       G
    It drowns the love I thought I knew
[Verse 2]
Fmaj7/A                 Am            G
    The lost dreams are buried in my sleep for him

Fmaj7/A           Am                 G
    And this was the ecstasy of a love forgotten

Fmaj7/A                   Am        G
    And I'm thrown in the gunfire of empty bullets

Fmaj7/A             Am     G
    And my blood is all I see

Fmaj7/A
    As you steal my soul from me
[Pre-Chorus 2]
Fmaj7/A            Am       G
Alarms will ring for eternityyyyy

Fmaj7/A                    Am       G
The waves will break every chain on meeeee
[Chorus]
Fmaj7/A                    C           G
    And God knows, I'm not dying but I bleed now

Fmaj7/A                     Am          G
    And God knows, it's the only way to heal now

Fmaj7/A                            C       G
    With all the blood I lost with youuuuuuuuuuu

Fmaj7/A                           Am       G
    It drowns the love I thought I knewwwwwwwwww

[Bridge]
Fmaj7/A      Am          G
             Ohh-oh-ohh, ohh-oh-ohh oh-ohhh       (x6)
[Chorus](2x)
Fmaj7/A                    C           G
    And God knows, I'm not dying but I bleed now

Fmaj7/A                     Am          G
    And God knows, it's the only way to heal now

Fmaj7/A                            C       G
    With all the blood I lost with youuuuuuuuuuu

Fmaj7/A                           Am       G
    It drowns the love I thought I knewwwwwwwwww
[Outro]
Fmaj7/A              Am             G
(Humming)

Fmaj7/A              Am
(Humming)