James – I Defeat (Guitar)
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Speed:
1.0x
Chords
Taken from the single Just Like Fred Astaire
Written by James. Performed by James and Sinead O'Connor.
Riff 1:
e|-------------------------------------------------------| B|-------------------------------------------------------| G|-------------------------------------------------------| D|-------------------------------------------------------| A|--2-----2-0-----0-2---2-----------2-----2-0------------| E|------3-------3---------3-0---0-3-----3-------3-2-0----|
Riff 2:
e|-------------------------------------------------------| B|-------------------------------------------------------| G|-------------------------------------------------------| D|--------------------2----------------------------------| A|--2-----2-0-----0-2---2--------------------------------| E|------3-------3---------3-0----------------------------|
Riff 3:
e|-------------------------------------------------------| B|-------------------------------------------------------| G|-------------------------------------------------------| D|------------9------------------------------------------| A|--7--9--10-----10--9-----------------------------------| E|-------------------------------------------------------|
Song Structure:
This has a more tradition verse/chorus structure, and so is pretty straightfoward.
Saul plays an acoustic guitar hardly ever deviating from the chords G D Em C,
while Adrian plays the riffs. Riff 1 opens the song and Riff 2 is played between
the end of the first chorus and the start of the second verse. In the middle bit
Riff 2 is played first followed by Riff 3 repeatedly. Riffs 1 and 2 are played
over the ending choruses. Sadly, Mike seems to have no parts in this song.
[Intro]
G D Em C
G D C
[Verse 1]
G We were doing so well D We had broken spell Em C And freedom seemed just within reach G We had managed the bend D Between lover and friend Em C Found a place we could possibly meet
[Chorus]
G Yes it's me D I can't help myself Em C I just run headlong to defeat G Yes it's me D I can't help myself C G I defeat I defeat I defeat
[Interlude]
D Em C
[Verse 2]
G I'm so hard on myself, D Don't deserve any help, Em C So I must let you go, let you go. G So I pushed you away, D While I hoped you would stay, Em C But I don't let you know, let you know,
[Chorus 2]
G Yes it's me, D I can't help myself, Em C I keep running around to this beat, C Yes it's me, D I can't help myself, C G I defeat, I defeat (I defeat)
[Interlude 2]
Em B C D
Em B C D
Em B C D
[Chorus 3 & Outro]
G Yes it's me, D I can't help myself, Em C I keep running around to this beat, G Yes it's me, D I can't help myself, C G I defeat, I defeat, help me, D I can't help myself, C G I defeat, I defeat, help me, D I can't help myself, C G I defeat, I defeat, help me.
Transcribed by Alex Carter 2001.
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