Passenger – Boomerang (Guitar Intro Tab)
Capo 4
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Chords
Attempt to capture chords (with intro and outro tab) to play along with Passenger's official demo:
This is my first attempt to capture what Mike is playing in the demo he posted to YouTube.
I might not have the intro and outro tabbed exactly the way he is playing it, but it should be very close.
He uses similar patterns with slight variations throughout verse 1 and the chorus then, beginning with the
next instrumental section, he strums until the chords drop out at the end of the last chorus and he goes
back to picking for the outro. For the outro, he also slows the tempo down.
For the C chords, he frequently uses a hammer on to the 2nd fret.
[Intro]
Gsus4
D Dsus2 Am7 C G G
e|-------2p0-----------------------|-------0-------------------------|
B|-----------3-----0h1-----------1-|-----------1-----------1p0-----0-|
G|-----2-------2-------------0-----|---------------0-----------0-----|
D|-0-------------------2-------2---|-----2-------2-------0-------0---|
A|-----------------0-------0-------|-3-------3-----------------------|
E|---------------------------------|-----------------3---------------|
1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a 1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a
Dsus2 Am7 C G
e|-------0-------------------------|---------------------------------|
B|-----------3-----0h1-----------1-|-------1-------1p0-------------0-|
G|-----2-------2-------------0-----|-----------0---------------0-----|
D|-0-------------------2-------2---|-----2-------2-------0-------0---|
A|-----------------0-------0-------|-3-------3-----------------------|
E|---------------------------------|-----------------3-------3-------|
1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a 1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a
Gsus4
D Dsus2 Am7 C G G
e|-------2p0-----------------------|-------0-------------------------|
B|-----------3-----0h1-----------1-|-----------1-----0h1---0-------0-|
G|-----2-------2-------------0-----|---------------0-----------0-----|
D|-0-------------------2-------2---|-----2-------2-------0-------0---|
A|-----------------0-------0-------|-3-------3-----------------------|
E|---------------------------------|-----------------3-------3-------|
1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a 1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a
Dsus2 Am7 C G
e|-------0-------------------------|---------------------------------|
B|-----------3-----0h1-----------1-|-------1---------0-------------0-|
G|-----2-------2-------------0-----|-----------0---------------0-----|
D|-0-------------------2-------2---|-----2-------2-------0-------0---|
A|-----------------0-------0-------|-3-------3-----------------------|
E|---------------------------------|-----------------3-------3-------|
1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a 1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a[Intro]
D Dsus2 Am7 C G Gsus4 G
Dsus2 Am7 C G
D Dsus2 Am7 C G Gsus4 G
Dsus2 Am7 C G
[Verse 1]
D Am7 C Well every day I roll this stone up a hill G Dsus2 D Am7 C G Then I watch it roll back down D Am7 C G I throw it out like a boomerang spinning in the sky Dsus2 D Am7 C G Then it comes back round D Am7 I can't run or hide away C G D Am7 C G It always seems to track me down, down D Am7 I'm sick and tired of Groundhog Day C G Dsus2 D Am7 C G I need something new to bring me round
[Chorus]
D Am7 You see I want to live a good life C G D Am7 C G I don't wanna just survi-i-ive D Am7 C Yeah, I wanna love and be loved G D Am7 I wanna feel ali-i-i -ive
C* N.C.
I wanna feel alive
[Instrumental]
(begin strumming)
D Dsus2 Am Am7 C G Gsus4 G
D Dsus2 Am Am7 C G
[Verse]
D Am C Well, every night I dream of something good G D Dsus2 Am Am7 C G Gsus4 G Then I wake to find it gone D Am I fly high like a boomerang C G D Dsus2 Am Am7 C G But always come back down before too long D Am Yeah, and I can feel it slide away C G D Am Am7 C G Gsus4 G With every answer I get wro-o-o-o-o-ong D Am7 I'm sick and tired of Groundhog Day C G D Dsus2 Am Am7 C G I need something new to move along
[Chorus]
D Am You see I want to live a good life C G D Am Am7 C G Gsus4 G I don't wanna just survi-i-ive D Am C Yeah, I wanna love and be loved G D Am Am7 C G I wanna feel ali-i-i -ive
[Bridge]
D G So give me something I can feel C G D Something I can trust with all my heart G Give me something that is real C G D Something to hold on to in the dark G Give me something I can taste C G D And something that won't tear my world apart G C Am Give me something that won't fade awa-a-a-ay
[Chorus]
D Am Cos I just want to live a good life C G D Am C G Gsus4 G I don't wanna just survi-i-ive D Am C Yeah, I wanna love and be loved G D Am Am7 C G I wanna feel ali- -i-i-i-i-ive D Am C And I wanna feel the sun upon my skin G D Am C G I wanna flourish and thrive, yea-ea- ea-eah
N.C.
Yeah, I just wanna feel peace within
N.C.
When I close my eye-ey-ey-ey-eyes
N.C.
When I close my eyes
[Outro]
Gsus4
D Dsus2 Am7 C G G
e|-------2p0-----------------------|-------0-------------------------|
B|-----------3-----0h1-----------1-|-----------1-----------1p0-----0-|
G|-----2-------2-------------0-----|---------------0-----------0-----|
D|-0-------------------2-------2---|-----2-------2-------0-------0---|
A|-----------------0-------0-------|-3-------3-----------------------|
E|---------------------------------|-----------------3---------------|
1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a 1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a
Dsus2 Am7 C G (HOLD) D5 (let ring)
e|-------0-------------------------|---------------------------------|---
B|-----------3-----0h1-----------1-|-------1-------------------------|---
G|-----2-------2-------------0-----|-----------0-----------0---------|-2-
D|-0-------------------2-------2---|-----2-------2-------0-------0---|-0-
A|-----------------0-------0-------|-3-------3---------------0h2-----|---
E|---------------------------------|-----------------3---------------|---
1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a 1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a