Sam Fender – Leave Fast (Guitar Live)

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Notes: Sam has his guitar in C# tuning. All chords here are therefore just shapes relative to the nut. However if you don't want to retune, there are 2 options; You can either play it 2 steps higher as tabbed here, or match the original key by putting a capo on 9th fret; indicated chords will then be relative to the capo. He also plays the chords with an open high e string, as shown here;
    E   C#  C   Bm  A   Am
e|--0---0---0---0---0---0---|
B|--0---5---5---3---2---1---|
G|--1---6---5---4---2---2---|
D|--2---6---5---4---2---2---|
A|--2---4---3---2---0---2---|
E|--0---x---x---x---x---x---|
[Verse 1]
E
Dark grey vistas of this weathered place

    Cm
The blue star on the Nautilus

    C
The old boys like chimneys

Bm                                                A
Mass of filth and rubbish outside the houses, and broken fridges and torn up sofas

E                                 Cm
The boy racers, tearing down the Beehive Road

C
Leading out to coastlines

      Bm                                                        A
Where kids freeze their lungs and run amongst the rolling dunes away from everyone
[Chorus]
         Am                 E
Oh leave fast or stay forever

                      Am                       E
An old man told me to leave fast or stay forever

Am                      Bm  A
Leave fast or stay forever
[Verse 2]
E
Boarded up windows on the promenade

    Cm
The shells of old nightclubs

    C
And halfway houses

Bm                                              A
Intoxicated people battling on the regular in a lazy lowlights bar

E                                             Cm
Poor souls sleeping on shop front doors being turfed off by the council

C
Forgotten by our government

Bm                                                   A
Selfish little baby with no responsibility, watching people die in the cold
[Chorus]
   Am                       E
Oh leave fast or stay forever

                      Am                       E
An old man told me to leave fast or stay forever

                      Am                      Bm  A
An old man told me to leave fast or stay forever
[Bridge]
Cm  C  Bm  A  Am
Ooooh  Ooooooooh

[Outro]
     E             Cm      C                Bm                 A     Am    E
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------2--4-------3--------5--7----2---------2--4-----0-----0-------|
E|---0-------4-------------------------------------------------------------0-|
************************************ | x Dead note ************************************