The Stone Roses – Ten Storey Love Song (Guitar)

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An amazing song. Plays great in its original electric band format. Also works beautifully as a solo acoustic vox & guitar piece!! No barre-ing, just beautiful plangent open chords all the way. Chords ====== D5 xx023x Dsus4 x00030 Dsus2 x0233x D xx0232 G 320033 Em7 020033 D/F# 2x0232 Em 022000 A x02220 Em7/D xx0033 Intro - nb this is mostly in free time, all based on the D chords as below: ===== D5 Dsus4 Dsus2 D5 Verse 1 =======
          D                  G
When your heart is black and broken

        D              G
And you need a helping hand

            D          Em7
When you're so much in love

          D/F#          G            A
You don't know just how much you can stand
Verse 2 =======
          D               G
When your questions go un-answered

        D                  G
And the silence is killing you

            D/F#    Em
Take my hand baby I'm your man

         G                 A
I've got loving enough for two
Chorus 1 ========
D       G      D
    Ten storey love song

  G          D/F#      Em
I built this thing for you oooh ooh oooh

D           G        D
    Who can take you higher

     G         D/F#     Em
Than twin peak mountain blue

          G          D/F#      Em   Em7/D
Oh well I built this thing for you

      A 
And I love you true
Verse 3 =======
           D                G
There's no sure-fire set so-lutions

   D                    G
No shortcut through the trees

   D             Em7     
No breach in the wall

          D/F#         G             A 
That they put there to keep you from me
Verse 4 =======
          D                   G
As you're lying awake in this darkness

     D
This everlasting night

G       D/F#            Em
Someday soon don't know where or when

             G           D/F#    A
You're gonna wake up and see the light
Chorus 2 ========
D       G      D
    Ten storey love song

  G          D/F#      Em
I built this thing for you oooh ooh oooh

D           G        D
    Who can take you higher

     G         D/F#     Em
Than twin peak mountain blue

          G          D/F#      Em   Em7/D
Oh well I built this thing for you

      A 
And I love you true
Guitar solo over the following chords =========== G A G A G A G D/F# Em Em7/D A Chorus 3 ========
D       G      D
    Ten storey love song

  G          D/F#      Em
I built this thing for you oooh ooh oooh

D           G        D
    Who can take you higher

     G         D/F#     Em
Than twin peak mountain blue

          G          D/F#      Em   Em7/D
Oh well I built this thing for you

      A              D
And I love you true
----------------------------------------- I hope I've done it justice! Kevin O'Brien Watford England July 2011 [email protected]