The Verve – Noise Epic (Guitar Intro)

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[intro]
 E E C#m A E C#m C#m A A F#m E E Em C#m A A F# F# E E C#m A A Am F#m F#m Em Em A7 A7 Am Am Em7 E7 E
it repeats E and E7 for the rest of the intro until the spoken part.
[Spoken]
 E
Pleading with Athos of the rock

       Em                              E
In the ancient language which he spoke

 Em
But I didn't even give a damn

 E                          Em
Because all I wanted to do was just sit back and talk

 E                                  D
Talk about the restless winds that were blowing in my mind

       E
That twisted all we grow as too thin

      E
And feelings I had which I couldn't describe

      Em
And the places I'd come within

    Em
And in the chrome light I stood up and I just began

     E
I'd sell my pride on a whim, let it blow

     E
The righteous light that was guiding me still

      E
And the man with the holy soul

   E                         D
Impatience took a dim view of my words

   E
And let me down again

   E
I'm so dusty, laden with all that world-weary stars and reverends
[Sung] [Verse]
 Em                    G  A   Em
I've got your mother Mary, God

         G   A
Life is empty, I wanna

  Em       G   A     Em
Find some peace today

   Em
I said, mother Mary, oh

            E      Em
Life's so empty, I

   Em                         Em
Need some peace today, oh oh today
[instrumental] Em Em Em Em
 Em                             E
Oh those twisted corridors of power

                        D
In the ivory walls of hate

             Em
Where the eagle flies so proudly

  Em                            E
And I just can't, just can't wait

                              G
In the victim's mind, he's ready

        Em                    G
He is ready to exploit the weakness

          Em                E    Em
Of the century's greed and feebleness

  |Em
And the lies they whisper

    Em
To his brothers and sisters
[Chorus]
       G   A  Em    G    A
Please Jesus, oh I love you

  Em      G  A    Em     G Am Em
Won't you come to stay

         E      Em
Mother Mary, oh

  Em
Life is empty, I wanna

    Em
Find some peace today
[instrumental] Em Em Em Em Em Em G Em
                                     G
Hannah hung around for the the rapture

 Em
On the roam for forty years

                            |G                    Am        Em
Of course no-one came, and you know I still live in fear

                       G                  A
Always waiting for the prince of seventy-two

Em
I was waiting for the world to fall apart, how about you?

 Em
If Husain could have waited

 D                G        Em                G
Nava could have seen the stars in the sky

                   Em                   E7
Because I've been waiting for you for fifty odd years

                                    E
I've been waiting for you through these hopes and these tears

   Em                        G            A   Em
I was waiting for you, I'm a-waiting for you
[instrumental] E A E7 Em E7 E E A Em Em Em Em Em Em Em Em Am Am Em Em Em Em Em Em [Bridge]
          Am              Em Em Em Em Em Em Em Em Em Em Am Am Em Am
There's thunder, in the sky

Am         Em                     Am
Why why why - did I let you down?

        G                    Em Am
Can I carry that cross for you?

         G                  Em
Can I carry that cross for you?

                          A     Em     G Em
Is there anything that I need to know?

  Em                  Am   E
Did you let me down?

  E                 A
Did you let me down?

  G        Em                        A   G
Why why why - did you let me down?

   E                         Am
Did you think I wouldn't know

 G        Em  Em Am G Em                        Am
Why why why -              did you let me down?
[instrumental] G Em Em Am G Em Em Em Em Em Em Em Em Em A# A# Em Em A# A# Em Em [Outro]
 E      A#                                    Em      Em
I wanna sit right here, I'm gonna write you a letter

  A#                                 E
I wanna sail, I wanna sail over the ocean

   A#                                E
I wanna talk to best and Muhammad Ali

   A#                                     E   Em  E
I don't just use my fists, yeah I use my feet

  A#          E  A#          E
They got spirit, I got spirit

  A#                                      Em  C
Oh mama mama mama it's like yellow earth

    A#                                          Em
What was it like for you when you was giving birth

    A#                                 Em
You got it in for you, I got it in for me

A#                                                   Em       E
 I said, why you always jumping fences like Stevie McQueen?

 A#          E
I got spirit, come feel it

 A#          E
I got spirit, you can feel it

 A#            E
He got spirit, we gotta feel it

 A#                 E                   Em Em Em Em Em
You got spirit, scream if you feel it

  Em     Em
Wake up, wake up, wake up, wake up, wake up

 E
Wake up, wake up, wake up, wake up, wake up