Bastille – Pompeii
Capo 2nd 128 bpm 4/4 8th Note Strumming [Bad Blood 2013]
Intro
C G Em D C G Em D
Verse 1
C G Em D
I was left-ttt… to my own-nnn… devi-i-i-i-ces…
C G Em D
Many days-sss… fell away-yyy… with not-ttt-hing to show-www…
Pre Chorus
C G
and the walls kept tumbling down in the city that we
Em D
lo-ooo-ved…
C G
Great clouds roll over the hills bringing darkness from
Em D D
abo-ooo-ve…
Chorus
C G
but if you close your eyes-sss… does it almost feel like
Em D
not-ttt-hing changed at all…
C G
and if you close your eyes-sss… does it almost feel like
Em D
you-uuu-'ve been here before-eee…
C. G. D
How am I gonna be an optimist about this…
C. G. D
How am I gonna be an optimist about this…
Verse 2
C G Em D
We were caught-ttt… up and lost-ttt… in all of our vi-iii-ces…
C G Em D
In your pose-eee… as the dust-ttt… set-ttt-tles around us…
Pre Chorus
C G
and the walls kept tumbling down
Em D
in the city that we lo-ooo-ved…
C G
Great clouds roll over the hills bringing
Em D D
darkness from abo-ooo-ve…
Chorus
C G
but if you close your eyes-sss… does it almost feel like
Em D
not-ttt-hing changed at all…
C G
and if you close your eyes-sss… does it almost feel like
Em D
you-uuu-'ve been here before-eee…
C. G. D
How am I gonna be an optimist about this…
C. G. D
How am I gonna be an optimist about this…
Interlude
C G Em D
Bridge
C G Em D
Ooo… where do we-eee begin-nnn… The rubble or our sins… Ooo…
C G Em D
OOO… WHERE DO WE-EEE BEGIN-NNN… THE RUBBLE OR OUR SINS…
Pre Chorus
C G
and the walls kept tumbling down
Em D
in the city that we lo-ooo-ved…
C G
Great clouds roll over the hills bringing
Em D D
darkness from abo-ooo-ve…
Chorus
C G
but if you close your eyes-sss… does it almost feel like
Em D
not-ttt-hing changed at all…
C G
and if you close your eyes-sss… does it almost feel like
Em D
you-uuu-'ve been here before-eee…
C. G. D
How am I gonna be an optimist about this…
C. G. D
How am I gonna be an optimist about this…
Refrain
C G
but if you close your eyes-sss… does it almost feel like
Em D
not-ttt-hing changed at all…
Outro
C G Em D C G Em * D