Pompeii[C] - Bastille
Intro: (ey, ey oh, ey oh part and can riff here too)
[F] [C] [Am] [G] x2.
[Verse 1]
F C Am G
I was left to my own de--v-i-c-e-s
F C Am G
Many days fell away with nothing to show
|[Pre-Chorus] (down strums)
|F C
| And the walls kept tumbling down
| Am G
|In the city that we l-o-v-e-d
|F C
| Great clouds roll over the hills
| Am G
|Bringing darkness from A-b-o-v-e [G*]
|
|[Chorus] (down up strums) (ey oh part here too)
| F
|But if you close your eyes, Does it [C] almost feel like
|Am G
| Nothing changed at all? And if you close your [F] eyes,
|Does it [C] almost feel like [Am] You've been here [G] before?
|
|[Post-Chorus]
|F Am G
| How am I gonna be an optimist about this?
|F Am G
| How am I gonna be an optimist about this?
[Verse 2]
F C Am G
We were caught up and lost in all of our vices
F C Am G
In your pose as the dust settles around us
[Pre-Chorus]
[Chorus]
[Post-Chorus]
[Instrumental] (ey, ey oh, ey oh part)
[F] [C] [Am] [G]
[Bridge] (single strums)
F C
Oh where do we begin?
Am G
The rubble or our sins?
F C
Oh where do we begin?
Am G
The rubble or our sins?
|[Pre-Chorus] (down strums)
|F C
| And the walls kept tumbling down
| Am G
|In the city that we l-o-v-e-d
|F C
| Great clouds roll over the hills
| Am G
|Bringing darkness from A-b-o-v-E
|
|[Chorus] (down up strums)
| F
|But if you close your eyes, Does it [C] almost feel like
|Am G
| Nothing changed at all? And if you close your [F] eyes,
|Does it [C] almost feel like [Am]You've been here [G] before?
|
|[Post-Chorus]
|F Am G
| How am I gonna be an optimist about this?
|F Am G
| How am I gonna be an optimist about this?
[OUTRO] (ey, ey oh, ey oh part)
[F] [C] [Am] [G] [F] [C] [Am] [G]
[C*]