A A
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
E|-------------------------|-------------------------|
B|-------------------------|-------------------------|
G|-------2-----------2-----|-------2-----------2-----|
D|-------------------------|-------------------------|
A|-0--0--------0--0--------|-0--0--------0--0--------|
E|-------------------------|-------------------------|
F#m E/F
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 e + a 4 e + a
E|-------------------------|-----------------------------|
B|-------------------------|-----------------------------|
G|-------------------------|-----------------------------|
D|-------4-----------4-----|-------2-------------2-------|
A|-------------------------|-----------------------------|
E|-2--2--------2--2--------|-1--1--------1---1-----1-2-3-|
In an acoustic setting accompanying myself, I prefer something a bit more
substantial as follows. Note that the E/F doesn't work so well in this
setting, so I've substituted E.
A A
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
E|-------0-----------0-----|-------0-----------0-----|
B|-------2-----------2-----|-------2-----------2-----|
G|-------2-----------2-----|-------2-----------2-----|
D|-------2-----------2-----|-------2-----------2-----|
A|-0--0--------0--0--------|-0--0--------0--0--------|
E|-------------------------|-------------------------|
F#m E
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
E|-------2-----------2-----|-------0-----------0-----|
B|-------2-----------2-----|-------0-----------0-----|
G|-------2-----------2-----|-------1-----------1-----|
D|-------4-----------4-----|-------2-----------2-----|
A|-------4-----------4-----|-------2-----------2-----|
E|-2--2-----2--2-----------|-0--0--------0--0--------|
You might even try something a little further removed from the original
like picking the root note, strum down-up, then pick the root note one
octave higher, and again strum down-up.
A A
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
E|-------0--0--------0--0--|-------0--0--------0--0--|
B|-------2--2--------2--2--|-------2--2--------2--2--|
G|-------2-----2-----2-----|-------2-----2-----2-----|
D|-------2-----------2-----|-------2-----------2-----|
A|-0-----------------------|-0-----------------------|
E|-------------------------|-------------------------|
F#m E
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
E|-------2--2--------2--2--|-------0--0--------0--0--|
B|-------2--2--------2--2--|-------0--0--------0--0--|
G|-------2-----------2-----|-------1-----------1-----|
D|-------4-----4-----4-----|-------2-----2-----2-----|
A|-------4-----------4-----|-------2-----------2-----|
E|-2-----------------------|-0-----------------------|
And maybe change it up for the verses, even something like the super common
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
D D U U D U
works well.
[Intro]
| A | A | F#m | E |
| A | A | F#m | E |
[Chorus]
A
I was out of your league
F#m
And you were 20,000 underneath the sea
E
Waiving affections
A
You were out of my league
F#m
At a distance that I didn't wanna see
E
Down to the bottom
[Verse]
D E A F#m
I wanted a junction and often there was one
D E A F#m
You'd surface face first and we'd share our thought bubbles
D E A F#m
And I still believe in the phrases that we breathed
Bm E
But I know the distance isn't fair to cross
[Chorus]
A
I was out of your league
F#m
And you were 20,000 underneath the sea
E
Waiving affections
A
You were out of my league
F#m
At a distance that I didn't wanna see
E
I want to be nearer
[Verse]
D E A F#m
Your depths made a pressure that punctured my works and all your
D E A F#m
fluids couldn't tolerate the force of my thirst
D E A F#m
I love the place where we shared our tiny grace
Bm E
But just because it's real don't mean it's gonna work
[Chorus]
A
I was out of your league
F#m
And you were 20,000 underneath the sea
E
Waiving affections
A
You were out of my league
F#m
At a distance that I didn't wanna see
E
I want to be nearer
[Bridge]
D E A
And true affection floats
D E A F#m
True affections sinks like a stone
D E A
I never felt so close
D E A F#m
I never felt so all alone
[Chorus]
A
I was out of your league
F#m
And you were 20,000 underneath the sea
E
Waiving affections
A
You were out of my league
F#m
At a distance that I didn't wanna see
E
I want to be nearer