Artist: INXS
Song Name: Afterglow
Album: Switch (2005)
Tabbed in march 2006
Standard tuning
This is a great song to listen to -- even more fun to
play on the guitar. I learned most of the chords from
the INXS fanclub Podcast where JD sings it accompanied
with only an acoustic guitar, so I'm sure this is 99%
correct (it's much harder to tab from the album version
where the guitar is hidden behind the strings).
It's in the key of F# I believe. But whenever I see so
many sharpened chords, I suspect a capo was used.
If all the sharpened barre chords make your hand sore,
place a capo on the first fret, and lower each chord a
semi-tone, so C# become the easy-to-form C chord, F#
becomes F, A# becomes A, etc. That way you still
can play along with the album in key without the
trouble of the barre chords.
C# F#
Here I am, lost in the light of the moon
C#
that comes through my window
F#
Bathed in blue, the walls of my memory divides
C# B F#
the thorns from the roses It's you and the roses
A# G# A# F#
C# B F# C#
Touch me and I will follow in your afterglow
B F# C#
Heal me from all this sorrow As I let you go
B F#
I will find my way when I see your eyes
C# G# A# F# C#
Now I'm living in your afterglow
C# F#
Here I am, lost in the ashes of time,
C#
but who owns tomorrow?
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/i/inxs/afterglow_crd.html ]
C# F#
In between the longing to hold you again
C# B F#
I'm caught in your shadow, I'm losing control
A# G# A# F#
My mind drifts away, we only have today
C# B F# C#
Touch me and I will follow in your afterglow
C# B F#
Heal me from all this sorrow
C# B
As I let you go I will find my way
F# B F#
I will sacrifice 'til that blinding day when I see your eyes
C# G# A# F#
Now I'm LIVINNNNG!!!!! in your afterglowwwwwwwwww!!!
D# A# D# A# G#
When the veils are gone as I let you go, as I let you go
[yodelling chords: C# G# F# C# repeated twice]
C# B F# C#
Touch me and I will follow in your afterglow
B F# C#
Heal me from all this sorrow As I let you go
B F#
I will find my way, I will sacrifice
C# G# A# F#
Now I'm living in your afterglow
C# F#
Bathed in blue, the walls of my memory divides
C#
the thorns from the roses
B F#
It's you who is closest
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Hope You enjoyed it as much as I did :)
Play it to your girlfriend.. if you have one, and just wait for results :)
