Rome - Phoenix
Tabbed by August Holmgren-McAllister
Key of D major (two sharps)
CHORDS:
Gadd9/D - xx0435
D - x547xx or x5777x
Em7 - x757xx or 02207x
Bm - x2443x
A - x076xx or x0222x
Bm7 - x2423x or 7977xx
G6 - 3x5453 or 355400
C#m7b5 - x4545x
Gadd9 - xx5435
A9 - 54545x or 5x5600
A9/C# - x45405
NOTE: These fingerings are not necessarily the exact ones used on the recording; these
are my suggestions based on the collective sound and chord quality.
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INTRO:
Gadd9/D
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VERSE ONE:
D
Who's the boy you like the most?
Em7
Is he teasing you with underage?
Bm
Could he be waving from a tropical sunset?
D
Static silhouette somehow
Em7
Single in this bed someday
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CHORUS:
Bm D
Quiet till it falls, falls, falls; Rome, Rome, Rome, Rome
A
Focus looking forward, the Colosseum
Bm7
Oh no, what did I say? What can I say?
G6 C#m7b5
Rome, Rome, many tears are falling here
D
I'll be driving; you'll look the other way
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VERSE TWO:
D
That ain't easy to ignore
Em7
With your shutters open all the way
Bm D
When it's candlelight I see I go insane
Distant silhouette somehow
Em7
We shared a cigarette somewhere
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CHORUS TWO:
Bm Gadd9
Addict till it falls, falls, falls; Rome, Rome, Rome, Rome
A
Focus looking forward, the Colosseum
Bm7
Oh no, what did I say? What can I say?
G6 A9
Rome, Rome, many tears are falling here
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/p/phoenix/rome_crd_ver_2.html ]
I'll be driving; you'll look the other way
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BREAK:
| D | (x4)
| D | Em7 | Bm7 | (x4)
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VERSE THREE: (no bass)
Gadd9
Always and forevermore
A9
I call to say I'm on the way
D Gadd9
Two thousand years remain in a trash can
Let burn the cigarette somewhere
A9/C#
Ashes till it fall, fall, falls
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BREAK TWO:
--- NOTE ---
At this point in the song, the keyboard plays the chords, and the guitar just holds a D
note until the outro. The keyboard could be replaced by another guitar playing the
following chords:
| Gadd9 | "" | Em7 | "" | C#m7b5 | "" | Bm7 | A | (x2)
All together, these are the chords created:
| Gadd9 | "" | Em7 | "" | C#m7(b5,b9) | ""
| Bm7 Aadd11 | (x2)
---
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BRIDGE:
Gadd9 Em7 C#m7(b5,b9)
Bm7 A
I stand outside under broken leaves
Gadd9 Em7
C#m7(b5,b9) Bm7 Aadd11
I know I can't do without; the future's trying to wait
Gadd9 Em7
I never loved you; and if I loved you
C#m7(b5,b9) Bm7 Aadd11
I wouldn't say I'm sorry, oh no
Gadd9 Em7 Bm/F# F#/A#
I stand outside under broken leaves
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VERSE FOUR:
Gadd9 A9
Always and forever more; We're together dead and lonely
Bm7 Gadd9
I thought I couldn't do this without you
A9
Single in this bed somewhere
Ashes till it fall, fall, falls
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OUTRO:
| D | Em7 | Bm7 |
End on D.
