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Oasis : Definitely Maybe
1994


  1. Rock 'N' Roll Star
  2. Shakermaker
  3. Live Forever
  4. Up In The Sky
  5. Columbia
  6. Supersonic
  7. Bring It On Down
  8. Cigarettes And Alcohol
  9. Digsy's Dinner
  10. Slide Away
  11. Married With Children

Rock 'N' Roll Star

E5 x799xx
B
E5
I live my life in the city
B
E5
There's no easy way out
C#m
A
B
The day's moving just too fast for me
B
E5
Need some time in the sunshine
B
E5
Gotta slow it right down
C#m
A
B
The day's moving just too fast for me
Riff during bridge
E|-------------------------|
B|-------------------------|
G|--9-9-8--9-8--9-8--9-8-8-|
D|-(9-9)-------(9)---------|
A|-------------------------|
E|-------------------------|
G#m
E
I live my life for the stars that shine
B
And people say it's just a waste of time
G#m
E
Then they said I should feed my head
B
But that to me was just a day in bed
G#m
E
I'll take my car and drive real far
B
To where they're not concerned about the way we are
A
'Cause in my mind my dreams are real
F#
Now, Are you concerned about the way I feel
A
E
B
Tonight.... I'm a rock and roll star
A
E
B
Tonight.... I'm a rock and roll star
Repeat verse and bridge
A
E
B
Tonight.... I'm a rock and roll star
A
E
B
Tonight.... I'm a rock and roll star
A
E
B
Tonight.... I'm a rock and roll star
A
/g
/f#
You're not down with who I am
E
Look at you now you're all in my hands tonight
Solo over verse chords
A
E
B
Tonight.... I'm a rock and roll star
A
E
B
Tonight.... I'm a rock and roll star
A
E
B
Tonight.... I'm a rock and roll star
A
E|----------------------|
B|----------------------| x2
G|---6--6-6-----6--6-6--|
D|--7-7-7--7---7-7-7--7-|
A|-7----7-----7----7----|
E|----------------------|
F#
E
x8
F#
E
It's just rock and roll It's just rock and roll It's just rock and roll


Shakermaker

B13 x21200
E|--------------------0-----------------------------------------|
B|----0------0------0--0---------0-------0----------0-------0---|
G|---2-2----2-2----2-2--2-------7-7-----7-7--------2-2-----2-2--|
D|--1---1--1---1--1---1--1-----6---6---6---6------1---1---1---1-|
A|-2-----2------2-------------7------7-----------2------2-------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------|
Band kicks in
A
E
B13
F#
B13
I'd like to be somebody else and not know where I've been
E
B13
I'd like to build myself a house out of plasticine
A
E
B13
Aaaah, aaaaah, Shake along with me
A
E
B13
F#
Aaaah, aaaaah, Shake along with me
I've been driving in my car with my friend Mr Soft Mr Clean and Mr Ben are living in my loft Aaaah, aaaaah, Shake along with me Aaaah, aaaaah, Shake along with me
D
A
B13
I'm sorry but I just don't know
D
A
B13
I know I said I told you so
D
A
B13
But when you're happy and you're feeling fine
A
E
Then you'll know that it's the right time
A
E
Yeah, you know that it's the right time
Shake along with me! Shake along with me! Shake along with me! Shake along with me! Mister Sifter sold me songs when I was just sixteen Now he stops at traffic lights but only when they're green
A
E
B13
Aaaah, aaaaah, Shake along with me
A
E
B13
Aaaah, aaaaah, Shake along with me
A
E
B13
Aaaah, aaaaah, Shake along with me
A
E
Aaaah, aaaaah...
E|-----------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------|
G|-----------------------4b4b4b4-2b2-|
D|--0-1--0-1----0-1--0-1-------------|
A|-2----2----2-2----2----------------|
E|-----------------------------------|
Shake along with me! Shake along with me! Shake along with me! Shake along with me! Shake along with them! Shake along with me! Shake along with them! Shake along with me!
E


Live Forever

(Oh yeah)
G
D
Maybe, I don't really wanna know
Am7
How your garden grows
C
D
'Cause I just wanna fly
G
D
Lately, did you ever feel the pain
Am7
In the morning rain
C
D
As it soaks you to the bone
Em7
D
Maybe I just wanna fly
Am7
Wanna live but don't wanna die
C
Maybe I just wanna breathe
D
Em7
Maybe I just don't believe
D
Maybe you're the same as me
Am7
We see things they'll never see
Fmaj7
You and I are gonna live forever
Fmaj7
E|-----3------|
B|--1----1----|
G|---------0--|
D|-3----------|
A|------------|
E|------------|
Maybe, I don't really wanna know How your garden grows 'Cause I just wanna fly Lately, did you ever feel the pain In the morning rain As it soaks you to the bone Maybe I will never be All the things that I wanna be But now it's not the time to cry Now it's time to find out why I think you're the same as me We see things they'll never see You and I we're gonna live forever
Solo over verse and chorus chords
G
D
Maybe, I don't really wanna know
Am7
How your garden grows
C
D
'Cause I just wanna fly
G
D
Lately, did you ever feel the pain
Am7
In the morning rain
C
D
As it soaks you to the bone
Maybe I just wanna fly Wanna live but don't wanna die Maybe I just wanna breath Maybe I just don't believe Maybe you're the same as me We see things they'll never see You and I are gonna live forever
Am
Fmaj7
E|----0--------------|-----0---------------|
B|---1-1-------------|----1-1--------------| x6
G|--2----------------|---------------------|
D|-------------------|---3-----------------|
A|-------------------|-----------(2)3h2--0-|
E|-------------------|---------------------|
We're gonna live forever
Am
Fmaj7
x8
Am


Up In The Sky

G
Cadd9
G
Csus4add9
E|-------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------| x2 (Riff)
G|---0----------0----0---------0-|
D|-----------3-------------3-5---|
A|------3-5------------3-5-------|
E|-3---------------3-------------|
G
Cadd9
A7
Csus4add9
G
Cadd9
G
Cadd9
G
Cadd9
G
Hey you, up in the sky
Cadd9
G
Cadd9
G
Learning to fly, so tell me how high
Fmaj7
Cadd9
Do you think you'll go
G
Cadd9
G
Cadd9
Before you start falling
G
Cadd9
G
Hey you, Up in a tree
Cadd9
G
Cadd9
G
You wanna be me, but that couldn't be
Fmaj7
Cadd9
'Cause the people here
G
Cadd9
G
Cadd9
They don't hear you calling
C
A7
So how does it feel?
G
Cadd9
G
Cadd9
When you're inside me
Hey you, wearing the crown Making no sound, I hear you feel down Well that's just too bad Welcome to my world Hey you, stealing the light I heard that the shine's, gone out of your life Well that's just too bad Welcome to my world How does it feel? When you're inside me
D
You'll need assistance with the things that you
Em7
Cadd9
Have never ever seen
D
It's just a case of never breathing out
Em7
Cadd9
Before you're breathing in
C
A7
G
Cadd9
G
Cadd9
So how does it feel? When you're inside me...
G
Cadd9
A7
Csus4add9
I can feel you, Can you feel me?
G
Cadd9
G
Cadd9
Hey you, up in the sky Learning to fly, so tell me how high Do you think you'll go Before you start falling Hey you!, Up in a tree You wanna be me, but that couldn't be 'Cause the people here They don't hear you calling So how does it feel? When you're inside me You'll need assistance with the things that you Have never ever seen It's just a case of never breathing out Before you're breathing in So how does it feel? When you're inside me...
G
Cadd9
G
Cadd9
x3
G
Cadd9
A7
Csus4add9
G
Cadd9
G
Cadd9
x3


Columbia

A
Dsus4
Cadd9
x2
A
There we were, now here we are
Dsus4
Cadd9
All this confusion, nothing's the same to me
A
There we were, now here we are
Dsus4
Cadd9
All this confusion, nothing's the same to me
A
But I can't tell you the way I feel
Dsus4
Cadd9
'Cause the way I feel is oh so new to me
A
No I can't sell you the way I feel
Dsus4
Cadd9
'Cause the way I feel is oh so new to me
A
Dsus4
Cadd9
What I heard is not what I hear I can see the signs but they're not very clear What I heard is not what I hear I can see the signs but they're not very clear But I can't tell you the way I feel 'Cause the way I feel is oh so new to me No I can't sell you the way I feel 'Cause the way I feel is oh so new to me
A
Dsus4
Cadd9
This is confusion, am I confusing you?
A
Dsus4
Cadd9
This is confusion, am I confusing you?
A
Dsus4
Cadd9
This is peculiar, we don't wanna fool ya
A
Dsus4
Cadd9
This is peculiar, we don't wanna fool ya
A
Dsus4
Cadd9
x6
Yeah Yeah Yeah


Supersonic

E|------0---------------| E|------0----------------------|
B|--------0-------------| B|--------0--------------------|
G|-----2----2-----2-----| G|-----2----2-----2------------|
D|---4---------4--2---1-| x3 D|---4---------4--2---------4b-|
A|-4--------------0---2-| A|-4--------------0--2-3b2h0---|
E|----------------------| E|-----------------------------|
(I need...)
Riff1 Riff2
E|--------------| E|---7-------|
B|--------------| B|-----5-----| (Transitions between
G|--------------| G|-------6---| B and F#)
D|-----------4b-| D|-----------|
A|--(2)-3b2h0---| A|-----------|
E|--------------| E|-----------|
F#m
A
B
Riff2
I need to be myself
F#m
A
B
Riff1
I can be no one else
F#m
A
B
Riff2
I'm feeling supersonic give me gin and tonic
F#m
A
B
You can have it all, but how much do you want it
F#m
A
B
Riff2
You make me laugh
F#m
A
B
Riff1
Give me your autograph
F#m
A
B
Riff2
Can I ride with you in your BMW
F#m
A
B
You can sail with me in my yellow submarine
E
You need to find out 'cause no one's gonna tell you
F#m
Riff2
What I'm on about
E
C#
You need to find a way for what you want to say
C#
But before tomorrow
D
A
E
F#m
'Cause my friend said he'd take you home
D
A
E
F#m
He sits in the corner all alone
D
A
E
F#m
He lives under a waterfall
D
A
Nobody can see him
E
F#m
Riff2
Nobody could ever hear him call
D
A
E
F#m
Nobody could ever hear him call
Solo over:
D
A
E
F#m
x4
F#m
E
C#
Riff1
You need to be yourself, you can be no one else I know a girl called Elsa, she's into Alka-Seltza She sniffs it through a cane on a supersonic train And she makes me laugh, I've got her autograph She done it with a doctor on a helicopter She's sniffin' in a tissue, selling the big issue When she finds out No one's gonna tell her what I'm on about You need to find a way for What you want to say But before tomorrow 'Cause my friend said he'd take you home He sits in a corner all alone He lives under a waterfall Nobody can see him Nobody can ever hear him call Nobody can ever hear him call
D
A
E
F#m
D
A
E
F#m
D
A
E
F#m
D
A
E
F#m
D
A
E
F#m
D
A
E
F#m
D
A
E
F#m
D
A
E
F#m
D
A
E
F#m
D
A
E
F#m
D
...


Bring It On Down

Note: To play the "A B" part, you can play
E|------------| E|-------------|
B|------------| B|-------------|
G|--4-4-4-4-4-| G|-------------|
D|--4-4-4-4-4-| or D|-7-7-7s9-9-9-|
A|--0-0h2-2-2-| A|-7-7-7s9-9-9-|
E|------------| E|-5-5-5s7-7-7-|
A
B
A
B
A
B
A
B
What was that sound ringin' around your brain?
D
E
D
A
B
A
B
Today was just a blur, you got a head like a ghost train
A
B
A
B
A
B
A
B
What was that sound ringin' around your brain?
D
E
D
A
B
A
B
You're here on your own, who you gonna find to blame?
B
D
A
B
D
A
You're the outcast, you're the underclass
B
D
A
B
D
A
But you don't care, because you're living fast
B
D
You're the uninvited guest that stays till the end
G
E
I know you've got a problem that the devil sends
B
D
You think they're talking 'bout you but you don't know who
G
E
I'll be scraping your life from the sole of my shoe tonight
B
D
G
E
x2
A
B
A
B
x4
Bring it on down, bring it down for me Your head's in a fish tank Your body and your mind can't breathe Bring it on down, bring it down for me Your head's in a fish tank Your body and your mind can't breathe You're the outcast, you're the underclass But you don't care, because you're living fast You're the uninvited guest who stays till the end I know you've got a problem that the devil sends You think they're talking 'bout you but you don't know who I'll be scraping your life from the sole of my shoe tonight
B
D
G
E
x11
B


Cigarettes And Alcohol

E|-------------------------|--------------------------|
B|-------------------------|--------------------------|
G|-------------------------|--------------------------|
D|------------2-2----------|-----------2-2------------|
A|--2-2-4-2-4----4-2-------|-2-2-4-2-4-----4-2--------|
E|--0-0-0-0----------3-2-0-|-0-0-0-0-----------3-2-0--|
F#
A
E|-------------------|----------0--0--0--0--0----|
B|-------------------|----------12-12-12-10-10---|
G|-------------------|----------13-13-13-11-11-9-|
D|------------2-2----|-2-2h4-4-(4^7)-------------|
A|--2-2-4-2-4----4-2-|-2-2h4-4-(4^7)-------------|
E|--0-0-0-0----------|---------------------------|
E
E
E|---------------------------|---------------------|
B|---------------------------|---------------------|
G|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-------|-9-9-9-9-9-11-9-11-9-|
D|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-------|-9-9-9-9-9-11-9-11-9-| *
A|-7-7-0-7-7-0-7-7-0-7-------|-7-0-7-7-------------|
E|---------------------3-2-0-|---------------------|
E
Is it my imagination
F#
A
E
* Or have I finally found something worth living for?
E
I was looking for some action
F#
A
E
* But all I found was cigarettes and alcohol
A
E
You could wait for a lifetime
A
E
To spend your days in the sunshine
A
E
You might as well do the white line
Dsus4
A
'Cause when it comes on top
A
E
Dsus4
A
E
You gotta make it happen! You gotta make it happen!
Dsus4
A
E
Dsus4
A
E
You gotta make it happen! You gotta make it happen!
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Dsus4
A
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C
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Dsus4
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E
| ...
Repeat whole intro
Is it worth the aggravation To find yourself a job when there's nothing worth working for? It's a crazy situation But all I need are cigarettes and alcohol! You could wait for a lifetime To spend your days in the sunshine You might as well do the white line 'Cause when it comes on top You gotta make it happen! You gotta make it happen! You gotta make it happen! You gotta make it happen!
E
Dsus4
A
E
Dsus4
A
E
Dsus4
A
E
Dsus4
A
E
Dsus4
A
You gotta, You gotta, You gotta make it! You gotta, You gotta, You gotta fake it! You gotta, You gotta, You gotta make it! You gotta, You gotta, You gotta fake it! (woo!)
E
Dsus4
A
E
Dsus4
A
E
Dsus4
A
E
Dsus4
A
E


Digsy's Dinner

A
C#m
D
E
Dsus4
E
E --5-x-5-x-5-x-5--4-x-4-x-4-x-4--2-0-2--0--0-0-0-0--0--0--0--0--0-0-0-|
B --5-x-5-x-5-x-5--5-x-5-x-5-x-5--3-3-3--0--0-0-0-3--3--3--3--0--0-0-0-|
G --6-x-6-x-6-x-6--6-x-6-x-6-x-6--2-2-2--2--1-1-1-1--2--2--2--2--1-1-1-|
D --7-x-7-x-7-x-7--6-x-6-x-6-x-6--0-0-0--0--2-2-0-2--0--0--0--0--2-2-2-|
A --7-x-7-x-7-x-7--4-x-4-x-4-x-4------------2-2-2-2--------------2-2-2-|
E --5-x-5-x-5-x-5---------------------------0-0-0-0--------------0-0-0-|
D7
A
Asus4
A
E --2--2--2--2-----------------|
B --1--1--1--1---2--2--3--3--2-|
G --2--2--2--2---2--2--2--2--2-|
D --0--0--0--0---2--2--2--2--2-|
A ---------------0--0--0--0--0-|
E -----------------------------|
A
C#m
D
E
Dsus2
E
D7
A
A
C#m
What a life it would be
D
E
If you could come to mine for tea
Dsus4
E
I'll pick you up at half past three
D7
A
Asus4
A
We'll have lasagne
A
C#m
I'll treat you like a queen
D
E
I'll give you strawberries and cream
Dsus2
E
Then your friends will all go green
D7
A
Asus4
A
For my lasagne
F#m
A
Asus4
A
These could be the best days of our lives
Bm
C#m
But I don't think we've been living very wise, said "Oh no no"
A
C#m
What a life it would be
D
E
If you could come to mine for tea
Dsus4
E
I'll pick you up at half past three
D7
A
Asus4
A
We'll have lasagne
Solo
A
C#m
D
E
Dsus4
E
D7
A
F#m
A
Asus4
A
These could be the best days of our lives
Bm
C#m
But I don't think we've been living very wise, said "Oh no no"
A
C#m
What a life it would be
D
E
If you could come to mine for tea
Dsus4
E
I'll pick you up at half past three
D7
A
Asus4
A
We'll have lasagne
A
C#m
I'll treat you like a queen
D
E
I'll give you strawberries and cream
Dsus4
E
Then your friends will all go green
Dsus4
E
Then your friends will all go green
Dsus4
E
Then your friends will all go green
D7
A
For my lasagne


Slide Away

F9sus4 x33010
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Am7
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G
F9sus4
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x4
Am7
G
F9sus4
Slide away, and give it all you've got My today, fell in from the top I dream of you, and all the things you say I wonder where you are now
Hold me down, all the world's asleep I need you now, you've knocked me off my feet I dream of you, we talk of growing old But you said please don't
G
F9sus4
G
F9sus4
Slide in, baby, together we'll fly
G
F9sus4
G
G7
I've tried praying but I don't know what you're sayin' to me
C
G
F9sus4
Now that you're mine, we'll find a way of chasing the sun
Am7
G
Let me be the one who shines with you
Dsus4
F9sus4
In the morning when you don't know what to do
C
G
F9sus4
Two of a kind, we'll find a way to do what we've done
Am7
G
Let me be the one that shines with you
F9sus4
Dsus4
And we can slide away... slide away... slide away...
G
E
away...
Solo over verse chords
Slide away, and give it all you've got My today, fell in from the top I dream of you, and all the things you say I wonder where you are now Slide in, baby, together we'll fly I've tried praying but I Don't know what you're sayin' to me Now that you're mine, we'll find a way Of chasing the sun Let me be the one who shines with you In the morning when you don't know what to do Two of a kind, we'll find a way to do what we've done Let me be the one that shines with you And we can slide away... slide away... slide away... slide away... slide away... slide away...
F9sus4
Slide away (And I wanna try now)
Dsus4
Slide away (Gonna make you mine now)
F9sus4
Dsus4
Oooooooh ooh oooooooh Oooooooh ooh oooooooh
F9sus4
I don't know, I don't care
Dsus4
All I know is you take me there
F9sus4
I don't know, I don't care
Dsus4
All I know is you take me there (Slide Away)
...


Married With Children

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E
G#
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C#m
A
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C
B
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E
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x2
E
G#
C#m
A
There's no need for you to say you're sorry
C
B
E
Goodbye, I'm going home
E
G#
C#m
A
I don't care no more so don't you worry
C
B
E
Goodbye, I'm going home
A
E
A
I hate the way that even though you know you're wrong
E
You say you're right
A
E
I hate the books you read and all your friends
F#
A7
Your music's shite it, keeps me up all night, up all night
There's no need for you to say you're sorry Goodbye, I'm going home I don't care no more so don't you worry Goodbye, I'm going home I hate the way that you are so sarcastic And you're not very bright You think that everything you've done's fantastic Your music's shite, it keeps me up all night, up all night
Solo over chorus chords x2
C#m
G#m
A
E
And it will be nice to be alone for a week or two
C#m
G#m
A
But I know then I will be right, right back here
B
A
G#m
F#
B
A
G#m
F#
With You with you with you with you with you with you with you.....
There's no need for you to say you're sorry Goodbye, I'm going home I don't care no more so don't you worry Goodbye I'm going home