Pompeii Uke tab by Bastille

4 Chords used in the song: D, A, Gbm, E

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Artist: Bastille

Album: Bad Blood

Year: 2013

Difficulty:

4.5

(Intermediate)

Key: A, GbmChords

# Easy version without capo, a little bit higher than normal

D          A           Gbm   E
I was left to my own devices
D          A           Gbm           E
Many days fell away with nothing to show

          D                  A           
And the walls kept tumbling down
                    Gbm  E
In the city that we love
      D                    A
Great clouds roll over the hills
                       Gbm  E
Bringing darkness from above

                       D
But if you close your eyes,
         A
Does it almost feel like 
Gbm                E
Nothing changed at all?
                      D
And if you close your eyes,
        A
Does it almost feel like
   Gbm             E
You've been here before?

D                   A           E
How am I gonna be an optimist about this?
D                   A           E
How am I gonna be an optimist about this?

D              A              Gbm         E
We were caught up and lost in all of our vices
D                 A       Gbm     E
In your pose as the dust settles around us


          D                  A           
And the walls kept tumbling down
                    Gbm  E
In the city that we love
      D                    A
Great clouds roll over the hills
                       Gbm  E
Bringing darkness from above


                       D
But if you close your eyes,
         A
Does it almost feel like 
Gbm                E
Nothing changed at all?
                      D
And if you close your eyes,
        A
Does it almost feel like
   Gbm             E
You've been here before?
D                   A           E
How am I gonna be an optimist about this?
D                   A           E
How am I gonna be an optimist about this?

   D            A
Oh where do we begin?
    Gbm           E
The rubble or our sins?
   D            A
Oh where do we begin?
    Gbm           E
The rubble or our sins?

          D                  A           
And the walls kept tumbling down
                    Gbm  E
In the city that we love
      D                    A
Great clouds roll over the hills
                       Gbm  E
Bringing darkness from above

                       D
But if you close your eyes,
         A
Does it almost feel like 
Gbm                E
Nothing changed at all?
                      D
And if you close your eyes,
        A
Does it almost feel like
   Gbm             E
You've been here before?
D                   A           E
How am I gonna be an optimist about this?
D                   A           E
How am I gonna be an optimist about this?
                       D
But if you close your eyes,
         A
Does it almost feel like 
Gbm                E
Nothing changed at all?

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Uke tab by ukuball, 04 Jun 2013

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natjobe

(St. Louis)

On the line bringing darkness from above, I play E as DDUUDUDUD.

09 Jul 2020

Deleted account

I do DUDUDUDU

29 Jul 2018

ellekay

(New Port Richey)

FANTASTIC, clear tabs. Thank you, uploader!

27 Aug 2013

RexKnudsen1

(Katy)

Good job but the Gbm is in the wrong key. If it was the right key it would be F#m, just something that bugged me

05 Jul 2013

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About this song: Pompeii

Music video by Bastille performing Pompeii. (P) 2013 The copyright in this audiovisual recording is owned by Virgin Records Ltd. Four piece South London band Bastille are Dan Smith, Chris Wood, Will Farquarson and Kyle Simmons. Their name comes from Bastille Day, the day Dan was born. 'Pompeii' peaked at #2 in the UK singles chart on release in January 2013. Their debut album 'Bad Blood' was released March 2013.

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