Night Cab chords

Night Cab

• A

Standard tuning. Capo on 2. Chords relative to the capo (eg "A" is really B). Song is
simple, but requires the ability to play barre chords.

Couple of notes:

The only nonstandard chord, Aadd4/F#, is pretty easy. It's just:

E 0
B 2
G 2
D 0
A 0
E 2

All she's doing is playing a normal open-position A major chord, 
and moving her finger from the D string to the low E string. 
(You could think of it as a F#m7add6, but it's easier to think 
about as an A chord given how you play it).

Also, in the chorus and bridge, when she's playing Bm C#m D, the D chord 
is a barred D on the fifth fret, not an open D chord like she plays in the verse. 

A
The raindrops on the roof of the car
              Aadd4/F#
Sound like a warning
                      A
I'm alone in the backseat
                           
And in the clouded sky a pondering star
         Aadd4/F#  
Waits for morning
                A
To go back to sleep
          D                    F#m  
There's a great big world out there
        E                             Bm
Of good and bad and everything in between
      D                         F#  E 
I've got my own small world in here
                                       Bm  E
Of happy and sad and the little I have seen

      Bm  C#m D       Bm   C#m D
Keep driving, keep driving
      Bm  C#m D       Bm   C#m D
Keep driving, keep driving


A
The silent lamppost bows down its head
              Aadd4/F#
Encircled by darkness
                      A
With time on its side
                           
And when everyone I know are in bed
         Aadd4/F#  
My light shines the sharpest
                A
Across the divide
          D                    F#m  
There's a deep blue sea out there
        E                             Bm
Of birth and death and the lovely mess in between
      D                         F#  E 
I've got my own short life in here
                                       Bm  E
Going to God-knows-where in this fast machine

      Bm  C#m D       Bm   C#m D
Keep driving, keep driving
      Bm  C#m D       Bm   C#m D
Keep driving, keep driving
      Bm  C#m D       Bm   C#m D
Keep driving, keep driving
      Bm  C#m D       Bm   C#m D
Keep driving, keep driving

(then you just keep the Bm C#m D groove through:)

              Bm                  C# D             
Through the city, past the billboards
              Bm                  C# D   
Selling hope to hopeless souls
              Bm                  C# D   
To the outskirts where every locked door
              Bm                  C# D   
Has seen things that no-one knows
              Bm                  C# D   
Past the beaches where the wind blows
              Bm                  C# D   
And the waves caress the shore
              Bm                  C# D   
Through the forest where a tree grows
              Bm                  C# D   
For two hundred years or more
              Bm                  C# D   

      A          
The raindrops on the roof of the car
               Aadd4/F#
Sound like a warning
                     A
I'm alone in the backseat
And in the clouded sky a lonesome star
            Aadd4/F#
Waits for morning
               A
To go back to sleep

And that's it. Now if anyone can figure out Rebel Song I'll be greatly appreciative.
Corrections welcome.

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