Biography:
Jens Martin Lekman (born February 6, 1981 in Angered, Sweden) is a Swedish musician. He has released four albums and several EPs since 2003. His music can be described as guitar-based pop with heavy use of samples and strings, with lyrics that are often witty, romantic, and lachrymose. His work is often compared to that of Stephin Merritt of the The Magnetic Fields, Jonathan Richman and Morrissey.
Lekman recorded and released much of his material privately from 2000 to 2003 on CD-R.
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This is a great song and the chord aren't too hard but as there isn't a version on here
thought I'd put my version up.
I'm not going to tab the part after the first chorus (starts at about 2:07) because
are no chords, it's just
strings and bass and from the videos I've seen, Lekman leaves that part out when
solo.
Intro
C Am G F x4
Violin part (intro and repeated later)
e|3---3-3-3--1--0-1-3-3-8---0-0-0---------0-0---|
B|---------------------------------3--1-3-------|
e|3---3-3-3--1--0-1-3-3-8---0-0-0---------0-----|
B|---------------------------------3--1-3---1---| x2
Verse
C G
I took my sister down to the ocean
C Am G
But the ocean made me feel stupid
F C
Those words of wisdom I had prepared
F D
All seemed to vanish into thin air
G F Em Dm
Into the waves I stared
C Am G F x4 with violin part
C G
I picked up a seashell to illustrate my homelessness
C Am G
But a crab crawled out of it making it useless
F C
And all my metaphors fell flat
F D
Down on the rocks where we sat
G F Em Dm
She asked where are you at?
Chorus
C Am G
But sister, it's the opposite of hallelujah
F C
It's the opposite of being you
Am G
You don't know 'cause it just passes right through you
F C Am G
You don't know what I'm going through
F C Am G
You don't know what I'm going through
F C Am G
You don't know what I'm going through
F C Am G
You don't know what I'm going through
Verse
C G
We made our way home on the bikes we had borrowed
C Am G
I still never told you about unstoppable sorrow
F C
You still think I'm someone to look up to
F D
I still don't know anything about you
G F Em Dm
Is it in you too?
Pre-Chorus
C Am G F
You've got so much to live for, little
C Am G F
sister, You've got so much to live for
Chorus
C Am G
But sister, it's the opposite of hallelujah
F C
It's the opposite of being you
Am G
You don't know 'cause it just passes right through you
F C Am G
You don't know what I'm going through
F C Am G
You don't know what I'm going through
F C Am G
You don't know what I'm going through
F C Am G F
You don't know what I'm going through
Outro
C Am G F repeat till end.
That's it, have fun and please rate and comment. Message me or comment if you have any
or corrections.
thought I'd put my version up.
I'm not going to tab the part after the first chorus (starts at about 2:07) because
are no chords, it's just
strings and bass and from the videos I've seen, Lekman leaves that part out when
solo.
Intro
C Am G F x4
Violin part (intro and repeated later)
e|3---3-3-3--1--0-1-3-3-8---0-0-0---------0-0---|
B|---------------------------------3--1-3-------|
e|3---3-3-3--1--0-1-3-3-8---0-0-0---------0-----|
B|---------------------------------3--1-3---1---| x2
Verse
C G
I took my sister down to the ocean
C Am G
But the ocean made me feel stupid
F C
Those words of wisdom I had prepared
F D
All seemed to vanish into thin air
G F Em Dm
Into the waves I stared
C Am G F x4 with violin part
C G
I picked up a seashell to illustrate my homelessness
C Am G
But a crab crawled out of it making it useless
F C
And all my metaphors fell flat
F D
Down on the rocks where we sat
G F Em Dm
She asked where are you at?
Chorus
C Am G
But sister, it's the opposite of hallelujah
F C
It's the opposite of being you
Am G
You don't know 'cause it just passes right through you
F C Am G
You don't know what I'm going through
F C Am G
You don't know what I'm going through
F C Am G
You don't know what I'm going through
F C Am G
You don't know what I'm going through
Verse
C G
We made our way home on the bikes we had borrowed
C Am G
I still never told you about unstoppable sorrow
F C
You still think I'm someone to look up to
F D
I still don't know anything about you
G F Em Dm
Is it in you too?
Pre-Chorus
C Am G F
You've got so much to live for, little
C Am G F
sister, You've got so much to live for
Chorus
C Am G
But sister, it's the opposite of hallelujah
F C
It's the opposite of being you
Am G
You don't know 'cause it just passes right through you
F C Am G
You don't know what I'm going through
F C Am G
You don't know what I'm going through
F C Am G
You don't know what I'm going through
F C Am G F
You don't know what I'm going through
Outro
C Am G F repeat till end.
That's it, have fun and please rate and comment. Message me or comment if you have any
or corrections.
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