Biography:
Dokken is an American hard rock / heavy metal band that was formed in 1978. Having big success in the 80s with tracks such as "Dream Warriors", "It's Not Love", "In My Dreams", and others, they sold over ten million albums worldwide yet faced internal battles over their direction. The group split up in 1989, having accumulated numerous charting singles and earned a Grammy nomination, and they've had sporadic reunions since then.
Dokken was initially composed of founder Don Dokken on vocals
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The song is mostly dyads/power chords and a riff alternating between dorian and phrygian modes.
ORDER: I V1 PC1 C INT1 V2 PC2 INT2 B INS C2 V3 O
[INTRO]
Em | Em G | Em | |
(whole band)
Em | Em G | Em | |
Em | Em G | Em | |
[VERSE 1]
Em G
Safer today to go outside your win - dow
Em
Go down the stairs, you remember the way
Em G
New combinations you found in your let - ter
Em
Ready to fly and escape
[PRE-CHORUS 1]
Em G
You're off the meds and bad tranquili - zers
Em
Keeping it down isn't your style of fun
Em G
Taking a walk in the park by the child - ren
Em
All that you want is a smile
[CHORUS]
B Dsus2 A/C# A
Everybody's getting high today
B Dsus2 A-5/C# A
Go on and alter your mind, fade a - way
[INTERLUDE 1]
Fade away
Em | Em G
Fade away
Em | |
Em Em G
(Let it go, let it go, there's no reason to stay
Em
[VERSE 2]
Em G
All that you want is some peace in the sun - shine
Em
Far from the freaks who are on,
Em G
Staring at TV alone with no sun - sets
Em
Time for your oranges and blues
[PRE-CHORUS 2]
Em G
You're off the meds and the bad tranquili - zers
Em
Keeping you down isn't your style of fun
Em G
Taking a walk in the park by the chil - dren
Em
All that you want is a smile
[CHORUS]
B Dsus2 A/C# A
Everybody's getting high today
B Dsus2 A-5/C# A
Go on and alter your mind, fade a - way
[INTERLUDE 2]
Fade away
Em | Em G
Fade away
Em | |
Em | Em G |
Em | |
[BRIDGE]
Em
(Prozac, Lithium, Wellbutren, Clonapin, Xanax, Valium,
Em
Crack Cocaine, Heroin, Speed, X's, Hash,
Em
Pot, Effexor, Profexor, Ellexor,
Em
Jack Daniels, Jim Beam...)
[INSTRUMENTAL]
Em | Em G |
Em | |
Em | Em G |
Em | |
[CHORUS 2]
B Dsus2 A/C# A
Everybody's getting high today
B E7#9
Go on and alter your mind
[VERSE 3]
Em G
So when they lock you again in a white room
Em
Holding you down, antiseptic your fate
Em G
You don't belong in a place where they talk to themselves
Em
It's just hell
[OUTRO]
Em G
Let it go, let it go, let it fade away
Em
All you want is a smile
Em G
Let it go, running happy for you fade away
Em
Em | Em G
Fade away
Em | |
(fade)
Em | Em G
Fade away
Em | |
Em G
Let it go, let it go, let it fade away
Em
All you want is a smile
Em G
Let it go, running happy for you fade away
Em
ORDER: I V1 PC1 C INT1 V2 PC2 INT2 B INS C2 V3 O
[INTRO]
Em | Em G | Em | |
(whole band)
Em | Em G | Em | |
Em | Em G | Em | |
[VERSE 1]
Em G
Safer today to go outside your win - dow
Em
Go down the stairs, you remember the way
Em G
New combinations you found in your let - ter
Em
Ready to fly and escape
[PRE-CHORUS 1]
Em G
You're off the meds and bad tranquili - zers
Em
Keeping it down isn't your style of fun
Em G
Taking a walk in the park by the child - ren
Em
All that you want is a smile
[CHORUS]
B Dsus2 A/C# A
Everybody's getting high today
B Dsus2 A-5/C# A
Go on and alter your mind, fade a - way
[INTERLUDE 1]
Fade away
Em | Em G
Fade away
Em | |
Em Em G
(Let it go, let it go, there's no reason to stay
Em
[VERSE 2]
Em G
All that you want is some peace in the sun - shine
Em
Far from the freaks who are on,
Em G
Staring at TV alone with no sun - sets
Em
Time for your oranges and blues
[PRE-CHORUS 2]
Em G
You're off the meds and the bad tranquili - zers
Em
Keeping you down isn't your style of fun
Em G
Taking a walk in the park by the chil - dren
Em
All that you want is a smile
[CHORUS]
B Dsus2 A/C# A
Everybody's getting high today
B Dsus2 A-5/C# A
Go on and alter your mind, fade a - way
[INTERLUDE 2]
Fade away
Em | Em G
Fade away
Em | |
Em | Em G |
Em | |
[BRIDGE]
Em
(Prozac, Lithium, Wellbutren, Clonapin, Xanax, Valium,
Em
Crack Cocaine, Heroin, Speed, X's, Hash,
Em
Pot, Effexor, Profexor, Ellexor,
Em
Jack Daniels, Jim Beam...)
[INSTRUMENTAL]
Em | Em G |
Em | |
Em | Em G |
Em | |
[CHORUS 2]
B Dsus2 A/C# A
Everybody's getting high today
B E7#9
Go on and alter your mind
[VERSE 3]
Em G
So when they lock you again in a white room
Em
Holding you down, antiseptic your fate
Em G
You don't belong in a place where they talk to themselves
Em
It's just hell
[OUTRO]
Em G
Let it go, let it go, let it fade away
Em
All you want is a smile
Em G
Let it go, running happy for you fade away
Em
Em | Em G
Fade away
Em | |
(fade)
Em | Em G
Fade away
Em | |
Em G
Let it go, let it go, let it fade away
Em
All you want is a smile
Em G
Let it go, running happy for you fade away
Em
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