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Anthem by Phantom Planet
Anthem
Tune guitar Just slightly sharp....
Intro:
E-E-E-B-DbMin-A
E DbMin
I woke up today a song was swimming in my head
A B
And I hummed it to myself as I got out of bed
E DbMin
And on the way to take a shower it all just dawned on me
A B
That a song like this just might go down in history
E A Amin(?) E
I quickly ran back to get my guitar
Dbmin A B
A pen and some paper
Chorus (same as intro)
E B
'Cause this whole world needs an Anthem
DbMin A
And I'm trying to put the words where they belong
E B
Yeah this whole world needs an Anthem
Dbmin B A
And I'm hoping everyone will sing along
E DbMin
Well I quickly got to work and put the song in gear
A B
And my neighbor rang the doorbell said it caught his ear
E DbMin
I was playing it so loud the whole neighborhood could hear
A B
And at night from every household it became quite clear
E A
Everyone was singing along
Am E
The same notes the same song
DbMin A B
Or maybe I heard it wrong
(same as top)
'Cause this whole world needs an Anthem
And I'm trying to put the words where they belong
Yeah this whole world needs an Anthem
And I'm hoping everyone will sing along.
E A
Everyone was singing along
E DbMin
The same notes the same song
A B
Or maybe I heard it wrong
Chorus again
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version 2
INTRO
E B C#m A
VERSE
E C#m
I woke up today a song was swimmin in my head
A B
and I hummed it to myself as i got out of bed
E C#m
and on the way to take a shower it all just dawned on me
A B
that a song like this just might go down in history
PRE-CHORUS
E E7 A Am E
I quickly ran back to get my guitar
C#m A B
a pen and some paper
CHORUS
E B
cause this whole world needs an anthem
C#m A
and I'm trying to put the words where they belong
E B
yeah this whole world needs anthem
C#m A
and I'm hopin everyone will sing along
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version 3
Tuning: slightly sharp
h = hammer
p = pull off
. = down stroke
^ = up stroke
Basically, you have four chords that keep getting repeated throughout the
whole song. If you listen to it, you'll figure out the strumming patterns.
I tried to make this as simple as I could, but with 3 guitar parts, 3
different progressions, 5 different arpeggio patterns, and different parts
playing at alternating times, sometimes the same time...you could expect
it to look complicated.
These chord formations sound closest to the song:
E: 022100
B: x24442
C#m: x46654
A: x02220
Intro: E E E B C#m A
Verses: E C#m A B
Chorus: E B C#m A
That's most of it, but in the verses, there are a couple parts where
a second guitar comes in.
Guitar 1 stays with chords, and it plays E E7 A Am E Emaj7(sus4) A B
E7 - 020100
Am - x02210
E(maj)7(sus4) - 020300 - this will be noted as "E(M)7(4)"
It goes:
E E7 A Am E
I quickly ran back to get my guitar
E(M)7(4) A B
A pen and some paper
and on the second time it does that:
E E7 A
Everyone was singin' along
Am E
The same notes the same song
E(M)7(4) A B
Or maybe I heard it wrong
Guitar 2 does a cool little arpeggio that goes like this:
E E7 A Am E A# A B
e|----4----4----2----2----0----0----0-----2----------------------------------|
B|---5-5--3-3--2-2--1-1------------------0-----------------------------------|
G|-----------------------4-4--3-3--2-2--3------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Guitar 2 comes in on "I quickly ran back to get my guitar / A pen and some paper"
and on "Everyone was singing along / The same notes the same song* / Or maybe I
heard it wrong"
(*) = A third guitar comes in here, and it plays:
e|--4--h5p4--4h5p4--4-h5p4-2-------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Then it goes back to the normal chord progression until after the second chorus.
Then the guitar plays an A Chord (...^.) which leads into guitar 3 playing this:
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------1---2-1---------1----4-2-1------------------------------------------|
D|---2-4---------4---2-4------------4----------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
The first guitar is palm muting the rhythm here
When "Everyone was singin' along ... " comes in, guitar 3 plays the interlude twice
before playing the 4-h5p4 thing; the other two guitars play what they did before.
After the lyrics are over, a little riff gets played (I didn't figure that out yet),
and after that, this outro is played:
e|--------------------------19-----------------------------------------------|
B|----17-16-17----17-16-17------17----17-16-17------17-----------------------|
G|--16----------16------------------16----------16---------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Here's the stage progression:
Intro
Verse 1
Bridge
Chorus
Verse 2
Bridge
Chorus
Interlude
Bridge
Chorus
Chorus
Outro
End on a dragged out E major down stroke
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