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So You'd Like To Save The World by Lloyd Cole
So You'd Like To Save The World
Listen to the song to get the muting and accents that Lloyd puts on
individual chords (ie the muting on the G and the accents on the
C in the verses)
Capo at 4th - chords written like they are played at first position
(ie G=B)
Chords
G 320033 G/B x20033
C* x32013 D xx0232
C x32010 Am7 x02010
Intro G
G C* G
So you'd like to save the world
G C*
I suggest you start one person at a time
G/B Am7 G
and start with me
G C* G
Not an ordinary girl
G C*
Not some that I should hit upon
G/B Am7 G
and ask "Hey what's your sign babe"
*Prechorus*
Am7 D
Have you been reading my mind (what did you find)
Am7 D
Nothing more or less terestrial
G C
Could I keep you in mind
*Chorus*
C G D C
Did you really cry
C G D C
When you saw the hole in the sky
C G/B Am7 G
Did you really hold your head high
C D C
That's alright you might call it ultraviolet radiation
Its only sunlight
G C G C G
*same as other verse*
So you'd like to save my world
If you could free my inner child then
I could free your inhibitions babe
Or would you like to mother me
I love the way you wear that montrola(?) robe
Generation chic mama
Pre chorus
Chorus - same as other except instead of G C G C G go into
following over chorus chords
Aw yes it is
Aw yes it is
Aw yes you might call it ultraviolet radiation
Its only sunglight
(Noodling around on C)
*over chorus chords *
So you'd like to save the world
I'd really like to help you
I'd really like to free you
Is that alright
I could call it ultraviolet radiation
But its only sunlight
Its only sunlight
Its only sunlight
You could call it ultrviolet radiation
fade on C
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version 2
Standard tuning - Capo 2
Chords are in relation to the capo and, for reference, are written out at the bottom of the page.
A Bm7/A
So you'd like to save the world
A Bm7/A
I suggest you take one person at a time
F#m E A
and start with me
Bm7/A
not an ordinary girl
A Bm7/A
not someone that I should hit upon
F#m E A
and ask, "hey what's your sign, babe"
Bm E
have you been reading my mind? (what did you find?)
Bm F#m
nothing more or less terrestrial
E D
could I keep you in mind
A C#m7/A Bm7/A
Did you really cry
A C#m7/A Bm7/A
when you saw the hole in the sky
F#m E A
did you really hold your head and hide your eyes
Bm7/A
well that's all right
E D
you might call it ultraviolet radiation
A
it's only sunlight
Bm7/A
So you'd like to save my world
A Bm7/A
if you could free my inner child
F#m E A
then I could free your inhibitions babe
Bm7/A
or would you like to mother me
A
I love the way you wear
Bm7/A F#m E A
that motorola generation chic mama
Bm E
Have you been reading my mind? (what did you find?)
Bm F#m
nothing more or less terrestrial
E D
could I keep you in mind
A C#m7/A Bm7/A
Did you really cry
A C#m7/A Bm7/A
when you saw the hole in the sky
F#m E A
did you really hold your head and hide your eyes
Bm7/A
well that's all right
E D
you might call it ultraviolet radiation
A C#m7/A Bm7/A
it's only sunlight (sha la la sunlight)
A C#m7/A Bm7/A
ah yes it is (sha la la sunlight)
F#m E A
ah yes it is now (sha la la sunlight)
D
it's only sunlight
E D
you might call it ultraviolet radiation
A C#m7/A Bm7/A
So you'd like to save the world
A C#m7/A Bm7/A
I'd really like to help you
F#m E A
I'd really like to be you for a while
Bm7/A
is that all right
E D
and I could call it ultraviolet radiation
A C#m7/A Bm7/A
it's only sunlight (sha la la sunlight)
A C#m7/A Bm7/A
Don't you know (sha la la sunlight)
F#m E A
it's only sunlight (sha la la sunlight)
D
it's only sunlight
E D
but you might call it ultraviolet radiation
A : x02220
Bm7/A : x04232
F#m : 244222
E : 022100
Bm : x24432
D : xx0232
C#m7/A : x06454
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