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Goodbye Alice In Wonderland by Jewel
Goodbye Alice In Wonderland
Tuning:E A D G B E
Capo:2nd fret
Standard Tuning
It sounds alright strummed but through the verses she's picking like this:
C *example*
e|-------0-----|
B|----------1--|
G|-------------|
D|---2----2----|
A|-3---3-------|
E|-------------|
Intro:
C G Bm C
C G
Its four in the afternoon
Bm C
I'm on a flight leaving LA
C G
Trying to think about my life
Bm C
My youth scattered along the highway
Am Em
Hotel rooms in headlights
G D
I've made a living with a song
Em C
Just a guitar as my companion
G D
Wanting desperately to be loved
Em D G
Fame is filled with spoiled children
Em D G Em
They grow fat on fantasy
D G
I guess that's why I'm leaving
D
I crave reality
---vvv---Chorus
G C D G
So goodbye Alice in Wonderland
C D
Goodbye yellow brick road
G C D G
There is a difference between dreaming and pretending
Em C
I did not find paradise
G
It was only a reflection
D
Of my lonely mind searching
Cadd9
For what was missing in my life
VERSE AND CHORUS 2 SAME CHORDS
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I'm embarassed to say
The rest is a rock and roll cliche
I hit the bottom when i reached the top
Never knew it was you
Who was breaking my heart
I thought you had to love me
But you did not
Yes, a heart can hallucinate
If its completely stuffed for life
Can even make monsters seem like
Angels from above
Forged my love like a weapon
Turned it against me like a knife
Broke my last heart string
But you opened up my eyes
So goodbye Alice in Wonderland
Goodbye yellow brick road
There is a difference between dreaming and pretending
That was not love in your eyes
It was only a reflection
Of my lonely mind wanting
What was missing in my life
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Bridge:
Em D G C Bm C D
Em
Dreaming is a good thing
D
Cause it brings new things to life
G
Pretending is an ending
C
That perpetuates a lie
Bm
Forgetting what you are
C D
Seeing for what you've been told
Em D
And growing up is not the answer to dreaming
G C
Its being able to understand the difference between
Bm C D
The ones you can hold and the ones that you've been sold
Em D G Em
Truth is stranger than fiction
D G Em
This is my chance to get it right
D G
Life is much better
D
Without all of your pretty lies
G C D G
So goodbye Alice in Wonderland
C D
You can keep your yellow brick road
G C D G
There is a difference between dreaming and pretending
Em C
That was not love in your eyes
It was only a reflection
G D C
Of my lonely mind wanting
It was only a reflection
G D
Of my lonely mind wishing
Cadd9 G (upward strum)
That you were what was missing from my life
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version 2
Tuning:E A D G B E
Capo:2nd fret
Standard Tuning
Generally this is played with a pick/strum pattern where she picks the base notes
first then strums the rest
of the chord sans the base note. She varies a double-pick and single pick
throughout. It is this pick stum
that makes the use of the slash chords sound right. The D/F# slash chord are
generally only used in the verses
in the Chorus, she does play it once or twice, but when I play - to my ear - all
the choruses should pick the
base note for the regular D.
[Intro]
C G Bm C
C G
Its four in the afternoon
Bm C
I'm on a flight leaving LA
C G
Trying to figure out my life
Bm C C/B
My youth scattered along the highway
Am Em
Hotel rooms in headlights
G D/F#
I've made a living with a song
Em C
Guitar as my companion
G D/F#
Wanting desperately to belong
Em D/F# G
Fame is filled with spoiled children
Em D/F# G Em
They grow fat on fantasy
D/F# G
I guess that's why I'm leaving
D/F#
I crave reality
[Chorus]
G C D G
So goodbye Alice in Wonderland
C D
Goodbye yellow brick road
G C D G
There is a difference between dreaming and pretending
Em
I did not find paradise
C
It was only a reflection
G D
Of my lonely mind wanting
Cadd9
Whats was missing in my life
C
I'm embarrassed to say
G
The rest is a rock and roll cliché
Bm C
I hit the bottom when I reached the top
C
But I never knew it was you
G
Who was breaking my heart
Am
I thought you had to love me
G
But you did not
Am Em
Yes, a heart can hallucinate
G D/F#
When it's completely starved for love
Am Em
It can even make monsters into
G D/F#
Angels from above
Em D/F# G
You forged my love like a weapon
Em D/F# G
And you turned it against me like a knife
Em D/F# G
You broke my last heart string
D/F#
But you opened up my eyes
[Chorus]
G C D G
So goodbye Alice in Wonderland
C D
Goodbye yellow brick road
G C D G
There is a difference between dreaming and pretending
Em
That was not love in your eyes
C
It was only a reflection
G D
Of my lonely mind wishing
Cadd9
For what's been missing in my life
Em D/F#
And growing up is not the absence of dreaming
G C
It's being able to understand the difference between
Bm C D
The ones you can hold and the ones that you've been sold
Em
And dreaming is a good thing
D/F#
'Cause it brings new things to life
G
But pretending is an ending
C
That perpetuates a lie
Bm
Forgetting what you are
C D
Seeing for what you've been told
Em D/F# G
Truth is stranger than fiction
Em D/F# G Em
This is my chance to get it right
D G
Life is much better
D/F#
Without all of those pretty lies
[Chorus]
G C D G
So goodbye Alice in Wonderland
C D
You can keep your yellow brick road
G C D G
There is a difference between dreaming and pretending
Em
These are not tears in my eyes
C
They are only a reflection
G D
Of my lonely mind finding
C
They are only a reflection
G D
Of my lonely mind finding
Cadd9 G
I've found what's missing in my life
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