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Overkill

Colin Hay
Tab
★4.8(112)

This is tablature — fret positions rather than chord names. Wide lines scroll sideways on their own, so the page never does.

Intro, Verse

D D/C#

e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7-----------| optional
D|-7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7-----------|
A|-5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---4---4---4---4---4---4---4---4-----------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|

C C/B

e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5-----------|
D|-5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5-----------|
A|-3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2-----------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|

Verse 1

D

I can't get to sleep

C C/B

I think about the implications

D D/C#

Of diving in too deep

C C/B

And possibly the complications

D D/C#

Especially at night

C C/B

I worry over situations

D D/C#

I know will be alright

C C/B

Perhaps its just my imagination

Chorus

Bm

e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-4---4---4---4---4---4---4---4---4---4---4---4---4---4---4---4-----------|
D|-4---4---4---4---4---4---4---4---4---4---4---4---4---4---4---4-----------|
A|-2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2-----------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|

Day after day it rea-

Asus A

e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-3---x---x---3---x---x---3---x---2---x---x---2---3---2---2---2-----------|
G|-2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---4---2-----------|
D|-2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2-----------|
A|-0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0-----------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|

-ppears

Bm

e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-4---4---4---4---4---4---4---4---4---4---4---4---4---4---4---4-----------|
D|-4---4---4---4---4---4---4---4---4---4---4---4---4---4---4---4-----------|
A|-2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2-----------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|

Night after night my heartbeat

Asus A

e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-3---x---x---3---x---x---3---x---2---x---x---2---x---x---2---x-----------|
G|-2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2-----------|
D|-2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2-----------|
A|-0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0-----------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|

sho------------------ws the fear

F#sus4 F# Gmaj7

e|-2---x---x---2---x---x---2---x---2---x---x---2---x---x---2---x---1-------|
B|-2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---3-------|
G|-4---4---4---4---4---4---4---4---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---4-------|
D|-4---4---4---4---4---4---4---4---4---4---4---4---4---4---4---4---x-------|
A|-4---4---4---4---4---4---4---4---4---4---4---4---4---4---4---4---x-------|
E|-2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---3-------|

Gho------------------------sts appe---------------ar and fade-----

G/A

e|-3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---------------|
B|-0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---------------|
G|-0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---------------|
D|-0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---------------|
A|-0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---------------|
E|-x---x---x---x---x---x---x---x---x---x---x---x---x---x---x---------------|

away------

Asus A

e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-3---x---x---3---x---x---3---x---2---x---x---2---x---x---2---x-----------|
G|-2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2-----------|
D|-2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2-----------|
A|-0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0-----------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|

Come back anothe---r day

{Solo} played over the verse/Chorus-chords

{Verse 2}

D

I can't get to sleep

C C/B

I think about the implications

D D/C#

Of diving in too deep

C C/B

And possibly the complications

D D/C#

Especially at night

C C/B

I worry over situations

D D/C#

I know will be alright

C C/B

It's just overkill

Chorus 2

Bm Asus4 A

Day after day it reappears

B5 Asus4 A

Night after night my heartbeat shows the fear

F#sus4 F# Gmaj7 G/A

Ghosts appear and fade away

Asus4 A

Come back another day!

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