The Sky Is A Neighborhood

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Verse Pre-Chorus + Chorus Bridge + Outro
----------------- ------------------- -----------------
Em Em C
x7998x 02200x 8-10-10-9-x-x
B B Em
7998xx x2444x x7998x
G G Bb
3554xx 32003x 6887xx
A A A
5776xx x0222x 5776xx
C C G
8-10-10-9-x-x x3201x 3554xx
Gb
2443xx
F
1332xx
[Intro]
Em B G A C Em A
e|-------------------|-------------------|--------------------|-------------------|
B|------8------------|-------------------|---------------8----|-------------------|
G|--------9-----8----|------4-------6----|------9----------9--|------6------------|
D|----9-----------9--|--------5-------7--|--------10---9------|--------7----------|
A|--7---------9------|----5-------7------|---10---------------|----7--------------|
E|----------7--------|-\3------/5--------|-/8--------0--------|--5----------------|
(\ = slide down)
(/ = slide up)
[Verse 1]
Em B G A C Em A
e|-------------------|-------------------|--------------------|-------------------------|
B|------8\-----------|-------------------|---------------8\---|-------------------------|
G|------9\------8\---|------4\------6\---|-------9\------9\---|------6\-----------------|
D|------9\------9\---|------5\------7\---|------10\------9\---|------7\-----------------|
A|--7-7---------9\---|------5\------7\---|------10\-----------|------7\-----------------|
E|----------7-7------|--3-3-----5-5------|--8-8------0-0------|--5-5-----5-5--0-3~-0-3~-|
(Palm mute first two notes of each chord)
(~ = vibrato)
Em B G A
The sky is a neighborhood, so keep it down
C Em A
The heart is a storybook, a star burned out
Em B G A
The sky is a neighborhood, don’t make a sound
C Em A
Lights coming up ahead, don’t look now
[Pre-Chorus 1]
Em B G A
The sky is a neighborhood
C Em A
The sky is a neighborhood, don’t look now
[Chorus 1]
Em B G A
Oh my dear, heaven is a big bang now, gotta get to sleep somehow
C Em A G
Bangin’ on the ceiling, bangin’ on the ceiling, keep it down
Em B G A
Oh my dear, heaven is a big bang now, gotta get to sleep somehow
C Em A
Bangin’ on the ceiling, bangin’ on the ceiling, keep it down
[Verse 2]
Em B G A
Mind is a battlefield, all hope is gone
C Em A
Trouble to the right and left, whose side you’re on?
Em B G A
Thoughts like a minefield, I’m a ticking bomb
C Em A
Maybe you should watch your step, don’t get lost
[Pre-Chorus 2]
Em B G A
The sky is a neighborhood
C Em A
The sky is a neighborhood, don’t get lost
[Chorus 2]
Em B G A
Oh my dear, heaven is a big bang now, gotta get to sleep somehow
C Em A G
Bangin’ on the ceiling, bangin’ on the ceiling, keep it down
Em B G A
Oh my dear, heaven is a big bang now, gotta get to sleep somehow
C Em A
Bangin’ on the ceiling, bangin’ on the ceiling, keep it down
[Bridge]
C Em Bb A
The sky is a neighborhood
G Gb F
[Verse 3]
Em B G A
The heart is a storybook, a star burned out
C Em A
Someone coming up ahead, don’t look now
[Chorus 3]
Em B G A
Oh my dear, heaven is a big bang now, gotta get to sleep somehow
C Em A G
Bangin’ on the ceiling, bangin’ on the ceiling, keep it down
Em B G A
Oh my dear, heaven is a big bang now, gotta get to sleep somehow
C Em A
Bangin’ on the ceiling, bangin’ on the ceiling, keep it down
[Outro]
Em B G A
The sky is a neighborhood
(Oh my dear, heaven is a big bang now, gotta get to sleep somehow)
C Em A
The sky is a neighborhood
(Bangin’ on the ceiling, bangin’ on the ceiling, keep it down)
C Em Bb A
G Gb F
N.C.
The sky is a neighborhood

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Free chords for The Sky Is A Neighborhood by Foo Fighters. Scroll the interactive sheet above or read the chord names inline below.

Verse                 Pre-Chorus + Chorus     Bridge + Outro
-----------------     -------------------     -----------------
Em  x7998x            Em  02200x              C   8-10-10-9-x-x
B   7998xx            B   x2444x              Em  x7998x
G   3554xx            G   32003x              Bb  6887xx
A   5776xx            A   x0222x              A   5776xx
C   8-10-10-9-x-x     C   x3201x              G   3554xx
                                              Gb  2443xx
                                              F   1332xx
[Intro]
(\ = slide down)
(/ = slide up)
[Verse 1]
(Palm mute first two notes of each chord) 
(~ = vibrato)
[Pre-Chorus 1]
[Chorus 1]
[Verse 2]
[Pre-Chorus 2]
[Chorus 2]
[Bridge]
G    Gb F
[Verse 3]
[Chorus 3]
[Outro]
            (Oh my dear, heaven is a big bang now, gotta get to sleep somehow)
            (Bangin’ on the ceiling, bangin’ on the ceiling, keep it down)
C  Em  Bb  A

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