Pompeii Chords & Tabs

by Bastille

[Version Description]
Strumming Patterns:
Main Pattern:
BPM: 127
Denominator: 8
Triplet: No
Measures: [1, 202, 1, 101, 202, 101, 1, 101]
Intro, Instrumental, Outro:
BPM: 127
Denominator: 8
Triplet: No
Measures: [202, 101, 1, 202, 1, 101, 202, 101]
For the Intro & Outro patterns, begin with a strum ahead of the beat on the & of 4.

[Intro]
C  G  Em  D (x2)

[Verse 1]
C          G         Em          D
I was left to my own de-v-i-c-e-s
 C         G              Em         D  
Many days fell away with nothing to show

[Pre-Chorus]
         C                   G  
And the walls kept tumbling down
                   Em       D
In the city that we l-o-v-e-d
        C                   G   
Great clouds roll over the hills
                       Em      D
Bringing darkness from a-b-o-v-e

[Chorus]
N.C.                   C
But if you close your eyes,
         G              
Does it almost feel like
 Em                D   
Nothing changed at all?
                       C   
And if you close your eyes,
         G              
Does it almost feel like
 Em                 D   
You've been here before?
     C                G         D        
How am I gonna be an optimist about this?
     C                G         D        
How am I gonna be an optimist about this?

[Verse 2]
C              G              Em          D   
We were caught up and lost in all of our vices
C            G            Em        D     
In your pose as the dust settles around us

[Pre-Chorus]
         C                   G  
And the walls kept tumbling down
                   Em       D
In the city that we l-o-v-e-d
        C                   G   
Great clouds roll over the hills
                       Em      D
Bringing darkness from a-b-o-v-e

[Chorus]
N.C.                   C
But if you close your eyes,
         G              
Does it almost feel like
 Em                 D  
Nothing changed at all?
                       C   
And if you close your eyes,
         G              
Does it almost feel like
 Em                 D   
You've been here before?
     C                G         D        
How am I gonna be an optimist about this?
     C                G         D        
How am I gonna be an optimist about this?

[Instrumental]
C   G   Em   D

[Bridge]
C                 G  
Oh where do we begin?
     Em            D   
The rubble or our sins?
C                 G  
Oh where do we begin?
     Em            D   
The rubble or our sins?

[Pre-Chorus]
         C                   G  
And the walls kept tumbling down
                   Em       D
In the city that we l-o-v-e-d
        C                   G   
Great clouds roll over the hills
                       Em      D
Bringing darkness from a-b-o-v-e

[Chorus]
N.C.                   C
But if you close your eyes,
         G              
Does it almost feel like
 Em                 D  
Nothing changed at all?
                       C   
And if you close your eyes,
         G              
Does it almost feel like
 Em                 D   
You've been here before?
     C                G         D        
How am I gonna be an optimist about this?
     C                G         D        
How am I gonna be an optimist about this?
                  C    
If you close your eyes,
         G              
Does it almost feel like
Em                  D  
Nothing changed at all?

[Outro]
C   G   Em   D (x2)