Overkill - Colin Hay
Tuning: , E A D G B E
Colin Hay - Overkill (Acoustic in D)
For the transition from F# to F#7 in the chorus
all you have to do is lift your pinky.
[Chord Chart]
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D|---7------7-
A|---5------4-
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[Verse]
I can't get
to sleep
I think abou
t the implicat
ions
Of diving in
too deep
And possibly
the complicat
ions
Especially a
t night
I worry over
situations
I know will
be alright
Perhaps its
just my imagin
ation
[Chorus]
Day after d
ay it reappear
s
Night after
night my hear
tbeat shows th
e fear
Ghosts appear
and fade away
[Verse]
Alone betwee
n the sheets
Only brings
exasperation
It's time to
walk the stre
ets
Smell the, .
.. desperation
At least the
re's pretty li
#
ghts
And though t
here's little
variation
It nullifies
the night
from overkil
l
[Chorus]
Day after da
y it reappears
Night after
night my heart
beat shows the
fear
Ghosts appear
and fade away
Come back
another day
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[Verse]
I can't get
to sleep
I think abou
t the implicat
ions
Of diving in
too deep
And possibly
the complicat
ions
Especially a
t night
I worry over
situations th
a-at...
I know will
be alright
It's just ov
erkill
[Chorus]
Day after da
y it reappears
Night after
night my heart
beat shows the
fear
Ghosts appear
and fade away
Ghosts appear
and fade away
Ghosts appear
and fade away