Overkill

Words & Music:

Colin Hay

 

D              D/C#     D/C                 D/B        D

I can't get to sleep----- I think about the implications.

Of diving in too deep; and possibly the complications.

Especially at night, I worry over situations.

I know will be alright; perhaps it's just imagination.

 

Bm                    A     A(sus)  A

Day after day, it reappears.

Bm                               A1       A2

Night after night my heartbeat, shows the fear.

E1       E2            G      A     A(sus)            A

Ghosts appear and fade away-------- Come back another day.

 

Alone between the sheets only brings exasperation.

It's time to walk the streets; smell the desperation.

At least there's pretty lights and though there's little variation.

It nullifies the night from overkill.

 

Day after day it reappears.

Night after night my heartbeat, shows the fear.

Ghosts appear and fade away, come back another day.

 

I can't get to sleep, I think about the implications.

Of diving in too deep and possibly the complications.

Especially at night, I worry over situations that.

I know will be alright, it's just overkill.

 

Day after day it reappears.

Night after night my heartbeat, shows the fear.

Ghosts appear and fade away.

Ghosts appear and fade away.

 

Intro:

D = xx0232  to  xx0032 (can add sus)  to  xx0032  to  xx0432

 

Verses: (muffle the 'walk-down' occasionally)

D = xx0232  to  D/C# = x4x232  to  D/C = x3x320  to  D/B = x2x020 (can add high G)

 

Chorus:

Bm = x24432  to  A = x02220 (sus)  to  Bm = x24432  to  A1 = X05700 (G-str 7 to 6)

A2 = X05600  to  E1 = X02400 (G-str 4 to 3)  to  E2 = X02300

G = 320033  to  A = x02220  to  A(sus) = x02230


Colin Hay Acoustic version of Overkill

This is an alternate tuning First and Sixth stings tuned to D.  This is a great blues slide tune, so try a slider on it after you learn the song and have some fun. I donŐt know the names of these chords so I have numbered them. C1 =Chord #1 and so on.

 

D --0-- --x-- --0-- --0-- --0-- --0-- --0-- --x-- --x-- D --x-- --x-- --0-- --0-- --0--

B --7-- --7-- --7-- --7-- --5-- --5-- --3-- --0-- --0-- B --0-- --0-- --3-- --3-- --2--

G --0-- --7-- --0-- --6-- --0-- --4-- --4-- --7-- --6-- G --3-- --3-- --4-- --2-- --2--

D --7-- --7-- --7-- --7-- --5-- --5-- --4-- --5-- --5-- D --4-- --2-- --5-- --2-- --2--

A --5-- --5-- --5-- --4-- --3-- --2-- --2-- --0-- --0-- A --4-- --4-- --5-- --0-- --0--

D --0-- --5-- --x-- --x-- --x-- --x-- --0-- --7-- --7-- D --x-- --x-- --x-- --x-- --x--

   C1    C2    C3    C4    C5    C6    C7    C8    C9       C10   C11   C12   C13   C14

 

Intro is C1 and C2 chords.

The intro is used as a break during the song also.

C3                       C4

            I can't get to sleep

C5                           C6

            I think about the implications

 

C7                     C13       C14

Day after day it reappears

C7                                             C8          C9

Night after night my heartbeat, shows the fear

C10          C11                     C12

Ghosts appear and fade away

 

Another Acoustic version of Overkill

   [D]                                     [D/C#]                                       

e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|

B|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|

G|-7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7-----------|

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|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|

 

I can't get to sleep

 

   [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|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|

 

I think about the implications

[D]Of diving in too[D/C#] deep

[C]And possibly the[C/B] complications

[D]Especially at ni[D/C#]ght

[C]I worry over sit[C/B]uations

[D]I know will be a[D/C#]lright

[C]Perhaps its just[C/B] my imagination

   [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)

I can't get to sleepI think about the implications

Of diving in too deepAnd possibly the complications

Especially at nightI worry over situations

I know will be alrightIt's just overkill

(Chorus)

Day after day it reappears

Night after night my heartbeat, shows the fear

Ghosts appear and fade away

Ghosts appear and fade away

 





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