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Did You Know? Half The World Away was written and sung by Noel Gallagher and it's his favourite Oasis B side. It became well know as the theme tune of the sitcom The Royle Family. It was very strongly influenced by This Guy's In Love With You by Bert Bacharach
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Difficulty Level Of Original Recorded Song: Orange Pick
Most Advanced Rhythm: Yellow Pick
Most Advanced Chord Change: Orange Pick
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Orange Pick Level
Half The World Away Chords And Strumming, Oasis
Open Chords:
Open C Chord
Open G Chord
Open D Chord
Open Am Chord
Plus Open Fmaj7 Chord (F∆7): xx3210
Open C/B: x20010
Open G7: 320001
and Fm: xxx111
Key: C
Strumming:
"Everyman": |D D U U D U |
"Bouncer": |D D U D D U |
"Passenger": | U D U U D U |
"2 Strum": |D D |
Tempo: 116bpm
Intro -
||C - - - |F∆7 - - - || x 2
(Everyman/Everyman)
Verse 1 -
||C - - - |F∆7 - - - || x 2
(Everyman/Everyman)
|C - C/B - |Am - - - |D - - - |F∆7 - - - |
(Bouncer/Everyman/Everyman/Everyman)
||C - - - |F∆7 - - - || x 2
(Everyman/Everyman)
|C - C/B - |Am - - - |D - - - |F∆7 - - - |
(Bouncer/Everyman/Everyman/Everyman)
(C) I would like to (F∆7)leave this city
(C)This old town don't (F∆7)smell too pretty and
(C) I can (C/B)feel the (Am)warning signs (D)running around my (F∆7)mind
(C) And when I (F∆7)leave this island
I'll (C)book myself into a (F∆7)soul asylum
(C) 'Cause I can (C/B)feel the (Am)warning signs (D)running around my (F∆7)mind
Chorus -
|Am - - - |C - - - |E - - - |Am - - - |
(Everyman) x 4
|F∆7 - - - |D - - - |G - - - |G7 - - - |
(Everyman) x 4
|Am - - - |C - - - |E - - - |Am - - - |
(Everyman) x 4
|F∆7 - - - |F∆7 - - - |Fm - - - |Fm - - - |
(Everyman/Passenger/Everyman/Passenger)
|C - C/B - |Am - - - |D - - - |
(Bouncer/Everyman/Everyman)
|F∆7 - - - |F∆7 - - - |F∆7 - - - |F∆7 - - - |
(Everyman/Passenger/Everyman/ 2 Strum )
(Am) So here I (C)go, I'm still (E)scratching around in the (Am)same old hole
My (F∆7)body feels young but my (D)mind is very (G)old (G7)
(Am) So what do you (C)say?
You can't (E)give me the dreams that are (Am)mine anyway
(F∆7)Half the world a(F∆7)way, (Fm)half the world a(Fm)way
(C)Half the (C/B)world a(Am)way
I've been (D)lost, I've been found but I (F∆7)don't feel down (F∆7) (F∆7) (F∆7)
Intro -
||C - - - |F∆7 - - - || x 2
(Everyman/Everyman)
Verse 2 -
||C - - - |F∆7 - - - || x 2
(Everyman/Everyman)
|C - C/B - |Am - - - |D - - - |F∆7 - - - |
(Bouncer/Everyman/Everyman/Everyman)
||C - - - |F∆7 - - - || x 2
(Everyman/Everyman)
|C - C/B - |Am - - - |D - - - |F∆7 - - - |
(Bouncer/Everyman/Everyman/Everyman)
(C) And when I (F∆7)leave this planet
You (C)know I'd stay but I (F∆7)just can't stand it and
(C) I can (C/B)feel the (Am)warning signs (D)running around my (F∆7)mind
(C) And if I could (F∆7)leave this spirit
I'll (C)find me a hole and (F∆7)I'll live in it and
(C) I can (C/B)feel the (Am)warning signs (D)running around my (F∆7)mind
Chorus -
|Am - - - |C - - - |E - - - |Am - - - |
(Everyman) x 4
|F∆7 - - - |D - - - |G - - - |G7 - - - |
(Everyman) x 4
|Am - - - |C - - - |E - - - |Am - - - |
(Everyman) x 4
|F∆7 - - - |F∆7 - - - |Fm - - - |Fm - - - |
(Everyman/Passenger/Everyman/Passenger)
|C - C/B - |Am - - - |D - - - |
(Bouncer/Everyman/Everyman)
|F∆7 - - - |F∆7 - - - |F∆7 - - - |F∆7 - - - |
(Everyman/Passenger/Everyman/Passenger)
|F∆7 - - - |F∆7 - - - |F∆7 - - - |F∆7 - - - |
(Everyman/Passenger/Everyman/ 2 Strum )
(Am) So here I (C)go, I'm still (E)scratching around in the (Am)same old hole
My (F∆7)body feels young but my (D)mind is very (G)old (G7)
(Am) So what do you (C)say?
You can't (E)give me the dreams that are (Am)mine anyway
(F∆7)Half the world a(F∆7)way, (Fm)half the world a(Fm)way
(C)Half the (C/B)world a(Am)way
I've been (D)lost, I've been found but I (F∆7)don't feel down (F∆7) No, I (F∆7)don't feel down (F∆7) No I (F∆7)don't feel down (F∆7) (F∆7) (F∆7)
Ending -
||C - - - |F∆7 - - - || x 8
(Everyman/Everyman)
(C) (F∆7)
Don't feel (C)down (F∆7)
I don't feel (C)down (F∆7) (C) (F∆7) (C) (F∆7) (C) (F∆7) (C) (F∆7) (C) (F∆7)
Final Chord Strum: C
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