Learn how to play Pompeii by Bear's Den

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Tabbed by: Joe C

Intro/Chorus riff
-Play the first note on the second fret of the G string in each 4 bass-note phrase as a
hammer-on. It is played normally the second time
-Listen to the song to get what I mean as well as the general rhythm

   1   2   3   4   1   2   3   4   1   2   3   4   1   2   3   4
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------0---------------0---------------0---------------0--------|
G|----0-2----2---0----0-2----2---0----0-2----2---0----0-2----2---0-|
D|---0---0-----------2---2-----------0---0-----------2---2---------|
A|-----------------0---0---0---0----2--------------3---3---3---3---|
E|-3---3---3---3-------------------0---0---0---0-------------------|

Verse riff:
-For 2nd last open note on the G string, keep your finger on the 2nd fret of the G
string from the last note of the G string, and play the open note as a pull-off for the 
G and
Am chords, and also play the first note of the 2nd fret of the G string as a hammer-on 
(Same as the intro/chorus but only for the G and Am chords)
-It's quite confusing but listen closely for the ryhthm - Can be difficult to hear over
the singer and banjo)

   1   2   3   4   1   2   3   4   1   2   3   4   1   2   3   4
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------0---------------0----------------------------------------|
G|----0-2---2-0--0----0-2---2-0--0----0----0--0-------0-0--0--0-0--|
D|---0---0---0--0----2---2---2--2----0--0----0--0----2---2---2---2-|
A|-----------------0---0---0---0----2----2-------2-3---3---3---3---|
E|-3---3---3---3-------------------0---0---0---0-------------------|

Pre-Chorus/ final chorus chords:
-Single strum for the pre-chorus chords.
-The Em9 is changed to a regular Em (as in 02200x) for the final chorus)

   1   2   3   4   1   2   3   4   1   2   3   4   1   2   3   4   (X2)
e|-X---------------X---------------X---------------X-------------|
B|-0---------------0---------------0---------------1-------------|
G|-0---------------2---------------0---------------0-------------|
D|-0---------------2---------------4---------------2-------------|
A|-2---------------0---------------2---------------3-------------|
E|-3-------------------------------0-----------------------------|

-Constant strumming of the same chords for the loud final chorus after the banjo solo.

Structure:
Intro/chorus riff x1
Verse riff x2
Intro/chorus riff x1
Verse riff x2
Chorus/intro riff x4
Verse riff x2
Chorus/intro riff x1
Pre-chorus chords(8 bars)
Banjo solo/guitar comes in (8 bars)
Pre-chorus chords for the rest of the song

Sing along

We built our home out on the slopes
Pompeii beneath, she lay above
How she haunted our home
How she haunted our home

You were a god in my eyes
Above the clouds, above the skies
You were a god in my eyes
You were a god

You took me walking through the town
Showed me the statues underground
Said just don't they look in peace
Sometimes I wish that was me

I was the son you always had
Tugging at your coat when you were sad
I was the son you always had
I was the son you always had

Oh please, just don't cry
Hold your head up high
She would want you to
She would want you to

Just don't cry
Hold your head up high
She would want you to
She would want you to

You said stay in the car and wait
There's just some things I have to say
Don't you know I miss her, too
I miss her just as much as you

So my father and my son
As you end what you've begun
You'll lie patient by her side
With roses red come lilies white

I was too young to understand
The flowers slipping from your hands
I was too young to understand
I was too young to understand

I was too young to understand
The flowers sleeping in her hands
I was too young to understand
I was too young to understand

Don't cry
Hold your head up high
She would want you to
She would want you to

Please, just don't cry
Hold your head up high
She would want you to
She would want you to

And just don't cry
Hold your head up high
She would want you to
She would want you to

Please, just don't cry
Hold your head up high
She would want you to
She would want you to
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