Check The Meaning — Richard Ashcroft
Chords and lyrics for Check The Meaning by Richard Ashcroft (key of F).
Verse 1
(Ashcroft)
Single version.
NB. Though the chords seem to repeat, Em and G chords sporadically
alternate, even between choruses, to match the lyrical mood.
*F and Dm chords hammer-on/off Fsus2 and Dm7 respectively throughout to
create riff sound
Intro
F (Fsus2) Em Dm (Dm7) Em x2
F (Fsus2) G Dm (Dm7) Em x2
Verse 1
When I'm [F]low, and I'm [G]weak, and I'm [Dm]lost
I don't [Em]know who I can [F][G][Dm]tru-u-ust[Em]
[F]Paranoia, the [Em]destroyer,[Dm]
Comes [Em]knocking on my [F][Em][Dm]do-o-or[Em]
You know the [F]pain drifts to [G]days, turns to [Dm]nights
But [Em]slowly will [F][Em][Dm]subsi-i-ide[Em]
And when it [F]does, I take a [G]step, I take a [Dm]breath
And [Em]wonder what I'll [F][G][Dm]fi-i-ind[Em]
Chorus 1
Can you [F]hear what I'm [G][Dm]saying?[Em]
Got my [F]mind [G]meditating on [Dm]love, [Em]love
[F]Feel what I'm [G][Dm]saying[Em]
Got my [F]mind [G]meditating on [Dm]love, [Em]love
[F] Check the [G][Dm]meaning.[Em]
Verse 2
Too much [F]blood, too much [Em]hate, turn off the [Dm]set
There's [Em]gotta be something [F][Em][Dm]mo-o-ore[Em]
When [F]Mohammed, Allah, [G]Buddah, Jesus [Dm]Christ
Are [Em]knocking down my [F][Em][Dm]do-o-or[Em]
I'm [F]agnostic getting [G]God, but [Dm]man
She [Em]takes a female [F][Em][Dm]fo-o-orm[Em]
There's no [F]time, no [G]space, no [Dm]law
We're [Em]out here on our [F][Em][Dm]o-o-own[Em]
Chorus 2
Can you [F]hear what I'm [G][Dm]saying?[Em]
Got my [F]mind [Em]meditating on [Dm]love, [Em]love
[F]Feel what I'm [G][Dm]saying[Em]
Got my [F]mind [G]meditating on [Dm]love, [Em]love.
Instrumental
[F] [Em] [Dm] [Em]
[F] [G] [Dm] [Em]
Bridge
Can you [F]hear what I'm [Em][Dm]saying?[Em]
Can you [F]hear what I'm [Em]saying?[Dm] (Check the [Em]meaning).
[F] [Em] [Dm] [Em]
Outro
Can you [F]hear what I'm [G][Dm]saying?[Em]
(Check the meaning)
Got my [F]mind [G]meditating on [Dm]love - [Em]love
(I'm like a fish with legs) (I fell from the tree)
Can you [F]hear what I'm [G]saying[Em][Dm]
(I made a wheel)
Got my [F]mind [Em]meditating on [Dm]love, [Em]love.
(I made a rocket - I swam the ocean)
[F]Feel what I'm [G][Dm]saying[Em]
(I see you) (I see the universe and beyond)
Got my [F]mind [G]meditating on [Dm]love, [Em]love.
(I see you) (I see me)
That's my [F][Em][Dm]reality...[Em]
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