Goo Goo Dolls – Rebel Beat chords

This is based on the acoustic version that John played at a radio station in San Francisco


Tuning:
(All down a full step)
D  G  C  F  A  D

If you want to play along with the radio version, tuning is standard
(E  A  D  G  B  E)


Fingering:   G   Em  Cadd9 D   C   C/B  G'  D'  C'---3---0---3-----2---0---0----3---5---3---3---0---3-----3---1---0----3---5---3---0---0---0-----2---0---0----4---7---5---0---2---2-----0---2---2----5---7---5---2---2---3-----x---3---3----5---5---3---3---0---x-----x---x---0----3---x---x



-- INTRO --
G  Cadd9  G  Cadd9


-- VERSE 1 --
G  We keep heading in the same direction
Cadd9  You've become my own reflection
Em  Is that your soul that you're trying to protect
Cadd9  I always hoped that we would intersect, yeah

G  You need time to cope and time to heal
Cadd9  Time to cry if it's what you feel
Em  Oh, life can hurt, when it gets too real
Cadd9  I can hold you up when it's hard to deal


-- BRIDGE 1 --
 EmAlive, alive
 Cadd9Alive is all I wanna feel
  EmTonight, tonight
D  I need to be where you are
  I need to be where you are


-- CHORUS --
G              DHey you, look around
        Cadd9Can you hear that noise, it's a rebel sound
       G       D       Caddd9We got nowhere else to go
             G                             DAnd when the sun goes down and we fill the streets
             Cadd9You're gonna dance till the morning to the rebel's beat
        Em        D          Cadd9You can take everything from me

'Cause this is all I need


G  Cadd9  G  Cadd9


-- VERSE 2 --
G  You know that life is like a ticking clock
Cadd9  Nobody knows when it's gonna stop, yeah
Em  Before I'm gone I need to touch someone
       C/BWith a word, with a kiss, with a decent song yeah

G  And it gets lonely when you live out loud
Cadd9  When the truth that you seek isn't in this crowd
Em  You better find your voice, better make it loud
           C/B  We gotta burn that fire, or we'll just burn out


-- BRIDGE 1 --
 EmAlive, alive
 Cadd9Alive is all I wanna feel
  EmTonight, tonight
D  I wanna be where you are
  I need to be where you are



-- CHORUS --
G              DHey you, look around
        Cadd9Can you hear that noise, it's a rebel sound
       G       D       Caddd9   DWe got nowhere else to go
             G                             DAnd when the sun goes down and we fill the streets
             Cadd9You're gonna dance till the morning to the rebel's beat
        Em        D          Cadd9You can take everything from me, oh yeah
        Em        D          Cadd9You can take everything from me

'Cause this is all I need


-  BRIDGE 2 --
G  We are free tonight
Cadd9  And everything's alright
G  Just put your arms around me
Cadd9Baby, show me how to move you
G                                       Cadd9  'Cause there's no worries, there's no cares

  Feel the sound that's everywhere
G                                     Cadd9  We'll take what's ours for once and baby, RUN LIKE HELL! 


(Barre chords)
G'   D'   C'   D'                                

-- CHORUS --
G'             D'Hey you, look around
        C'                            D'Can you hear that noise, it’s a rebel sound
       G'           D' C'We got nowhere else to go

(standard chords)
    G                                      D          And when the sun goes down and we fill the streets
      CGonna dance till the morning to the rebel's beat
        Em        D          CYou can take everything from me, oh yeah
        Em        D          C  You can take everything from me

'Cause this is all I need

G   Cadd9        Yeah, this is all I need 
G   Cadd9        This is all I need