Now We're Getting Somewhere

Words and music by Crowded House. Copyright © 1986 Roundhead Music. Published by EMI Music Publishing Ltd.

Transcribed by Tom Johnstone

B11 is listed as the main dominant chord in this song, but try switching it around with a normal B7 now and then, for effect. Also, the G# chord could also be played as G#7, or G#7b13 (listed below), which is a finger-cruncher but sounds great.

The solo during the bridge is actually played by at least two guitars, one electric and one acoustic. What's transcribed below is kind of a distillation of both parts into one, and is basically how Neil plays it live.

Intro

C#m   F#m   G#*

Verse

C#m                        F#m            G#
Never used to be that bad, neither was it great

C#m                                F#m         G#
But somewhere in the middle there, content and much too safe

E                                 B11
Oh tell me please why it takes so long

C#m  F#m                            B11
To   realize when there's something wrong

Chorus

            E             Asus2            B11               
Well lay me out with your heart, now we're getting somewhere

        E           Asus2            B11
Push me back to the start, now we're getting someplace

        E           Asus2              B11
Take me out, let me breathe, now we're getting somewhere

              E           Asus2         B11
When I'm with you I don't care where it is I'm falling

(Repeat Verse and Chorus)

 

Bridge Solo: Play twice (16 bars) 


           E  E  E  E   E  E  E  E      E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E 
     E||----------------------------|------------0--------------|
     B||------5-----5------7-----7--|------9-----9-----9-----9--|
     G||--/6-----6-----/8-----8-----|--/9-----9-----9-----9-----|
     D||----------------------------|---------------------------|
     A||----------------------------|---------------------------|
     E||----------------------------|---------------------------|
           C#m        
                                          ---------------------------
            E   E   E   E   E   E   Q       E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E   |
        ----------------0----------------|-----0---------------------||
        -------10------10------10--------|-----9-----9-----7-----7---||
        --/11------11--------------11----|--9-----9-----8-----8-----*||
        ---------------------------------|--------------------------*||
        ---------------------------------|---------------------------||
        ---------------------------------|---------------------------||
            F#m                             G#7b13       (1st ending)
        ----------------------
           Tremelo pick       |
           H.                 |
        ---0------------------||
        --13------------------||
        --13-----------------*||
        ---------------------*||
        ----------------------||
        ----------------------||
                  (2nd ending)
E                                    B11
Oh tell me please, tell me what went wrong

C#m      F#m                        B11
'Cause I believe there is something wrong 

Oh, lay me out

(Repeat Chorus)

 


Solo

          Tremelo pick, in triplets
          W              W            W           H    H       H    H
     E||------------||------------|------------|------------|------------|
     B||--1s--------||--12--------|--12--------|--7----7----|--7----7----|
     G||--2s--------||--13--------|--13--------|--8----9----|--8----9----|
     D||------------||------------|------------|------------|------------|
     A||------------||------------|------------|------------|------------|
     E||------------||------------|------------|------------|------------|
         (slide up)
           W            H    H       H    H       H    H 
        ------------|-------------|------------|------------||
        --12--------|--10----9----|--7----7----|--7----7----||
        --13--------|--11----9----|--8----9----|--8----9----||
        ------------|-------------|------------|------------||
        ------------|-------------|------------|------------||
        ------------|-------------|------------|------------||

Outro

E   Asus2   B11
(repeat ad lib)

Chords

G#      466544  or  G#7b13   464554
B11     x21200  or  B7       x21202
Asus2   x02200