Souvenir

Words and music by Neil Finn. Copyright © 1998 Roundhead Music. Published by EMI Music Publishing Ltd.

Transcribed by Tom Johnstone

A lot of the harmonies in this song are really sparse, instrumentally; it's the vocal melody and little guitar flourishes that add color to otherwise very open chords. There's really no rhythm guitar part to transcribe, so the chords I've chosen are a composite of those dashes of color.

The G and A7 chords in the bridge-type sections are barred. At the end of the song the bridge progression is used again, but the bassline keeps continuing upward, prompting the Gmaj7/B chord.


Verse

E   F#m7

              E         F#m7
Don't ask the question

                   E       F#m7
You won't like the answer

                E      F#m7
Get up off your chair


There's nothing for you...


Chorus

Amaj7  Dmaj7     Amaj7       Dmaj7sus2
here,  where the guests like souvenirs, they

Amaj7  Dmaj7    Amaj7       Dmaj7sus2
play   with you till you're all worn out

Amaj7  Dmaj7     Amaj7       Dmaj7sus2
Back   there the guests like souvenirs


(Repeat Verse and Chorus)

   Dmaj7sus2
...photographs, they

Amaj7  Dmaj7     Amaj7  Dmaj7sus2 
hope   you had a good   night


Bridge

 G*    A7*      G*        F#m7
(Oooh, ya ya ya ya ya)    Loosen up your tie 

 G*    A7*      G*        F#m7
(Oooh, ya ya ya ya ya)    Make the viewers

G*   A7*      Gmaj7/B
cry, I cannot pretend to

F#7sus   E   F#m7
cry



            E      F#m7
Memorize by heart

             E     F#m7
Every single part


There's nothing for you


Chorus

Amaj7  Dmaj7     Amaj7       Dmaj7sus2
here,  where the guests like souvenirs, they

Amaj7  Dmaj7    Amaj7       Dmaj7sus2
play   with you till you're all worn out

Amaj7  Dmaj7     Amaj7       Dmaj7sus2
Back   where the guests like souvenirs, they

Amaj7  Dmaj7     Amaj7  Dmaj7sus2 
hope   you had a good   night
 

Outro

G*   A7*   Gmaj7/B   A7*
G*   A7*   Gmaj7/B   A7*

G*    A7*      Gmaj7/B   A7*
Oooh, ya ya ya ya ya

G*    A7*      Gmaj7/B   A7*
Oooh, ya ya ya ya ya

G*   A7*           Gmaj7/B   A7*
Each night I would fall,     right off the

G*     A7*           Gmaj7/B
stage, no bones will break


Gmaj7#11   C#7   F#m   Dmaj7
Gmaj7#11   C#7   F#m   E

Gmaj7#11

Chords

F#m7        242222
Amaj7       x02120
Dmaj7       xx0222
Dmaj7sus2   xx0220

G*          355433
A7*         575655
Gmaj7/B     7(10)9777
F#7sus      252522

Gmaj7#11    3x0022
C#7         x46464
F#m         244222