#--------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------# #This file is the author's own work and represents his interpretation of the # #song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship or research.# #----------------------------------------------------------------------------# Song title: Private Universe Original Album: Together Alone Other Album: Afterglow Words and Music by Neil Finn Copyright © 1993 Roundhead Music Published by EMI Music Publishing Limited Transcribed by Gavin Chart (www.gartfrets.net) INTRO: Notes: There are two ways you might play this: the 5ths in the figure below or the open chords in the alternative figure indicated. A(#5I) is my abbreviation for A #5th Interval. [play: Guitar Figure 1 / Alt. Guitar Figure 1] Guitar Figure 1: A5 A(#5I) D5 A5 A(#5I) C5 |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| |---------------------------------|-7---7---------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| |-7---7---7---7---8-------8---8---|-5---5-------7____---------------|-7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---|-8---8-------10------------------| |-5---5---5---5---5-------5---5---|-------------5____---------------|-5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---|-5---5-------8-------------------| | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - | Alt. Guitar Figure 1: Am F/A D5 Am F/A C |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|-------------0____---------------| |-1---1---1---1---1-------1---1---|-3---3-------1________-----------|-1---1---1---1---1---1---1---1---|-1---1-------1____---------------| |-2---2---2---2---2-------2---2---|-2---2-------2________-----------|-2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---|-2---2-------0____---------------| |-2---2---2---2---3-------3---3---|-0---0-------2________-----------|-2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---|-3---3-------2____---------------| |-0---0---0---0---0-------0---0---|-------------0________-----------|-0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---|-0---0-------3____---------------| |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - | VERSE1: Notes: Play the first line of the verse as the first two bars of Guitar Figure 1 (either version). If you were strumming chords, you might play the open chords indicated. The second line of the verse is basically 4/4| Am G | F C |. But I play the alternative chord variants as indicated. Chords: Am x02210 or A5 57xxxx G6/A x05430 F/A x0321x or A(#5I) 58xxxx Fmaj7/A x03210 D5 xx023x or x57xxx C x32010 | A5 A(#5I) | D5 A5 | | Am F/A D5 Am | Am G6/A | Fmaj7/A C No time, no place to talk about the weather, the promise of love is hard to ignore. | A5 A(#5I) | D5 A5 | | Am F/A | D5 Am | Am G6/A | Fmaj7/A C You said the chance wasn’t getting any better, the labour of love is ours to endure. | A5 A(#5I) | D5 A5 | | Am F/A | D5 Am | Am G6/A | Fmaj7/A C The highest branch of the apple tree, was my favourite place to be. | A5 A(#5I) | D5 A5 | | Am F/A | D5 Am | Am G6/A | Fmaj7/A C I could hear them breaking free, but they could not see me. CHORUS: Chords: F xx3211 C x32010 G x55433 Am x02210 | F | G | C | Am I will run for shelter, endless summer, lift the curse, | F | G | C | Am It feels like nothing matters in our private universe. [INSTRUMENTAL over verse chords:] [4/4| Am A(#5I) | D5 Am | | Am G6/A | Fmaj7/A C |] VERSE2: Notes: Play as for VERSE1. Chords: Am x02210 or (A5) 57xxxx Fmaj7/A x03210 F x0231x or A(#5I) 58xxxx G6/A x05430 D5 xx023x or x57xxx C x32010 | A5 A(#5I) | D5 A5 | | Am F/A | D5 Am | Am G6/A | Fmaj7/A C | Am A(#5I) | D5 Am | Am G6/A | Fmaj7/A C I have all I want, is that simple enough? a whole lot more I’m thinking of. | A5 A(#5I) | D5 A5 | | Am F/A | D5 Am | Am G6/A | Fmaj7/A C Every night about six o’clock, the birds come back to the palm to talk. | A5 A(#5I) | D5 A5 | | Am F/A | D5 Am | Am G6/A | Fmaj7/A C They talk to me, birds talk to me, if I go down on my knees. CHORUS2: Chords: F xx3211 C x32010 G xx5433 Am x02210 | F | G | C | Am I will run for shelter, endless summer, lift the curse, | F | G | C | Am It feels like nothing matters in our private universe. | F | G | C | Am Feels like nothing matters in our private universe. BRIDGE: Chords: C x32010 Fmaj7/A x03210 D xx0232 G 320033 | C | D | Fmaj7/A And it’s a pleasure that I have known, ooh | C | D | Fmaj7/A And it’s a treasure that I have gained, ooh | C | D | G And it’s a pleasure that I have known, oh [play: 4/4| Am G6/A | F/A C |] [x2] VERSE3: Notes: Play Guitar Figure 1 or its alternative in the verses. Chords: Am x02210 or (A5) 57xxxx Fmaj7/A x03210 F x0231x or A(#5I) 58xxxx G6/A x05430 D5 xx023x or x57xxx C x32010 | A5 A(#5I) | D5 A5 | | Am F/A | D5 Am | Am G6/A | F/A C | It’s a tight squeeze but I won’t let go. | A5 A(#5I) | D5 A5 | | Am F/A | D5 | Am G6/A | F/A C | Time is on the table and the dinner’s cold. [repeat CHORUS] [x2] OUTRO: [ad lib on Guitar Figure 1 to fade]