Overkill
Words & Music:
Colin Hay
D
D/C#
D/C
D/B D
I can't get to sleep----- I think about the implications.
Of diving in too deep; and possibly the complications.
Especially at night, I worry over situations.
I know will be alright; perhaps it's just imagination.
Bm
A A(sus) A
Day after day, it reappears.
Bm
A1
A2
Night after night my heartbeat, shows the fear.
E1 E2
G
A
A(sus) A
Ghosts appear and fade away-------- Come back another day.
Alone between the sheets only brings exasperation.
It's time to walk the streets; smell the desperation.
At least there's pretty lights and though there's little
variation.
It nullifies the night from overkill.
Day after day it reappears.
Night after night my heartbeat, shows the fear.
Ghosts appear and fade away, come back another day.
I can't get to sleep, I think about the implications.
Of diving in too deep and possibly the complications.
Especially at night, I worry over situations that.
I know will be alright, it's just overkill.
Day after day it reappears.
Night after night my heartbeat, shows the fear.
Ghosts appear and fade away.
Ghosts appear and fade away.
Intro:
D = xx0232
to xx0032 (can add
sus) to xx0032 to xx0432
Verses: (muffle the 'walk-down' occasionally)
D = xx0232
to D/C# = x4x232 to D/C = x3x320
to D/B = x2x020 (can add
high G)
Chorus:
Bm = x24432
to A = x02220 (sus) to Bm = x24432
to A1 = X05700 (G-str 7 to
6)
A2 = X05600
to E1 = X02400 (G-str 4 to
3) to E2 = X02300
G = 320033
to A = x02220 to A(sus) = x02230
Colin Hay Acoustic version
of Overkill
This is an alternate tuning First and Sixth stings tuned to
D. This is a great blues slide
tune, so try a slider on it after you learn the song and have some fun. I donŐt
know the names of these chords so I have numbered them. C1 =Chord #1 and so on.
D --0-- --x-- --0-- --0--
--0-- --0-- --0-- --x-- --x-- D --x-- --x-- --0-- --0-- --0--
B --7-- --7-- --7-- --7--
--5-- --5-- --3-- --0-- --0-- B --0-- --0-- --3-- --3-- --2--
G --0-- --7-- --0-- --6--
--0-- --4-- --4-- --7-- --6-- G --3-- --3-- --4-- --2-- --2--
D --7-- --7-- --7-- --7--
--5-- --5-- --4-- --5-- --5-- D --4-- --2-- --5-- --2-- --2--
A --5-- --5-- --5-- --4--
--3-- --2-- --2-- --0-- --0-- A --4-- --4-- --5-- --0-- --0--
D --0-- --5-- --x-- --x--
--x-- --x-- --0-- --7-- --7-- D --x-- --x-- --x-- --x-- --x--
C1
C2 C3 C4 C5 C6 C7 C8 C9 C10 C11 C12
C13 C14
Intro is C1 and C2 chords.
The intro is used as a break
during the song also.
C3
C4
I can't get to sleep
C5
C6
I think about the implications
C7
C13
C14
Day after day it reappears
C7
C8 C9
Night after night my
heartbeat, shows the fear
C10 C11
C12
Ghosts appear and fade away
Another Acoustic version
of Overkill
[D]
[D/C#]
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7-----------|
D|-7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7-----------|
A|-5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---4---4---4---4---4---4---4---4-----------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
I can't get to sleep
[C]
[C/B]
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5-----------|
D|-5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5-----------|
A|-3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2-----------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
I think about the implications
[D]Of diving in too[D/C#] deep
[C]And possibly the[C/B]
complications
[D]Especially at ni[D/C#]ght
[C]I worry over sit[C/B]uations
[D]I know will be
a[D/C#]lright
[C]Perhaps its just[C/B] my
imagination
[Bm]
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-4---4---4---4---4---4---4---4---4---4---4---4---4---4---4---4-----------|
D|-4---4---4---4---4---4---4---4---4---4---4---4---4---4---4---4-----------|
A|-2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2-----------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Day after day it rea-
[Asus]
[A]
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-3---x---x---3---x---x---3---x---2---x---x---2---3---2---2---2-----------|
G|-2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---4---2-----------|
D|-2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2-----------|
A|-0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0-----------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
-ppears
[Bm]
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-4---4---4---4---4---4---4---4---4---4---4---4---4---4---4---4-----------|
D|-4---4---4---4---4---4---4---4---4---4---4---4---4---4---4---4-----------|
A|-2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2-----------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Night after night my heartbeat
[Asus]
[A]
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-3---x---x---3---x---x---3---x---2---x---x---2---x---x---2---x-----------|
G|-2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2-----------|
D|-2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2-----------|
A|-0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0-----------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
sho------------------ws the fear
[F#sus4]
[F#] [Gmaj7]
e|-2---x---x---2---x---x---2---x---2---x---x---2---x---x---2---x---1-------|
B|-2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---3-------|
G|-4---4---4---4---4---4---4---4---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---4-------|
D|-4---4---4---4---4---4---4---4---4---4---4---4---4---4---4---4---x-------|
A|-4---4---4---4---4---4---4---4---4---4---4---4---4---4---4---4---x-------|
E|-2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---3-------|
Gho------------------------sts appe---------------ar
and fade-----
[G/A]
e|-3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---------------|
B|-0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---------------|
G|-0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---------------|
D|-0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---------------|
A|-0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---------------|
E|-x---x---x---x---x---x---x---x---x---x---x---x---x---x---x---------------|
away------
[Asus]
[A]
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-3---x---x---3---x---x---3---x---2---x---x---2---x---x---2---x-----------|
G|-2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2-----------|
D|-2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2-----------|
A|-0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0-----------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Come back anothe---r day
(Solo) played over the
verse/chorus-chords
(verse 2)
I can't get to sleepI think
about the implications
Of diving in too deepAnd
possibly the complications
Especially at nightI worry
over situations
I know will be alrightIt's
just overkill
(Chorus)
Day after day it reappears
Night after night my
heartbeat, shows the fear
Ghosts appear and fade away
Ghosts appear and fade away