Piledriver Waltz Chords
by Alex Turner
Piledriver Waltz by Alex Turner is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of C with a capo on the 1st fret. It uses the chords C, Am, E, F, Dm and G. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
C
I etched the face of a stopwatch
Am
On the back of a raindrop
E F
And did a swap for the sand in an hourglass.
C Am
I heard the nun happy ending it sort of sounds like youre leaving
E F C
I heard the piledriver waltz, it woke me up this morning.
F Dm Am
You look like youve been for breakfast at the heartbreak hotel
F Dm Am
And sat in a back booth by the pamphlets and the literature on how to lose.
F G Am E
Your waitress was miserable and so was your food.
F G
If you’re gonna try and walk on water make sure you wear your comfortable
shoes.
C Am E
Mysteries flashing amber go green when you answer but the red on the rest of
F
the questionnaire never changes.
C Am
I heard the news that youre planning to shoot me out of a cannon.
E F C
I heard the piledriver waltz, it woke me up this morning.
F Dm Am
You look like youve been for breakfast at the heartbreak hotel
F Dm Am
And sat in a back booth by the pamphlets and the literature on how to lose.
F G Am E
Your waitress was miserable and so was your food.
F G
If youre gonna try and walk on water make sure you wear your comfortable
shoes.
G C Am E F
Ooooh Piledriver
C Am E F (X2)