Pompeii Chords
by Bastille
Pompeii by Bastille is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of D. It uses the chords D, A, F#m and E. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Intro: D A F#m E (2x)
D A F#m E
I was left to my own devices
D A F#m E
Many days fell away with nothing to show
D A F#m E
And the walls kept tumbling down in the city that we love
E D A F#m E
Great clouds roll over the hills bringing darkness from above
D
But if you close your eyes
A F#m E
Does it almost feel like nothing changed at all?
E D
And if you close your eyes
A F#m E
Does it almost feel like you've been here before?
D A E
How am I gonna be an optimist about this?
D A E
How am I gonna be an optimist about this?
D A F#m E
We were caught up and lost in all of our vices
D A F#m E
In your pose as the dust settles around us
D A A F#m E
And the walls kept tumbling down in the city that we love
D A F#m E
Great clouds roll over the hills bringing darkness from above
D
But if you close your eyes
A F#m E
Does it almost feel like nothing changed at all?
E D
And if you close your eyes
A F#m E
Does it almost feel like you've been here before?
D A E
How am I gonna be an optimist about this?
D A E
How am I gonna be an optimist about this?
Interlude: D A F#m E
Bridge:
D A
Oh where do we begin?
F#m E
The rubble or our sins?
D A
Oh, oh where do we begin?
F#m E
The rubble or our sins?
D A F#m E
And the walls kept tumbling down in the city that we love
D A F#m E
Great clouds roll over the hills bringing darkness from above
D
But if you close your eyes
A F#m E
Does it almost feel like nothing changed at all?
E D
And if you close your eyes
A F#m E
Does it almost feel like you've been here before?
D A E
How am I gonna be an optimist about this?
D A E
How am I gonna be an optimist about this?
D
But if you close your eyes
D A F#m E
Does it almost feel like nothing changed at all?
End: D A F#m E (2x)