The Bottom Line Chords
by Depeche Mode
The Bottom Line by Depeche Mode is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of Dm. It uses the chords Dm, F, B, C, C7, D#m and Bm6. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
(Dm)Like a cat
Dragged in from the (F)rain
Who goes (Dm)straight back out
To (F)do it all over (B)again
I'll be back for (Dm)more
(Dm)It's something
That is out of our (F)hands
(Dm)Something we will (F)never under(B)stand
It's a hidden (Dm)law
The apple (C)falls
Destiny (B)calls
I follow(F) you
(F)
{comment: you may play the next verse like this:}
Dm F Dm
E-------0-1-0---------------------------0-1-0------
B-----3-------3-1-3-------1-----------3-------3-1--
G---2-------------------2---2-------2--------------
D-0-------------------3-------3---0----------------
A-------------------3-----------3------------------
E-----------------1--------------------------------
F B B
E-----------------------0-1-0----------------------
B-3-------1-----------3-------3-1-3-------3--------
G-------2---2-------3-------------------3---3------
D-----3-------3-----------------------3-------3----
A---3-----------3-1-----------------1-----------1--
E-1------------------------------------------------
Dm Dm
E-------0-1-0----------------------
B-----3-------3-1-3-------3--------
G---2-------------------2---2------
D-0-------------------3-------0----
A-------------------0-----------0--
E----------------------------------
{comment: of course, it's not too close to source :-)}
Like a (Dm)pawn
On the eternal (F)board
Who's (Dm)never quite sure
(F)What he's moved (B)towards
I walk blindly (Dm)on
And heaven is in front of (F)me
(Dm)Your heaven beckons (F)me enticingly(B)
When I arrive
It's (Dm)gone
The river (C)flows
The wise man (B)knows
I follow (F)you
(F)
(C)I'm yearning
(B)I'm burning
(C)I feel love's (B)wheels turning (C)
(C7)
Like a (Dm)moth on love's bright (F)light
(Dm)I will get burned
(F)Each and every (B)night
I'm dying (Dm)to(o)
The sun will(C) shine
The bottom (B)line
I follow(F) you
(C)I'm yearning
(B)I'm burning
(C)I feel love's (B)wheels turning (C)
(C7)
Like a (Dm)moth on love's bright (F)light
(Dm)I will get burned
(F)Each and every (B)night
I'm dying (Dm)to(o)
The sun will (C)shine
The bottom (B)line
I follow (F)you
The sun will (D#m)shine
The bottom (Bm6)line
I follow (F)you