Head Over Heels Chords
by Midnight Oil
Head Over Heels by Midnight Oil is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of Bm. It uses the chords Bm, E, D, C#m, F#, F#m, Am, G, D/F#, Em, A, D/G, C, G5, A5 and B. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
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Head Over Heels
Transcribed by... Joakim Lindblad ([email protected])
Riff 1 Guitar 1:
Bm E Bm E
e|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
B|7---5---------------------------|7---5---------------------------|
G|--------7---4---------------4---|--------7---4-------------------|
Bm D C#m F#
e|7-------------------5-------4---|4-----------2-------------------|
B|--------------------------------|------------------------7-5-----|
G|--------------------------------|--------------------4-------4---|
Bm E Bm E
e|--------------------------------|----------------4---------------|
B|7---5---------------------------|7---5---------------------------|
G|--------7---4---------------4---|--------7---4-------7---4-------|
Bm F#m E D
e|7-------------------5-------4---|4-----------2-------------------|
B|--------------------------------|------------------------7-5-----|
G|--------------------------------|--------------------4-------4---|
Bm E Bm E
e|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
B|7---5---------------------------|7---5---------------------------|
G|--------7---4---------------4---|--------7---4-------------------|
Bm D C#m F#
e|7-------------------5-------4---|4-----------2-------------------|
B|--------------------------------|----------------------------5---|
G|--------------------------------|--------------------4---7-------|
Bm E Bm E
e|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
B|7---5---------------------------|7---5---------------------------|
G|--------7---4---------------4---|--------7---4-------------------|
Bm F#m E D
e|7-------------------5-------4---|4-----------2-------------------|
B|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
Riff 2 Guitar 1 & 2
(Am) (D) (Am) (D)
e||:0-------------------------------|--------------------------------:||
B||:--------1-------------------3---|1---0---------------------------:||
G||:------------2-----------2-------|--------2---0---2---------------:||
D||:----------------0---------------|--------------------------------:||
| |
G||:--------9-9-9-9---------7-7-7-7-|--------7-7-7-7---------7-7-7-7-:||
D||:7---7-----------7---7-----------|7---7-----------7---7-----------:||
(Am) (D) (Am) (D)
e|0-------------------------------|--------------------------------|
B|--------1-------------------3---|1---0---------------------------|
G|------------2-----------2-------|--------2---0---2---3---2-------|
D|----------------0---------------|--------------------------------|
| |
G|--------9-9-9-9---------7-7-7-7-|--------7-7-7-7---------7-7-7-7-|
D|7---7-----------7---7-----------|7---7-----------7---7-----------|
(Am) (D) (Am) (D)
e|0-------------------------------|--------------------------------|
B|--------1-------------------3---|1---0---------------------------|
G|------------2-----------2-------|--------2---0---2---------------|
D|----------------0---------------|--------------------------------|
| |
G|--------9-9-9-9---------7-7-7-7-|--------7-7-7-7---------7-7-7-7-|
D|7---7-----------7---7-----------|7---7-----------7---7-----------|
I'm
Riff 3 Guitar 2:
(Am) (G) (D/F#) (G)
G|--------9-9-9-9---------7-7-7-7-|--------7-7-7-7---------7-7-7-7-|
D|7---7-----------5---5-----------|4---4-----------5---5-----------|
head over heels you know how it feels to be in
Continue riff 3
|(Am) (G) |(D/F#) (G) |
love I'm
|(Am) (G) |(D/F#) (G) |
head over heels Holding back the chills in
(Am) (G) (D/F#) (G)
G|--------9-9-9-9---------7-7-7-7-|--------7-7-7-7-7---------------|
D|7---7-----------5---5-----------|4---4-----------5---------------|
love
|Em G Bm| D |C Em | |
I think I like the sound we're chasing I'm
|D A C| Em |Bm | |
giving it all and you're reciprocating
Riff 4 Guitar 1 & 2
(Am) (D) (Am) (D)
e||:0-------------------------------|--------------------------------:||
B||:--------1-------------------3---|1---0---------------------------:||
G||:------------2-----------2-------|--------2---0---2---------------:||
D||:----------------0---------------|--------------------------------:||
| |
G||:--------9-9-9-9---------7-7-7-7-|--------7-7-7-7---------7-7-7-7-:||
D||:7---7-----------7---7-----------|7---7-----------7---7-----------:||
(Am) (D) (Am) (D)
|---3---|
e|12------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
B|--------13------------------15--|13--12-13-12-------------------------|
G|------------14----------14------|-------------14--12--14--------------|
D|----------------12--------------|-------------------------------------|
| |
G|--------9-9-9-9---------7-7-7-7-|-------------7-7-7-7---------7-7-7-7-|
D|7---7-----------7---7-----------|7---7----------------7---7-----------|
(Am) (D) (Am) (D)
e|0-------------------------------|--------------------------------|
B|--------1-------------------3---|1---0---------------------------|
G|------------2-----------2-------|--------2---0---2---------------|
D|----------------0---------------|--------------------------------|
| |
G|--------9-9-9-9---------7-7-7-7-|--------7-7-7-7---------7-7-7-7-|
D|7---7-----------7---7-----------|7---7-----------7---7-----------|
Play riff 3 during verse:
I'm
|(Am) (G) |(D/F#) (G) |
head over heels Turning back the wheels of
|(Am) (G) |(D/F#) (G) |
love We're
|(Am) (G) |(D/F#) (G) |
stealing the show You're stealing my money and
|(Am) (G) |(D/F#) (G) |
love
|Em G Bm| D |C Em | |
You're all the same you part-time lovers When it
|D A C| Em |Bm | |
starts to rain You're hiding under the covers It just
|Dsus2 A C| G |C D |
don't add up This summer fever She turns the truth And I don't believe
|
her
|Dsus2 A C| G |C D/G | |
Stories flying, love is dying In the end I can't understand her lying
|----------------|
|--------------3-|
|----------2-5---|
Riff 5 Guitar 1
Am D Am D
e||:--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
B||:5---3---------------------------|5---3---------------------------|
G||:--------5---2---------------2---|--------5---2-------------------|
Am C (Em 2nd time) Bm (D 2ndt.) E (C 2ndt.)
e|5-------------------3-------2---|2-----------0-------------------:||
B|--------------------------------|------------------------5-3-----:||
G|--------------------------------|--------------------2-------2---:||
Am D Am D
e|--------------------------------|----------------2---------------|
B|5---3---------------------------|5---3---------------------------|
G|--------5---2---------------2---|--------5---2-------5---2-------|
Am C Bm E
e|5-------------------3-------2---|2-------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------|------------5~~~----------------|
G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
Am D Am D
e|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
B|5---3---------------------------|5---3---------------------------|
G|--------5---2---------------2---|--------5---2-------------------|
Am Em D C G5 A5
e|5-------------------3-------2---|2-----------0-------------------|----|
B|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|----|
G|--------------------------------|--------------------7-------7---|9---|
D|--------------------------------|--------------------5-------5---|7---|
Play riff 3 x12
I'm head over heels in love???
Riff 6 guitar 2
G||:--------9-9-9-9---------7-7-7-7-|--------7-7-7-7---------7-7-7-7-|
D||:7---7-----------6---6-----------|5---5-----------4---4-----------|
A||:--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
G|--------9-9-9-9---------7-7-7-7-|--------7-7-7-7---------7-7-7-7-:||
D|--------------------------------|--------------------------------:||
A|8---8-----------7---7-----------|5---5-----------7---7-----------:||
Solo guitar 1
B||:13-------------------------------|12-------------------------------|
G||:---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
D||:----------------14---------------|----------------14---------------|
B|10-------------------------------|10--------------12---------------:||
G|---------------------------------|---------------------------------:||
D|----------------14---------------|---------------------------------:||
|Em G Bm| D |C Em | |
I think I like the sound we're chasing
|D A C| Em |Bm | |
|Esus2 B D| A |D E | |
|Esus2 B D| A |D E | |
Final riff guitar 1
n.c. E
G|4---2---------------------------|--------------------------------|
D|--------4---2---5---4---0-------|5---4---0---2-------------------|
A|----------------------------3---|--------------------------------|