Bastille – Pompeii Capo: 2nd Fret For the Intro & Outro patterns, begin with a strum ahead of the beat on the & of 4. [Intro] C G Em D (x2) [Verse 1] C G Em D I was left to my own de-v-i-c-e-s C G Em D Many days fell away with nothing to show [Pre-Chorus] C G And the walls kept tumbling down Em D In the city that we l-o-v-e-d C G Great clouds roll over the hills Em D Bringing darkness from a-b-o-v-e [Chorus] N.C. C But if you close your eyes, G Does it almost feel like Em D Nothing changed at all? C And if you close your eyes, G Does it almost feel like Em D You’ve been here before? C G D How am I gonna be an optimist about this? C G D How am I gonna be an optimist about this? [Verse 2] C G Em D We were caught up and lost in all of our vices C G Em D In your pose as the dust settles around us [Pre-Chorus] C G And the walls kept tumbling down Em D In the city that we l-o-v-e-d C G Great clouds roll over the hills Em D Bringing darkness from a-b-o-v-e [Chorus] N.C. C But if you close your eyes, G Does it almost feel like Em D Nothing changed at all? C And if you close your eyes, G Does it almost feel like Em D You’ve been here before? C G D How am I gonna be an optimist about this? C G D How am I gonna be an optimist about this? [Instrumental] C G Em D [Bridge] C G Oh where do we begin? Em D The rubble or our sins? C G Oh where do we begin? Em D The rubble or our sins? [Pre-Chorus] C G And the walls kept tumbling down Em D In the city that we l-o-v-e-d C G Great clouds roll over the hills Em D Bringing darkness from a-b-o-v-e [Chorus] N.C. C But if you close your eyes, G Does it almost feel like Em D Nothing changed at all? C And if you close your eyes, G Does it almost feel like Em D You’ve been here before? C G D How am I gonna be an optimist about this? C G D How am I gonna be an optimist about this? C If you close your eyes, G Does it almost feel like Em D Nothing changed at all? [Outro] C G