Standard tuning capo 4th fret. Worked this out from the audio of the first time the song was played publicly, during the Newport Folk Festival: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g77X7_GesPo All of the chords are finger picked apart from the final one which is strummed once. Notation: A^: x0223x D^: xx233x Intro: D Verse 1: D A I could take my time D G And I could speed you up D A^ I could pull you in D G I can't get enough Bm A A Let's go, slip sliding in my veins... Chorus 1: D A Cos this life is only chains Bm G It's nothing like the colours in my dreams D A^ I just wanted to be Steve McQueen Bm A G And my horses of English racing green Bm A D You and me and British racing green Verse 2: D A^ And it can hold us down D G It can break your pride D A^ And if it gets too rough D G Well you just climb inside Bm A A Let's go, slip sliding in my veins... Chorus 2: D A Cos this life is only chains Bm G It's nothing like the colours in my dreams D A^ I just wanted to be Steve McQueen Bm A G And my horses of English racing green Bm A D You and me and British racing green Bridge: D D^ A^ And don't you know Bm A G That you and I we're never going home G A^ Since we don't wanna be alone Bm A G Here we go A^ A^ Sliding in my veins... 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