Paul Weller Brand new Start

Kept this fairly simple as this is the EASY song data base, although there is more to it, this sounds great and is a good introduction to standard tuning slide guitar on the solo's

So anyway we start of quite steady for the first couple of verses and they should really be played like this
G D Em Em
e:|------3------2--------0-----------0--------
B:|-----(0)-----3-------(0)---------(0)-------
G:|-----(0)-----2-------(0)---------(0)-------
D:|-----------0--------2-----------2-----0----
A:|----2----0------0h2---------0h2---------2--
E:|--3----------------------------------------

although you can get away with a very slow strum on each chord if you play them once only

(G)I'm gonna (D)clear out my (Em)head

(G)I'm gonna (D)get myself (Em)straight

(G)I know it's (D)never too (Em)late

(G)To make a brand (D)new start(C)

(G)I'm gonna (D)kick down the (Em)door

(G)I'm gonna (D)get myself (Em)in

(G)I'm gonna (D)fix up the (Em)yard

(G)And not fall (D)back again (C) (G)

Now, after the last C chord play the G as if to build the up an intro to the next verses playing it progressivley louder

(G)I'm gonna (D)clear up my (Em)earth

(G)And build a (D)heaven on the (Em)ground

(G)Not something (G)distant, (Em)unfound

(G)But something (D)real to me (C)

(G)But something (D)real to me (C)

CC DDDDDDD CC DDDDDDD/slide up to solo

The first guitar interlude goes here
Barre a C play a down stroke then an up then slide
To a barred D, strum that note fairly fast down and up
Strokes for the space of one bar then slide straight
Into the 12th fret of the B string to start the solo
You can do it using open chords but I think it sounds
Nicer sliding into the D as it sets up the slide feel
For the solo
If you can play it using a slide please do, but if not it will sound well enough using gliss style


e:|---------------------------------------|
B:|--/12-12-12-12/-15-15b(17)r-12~~~~~---|
G:|---------------------------------------|
D:|---------------------------------------|
A:|---------------------------------------|
E:|---------------------------------------|

e:|-------------------12------------------|
B:|--/12-12-12-12/-15----15b(17)r-12~~~~~|
G:|---------------------------------------|
D:|---------------------------------------|
A:|---------------------------------------|
E:|---------------------------------------|

e:|---------------------------------------|
B:|--15/-12-12-12--12h13p12---------------|
G:|-------------------------14-12---------|
D:|-------------------------------14------|
A:|---------------------------------------|
E:|---------------------------------------|

e:|---------------------12----------------|
B:|--/12-12-12-12/-15------12~~~~---------|
G:|---------------------------------------|
D:|---------------------------------------|
A:|---------------------------------------|
E:|---------------------------------------|
(G)All that I (D)can, I can (Em)be

(G)All that I (D)am I can (Em)See

(G)All that is (D)mine is in my (Em)hands
(
G)So to myself (D)I call (C)

(G)There's somewhere (D)else I should be (Em)

(G)here's someone else (D)I can (Em)see

(G)There's something more (D)I can (Em)find

(G)It's only (D)up to me (C)

(G)I'm gonna (D)clear up my (Em)earth

(G)And build a (D)heaven on the (Em)ground

(G)Not something (D)distant, (Em)unfound

(G)But something (D)real to me (C)

(G)But something (D)real to me (C)

CC/DDDDDDD CC/DDDDDDDD/ slide up to solo

Second guitar break here do as before,if you can
Barre a C play a down stroke then an up then slide
To a barred D, strum that note fairly fast down and up
Strokes for the space of one bar then slide straight
Into the 12th fret on the B string to start the solo


e:|---------------------------------------|
B:|--/12-12-12-12/-15-15b(17)r-12~~~~~---|
G:|---------------------------------------|
D:|---------------------------------------|
A:|---------------------------------------|
E:|---------------------------------------|

e:|---------------------17-15----15--12-------------|
B:|--/12-12-12-12/-15---------------------15--12~~~~~-|
G:|---------------------------------------------------|
D:|---------------------------------------------------|
A:|---------------------------------------------------|
E:|---------------------------------------------------|

e:|-----------------------------------------|
B:|--15/-12-12-12-12h13p12------------------|
G:|-------------------------14--12----------|
D:|--------------------------------14~~~~~--|
A:|------------------------------------------|
E:|---------------------------------------------------|

e:|-------------------------------------|
B:|--/12-12-12-12/-15-15b(17)r-12~~~~--|
G:|-------------------------------------|
D:|-------------------------------------|
A:|-------------------------------------|
E:|-------------------------------------


Then the final verse slowing the song right down to the close

(G)I'm gonna (D)clear out my (Em)head

(G)I'm gonna (D)get myself (Em)straight

(G)I feel it's (D)never too (Em)late

(G)To make a (D)brand new start (C)

(G)To make a (D)brand new start (C)

I hope you enjoy this one as much as I do, its a superb ballad by one of the greatest songwriters of our time