Rewind | Chords + Lyrics (capo 2)
Intro (0:00)
| Csus2 C Csus2 | Csus2 C Csus2 | Fsus2 F Fsus2 | Fsus2 F Fsus2 |
Verse 1 (0:14)
||: Csus2 C Csus2 | Csus2 C Csus2 | Fsus2 F Fsus2 | Fsus2 F Fsus2 :||
Picking up the pieces, of the wreck you went and left.
And I’m dealing with dilemmas, in my now so-stressful life.
And I’m drinking stronger spirits, I made my home here on the floor,
and I’m losing all ambition and goals.
Bridge 1 (1:05)
| E | Dm | E | Dm |
And I’m going all out, and I’m thinking you’re just as bad.
Chorus 1 (1:18)
| C | G | Am | F/C |
No sleeping at night, but I’m going from bar to bar.
| C | G | Am | F/C |
Why can’t we just rewind? Why can’t we just rewind? Why can’t we just rewind?
Verse 2 (1:14)
||: Csus2 C Csus2 | Csus2 C Csus2 | Fsus2 F Fsus2 | Fsus2 F Fsus2 :||
Oh remember at 16, oh the crazy drunken night we had.
When I kissed you in the hallway, then I took you straight to bed.
Bridge 2 (2:08)
| E | Dm | E | Dm |
Oh two years on, and I’m still that same boy and I’m.
Chorus 2 (2:21)
||: C | G | Am | F/C :||
Not sleeping at night, but I’m going from bar to bar.
Why can’t we just rewind? Why can’t we just rewind? Why can’t we just rewind?
Not sleeping at night, but I’m going from bar to bar.
Why can’t we just rewind? Why can’t we just rewind? Why can’t we just rewind?
Middle 8 (3:11)
| Dm | E | Am Am/G | Am/F Am/E |
You might blame it on me, but you insisted that we fall.
| Dm | E | G | G |
Wiped your hands off me, and said you needed more, more, more.
Chorus 3 (breakdown) (3:36)
| C | G5 | Am | F/C |
I’m not sleeping at night, but I’m going from bar to bar.
| C | G | Am | F/C |
Why can’t we just rewind? Why can’t we just rewind? Why can’t we just rewind?
Chorus 4 (4:02)
||: C | G | Am | F/C :||
Not sleeping at night, but I’m going from bar to bar.
Why can’t we just rewind? Why can’t we just rewind? Why can’t we just rewind?
Outro (4:27)
||: C | G | Am | F/C :|| C |
Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. Can’t we just rewind?
You can learn how to play Rewind!
Paolo Nutini‘s Rewind may not be fast but the strumming contains a lot of upstrokes. We could call this syncopated, should we want to use big words.
As this may take some time to get used to, a bunch of exercises are included among the song lessons when you take the full course.
We also create two 2nd guitar parts, one without a capo, meaning you play an open position Dsus2 for the first chord. For the 3rd guitar part, we play with a capo on fret 5 and think in the key of A.
Using a capo and changing the key like this is imperative in order to learn and understand the guitar and music in general. In the beginner course, we do this all the time so you get used to it.
Below you find step 3 from the course which looks at how to exactly strum each section of Rewind, for the complete experience, sign up here.
Rewind guitar lesson | Chords, strumming patterns, and TAB
To play Rewind’s chords using the same strumming patterns as I do, you need to look at them all in detail and practice each section to a loop (the playlist above has practice loops).
Here’s the first TAB example, it’s of the verse. The second rhythm is not strummed, it’s hammered on.
Notice how beats 1, 2+, and 4 are naturally accentuated.
Next, let’s work on the pre–chorus, or as some people like to call it, the bridge. I prefer the name example 2!
This section has super easy chords, although the rhythm is relatively complicated.
OK, let’s move on and work on that chorus. The chords are I – V – VI – IV, possibly the most common chord progression in modern hit songs.
Notice how the strumming pattern becomes repetitive halfway through bar two. Once firmly established in bar three during the Am, it doesn’t change.
Next, let’s work on the strumming for the middle 8.
The main thing to decide with this part is to do with the falling bass line over the VI chord. Do you use your thumb or not?
Finally, let’s take a look at the outro chorus, which follows the vocal melody. Looks like this.
Rewind | Related pages
Rewind – 8 guitar lessons
Rewind by Paolo Nutini may not be fast but the intricate 16th-note strumming pattern will still require you to continue working on some strumming exercises.
After we’ve gone through each section using individual practice loops, we develop the song by writing not just one but two 2nd guitar parts.
Go to Rewind – 8 guitar lessons.
Beginner Acoustic Songs
This collection of songs will teach you how to arrange a song to play on your own, as well as how to create a supporting part.
Playing songs will help you with switching between open-position chords and give you the context you need in order to understand how music works theoretically.
Go to Beginner Acoustic Songs.
Rewind – 5 similar tunes
- Angie chords
- The Drugs Don’t Work chords
- Last Request chords
- Wish You Were Here chords
- Wonderwall chords
Paolo Nutini
Paolo Nutini’s career started when an artist was late to perform at his school, Paolo was asked by the music teacher to go up and sing a song.
The reaction from the crowd to Paolo’s naturally stunning voice caught the attention of his (soon-to-be) manager who happened to be in the crowd.
Go to Paolo Nutini.
Paolo Nutini on the web
