Zayn - Pillowtalk

      Zayn - Pillowtalk
Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)
Key: B major (B C# D# E F# G# A# B)
Alternative key: G major (G A B C D E F# G), transpose to -4 and put a capo on 4th fret (avoids bar chords)
Tempo: 125 bpm
Transcribed by Robert from Astlessons

(I prefer playing it transposed -4 with capo 4th fret since the chords are easier, chord diagrams are below)



[Intro]

E  F#  E  F# B


[Verse 1]

  E              F#
Climb on board, we'll go slow and high tempo
 E               F#             B
Light and dark, hold me hard and mellow
                E
I'm seeing the pain, seeing the pleasure
                           F#
Nobody but you, 'body but me, 'body but us, bodies together
E                                              F#                    B
I'd love to hold you close, tonight and always, I'd love to wake up next to you
C#m         D#m            B                  C#m           D#m              B
I'd love to hold you close, tonight and always, I'd love to wake up next to you


[Chorus 1]

    E                                     F#
So we'll piss off the neighbors, in the place that feels the tears, the place to lose your fears
      E                     F#                  B
Yeah reckless behavior, a place that is so pure, so dirty and raw
           E                                      F#
Be in the bed all day, bed all day, bed all day, fucking you, fighting on
              E                                    F#     B
It's our paradise and it's our war zone, it's our paradise and it's our war zone


[Verse 2]

 E             F#
Pillowtalk, my enemy, my ally
  E          F#                 B
Prisoners, then we're free, it's a thriller
                E
I'm seeing the pain, seeing the pleasure
                           F#
Nobody but you, 'body but me, 'body but us, bodies together
E                                              F#                    B
I'd love to hold you close, tonight and always, I'd love to wake up next to you


[Chorus 2]

    E                                     F#
So we'll piss off the neighbors, in the place that feels the tears, the place to lose your fears
      E                     F#                  B
Yeah reckless behavior, a place that is so pure, so dirty and raw
           E                                      F#
Be in the bed all day, bed all day, bed all day, fucking you, fighting on
              E                                    F#     B
It's our paradise and it's our war zone, it's our paradise and it's our war zone


[Bridge]

 E                                         F#
Paradise (paradise), paradise (paradise), war zone (war zone), war zone (war zone)
 E                                         F#            B                        C#m E B   C#m E B
Paradise (paradise), paradise (paradise), war zone (war zone), war zone (war zone)


[Chorus 3]

    E                                     F#
So we'll piss off the neighbors, in the place that feels the tears, the place to lose your fears
      E                     F#                  B
Yeah reckless behavior, a place that is so pure, so dirty and raw
           E                                      F#
Be in the bed all day, bed all day, bed all day, fucking you, fighting on
              E                                    F#     B
It's our paradise and it's our war zone, it's our paradise and it's our war zone



Chords:
E     (0 2 2 1 0 0) or (X 7 9 9 9 7)
F#    (2 4 4 3 2 2) or (X 9 11 11 11 9)
B     (X 2 4 4 4 2) or (7 9 9 8 7 7)
C#m   (X 4 6 6 5 4) or (9 11 11 9 9 9)
D#m   (X 6 8 8 7 6)

Chords in G major (transposed to -4):
C     (X 3 2 0 1 0)
D     (X X 0 2 3 2)
G     (3 2 0 0 0 3) or (3 2 0 0 3 3)
Am    (X 0 2 2 1 X)
Bm    (X 2 4 4 3 2) or simplify with (X X X 4 3 2) or Bm/F# (X X 4 4 3 2)

Clarification:
Chordname (E A D G B E)
X = Don't play / Muffle



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//Robert