Battleroom

By Michael Penn ©1989
Transcribed here by me, Tom (1997)

Notes:

• For simplicity's sake, as I have with my other transcriptions, if you see two chords in a measure (e.g. |..Dm..A..|), then that means they're each half a measure (2 beats in this case), or pretty darn close to it.
  
  
• The only exception to that rule is here. All you need to know is that everything is normal until you see |..E...Esus--E--Esus--E..|. Just note that the first E is 2 beats, and that last confusing thing is four straight eighth notes of alternating Esus and E... easy enough, right?
  
  
• I think he throws in a bar of 2/4 every now and then, even though most of the song is in 4/4. Those that I think are 2/4 will be marked with an asterisk (*). Any questions?
  
  
• This song relies on a little chord-riff with the A chord every now and then which I shall call +A+ for lack of a better name. (Normal A chords will just be called "A".) It goes a little something like this:
  

  Note that there is one place (here) where the same type of riff is used, but with a B chord (I'll call that +B+). To play that (at least the best way I could without having a freaking band handy), play it the exact same way you played the A riff, but move your little hand up 2 frets. BUT make sure you don't play the bottom 2 strings, or it's bound to sound a little crummy...

Time Signature: 4-4
Tempo: Adagio

(Fade in slowly...)

|: +A+ :|  (however many times you'd like)  

|  +A+ | This one is a bad one 
| Dm A | It's no lie
| Dm A | but that's not why I'm 
| B  E | standing, dear
|  +A+ | I only want to whisper 
| Dm A | to your heart
| Dm A | but I'm too smart for 
|  *B  | starting here...

| E |*B| We get into that battle 
| A |    room... we 
| E |*B| choose to get into the battle 
| A |    room... in 
| E |*B| twos, we get into the battle 
|A C#m|  room

|  +A+  |  +A+  | 

|  +A+ |   It doesn't have a floor it's 
| Dm A |   kind of small 
| Dm A |   but there's no wall be-
| B  E |  -tween us here
|  +A+ |   Every move you make's a 
| Dm A/E | somersault
| Dm/F A | in this altered 
| *B |     atmosphere

| E |*B|   We get into that battle 
| A |      room... we 
| E |*B|   choose to get into the battle 
| A |      room... in 
| E |*B| twos, we get into the battle 
|A C#m|    room
|A C#m|

| B | B |  Windows, cover the windows, Don't you know the 
|A  E|     neighbors talk
| E  Esus--E--Esus--E |

| B | B |  Windows, cover the windows, If you don't then 
|A  E|     I might walk away...

|  +B+  |  +B+  |
|  +A+  |  +A+  |

|  +A+ | There will always be a 
| Dm A | different key
| Dm A | Always be a 
| B  E | souvenir
|  +B+ | But when we're at the door we 
|A7/G  E| never pause
|A7/G  E| It's not because we've 
| B  E | got no fear

| E  B |   to get into the battle 
| A |      room, we 
| E | *B | choose to get into the battle 
| A |      room... in 
| E | *B | twos, we get into the battle 
|A  C#m|   room

|: A  C#m :|   (Fade out...)