Broken Bells is an indie rock duo which formed in 2009. The band consists of James Mercer (vocals, guitar) and Brian &quot;Danger Mouse&quot; Burton (multiple instruments, production). Mercer is a member of the indie rock band The Shins and Burton is a member of Gnarls Barkley and DANGERDOOM, as well as being a respected producer for such artists as Beck, Gorillaz, The Rapture and The Black Keys.  The debut self-titled album by Broken Bells was released on Columbia Records on March 9, 2010. The first single from the record, &quot;The High Road&quot;, was released on December 21, 2009. 

Broken Bells est un duo formé par l'omniprésent producteur Danger Mouse (membre de Gnarls Barkley, producteur de Gorillaz, tête pensante du projet Dark Night of the Soul, on en passe et des dizaines) et James Mercer (le leader de The Shins). Le premier titre, intitulé The High Road, est un extrait de l'album qui sortira le 9 mars prochain -ce n'est pas la première collaboration des deux belles têtes, qui avaient déjà croisé leurs riches idées sur Dark Night of the Soul.

'Broken Bells' ist eine amerikanische Indie-Rock Band, welche sich aus dem 'Gorillaz'-Produzenten und 'Gnarlz Barkley' Mitglied Danger Mouse (Brian Burton) und dem 'The Shins' Frontmann James Mercer zusammensetzt. Dieses Projekt entstand am 29. September 2009. Ihre erste Single 'The High Road' erschien am 21.12.09. Das ebenso 'Broken Bells' hei

USE CAPO 1 !!!

Dm
All this time I'd never let you go
            C                                    G
And now the same chains that I've kept you in are holding down my soul
  Dm
I set you up, I gave you life, I dragged you out the fire
            C                                        G
And now you knocked me down you shut me out and I can see it in your eyes
            F                                
Somehow you got it in your head, that you can make it on your own
         G                                
You were sheltered, loved, and fed but you just couldn't leave it alone


[Chorus (repeat x2)]
         Dm            
Leave it alone, leave it alone
         C              G
Leave it alone, leave it alone


Dm
Well your heart was here, resting on my lap
        C                      G
and I'd do it all again but I'm never coming back
       Dm
Well I know I'm lying, lying in the cold
             C                                                G
Yeah there's snow on the ground, and if I know myself, I'll be leaving down the road
          F                            
I've been all around the world but I've got nowhere to go
  G
I gave into this lonely life and you can't change me now so


[Chorus + Instrumental]

    Dm
The ghosts are on the green each and every night
       C                   G
Oh the distant light is the hardest part to take
           Dm
That's the heart of all my pain lying in the cold
       C                 G
Oh the distant light in a hue we can't describe, still we know


Dm, C, G [x2]


         Dm
Could it all be over now? We've seen it all the while
           C                               G
There's no dimension to the clouds, and the moon and world around
           Dm
That's the heart of all my pain, cause I don't wanna go
      C                 G
Oh the distant light in a hue we can't describe, still we know

Leave It Alone

Intro
Am    E    G    D    F

        Am
Well it started as a game
      E
using pleasure using pain
       G                      D
We got higher and higher that way
       F
But it didn't work today
     Am
Even though it felt so right
          E
Nothing's permanent in life
        G                     D
so it's useless to hold on so tight

                     F
You've gotta give it up give it up give it up 
   Am
Ohhh give it up give it up
   E                                   D
Ohhh give it up give it up you lost control
      
cause nothing stands around too long

       Am
so now everything has changed
         E
and your heart's been rearranged
      G                          D
until nothing we've known here remains
        F
and you say you shouldn't stay
           Am
as you're taking off your clothes
               E
you think it's loving I suppose
              G                   D
it's just you endlessly needing control

                          F
Well you've gotta give it up give it up give it up 
   Am
Ohhh give it up give it up
   E                                   D
Ohhh give it up give it up you lost control
      
cause nothing stands around too long


F                                    Am
  cause nothing stands around too long
                          E
nothing stands around too long
            D
you lost control

you gotta give it up

Outro 
F    Am    E    D

Control

"Holding On for Life" is a song performed by American alternative rock band Broken Bells. It is written by band members James Mercer and Brian Burton, and produced by Brian Burton.This song was originally recorded for the band's second studio album, After the Disco, where it appears as the third track. It was released on November 21, 2013 as the lead single from the album. Read more on Last.fm.

Intro:
Bm  Bm  G   A


Verse 1:

Bm
Girl, take a seat

Bm
Rest your weary bones

G                       A
The secret's safe in my hands

Bm
Tell me 'bout the years and

Bm
let me buy an hour

G                        A
Maybe help me to understand



Pre Chorus:

Bm
Ain't nobody calling

Bm
Ain't nobody home

Em                        F#
What a lovely day to be lonely

                         

Chorus:

F#
You're holding on for life

Bm                       
holding on for life.  You're

Bm                G    A
holding on for love

                       Bm                 
You're holding on for life

Bm
holding on for life. You're

Bm                G    A
holding on for love



Instrumental:

Bm   Bm   G   A   (2 times)



Verse 2:

Bm
Light another cigarette,

Bm
Burning in the cold

G                               A
Waiting on the street for your man

Bm
You're trying not to look so 

Bm
young & miserable

G                                   A
You gotta get your kicks while you can



Pre Chorus:

Bm
and in the lighter corner,

Bm
Sitting on your own

Em                      F#
What a lovely day to be lonely



Chorus:

F#
You're holding on for life

Bm                       
holding on for life.  You're

Bm                G    A
holding on for love

                       Bm                 
You're holding on for life

Bm
holding on for life. You're

Bm                G    A
holding on for love



Bridge:

E
Well you might belong

Cmaj7
To another time

G                       A
Still you have to carry on here

E                                 Cmaj7
No where else to go and you never know

        G                 A
What to hide and what to show, no.



Pre Chorus:

Bm   Bm   Em   F#



Chorus:

F#
You're holding on for life

Bm                       
holding on for life.  You're

Bm                G    A
holding on for love

                       Bm                 
You're holding on for life

Bm
holding on for life. You're

Bm                G    A
holding on for love



Bm   Bm   Em   F#

Holding On For Life

Bm   A   E

           Bm
After your faith has let you down
              A            E
I know you'll want to run around
               Bm
And follow the crowd into the night
              A                E                 Bm
But after the disco all of the shine just faded away
                         A                 E
Oh oh oh oh, do what you want, do what you will
                   D
Don't tell me it's not our time

[Chorus]
          B
Cause I'm waiting here much too long and
G             A               
Don't assume, that I need your 
B
love. The chill of night has got you dancing away and I'm
G                A
Not the dreamer, or the dream you're
Em
Out there looking for
Bm                    A               E
How did I get in this winding maze of love?
            Bm
And there's something wrong and it's sending you
A                      E
round and round til we go nowhere


Bm   A   E

          Bm
I see the ashes on the ground
           A                E
I know the world is burning down
              Bm
And under the cold and empty moon
              A                E                 Bm
But after the disco all of the shine just faded away
                         A                 E
Oh oh oh oh, do what you want, do what you will
                                A                 E
But you can't hide oh oh oh oh, do what you want, do what you will
                   D
Don't tell me it's not our time

[Repeat chorus]

After The Disco

After the Disco

[intro]
F Am Dm Am A# Dm Gm C

[Verse 1]
             F 
Baby really hurt me
                Am 
crying in the taxi
                Dm
He dont wanna know me
                         Am                     A#     Dm
says you make the big mistake of dancing in my store 
Gm                  C
   Says it was poison
                 F
So I guess I go home 
          Am                     Dm
into the arms of the girl that I love
                Am 
the only love I havent screwed up
A#                  Dm
   She's so hard to please
             Gm      C  
but shes a forest fire
        F               
I do my best to meet her demands
Am
play it romance
         Dm
we slow dance in the living room
    Am                      A#
but all that a stranger would see
        Dm           Gm               C     
is one girl swaying alone stroking her cheek

[Chorus]

      F         Am            Dm 
They say, "you're a little much for me
         Am     A# 
You're a liability
          Dm         Gm    C
You're a little much for me"
               F              Am 
So they pull back make other plans
       Dm 
I understand
     Am     A# 
I'm a liability
        Dm         Gm    
Get you wild, make you leave
       C            Dm            F    A#       
I'm a little much for eh oh-na-na-na everyone

[Verse 2]
            F 
The truth is, I am toy
                Dm
that people enjoy
                Am               A#
till all of the tricks dont work anymore
Dm              Gm       C
And then they are bored of me
             
                    F
I know that its exciting
                     Am
running through the night but
              Dm                Am
every perfect summer's eating me alive
            A#    Dm
unitl youre gone
Gm          C
Better on my own

[Chorus]

      F         Am            Dm 
They say, "you're a little much for me
         Am     A# 
You're a liability
          Dm         Gm    C
You're a little much for me"
               F              Am 
So they pull back make other plans
       Dm 
I understand
     Am     A# 
I'm a liability
        Dm         Gm    
Get you wild, make you leave
       C            Dm            F    A#       
I'm a little much for eh oh-na-na-na everyone

[Outro]
             Dm           F           A#
They're gonna watch me disappear into the sun
                 Dm        F           A#
You're all gonna watch me disappear into the sun

Liability

INTRO:

A |---------------------|
E |--7--7--7----------- -|
C |---------------------|
G |---------------------|

VERSE 1:   

C#m          E       B      A                     C#m   E    B   A 
I’m going away to be alone I’m coming back with answers
C#m           E            B    A            C#m   E   B   A
Don’t try to call my telephone it’s disconnected
C#m           E          B       A               C#m   E   B   A
And I don’t know where I’m going but can you guide me
C#m              E        B        A              C#m   E   B   A
But if I find love where I’m going will it survive me


PRE-CHORUS 1:

C#m            B   A                         C#m         A   B
‘Cause in your own space you’re disconnected and in your own mind you’re not affected
C#m         B   A                           C#m         A   B
And in your own time you’re still attracted but in your own life


CHORUS:

A                                 C#m            B
This heart attack I’ve gotta get away not coming back
A                                 C#m                     B
I want some downtime so call me when you can and I’ll be fine


VERSE 2: [same chords as VERSE1]
I’ve found the time to be alone I don’t know what you’re asking
I’m waiting by the telephone and you’re still barking
My heart stops it isn’t… going could you revive me
I think I’m lost without knowing so come and find me


PRE-CHORUS 2:  [same chords as PRE-CHORUS1]
‘Cause in the same space we’re disconnected and in your own mind you’re not attracted
But in your own life over reacted and in your own time


{CHORUS x2}


Sometimes if we don’t go sometimes you don’t know
You don’t go I don’t go I don’t go you don’t go

C#5  B5  A5                      C#5  A5  B5
            I’ve got your back              but you don’t got mine
C#5  E5  A5                    C#5  A5  B5
            This heart attack              then I’m feeling fine


CHORUS x2

C#m          E       B    A 
I’m going away to be alone
C#m          E       B    A 
I'm going away to be alone ...............

This Heart Attack

LA RE
Jo et duré a casa si fa mal temps
MI FA#m
Jo t’empararé si un cas tens por
SIm MI
Jo te cuidaré si estàs malalta
RE LA
De tot cor, de tot cor
RE REm LA
De tot cor

MI RE DO#m-SIm-LA

FA#m DO#m
Estic a punt d’anar-me’n
RE LA RE
Mes abans de partir et diré
REm LA
Que et duc dins es pensament

FA#m DO#m
No deix de recordar-te
RE LA RE
I alen els teus alens tot calents
REm SIm MI
De lluny i de prop me tens


Jo et duré...

FA#m DO#m
I a dalt de s’escenari
RE LA RE
Quan estic concentrat cantant
REm MI
Jo sempre te tenc present

FA#m DO#m
Perquè m’ets necessari
RE LA
Com s’aire que respir
RE REm SIm MI
Necessit estar amb tu en tot moment


Jo et duré... ( bis )

De tot cor

A                                     E 
Roll into your town and I'm walking around
                                                Fm                        
Got some extra time think I'll throw some money down
                                                     D
And you follow me around, and you're asking for the time

Your asking what I found 
                         A
think I'm gonna rob you blind

maybe it's the tattoo on my arm
        E
that I drew while I was bored waiting tables in new york
Fm                                            D
 a  heart and two flowers intertwined with a vine

Up Here

Intro:

Bb - F - A

F                 C
I've been feeling lonesome
F                            C
I'm down, don't know what to do
D
I let you lie to me
F
plant seeds inside
            E
to see them grow
                      F
only to leave them to die

  C
I learned my lesson
       E
I won't be forgetting
       F
I won't give my heart out
    A
with-out suspecting

Bb  F
why cry
Dm G
why cry
Bb  F
why cry
    A
for you

F                  C
I've been lost and finding
F                           C
out that I've been such a fool
D           
you thought you'd stick around
F
until the day you found
    E                    F
someone to make me obsolete

  C
I learned my lesson
       E
I won't be forgetting
       F
I won't give my heart out
    A
with-out suspecting

Bb  F
why cry
Dm G
why cry
Bb  F
why cry
Dm F
why cry
    Bb
for you... 


Guitar Solo:

Bb - F - A (2x)

  C     
I learned my lesson
       E
I won't be forgetting
       F
I won't give my heart out
    A
with-out suspecting

Bb  F
why cry
Dm G
why cry
Bb  F
why cry
Dm G
why cry
Bb  F
why cry
Dm G
why cry
Bb  F
why cry
Dm G
why cry
    A
for you

Why Cry

[Verse 1]
 G                              D
You like New York City in the daytime
 Bm                   A
I like New York City in the nighttime
 G                          D
You say you like sleeping with the air off
Bm                  A
I don't, I need it on
G                  D
You like the light coming through the windows
 Bm                      A
I sleep late, so I just keep 'em all closed
G                  D
You ignore the music on the radio
Bm                 A
I don't, I sing-a-long


[Pre-Chorus]
G               D        Bm             A
I don't ask for you to change, baby no no no
    G              D          Bm    A
And you don't ask for me to change


[Chorus]
N.C.                     D
Tell me how we're not alike
       Bm               A
But we work so well and we don't even know why
G              D
Funny how the stars crossed right
       Bm                   A
'Cause we work so well and we don't even know why
 G              D
You can call it fire and ice
    Bm                  A
But we work so well and we don't even know why
G              D
We don't even know why, no no
Bm                          A
We don't even know why, no no no


[Post-Chorus]
N.C.
No no no no
D
We like it in the daytime
Bm                 A
We like it in the end of time
N.C.
No no no no
D
We like it in the daytime
Bm                 A
We like it in the end of time


[Verse 2]
G                        D
Cold outside and you're just in a T-shirt
Bm                   A
I have cold blood even in a sweater
G                         D
You start your night sippin' by the Kilo
Bm                   A
I don't, I know you know


[Pre-Chorus]
G               D        Bm             A
I don't ask for you to change, baby no no no
    G              D          Bm    A
And you don't ask for me to change



[Chorus]
N.C.                     D
Tell me how we're not alike
       Bm               A
But we work so well and we don't even know why
G              D
Funny how the stars crossed right
       Bm                   A
'Cause we work so well and we don't even know why
 G              D
You can call it fire and ice
    Bm                  A
But we work so well and we don't even know why
G              D
We don't even know why, no no
Bm                          A
We don't even know why, no no no


[Post-Chorus]
N.C.
No no no no
D
We like it in the daytime (we don't even know)
Bm                 A
We like it in the end of time (we don't even know)
N.C.
No no no no
D
We like it in the daytime
Bm                   A
(We don't even know, know, know, know, know)




[Bridge]
G                          D
Somehow we end up on the same side
Bm                          A
And you wouldn't think that we'd be alright
G                      D            Bm             A
Even our eyes are different colors, but we see fine
G                         D
Somehow we end up on the same side (up on the same side)
Bm                            A
And you wouldn't think that we'd be alright

(Think that we'd be alright)

G                      D            Bm             A
Even our eyes are different colors, but we see fine


[Chorus]

 N.C.                     D
(Oh)Tell me how we're not alike
       Bm               A
But we work so well and we don't even know why

('Cause we work so well and we don't even know why, why)
G              D
Funny how the stars crossed right
       Bm                  A
'Cause we work so well and we don't even know why

(But we don't even know why)
G                D
You can call it fire and ice
    Bm                  A
But we work so well and we don't even know why

('Cause we work so well and we don't even know why, why)

G              D
We don't even know why, no no
Bm                          A
We don't even know why, no no no


[Post-Chorus]

N.C.
No no no no
D
We like it in the daytime (we don't even know)
Bm                 A
We like it in the end of time (we don't even know)
N.C.
No no no no
D
We like it in the daytime
Bm             A
We like it in the nighttime

Intro  D     Bm7   G     A     x2


Verse 1
    D                              Bm7
We never spoke a word, but every thought she had 
                         G     A Asus A
I heard from across the room 
             D                               Bm7
If we were standin' face to face I couldn't find the words 
               G               A Asus A
To say give me one more move 
        G              A             G                   A
I don't even know her name, I guess foolish pride's to blame


Chorus 
          D                        D7
Now, I'm fallin' in love as she's walkin' away
        Bm7                 F#              G                    A
And my heart won't tell my mind to tell my mouth what it should say
 D                                  D7
May have lost this battle, live to fight another day
        Bm7 A   G                              Gm
Now I'm fallin' in love as she's walkin' away


Interlude   D     Bm7   G     A     x2


Verse 2
          D                           Bm7
Wise man next to me did say 'bout the one that got away
        G                    A
Son, I missed my chance 
           D                            Bm7
Don't you let regret take place of the dreams you have to chase
     G               A
Ask her to dance, go on, son
           G                 A              G                  A
You might fall down on your face, roll the dice and have some faith


Chorus
          D                        D7
Don't be fallin' in love as she's walkin' away
           Bm7                   F#                G                    A
When your heart won't tell your mind to tell your mouth what it should say
 D                                  D7
May have lost this battle, live to fight another day
         Bm7 A   G                               Gm
Don't be fallin' in love as she's walkin' away 


Solo   D    Bm7  Bm  F#  G   A  D    D7    Bm  F# |A   D 


           G                 A              G                  A
You might fall down on your face, roll the dice and have some faith
 
          D                        D7
Don't be fallin' in love as she's walkin' away
           Bm7                   F#                G                    A
When your heart won't tell your mind to tell your mouth what it should say
 D                                  D7
May have lost this battle, live to fight another day
         Bm7 A    Bm7 A       Bm7 A       G                      G   
Don't be fallin', fallin' in, fallin' in love as she's walkin' away


Outro  (G)   Gm  Bm7  E G  Gm  D

As She's Walking Away

D G D A D x 2

D
I been loved and I been alone
G
all my life I been a rolling stone
D
done everything a man can do
G	                       C	D
everything but get a hold on you
C			D
done everything a man can do
G	D 	A 	D
everything but get a hold on you

D
I've been blessed and I've been cursed
G
all my lies have been unrehearsed
D	
a wall of fire that I walked through
G			C	D
only trying to get a hold on you
C				D
a wall of fire that I walked through
G	D	A	D
only trying to get a hold on you

G	D	A	D

A
I saw you waiting at the gate
D
but I arrived a moment late 
A
I saw you shed a single tear
G	D	A	D
but still I can't get there from here

D
I been high and I been low
G
I been people that I don't know 
D
I been to China and to Peru

G			C    D
only trying to get a hold on you
C			D
I been to China and to Peru
G	D	A	D
only trying to get a hold on you

G	D	A	D
only trying to get a hold on you

Hold On You

Riff:
|3-----------6-------------------|3-----------6---------------|
|3-------6/8-6-----------8-------|3-------6/8-6-----------8---|
|3-------5/7-7-----------7-------|3-------5/7-7-----------7---|
|0-------------------------------|0---------------------------|
Repeat 2x


| Cm - - - | Cm - - - | Cm - - - | Cm - - - |
Here come old flattop he come grooving up slowly
He got joo joo eyeball he one holy roller

| G7 - - - | G7 - - Gb7 | F7 - - - | - - - - |
He got hair down to his knee
Got to be a joker he just do what he please

| Cm - - - | Cm - - - | Cm - - - | Cm - - - |
He wear no shoe shine he got toe jam football
He got monkey finger he shoot Coca-Cola

| G7 - - - | G7 - - Gb7 | F7 - - - | - - - - |
He say,"I know you and you know me"
One thing I can tell you is you got to be free

| Am - - G7 | F7 - G7 - |
Come together right now over me



Repeat Riff



| Cm - - - | Cm - - - | Cm - - - | Cm - - - |
He bag production he got walrus gumboot
He got Ono sideboard he one spinal cracker

| G7 - - - | G7 - - Gb7 | F7 - - - | - - - - |
He got feet down below his knee
Hold you in his armchair you can feel his disease

| Am - - G7 | F7 - G7 - |
Come together right now over me


Repeat Riff

Come Together

Am                              E
There are children standing here,
                              G
Arms outstretched into the sky,
                          D
Tears drying on their face.
              Am
He has been here.
                          E
Brothers lie in shallow graves.
                           G
Fathers lost without a trace.
                           D
A nation blind to their disgrace,
                        Am
Since he's been here.
                    E
And I see no bravery,
 G                  D
No bravery in your eyes anymore.

Only sadness.

(Continue the same chord progression)

Houses burnt beyond repair.
The smell of death is in the air.
A woman weeping in despair says,
He has been here.
Tracer lighting up the sky.
It's another families' turn to die.
A child afraid to even cry out says,
He has been here.

And I see no bravery,
No bravery in your eyes anymore.
Only sadness.

There are children standing here,
Arms outstretched into the sky,
But no one asks the question why,
He has been here.
Old men kneel to accept their fate.
Wives and daughters cut and raped.
A generation drenched in hate.
Says, he has been here.

And I see no bravery,
No bravery in your eyes anymore.
Only sadness.

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