Kimya Dawson (born 17th November 1972) is an Olympia-based singer-songwriter, and a prominent part of the anti-folk movement.  Dawson became well known as a member of The Moldy Peaches. Since the Moldy Peaches took a break from performing and recording in 2004, Dawson has released a string of lo-fi homemade albums, and toured widely in North America and Europe.  In 2005 the Pharmacy and Matty Pop Chart performed as her backing band on a U.S. tour.  In 2006 she collaborated with a number of friends to make a group, Antsy Pants, that recorded and released an album on Plan It X Records. 

Kimya Dawson (né le 17 novembre 1972) est une chanteuse-compositrice et une artiste phare du mouvement Anti-folk.  Elle est très connue comme étant l'homologue féminine d'Adam Green dans The Moldy Peaches. Elle a de très bonnes relations avec de nombreux musiciens. Elle apparaît, en effet, sur des chansons de Ben Kweller, They Might Be Giants et Third Eye Blind. Chris Barron, du groupe des années 1990 Spin Doctors a co-écrit et chanté une chanson des Moldy Peaches, et son cousin Fabrizio Moretti, permit aux Peaches de faire la première partie de son groupe The Strokes. 

Kimya Dawson (* 17. November 1972) ist eine US-amerikanische Sängerin. Sie gilt als Mitbegründerin der Anti-Folk-Bewegung.  Zusammen mit Adam Green gründete sie in New York die Gruppe Moldy Peaches und ist Mitglied der All-Star-Band Antsy Pants. Kimya Dawson gehört zum Kreis der New-Yorker Anti-Folk-Künstler und arbeitet bei Konzerten und Plattenaufnahmen häufig mit anderen befreundeten Künstlern zusammen.  

Kimya Dawson (17 de Noviembre, 1972) es una cantautora norteamericana, miembro del grupo The Moldy Peaches junto a Adam Green, que ha realizado una interesante carrera en solitario.  Su música y los arreglos de las canciones son bastante sencillos, sirviendo de acompañamiento perfecto a las historias que nos canta Kimya. Cada una de sus canciones son cuentos, aventuras, sueños...deliciosos momentos.  Varias de sus canciones fueron incluidas dentro de la banda sonora de la película &quot;Juno&quot;.

G
The first thing in our list of things to do
D
Is to wake up right next to you
G
Second thing that we have planned
D
Is to kiss both of your hands
G
Third thing that we'll do today
D
Is look you in the eye and say
G
I love you sweet baby
G
I love you sweet baby
C
I love you more than anything

G
Then we're gonna change you
D
Then we're gonna feed you
G
Then we'll both play peek-a-boo
D
Then we're gonna read to you
G
Then you have more milk and have some water
D
And we'll smile at you and tell you we're so glad that you're our daughter
G
Then you'll fall asleep on daddy's lap
D
We'll watch MacGyver while you take a nap
G
When you wake up we have more plans
D
Say good morning baby and kiss your hands
G
Then you're gonna make a pee
D
In your little green potty
G
Then we're gonna eat our lunch
D
Mash apricots for you to munch
G
Then you're gonna nurse again
D
Then we're gonna call our friends
G
Then we'll dump out all your toys
D
Singin', dancing, make some noise
G
Then we're gonna take a walk
D
Down the street to the park
G
We'll play on the see-saw, play on the slide
D
You'll get tired and rub your eyes
G
Then we'll go home for more nursing and sleeping
D
Bouncing and nursing and waking and peeing
G
Crawling and bouncing and dancing and hitting
D
Nursing and peeing and kisses and seeing
G
You're an amazing human being
D
You're an amazing human being
G
You're an amazing human being
D
You're an amazing human being
G
Then we'll all cuddle in our bed
D
You'll nurse to sleep, we'll kiss your head
G
Good night sweet baby,
G
I love you sweet baby
C
I love you more than anything
G
Good night sweet baby
G
I love you sweet baby
C
I love you more than anything
G
The first thing in our list of things to do
D
Is to wake up right next to you
G
Second thing that we have planned
D
Is to kiss both of your hands
G
Third thing that we'll do today
D
Is look you in the eye and say
G
I love you sweet baby
G
I love you sweet baby
C
I love you more than anything
G
I love you sweet baby
G
I love you sweet baby
C
I love you more than anything
G
I love you sweet baby
G
I love you sweet baby
C
I love you more than anything

I Love You Sweet Baby

G                       C
When you get older your body will grow hair
D                      G      
On your legs and arms, and even down there
G                                  C
Some people shave theirs off but I let mine grow, 
D              G
because I´m an animal,
D              G
because I´m an animal.

so on...

We're All Animals

G
a is for apple
C
b is for butt
G
c is for cat butt
D
d is for dodo
G
e is for elephant dodo
C
f is for fart
G
g is for gorilla fart
D
h is for huge gorilla fart
G
i is for eyeball
C
j is for jammies
G
k is for kid fart
D
l is loud and long farts
G
m is for monkey butt
C
n is for saying night night
G
to Neko at nap time
D
o is for oh
G
p is for panda
C
peeing and pooping
G
in her potty
D
while papa plays peek-a-boo
G
q is for Queburt
C
r is for robotic
G
monkeys that are going
D
to take over the world
G
s is for stinky
C
t is for turd
G
u is uh-oh
D
v is for flying v
G
w is for we we
C
xexactamondo
G
y is for yucky
D
yummy and you
G
and z is
C
for farts
G
that smell
D
like the zoo

Alphabutt

G                C               G               C
When I go for a drive I like to pull off to the side
G             C                    G           C
Of the road, turn out the lights, get out and look up at the sky
G                  C                 G              C
And I do this to remind me that I'm really, really tiny
G                        C             G              C
In the grand scheme of things and sometimes this terrifies me

But it's only really scary cause it makes me feel serene
In a way I never thought I'd be because I've never been
So grounded, and so humbled, and so one with everything
I am grounded, I am humbled, I am one with everything

Rock and roll is fun but if you ever hear someone
Say you are huge, look at the moon, look at the stars, look at the sun
Look at the ocean and the desert and the mountains and the sky
Say I am just a speck of dust inside a giant's eye
I am just a speck of dust inside a giant's eye

G                C              G                C
When I saw Genevi?ve I really liked it when she said
G          C            G              C             
 G
What she said about the giant and the lemmings on the cliff
G         G   C   G
She said 'I like giants
G       C          G
Especially girl giants
G            C           G         G
Cause all girls feel too big sometimes
G           C        G
Regardless of their size'

When I go for a drive I like to pull off to the side
Of the road and run and jump into the ocean in my clothes
And I'm smaller than a poppyseed inside a great big bowl
And the ocean is a giant that can swallow me whole

(...)

I Like Giants

      A              E                A           D
Loose Lips might sink ships but loose gooses take trips


to san francisco, double dutch disco,
tech tv hottie, do it for scotty
do it for the living and do it for the dead
do it for the monsters under your bed
do it for the teenagers and do it for your mom
broken hearts hurt but they make us strong and

we won't stop until somebody calls the cops
and even then we'll start again and just pretend that
nothing ever happened

we won't stop until somebody calls the cops
and even then we'll start again and just pretend that
nothing ever happened

we're just dancing, we're just hugging,
singing, screaming, kissing, tugging
on the sleeve of how it used to be
how's it gonna be?
i'll drop kick russell stover, move into the starting over house
and know matt rouse and jest are watching me achieve my dreams

and we'll pray, all damn day, every day,
that all this shit our president has got us in will go away
while we strive to figure out a way we can survive
these trying times without losing our minds

so if you wanna burn yourself remember that I LOVE YOU
and if you wanna cut yourself remember that I LOVE YOU
and if you wanna kill yourself remember that I LOVE YOU
call me up before your dead, we can make some plans instead
send me an IM, i'll be your friend

shysters live from scheme to scheme and my 4th quarter pipe dreams
are seeming more and more worth fighting for
so i'll curate some situations, make my job a big vacation
and i'll say FUCK BUSH AND FUCK THIS WAR
my war paint is sharpie ink and i'll show you how much my shit stinks
and ask you what you think because your thoughts and words are powerful
they think we're disposable, well both my thumbs opposable
are spelled out on a double word and triple letter score

we won't stop until somebody calls the cops
and even then we'll start again and just pretend that
nothing ever happened

we won't stop until somebody calls the cops
and even then we'll start again and just pretend that
nothing ever happened

we're just dancing, we're just hugging,
singing, screaming, kissing, tugging
on the sleeve of how it used to be

Loose Lips

A          E            G              A
I never wanted to be better than my friends
A                        E          G          A      (this just repeats)
I just wanted to prove wrong the people in my head
the ones who told me I'd be better of dead
the ones who told me that I would never win
when I delivered newspapers they said I was too slow
when I was a barista they said I made lousy foam
when I worked in retail they said I was a slob
much too dumb for school and much too lazy for a job

so I rode my bike like lightning
and I made cappuccinos that would make the angels sing
took two showers a day and I dressed up like a princess
shook my fist in my own face and said I'll show you who's the best
I wrote the kinds of papers teachers hang up on their walls
I was employee of the month at seven different shopping malls
and one time playing football I pulled the tendons in my leg
to prove that I was tough I hopped on one foot
and finished up the game

I thought if I succeeded I'd be happy and they'd go away
but first thing in the morning I'd still wake up and I'd hear them say
"you're fat, ugly, and stupid, you should really be ashamed
no one will ever like you you're not good at anything"

and sometimes I'd rise to the challenge
but other times I'd feel so bad that I could not get out of bed
and on the days I stayed in bed I sang and sang and sang
about how crappy I felt no realizing how many other people would relate
now people send me emails that say thanks for saying the things they didn't know how to say
and the people in my head still visit me sometimes
and they bring all of their friends but I don't mind

I play my guitar like lightning
when I sing I like it when you sing too loud and clear
different voices different tones all sayin' "yeah, we're not alone"
I got good at feeling bad and that's why I'm still here
I got good at feeling bad and that's why I'm still here
I got good at feeling bad and that's why I'm still here

The Competition

Whole Song: C, G, F, C


C              G                F          C
I was always strong as long as we were a team
C              G                F          C
I crawled into somebody's heart who meant the world to me
C              G                F          C
love made me strong enough to be alone and set me free
C              G                F          C
but with my friends friends to the end is where I wanna be
C              G                F          C
with my friends friends to the end is where I wanna be

C
I don't need to
        G
but I want to
        F
sing with you
        C
'cause I miss you
C
I don't need to
       G
but I want to
        F
sing with you
C
'cause I miss you

I Miss You

C                                    G
My head is pounding, I can't stop the pounding

Am                           F
I think it is going to explode

C                              G
And kill everybody who's in close proximity

Am                              F
To the place I call my home

C                                           G
And they'll make a moving made for tv movie

Am                                   F
For lifetime all about my life

C                                            G
That ends with an epitaph, one that will make you laugh

Am                                          F
That says "great mom, okay wife"

C                                         G
And it'll be funny to the people who know me

Am                                        F
Who know if my body's not burned

C                                   G
My soul will spend an eternity in misery

Am                                        F
Tethered and bound to this earth

C                                  G
So I'm not a dick or a stick in the mud

Am                                         F
Always ruining things for my friends

C                                    G
I mustn't forget when I see the sun set

Am                                   F
That tomorrow it will rise again 

C               G                       Am     F
So I tattoo instructions on my ass

C                                G         An             F
That say "don't ever put this body in a casket

C                G                  Am   F
Burn it and put the ashes in a basket

C                      G          Am             F
And throw them in the puget sound"

C                 G            Am         F
I don't ever want to be underground

C         G               Am     F
Oh no, oh no 

I'm wearing size thirteen basketball shoes
And lavender fishnets, I'm freaked out and fucked up
And I'm standing alone in an alley with you
Wanting to show you a cure for your hiccups
But instead I close my eyes
The needles are numbered so I'm writing you letters
And I cannot disguise
The fact that I'm nervous when we are together
And so I fantasize
That the nights'll get shorter and the days will get better
I feel a kick inside, inside
If this is a girl, I'm naming her heather
She'll look just like you, but her hair will be feathered
She'll say how you died before you ever met her 

Her hair will be feathered

My head is pounding, I can't stop the pounding
I think it is going to explode
There are plus and minuses to sinusitis
Like sometimes I get to go home
But mostly it hurts so bad I think I'm dying
I just blew my nose and now I feel like crying
And the dreams I have are all of my past lives
And the seizures would paralyse me in the night
And I'd wake up clutching my teddy bear tight
And I'm drooling and trying to turn on the light
All I can do is hold fast and sit tight
But what if they forget? cause you know they just might 

So I tattoo instructions on my ass
That say don't ever put this body in a casket
Burn it and put the ashes in a basket
And throw them in the puget sound
I don't ever want to be underground

Oh no, oh no

Underground

[Verse]

F                   C         C7/F
I took the Polaroid down in my room
F                   C
I'm pretty sure you have a new girlfriend
F                C         C7/F
it's not as if I don't like you
F                    C
it just makes me sad whenever I see it
F                        C          C7/F
'cause I like to be gone most of the time
F                       C
and you like to be home most of the time
F                     C           C7/F
if I stay in one place I lose my mind
F                      C
I'm a pretty impossible lady to be with


[Chorus]

F                         C             C7/F
Joey never met a bike that he didn't wanna ride
F                      C
and I never met a Toby that I didn't like
F                            C             C7/F
Scotty liked all of the books that I recommended
F                   C
even if he didn't I wouldn't be offended


[Verse]

I had a dream that had to drive to Madison
to deliver a painting for some silly reason
I took a wrong turn and ended up in Michigan
Paul Baribeau took me to the giant tire swing
gave me a push and he started singing
I sang along while I was swinging
the sound of our voices made us forget everything
that had ever hurt our feelings


[Chorus]

F                         C             C7/F
Joey never met a bike that he didn't wanna ride
F                      C
and I never met a Toby that I didn't like
F                            C             C7/F
Scotty liked all of the books that I recommended
F                   C
even if he didn't I wouldn't be offended


[Verse]

now I'm home for less than twenty-four hours
that's hardly time to take a shower
hug my family and take your picture off the wall
check my email write a song and make a few phone calls
before it's time to leave again
I've got one hand on the steering wheel
one waving out the window
if I'm a spinster for the rest of my life
my arms will keep me warm on cold and lonely nights


[Chorus]

F                         C             C7/F
Joey never met a bike that he didn't wanna ride
F                      C
and I never met a Toby that I didn't like
F                            C             C7/F
Scotty liked all of the books that I recommended
F                   C
even if he didn't I wouldn't be offended

Tire Swing

E
have you ever had a dream

that your favorite baby's drowning?
         F
and you grab him by his sweater sleeve and pull him up on to the ground and
 E
you can hear the water slosh around inside his tiny gut
  F
push his belly up and down but he can't cough the water up
  E                                                                F
suddenly a flood comes out his mouth till there is nothing left inside of him,

he's empty now

there isn't even one small breath

----

    F        G            C
and he goes limp in your arms
 F                 G
all the people's mouths are moving 
 C
all you hear are car alarms
        F    G               C
and you wake up and start to cry
F                G           C
I will lose my shit if even one more person I know dies,
     F     G     C
so please don't die.

----

F                          C
My mom's sick she's in a hospital bed
F                             C
I've got a word for all you ghosts in her head
     F                    C
and all you skeletons in her closet
F
leave her alone
C
leave her alone
F                  C
leave her alone, please

         F       G        C
because my mom needs you gone
 F       G        C
my mom needs you gone
     F               G      C
as long as she is haunted she'll never get strong
 F               G             C
my mom needs you gone

------

      G                                 C
you traded all your paper clips for a soap dish that way
      G                                    C
your best friend's rubber ducky wouldn't slip and slide away
        G                            C                       G
but he traded his rubber duck for a cigar box to place your paper clips in
                    G7
Mr. Hooper came to say,
  
  F      G             C
"Oh, my dear friends, Bert and Ernie,
  F               G            C
here's a little something for each of you from me
 F              G               C
here are your paper clips and here's your rubber ducky
F                         G           G7   [let ring]
how could I ignore such selfless generosity?"

----

      F                      C
the human body's made up of good and bad bacteria
          F                                       C
but the antibiotics and the antibacterials are killing all the good ones
         F                               C
and the bad ones just get stronger and become super infections
       F                               C
it's harder to destroy them and it's harder to detect them
               F               C
and there's something in her blood
               F              C
and there's something in her leg
               F               C       G
and there's something in her brain

----

F                         C
my mom's sick she's in a hospital bed
F                             C
I've got a word for all you ghosts in her head
     F                    C
and all you skeletons in her closet
G
leave her alone,
G
leave her alone,
G                      
leave her alone,
G
leave her alone,
G
leave her alone,
G
leave her alone, 
G                    C
leave her alone, please
        F       G         C
because my mom needs you gone
F        G        C
my mom needs you gone
     F              G        C
as long as she is haunted, she'll never get strong,
F        G        C
my mom needs you gone
F        G        C
my mom needs you gone
F        G        C  [let ring]
my mom needs you gone.

My Mom

Remember That I Love You

C                D
When they ask me what I need,

           G                   C
I'll say a capo, a lemonade, a dollar fifty

C              D
A big bathtub, prosthetic feet

G                   C
Diana Ross' role in Mahogany

C                      D
so i can hang out with billy dee

G                         C
williams, and he can hang out with me

C                D
pizza, love, and hominy, 

G                      C
grits, peach pits, and songs to sing

C           D
more accountability 

G                        C
so i can't get away with being mean

C               D
shooting stars, dungarees, 

G            C
band aids on both of my knees

C                    D
a big old house high in the trees, 

G                   C
a little shack down by the beach

C                 D
a motor home with golden keys, 

G        C        
an A+ in geography

C           D       G
and lots of time to think, 

C           D       G
i need more time to think

when they ask me what i've seen i'll say saturn and soliloquies
walden pond, hypocrisy, tetris, and insanity
debt and dope and apathy, ode to joy and pool parties
smooch and run and ancestry, arthur ashe and manatees
sailboats, necessity, lepidopterology
the cave of time, dignity, cirque du soleil and lethargy
surface area, rosaries, fair is fair and billie jean
vonnegut at the university, karmic retribution and bigotry
thyroglossal duct cysts, celibacy, love on the rocks, anonymity
osgood schlatter in my left knee, sad flute solos and decaf tea
silly friends, incontinency, yertle the turtle and hierarchy
do it for johnny, pepsilepsy, powder blue ten speeds and puberty
sylvia plath, conspiracies, bad medicine, karaoke
passing gas, irrelevancy, seize the day and let it be
loving dumb skaters who love pcp, dying and dancing on mtv
close calls and infinity, little kids who look up to me
it's the end of the world as we know it and we didn't start the fire and adam green

C           D       G                C
i need more time to think, don't you think?
C           D       G
i need more time to think

C                D
when they ask me what i need 

G                            C
i'll say a capo, a lemonade, a dollar fifty

Time To Think

Knock-Knock Who?

C               F     
Eyes like omens i've been told
     G                     C
And friends are found when keys are stolen
C                  F
Find the keys the corn is golden
G                   C            
Friends have golden hearts and souls and

Blue Like Nevermind

Hidden Vagenda

Intro

A|-------------------0---------------------------|
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G|------0---5-4-5-0-----0------------------------|

;then:

A|------------------------|
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G|------0---5-4-5---------|

G                       D
I wonder if you've ever seen
            Em                        C
the way the man in the look out house looks at me
          G
Before he takes out his teeth
    D                   Em   C
And asks me to sign the wall
     G                    D
So I sign his wall with a heel of bread
          Em                         C
dipped in green Listerine and then I kiss him on the head
    G                             D                     Em    Em    C
And leave through the door in the floor as he starts to fall, down, dead.


        G                               D
I got a pocket full of quarters and I'm heading for the woods 
          C                      C
I'm gonna play Mrs. Pac-man in a puddle of mud
    G                  D                       Em   C
I'm not gonna loose my shoes unless I start to cry.
    G                         D
The man on the moon said "I'm not left handed" 
      Em                       C
As he did a swan dive into the promise land
      G                   D                Em   C
While you were lost in my Bob Hope diamond eyes.


There is scary topiary to the left of the pool

The trail to the right goes back to middle school

I'm trying to read what the flashing red letters say.

They say "Lowest common destiny" and so I run away

Because I can't make the grade when I'm on display

Here comes the man with the laminated plan

for the Vince McMahon Expressway



G
Will you be me? 
G
Will you be me?
D
Wear my clothes and drink my coffee
Em
Write my mommy, do my homework
C                          
Feed my babies, fight my crazies


G
Will you be me? 
G
Will you be me?
D
Wear my clothes and drink my coffee
Em
Write my mommy, do my homework
C                          G
Feed my babies, fight my.. crazies


A|-------------------0---------------------------|
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G|------0---5-4-5-0-----0------------------------|

A|------------------------|
E|--0---------------------|
C|-0--2-------------------|
G|------0---5-4-5---------|


   G
My cat came back to life,
    D
She turned into a skunk
    Em                C
She kissed my dog and he got drunk
       G                     D                     Em     C
When I tried to pet her, she turned into a beam of light.
G                  D            Em                           C
Pam and Susie were there I said "I miss you" but they didn't hear me
G
The ground started bouncing 
D                             Em   
So I jumped up trying to feel like an angel flying
      C
Watch out for the power lines
Em               G
Unless you wanna die

A|-------------------0---------------------------|
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Will You Be Me?

My Cute Fiend Sweet Princess

C 
I had a show a few weeks ago
F                          G 
it's getting harder and harder to sing
C 
and it is hard to focus on my guitar
F                   G         
playing when inside a baby is
C
kicking

C 
At first I was sad and scared
F                   G 
cause this is all I know how to do
C 
then John and Peter played standing up
F                                    G                     C
sometimes something will change and that change will change you.

C 
Then I thought back to six years ago
F                  G 
when Brian Pilkton told me to play
C 
he gave me a car, a typewriter, a guitar
F                       G    
before that all I could do was 
C
count days.

C 
Then I thought back to before my coma
F                    G 
rehab in Tacoma, my junkie roommates
C 
all that I knew how to do was put cigarettes 
F                  G                
out on my self, I took pills and I
C
Drank.

C 
And I thought back to when I was 15
F                               G 
how I was squeaky clean, and I wanted to die
C 
I was feeding the homeless while combating loneliness
F                             G 
all that I could do was keep living a lie.

C 
Then I think back to that 12 year old poet
F                               G 
how she didn't know it was what she would be
C 
all she could do was hide under her bed
F                G           
scared to death that somebody might
C
Read her diary

C 
See I have changed and I'll keep on changing
F                         G 
and maybe my songwriting will suffer
C 
but its okay if at the end of the day
F                         G        
all i can do next is just be a good
C
other
C 
its okay if at the end of the day 
F                   G         
all i can do next is be a good
C
mother.

All I Could Do

Thunder Thighs

Verse 1:
           B
I'm going back to the time when we owned this town
      E
Down Powder Mill Lane, in the battlegrounds
C#m        B                   G#m  B     F#
We were friends and lovers and clueless clowns


Verse 2:
                      B       
I didn't know I'd be finding out now I was torn from you
         E
When we thought about things we were gonna do
C#m      B                    G#m B  F# 
We were wide eyed dreamers and wiser too


Chorus:
               E              B 
Go down to the rides on East Parade,
        G#m                   F#
by the lights of the Palace Arcade
                    E                     G#m   F#   
Watch night coming down on the Sovereign Light Café


Verse 3:
                          B
I'm begging you for some sign, but you've still got nothing to say
        E
Don't turn your back on me, don't walk away
C#m     B                   G#m  B   F#
I'm a better man now than I was that day


Chorus:
                      E              B 
Let's go down to the rides on East Parade,
        G#m                   F#
by the lights of the Palace Arcade
                    E                     G#m   F#   
Watch night coming down on the Sovereign Light Café

                 E               B
Go down to the bandstand on the pier
           G#m                    F#
Watch the drunks and the lovers appear
                      E                     G#m   F#     
Take time, just the stars at the Sovereign Light Café


Bridge:
   E        B           F#
I wheel my bike off the train,
        F#
Up the North Trade Road,
 E        B             F# 
Look for you on Marley Lane
                          G#m
In every building, every streetlight
                   E               F#  G#m  B  F#
Oh why did we ever go so far from home?


Verse 4:
                        B
You keep on leaving me mile long traces of who you are
         E
You can get a big house and a faster car
C#m      B                    G#m   B  F#
You can run away boy, but you won't go far


Chorus:
                      E              B
Let's go down to the rides on East Parade,
        G#m                   F#
by the lights of the Palace Arcade
                    E                     G#m   F#   
Watch night coming down on the Sovereign Light Café

                    E                B
Stroll down to the bandstand on the pier
           G#m                    F#
Watch the drunks and the lovers appear
                     E                      G#m   F#
Take time, just the stars at the Sovereign Light Café 

      E            B    G#m
La la la la la la la la Yeah, 
     F#                      E       B   F#
I'm going where the people know my name


Outro:
E B G#m F#
E B G#m F# B

Sovereign Light Cafe

strumming pattern
D-DUD-D

F,G,C,Em7

mmmmm mmmm mmmm 

F                    G
Work, work, work, work, work, work. He said me haffi
C                   Em7
Work, work, work, work, work, work! He see me do mi
F                     G
Dirt, dirt, dirt, dirt, dirt, dirt! So me put in
C                   Em7
Work, work, work, work, work, work. When you ah guh
F                        G
Learn, learn, learn, learn, learn Meh nuh cyar if him
C                   Em7
Hurt, hurt, hurt, hurt, hurting


[Verse 1: Rihanna]

F              G
Dry! ...Me a desert
C                 Em7
Nuh time to have ya lerkin'
F                        G
Him ago act like him nuh like it
C                           Em7
You know I dealt with you the nicest
F                        G
Nuh body touch me in the righteous
C                     Em7
Nuh botha, text me in a crisis 
           F                    G
I believed all of your dreams, adoration
            C                    Em7
You took my heart and my keys and my patience
            F                        G
You took my heart on my sleeve for decoration
                C                          Em7
You mistaken my love I brought for you for foundation
           F             G
All that I wanted from you was to give me
C            Em7
Something that I never had
F                   G
Something that you've never seen
C                     Em7
Something that you've never been!
F     G
Mmmmm!
      C                          
But I wake up and act like nothing's wrong
D
Just get ready fi...


[Hook: Rihanna]
F                    G
Work, work, work, work, work, work. He said me haffi
C                   Em7
Work, work, work, work, work, work! He see me do mi
F                     G
Dirt, dirt, dirt, dirt, dirt, dirt! So me put in
C                   Em7
Work, work, work, work, work, work. When you ah guh
F                        G
Learn, learn, learn, learn, learn Meh nuh cyar if him
C                   Em7
Hurt, hurt, hurt, hurt, hurting
F             G
Ner ner ner ner ner ner!
               C           Em7
When you a guh ner ner ner ner ner ner!
                  F                 G
Before the tables turn turn turn turn turn turn!
C             Em7
Beg you something please


[Verse 2: Rihanna]

F            G
Baby don't you leave
               C                 Em7
Do''t leave me stuck here in the streets, 
   F                  G
uh huh If I get another chance to
       C                Em7
I will never, no never neglect you
      F                         G
I mean who am I to hold your past against you?
       C                    Em7
I just hope that it gets to you
  F           G
I hope that you see this through
  C                      Em7
I hope that you see this true
F          G
What can I say?
       C          
Please recognize I'm tryin', baby!!!
 Em7
I have to


[Hook: Rihanna]

F                    G
Work, work, work, work, work, work. He said me haffi
C                   Em7
Work, work, work, work, work, work! He see me do mi
F                     G
Dirt, dirt, dirt, dirt, dirt, dirt! So me put in
C                   Em7
Work, work, work, work, work, work. When you ah guh
F                        G
Learn, learn, learn, learn, learn Meh nuh cyar if him
C                   Em7
Hurt, hurt, hurt, hurt, hurting


[Verse 3: Drake]

N.C.
Yeah, okay
F        G        C                   Em7
You need to get done, done, done, done at work, come over
F               G
We just need to slow the motion
C                   Em7
Don't give that away to no one
F            G
Long distance, I need you
C                          Em7
When I see potential I just gotta see it through
F                        G
If you had a twin, I would still choose you
C                           Em7
I don't wanna rush into it, if it's too soon
      F      G               C              
But I know you need to get done, done, done, done
   Em7
If you come over
F            G
Sorry if I'm way less friendly
C                    Em7
I got n____s tryna end me,
F G           C                 Em7
oh,     I spilled all my emotions tonight, I'm sorry
F               G
Rollin', rollin', rollin', rollin', rollin'
C                                Em7
How many more shots until you're rollin'?
F              G
We just need a face to face
C                    Em7            F
You could pick the time and the place
               G
You spent some time away
C                Em7
Now you need to forward and give me all the...


[Hook: Rihanna]

F                    G
Work, work, work, work, work, work. He said me haffi
C                   Em7
Work, work, work, work, work, work! He see me do mi
F                     G
Dirt, dirt, dirt, dirt, dirt, dirt! So me put in
C                   Em7
Work, work, work, work, work, work. When you ah guh
F                        G
Learn, learn, learn, learn, learn Meh nuh cyar if him
C                   Em7
Hurt, hurt, hurt, hurt, hurting

mmm mmm mmm..


[Outro: Rihanna]

work work work work work work

F G C D
F G C D

Work

Intro: C D C D (x2)


C D
Si es que no puedes hablar
C D
no te atrevas a volver
C D
si te quieres ocultar
C D
tal vez te podria ver
Em D C G C
y el amor que no sabe a quien y que
G C
hablará si tu verdad
Em F
te abrazara otra vez

Em C
Habla si puedes
G C
grita que sientes
Em C
dime a quien quieres
G C
y te hace feliz

C D


C D
Si no puedes escuchar
C D
aunque insistas hablaré
C D
si lo quieres mírame
C D
y tus ojos hablaran tal vez
Em D C G C
sentiras el amor e iras tras el
G C
hablaras si tu verdad
Em F
te abrazará otra vez

Em C
Habla si puedes
G C
grita que sientes
Em C
dime a quien quieres
G D
y te hace feliz
Em C
habla si puedes
G C
grita si temes
Em C
dime a quien quieres
G D
y te hace feliz


Em G C G
.(CUERDAS)... abrazaméeeeeeeee..
C Em F
quiero despertarme y entender

Em C
habla si puedes
G C
grita si temes
Em C
dime a quien quieres
G D
y que haces aquì
Em C
habla si puedes
G C
grita que sientes
Em C
dime a quien quieres
G C
y te hace feliz
G C
y te hace feliz

C D
(fin)

Habla si puedes

(Chorus)
G
You xxxx X xxx'x smile xxxx xxx
Em
X can't xxxxx xxxxxxx xxx
Am7
I xxx'x xxxxx xxx X xxx'x sing
D7
I'm xxxxxxx xx xxxx xx xx xxxxxxxx
(1st Verse)
G
You xxx X xxxx xxx xxxx xxx'xx sad
Em
X feel xxxx xxxx xxx'xx glad
Am7
If xxx xxxx xxxx xxxx X'x xxxxx through
D7                              G Em G Em
X just xxx'x xxxxx without xxx
(2nd verse)
G
You xxxx along xxxx xxxx x song
Em
Xxx brightened xx xxx
Am7
Whod've xxxxxxxx xxxx xxx xxxx xxxx xx x dream
                  D7
Xxx xx xxx xxxxx light xxxxx xxxx
(Chorus)
         G 
Xxx now xxx xxx X xxx'x smile xxxx xxx
Em
X can't xxxxx xxxxxxx xxx
Am7
I xxx'x xxxxx xxx X xxx'x sing
D7                          Eb
I'm xxxxxxx xx xxxx xx xx anything
(3rd Verse)
Ab
You xxx X xxxx xxx xxxx xxx'xx sad
   Fm
X feel xxxx xxxx xxx'xx glad
Bbm
If xxx xxxx xxxx xxxx X'x xxxxx through
Ebm
X just xxx'x xxxxx
Ebm                                 Ab               C#
Now xxxx xxxxxx xxx happiness xxxxx so xxxx xxxx xx find
C#m                                         Eb     E
Well, X'x xxxxxxx xx xxxx xxxxxxx xxxx xxxx behind me
A
And xxx xxx X xxx'x smile xxxxxxx xxx
F#m
X can't xxxxx xxxxxxx xxx
Bm
X xxx'x laugh xxx X xxx'x sing
E
X'x finding xx xxxx xx xx xxxxxxxx
Bb
You xxx X xxxx xxxx xxxx xxx'xx glad
Gm
X feel xxx xxxx xxx'xx sad
Cm
If xxx xxxx knew xxxx X'x xxxxx through
F
X just xxx'x smile xxxxxxx xxx

Can't Smile Without You

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

Intro: Em  A  Em  A

       Em               A                Em                   
 A
Verse: Be on my side or be on your side, there is no reason for you to hide,
       Em                 A
       Its so hard for me stayin' here all alone, when you could be takin'
       A                Em                                             A
       Me for a ride... She could drag me, over the rainbow, send me away


        G     D         A    G  D          A
Chorus:  Down by the ri-ver,  I shot my ba-by

 Em        A
 Ooh, Ooh, shot her dead


Verse 2:You take my hand I'll take your hand, together we may get away,

        This must madness is too much sorrow, its impossible to make it

        today... She could drag me, over the rainbow, send me away


(Chorus)

(Verse 1)

Down By The River

Intro: D-A-Bm-Em-A  x4

         D                 A                          
I'll confess tonight your all thats on my mind
        Bm            A                   D
I know these roof top nights could last forever.
              A                            Bm
we watched the seasons change, we saw the distance pull us away,
           A
from all we shared together.

D                       A
Right now is all we have you better make this count
Bm                       A
these are the moments i wish i could forget you.

D                            A                                          Bm
I think back to the nights I looked into your bright green eyes and you said,
    Em    A
lets run away.
D                             A                             Bm
its 9am the sun wont rise for 3 more hours pacific time you said
    Em    A
lets run away.

play intro  x2

D                    A
I picked apart every word that you said
  Bm                              A
I dissected each sentence but kept coming up empty
D                         A
the way you are leaves me counting the days
        Bm                            A
till the next time this distance will be a memory


D                        A        
Right now is all we have you better make this count
Bm                     D
these are the moments i wish i could forget you.


D                            A                                          Bm
I think back to the nights I looked into your bright green eyes and you said,
     Em   A
lets run away.
D                            A                              Bm
its 9am the sun wont rise for 3 more hours pacific time you said
     Em   A
lets run away.

D-A-Bm-A

where have you been


                                                                        Bm
I think back to the nights I looked into your bright green eyes and you said,
     Em   A
lets run away.
D                            A                                          Bm
I think back to the nights I looked into your bright green eyes and you said,
     Em   A
lets run away.
D                            A                              Bm
its 9am the sun wont rise for 3 more hours pacific time you said
     Em   A
lets run away


American Dream 

G Bm Em A
Well everybody's lookin' for something they can't find,
Walking straight ahead blind-folded production line,
Only taking time for one type of shoe-shine.
Don't look left/right now you got a street fine.
Everybody lookin' for just a little more.
Working late-nights trying to fight off the day glow.
Waiting for the come-around but it is a no show.
Driving in the fast lane lookin' for the slow-mo...

C D A
Oh whats in store I don't know anymore.
Oh what's inside 'cos I can't hide from it no more.
Oh what you see well it's not me anymore.
Oh I don't know well I don't know man anymore because 

G Bm Em A
I tell you once I tell you twice, gonna be a long time
But you don't take no one's advice, gonna be a long time you,
Where were you, you weren't listenin', gonna be a long time
Gonna be a long time.

G Bm Em A
So now you're face down, face lookin like a frying pan.
Hitting up the clubs trying to feel like a real man.
Beating your chest just like you're King Kong but you're just a gui-tar no-string no-song.
Feeling free like ya don't even know it, man you're towing the line hoping you just don't blow it.
Man ya stuck in the mainframe trying to win the big game so much potential it even makes it more of a shame, shame, shame...
Here we go again, same old shit just another name.
Looking at the destiny there in your palm,
But now you got your strings but you got no song.
So sing, sing, sing - shake it like a chicken wing.
It's not what you get it's about what you bring-bring-bring.
So bring it, bring it to the table, not because you have to 'cos you're willing and you're able!

C D A
Oh what's in store I don't know anymore.
Oh what's inside 'cos I can't hide from it no more.
Oh what you see well it's not me anymore.
Oh I don't know, I don't know anymore because 

G Bm Em A
I tell you once I tell you twice, gonna be a long time.
But you don't take no one's advice, gonna be a long time.
You, where were you, you weren't listening, gonna be a long time.
Gonna be a long time.

Gonna Be A Long Time

[intro x2]
A  E  D A

A                                        E
when there's no place you feel at home
              D                               A
and you think you'd be better off alone
A                                          E
when you think there's no reason to try
               D                           A
and you hate yourself and wanna die

A                                      E
when you're filled with anxiety
             D                   A
and everyone's your enemy
A                                        E
when you wish you were someone else
                 D                        A
and you wanna go out and kill yourself

[chorus]

E D                 A
ooh you're overreacting

(you can change your mind)
E D                A
ooh you're overreacting

(take your time)


A                       E
when you get yourself depressed
                      D                   A
because you think you can't do your best
A                                         E
when you write yourself a stupid song
           D                        A
to remind yourself that you forgot

[chorus]

E D                 A
ooh you're overreacting

(you can change your mind)
E D                A
ooh you're overreacting

(take your time)


[BRIDGE]
# chords x2:
A  E  D  A

A|------------------------------------------------------|
E|-0-2--------------------------------------------------|
C|------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----2-4-2---2-4-2-1---1-1-2-2-1-2-4-2-1-22-----------|     x2



[chorus]

E D                 A
ooh you're overreacting

(you can change your mind)
E D                A
ooh you're overreacting

Overreacting

C#
There's a portrait
     Ab
In a back room
           F#
Which I'll keep for days upon
          C#
Which I relent 
              B
And gaze for hours on
    Bbm                  F#
The muscle, skin and bone
         Ab
Of some imaginary friend

F# Ab F#

        C#
So how about it 
        Ab
Show me please 
           F#
How I will look in twenty years
           C#
And let me please 
          B
Interpret history 
       Bbm        F#
In every line and scar 
               Ab                  
That's painted there in front of me

F# Ab F# Ab F# Ab

           C#
It doesn't matter
         Ab
What I'm thinking
       F#
What I tell myself to do
         C#      F#
I end up calling

       C#
I stay in to
                   Ab
Defrost the fridge
        F#
Now the kid has gone to bed
             C#
A feeling of dread
              B         
At least when she's around
    Bbm
The trouble's there
     F#                        Ab
It's worse to wake up with her falling 'round the room

F# Ab F# Ab F# Ab

       C#
Listen Johnny
              F#
You're like a mother
       C#                     F#
To the girl you've fallen for
                 C#
And you're still falling

       C#
Listen Johnny
              Ab
You're like a mother
       F#
To the girl you've fallen for
                 C#
And you're still falling

            B
And if they come tonight
       Bbm
You'll roll up tight
     F#             Ab
And take whatever's coming to you next (oh, oh oh oh)

 F# Ab to end.

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