Andrew Bird (born July 11, 1973) is an American musician. He was born in Lake Bluff, Illinois and resides in the Chicago area. Bird is a singer, a violinist and, since 2004, a guitarist. He is also an accomplished whistler.  His early work, which echoed gypsy jazz and traditional folk, has led into his current sound, which mixes rock with more broad compositions. His years of solo song-craft have now enabled him to produce a sound that is uniquely his own.  

Andrew Bird (né le 11 juillet 1973) est un chanteur et musicien américain. Né dans l

Andrew Bird (* 11. Juli 1973 in Chicago) ist ein amerikanischer Musiker, Songwriter und Multi-Instrumentalist. Er lebt in seiner Geburtsstadt Chicago und auf einer Farm nahe Elizabeth im Nordwesten von Illinois. Er spielt Violine, Gitarre, Mandoline und Glockenspiel und ist ein versierter Kunstpfeifer. Waren seine frühen Alben noch stark vom Swing und Jazz  der 30er Jahre geprägt, gilt Bird spätestens seit seinem Werk 

Andrew Bird es un cantautor de indie rock y neoswing nacido el 11 de julio de 1973 en Illinois, Estados Unidos. Alcanzó algún reconocimiento a mediados de los noventa como violista auxiliar de los Squirrel Nut Zippers, una agrupación de jazz que reinterpretaba el sonido clásico del swing de la década del 30. En 1996 lanzó su álbum debut titulado Music of hair que mezclaba estilos como el blues, el jazz y el folk.

# Verse

    C                          G
xxx xxxxxxx xxx xxxxxxxx xxxxx xxxxx xx xx xxxxxxxx
       F                                             Fm           C
xxxx xxxxxxx xx xxx xxxxx xxxxxxxxxx xxxxx xxxx xxx xxxxxx xx xxxxxxx

Spare Ohs

Intro: Am F (x2) G

C
  When our mouths are filled 
     F
with uninvited tongues of others
C
  And the strays are pining 
F
for their unrequited mothers
C                             G
  Milk that sours is promptly spat
                      Am              F
Light will fill our eyes like cats

C					   F
  And they shall enter from the back
                                       C
With spears and scepters and squirming sacks
                                 G
Scribs and tangles between their ears
                             Am
Faceless scrumbled charcoal smears
      F        (C)
...oh dear...

Through the coppice and the chaparral
The thickets thick with mold
The bracken and the brier
                    Am    F   Am   F
Catchweed into the fold

(whistle solo)
C F C F C G Am F

C
  When our mouths are filled 
     F
with uninvited tongues of others
C
  And the strays are pining 
F
for their unrequited mothers
C                             G
  Milk that sours is promptly spat
                             Am  
Light will fill our eyes like ...cats
F                           Am
   Light will fill our eyes like cats
F      Am      F    Am    F    G    C
   Cataracts

Cataracts

Armchair Apocrypha

Cm  Fm   G7

Cm
Why? Why'd you do that?
Fm
You shouldn't have done that
         G7
If I told you once, I told you three times
            Cm
You'll get your punishment when you
Show me your crimes
Cm 
It's not a spell or a curse you put on me
  Fm                                     G7
Or the way you smile so tenderly
But how I wish it was your temper you were throwing
Cm
Damn you for being so easygoing

Chorus
Fm                                         Cm
I thought that time would tell
Fm                                                                G7
My sins would provoke you to raise some hell

Cm
Not a chance
Fm
Whatever happened to fiery romance
     G7
Oh how I wish it was those dishes you were throwing
Cm 
Damn you for being so easygoing
Cm    Fm         G7  x2
Cm
Why, why?d you do that 
Fm
Why?d I do what?
G7                                                Cm
Nothing, forget it?why?d you do nothing???..

Repeat Chorus

Cm                                 Fm
No, don't give me that line
                                                            G7
Don't try to tell me inaction is not a crime
Can't you see what kind of seeds you're sowing?
Cm                                                Cm6
Damn you for being so easygoing

Why?

The Swimming Hour

Eb  Cm (x3)  Eb  Bb

then, with whistling
Fm  Bb (x3) Fm Bb Ab Eb (listen to the song for the timing on the last part)

Verse:
	Fm			  Bb
In the salsify mains of what was thought but unsaid

	Eb			     Ab
All the calcified arhythmitists were doing the math

    Fm				Bb
And it would take a calculated blow to the head

    Eb					C
To light the eyes of all the harmless sociopaths

   Fm                              Bb
Oh arm and arm we are the harmless sociopaths

   Eb                                 Ab
Oh arm and arm with all the harmless sociopaths

  Fm                      Bb
Calcium mines are buried deep in your chest

        Eb                      C
Oh the calcium mines you buried deep in your chest


Chorus:
Fm    Bb                 Fm     Bb
  Ooh   we're deep in a mine
Fm    Bb            Fm        Bb     (Bb)
  Ooh    a calcium mine, oh no


Bridge:
             Eb                     Cm
so let's get out of here, past the atmosphere

             Eb                              Cm
squint your eyes and no one dies or goes to jail

          Eb                    Cm
past the silver bridge, oh the silver bridge

          Eb                        Bb      (Bb)
wearing nothing but a onesie and a veil


     Chorus (same chords as previous):
Ooh oh deep in a mine, oh no
Ooh oh a calcium mine, oh no

     Mini verse (see first verse for chords):
Arm and arm we are the harmless sociopaths (2x)
In the calcium mines buried deep in your chest (2x)

     Chrous:
Oooh oh deep in a mine, oh no
Oooh oh calcium mines, oh no


     Bridge (same chords as previous):
so let's get out of here
past the atmosphere
squint your eyes and no one dies or goes to jail
past the silver bridge, oh the silver bridge
wearing nothing but a onesie and a veil

 Repeating Eb Cm, whistling
Oh no ..  oh no ... oh no ... oh no

Oh No

A|---------------------------------------------------------|
E|-5-5-0--3-3-0--3----5-5-0--5-5-0--5----5-5-0--5-5-0--5---|
C|-----------------0------------------0------------------0-|
G|---------------------------------------------------------|

  Em
I see a sea anemone
    G
The enemy
          Cmaj7
See a sea anemone

And that'll be the end of me.
          Em                               G                   Cmaj7
While the vicious fish was caught unawares in the tenderest of tendrils

Underneath her tender gills


Em                 G
I will become this animal
Cmaj7
Perfectly adapted to the music halls
Em                 G
I will become this animal
Cmaj7
Anomalous appendages

Anonanimal


G
Hold on just a second
      D
Don't tell me this one you know
  Cmaj7
I know this one I know this song     
                                    
I know this one I love this song

G
Hold on just a second
      D
Don't tell me this one you know
  Cmaj7
I know this one I know this song

I know this one I love this song

I know this one


Em G Cmaj7 (x2)


Em
Underneath the stalactites
    G           Cmaj7  
The troglobites lost their sight

Uh oh


Em                      G
The seemingly innocuous plecostomus
       Cmaj7
though posthumus

They talk to us

They talk too much


Em
See a sea anemone
    G
The enemy
          Cmaj7
See a sea anemone

That'll be the end of me
Em                   
Vicious fish was caught unawares
G                Cmaj7
In the tend'rest tendrils

Underneath her tender gills and


Em                 G
I will become this animal
Cmaj7
Perfectly adapted to a music hall

Em                 G
I will become this animal
Cmaj7
Anomalous appendages

Anonanimal

Anonanimal

Noble Beast

# intro, or you can play this instead of each D chord
A|----------------------------------------|
E|---2-3-2----2-3-2----2-3-2----2-3-2-----|
C|-2--------2--------2--------2-----------|
G|----------------------------------------|

 D
Being alone it can be quite romantic
 D
Like Jacques Cousteau underneath the sea Atlantic
     G
A fantastic voyage to parts unknown
 D
Going to depths where the sun's never shone
         G                        D
And I fascinate myself when I'm alone

 D
So I go a little overboard but hang on to the hull

While I'm airbrushing fantasy art on a life
         G
That's really kind of dull
 G    D
Oh, I'm in a lull

 D
I'm all for moderation but sometimes it seems

Moderation itself can be a kind of extreme
       G
So I joined the congregation

I joined the softball team
   D
I went in for my confirmation

Where incense looks like steam
G
I start conjugating proverbs
                        D
Where once there were nouns
  D                                                G
This whole damn rhyme scheme's starting to get me down

 G            D
Oh, I'm in a lull
 G        D
I'm in a lull

  D 
Being alone it can be quite romantic

Like Jacques Cousteau underneath the atlantic
     G      
A fantastic voyage to parts unknown
  D
Going to depths where the sun's never shone
          G                       D
And I fascinate myself when I'm alone

      D
I'm rambling on rather self consciously

While I'm stirring these condiments into my tea
              G
And I think I'm so lame
                            D
I bet I think this song's about me
 G        D        G
Don't I don't I don't I?
 G        D
I'm in a lull [x4]

Lull

# L - tied note

     Em
A |--------2--------2----------|--------2--------2----------|
E |-----3--------3-------------|-----3--------3--------3----|
C |--4--------4--------4--4L---|--4--------4--------4-------|
G |----------------------------|----------------------------|

     G                                        B7
  |--------2--------2----------|--------2--------2----------|
  |-----3--------3-------------|-----3--------------2-------|
  |--2--------2--------2--2L---|--2--------2-----------3----|
  |----------------------------|--------------2-------------|

     Em
  |--------2--------2----------|--------2--------2----------|
  |-----3--------3-------------|-----3--------3--------3----|
  |--4--------4--------4--4L---|--4--------4--------4-------|
  |----------------------------|----------------------------|

     G                            F
  |--------2--------2----------|----------------------------|
  |-----3--------3--------3----|--------1--------1----------|
  |--2--------2--------2-------|-----0--------0--------0----|
  |----------------------------|--2--------2--------2-------|

     E
  |--------2--------2----------|--------2--------2----------||
  |-----4--------4--------4----|-----4--------4-------------||
  |--4--------4--------4-------|--4--------4--------4-------||
  |----------------------------|----------------------------||

Action/adventure

Weather Systems

F                         C      (x4)

F                         C
Take your apples from the earth
F                            C
And your fingerlings from the air
F                         D7    G
If you cried when you were born
                E
'Cause it ain't fair
      F                     G
You got nothing, nothing to wear

Dm                                 C
And there's a drink that we're all needing
G                          F
A need to weep but we have tried
Dm                               C
And though the clouds we keep on seeding
E                        F                       Am
Still the county remains dry, the county remains dry
F                  C          G                  
The county remains dry

# violin solo
F  C  (x3) F  D7  G  E  F  G 

Dm                             C
I see your coat, that it needs sewing
G                                      F
And these seeds will sow the corn silk bride
Dm                            C
But in your absence nothing's growing
E                            F                       Am
And still the county remains dry, the county remains dry
F                  C          G
The county remains dry

F                     C
Well still we keep on dreaming
F                  C
Of that fifty-year flood
F            C
Of oceans of plasma
F             C
And rivers of blood
F                         C
Take your apples from the earth
F                             C
And your fingerlings from the air
F                         D7   G
If you cried when you were born
                E
'Cause it ain't fair
      F                     G
You got nothing, nothing to wear

# outro
Dm  C  G  F  Dm  C  E  F  Am  F  Am  F  Am  F
F  C

Something Biblical

# Intro
C  G  D  C
C  G  D  Am

# Verse
            F   C           E   Am
Would it be easier, so much easier?
       D     G                  D            G
If you never knew us, would you ever fear anymore?
       D     G                  B7              C
If you never knew us, would you meet on a Fatal Shore,

on a Fatal Shore?

# Interlude
G  D  Am

A|-5-5-3-2-0--0---------------------------|
E|--------------3-2-0---------------------|
C|----------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------|

A|-3p2-3-5/7--5-3-2-0--2------------------|
E|----------------------------------------|
C|----------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------|

A|-3p2-3-5/7--5-3-2-0--0------------------|
E|-----------------------3-2-0------------|
C|----------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------|

A|-3p2-3-5/7--5-3-2-0--2------------------|
E|----------------------------------------|
C|----------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------|

# Chorus
Am                     G       D  Am
When are you comin' to shore
              G        D Am
to never fear anymore?
                      G                      D Am
You'll never know any doubt, know any doubt
                           G                       D Am
like we who breathe in and out, breathe in and out.
                      G                       D Am
We who breathe in and out, breath in and out.
                      G                       D Am
We who breathe in and out, breathe in and out.
                  G                        D Am
We breathe in and out, breathe in and out.

Oh no.

# Interlude [x2] Just Chords
G  D  Am

Verse 2
          F     C           E  Am
Are you a breather, mail receiver?
             D         G
If you could see right through us,
            D                        G
through our clothes, and through our pores.
             D                 G
If you could see right through us, you're
      B7              C
gonna run into your homes and lock your doors.

# Interlude
G  D  Am

A|-5-5-3-2-0--0---------------------------|
E|--------------3-2-0---------------------|
C|----------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------|

A|-3p2-3-5/7--5-3-2-0--2------------------|
E|----------------------------------------|
C|----------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------|

A|-3p2-3-5/7--5-3-2-0--0------------------|
E|-----------------------3-2-0------------|
C|----------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------|

A|-3p2-3-5/7--5-3-2-0--2------------------|
E|----------------------------------------|
C|----------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------|

# Whistling Bit
G  D  Am

# Chorus
Am                     G                   D               Am
When are you comin' to shore, comin' shore, comin' to shore
                 G                  D      Am
to never fear anymore, fear anymore, fear?
                      G                    D          Am
You'll never know any doubt, know any doubt, know any doubt
                           G    D Am
like we who breathe in and out.
                      G    D Am
We who breathe in and out.
                      G    D Am
We who breathe in and out.
                      G                       D Am
We who breathe in and out, breathe in and out.
                      G                   D                   Am
We who breathe in and out, breathe in and out, breathe in and out.
          G  D  Am
Off shore.
          G  D  Am
Off shore.

# Outro
G  D  Am

Fatal Shore

Break It Yourself / Hands of Glory

# upbeat notes
A|----------------------------------------|
E|-0-2------------------------------------|
C|----------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------|

Intro 
G  D  A  Bm (x2)


G            D           A            Bm         G 
Get out your measuring cups and we'll play a new game 
            D            A               Bm           G
Come to the front of the class and we'll measure your brain 
                 D                 E
We'll give you a complex and we'll give it a name 

# upbeat notes again

G            D           A            Bm         G
Get out your measuring cups and we'll play a new game 
               D              A            Bm            G 
Can't have the cream when the crop and the cream are the same 
          D                    E
Liquid or gas no more than the glass will contain 


         G              D 
When you talk about the hand of glory 
  A                  Bm
A tale that's rather grim and gory 
      G            D                       E
Is it just another children's story that's been de-clawed? 
         G                 D                   E
When the tales of brothers Grimm and Gory have been outlawed 


G  D  A  Bm (x2)
G  D  E


  G                   D              A
I think they're gonna make you start over 
          Bm            G
You don't want to start over 
         D                A
Put your backpack on your shoulder 
       Bm          G  
Be the good little soldier 
          D
Take your places now 
                 E          
'Cause we're all predisposed 


G         D         A         Bm         G 
          measuring cups      play a new game 
          D            A             Bm           G
          front of the class         measure your brain 
                 D                 E
      give you a complex and we'll give it a name

 
         G              D 
When you talk about the hand of glory 
  A                  Bm
A tale that's rather grim and gory 
      G            D                       E
Is it just another children's story that's been de-clawed? 
         G                 D                   E
When the tales of brothers Grimm and Gory have been outlawed 


   G                 D
So put your backpack on your shoulder 
A                  Bm       
Be the good little soldier 
G                 D
It's no different when you're older 
           E
You're predisposed 
G                        Gm
That's all for questions now 
            D
The case is closed!

Measuring Cups

The Mysterious Production of Eggs

# bass line
A|---------------------------------2-2-|
E|-0-0-0-0-----------3-3-3-3--2-2------|
C|----------0-0-0-0--------------------|
G|-------------------------------------|

# intro
A|-----2-3-2---------------------------|
E|-3-5-------5-3-3---------------------|
C|-----------------4-2-----------------|
G|-------------------------------------|


# VERSE

# bass line
There'll be three white horses, all in a line

# bass line     
There'll be three white horses in a line


# single strum

Em          C                G       Am       
Three white horses, when you go that way

         Em       C                     G    D
You will need somebody when you come to die


# strumming

Em      C                  G     D
Don't dismiss it like it's easy

        B7        Em
Tell me what's so easy

      C             G       D  B7
'Bout coming to say goodbye

Em           C               G       Am
You're gonna miss her in the evening

                    Em
You know I won't be needing

    C                     G   D  B7
Somebody when you come to die


# SOLO

Em   C   G   D  B7  (repeat x 4)


# VERSE
  
            Em          C           G    D  B7
There'll be three white horses in a line

            Em          C           G    D  B7
There'll be three white horses in a line

            Em          C           G           Am
There'll be three white horses when you go that way

         Em       C                     G    D
You will need somebody when you come to die

Em            C                 G        D
It's not desperation that we're breeding

            B7         Em
It's just a need we're feeding

  C               G   B7
Before we say goodbye

Em           C              G
You're gonna miss me in the evenings

Am                  Em
You know I won't be needing

    C                     G    D
Somebody when you come to die

        B7       Em
Yeah, I won't be needing

    C                     G
Somebody when you come to die

Three White Horses

Hands of Glory

# if you have a capo put it on the 4th fret, transpose this 
# 4 half-steps down and the song will be easier

# Intro
E Amaj7 F#7 B G# C#m Amaj7 E

E   Amaj7
The empty tank is US
F#7     B
Expired milk is US
G#              C#m
This is a test of trust
        Amaj7           E
Better meet me here at dawn


E       Amaj7
Hop the wooden fence
F#7             B
Run past the sleeping hens
G#              C#m
If you had any sense
        Amaj7          E
You'd meet me here at dawn


Amaj7       E      Amaj7           E
Find the memory erase it from your mind
G#         C       Amaj7      E
just give it up
Amaj7    E       Amaj7                    E
Our friends and family will all get left behind
G#              C#m     Amaj7     E
We'll give them up


E          Amaj7
I'm gone as light is shot
F#7             B
Whether you come or not
G#              C#m
I think you know you ought
        Amaj7       E
To meet me here at dawn

E Amaj7 F#7 B G# C#m Amaj7 E


Amaj7      E      Amaj7              E
Find the memory confront it like a crime
G#      C#m  Amaj7    E
Beat it up, Beat it up
Amaj7           E        Amaj7                     E
Our clothes and precious things will all get left behind
G#      C#m     Amaj7   E
Give them up, Give them up

E        Amaj7
Forget the painful past
F#7             B
Let go of all you grasp
G#             C#m
This is the last I'll ask
Amaj7              E
To meet me here at dawn 

E Amaj7 F#7 B G# C#m Amaj7 E

Meet Me Here At Dawn

Fingerlings 4

# Works better with low G

# VERSE

   Em    Gaug  G               A          B
A|-----2-----2-----2-----------------0----------2-----|
E|---3-----3-----3-----------------0---0------2---2---|
C|-4-----3-----2-----------------1------1---3-------3-|
g|--------------------0--2--4--2----------4-----------|

# CHORUS

   G    
A|-2------3--7----3--7----3--7------------------------|
E|-3----5-------4-------3--------2--------------------|
C|-2--------------------------------------------------|
g|-0--------------------------------------------------|
#                         x2

   Am          B
A|-------------------2--------------------------------|
E|-----0-----0-----2---2------------------------------|
C|---0-----0-----3-------2----------------------------|
g|-2-----2-----4--------------------------------------|
#                         x2

A|-----2-5-3--2-5-3--2-0------------------------------|
E|-----------------------3-2--------------------------|
C|---2------------------------------------------------|
g|-0--------------------------------------------------|

Gotholympians

Fingerlings

Am         C 
Half empty, half full 
G          D 
Cup runneth over 
Am             C 
Horns of plenty, coffers full 
G            D       Am 
We're starting over 


Am C G D x2 

Am         C 
Half empty, half full 
G        D      
Cup runneth over 
Am            G 
Horns of plenty, coffers full 
           E       D 
We're starting over 

F                G 
I write you a story 
   Dm    Am 
But it loses its thread 
F      G 
And all of my witnesses 
Dm          Am 
Keep turning up, turning up dead 

F   G         
I paint you a picture 
Dm   Am 
Of Pulaski at night 
F 
Come back to Chicago 
    G         E       A 
City of, city of light 

             Dm           
Come back to Chicago 

Am Em G F#m D Am G F#m A Am 

     G         F#m  C  Am  
Oohhhhh were starting over 
G       Bm       C  
oohhhhh starting over 

Am D G C 
Am D G E 

  Am          D 
I paint you a picture 
G             C      A  Am 
But it never looks right 
                    D 
Cause I fill in the shadows 
     G                            E 
And block out the, I block out the light 

Am              D 
I send you a postcard 
G                   C      
It says, "Pulaski at night" 
Am              D 
Greetings from Chicago 
     G            E 
City of, city of light 
A              D 
Come back to Chicago 
G            E       A 
City of, city of light 
       D 
Come back to Chicago 


Am G F#m D x2 

      G        F#m    C   Am 
Oohhhhh were starting over 
      G      C      F 
Oohhhhh starting over

Pulaski At Night

I Want to See Pulaski at Night

E
Am Dm
Am Dm
C  G
C  E 

Am                Dm                Am
Used to have just one foot out the door
Am        Dm            C 
Yeah, I always wanted more
C    G            C
I always was the one
C                  E
You thought would never marry
Am            Dm          Am
Used to be willfully obtuse
Am         Dm           C
(or is the word abstruse?)
C         G          C
Semantics like a noose
C                E
Get out your dictionaries

[Pre-Chorus - start Strumming Here] 

Dm                     E 
I'm gonna cut to the quick
E                    Dm
This is all non-fiction
Dm                        E
Words you beat with a stick
E                         E7
These are my true convictions

[Chorus]

E7          Am        Dm       
So tell me, are you serious?
C         G
Are you serious?
C           G              C
Cause every night of your life
C        E
You'll fight for it
Am      Dm  
So mysterious
C        G
How imperious!
C           G
But are you serious
B                             E
When it really comes down to it?

[Solo - strum triplets of each chord}

Am Am C C x2 

Am Dm
Am Dm
C  G
C  E 
    
Am                Dm                     Am
I see that you're down there and I'm up here 
Am                Dm             C
Your boyfriend's gone to get a beer
C         G           C           E
Leaving us crystal clear lines of communications
Am             Dm                Am
Promise me you won't avert your eyes
Am            Dm                 C
I drop my third-person in disguise
C           G                 C
You know it's time to do or die
C                    E
No useless explanations

Pre-Chorus - start Strumming Here] 

Dm                     E 
I'm gonna cut to the quick
E                    Dm
This is all non-fiction
Dm                        E
Words you beat with a stick
E                         E7
These are my true convictions

[Chorus]

E7          Am        Dm       
So tell me, are you serious?
C         G
Are you serious?
C           G              C
Cause every night of your life
C        E
You'll fight for it
Am      Dm  
So mysterious
C        G
How imperious!
C           G
But are you serious
B                             E
When it really comes down to it?

[Outro]

C Dm G C 
C Dm G C B E 
Am Dm
Am Dm
C  G
C  E  

[Fade Out]

Am        Dm       
Are you serious?
C         G
Are you serious?
C           G              C
Cause every night of your life
C        E
You'll fight for it

Are You Serious

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 

[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

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

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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