, Pressure Chief (2004) and Showroom of Compassion (201

Cake (aussi typographié CAKE) est un groupe de rock alternatif américain formé à Sacramento (Californie) en 1991.  Bien que leur style musical soit la plupart du temps considéré comme de l'alternatif ou de l'indie rock, celui-ci est plutôt un savant mélange de nombreuses influences telles que le funk, le ska, le jazz, le rap et la country. Ce style particulier leur a valu d'être comparé à King Missile, Talking Heads ou encore Soul Coughing.  

Cake (oft auch CAKE geschrieben) ist eine Rockband aus Sacramento, Kalifornien, die 1990 gegründet wurde. Von ihren sechs Alben hatten sie zwischen 1994 und 2004 einige erfolgreiche Hits. Die Band besteht aus den fünf Personen: John McCrea, Vince DiFiore, Xan McCurdy, Gabe Nelson und Paulo Baldi.  Obwohl ihre Musik oft als Alternative oder Indie Rock eingestuft wird, vereint sie zahlreiche Musikstile, wie z.B. Funk, Pop, Jazz, Rap und Country. Weitere Merkmale sind gewitzte, mehrdeutige Liedtexte und die häufige Verwendung von synkopischen Rhythmen. 

Cake es una banda de Sacramento, California, formada en 1991. Ha tenido varios éxitos a lo largo de los 1990

x                                                             G     Dm
You've painted up your lips and rolled and curled your tinted hair 

C                           F             G     
Ruby, are you contemplating going out somewhere? 

    Dm                              G                 Dm
The shadow on the wall tells me the sun is going down 

      C F E Dm x                       C
Oh Ruby ...    don't take your love to town 

   Dm                             C
It wasn't me who started that old crazy Asian war 

    Dm                          F         G
But I was proud to go and do my patriotic chore 

    Dm                              G
And yes, it's true that I'm not the man I used to be 

Dm C F E Dm x                      C
Oh Ruby...  I still need some company 

     C                                 F             G   Dm 
It's hard to love a man whose legs are bent and paralyzed 

        C                                    F         G
And the wants and needs of a woman your age, Ruby I realize 

Dm                                           G
But it won't be long, I've heard them say, until I'm not around 

F C F E Dm x                       C
Oh Ruby... don't take your love to town 

x
And she's leaving now cause I just heard the slamming of the door 

x
The way I know I've heard it slam one hundred times before 

      Dm                               G                     Dm
And if I could move I'd get my gun and put her in the ground 

   C F E Dm x                       C
Oh Ruby...  don't take your love to town 

   F E Dm x
Oh Ruby...for God's sake, turn around 


Turn around 


(Get back in here! You're not single anymore! Where the fuck do you think you're going?!?)

Ruby Don't Take Your Love To Town

b-sides and rarities

Intro: Dm...

Dm                      Am
So youll be an austrian nobleman

   Dm           C           G
Commissioning a symphony in c
        Bb               F
Which defies all earthly descriptions
           Bb                        F
Youll be commissioning a symphony in c

With money you squeeze from the peasants
To your nephew you can give it as a present
This magnificent symphony in c
Youll be commissioning a symphony in c

F C Dm G C... F C 
G C...

Completely filling the palace concert hall
Its warm and golden like an oven thats wide open
It has a melody both happy and sad
Built on victorias young triads

Youve entered the room with great caution
Though no one in the hall is even watching
They are transfixed
They are forgetting just to breath
They are so taken by your symphony...
In C

F C Dm G C... F C 
G C... F C Dm G C...

Youre sitting there thinking your thoughts
They are not about what is but what is not
You are sitting there breathing in your breath
You are seldom breathing life but mostly death

So youll be an austrian nobleman
Commissioning a symphony in c
Which defies all earthly descriptions
Youll be commissioning...
A symphony...
In C

Commissioning A Symphony In C

Without the [B] pretty pink ribbon
You'd [Ab] end up just like me
Without the [E] pretty pink ribbon
You'd [F#] float down to the sea

Without the [B] pretty pink ribbon
You'd [Ab] say just what you pleased
Without the [E] sticky little kitten
You're [F#] ticket could never be free

Without your [Eb] tight little denum
Your [Ab] virtues would all go unknown
Without the [C#] room that you live in
Your [F#] cancer would eat through the bone

Your [E] muscles would bulge under[F#]ground
Your [B] demons would all be [Ab] around
Without the [E] pretty pink ribbon [F#]
[N.C.] You'd end up just like me
[B][B][Ab][F#] (x2)

Without the [B] pretty pink ribbon
You'd [Ab] end up just like me
Without the [E] pretty pink ribbon
You'd [F#] burn all these dying leaves

Without the [B] pretty pink ribbon
You would [Ab] lift this steaming herd
You would [E] kill all the sick ones
You would [F#] bury them deep in the earth

Without your [Eb] tight little denum
Your [Ab] virtues would all go unknown
Without the [C#] room that you live in
Your [F#] cancer would eat through the bone

Your [E] muscles would bulge under[F#]ground
Your [B] demons would all be [Ab] around
Without the [E] pretty pink ribbon [F#]
[N.C.] You'd end up just like me
[B][B][Ab][F#] (x3)

Pretty Pink Ribbon

Verse 1:
E                      A
I don't want to wonder if this is a blunder
E                      A
I don't want to worry whether we're gonna stay together till we die
E                       A
I don't want to jump in unless this music's thumping
E                            A
All the dishes rattle in the cupboards when the elephants arrive


Chorus:
E                   A 
 I want to love you madly
E                   A
 I want to love you now
E                   A
 I want to love you madly
E                    A                  E     A    E    A 
 I want to love you, love you, love you madly


Verse 2:
E                        A
I don't want to fake it, I just want to make it
E                                     A
The ornaments look pretty but they're pulling down the branches of the tree
E                               A
I don't want to think about it, I don't want to talk about it
E                                A
When I kiss your lips, I want to sink down to the bottom of the sea


(repeat Chorus) 


Verse 3:
E                          A
I don't want to hold back, I don't want to slip down
E                                 A
I don't want to think back to the one thing that I know I should have done
E                          A
I don't want to doubt you, know everything about you
E                              A
I don't want to sit across the table from you wishing I could run


(repeat Chorus)

Love You Madly

Intro:
Gm       F
Gm       F

Gm
Disempowered, the scattering flock
F
Dances in a fever at the castle rock
Gm
Dust-devil cypress and ripening fruit
F
Ascending quick into the author's bathroom
A#
Fawn, Jo, and Tootsie are out on a wire
C
Lettuce-toothed junkies all full of desire

F    C          A#              C  F  A#
Meanwhile, Rick James takes her nude, and there's nothing I can do
F    C          A#              C  F  A#
Meanwhile, Rick James takes her nude, and there's nothing I can do
Dm        Gm                           Dm         Gm
             And there's nothing I can say to you
                          D#  D#m                      A#
I've got a lot of work to do, I guess I'll leave it up to you

Gm
Uninvited, we'll stay if we want
F
Searching through your closets for your grandfather's gun
Gm
We'll swim in your kidney, kidney shaped pool
F
Scratching at the bottom for another clue, yeah
A#
Fawn, Jo, and Tootsie are out on a wire
C
Lettuce-toothed junkies all full of desire

F    C          A#              C  F  A#
Meanwhile, Rick James takes her nude, and there's nothing I can do
F    C          A#              C  F  A#
Meanwhile, Rick James takes her nude, and there's nothing I can do
F    C          A#                          C      F  A#  
                And there's nothing I can say      to you
F    C          A#              C  F  A#
Ahhhh                        Ahhhhhh  
                          Dm
And there's nothing I can do
Gm                               Dm
And there's nothing I can say to you
                          D#  D#m                      A#
I've got a lot of work to do, I guess Ill leave it up to you

Outro:
Gm     F
Gm     F

Meanwhile Rick James

# Intro:
A|--5----3-5-3---3-5-3-0----------0----------------|
E|---------------------------1---3--------------------|
C|----------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------|

D             A            G               A
I want a girl with a mind like a diamond
D             A         G                  A
I want a girl who knows what's best
D             A         G              A
I want a girl with shoes that cut
D                 A            G          A
And eyes that burn like cigarettes


D             A     G                  A
I want a girl with the right allocations
        D        A
Who's fast and thorough
G                A
And sharp as a tack
D                          A
She's playing with her jewelry
G                      A
She's putting up her hair
D                     A
She's touring the facility
G
And picking up slack

I want a girl with a short skirt and a lonnnng jacket......

# [Intro Riff]

D             A     G                  A
I want a girl who gets up early
D             A     G                  A
I want a girl who stays up late
D             A     G                  A
I want a girl with uninterrupted prosperity
D             A     G                  A
Who uses a machete to cut through red tape

D             A     G                  A
With fingernails that shine like justice
D             A     G                  A
And a voice that is dark like tinted glass
D               A
She is fast and thorough
G              A
And sharp as a tack
D                   A
She's touring the facility
G                      A
And picking up slack
G
I want a girl with a short skirt and a lonnnnng.... lonnng jacket

D               A     G             A
Na na na Na na Na... Na Na Na NA NA NA
Na na na Na na Na... Na Na Na NA NA NA
Na na na Na na Na... Na Na Na NA NA NA
Na na na Na na Na... Na Na Na NA NA NA
Na na na Na na Na... Na Na Na NA NA NA


[Intro Riff]
I want a girl with a smooth liquidation
I want a girl with good dividends
At Citibank we will meet accidentally
We'll start to talk when she borrows my pen

D                 A               G              A
She wants a car with a cupholder arm rest
D                  A                G            A
She wants a car that will get her there
D                             A               G         A
She's changing her name from Kitty to Karen
D                          A            G                       A
She's trading her MG for a white Chrysler La Baron

G
I want a girl with a short skirt and a lonnnnggggggggg jacket

D               A     G             A
Na na na Na na Na... Na Na Na NA NA NA
Na na na Na na Na... Na Na Na NA NA NA
Na na na Na na Na... Na Na Na NA NA NA
Na na na Na na Na... Na Na Na NA NA NA
Na na na Na na Na... Na Na Na NA NA NA

Short Skirt/long Jacket

Comfort Eagle

Intro   Am    C     F     D7   

Verse 1

   Am
To me
            C
Coming from you,
F           D7          Am          C
Friend is a four letter word
F           D7              Am
End is the only part of the word
       C
That I heard,
        F         D7
Call me morbid or absurd,

Chorus

       Am
But to meeeeeeeeee,
       C
Coming from you,
F           D7
Friend is a four letter word

Interlude(power chords)     Am        C         F         D7  (x5)

Verse 2

   Am
To me,
            C
Coming from you,
F           D7          Am          C
Friend is a four letter word
F      D7               Am
End is the only part of the word
       C
That I heard,
        F         D7
Call me morbid or absurd,

Chorus

       Am
But to meeeeeeeeee,
       C
Coming from you,
F           D7          Am
Friend is a four letter word

Bridge

          Em
When I go fishing
        Am
for the words
     Em                Am
I am wishing you would say to me,
     F           C
I am really only praying that
    G                    D7
The words you'll soon be saying
      Am
Might betray
    Em           Am           
The way you feel about me

Outro

Am
To me,
            C
Coming from you,
F           D7          Am

Friend Is A Four Letter Word

Verse:
Em                 Am
When you tried to kiss me
Em               Am
I only bit your tongue
Em                Am
when you tried to get me together
  C          Em       B7
I only came undone
Em                 Am
When you tried to tell me
Em                  Am
the one for me was you
Em            Am                C   B7 
I was in your mattress back in 1982

Chorus:
C   G    Bb           F
Daria,     I won't be soothed
C   G    Bb           F
Daria,     I won't soothed
          G
over like smoothed
          C      G
over like milk, silk,
  C               G
a bedspread or a quilt,
C            G
icing on a cake
      C                 G
or a serene translucent lake

C   G  C   G        C  G
Daria, Daria, yeah Daria
C          G
I won't be soothed
Bb    F        Em
    I won't be soothed

when you tried to tell me
of all the love you had
I was cleaning oil from beaches
seeing only what was bad
when you tried to feed me
I only shut my mouth
food got on your apron
and you told me to get out

Daria, I won't be soothed
Daria yeah, I won't soothed
over like smoothed
over like milk, silk,
a bedspread or a quilt,
icing on a cake
or a serene translucent lake

Daria, Daria, Daria,
Daria yeah, Daria, yeah Daria yeah
I won't be soothed
I won't be soothed

Daria

E               A  
stickshifts and safetybelts,
A                 E  
bucket seats have all got to go.
E               A  
when we're driving in the car,
A                 E  
it makes my baby seem so far.
E               A  
i need you here with me,
E               B  
not way over in a bucket seat.
E               A 
i need you to be here with me,
E               B    E
not way over in a bucket seat. 


but when we're driving in my malibu,
it's easy to get right next to you.
i say, "baby, scoot over, please."
and then she's right there next to me.
i need you here with me,
not way over in a bucket seat.
i need you to be here with me,
not way over in a bucket seat. 


well a lot of good cars are japanese.
but when we're driving far,
i need my baby,
i need my baby next to me. 

well, stickshifts and safetybelts,
bucket seats have all got to go.
when we're driving in the car,
it makes my baby seem so far.
i need you here with me,
not way over in a bucket seat.
i need you to be here with me,
not way over in a bucket seat. 
i need you to be here with me,
not way over in a bucket seat

Stickshifts And Safetybelts

# The song was originally in the key of A, but I have transposed it to the key of C 
# so that intro and outro horn melodies are completely within the range of the 
# soprano ukulele.

# Intro:
A|-3---7-5-8-7-7-7-5-8-7-3---0------------------------
E|-------------------------------1-0-----1-0----1-0---
C|-----------------------------------0------0-------0- 
G|---0---------------------0---0-------0------0-------

# Verse 1:
    C         G   
I'm writing a song
C
All about you
  F                       C
A true song as real as my tears.
           F 
But you've no need to fear it,
        C           F
'Cause no one will hear it.
C                            G            C 
Sad songs and waltzes aren't selling this year.

# Verse 2:
     C         G
I'll tell all about
C
How you cheated.
    F                           C
I'd like for the whole world to hear.
    F            
I'd like to get even
     C                  F
With you, 'cause you're leaving
C                                 G            C 
But said songs and waltzes aren't selling this year.

# Chorus:
       G                         C
It's a good thing that I'm not a star.
    D                        G   G7
You don't know how lucky you are.
          C
Though my record may say it
F
No one will play it.
C                            G            C
Sad songs and waltzes aren't selling this year.

# Bridge:
A|-3-0-2---2---0---0-----2-5-2-1-2-9-10-12-9-11-8-10-7-9-6-8-5-7 
E|-------1-------0---2------------------------------------------
C|--------------------------------------------------------------
G|-----------0---------0----------------------------------------

A|-3-0-2---2--0---0-----2-5-2-2-1-5-3
E|-------1------0---2----------------
C|-----------------------------------
G|----------0---------0--------------

# Chorus:
       G                         C
It's a good thing that I'm not a star.
    D                        G   G7
You don't know how lucky you are.
          C
Though my record may say it
F
No one will play it.
C                            G            C
Sad songs and waltzes aren't selling this year.

# Outro:
A|-3---7-5-8-7-7-7-5-8-7-3---0------------------------
E|-------------------------------1-0-----1-0----1-0---
C|-----------------------------------0------0-------0- 
G|---0---------------------0---0-------0------0-------

Sad Songs And Waltzes

Fashion Nugget

A                                    D         E
When she walks she swings her arms, instead of her hips,
A                                   D          E
When she talks she moves her mouth, instead of her lips
A                             Asus          D               E              
And Ive waited for her for so long, Ive waited for her for so long
A                           Asus      D                      E
Ive wondered if I should hang on, Ive wondered if I should hang on.

Chorus:
A                 Asus
Let me go she said, Let me go she said,
A              E 
let me go and I will want you more,
A          Asus
Let me go, Let me go,
A              E
Let me go and I will want you.


Same throughout the song.

Let Me Go

C       E7/B
I had a match 
Am           Am/G
but she had a lighter 
F        F
I had a flame 
F         F
but she had a fire                               
C         E7/B                                 "Ahh-ahh-ahh....ah-ah-ahhhh"
I was bright                                 e/-------------------------------/
Am            Am/G                           B/-------------------------------/
but she was much brighter                    G/--2----------------------------/
F       F/C                                  D/------3---0--------------------/
I was high                                   A/-----------------3--2--3-------/
F            F/C                             E/-------------------------------/
but she was the sky 
F         G             C
Ohh baby, I was bound for Mexico 
F         G             C E7/B Am Am/G  F F/C F       G            C
Ohh baby, I was bound to let you go           Ahh-ahh-ahh....ah-ah-ahhhh
C          E7/B        Am           Am/G
I dont know much about cinco de mayo 
F        F        F        F/C
I'm never sure what its all about 
C           E7/B          Am
but I say I want you and you 
   Am/G
dont believe me 
F          F         F            F/C
you say you want me but I've got my doubts 
F          G              C
Ohh baby, I was bound for Mexico 
F          G              C E7/B Am Am/G  F   F/C  
Ohh baby, I was bound to let you go 
 
Repeat 1st part

Mexico

A
Im not feeling alright today
A
Im not feeling that great 
A
Im not catching on fire today
G             D
love has started to fade
A
Im not going to smile today
A
Im not gonna laugh
A
youre out living it up today
G             D
Ive got dues to pay

A
And the grave-digger puts on the forceps
A
The stone mason does all the work
E                         A
The barber can give you a haircut 
D                                 E
The carpenter can take you out to lunch

A
I just want to play on my pan-pipes
A
I just want to drink me some wine
E                              A
as soon as you're born you start dying
D                                E
so you might as well have a good time

D           A
Sheep go to heaven
E           A
Goats go to hell
D           A
Sheep go to heaven
E
Goats go to hell

A
I dont wanna go to sunset strip
A
I dont wanna feel the emptiness
A
bold marquees with stupid band names
G                     D
I dont wanna go to sunset strip
A
I dont wanna go to sunset strip
A
I dont wanna feel the emptiness
A
Bold marquees with stupid band names
G                     D
I dont wanna go to sunset strip

A
And the grave-digger puts on the forceps
A
The stone mason does all the work
E                     A
The barber can give you a haircut 
D                                 E
The carpenter can take you out to lunch

A
I just want to play on my pan-pipes
A
I just want to drink me some wine
E                         A
As soon as you're born you start dying
D                                E
So you might as well have a good time

D           A
Sheep go to heaven
E           A
Goats go to hell
D           A
Sheep go to heaven
E           A
Goats go to hell

A
And the grave-digger puts on the forceps
A
The stone mason does all the work
E                         A
The barber can give you a haircut 
D                                 A
The carpenter can take you out to lunch

A
I just want to play on my pan-pipes
A
I just want to drink me some wine
E                          A
As soon as you're born you start dying
D                                A
So you might as well have a good time

D           A
Sheep go to heaven
E           A
Goats go to hell
D           A
Sheep go to heaven
E            A
Goats go to hell [x5]

Sheep Go To Heaven

E                  A
I've got wheels,of polished steel,
         A7                   E
I've got tires that drive the road, 
         E                     A                    
I've got seats that selflessly hold my friends,
      A7                        B
And a trunk that can carry, the heaviest of loads, 
           A                        E
I've got a mind that can steer me to your house,
      A                          E
And a heart that can bring you red flowers, 
      A7                   E
My intentions are good and earnest, and true,
    B                A7                         A
But under my hood,is internal combustion power, 
    E           A
And Satan is my motor,
              E     A
Hear my motor purr
E           A
Satan is my motor, motor,
              E     A
Hear my motor purr
             E            A              B       A A A
Satan is the only one who seems to understand, 
         E               A
I've got brakes I'm wide awake,
      A7                  E
I can stop this car at anytime, 
       E                      A
At the very last second I can change directions,
         A7                 B
Turn completely around If I feel so inclined, 
           A                        E
I've got a mind that can steer me to your house,
      A                          E
And a heart that can bring you red flowers, 
      A7                   E
My intentions are good and earnest, and true,
    B                A7                         A
But under my hood,is internal combustion power, 
    E           A
And Satan is my motor,
              E     A
Hear my motor purr
E           A
Satan is my motor, motor,
              E     A
Hear my motor purr
             E            A              B       A A A
Satan is the only one who seems to understand, 

E  A  E   A

E           A
Satan is my motor, 
E           A
Satan is my motor,
E           A
Satan is my motor,
E           A
Satan is my motor,
E           A
Satan is my motor, 
E           A
Satan is my motor,
              E     A
Hear my motor purr, 
             E            A7              B       A A A
Satan is the only one who seems to understand...

Satan Is My Motor

Sounds best on a Baritone Uke

A|----------------------------------------|
E|-----5-----5--4----------------------------|
C|---4---2-5---5------------------------------|
G|-2---------------------------------------|

Never There

Cm
I'm ********* ** good
         G
I have * ***** **** ** **** ** wood
         Cm
And * *** **** ****** time
         G
Only ******* ********* lines

         Cm
And * ** *** *** ** touch
         G
The *** ** **** garment

         ...

Hem Of Your Garment

Prolonging the Magic

Am                                    Dm
Up so close, I never get to see your face.
G                                     C         Em
Microscope, I might as well be out in space.
Am                                   Dm
Up so close, I never get to see the view.
G                                       C            Em
Down your throat, I'm never sure if it's still you.
Am                          Dm
Up your nose, down to your toes.
G                        C             Em
In your mouth, way down south.
Am                                  Dm
Up so close, it seems I only think of you.
G                                    C         Em
Up so close, I never see the sky so blue.

F                   G
I only wanted to be sure
                            Am
That what it was was really pure.
                           Dm
I put my face down in the cake.
                             F
My feet were flailing in a lake.

(Strum F for a bit)

Am                                    Dm
Up so close, I never get to see your face.
G                                       C        Em
Microscope, I might as well be out in space.

Am                              Dm
Up so close, I never get to see you.
G                                       C        Em
Microscope, I'm never sure if it's still you.


All the instrumental fills and the outro are 
Am - Dm - G - C- Em

Up So Close

Motorcade of Generosity

Intro: (Am Dm G C F B E)

       Am
At first I was afraid.
           Dm
I was petrified.
                     G7
I kept thinking I could never live
               C
Without you by my side.
              F
But then I spent so many nights
                  B
Just thinking how you'd done me wrong.
          E
I grew strong.
I learned how to get along.
                Am               Dm
And so you're back from outer space.
          G7
I just walked in to find you here
                C
Without that look upon your face.
                 F
I should have changed my fucking lock.
                B
I would have made you leave your key
                E
If I'd have known for just one second
You'd be back to bother me.
refr

I Will Survive

Verse 1

                    Cm
You won't admit you love me
    Fm
And so
Fm       Cm
How am I ever
   Fm
To know
Fm       Cm
You only tell me
Cm       G        Cm
Perhaps, perhaps, perhaps

Verse 2

                  Cm
A million times I ask you
    Fm
And then
Fm        Cm
I ask you over
 Fm
Again
Fm       Cm
You only answer
Cm       G        Cm
Perhaps, perhaps, perhaps

Chorus

Cm                     G
If you can't make your mind up
G               C
We'll never get started
C                  G
And I don't wanna' wind up
G                    C
Being parted, broken hearted

Verse 3

                 Cm
So if you really love me
    Fm
Say yes
Fm         Cm
But if you don't, dear,
   Fm
Confess
Fm               Cm
And please don't tell me
Cm       G        Cm
Perhaps, perhaps, perhaps

Chorus

Cm                     G
If you can't make your mind up
G               C
We'll never get started
C                  G
And I don't wanna' wind up
G                    C
Being parted, broken hearted

Outro

Cm
So if you really love me
    Fm
Say yes
Fm         Cm
But if you don't, dear,
   Fm
Confess
Fm               Cm
And please don't tell me
Cm       G        Cm
Perhaps, perhaps, perhaps
Cm       G        Cm
Perhaps, perhaps, perhaps
Cm       G        Cm
Perhaps, perhaps, perhaps
Cm       G        Cm
Perhaps, perhaps, perhaps

Perhaps Perhaps Perhaps

D       D       D
Walk on by,
    D           A         A        A       A
The house where you still live,
A       A      A     
Walk on by,
    A           D        D       D       D
The place where we would kiss,

        D   D   D   D
And the room        where,
  G    G         G   G
I held you tight,
  A
Tonight,
A      A    A  D   D   D   D
I must walk on by,

Yeah, walk on by,
The room where you still sleep,
Walk on by,
The company that you keep,

And the room where,
I held you tight,
Tonight,
I must walk on by,

      G        A
Yeah, somehow, I know,
    D
No, I won't forget you,
        G
No, no, no, no, no,
A
I won't, 

D
You won't forget me,
        G
No, no, no, no, no, no, 
A
you won't, 

F#
I'll keep on walking,
D
Away from here,
G
I'll forget you when I reach,
          A         G
The other side,


Walk on by,
The house where you still live,
Walk on by,
The place where we would kiss,

And the room where,
I held you tight,
Tonight,
I must walk on by,

And the room where,
I held you tight,
Tonight,
I must walk on by...

Walk On By

G                     C            G
standing in the alpha beta parking lot
D
watching the sun set
G
I'll never forget
G                         C            G
watching all the reds and oranges slip away
D                               G
letting go of yet another dirty day
C
breathing in the fumes from so many idling cars
D
right beneath the sign with the dusty yellow stars 
C                   G
watching the sun go down
C                   G
watching the sun go down
C                 D                   G
watching the sun, watching the sun go down
G                     C            G
standing in the alpha beta parking lot
D
watching you leave me
G
not quite believing
G                     C            G
standing in the alpha beta parking lot
D
watching the sun set
G
I'll never forget
C         
breathing in the fumes from so many idling cars
D
right beneath the sign with the dusty yellow stars 
C                   G
watching the sun go down
C                   G
watching the sun go down
C                 D                   G
watching the sun, watching the sun go down

Alpha Beta Parking Lot

G G C D

         G     C             D            G
when you sleep where do your fingers go?
C            D            G
what do your fingers know
C            D             G
what do your fingers show
C             D           G
where do your fingers go

G   G  C  D


when you sleep 
        G              C           D
do they tremble on the edge of the bed
          G                C       D
or do you fold them neatly by your head 
        G                  C               D
do they clench like claws against your own skin 
            G                  C      D
when you're living your day all over again 
         G
when you sleep
               C             D           G
when you sleep where do your fingers go?
C            D             G
what do your fingers know
C            D       G
what do your fingers show
C             D        G
where do your fingers go

G   G   C   D

        G                C     D
Do they play guitar in a latin bar?
         G                            C          D
Are they strangers or lovers? Do they drive your car? 
         G                  C               D
Are they swimming submissively, sex acts of life?
        G                            C          D
or just cutting through jello with a very sharp knife
    C              G
now Zeus was a womanizer
C      D      G
always on the make 
    C            D                 C               D
but Hera usually punished her that Zeus was one to take
         G
when you sleep 

G  G  C  D (4x)

         G                          C         D
are they pulling out weeds from the dusty soil
         G                       C              D
but then never rewarded with the fruits of their toil
         G                             C              D
are they scratching their nails on the chalkboards of death
     G                      C               D        G                      
only seeking attention when everyone in the room has left 

               C             D           G
when you sleep where do your fingers go?
C            D           G
what do your fingers know
C            D       G
what do your fingers show
C             D          G
where do your fingers go
         G       C   D 
when you sleep 
        G              C           D
do they tremble on the edge of the bed
           G               C       D           
or do you fold them neatly by your head

When You Sleep

Didnt see this on the site, so got the guitar tabs and tried them out. Sounds really close.

Intro: G for two measures.

G
People you love
D                    Em
Will turn their backs on you
C                     G
You'll lose your hair
D
Your teeth
Em                              C
Your knife will fall out of its sheath
G                            D                          G   D
But you still don't like to leave before the end of the movie

G               D             Em              C
People you hate will get their hooks into you
                     G
They'll pull you down
D
You'll frown
Em                                    C
They'll tar you and drag you through town  
G                            D                          G   D
But you still don't like to leave before the end of the movie
        G                       D                          G
No you still don't like to leave before the end of the show

G D Em C x3

G               D             Em              C
People you hate will get their hooks into you
                     G
They'll pull you down
D
You'll frown
Em                                       C
They'll tar you and drag you through town
G                        D                              G   D
But you still don't like to leave before the end of the movie
        G                       D                          G
No you still don't like to leave before the end of the show

End Of The Movie

# Guitar by Cake (Prolonging the Magic)
# You can change the guitar to ukelele if u like ;)
# By the way, i changed the Dsus4 to D7 cause it sounds nicer



    G              C              G             D        D7     G
I'm sitting by the window of your thirty-second floor apartment

                 C                  D      D7
Waiting for your phone calls all to end

    G                C
I'm sitting watching wind blow

         G
Watching time go

         D         D7
Watching cars go by

    G                 C             D     D7
I'm waiting for these memories to begin



   G          C
If I threw my guitar

        G              D    D7
Out the window, so far down

      G          C
Would I start to regret it 

   G                 D               G
Or would I smile and watch it slowly fall? 



Garbage trucks and taxi cabs 
Don't seem like they can reach me here
The clamor of jack-hammers seems so faint
The way you treat me like the only
Slightly brings me down a lot
I don't think that I'll ever be the same 

If I threw my guitar
Out the window, so far down
Would I start to regret it 
Or would I smile and watch it slowly fall?

Guitar

Pressure Chief

E                      B
You have always got to move
                        A
You're always trying to prove
                        E
That there is something new 
                  B
In everything you do

E                      B
You are mostly in your car, 
                   A
You always seem so far,
                    E 
No matter where you are,
                        B 
You're thinking of your car, 


# CHORUS
B                  A                    B
And everything you say is really just a play
                    E                         A
For you to get your way and I found out yesterday
A                       E                          B 
That no matter what you say and no matter what you do
B                       E
That you have got to...

E                      B
You have always got to move
                        A
You're always trying to prove
                        E
That there is something new 
                  B
In everything you do

E                     B
You are mostly on the phone, 
                      A
You say you're coming home, 
                     E
You say you're all alone, 
                         B
But I know you're not alone. 

# CHORUS
B                  A                    B
And everything you say is really just a play
                    E                         A
For you to get your way and I found out yesterday
A                       E                          B 
That no matter what you say and no matter what you do
B                       E
That you have got to move

E                      B
You have always got to move
                        A
You're always trying to prove
                        E
That there is something new 
                  B
In everything you do

Got To Move

Showroom Of Compassion

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

Liability

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

This Heart Attack

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

Why Cry

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

Up Here

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

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

As She's Walking Away

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

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

Come Together

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

Hold On You

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

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