Barenaked Ladies (often abbreviated BNL) is a Canadian independent rock band currently composed of Jim Creeggan, Kevin Hearn, Ed Robertson, and Tyler Stewart, and formerly Andy Creeggan and Steven Page.  Page left the band amicably in February 2009 to pursue solo projects. March 7th, 2009 saw their first show on stage as a foursome in Orlando Florida. Tyler Stewart's drumset was proudly emblazoned with a &quot;Fantastic 4&quot; logo.  In March 2010, they released All In Good Time, their first post-Page studio album. 

Barenaked Ladies (kurz BNL) ist eine kanadische Rockgruppe aus Toronto.  Bekannt wurden die 1988 gegründeten BNL au

Barenaked Ladies (o BNL abreviado) es un grupo Canadiense de rock alternativo formado por Kevin Hearn, Ed Robertson, Steven Page, Tyler Stewart, y Jim Creeggan. La banda se formó en 1988 en Scarborough, Ontario, un suburbio de Toronto. BNL tiene una gran reputación como banda en directo y son especialmente conocidos por improvisar canciones cómicas durante sus actuaciones   La primera grabación del grupo, Buck Naked, publicada en 1989, se grabó en sótanos y habitaciones, y en ella solo participaron Steve y Ed.

Intro :
G    D    Em    C  x2


G                C
  I'm a kid in a candy store
Am                D (with some Dsus4 and Dsus2 in there)
  I'm a bull in a china shop
G                 Em
  I'm a tired old metaphor
      C              D
  For everything you can't afford
      Am             D	             G
  And everything you can't afford to be

  I'm a public embarrassment
  I'm a bottle of diet poison
  I'm a walking advertisement
  For everything I never meant
  And everything I never meant to be


Chorus
  G       D            Em      C
  I can't hear a thing
        G            D	  Em     C
  Cause I've stopped listening

  I'm the reason I don't go out
  I'm afraid I might tell me something
  I'm the shadow of every doubt
  I'm the product this song's about
  I'm the product this song's about to be

Chorus
I can't hear a thing
Cause I've stopped listening
x2

Bridge
Am      D
  Every morning
Am              D
  Since I was born
            Em           D      C
  It's been hard to look in the mirror
      Am          C       D
  And see my face for the horns


  All the fun that the law allows
  All the fun but with half the meaning
  Come on over, I'll show you how
  If you lived here you'd be home by now
  If you still lived here you'd be home now with me

Chorus
I can't hear a thing
Cause I've stopped listening

I can't hear a thing
Cause I've stopped listening


Outro (same as intro)
G   D   Em   C

Bull In A China Shop

Intro:
G C x2

	G				C
It was an upset in two minutes flat
	G				C
We were back on the freeway, foot to the mat
	Em				A7
I can't understand it; we had it down pat
	C				D
It's very upsetting, could we leave it at that?
	G				C
We all had positions; we each had a role
	G				C
We'd over-rehearsed it; we had full control
	Em				A7
They can't teach you acting, it's there in your soul
	C				D
It's the same with a bank job, and each thing we stole

  		Em F#/D G
So I don't need attitude
                    Em F#/D G
Cause you knew just what to do
		C
We all did our best now
		B/C
We all need to rest now
		A7
Leave me alone
		D
Wait by the phone

	G			C
I was the driver; you ran the show
	G			C
You had the last word, the go or no go
	Em			A7
I knew every laneway in Ontario
			C				D
But it's not what you're sure of, it's what you don't know
			G			C
It should have been filled with the usual ones
		G		  C
Throwing their cash into mutual funds
		Em		             A7
We all had our ski masks and sawed-off shotguns
		C			 D
But how do you plan for a bank full of nuns?

		G			    C
Well, I guess we panicked - we all have taboos
		G			    C
And they were like zebras; they had us confused
		Em			 A7
We should be in condos with oceanfront views
		C			       D
Instead we're most-wanted on the six o'clock news

  		Em F#/D G
So I don't need attitude
 		Em F#/D G
Cause you knew just what to do
		C
We all did our best now
		B/C
We all need to rest now
	  A7
Leave me alone
		 D
And wait by the phone

Break:
Em F#/D G C F#/D 
C B/C C D x2


  	    G				C
Inside the police car you tried to explain
	        G				C
your crisis of conscience; the voice in your brain
		  Em				  A7
And now that the whole thing has gone down the drain
		C				D
I think we all know who should shoulder the blame
		G			C
Cause you made a choice there, almost sublime
		G			C
I'm all for compassion, just not on my dime
		Em				A7
You looked like an amateur, and that's the real crime
		C			  D
So I'll take a walk now, and you do the time

   		 Em F#/D G
And I don't need attitude
		    Em F# G
Cause you knew just what to do
		C
We all did our best now
		B/C
We all need to rest now
	  A7
Leave me alone
		    D
There's no need to phone


G D
    We all did our best now
G D
    We all need to rest now
G D
   Leave me alone
G D
   We all did our best now
G D
   We all need to rest now
G D
   Leave me alone
G D
   Leave me alone

Bank Job

Barenaked Ladies Are Me

D G Em7 A7
This is where the helicopters came to take me away
D G Em7 A7
This is where the children used to play
D G Em7 A7
This is only half a mile away from the attack
D G Em7 A7
This is where my life changed in a day; and then it changed back
D D/C# Bmb6 G/F# G Em7
Buried in the din of rotor noise and close explosions
D D/C# Bmb6 G/F# G A7
I do my best to synthesize the sounds and my emotions

D G Em7 A7
This is where the allies bombed the school, they say by mistake
D G Em7 A7
Here nobody takes me for a fool, just for a fake
D D/C# Bmb6 G/F# G Em7
Later at the hotel bar, the journalists are waiting
D D/C# Bmb6 G/F# G A7
I hurry back to my guitar while they're commiserating

D G Em7 A7
And I'll be leaving soon
D G Em7 A7
I'll be leaving soon

D G Em7 A7
Just as soon as we were on the ground, we were back in the jet
D G Em7 A7
Just another three-day foreign tour we'd never forget
D D/C# Bmb6 G/F# G Em7
It's hard to sympathize with all this devastation
D D/C# Bmb6 G/F# G A7
Hopping 'round from site to site like tourists on vacation

D G Em7 A7
And I'll be leaving soon
D G Em7 A7
I'll be leaving soon

D D/C# D/C Bm A7
I can't help anyone, 'cause everyone's so cold
D D/C# D/C Gm6/Bb Bm
Everyone's so skeptical of everything they're told
Cadd9 G/B Gm6/Bb A7
And even I get sick of needing to be sold

D G Em7 A7
Though it's only half a month away, the media's gone
D G Em7 A7
An entertaining scandal broke today, but I can't move on
D D/C# D/C Bmb6 G/F# G Em7
I'm haunted by a story and I do my best to tell it

D D/C# D/C Bmb6 G/F# G Em7
Can't even give this stuff away, why would I sell it?
D D/C# D/C Bmb6 G/F# G Em7
Everybody's laughing while at me they point a finger
D D/C# D/C Bmb6 G/F# G Em7
A world that loves its irony must hate the protest singer

D G Em7 A7
So I'll be leaving soon
D G Em7 A7
I'll be leaving soon
D G Em7 A7
I'll be leaving soon
D G Em7 A7
I'll be leaving soon
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Helicopters

Intro: F5 G5 C2

Verse: 
F5         G5              C2
  It's the perfect time of year
F5         G5             C2 
  Somewhere far away from here 
F5         G5            C(9)
  I feel fine enough, I guess
F       G                  C(9)   F/A C/G 
  Considering everything's a mess
F           G                   C(9)  F/A C/G
  There's a restaurant down the street 
F        G                    C(9) F/A C/G
  Where hungry people like to eat
F         G                  C(9)  F/A C/G
  I could walk but I'll just drive 
D7/F                       F        G
  It's colder than it looks outside 

Chorus:
C                            G
It's like a dream you try to remember But it's gone
F                            D
Then you try to scream But it only comes out as a yawn 
C                            G                       F    D 
When you try to see the world beyond your front door 
C                            G
Take your time, is the way I rhyme gonna make you smile 
F                            D
When you realize that a guy my size might take a while 
C                             G                F
Just to try to figure out what all this is for 

Bridge:
Am          G
  Pinch me, pinch me,
F G         Am    G
  cause I'm still asleep 
F G         
  Please God
Am G 
  tell me
F G    Am         G 
  that I'm still asleep 

Solo/ Outro:
C G F D 
C G F G

Pinch Me

Maroon

Intro:
G  A7  G  A7
G  A7  G  A7

Verse 1:
  G                 A7           G              A7
A friend brought me flowers, she said they were lilacs,
     G          A7                G  A7
I've never been good with plants
    G          A7        G         A7
Her next presentation, a new dictionary
    G           A7              A7sus4
She circled the word "romance"
   G      A7       G          A7
So enthusiastic, a little bit drastic,
  G               A7          G  A7
I shaved her name in my head.
G        A7           G         A7
As she beheld it, she said I misspelled it;
G    A7
Need more be said?

Chorus:
Bm7       A7            G       G  G/F#  Em7
    These apples are delicious!
          A7                    N.C.
    "As a matter of fact they are," she said
Bm7      A7                 C
    Can all this fruit be free? 

Interlude:
G  A7  G  A7
G  A7  G  A7

Verse 2:
    G          A7        G        A7
She wrote me a letter as big as a phone book
     G          A7          G  A7
I've never been big on mail
  G          A7            G              A7
I sent her a postcard from somewhere near Lethbridge,
    G              A7                 A7-3  A7sus4  A7
And wondered if it still went by rail 
     G          A7            G       A7
I've never been frightened of being enlightened
    G           A7              G  A7
But some things can go too far
       G             A7        G         A7
Though sometimes I stammer and mix up my grammar,
    G           A7
You get what my meanings are 

Chorus:
Bm7       A7            G       G  G/F#  Em7
    These apples are delicious!
          A7                    N.C.
    "As a matter of fact they are," she said
Bm7      A7                 C
    Can all this fruit be free? 

Interlude:
G  A7  G  A7

Bridge:
D/F#          G                A7                     Bm7
    I'm not trying to sing a love song, I'm trying to sing in tune
D/F#       G                        A7   G  A7
    I know I am sometimes headstrong
D/F#         G                A7              Bm7
    Falling in love, catching fire, I want to be consumed
D/F#          G                  A7       G      A7
    Wondering will I ever tire,      will I ever tire?
    G  A7         G      A7
             Will I ever tire?

Instrumental Break:
A7  A7sus4  A7 A7  x4

Chorus:
Bm7       A7            G       G  G/F#  Em7
    These apples are delicious!
          A7                    N.C.
    "As a matter of fact they are," she said
Bm7      A7                 C
    Can all this fruit be free? 

Outro:
A7  A7sus4  A7 A7  (6x)

A7

These Apples

INTRO:  D G A Bm G  (x2) 

                       D          A                  Bm      G 
I look straight in the window,       try not to look below 
                D          A                     E        G 
Pretend I'm not up here,          I try counting sheep 
                  D        A             Bm        G
The sheep seem to shower,    off this office tower 
         D              A                  E       G
It's 9.8 straight down,    I can't stop my knees. 

CHORUS: 
                Bm            A                   E       G 
I wish I could fly, from this building, from this wall. 
                Bm             A               E       G 
And if I should try, would you catch me, if I fall.  

                   D           A             Bm      G 
My hands clench the squeegee,     a seclar rosary 
               D        A                  E       G
Hang onto your wallet,     hang onto your rings. 
            D          A                Bm          G 
I can't look below me,   something might throw me.
               D              A                  E       G
I curse at the windstorms,          that October brings. 

              D           A             Bm            G
I look in the boardroom,     a modern Pharaoh's tomb. 
                D         A                  E       G
I'd gladly swap places,      if they care to dive 
                   D          A                 Bm      G
They're lined up at the window,      peer down into limbo 
               D         A               E         G
Frightened of jumping,      in case they survive. 

               G                   A        
I wish I could step, from this scaffold, 
     Bm                   E        
Onto soft green grass and shopping malls, 
    G           A              Bm            A         
or bed, with my family, and my pastor and my grandfather 
      E     G 
who's dead. 

(softly)             D        A                Bm         G
Look straight in the mirror,     watch it come clearer
                D         A                  E       G 
I look like a painter, behind all the grease. 
               D         A                  Bm         G
But painting's creating,     and I'm just erasing 
                D         A                  E       G
A crystal clear canvas,          is my masterpiece. 


CHORUS: 
                Bm            A                   E       G 
I wish I could fly, from this building, from this wall. 
                Bm             A               E       G 
And if I should try, would you catch me, if I fall.  
                Bm            A                   E       G 
I wish I could fly, from this building, from this wall. 
                Bm             A               E       G 
And if I should try, would you catch me, if I fall.  

       D A Bm G    D A E G
When I fall...     When I fall.... mmmmmm

When I Fall

Rock Spectacle 

Intro:  G  G/E  G/D  G/C (2x)

Verse 1:
G       Bm               Am                   D                    G
I don't buy everything I read, I haven't even read everything I've bought.
        Bm               Am                 D                   
I don't cry every time I bleed, my eyes are dry, but they're bloodshot.
G      D        C   D       G   D            C      D           
I have faith in medication, I believe in the Prozac Nation,
G        D           C         D
You play doctor, but I've lost patience.



Chorus:
C                          D
But this is where it ends, this is where it ends,
G                   D/F#               Em                      D        
Call the police and call the press but please, dear God, don't tell my friends,
C                      D                G
This is where it ends, this is where it ends.


Interlude:  G  G/E  G/D  G/C (2x)


Verse 2:

G          Bm                      Am               D                       G
Where's my pride?  Where's my self esteem?  Does it show in the drinks I've bought?
        Bm         Bm   Bb  Am          D
I don't hide every time I'm seen, but I try not to get caught.
G      D     C   D         G      D       C     D
Make excuses for behavior, can my illness be my savior?

G      D           C         D
Hid my heart while you still gave yours,



CHORUS:

C                          D
But this is where it ends, this is where it ends,
G                   D/F#               Em                      D        
Call the police and call the press but please, dear God, don't tell my friends,
C                      D                G
This is where it ends, this is where it ends.


Bridge:
Em           D                  C G    (Am D)
She says she wants to live in a movie,
Em      D                    C     Bm            Am           G
I say I want someone else to stand behind me and write it all down,
         C        Bm       Am       G
'cause I can't be bothered doing it myself,
      C                      Bm                      D/F#
And I don't want the responsibility of proving its importance.



Verse 3:
G      D         C      D       G           D      C      D
I have loved and I have waited, been picked up and been sedated,
G      D      C  D
Mental health is overrated.


Chorus:
C                          D
But this is where it ends, this is where it ends,
G                   D/F#               Em                      D        
Call the police and call the press but please, dear God, don't tell my friends,
C                      D                G
This is where it ends, this is where it ends.



Outro:  G  G/E  G/D  G/C (4x)

This Is Where It Ends

Verse 1:

G       D              Cadd9  
Broke into the old apartment.  
G       D                Cadd9
This is where we used to live.      
G      D             Cadd9       Cadd9
Broken glass, broke and hungry, broken hearts and
       G
broken bones.
G       D               Cadd9
This is where we used to live.    

Refrain:

Em  D                  C
Why did you paint the walls?
Em  D                  C
Why did you clean the floor?
Em  D                C         D                   G
Why did you plaster over the hole I punched in the door?
        D                Cadd9
This is where we used to live.       
G    D               Cadd9               D           G
Why did you keep the mousetrap, why did you keep the dishrack?
             D                   Cadd9
These things used to be mine, I guess they still are,
          D
I want 'm back.

Verse 2:

G       D              Cadd9  
Broke into the old apartment.  
G      D                  Cadd9
Forty-two stairs from the street.      
G       D                  Cadd9           Cadd9               G
Crooked landing, crooked landlord, narrow landway filled with crooks.
G       D                Cadd9
This is where we used to live.        

Refrain:

Em  D                  C
Why did they pave the lawn?
Em  D                   C
Why did they change the locks?
Em  D              C           D                G
Why did I have to break it, I only came here to talk.
        D                Cadd9
This is where we used to live.       
G   D               Cadd9           D                G
How is the neighbor downstairs?  How is her temper this year?
          D              Cadd9
I turned up your tv and stomped on the floor
         D
just for fun.


Bridge:

Em D            G             C
I know we don't live here anymore.
C  D              G               C
We bought an old house on the danforth.
Em  D                G              C
She loves me and her body keeps me warm;
C       D      G
(and) I'm happy here.

    G       D                Cadd9
But this is where we used to live.       


Verse 3:

G       D              Cadd9  
Broke into the old apartment.   
G         D              Cadd9  
Tore the phone out of the wall.     
G     D                  Cadd9        Cadd9          G
Only memories, fading memories blending into dull tableaux.

  D          Cadd9
I want them back.
(This is where we used to live)
G D          Cadd9
I want them back.   
(This is where we used to live)
G D          Cadd9
I want them back.   
(This is where we used to live)
G D         Cadd9      G
I want them back.

The Old Apartment

Born On A Pirate Ship 

C       D              G   D     Em
Our whole universe was in a hot dense state,
            C                D         G         D        Em
Then nearly fourteen billion years ago expansion started. Wait...
    C              D
The Earth began to cool,
    G          D        Em
The autotrophs began to drool,
       C              D
Neanderthals developed tools,
           G          D        Em
We built a wall (we built the pyramids),
C              D        G         D    Em
Math, science, history, unraveling the mysteries,
     C           D            G
That all started with the big bang!

           C       D              G   D    Em
"Since the dawn of man" is really not that long,
         C          D              G            D        Em
As every galaxy was formed in less time than it takes to sing this song.
  C             D              G        D    Em
A fraction of a second and the elements were made.
    C               D
The bipeds stood up straight,
    G              D        Em
The dinosaurs all met their fate,
              C                  D
They tried to leap but they were late
             G          D           Em
And they all died (they froze their asses off)
    C          D
The oceans and pangea
        G              D  Em
See ya, wouldn't wanna be ya
       C             D        G
Set in motion by the same big bang!
       C                D      A
It all started with the big BANG!

D       G             Em             A
It's expanding ever outward but one day
D        G                  Em            A
It will cause the stars to go the other way,
A          D                        Em               A
Collapsing ever inward, we won't be here, it wont be hurt
A            D                Em                  A          C
Our best and brightest figure that it'll make an even bigger bang!


Solo:
C   D   G  D  Em
C   D   G  D  C    G 

C        D             G           D            Em
Australopithecus would really have been sick of us
C                  D                     G           D         Em                             
Debating out while here they're catching deer (we're catching viruses)
C           D          G        D     Em
Religion or astronomy, Encarta, Deuteronomy
   C           D        G
It all started with the big bang!
 C        D          G        D    Em
Music and mythology, Einstein and astrology
   C           D        G
It all started with the big bang!
   C           D        G
It all started with the big BANG!

Big Bang Theory Theme

C E F G repeated through verses and chorus. F G C E7 repeated in bridge (oh no, here we go).

Be My Yoko Ono

G                 D                                                                     
When I was born, they looked at me and said
C
what a good boy, what a smart boy, what a strong boy.
G                              D                                      
And when you were born, they looked at you and said,
C
what a good girl, what a smart girl, what a pretty girl.
G                       D                                   
We've got these chains that hang around our necks,
C
people want to strangle us with them before we take our first breath.
G             D                                        
Afraid of change, afraid of staying the same,
C
when temptation calls, we just look away.


[Chorus]
G                               D
This name is the hairshirt I wear,
                    C                   D
and this hairshirt is woven from your brown hair.
G                        D
This song is the cross that I bear,
             C
bear it with me, bear with me, bear with me,
D                               G    G/F#   Em   C
be with me tonight,
                                     G    G/F#   Em   C
I know that it isn't right, 

but be with me tonight.


G                  D                                       
I go to school, I write exams,
C
if I pass, if I fail, if I drop out, does anyone give a damn?
G                     D                                  
And if they do, they'll soon forget 
C
'cause it won't take much for me to show my life ain't over yet.
G                         D
I wake up scared, I wake up strange.

C
I wake up wondering if anything in my life is ever going to change.
G                         D              Em                                                  
I wake up scared, I wake up strange
       C                                  G
and everything around me stays the same.


[Chorus]
                         D
...its the hairshirt I wear,
                    C                   D
and this hairshirt is woven from your brown hair.
G                        D
This song is the cross that I bear,
             C
bear it with me, bear with me, bear with me,
D                                G    G/F#   Em   C
be with me tonight,
                                     G    G/F#   Em   C              G    G/F#   Em   C
I know that it isn't right, 

but be with me tonight.


G                        D                               
I couldn't tell you that I was wrong,
C
chickened out, grabbed a pen and paper, sat down and I wrote this song.
G                        D
I couldn't tell you that you were right,
C
so instead I looked in the mirror, watched TV, laid awake all night.

G                                    D
We've got these chains, hang 'round our necks,
C
people want to strangle us with them before we take our first breath.
G                          D                                                     
Afraid of change, afraid of staying the same 
C
when temptation calls ...


[Chorus]
G                               D
This name is the hairshirt I wear,
                    C                                         D
and this hairshirt is woven from -  is woven from - is woven from hair
G                        D
This song is the cross that I bear,
             C
bear it with me, bear with me, bear with me,
D                                
be with me tonight,

G                          D
When I was born, they looked at me and said;
C
What a good boy, what a smart boy, what a strong boy.
G                                       D
And when you were born, they looked at you and said;
Em                                     C                                        G
what a good girl, what a smart girl, what a pretty girl, hey

What A Good Boy

Gordon

G                    Am                     F     F
Don't the hours grow shorter as the days go by
G               Am                F     F
We never get to stop and open our eyes
G                 Am                     F     F
One minute you're waiting for the sky to fall
G                        Am           F     F
Next your dazzled by the beauty of it all

G   Am                F     F
Lovers in a dangerous time
G   Am                F     F
Lovers in a dangerous time

G             Am                  F     F
These fragile bodies of touch and taste
G            Am                   F     F
This vibrant skin, this hair like lace
G       Am                   F     F
Spirits open to the touch of grace
G       Am                       F     F
Never a breath you can afford to waste

G   Am                F     F
Lovers in a dangerous time
G   Am                F     F
Lovers in a dangerous time
G   Am                F     F
Lovers in a dangerous time
G   Am                F     F
Lovers in a dangerous time

G     Am     F     F
G     Am     F     F

G           Am                    F     F
When you're lovers in a dangerous time
G                                Am               F     F
Sometimes you're made to feel as if your love's a crime
G                          Am                   F     F
Nothing worth having comes without some kind of fight
G                 Am                         F     F
Gotta kick at the darkness till it bleeds daylight

G   Am                F     F
Lovers in a dangerous time
G   Am                F     F
Lovers in a dangerous time
G   Am                F     F
Lovers in a dangerous time
G   Am                F     F
Lovers in a dangerous time

Lovers In A Dangerous Time

Disc One: All Their Greatest Hits 1991-2001

G    Em          Am    D
Should old acquaintance be forgot,
      G               C
and never brought to mind ?
        G    Em          Am    D
Should old acquaintance be forgot,
 B   Em           C     G
and days of auld lang syne ?

CHORUS

     G    Em    Am     D
For auld lang syne, my dear, 
      G         C
for auld lang syne, 
        G    Em          Am    D
we’ll take a cup of kindness yet, 
 B   Em    C    G
for auld lang syne.

      G       Em       Am     D
And here’s a hand my trusty friend!
      G               C
And gives a hand o’ thine!
        G     Em       Am     D
we’ll take a cup of kindness yet, 
 B   Em    C   G
for auld lang syne.

CHORUS

Piano Solo

CHORUS 3x's

        G     Em       Am     D
we’ll take a cup of kindness yet, 
 B   Em   C    G
for auld lang syne.

Auld Lang Syne

Barenaked For The Holidays

Chorus 1:
         A
It's been one week 
                    D
since you looked at me
A
  Cocked your head to the 
                   D
side and said "I'm angry"
A
  Five days since you 
           D
laughed at me saying
 A
"Get that together 
                  D
come back and see me"
A
  Three days since 
           D
the living room
  A
I realized it's all my 
          D   
fault but couldn't tell you
A                        D
Yesterday you'd forgiven me
           A
But it'll still be two 
                    D
days till I say I'm sorry


Verse 1:
A(all the way)
  Hold it now and watch the 
hoodwink as I make you stop think
You'll think you're looking at Aquaman
I summon fish to the dish 
although I like Chalet Swiss
I like the sushi cause it's never 
touched a frying pan
Hot like wasabe when I bust 
rhymes big like LeAnn Rimes
Because I'm all about value
Bert Kaempfert's got the 
mad hits you try to match wits
You try to hold me but I bust through
Gonna make a break and take a fake
I'd like a stinkin' achin' shake
I like vanilla, it's the
finest of the flavours
Gotta see the show, 'cause then you'll 
know the vertigo is gonna grow
Cause it's so dangerous
you'll have to sign a waiver


Refrain:
F#m                       E
   How can I help it if I think 
you're funny when you're mad
C#m
   Tryin' hard not to 
 D
smile though I feel bad
F#m
   I'm the kind of guy 
    E
who laughs at a funeral
C#m
Can't understand what I 
D
mean? Well you soon will
F#m                     E
   I have a tendency to wear 
my mind on my sleeve
C#m
   I have a history of 
D
taking off my shirt


Chorus 2:
    A
It's been one week since 
              D
you looked at me
A
  Threw your arms in the air 
                 D
and said "You're crazy"
A                             D
  Five days since you tackled me
A
  I've still got the rug 
                 D
burns on both my knees
A
  It's been three days 
               D
since the afternoon
    A
You realized it's not my 
                   D
fault not a moment too soon
A                    D
Yesterday you'd forgiven me
          A
And now I sit back and 
                         D
wait till you say you're sorry


Interlude: A-- x8


Verse 2:
A(all the way)
 Chickity China the Chinese chicken
You have a drum stick and 
your brain stops tickin
Watchin' X-Files with no lights 
on we're dans la maison 
(dans la maison...)
I hope the Smoking Man's in this one
Like Harrison Ford I'm getting 
frantic Like Sting I'm tantric
Like snickers, guaranteed to satisfy
Like Kurasawa, I make mad 
films; Okay, I don't make films
But If I did they'd have a Samurai
Gonna get a set of better 
clubs gonna find the kind with tiny nubs
Just so my irons aren't 
always flying off the back-swing
Gonna get in tune with Sailor 
Moon cause the cartoon has got
The boom anime babes that make 
me think the wrong thing


(Repeat Refrain)


Chorus 3:
    A
It's been one week since 
              D
you looked at me
A
  Dropped your arms to your sides 
              D
and said "I'm sorry" (hey)
A
  Five days since I 
        D
laughed at you and said
 A
"You just did just what I 
                 D
thought you were gonna do"
A                             D
  Three days since the living room
A
  We realized we're both to 
                     D
blame but what could we do?
A                              D
  Yesterday you just smiled at me
                  A
Cause it'll still be two 
                       D
days till we say we're sorry


Outro:
A(all the way)
It'll still be two days 
till we say we're sorry
It'll still be two days 
till we say wasabi
Birchmount stadium 
                  A(hold)

One Week

D     G   Em7                A7       
I met you before the fall of Rome
D            G      Em7             A7      
And I begged you to let me take you home
D               Daug
You were wrong, I was right
D6                D7
You said goodbye, I said goodnight

G             Bm
It's all been done
G             D
It's all been done
G             Em   A7
It's all been done before

D      G   Em7                 A7
I knew you before the west was won
D     G                 Em7
And I heard you say the past
              A7
Was much more fun
D                Daug               
You go your way, I go mine
D6                    D7
But I'll see you next time

G             Bm
It's all been done
G             D
It's all been done
G             Em   A7
It's all been done before

D               Daug              D6
And if I put my fingers here, and if I say
   D7
"I love you, dear"
    G             A7
And if I play the same three chords,
     Bm
Will you just yawn and say

G             Bm
It's all been done
G             D
It's all been done
G             Em   A7
It's all been done before

D         G          Em7               A7
Alone and bored on a thirtieth-century night
D          G   Em7             A7
Will I see you on The Price Is Right?
D           Daug
Will I cry? Will I smile?
D6                  D7
As you run down the aisle?

G             Bm
It's all been done
G             D
It's all been done
G             Em   A7
It's all been done before

It's All Been Done

Stunt

[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

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

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

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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