 incorporated the sounds of Madchester and Shoegazing and spawned their first UK Top 10 single, There's No Other Way. Following a stylistic change in 1992 (influenced by English guitar groups such as The Kinks, The Beatles, The Animals and XTC) Blur released &quot;Popscene&quot; as a stand alone single...

Blur est un groupe Anglais de musique pop originaire de Colchester.  Damon Albarn a rencontré Graham Coxon à Colchester, Essex, Angleterre, dans la Stanway Comprehensive School alors qu'ils n'étaient âgés que de 15 ans. Ils ne se sont plus quittés depuis. Graham a rencontré Alex James à Londres (Goldsmith Art School), qui, entre temps a rencontré Dave Rowntree. Et tout ça donne Seymour, qui répète pour la première fois She's So High autour de décembre 1989. Ensuite tout se déroule assez vite, ils signent chez Food Records qui leur demande de changer le nom du groupe.

Blur es el nombre de una banda inglesa de Britpop. Llamada Seymour en un principio, el nombre se adoptó por orden de la discográfica. Blur se formó en Londres en 1989 por Damon Albarn (vocalista, tecladista, guitarrista), Graham Coxon (guitarrista) y Alex James (bajista). Posteriormente, el batería Dave Rowntree se unió a la formación. Blur fue una de las bandas británicas que aparecieron en el inicio de la caída del grupo británico The Stone Roses, mezclando psicodelia pop rock con fuertes guitarras.

The Universal is a song by british band Blur and is featured on their fourth studio album, The Great Escape. It was released 13 November 1995 as the second single from that album, charting at #5 in the UK Singles Chart.  In keeping with the song's science fiction theme, the single's cover art is an allusion to the opening shot of 2001: A Space Odyssey, and the music video is a tribute to the movie A Clockwork Orange, with the band dressed up in costumes similar to Alex and his droogs. Both movies were directed by Stanley Kubrick. 

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The Universal

Blur, Country House.
Tabbed by Grez, chrisz@bigears.co.uk.
  
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COUNTRY HOUSE

G+
(So the story begins)
A                       E
City dweller successful fella
 Bm
Thought to himself: "Oops, I've got a lot of money"
  D             (DbBass)        Db
I'm caught in a rat race terminally 
  A
I'm a professional cynic
  E
But my heart's not in it 
  Bm
I'm paying the price of living life at the limit 
  D             (DbBass)        Db
Caught up in the century's anxiety
   E
It preys on him, he's getting thin 

        A
Now he lives in a house a very big house in the country
         D                                              A
Watching afternoon repeats and the food he eats in the country 
                                                                E7   Eb
He takes all manner of pills and piles up analyst bills in the country 
              D                                             A     Ab
Oh, it's like an animal farm that's the rural charm in the country

He's got morning glory and life's a different story 
Everything's going Jackanory Touched with his own mortality 
He's reading Balzac, knocking back Prozac 
It's a helping hand that makes you feel wonderfully bland 
Oh, it's a century's remedy For the faint at heart A new start 
(Try the simple life)   He lives in a house A very big house In the country 
He's got a fog in his chest So he needs a lot of rest In the country 
He doesn't drink, smoke, laugh Takes herbal baths In the country 
You should come to no harm On the animal farm In the country 

A             E               D                 A
Blow, blow me out, I am so sad, I don't know why

Country House

Intro: 
E7 - G - Dsus2  x4
E - D - B  x2


Verse 1:
         E         D   B
You're taking the fun out of everything
       E       D       B
And making me run when I don't want to think
         E         D   B
You're taking the fun out of everything
E                 D       B
I don't want to think at all


Chorus:  x2
E            D
There's no other way
G            A
There's no other way
G                A             E
All that you can do is watch them play

D - G - A

Interlude:
E7 - G - Dsus2  x2


Verse 2:
         E         D   B
You're taking the fun out of everything
         E         D        B
You're making it clear when I don't want to think
         E       D       B                        E
You're taking me up when I don't want to go up anymore
            D         B
I'm just watching it all


Chorus

D - G - A

Interlude:
E7 - G - Dsus2  x2


Bridge:
E         D     G        A
Ahhhh....I'll watch you play
E         D     G        A
Ahhhh....I'll watch you play


Interlude:
E - D - B  x4


Chorus x4

D - G - A


Outro:  x4
E - D - B - D 


End on E

Theres No Other Way

A              Ab Bass  F#
I met him in a crowded room

             A            Ab Bass   F#
Where people go to drink away their gloom

Bm7                C#m7 D (E)    A          D         A
He sat me down and so began, the story of a charmless man

A            Ab Bass  F#                 A               Ab Bass  F#
Educated the expensive way, he knows his claret from his beaujolais

             Bm7                C#m7 D (E)
I think he's like to of been Ronnie Kray

           A            D             A
But then nature didn't make him that way



 A
He thinks he's educated, airs those family shares

C#m7   Bm7            C#m7    Bm7
Will protect him that we will respect him

 A
He moves in circles of friends

                      C#m7    Bm7
Who just pretend that they like him

   C#m7   Bm7                          E
He does the same to them, And when you put it all together

            D7                    A
There's the model of a charmless man



             A            Ab Bass    F#
He knows the swingers and their calvarly

Says he can get in anywhere for free

I began to go a little cross eyed

And from this charmless man I just had to hide



He talks at speeds he gets nosebleeds

He doesn't see his days

Are tumbling down upon him

And yet he tries so hard to please

He's just so keen for you to listen

But no one is listening

And when you put it all together

There's the model of a charmless man

Charmless Man

End Of A Century is a song by Blur. It was the last single to be released from their third album Parklife and reached #19 on the UK Singles Chart in 1994. The video is a live performance recorded at Alexandra Palace.  The lyrics seem to emphasise the (then) up-coming millennium change and the fact that people contemplate the future rather than take care of the present. The line from the song is &quot;End of a Century / It's nothing special&quot;.  

Intro: G  F  G  F  G  F  C

		 G		    Gmaj7
She says there's ants in the carpet

Em		      Em with D
Dirty little monsters

Eb		       D
Eating all the morsels

Bm		       C
Picking up the rubbish

G			Gmaj7
Give her effervescence

    Em			   Em with D
She needs a little sparkle

Eb		  D
Good morning t.v.

       Bm		  C
You're looking so healthy


Em		 D
We all say don't want to be alone

Em			 D
We wear the same clothes cause we feel the same

Em	      D			   C
And kiss with dry lips when we say g'night

C		B C
End of a century, oh it's nothing special


Sex on the t.v.
Everybody's at it
And the mind gets dirty
As you get closer to thirty

He gives her a cuddle, glowing in a huddle
Good night t.v., you're all made up
And you're looking like (me)

(repeat chorus)

G   F   G   F    G   F   C
Can you eat her, yes you can

(repeat chorus 2x)

End Of A Century

&quot;Beetlebum&quot; is a song by English alternative rock band Blur. It was released as the lead single for the band's eponymous fifth album, Blur. The single became Blur's second to reach the number one spot in the UK Singles Chart (after Country House). It is believed that the song is about heroin and the drug experiences that Damon Albarn had with his then girlfriend, Justine Frischmann of Elastica. The song's title is a reference to the phrase &quot;Chasing the beetle&quot; (Chasing the dragon) which refers to inhaling the smoke from heated heroin...

VERSE

A	   C
Beetlebum, what you done?
F	     G
She's a gun, now what you done?      
Bb        A
Beetlebum

A	            C
Get nothing done, you beetlebum
F	       G	
Just get numb, now what you done 
Bb	  A
Beetlebum 

CHORUS

			    C                         
And when she lets me slip away
      Bm		      Am	  F
She turns me on and all my violence gone
	    Am	           F
Nothing is wrong, I just slip away
     Fm	   C  
And I am gone
 Bm		  Am
Nothing is wrong
       F
She turns me on
Am     F	    Fm	  C
I just slip away and I am gone


BRIDGE (end)

A
He's on, he's on, he's on it
C
He's on, he's on, he's on it
F
He's on, he's on, he's on it
G		       Bb     A	
He's on, he's on, he's on it...

Beetlebum

&quot;Girls &amp; Boys&quot; is a song by the English alternative rock band Blur. It was released as the lead single from the band's third album Parklife, on 7 March 1994. Charting at number five in the UK Singles Charts, &quot;Girls &amp; Boys&quot; was Blur's first top 5 hit. In the United States, it reached number fifty-nine on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart and number four on the Modern Rock songs chart.  The video, directed by Kevin Godley, featured Blur performing this song to a backdrop of people on 18-30 package holidays (which the band interspersed into the video).

this is how I play it, I think it sounds right.Its the same chords through the whole song including the chorus. Figure out the strum 
from the song, its pretty simple.

Gm
Streets like a jungle

C
So call the police

F
Following the herd

Eb
Down to greece

F#   F
On holiday
Gm
Love in the 90's
C
Is paranoid
F
On sunny beaches
Eb
Take your chances looking for

[Chorus]
GIRLS WHO ARE BOYS
WHO LIKE BOYS TO BE GIRLS
WHO DO BOYS LIKE THEY'RE GIRLS
WHO DO GIRLS LIKE THEY'RE BOYS
ALWAYS SHOULD BE SOMEONE YOU REALLY LOVE

Avoiding all work
Because there's none available
Like battery thinkers
Count your thoughts on 1 2 3 4 5 fingers
Nothing is wasted
Only reproduced
Get nasty blisters
Du bist sehr schon
But we haven't been introduced

[Chorus]

Girls And Boys

&quot;No Distance Left to Run&quot; is a song by Blur. It is on their 1999 album 13 and was also released as the third and final single from the album, reaching #14 in the UK Singles Chart. It is widely understood to refer to Blur vocalist Damon Albarn's protracted split from long-term lover Justine Frischmann (Elastica's lead vocalist).  Damon Albarn says that he is quite affected of this song: &quot;It upsets me, that song. It upset me singing it. Doing that vocal upset me greatly. To sing that lyric I really had to accept that that was the end of something in my life.

D
It´s over
                 F#m
you don´t need to tell me
Bm
I hope you´re with someone, 
                        D        
who makes you feel safe in your sleep
A    
Then tonight,
G
I wont kill myself trying to stay in your life
D        A       D
I got no distance left to run

Verse 2:
D         
When you see me, (please)
              F#m     
turn your back and walk away
Bm
I don´t want to see you because 
                            D        
I know the dreams that you keep
A           
is where we meet
G
When you´re coming down think of me
D        A       D
I got no distance left to run

(Middle)

Verse 3:
D         
It´s over, 
                  F#m
I knew it would end this way
Bm
I hope you're with someone who makes you feel
          D        A
that this life, is alive
G     
And it settles down, stays around

Spends more time with you
D        A       D       
I got no distance left to run

No Distance Left To Run

Blur: The Best Of

Intro/verse: Amin Bmin Emin
 
Caravan is lost
In the sun and the dust
No-one loves you
When you are lost
Yeah I've been a clown
Trying to pull my whole world down
I thought I was strong
Amin Bmin C D
But you are the one

Chorus :

G A C Bmin C Bmin C D x2
And when it comes, you'll feel the weight of it
The weight of it
And the day and you'll get away from it,
Away from it

D 
Sometimes everything is easy
Sometimes everything is easy

Post-Chorus:
Amin Bmin Emin
La la la la la la la
La la la la la la la la
La la la la la la la

Verse:

Amin Bmin Emin
I try to quit
But my heart won't buy it
I got family
Amin Bmin C D
The caravan comes back for me

Solo:

G A C Bmin C B min C D

Chorus: 

G A C Bmin C B min C D
And when it comes you'll feel the weight of it,
The weight of it
And the day, and you'll get away from it
Away from it

D
Sometimes everything is easy
Sometimes everything is easy

Post-Chorus:

Amin B min Emin
La la la la la la la
La la la la la la la la
La la la la la la la [repeat]

Caravan

Battery In Your Leg - Blur


C         G6             Fmaj7
This is a ballad for the good times
C         G6             Fmaj7
So put a battery in your leg
C         G6             Fmaj7
Put a rock beat on the record
C         G6                   F
And get it stuck there in your head
           G
You can be with me

C         G6          Fmaj7
I've got nothing to rely on
C         G6       Fmaj7
I've broken every bone
C         G6             Fmaj7
Everybody's stopped believing
C         G6             F
But you know you're not alone
           G
You can be with me

C         G6             Fmaj7
This is a ballad for the good times
Another dignity we held
Don't get better ...........
And you ain't coming back
You can be with me
If you want to be
       G
You can be with me

Battery In Your Leg

Intro

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Verse 1
Eb      Eb/D Cm  Bb
What am I to do
Ab         Bb
Someone is really unhappy
Eb    Eb/D      Cm  Bb
Put myself on a knife
Ab            Bb                   Ab
It seems I'll never get through to you
                           Eb
So I'll weam myself off slowly

Verse 2 (same chords)
I'm a darkened soul
My street's all pop music and coke
All our lives on tv
Just switch off and try to sleep
People get so lonely

Chorus 1
Fm             Bb  
I believe, I believe, I believe
Gm           F#     Fm
Everything's out to sea
Fm             Bb
I believe, I believe, I believe
Gm                 F#            Fm
I believe it's the way it should be
Fm                  Bb 
I hope you feel the same

Verse 3
Everyone is dying
Stop crying now here comes the sun
I didn't mean to hurt you, oh no no
It takes time to see what you've done
So I'll wean myself off slowly

Chorus 2
I believe, I believe, I believe
Love is the only one
I deceive, I deceive, I deceive
I deceive cos I'm not that strong
I hope you feel the same

Bridge
Gm  F   Eb  Bb
And now, now It seems that
Gm   F       Eb   Bb
It's falling apart
      Gm             F
But I hope I see the good in you
Eb        Bb
Come back again
Cm      Bb         Eb
I just believed in you 

Outro 
|Eb Eb/D |Cm Bb |Ab   |Bb  |Eb   |

Sweet Song

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Jets

Think Tank

        G           C           Bbsus4   A
     1. Ch, Ch, Ch, Churchill
        G             D        E7
        Got his lucky number
                           Am      Am/G   D
        Tomorrow there's another
                 G            G aug
        Could be me, could be you
           C              Bbsus4   A
        No silver spoon
        G                 D              E7
        Sticky teeth they rot too soon
                               Am           Am/G   D
        You've got to have the best tunes
                  G                G aug
        Or that's it, you've blown it
        
        F   E  A             D
Chorus: All we want is to be happy
        F  E   A                D
        In our homes like happy families
        F  E   C          Bb
        Be the man on the beach
                 Am           G
        With the world at his feet
               D         E7
        Yes, it could be you

     2. The likely lads
        Are picking up the uglies
        Yesterday they were just puppies
        Beery slurs, now life's a blur
        Telly addicts
        You should see them at it
        Getting in a panic
        Will we be there
        Trafalgar Square?

        (Chorus)

     3. So don't worry
        If it's not your lucky number
        'Cause tomorrow there's another
        Could be you, could be me

        (Chorus)

It Could Be You

The Great Escape

     G	D/F#  	    Em  Em7/D
Good morning, lethargy
      F   C/G		    Am
Drink Pepsi, it's good for energy
    G	    D/F#	    Em	    Em7/D
The bath's on, smoke in the bedroom
F		 C/G	      Am
Sore throat, and on my neck a nasty bruise
	     D
And where it came from well I don't know
       C			   B5   A5
But we played last night, it was a good show
G      D/F#		  Em	     Em7/D
Got to play a second rate chat show
  F	     C/G	 Am
A nationwide deal, so we gotta go
G                D/F#		  Em   Em7/D
Chuck from the Company says it'll be alright
       F	 C/G		    Am
Got an ad on KROQ and there's an in-store tonight
       D
Well I build things up, never let them go
       C		     B5 A5
Got to get time share on the radio


G	    F
Look inside America
C/G	       Dadd4
She's alright, she's alright
Eb		   Bb
Sitting out in the distance
    Eb		      C#       D
But I'm not trying to make her mine
G	     F
Looking for America
	 C/G		      Dadd4
With its kooky nights and its suicides
Eb	    Bb
TV says its alright
    Eb		C#			D
Cos everybody's hung up on something or other


G	 	D/F#	      Em     Em7/D
Stepping off in twenty so the driver says
 	 F		     C/G		  Am
I should sleep tonight but I think I'll watch videos instead
G	   D/F#		   Em	      Em7/D
Annie Hall leaves New York in the end
F	     C/G		Am
Press rewind and Woody gets her back again
	D
And the whole world could have passed through me
      C				    B5 A5
But I don't know that it means much to me


G	    F
LOOK INSIDE AMERICA
C/G	       Dadd4
She's alright, she's alright
Eb		   Bb
Sitting out in the distance
    Eb		      C#       D
But I'm not trying to make her mine
G	     F
Looking for America
	 C/G		      Dadd4
With its kooky nights and its suicides
Eb	    Bb
TV says its alright
    Eb		C#	      		   D
Cos everybody's strung out on something or other

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	D
And the whole world could have passed through me
      C				    B5 A5
But I don't know that it means much to me


G	F	C/G	Dadd4	(3x)

G	F	B5  A5

Look Inside America

Bb            D
All I want to be
   Bb                D
Is washed out by the sea
   Bb              D
No Death Star over me
      Gm7         D
Won't give me any peace
      Gm7             D
All I want is light relief
        Bb             D
Put the crazies on the street
          Bb                 D
Give them guns and feed them meat
        Bb                   D
They'll shoot the Death Star down
      Gm7             D
Dig a hole and put it down
           Gm7        E           G
A thousand miles underground

     A           C#m7
They say it's no game
        G                         Bm
There's strange news from another star
    A         C
I'm lost, I'm lost
        G                         Em
There's strange news from another star
Bb               D
Give me all your stuff

  Bb              D
Until I can't get up
Bb                    D
Watch the whole world freeze
         Gm7             D
Counting tin cans in our sleep
     Gm7              D
Submarines are diving deep
  Bb               D
I don't believe in me
  Bb               D
I don't believe in me
         Bb           D
All I've ever done is tame
         Gm7             D
Will you love me all the same
         Gm7                 E          G
Will you love me though it's always the same

     A           C#m7
hey say it's no game

        G                         Bm
There's strange news from another star
    A         C
I'm lost, I'm lost
        G                         Em
There's strange news from another star
Em
From another star
Em
From another star
Em
From another star

Strange News From Another Star

Blur

Intro:
F# F# E E E A A B C# C# C# C#

Play this same chord pattern all the way through

Woo-Hoo x3

Verse:

I had my head checked 
By Achem-Bochek
It wasn't easy
But nothin' i-s   oh

Chorus:
Woo-hoo    When I feel heavy metal
Woo-hoo    And I'm pleased that I'm middle
Woo-hoo    When I lye on music

A                                         B
All  of the time I will never show when I need you

please I need Yah {now start normal chords again} 

intro again

Verse:

I got my had done
when I was young
It's not ma problem
It's not ma proble......m

Chorus

Yeh Yeh x3

 Oh Yeh {cut there}

Song 2

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You're So Great

Blur 

D
all those dirty words, jusqu'a la fin 
                      Em
they make us look so dumb, en plein soliel 
                          D
we've been drinking far too much, jusqu'a la fin 
                               Em
and neither of us mean what we say, en plein amour 

G6     A6
you and I
G6           A6
collapse in love
A6    Dsus4    D       E        
and it looks like we might have made it
         G9              A
yes it looks like we made it to the end

                D
what happend to us, jusqu'a la fin
                       Em
soon it will be gone forever, en plein soliel
                         D
infatuated only with ourselves, jusqu'a la fin
                       Em
and neither of us can think straight anymore.

To The End

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Parklife

B, A, E, G, F, A#, C#

Verse 1:
B
Do you feel like a chain store?
A           E
Practically floored
G           F
One of many zeros
A#            C#
Kicked around bored
B
Your ears are full, but you're empty
A                E 
Holding out your heart
G                   F
To people who never really
A#           A 
Care how you are



Verse 2:
B
Do you go to the country?
   A          E 
It isn't very far
G                       F
Those people there will hurt you
A#              C#
'Cos of who you are
B
Your ears are full of the language
        A                   E 
There's wisdom there you're sure
G                    F
'Til the words start slurring
A#                     A  
And you can't find the door


Chorus:

           C#m
So give me Coffee & TV
B     A  
History 
C#m
I've seen so much
    E
I'm going blind
        A               B 
And I'm braindead virtually
     C#m
'Cos Sociability
     B               A 
It's hard enough for me
C#m                    E
Take me away from this big bad world
    
A                 D
And agree to marry me
                A
So we can start over again


D                 A
Aah, we can start over again
D                 A
Aah, we can start over again
D                 A
Aah, we can start over again
D                 A
Aah, we can start over again

Coffee And Tv

main riff: OH MY BABY
-----------------------------0-----------------------------------------
----0--2--0------------0--2-----2-----2--2h3--2--0-----0---------------
--2----------2-----2--------------------------------------4--2---------
-----------------------------------------------------------------------

chords, for the verses, its just:
A
tender ** *** ******
A            G
lying ** **** *******

and the chorus is:
A                  D              C
c'mon **** ***** ******        get ***** **
A                     E          D
c'mon **** ***** ******         **** *** greatest thing
E       D
that ** *****
E                    D
** ***** **** ****** feeling
E                D
******** *** ****  feeling
A                G          A
***** *** ***** ******* to come
      A                    E       A
Oh my baby, oh my baby, oh why, oh my

Tender

Em             F          Em
   Where's the love song? 
             F
   To set us free 
            Em     F    
   Too many people down
              Em          F         G
   Everything turning the wrong way around 
Em             F        Em         F
   And I don't know what love will be 
                   Em       F
   But if we start dreaming now 
                    Em    F         G
   Lord knows we'll never leave the clouds 

[CHORUS:] 
                Em       F
And you've been so busy lately 
         Em                F
that you haven't found the time 
   Em           F   
To open up your mind
    Am              E        C             F 
And watch the world spinning gently out of time 

(Repeat for next verse and chorus) 

Am              E
Tell me i'm not dreaming
    C             F
But are we out of time
             G
We're out of time
       F
Out of time
       G 
Out of time
       F
Out of time
       C
Out of time

Out Of Time

G            C                    G
So far ive not really stayed in touch
C              Bb             C	     G	
Well you knew as much, it's no surprise that today
       C          G    C              Bb         C
I'll get up around two, from a lack of anything to do


	   Am			D	
And I might as well just grin and bear it
         C		             A	
'Cos its not worth the trouble of an argument


   G         C                    G
And you have not really stayed in touch 
C              Bb           C             G
Well I knew as much it's no surprise that today
  C             G    C              Bb
I get up around two with nothing to do 
       C              Am	
Except get a touch of flu


	   Am			  D	
 And I might as well just grin and bear it
         C		             A	
'Cos its not worth the trouble of an argument
        Am                  D	
And in any case I'd rather wear it
            C                A	
Its like a bad head in the morning

And I know......


# (middle 8)

Am	Em	Am
Am	Em	  C   (D)

# (solo from verse and chorus chords)

# (chorus, repeat)

# then middle eight and finish on G

Badhead

Am             C/G
Here comes the ice cream man
Dm                           Em
Parked at the end of the road
Am                  C/G
With a swish of his magic whip
Dm                           Em
All the people in the party froze
Am          C/G
Screwball, chocolate chip,
Dm                            Em
umbrella in his white glove hand
Am                     C/G
Shade from the sun was his intention

Am  C/G    Dm  Em (x2)


Am             C/G
Here comes the ice cream man
Dm             Em
Bouncing up the hill
Am               C/G
With a wick, the pumpkin lit
Dm                    Em
Happy valley cones he fills
Am          C/G
For all the lantern men
Dm                 Em
Marching down till dawn
Am              C/G
Morning come we fall over

              Am  C/G   Dm  Em  
Something new
              Am  C/G   Dm   Em
Something you
              Am  C/G   Dm Em
Something new 

Break: Am  C/G  Dm  Em

Am             C/G
Here comes the ice cream man
Dm                      Em
Parked at the end of the road
Am                  C/G
With a swish of his magic whip
Dm                          Em
All the people in the party froze
Am         C/G
I was only 21
Dm                   Em
When I watched it on TV
Am                 C/G
I was racing in my heart then

              Am  C/G  Dm  Em
Something you
              Am  C/G  Dm  Em 
Something new
              Am  C/G  Dm  Em
Something you
              Am  C/G  Dm  Em
Something new (Something you knew nothing about)
              Am  C/G  Dm  Em
Something new
              Am  C/G  Dm  Em
Something you

Am             C/G
Here comes the ice cream man
Dm                 Em
Out with his magic whip
Am               C/G
Always sold out by nine
Dm                 Em
So you better come and get it quick

Ice-cream Man

The Magic Whip

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

Sovereign Light Cafe

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

Work

Intro: C D C D (x2)


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

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

C D


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

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


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

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

C D
(fin)

Habla si puedes

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

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

Can't Smile Without You

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

Down By The River

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


American Dream 

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

Gonna Be A Long Time

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

Overreacting

It takes a while to get used to the rhythm. In the verse the
time signature goes 3/4 for 2 bars then 2/4 for 1 bar and then
repeats.


Intro and Verses:

A|-2---3---2-|-5-------5-|------|-10------10|-9-------9-|------
E|-----------|-----------|------|-----------|-----------|----3-
C|-0---------|-2---2-----|------|-----7-----|-----------|-2----
G|-0---------|-0---------|-0----|-9---------|-7---------|------
   |   |   |   |   |   |   |  |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |  |

Intro Riff:

A|-10--12--10-|-9---10---9-|-2---3---2-|-5-------5-|-------|
E|------------|------------|-----------|-----------|-------|
C|------------|------------|-0---------|-2---2-----|-------|
G|-9----------|-7----------|-0---------|-0---------|-0-----|



Chorus:

                   C
I...              driving...
     G  
The speed...            

Em
      City...

        D
And...  arm...
    
    C  Em        D
And I      had a feeling...

    C  Em        D
And I      had a feeling...

C           D
be...       be... 

Suggestion: during the verses, it can sound pretty cool if you
get a friend to strum the chords: C, G, Em, D in the background
:)

Beetlebum	No rating	beginner	Chords	Short
Girls And Boys	No rating	intermediate	Chords	Full
The Universal	No rating	beginner	Tab	Intro
Theres No Other Way	No rating	intermediate	Chords	Full
Charmless Man	No rating	intermediate	Chords	Full
End Of A Century	No rating	intermediate	Chords	Full
No Distance Left To Run	No rating	intermediate	Chords	Full
Country House	No rating	intermediate	Chords	Short

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