Jimmy Buffett (born December 25, 1946 in Pascagoula, Mississippi, United States) is a singer/songwriter, best known for his &quot;island escapism&quot; lifestyle and music including hits such as &quot;Margaritaville&quot; and &quot;Come Monday&quot;. He has a rabid, but genial, cult following known as &quot;Parrotheads.&quot; They call the youngest members &quot;Parakeets.&quot;   Buffett has written three No. 1 best sellers. Tales from Margaritaville and Where Is Joe Merchant? both spent over seven months on the New York Times Best Seller fiction list.

Jimmy Buffett est un chanteur américain de country/rock/pop né le 25 décembre 1946 à Pascagoula, Mississippi (

James William Buffett (* 25. Dezember 1946 in Pascagoula, Mississippi) ist ein US-amerikanischer Country- und Pop-Sänger und Songwriter sowie Buchautor. Sein bekanntester Hit ist 

El country, la literatura de Faulkner, el algodón

A           D
I?m nobody from nowhere
Em7                        D
You?d have ever heard of anyway
A             D
Ain?t no city way down there
Em7
You could have heard a pin drop
D
Any time of day.

A
But I'm not sorry
D
I'm not sad
Em7
Tho it might take a whole day
D
Just to drive down there and visit
A
Not to worry
D 
Not too bad
Em7 
Nothin much to do
Em7                    D
But that ain?t such a hardship really is it?

A
When you?re waiting for a car to drive by
D                     Em7                     D
Just so you can wave Hello? Hello? Hello?
A
Staring at a starry night sky
D                         Em7                D
Dreaming up some place to go, to go, to go
D
til that day comes
A
I'll be here
D                A
alone without a care
Em7        D          A
Nobody, nobody from nowhere.

A           D
I'm nobody from nowhere
Em7                        D
You'd have ever heard of anyhow
A 
Ain't no reason
D 
You should care
Em7 
There's a P. O. box and a 4-way stop
D
Some farms and fields and cows

A
We're just waiting for a car to drive by
D                     Em7
Just so you can wave hello hello hello hello
A
Staring at a starry night sky
D                         Em7                      D
Dreaming up some place to go, to go, to go, to go
D
til that day comes
A
I'll be there
D                A
alone without a care
Em7       D           A
Nobody, nobody from nowhere.

Nobody From Nowhere

Buffet Hotel

Verse:
C                        F                     G                               C
 Headed up to San Francisco for the Labor Day weekend show. 
 Yes it's been quite a summer. Rent-a -cars and west bound trains.
 I hope you're enjoying the scenery, I know it's pretty up there.
                              F                                    G                                            C
 I've got my hushpuppies on, I guess I never was meant for glitter rock and roll.
 And now you're off on vacation, something you tried to explain.
 We can go hiking on Tuesday, with you I'd walk anywhere.
F/D               F                      G
 And, Honey I didn't know that I'd be missing you so.
 And, Darling it's I love you so, that's the reason I just let yo go.
 California has worn me quite thin, I just can't wait till I see you again.

Chorous:
          F                     C                               F                        G
 Come Monday it'll be all right. Come Monday I'll be holding you tight. I spent 
 C                  Em           F                        G          F                     G                   C
 four lonely days in a brown L.A. haze and I just want you back by my side.
Bridge:
Dmaj7     Gmaj7              Dmaj7                                  Gmaj7               Dmaj7
 I can't      help it honey,      you're that much apart     of me now.
                             Gmaj7                                    Fmaj7                                     G7
 Remember that night in Montana when we said there'd be no room for doubt.
 Coda:
                                 Em           F                          G          F                      G                   Bb          F         C
I spent four lonely days in a brown L.A. haze   and I just want you back by my side.

Come Monday

F    
I don't know
        C7
I don't know
 F                     Bb    
I don't know where I'm a gonna go
         F  C7   F
When the volcano blow


F                   Bb    F    F, C7, F
Ground she's movin' under me
                Bb     F    F, C7, F
Tidal waves out on the sea
                 Bb     F    F, C7, F
Sulphur smoke up in the sky
               Bb       F    F, C7, F
Pretty soon we learn to fly


 F    
I don't know
        C7
I don't know
 F                     Bb    
I don't know where I'm a gonna go
         F  C7   F
When the volcano blow


F               Bb     F    F, C7, F
My girl quickly say to me
                Bb         F    F, C7, F
Mon, you better watch your feet
               Bb       F    F, C7, F
Lava come down soft and hot
                          Bb      F    F, C7, F
You better lava me now or lava me not


 F    
I don't know
        C7
I don't know
 F                     Bb    
I don't know where I'm a gonna go
         F  C7   F
When the volcano blow


F                Bb       F    F, C7, F
No time to count what I'm worth
                       Bb     F    F, C7, F
'Cause I just left the planet earth
             Bb           F    F, C7, F
Where I go I hope there's rum
                 Bb   F    F, C7, F
Not to worry mon soon come


 F    
I don't know
        C7
I don't know
 F                     Bb    
I don't know where I'm a gonna go
         F  C7   F
When the volcano blow


      F                     Bb       F
But I don't want to land in New York City
                      C7  F
Don't want to land in Mexico
                         Bb         F
Don't want to land on no Three Mile Island
                     C7    F
Don't want to see my skin aglow


F                     Bb        F
Don't want to land in Commanche Sky park
                 C7    F
Or in Nashville, Tennessee
                         Bb       F
Don't want to land in no San Juan airport
             C7     F
Or the Yukon Territory


                      Bb    F
Don't want to land no San Diego
                         C7       F
Don't want to land in no Buzzards Bay
                         Bb      F
Don't want to land on no Eye-Yatullah
              C7      F
I got nothing more to say


 F    
I don't know
        C7
I don't know
 F                     Bb    
I don't know where I'm a gonna go
         F  C7   F
When the volcano blow, just a-one more


 F    
I don't know
        C7
I don't know
 F                     Bb    
I don't know where I'm a gonna go
         F  C7   F
When the volcano blows

Volcano

Simplified intro and fill for uke

intro
E>--7-7-7-5-7---7-7-7-5-7---9-9-9-7-5-4

fill (last line in chorus after A) 
E>--9-9-9-7-5----7-7-7-5-4


D
Nibblin' on sponge cake, watchin' the sun bake 
                                  A  
All of those tourist covered with oil
A7		
Strummin' my four string, on my front porch swing
                                        D   D7
Smell those shrimp they're beginnin' to boil

G       A             D             D7
Wastin' away again in Margarita-ville
G         A                     D   D7
Searchin' for my lost shaker of salt
G    A                           D  A     G
Some people claim that there's a woman to blame
D     A                  D
But I know it's nobody's fault

D
I don't know the reason, I stayed here all season
                                   A     
Nothin' to show but this brand new tattoo
A7	
But it's a real beauty, a Mexican cutie
	                        D   D7
But how it got here I haven't a clue


G       A             D             D7
Wastin' away again in Margarita-ville
G         A                     D   D7
Searchin' for my lost shaker of salt
G    A                           D  A     G
Some people claim that there's a woman to blame
D     A                   D
But I know it could be my fault


D
I blew out my flip-flop, stepped on a pop-top
                                  A    
Cut my heel had to cruise on back home
A7		
But there's booze in the blender, and soon it will render
                                        D   D7
That frozen concoction that helps me hang on


G       A             D             D7
Wastin' away again in Margarita-ville
G         A                     D   D7
Searchin' for my lost shaker of salt
G    A                           D  A     G
Some people claim that there's a woman to blame
D     A                     D
But I know it's my own damn fault

G    A                           D  A     G
Some people claim that there's a woman to blame
D     A                     D
But I know it's my own damn fault

Margaritaville

G
As the son of a son of a sailor

       F          C         G
I went out on the sea for adventure

 C                           G
Expanding the view of the captain and crew

       D                        G
Like a man just released from indenture

 G
As a dreamer of dreams and a traveling man

         F         C      G
I have chalked up many a mile

      C                      G
Read dozens of books about heroes and crooks

      D                              G
And learned much from both of their styles

 F             C                                G
Son of a son, son of a son, son of a son of a sailor

 F              C
Son of a gun, load the last ton

 C                      G
One step ahead of the jailer

 G                             F      C      G
Now way in the near future, southeast of disorder

          C                     G
You can shake the hand of the mango man

        D                G
As he greets you at the border

 G                   
And the lady she hails from Trinidad

 F      C       G
Island of the spices

 C                        G
Salt for your meat, and cinnamon sweet

         D                        G
And the rum is for all your good vices

 F                       C                                               G
Haul the sheet in as we ride on the wind that our forefather harnessed before us

 F                         C
Hear the bell ring as the tide rigging sings

 C                          G
It's the son of a gun of a chorus

 G 
Where it all ends, I can't fathom my friends

       F           C           G
If I knew I might toss out my anchor

     C                        G
So I'll cruise along always searching for songs

        D                  G
Not a lawyer a thief or a banker

       F             C                               G
But a son of a son, son of a son, son of a son of a sailor

 F             C
Son of a gun, load the last ton

 C                     G
One step ahead of the jailer

              F             C                               G
I'm just the son of a son, son of a son, son of a son of a sailor

    F                        C
The sea's in my veins, my tradition remains

          C                      G
I'm just glad I don't live in a trailer

Son Of A Son Of A Sailor

D            G           A            D
Boat drinks,  Boys in the band ordered boat drinks. 
G              A             D
Visitors just scored on the home rink. 
G           A          D      G A
Everything seems to be wrong. 

Lately, newspaper mentioned cheap airfare. 
I've got to fly to Saint Somewhere. 
I'm close to bodily harm. 

G        A             D
Twenty degress and the hockey games on. 
G       A             D
Nobody cares; they are way too far gone, 
                       G
screamin' "Boat drinks," somethin' 
   A             D       G A
to keep them all warm. 

    




This morning, I shot six holes in my freezer. 
I think I got cabin fever. 
Somebody sound the alarm.
 
(Bridge)
Fmaj7                    C          
I'd like to go where the pace or life's slow. 
          G                          C
Could you beam me somewhere, Mister Scott? 
Fmaj7                  C
Any old place here on Earth or in space. 
E                       A         
You pick the century and I'll pick the spot. 


I know I should be leaving this climate. 
I got a verse but can't rhyme it. 
I gotta go where it's warm. 

Boat drinks, Waitress I need two more boat drinks. 
Then I'm headin south 'fore my dream shrinks. 
I gotta where it's warm. 

G       A             D 
I gotta go where it's warm. 
G       A             D
I gotta go where it's warm. 
G        A             G         A
I gotta go where there ain't any snow, 
G                     A
where there ain't any blow, 
G                      A
'cause my fin sinks so low. 
G       A             DGD
I gotta go where its warm.

Boat Drinks

Intro:  G   D   A  G D

D                 G                    
I took off for a weekend last month 
        A                      D
Just to try and recall the whole year
                     G                
All of the faces and all of the places 
     A                      D
Wonderin' where they all disappeared
Bm                  F#m          
I didn't ponder the question too long 
      G                       A
I was hungry and went out for a bite
     G                 D             
Ran into a chum with a bottle of rum 
       A                    D
and we wound up drinkin' all night


(Chorus)
           G                     D
It's these changes in latitudes, changes in attitudes
 A                        D
Nothing remains quite the same
     G                      D
With all of our running and all of our cunning 
    A                         G      D
if we couldn't laugh we would all go insane


Reading departure signs in some big airport 
Reminds me of the places I've been
Visions of good times that brought so much pleasure 
Makes me want to go back again
If it suddenly ended tomorrow
I could somehow adjust to the fall
Good times and riches and son of a bitches 
I've seen more than I can recall

(2nd Chorus:)  
These changes in latitudes, changes in attitudes
Nothing remains quite the same
Through all of the islands and all of the highlands 
If we couldn't laugh we would all go insane

I think about Paris when I'm high on red wine
I wish I could jump on a plane
So many nights I just dream of the ocean 
God I wish I was sailin' again
Oh, yesterday's over my shoulder
So I can't look back for too long
There's just too much to see waiting in front of me 
And I know that I just can't go wrong



(3rd Chorus:)
With these changes in latitudes, changes in attitudes
Nothing remains quite the same
With all of my running and all of my cunning 
If I couldn't laugh I just would go insane
If we couldn't laugh we just would go insane
   
A                        G      A    G   DAGAD

Changes In Latitudes, Changes In Attitudes

Intro: 
Bm   A   Bm   G   Bm   A   D 


	  G          A	      D
Tried to amend my carnivorous habits
G              A       D
Made it nearly seventy days
         G             A           D
Losin' weight without speed, eatin' sunflower seeds
E				  A
Drinkin' lots of carrot juice and soakin' up rays
       G	 A          D	      
But at night I'd have these wonderful dreams
G             A      Bm
Some kind of sensuous treat
       G         D           G	    D
Not zucchini, fettuccini or bulgur wheat
      G        D          A            D
But a big warm bun and a huge hunk of meat




Chorus:
     G   A       D
     Cheeseburger in paradise
     G         A             D
     Heaven on Earth with an onion slice
     G        A          D
     Not too particular, not too precise
                G     D         A    D
     I'm just a Cheeseburger in paradise

Heard about the old time sailor men
They eat the same thing again and again
Warm beer and bread they said could raise the dead
Well it reminds me of the menu at a Holiday Inn

But times change, sailors these days
When I'm in port I get what I need
Not just Havanas or bananas or daiquiris
But that American creation on which I feed

Chorus 2:
     Cheeseburger in Paradise
     Medium rare with mustard be nice
     Heaven on Earth with an onion slice
     I'm just a Cheeseburger in Paradise

    (Muted)
    I like mine with lettuce and tomato
    Heinz 57 and French fried potatoes
    Big kosher pickle and a cold draft beer
    Well good God almighty which way do I steer for my

Chorus 3:
     Cheeseburger in Paradise
     Makin' the best of every virtue and vice
     Worth every damn bit of sacrifice to get a
     Cheeseburger in Paradise
     I need a Cheeseburger in Paradise
     I'm just a Cheeseburger in Paradise

Cheeseburger In Paradise

A				         D			    A
He went to Paris looking for answers to questions that bothered him so.
A					 D			 E7
He was impressive, young and aggressive, savin' the world on his own.
        D			 A			 D                   E7
But the warm summer breezes, the French wine and cheeses put his ambition at bay
    A
The summers and winters scattered like splinters
    D           E7             A
And four or five years slipped away.


Then he went to England, played the piano, and married an Actress named Kim.
They had a fine life, she was a good wife and bore him a young son named Jim.
And all of the answers and all of the questions he locked in his attic one day
'Cause he liked the quiet clean county livin'
And twenty more years slipped away.

Well the war took his baby, the bombs killed his lady, and left him with only one eye.
His body was battered, his whole world was shattered, all he could do was just cry.
While the tears were a-fallin' he was recallin' answers he never found.
So he hopped on a freighter, skidded the ocean
And left England without a sound.

Now he lives in the islands, fishes the pilin's and drinks his Green Label each day.
Writing his memoirs, losin' his hearin', but he don't care what people say.
Through eighty-six years of perpetual motion, if he likes you he'll smile, then he'll say
"Jimmy, some of it's magic, some of it's tragic,
But I had a good life all the way."
    A                                      D       E7
And he went to Paris lookin' for answers to questions that
             A
bothered him so.

He Went To Paris

D            D7             G                   D
I really do, appreciate the fact you're sittin' here
D                                        E7                 A7 
Your voice sounds so wonderful, but your face don't look too clear
   G                        D
So barmaid bring a pitcher, another round o' brew
      G             A            D        D7
Honey why don't we get drunk and screw

Chorus:
     G                          D
     Why don't we get drunk and screw?
     E7                             A7
     I just bought a waterbed filled up for me and you
         G
     They say you are a snow queen
           D
     Honey I don't think that's true
          G           A             D
     So,  why don't we get drunk and screw

Pick it Coral Reefers, here we go...

Chorus:
     Why don't we get drunk and screw?
     I just bought a waterbed filled up for me and you.
     They say you are a snow queen,
     Honey I don't think that's true.
     So, why don't we get drunk and screw?
     Yeah, now baby I say, Lord!
     Why don't we get drunk and screw

Why Don't We Get Drunk

Songs You Know By Heart

G C Am7 Bm7 Am

Intro - Fingerpicked G for 8 bars

G                                      
Mother, mother ocean, I have heard your call, 
  C                                           Am7        G
I wanted to sail upon your waters since I was three feet tall.
              Am7 Bm7 Am7        G
Youve seen it all,    youve seen it all.

G
Watched the men who rode you, switch from sails to steam. 
    C 					               Am7   G
And in your belly you hold the treasures that few have ever seen. 
             Am7 Bm7 Am7          G
Most of them dreams, most of them dreams.

G
Yes, I am a pirate, two hundred years too late. 
    C 							              Am7       G
The cannons dont thunder, theres nothing to plunder, Im an over forty victim of fate; 
             Am7 Bm7 Am7          G
arriving too late,       arriving too late.

A Pirate Looks At 40

Feeding Frenzy 

Intro: D  G  D  G

D               G               D                  G
I never used to miss the chance to climb up on his knee
D                   G          E                A
And listen to those many tales of life upon the sea 
F#m                     G           F#m                   G
We'd go sailing back on Barkentines and talk of things he did
F#m              G                E    A         D 
Tomorrow just a day away for the Captain and the kid 

His world had gone from sailing ships to raking mom's backyard 
He never could adjust to land although he tried so hard 
We both were growing older then and wiser with our years 
That's when I came to understand the course his heart still steers 

Bridge: F#m  G  F#m  G  F#m  G  E  A  D

He died about a month ago while winter filled the air 
And though I cried I was so proud to love a man so rare 
He's somewhere on the ocean now that place he oughta be 
With one hand on the starboard rail he's wavin' back at me 

I never used to miss the chance to climb up on his knee 
And listen to the many tales of life upon the sea 
We'd go sailing back on Barkentines and talk of things he did 
The world was just a day away for the Captain and the kid

        E    A     D   
For the Captain and this kid 

D  Dsus4  D  Dsus4 D

The Captain And The Kid

Havana Daydreamin'

D
Ramadan is over,
G
The new moon's shown her face
A
I'm halfway round the planet,
         G	      A     D
In a most unlikely place.

D
Following ...
G
Past ...
A
Behind ...
        G	      A	    D
With bananas piled on top.

D
I ...
G
It's ...
A
Away ...
            G	      A	    D
"Maybe Amsterdam or Rome"

D
Awakened...
G
With...
A
On ...
         G	     A	          D
God I do love this job so.

       G		       D
So while I make my move
	    A	            D
On the big board game
             G		                      D
Up and down a Spanish highway,
          A		               D
Some things remain the same.
G	       D
Girls meet boys
	     A	              Bm
and the boys tease girls
         G			D
I'm heading out this morning,
	    A		           D
For the Far Side of the World.

# Verse: D G A D
# Chorus: G D A D x 2
                G D A Bm
                G D A D

Far Side Of The World

Far Side of the World

Intro/Verse
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Outro
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One Particular Harbour

One Particular Harbor

[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

LA RE
Jo et duré a casa si fa mal temps
MI FA#m
Jo t’empararé si un cas tens por
SIm MI
Jo te cuidaré si estàs malalta
RE LA
De tot cor, de tot cor
RE REm LA
De tot cor

MI RE DO#m-SIm-LA

FA#m DO#m
Estic a punt d’anar-me’n
RE LA RE
Mes abans de partir et diré
REm LA
Que et duc dins es pensament

FA#m DO#m
No deix de recordar-te
RE LA RE
I alen els teus alens tot calents
REm SIm MI
De lluny i de prop me tens


Jo et duré...

FA#m DO#m
I a dalt de s’escenari
RE LA RE
Quan estic concentrat cantant
REm MI
Jo sempre te tenc present

FA#m DO#m
Perquè m’ets necessari
RE LA
Com s’aire que respir
RE REm SIm MI
Necessit estar amb tu en tot moment


Jo et duré... ( bis )

De tot cor

INTRO:

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

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

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

[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

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.

No Bravery

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

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

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