Andrew Jackson Jihad is an American folk/punk/rock group from Phoenix, Arizona, formed in 2004. They have been classified as everything from indie rock to anti-folk to Americana.  Andrew Jackson Jihad was formed after its original drummer, Justin James White, approached Sean Bonnette and Ben Gallaty, who had just left Rodan (not the Rodan of Kentucky fame) and The Sub-Standards. Since then, many significant Arizona musicians have sat in with the remaining duo of Sean and Ben, including John De La Cruz of Fatigo and Asleep In The Sea's Owen Evans.

Andrew Jackson Jihad est un groupe Américain de folk/punk formé en 2004 et originaire de Phoenix, Arizona.  Ils ont toutefois été classifiés de tout et n'importe quoi, allant de l'indie rock à l'antifolk en passant par l'Americana.

Andrew Jackson Jihad is an American rock group from Phoenix, Arizona, formed in 2004. They have been variously classified as indie rock, anti-folk, and Americana. 

Andrew Jackson Jihad es una banda de folk punk americana de Phoenix, Arizona. Formada el año 2004. Han sido variadamente clasificados como Indie rock, Anti-folk y Americana.  Andrew Jackson Jihad fue fundando luego que el baterista, Justin James White, se contactó con Sean Bonette y Ben Gallart los que recientemente habían dejado las bandas Rodan y The Sub-Standards. Desde ese punto hasta ahora muchos músicos significativos de Arizona han tocado con ellos, incluyendo a John de la Cruz de Fatigo y Owen Evans de Asleep In The Sea. 

Intro: C-Am-F-G

  C      Am     F            G
I walked into a room full of corpses
    F                     G
The room all smelled like flowers
           C              Am
There were Nikes on their feet
         F               G
Hail and smile under the cloth


  C     Am       F                G
I gazed into the souls of all the horses
     F                  G
That jumped off all the bridges
         C            Am
In those wild western days
  F                 G
A spaceship made of death


C   Am
Do. Re.
F           G
Mi Fa So La Ti
F   G       C
Do, Re, and Me.


(C)-Am-F-G

  C    Am       F               G
I gave into the needs of all my masters
F          G
Man is the Bastard is a
C              Am
Brutal fucking band
    F                G
And they hate Thomas Lenz


  C    Am     F              G
I fell into a coffin full of orphans
    F                 G
And they all had been slaughtered 
     C              Am
By a website-making man
     F            G
With music in his heart


C   Am
Do. Re.
F           G
Mi Fa So La Ti
F   G       C    Am
Do, Re, and Me
F   G       C    Am
Do, Re, and Me
F   G       C
Do, Re, and Me

Do Re And Me

G
I was a sexy little viper ruin 

in the corner of King Tut tomb
                           C D
when the hate train started
           G
going choo choo.


G
I was a rat on a burning ship

When we sunk, our fire got put out.
                                 Em C
It was just like the great plague,
                        D       
It's like the birth of underwear.


D C# C               D
     Hey dude I hate everything you do
G                             Em
But I'm trying really hard to not hate you
C               D                     G
Hating you won't make you suck any less

G  C  D  G

G
I was a wheel in a war machine

Now I'm a toilet in a restaurant
                        C   D 
Somebody's gotta do it
               G
I know my place


G
I was a baby killing Cadillac

Now I'm a drug induced heart attack
                     Em   C  
Somebody's gotta do it
               D
I know my place


D C# C               D
     Hey dude I hate everything you do
G                             Em
But I'm trying really hard to not hate you
C               D                     G
Hating you won't make you suck any less

G   C D   G  Em D C# C A

A
Have you ever wanted to be
C
Have you ever wanted wanted to see
        G              G#
Someone better, in the mirror
A                
Have you ever wanted to go
C
Have you ever wanted to know
          G                  B
Somewhere greener, me fucking neither!


      Em                 D            C    G F# G
I bet you got something beautiful in mind


G
They're gonna beat me till I'm black and blue

Give me a kokopelli face tattoo
                           Em    C
And I'll tell you a secret
                          G
Kreuz is German for Williams
G
In the blood cult of the mislead youth
                                       D     G
I've got a bad case of the yellow flashlight blues
                                Em
Let me tell you some weird shit
C                         D
There's gonna be a big old civil war inside my house tonight.


C              D
Hey dude I hate everything you do
G                             Em
But I'm trying really hard to not hate you
C               D                     G
Hating you won't make you suck any less

Kokopelli Face Tattoo

G                            Bm
In came the big board police to take the newly undeceased
             Em                          D
I was the softened gaze upon a child of God
         G                    Bm
And the sky was full of teeth anticipating that sweet release
           Em                                          D
I was the little engine that could, I was a courtroom bomb-sniffing dog


         C               D                      G             Em
And the blood collector collected blood and the cannibals all sang:
 G          C         D      G
"Tra la la, la la la la, la ley!"


              G                      Bm 
They found a weird calling card in a puddle of body parts
         Em                                          D
Inside a bowl of angel hearts that the children were eating
        G                       Bm
I was a vampire hunter, I was a pregnant mother
         Em                               D
I was a tear shed for the one's that died believing#


         C               D                      G             Em
And the blood collector collected blood and the cannibals all sang:
 G          C        D      G       G7
"Tra la la, la la la la, la ley!"


C            D            G         Em
Thunderdome, broken home, everybody dies alone
        C                       D        G
I wanna give a shout-out to the innocent by-standing
        

              G                       Bm
And out the corner of my eye, coming out from the teeth-filled sky
              Em                                    D
With eyes as red as a dog's asshole when you see it shitting
G                                 Bm
I saw the Children of God as they walked on slovenly by
    Em                           D                         
The USB ports in their arms were bleeding


         C               D                      G             Em
And the blood collector collected blood and the cannibals all sang:
   C              D              C              D
"I think I can! I think I can! I think I can! I think I can!
 G          C        D      G
 Tra la la, la la la la, la ley!"

Children Of God

Christmas Island

C
F G C
F G C 
F G F F F F F F F F 
Am G C

C
Rejoice, rejoice, God's ears are stitches
Am
Rejoice, his eyes are big Xs
       C
Oh, rejoice, his arms are burning witches
       Am        
Oh, rejoice, his hands perform hexes
F                    G                    C
Rejoice despite the fact this world will hurt you
       F                 G                     C
And rejoice despite the fact this world will kill you
       F                 G                    C   Em       Am
And rejoice despite the fact this world will tear you to shreds
F                        G          C
Rejoice because you're trying your best

F G C
F G C 
F G F F F F F F F F 
Am G C

       C
And rejoice, the bed you sleep in is burning
      Am
Oh, rejoice, the sky's fucking falling
       C
Oh, rejoice, the world we know is turning
      Am
Oh, rejoice, your father's been calling 
F                       G             C
Rejoice although this world will devastate you
       F                    G             C                
And rejoice although this world will penetrate you
       F        G          C   Em    Am
And rejoice although you will not survive
F                      G            C
Rejoice, you'll never make it out alive

F G C
F G C 
F G F F F F F F F F 
Am G C

       C            
And rejoice, your hair it smells like burning hair
      Am
Oh, rejoice, your nails all got chewed off
       C                    
Oh, rejoice, and holy fuck you're bleeding there
      Am
Oh, rejoice, you burned your whole beard off
F                    G                    C
Rejoice despite the fact this world will hurt you
       F                 G                    C
And rejoice despite the fact this world will kill you
       F                 G                    C   Em      Am
And rejoice despite the fact this world will tear you to shreds
F                        G          C
Rejoice because you're trying your best

F G C
F G C 
F G F F F F F F F F 
Am G C

Rejoice

Intro: C
                   C
I could go off the deep end,
                  Am
I could kill all my best friends.
             F
I could follow stylish trends.
                G
And God knows I could make amends.
                C                                  Am
But I've got an angry heart filled with cancer and poppy tarts. 
           F                                   G
If this is how you folks make art, its fucking depressing.

        Am     G               C            F
And its sad to know that we're not alone in this.
        Am                     G              C
And its sad to know there's no honest way out.

             C
Im afraid to leave the house,
            Am
Im as timid as a mouse.
   F                                  G       
Im afraid if I go on I'll out wear my welcome.
            C
Im not a courageous man.
                Am
I dont have any big, lasting plans.
          F                                     G
Too cowardly to take a stand, I want to keep my nose clean.

        Am     G               C            F
And its sad to know that we're not alone in this.
        Am     G                            F
And its sad to know there's no honest way out.
Am              G            C            F 
In this life we lead, we could conquer everything, 
            Am                 G          
if we could just get the Brave to get out of bed in the 
C
morning.

Brave As A Noun

G
                                      
People are wasteful, they waste all the food

                       D      
People are hateful and people are rude

    G     B5           C             G
But God I love some people sometimes

                   D                G 
Because people are very, very special



                                             
And people are impatient, they don't know how to wait

                       D                   
People are selfish and people are prone to hate

    G     B5            C            G 
But God I love some people sometimes

                         D                   G 
Because people are the greatest thing to happen

             B5            C            G     
I said God I love some people sometimes

                         D                   G 
Because people are the greatest thing to happen

                                             


                                  
And people are people regardless of skin

                  D                
People are people regardless of creed

G          B5         C              G  
People are people regardless of gender

                       D                G
People are people regardless of anything

                  B5         C              G 
I said people are people regardless of gender

                       D                G 
People are people regardless of anything



                                       
And people are my religion because I believe in them

                          D               
People are my enemies and people are my friends

G       B5      C           G 
I have faith in my fellow man

                     D                 G
And I only hope that he has faith in me

              B5       C           G 
I said I have faith in my fellow man

                     D                G 
And I only hope that he has faith in me

              B5       C           G 
I said I have faith in my fellow man

                     D                G 
And I only hope that he has faith in me

People

C
No more tears
                  Am
No more crying
 F            G                  C
No more sighing lying or dying
                 C
No more HIV
                 Am
No more tweaking
F             G                                 C
No more drugs or immune systems being weakened

        F                         G
Just happy times and half assed rhymes and mimes
              C    G   F
Because mimes are dears
                       G                      C
But most of all I want no more tears


No more bad times 
                Am
No more bummers 
 F               G                         C
No more SUVs and no more Hummers
                  C
No more racism
                  Am
No more discrimination
F                          G                                           C
No more fat dumb fucks keeping people out of our nation
 
          F                G                            C        G     F
Were all on big band across this land and we should sing in tune
                                     G
Let us grow the balls to break the walls
C                  G          F
Weve got to do it soon

                         G                      C
But most of all I want no more tears
                Am
No more crying
                  F           G          C         G   C
No more sighing lying or dying

No More Tears

Intro:

C F Am G



Verse 1:

C                     F                        Am            G 
I gave birth to twin wire hang-overs.
C                        F                        Am         G         
and now I am a personal space invader.
C                         F                     Am           G
I've got essays, I've got finals due.
C               F                       Am                   G        
I have got lots and lots of problems.   



Chorus:

C                
Look out!
G
Look ouh - ah - howh - owh out

C  F  Am G



Verse 2

C                                         F                      Am           G
And how can you put that straw up your nose, 
                 C               F                 Am                         G
when you know how coke is manufactured?
C                                F                      Am                    G
Its made by children for the immature.
C                   F                                Am                       G
It is made by babies who've been captured.
C                                             G
It's a sin against your fellow man.



Instrumental:

C      G
C  F  Am  G



Verse 3:

# *Tempochange*

         C                        F                                 Am                                 
And  welcome to this world, have as much fun as 
                         G
you would like while  
              C                         F                             Am                      G  
helping others have as much fun as you are having.
C                                 F                  Am                                       G
Be kind to those you love, and be kind to those you don't.
            C                                 F                        Am                            G
But for Gods sake you gotta be kind, and respectful because we're all one soul. 
Be the best fucking human you could be!



Outro:

# *Tempo increases continuously* 

C F Am G

Personal Space Invader

Am                  G                     F
For four four nights I have fled from my fortress
Am           G                  F
Foraging forests five footsteps in length
Am           G                     F
Fortitude found within forty ounce bottles
Am                G                         F
Flowing like flies from your face
E
From your face

Am                G                         F
My neighborhood has been filled brim with black cats
       Am              G                    F
And when I go driving they walk in my path
E
All the time, every time
                    Am              G                 F
La da dada dum da da dum da da dum
                    Am                G                 F
La deeda da dum da da dum da da dum
                      Am              G                 F     
                                 E
La deeda da dum da da dum da da dum da da dum da da dum

Am                  G                      F
First we were babies, we're birthing and dying
Am                   G                         F
Then we were children, we're playing and crying
Am                     G                   F
Then we're teenagers we're smoking and fucking
Am                  G                      F
Now we're all grownup and we're sadly sighing
        Am               G                   F
And lacking but lurking and licking our wounds
                Am         G                  F
We've created by lusting and lying
E
To ourselves and to others
                    Am                G               F       
                         E
We're sadly sigh-hyhy-hy-hyhy-hyhy-hy-hyhy-hy-ing
                    Am                G               F       
                               E
We're sadly sigh-hyhy-hy-hyhy-hy-hyhy-hy-hyhy-hy-ing
                    Am                G               F       
                                E
We're sadly sigh-hyhy-hy-hyhy-hy-hyhy-hy-hyhy-hy-ing
                    Am                G               F       
                         E
We're sadly sigh-hyhy-hy-hyhy-hy-hyhy-hy-hyhy-ing

        Am            G      F
And I'd like to be a big ball of meat
        Am       G           F
For bees to buzz around and eat
             E
When I die, so I might be granted
                        Am
One sense of purpose

A Song Dedicated To The Memory Of Stormy The Rabbit

People Who Can Eat People are the Luckiest People in the World

Intro (First two times muted):

C - F - C - C (muted, hit F twice, quickly)
C - F - C - F - C - F - C - C (hit F twice, quickly)


                    C
I wanna break apart my heart

                  Am
Glue the pieces to my car

                 F
Crash it into a wall

                       G
I don't wanna feel at all

                  C
Wanna break apart my heart



               C
Douse it in gasoline

              Am
Til the fire burns clean

                 F
Then flick a cigarette

                 G
Like that movie Con Air

             C
Doused in gasoline



     F       G
And if you think

          C                    Am
You are better than me, you're right

                   F (short strokes)
There's no one to love

                  G (short strokes)
There's no one to trust

        C   F   C  F
In my life.



                       C
I want to pick up the pieces

                    Am
And plant them in the ground

                   F               G              C   - F - C 
When a tree grows there I want to chop that tree down

                 C
Build it into a boat

                  Am
And float it in a lake

             F               G                            C
And with dynamite I will explode the thing that makes me make mistakes



     F       G
And if you think

          C                    Am
You are better than me, you're right

                   F (short strokes)
There's no one to love

                  G (short strokes)
There's no one to trust

        C   F   C  F
In my life.


    F               G                  C  - F - C
Sometimes I get so lonesome I can't breath

    F               G                   C - B - Am
Sometimes I get so scared that I can't speak

      F             G               C         Am
Sometimes I get so worried I can't hear my heartbeat

  F
Anyway

  Fm
Anyway

C - F - C - F - C - F - C - C


                 C
I wanna tear out my heart

            Am
And give it away

       F             G          C
To a person more deserving one day

         C
If all I see

       Am
Is the worst in everything

                      F (quick strokes)
That's all I'm gonna get

                      G (quick stroke)
That's all I'm gonna get

                    C
That's all I'm gonna get


     F       G
And if you think

          C                    Am
You are better than me, you're right

                   F (short strokes)
There's no one to love

                  G (short strokes)
There's no one to trust

        Am
In my life.

                   F (short strokes)
There's no one to love

                  G (short strokes)
There's no one to trust

        Am
In my life.

            F (short strokes)
No one to love

                  G (short strokes)
There's no one to trust

        C
In my life.

Heartilation

C                                  F
This place is taking all my self-esteem

C                          F
And everybody is afraid of me

Am               Em               C        F
And I can't make eye contact with anyone I see

C                    G           C
This place is taking all my self-esteem


C                          F
And everybody is afraid of me

C                               F
And I'm afraid to go out in the streets

Am              Em                  C            F
Reminders of my failures everywhere that I will be

C            G         C
Everybody is afraid of me

    Am     G         F    G
And people freak me out
Am      G      F      G
People make me scared

Am       G        F          G
People make me so damn self-aware


C


C                                  F
I get bronchitis twice a year at least

C                                        F
My lungs aren't the way that they should be

Am           Em          C           F
And I smoke more than a motherfucking chimney

C         G         C
I declare war on my body


C                         F
And I'm a liar and I am a thief

C                                    F
Taking things from those better than me

Am               Em            C              F
Pathetic little man with some pathetic little dream

C            G              C
I hope you all can forgive me

Self Esteem

C                  Am
They had a white face they had black eyes
         F                    Fm              C            G
They had burns all over their bodies they had love for my revulsion 
         Am             Fm
And they kissed away my repulsion
           C         G          Am                              
They had a white face and black eyes 

F G

      C                Am
Their father came from across the sea
   F         Fm        C        G
To rescue to rescue to rescue me
           Am                          F
He said if you spend all your heart on something that has died 
C                 G                  G7
You are not alive that cant be your life
Am                                          Fm
Love what you can love what you can til it dies
           C          G     
And let it lie let it fly away 
Am                                         F   Fm
Love what you can love what you can til it dies
           C          G     Fm  
And let it lie let it fly away


Am F C G (x2)


         C                 Am 
He had a white face he had black eyes 
       F                  Fm              C
He had burns all over his body and he was right.

White Face, Black Eyes

Can't Maintain

C
I like telling dirty jokes,
C
And I like smoking crystal meth,
    F       G      C 
But darling I love you.

C
And I like laughing at retards,
C
And I like throwing rocks at dogs,
F           G      C
But darling I love you.

F                   G
I love you like the moon and stars,
     C               Am
When little kids get hit by cars,
F        G         C   
Girl you know it's true.
F        G      C
Darling, I love you.

C
I've been tryin' to move on, 
C
since you left, Since you've been gone,
    F       G       C
but it's so hard on me.

C
Talked to a girl in first hour,
C
bought her a cd, Bought her a flower,
    F       G      C
but she's a stupid cunt.

    F            G          C            Am
But I'll take anything, and I'll take anyone.
     F             G       C             Am
I'll take an angry lesbian with a loaded gun.
     F                 G            C         Am
I'll take a whore with syphilis and gonorrhea too.
    F        G      C        
But darling, I love you.
    F        G      C
But darling, I love you.
  F        G      C
But darling, I love you.

F G C

I Love You

Candy Cigarettes, Capguns, Issue Problems! and Such

C
Growing up

G
Really fucking Sucks

F
I've got too much stuff

F                    C    G
I don't make enough

C
And soon

G
I'm going to turn to dust

F                              C  G
I'm going to turn to dust

F                       Am
And I'm afraid I don't care

C                        G
I'm afraid I don't care


C
Growing up

G
Really fucking sucks

F              Am
I've fallen down

F                     C  G
And I can't get up

C
And soon

G
I'm not going to bother

F                                         Am
I'm going to lay on the ground 'til I die

F                               Am
And I'm afraid I don't care

C                       G
I'm afraid I don't care



C            G
Growing up

G                     F
Really fucking sucks

F                      Am
I want to fall in love

Am           C         G
But I don't love anybody

G      C
And soon

C                   G
There will be nobody

G            F           Am                   G
Who will want to fall in love with me

F                                Am
And I'm afraid I don't care

C              G
I'm afraid I don't care



G                     C
I hate growing up.

Growing Up

Only God Can Judge Me

C
I'm afraid of the way I live my life.
    Am
I'm afraid of the way I don't.
    F                      G                C
I'm afraid of the things I want to do but I won't.

    C
I'm afraid of God.
                              A
I'm afraid to believe and I'm afraid of all the loved ones that I've made leave.
    F                          G       C
I'm afraid that my dog doesn't love me anymore.

    C                                      Am
I'm afraid of the social laziness that let Kitty Genovese die.
        F                 G                    C
And I'm afraid of the mob mentality that makes otherwise normal people go blind.
    C                                              Am
I'm afraid of the way that the world works and I'm afraid of the words in my notebooks.
    F                        G           C
I'm afraid that you all know that I am a pervert.

                F                         G
But the big red bird that lives under the city
        Am          C                          F
doesn't give a damn about me and it dies every night.
           Dm
By burning alive.

    C
I'm afraid of my grandfathers cancer.
        Am
And I'm afraid of my mom's dying arm.
    F                        G                C
I'm afraid that I've somehow caused my family harm.

    C                                       Am
I'm afraid that the ones I love won't have enough.
    F                      G                Am
I'm afraid that the ones I love won't have enough.

     F            G                Am
It's harder to be yourself than it is to be anybody else.
F               G                Am                     F
I wish I were a little less of a coward but the big red bird that lives under
    G
the city
        Am                                     F
doesn't give a damn about me and it dies every night.
              Dm
So I bought a knife.
       C
I Am A knife.

Am F G C

Big Bird

G                                                                      Em
If I had a cigarette for every time a perfect stranger asked me for a cigarette
                     C                                G
then I'd have enough cigarettes to get me through the day.
                   G                                                            Em
And if I had some spare change every time a perfect stranger asked me for some spare change
                     C                                                   D
then I'd have enough spare change to take care of these bills I need to pay.
            Em       C         D                   Em            C                Am
And dude I know that times are tough but that does not mean that you can have my stuff
               G                            Em
So how about a ride? I can drive you to the shelter
                         C                                    D
We can eat dinner at the Andre house and you can even take a shower
              Em  C             D                        Am
Cause I think you deserve much more than a smoke and 50 cents
    Em                C                        D       Am
You deserve to be self-sufficient and buy your own cigarettes

Em C D Am D

G                                                                         D
Oh, when the saints, oh, when the saints, oh when the saints go marching in
G                         C                   G               D                G
They will feed you so much pizza that you'll forget about the rut that you are in
G                                                                          C
Oh, when the saints, Oh, when the saints, oh when the saints come marching in
G                                  D               C
Well I'm sure they'll feel so much better with the illusion
              D                 G
that they are helping out those sinners
             C             D                           G
when all they really do is buy those so called sinners shitty dinners
              C                             D
Like 5 dollar Hot and Ready pizzas and high fructose corn syrup punch
      G                      C
You diabetic and apathetic, wondering when they will bring you lunch 
       G                  C            G         D        G     
to the park they keep you in, when the saints go marching in
                  G                                                           Em
So I wish I had a cigarette for every time a perfect stranger asked me for a cigarette
                    C                     Cm                     G
but I wonder what a cigarette will really do to help that person out
         G                                                                                 Em
I wish to God I had some spare change for every time a perfect stranger asked me for some spare change
                             C                      Cm                         G
but there's not enough spare change in the world to make such an empty gesture count.

Zombie By The Cranberries By Andrew Jackson Jihad

C  C

[Verse]
C                                     Am
I am white and I've got everything I need.
F                                        G                    C
No one clutches their purse when they're in a room alone with me
                                           Am
and I can drive through any neighborhood I please
      F            G                  C
at any hour and the police don't do a thing.

[Hook]
     F       G             Am
So if I see a penny on the ground,
F           G             Am
I leave it alone or fucking flip it.
F                   G         Am
I'm a straight white male in America.
        F       G       C
I've got all the luck I need.

[Verse]
C                                              Am
I'm a guy getting paid more than a girl with a degree
F                               G                              C
and I can walk down the street at night and no one wants to rape me.
                                                 Am
And I can get a girl pregnant and just as easily flee.
          F                       G          C
Just like my straight, white male dad did to me.

[Hook]
    F         G            Am
So if I see a penny on the ground,
F          G                Am
I leave it alone or fucking flip it.
      F              G         Am
I'm a straight white male in America.
         F       G       C
I've got all the luck I need.

C        C/Bb

[Verse]
F                                         C
I've got a pile of broken mirrors and I'm walking under ladders
           G                            Am
and I'll spill a ton of salt because to me that doesn't matter.
F                               C
Cus my skin and my gender and my orientation
        G                            Am
are the best things to have when you live in this nation.
F              C         G
I recommend it highly.

[Chorus]
   F          G            Am
So if I see a penny on the ground,
 F          G                Am
I leave it alone or fucking flip it.
        F            G         Am
I'm a straight white male in America.
          F       G      C
I've got all the luck I need.
       F         G        Am
Shit's gonna work out for me.
       F             G        Am
I'm a straight white male in America.
         F       G      C
I've got all the luck I need.

American Tune

Knife Man

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 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

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

C#
There's a portrait
     Ab
In a back room
           F#
Which I'll keep for days upon
          C#
Which I relent 
              B
And gaze for hours on
    Bbm                  F#
The muscle, skin and bone
         Ab
Of some imaginary friend

F# Ab F#

        C#
So how about it 
        Ab
Show me please 
           F#
How I will look in twenty years
           C#
And let me please 
          B
Interpret history 
       Bbm        F#
In every line and scar 
               Ab                  
That's painted there in front of me

F# Ab F# Ab F# Ab

           C#
It doesn't matter
         Ab
What I'm thinking
       F#
What I tell myself to do
         C#      F#
I end up calling

       C#
I stay in to
                   Ab
Defrost the fridge
        F#
Now the kid has gone to bed
             C#
A feeling of dread
              B         
At least when she's around
    Bbm
The trouble's there
     F#                        Ab
It's worse to wake up with her falling 'round the room

F# Ab F# Ab F# Ab

       C#
Listen Johnny
              F#
You're like a mother
       C#                     F#
To the girl you've fallen for
                 C#
And you're still falling

       C#
Listen Johnny
              Ab
You're like a mother
       F#
To the girl you've fallen for
                 C#
And you're still falling

            B
And if they come tonight
       Bbm
You'll roll up tight
     F#             Ab
And take whatever's coming to you next (oh, oh oh oh)

 F# Ab to end.

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