The xx are a Mercury Prize-winning trio formed in 2005 in London, England, United Kingdom. The band members are Romy Madley Croft (vocals, lead guitar), Oliver Sim (vocals, bass guitar), and Jamie Smith, known as Jamie xx (beats, MPC sampler). Second guitarist and keyboardist Baria Qureshi left the band in 2009.   Bonding over a shared love of dark, emotive 80s guitar sounds and the high-end sheen of American R&amp;B...

Quand ils commencent à faire parler d'eux au Royaume-Uni en 2009, les membres de The XX ont une moyenne d'âge de 20 ans à tout casser. Un jeune âge certes, mais en 2009, c'est presque devenu monnaie courante. Inspirés des Cocteau Twins, les quatre londoniens sortent, XX, un premier album très bien accueilli par la critique.  Romy Madley Croft et Oliver Sim se sont rencontrés à l'école maternelle, et ont plus tard été rejoints par Baria Qureshi et Jamie Smith, alors qu'ils faisaient leur étude à Elliot, école de laquelle sortent également Hot Chip, Four Tet ou Burial.

'The xx' ist eine aus London stammende dreiköpfige Postpunk- und New Wave-Band die R'n'B-Elemente in ihrer Musik verarbeitet.   Oliver Sim:  Gesang, Bass Romy Madley Croft:  Gesang, Gitarre Jamie Smith: Beats  Ex-Mitglied: Baria Qureshi  Erstmals Aufsehen erregte die Band schon vor der Veröffentlichung ihrer Debütplatte 'XX' ( 2009, erschienen bei XL-Recordings ) als der NME sie als Konzerttipp hypte.  

The <a href="http://www.songfacts.com/detail.php?id=26926" rel="nofollow">Chained Songfacts</a> reports that the cymbals at the start of this song are sampled from The Crusaders

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Chained

The Tides Songfacts says the song likens the highs and lows of a relationship to that of the tides.

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Tides

Gm Bb Eb


Gm    Bb
Fiction
                  Eb
When we're not together
               Gm
Mistaken for a vision
Bb                     Eb
Something of my own creation
            Gm    Bb
I wake up alone
                       Eb
With only daylight between us
                            Gm        Bb
Last night the world was beneath us,
                     Eb
Tonight comes, dear love
               Gm     Bb
Were we torn apart 
                 Eb
By the break of day?
                          Gm  Bb
You're more than I can believe, 
                    Eb
Would ever come my way


Gm   Bb
Fiction
                  Eb
When we're not together
               Gm
Mistaken for a vision
Bb                     Eb
Something of my own creation
           Gm   Bb
Come real love
            Eb
Why do I refuse you?
                    Gm   Bb
Cause if my fear's right 
          Eb
I risk to lose you
               Gm   Bb
And if I just might 
          Eb
Wake up alone
              Gm    Bb Eb
Bring on the night


Gm      Bb
Fiction
                  Eb
When we're not together
               Gm
Mistaken for a vision
Bb                     Eb
Something of my own creation
             Gm   Bb
Any certainties
             Eb
How am I to tell?
                          Gm
I know your face all too well, 
         Bb       Eb
Still I wake up alone

Gm    Bb
Fiction
                  Eb
When we're not together

Fiction

A
All I have
A
I will give to you
A       Bm
In the times when no one wants to
       Fm
I will give you me
             Bm  
And we'll be us (2x)



A
And there's no one else
Bm
Who knows me
A
Like you do
Bm
What I've done
A
You've done too
Bm
The walls I hide behind
A
You walk through 
Bm
You just walk through



A
Well I know all the words
        Bm
To take you apart
           Fm
You know I know your heart
           Bm
I want to mend your heart (2x)




A
And there's no one else
Bm
Who knows me like you do
A
What I've done
Bm
You've done too
A
The walls I hide behind
Bm
You walk through 
A
You just walk through

Our Song

Intro

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Chorus: 'They would be as in love with you as I am'

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C|--6----8-------|
G|---------------|

x3

Second first the same until:

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Bridge: 'And leaving without them'

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G|---------------|

Final Verse: 'And with words unspoken'

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Final chorus is nothing. 
enjoy :)

Angels

Coexist

Em 
You've applied the pressure
Bm                 A
To have me crystalised
Em
And you've got the faith
Bm                  A                    
That I could bring paradise

I'll forgive and forget
Before I'm paralysed
Do I have to keep up the pace 
To keep you satisfied

Things have gotten closer to the sun
And I've done things in small doses
So don't think that I'm pushing you away
When you're the one that I've kept closest

[ahh ahh ahh] x4

You don't move slow
Taking steps in my directions
The sound resounds, echo
Does it lesson your affection
No

You say I'm foolish
For pushing this aside
But burn down our home
I won't leave alive

Glacies have melted to the sea
I wish the tide would take me over
I've been down on my knees
And you just keep on getting closer

[ahh ahh ahh] x4

Glacies have melted to the sea (Things have gotten closer to the sun)
I wish the tide would take me over (And I've done things in small doses)
I've been down onto my knees (So don't think that I'm pushing you away)
And you just keep on getting closer (When you're the one that I've kept closest)

Go slow x5

Crystalised

Islands- the xx            
# Tuning: (I know it might say normal tuning but this is an easier tuning for all the notes to fit, but it still fits perfectly!!!)
A
E
B
G

Intro and Verse 1 - Palm Muted
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Chorus - Palm Muted
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Verse 2 - Un Muted
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Chorus x2

Break - Un Muted
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Outro
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Please RATE!

Islands

# Part 1

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# Part 2

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# G|-----------------------------------|  x2

Intro

Intro: Em           G             Cmaj7

       *Verse 1*
Em               G                    Cmaj7
  I can give it all on the first date
Em               G           Cmaj7    
  I dont have to exist outside this place
         Em        G       Cmaj7
And dear know that I can't change


       *Chorus*
       Em                    G
But if stars shouldn't shine
       Cmaj7
By the very first time
               Em       G         Cmaj7
Then dear it's fine, so fine by me
                      Em            G           Cmaj7
'Cause we can give it time, so much time with me


       *Verse 2*
Em                   G                 Cmaj7         
  And I can draw the line on the first date
Em             G                     Cmaj7              
  I'll let you cross it let you take every line I've got
         Em        G          Cmaj7      
When the time..... gets...... late


       *Chorus*
       Em                    G
But if stars shouldn't shine
       Cmaj7
By the very first time
               Em       G         Cmaj7
Then dear it's fine, so fine by me
                      Em            G           Cmaj7
'Cause we can give it time, so much time with me

       *Bridge(?)* X2 
Em               G                       
  If you want me, let me know
Cmaj7             Cmaj7                        
     Where do you wanna go?
Em                    G                     
  No need for talking already know
Cmaj7              Cmaj7                                
     If you want me, why go?


       *Verse 1 (again)*
Em               G                    Cmaj7
  I can give it all on the first date
Em               G           Cmaj7    
  I dont have to exist outside this place
         Em        G       Cmaj7
And dear know that I can't change


       *Chorus/Ending*
       Em                    G
But if stars shouldn't shine
       Cmaj7
By the very first time
               Em       G         Cmaj7
Then dear it's fine, so fine by me
                      Em            G           Cmaj7
'Cause we can give it time, so much time with me
       Em                    G
But if stars shouldn't shine
       Cmaj7
By the very first time
               Em       G         Cmaj7
Then dear it's fine, so fine by me
                      Em            G           Cmaj7
'Cause we can give it time, so much time with me

Basic Space

Bm                        A
After all the time, after you
                             E
Had you seen me with someone new?

Hanging so high for your return
                       Bm
But the stillness is a burn


                      A
Had I seen it in your eyes
                               E
There'd have been no try after try

Your leaving had no goodbye
                            Bm
Had I just seen one in your eyes


A  E


                Bm
I can't give it up
                  A
To someone else's touch
                   E
Because I care too much


                Bm
I can't give it up
                  A
To someone else's touch
                   E
Because I care too much

Care too much

Care too much


Bm  A  E


Bm
Could you tell
A
I was left lost and lonely?
E
Could you tell
Things ain't worked out my way


Bm
Wish the best for you
A
Wish the best for me
E
Wished for infinity

If that ain't me


        Bm
Give it up
                  A
I can't give it up
        E
Give it up
I can't give it up


                Bm
I can't give it up
                  A
To someone else's touch
                   E
Because I care too much


                Bm
I can't give it up
                  A
To someone else's touch
                   E
Because I care too much
Care too much

Care too much


Bm  A  E (x2)


Repeat 8 times:
        Bm
Give it up
A                  E
I can't give it up

Infinity

F#m E C#m C#m


F#m            E                 
You mean that much to me
     C#m          (A)        
And it's hard to show
F#m         E          C#m  
Gets hectic inside of me
          (A)
When you go
F#m        E                   C#m
Can I confess these things to you
             (A)
Well I don't know
F#m      E
Embedded in my chest
    C#m          (A)
And it hurts to hold


F#m         E
I couldn't spill my heart
C#m                      A
My eyes gleam looking in from the dark


F C G Dm

Night Time

# This is my first tab so it may be wrong


# Intro 
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# Verse 1
# You, used to have all the answers...
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# Chorus
# Watch things on a VCR...
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                   # x3

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# Verse 2
# Want to find my self by the sea... 
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# Chorus
Watch things on a VCR...
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                   # x3

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# THE END Hope this will help you :)

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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