Ryan Adams (born David Ryan Adams on November 5, 1974) is an alt-country and rock and roll singer-songwriter from Jacksonville, North Carolina.  Adams dropped out of high school at age 16 to work in a shoe shop and make music. He formed a band named Whiskeytown in 1994; they disbanded in 1999 having released two full albums, Faithless Street and Strangers Almanac. Adams went on to put out his first solo record, Heartbreaker, in 2000. After a long delay, in 2001 Whiskeytown's third album Pneumonia was finally issued.  

Né David Ryan Adams le 5/11/1974 à Jacksonville en Caroline du Nord (USA); auteur-compositeur. Il a sa première guitare à 12 ans, aussi bien bercé par Johnny Cash que par le punk. En 91, 1er groupe Patty Duke Syndrome puis Whiskeytown de 1994 à 2000 (3 albums). En 1996 il s

David Ryan Adams (5 de noviembre de 1974, Jacksonville, Carolina del Norte) músico de un estilo que ha venido a ser llamado Alt-Country/Rock. A los 16 años abandonó el instituto para trabajar en una zapatería y comenzar a escribir música. Formó una banda llamada Whiskeytown en 1994 la cual se separaría en 1999. Adams publicó su primer disco en solitario en el año 2000, lleva por título Heartbreaker. 

Intro:
A      - D     ||x4

Verse 1:
   A              D     
If you'll take me back
A            D     
Back to your place
     A          D             E     
I'll try not to bother you, I promise
            A       D     
'Cause it's cold in here
      A           D     
And I wish it was hot
    A                  D                E     
The sink's broke, it's leaking from the faucet


Pre Chorus 1:
        F#m    
And I'm fractured
         D     
From the fall
      A              E     
And I wanna go home


Chorus 1:
F#m          D                         A     
It takes two when it used to take one
F#m          D                         A     
It takes two when it used to take only one



Verse 2:
         A          D     
Well, my money's no good
         A        D     
When I'm up to no good
   A         D              E     
No good ever comes from it, honest
           A           D     
I've got a really good heart
       A             D     
I just can't catch a break
            A                          D               E     
If I could, I would treat you like you wanted me to, I promise



Pre Chorus 2:
        F#m                 D                
But I'm fractured, from the fall
           A              E      
Ooh, and I wanna go home
    F#m                 D          A              E     
I'm fractured, from the fall and I wanna go home



Chorus 2:
F#m          D                         A     
It takes two when it used to take one
F#m          D                         A     
It takes two when it used to take one
F#m          D                         A     
It takes two when it used to take one
F#m          D                         A     
It takes two when it used to take only one



Outro:
A      - D      ||x3
A     

Ryan Adams- Pearls on a String

# You can play this song fine without using the F#m chord, but it slides nicely into
# the D and helps to break up the main chord progression


(D) Blue eyes for miles
(G) Pretty (Am7) as a (D) peach
(D) Glorious kind and always on the time 
(G) Never far (Am7) out of (D) reach

(A) Tomorrow's (D) on its way
(G) And there's always new (Am7) songs to (D) sing
(F#m)-(D) Glorious kind and always on time 
(G) Pearls (Am7) on a (D) string

(F#m)-(D) Soft precious and easy
(G) Under (Am7) the (D) sea
(D) If you dive down far enough to the bottom look 
(G) Around and (Am7) you will (D) see

(A) Tomorrow's (D) on its way
(G) And there's always new (Am7) songs to (D) sing
(F#m)-(D) Glorious kind and always on time, 
(G) Pearls (Am7) on a (D) string
(F#m)-(D) Glorious kind and always on time, 
(G) Pearls (Am7) on a (D) string

(D) Sun shining down
(G) Children (Am7) laugh and (D) play
(D) Glorious kind and always on time 
(G) Out there (Am7) in the (D) day

(A) Tomorrow's (D) on its way
(G) And there's always new (Am7) songs to (D) sing
(F#m)-(D) Glorious kind and always on time, 
(G) Pearls (Am7) on a (D) string
(F#m)-(D) Glorious kind and always on time, 
(G) Pearls (Am7) on a (D) string.

Pearls On A String

Verse 1:

F               Am          C
Here comes that shit again 

I got a Halloween head
F            Am                 C
Head full of tricks and treats
                                  F
It leads me through the nighttime streets
               C
Black cats and fallen trees
F              C
Under ladders, always walking
F           C                     G
Salt shaker spills, just throw it over your shoulder, babe


Chorus 1:

F       C   G Gsus-G
I got a bad idea again
Gsus-G   F   C         G
I got a      Halloween head
F   C         G
    Halloween head


Verse 2:

F            Am          C
Head full of candy bags

Costume shops and punks in drag
F            Am                 C
Head full of tricks and treats

Places where junkies meet
    F           Am                     C
And it leads me through the streets at night
       G
That's alright, I just watch, I don't go inside


Chorus 2:

F            C        G    Gsus-G
It's all the same old shit again
Gsus-G   F   C         G    Gsus-G
I got a      Halloween head
Gsus-G   F   C         G    Gsus-G
I got a      Halloween head
Gsus-G         F   C         G
Lord, I got a      Halloween head


"Guitar solo": F C G Gsus-G (x4)


Chorus 3:

         F   C         G    Gsus-G
I got a      Halloween head
Gsus-G         F   C         G
Lord, I got a      Halloween head
Gsus-G   F   C         G    Gsus-G
I got a      Halloween head
    Gsus-G         F   C         G
Oh, Lord, I got a      Halloween head


Verse 3:

F               Am          C
Here comes that shit again 

I got a Halloween head
F            Am                 C
Head full of tricks and treats

It leads me through the nighttime streets
F         F         F        
Downtown, downtown, downtown


Chorus 4:

         F   C         G    Gsus-G
I got a      Halloween head
Gsus-G   F   C         G    Gsus-G
I got a      Halloween head
Gsus-G         F   C         G  Gsus-G
Lord, I got a      Halloween head
         Gsus-G
What the fuck's wrong with me?
            F   C         G
God, I'm a      Halloween head

Halloweenhead

Easy Tiger

Intro

C G C G Am Em F C

Verse 1

(C)Took a walk with (G) you in the (C) shadow of my (G) shoes,
Danced ar(Am)ound the broken (Em) blues in the (F) dirty summer (C) rain,
(C) Moonlight on the (G) cars parked in (C) single file, the (G) bars,
With their (Am) thick and rosy (Em) smoke waving its (F) busted (C) hand

Bridge

Bringin you (G) down, Can't bring you (C) down
Bringin you (G) down, Can't bring you (C) down
Bringin you (G) down, Can't hear the s(C)o(C/B)un(Am)d(G)
(C) Run through (C/B) the river and (Am) every town(G)
(C) Pretty little (C/B) moon (Am) with it's (F) head on down (D)

Chorus

Chin U(C)p (G) (C) (G) Cheer U(Am)p (Em) (F) (C)
Chin U(C)p (G) (C) (G) Cheer U(Am)p (Em) (F) (C) (Alright that's you)

Solo

C G C G Am Em F C

Verse 2

(C)Took a walk with (G) you and I (C) busted up my (G) shoe
In an old (Am) yellow (Em) canoe (F)out in (C) Hollywood
(C) You called the (G) police, but (C) they didn't care, the (G) lease
On your (Am) place had run out (Em), your landlord (F) straightened (C) his hat

Bridge

Bringin you (G) down, Can't bring you (C) down
Bringin you (G) down, Can't bring you (C) down
Bringin you (G) down, Can't hear the s(C)o(C/B)un(Am)d(G)
(C) Run through (C/B) the river and (Am) every town (G)
(C) Pretty little (C/B) moon (Am) with it's (F) head on down (D)

Chorus

Chin U(C)p (G) (C) (G) Cheer U(Am)p (Em) (F) (C)
Chin U(C)p (G) (C) (G) Cheer U(Am)p (Em) (F) (C)

Chin Up Cheer Up

Demolition

C                   G
See the rain on the street
F                C
The way the cars shine
C                       G
And the scotch that she drinks
F                G
With her lips so fine
Am                   C
And her shoulders go weak
F                 G
As she closes her eyes
C   G  F         C       F
Oh, my God, when she was mine

C                             G
See how she moves through the door
F                 C
How she loses her keys
C                 G
How she loses her cool
          F                             G
Watching blackbirds scatter through the trees
Am                     C
How she flips from the back to the front
F           G
Reading magazines
C   G  F       C         F
Oh, my God, I miss those things
           C    G         F
And it's a hard way to fall
                   C    G     F
And this ain't the eas--y way down
           C    G        F    C        F
And it's a hard thing to love anyone, anyhow
Am                  C
So if it's gotta be you
F         G
Treat her nice
F        C
Hold her hand
F            G
And tell her twice
Am                       C
That she doesn't have to worry
F                G
And it will be alright
C    G  F    C     F
It's alright this time
C    G  F    C    F
It's alright this time

C                  G
See her smiling at him
F               C
That used to be me
C                     G
I could find her in a thunderstorm
            F            G
Just by the way that the rain would fall
Am                C
And we used to be something
F                         G
But somethin' happened to me
C   G  F         C      F
Oh, my God, when I was free
           C    G       F
And it's a hard way to fall
               C    G     F
And this ain't eas--y way down
           C    G        F     C      F
And it's a hard thing to love anyone, anyhow
           C    G       F
And it's a hard way to fall
                   C    G     F
And this ain't the eas--y way down

           C    G        F     C      F
And it's a hard thing to love anyone, anyhow


Hard Way To Fall

INTRO
G      A     G    A     G      A    D    D


VERSE 1
D                G           D           D
I don't know the sound of my father's voice
D            D                   A           A
I don't even know how he says my name
       G              A         bm          G
But it plays out like song on a jukebox in a bar
       D          D/A            A             D        D
In the back of my head till it's worrying machine

           D                    G           D    D    
And in the cotton fields by the house where I was born
D                    D              A    A
The leaves burn like effigies of my kin
        G               A                  bm          G                
And the trains run like snakes through the Pentecostal pines
D              D/A        A          D          D
Filled up with cotton and dime store gin

CHORUS I
bm           bm           G            D
Jacksonville,     how you burden in my soul
        A           G      bm        bm
How you hold all my dreams captive
bm             bm          G            D
Jacksonville,      how you play with my mind
       A          G
How my heart goes bad
     bm            A           bm             bm(n.c.)  
Suffocating on the pines in Jacksonville

INTRO
G              A      G           A      G   A  D D
The end               the end

Verse 2/Chorus 2 - same chords

Quiet Instrumental break
G      A    G     A     G   A  D D

OUTRO
G          A       G            A       G       A  D D D D
The end            the end              the end

The End

Jacksonville City Nights

Bb			    Gm
How long's it gonna be, babe
Cm	        Cm/D         Eb
Before I get over you, doll
Bb                                           Gm
I bet it's gonna be a while now, kid
Cm                   Cm/D                 Eb
What with you living right up the hall

F                                                 Gm
And I'm tired of living here in this hotel
Cm                  Cm/D                    Eb
Snow and Rain falling through the sheets
F                                  Gm
In fact I'm tired of 23rd Street
Cm                           Cm/D
Strung out like some Christmas lights
Eb                     F
Out there in the Chelsea night

Maybe you just didn't read me right
The lights went out and you just didn't understand
I played your song, I got the melody all wrong
Why don't you just shoot up like some rubber bands

And I'm tired of living in this hotel
Fire and rain blowin through the streets
And I'm tired of 23rd Street
Strung out like some Christmas lights
Out there in the Chelsea night
Strung out like some Christmas lights
Out there in the Chelsea night

Solo

I fell like getting rid of all my things
Maybe just disappear into the fall
The traffic roars and my stomach screams
Like a gang of angry dogs

(...)

Hotel Chelsea Nights

Love Is Hell

Intro: F  G  C 

Fmaj7     G                C/E
  Oh the night here comes again
     Fmaj7                   G          C/E
it's on with the jeans, the jacket and shirt
Fmaj7          G             C/E                    A7  Am  A7  Am  
  How'd I end up feeling so bad for such a little girl
         Fmaj7                  G          C/E
And I'll hold you close in the back of my mind
Fmaj7              G                C/E                 
Feels so good but damn it makes me hurt
    Fmaj7              G          Am    G        Fmaj7
And I'm too scared to know how I feel about you now
                         G          C/E    Fmaj7  C/E            
LaCienga just smiles and   see you around

         Fmaj7                  G          C/E
And I'll hold you close in the back of my mind
  Fmaj7          G            C/E
I raise my glass cause either way I'm dead and
Fmaj7                 G          Am    G   Fmaj7
neither of you really help me to sleep anymore
              G            C/E
One breaks my body and the other breaks my soul
  Fmaj7                   G           C/E   Fmaj7  C/E   Fmaj7
LaCienga just smiles and   waves goodbye

(Then this...)
    C/E           G  Fmaj7     (X2)


Fmaj7     G                C/E
  Oh the night here comes again
     Fmaj7                    G          C/E
it's off with the jeans, the jacket and shirt
Fmaj7          G             C/E                    A7  Am  A7  Am  
  How'd I end up feeling so bad for such a little girl
         Fmaj7                  G          C/E
And I'll hold you close in the back of my mind
Fmaj7              G                C/E                 
Feels so good but damn it makes me hurt
    Fmaj7              G          Am    G        Fmaj7
And I'm too scared to know how I feel about you now
      Am    G        Fmaj7
How I feel about you now
                         G                  C/E   Fmaj7  C/E   Fmaj7
LaCienga just smiles and says I'll see you around

    C/E           G  Fmaj  (X4)

La Cienga Just Smiled 

Felicity 

Intro: Am7    Am7    Am7   Fmaj7  C  

Am
Moving like the fog on the Cumberland River
      Fmaj7                 C  
I was leaving on the Delta Queen
      Fmaj7   C        G
And I wasn't ready to go
Fmaj7      C        G
I'm never ready to go

Am
27 years of nothing but failures
       Fmaj7                  C  
and promises that I couldn't keep, Oh Lord
    Fmaj7     C        G
and I wasn't ready to go
Fmaj7      C        G
I'm never ready to go

       Am
Let it ride
            Fmaj7  C        G
Let it ride easy  down the road
       Am
Let it ride
            Fmaj7     C      G
Let it take away all of the darkness
       Am
Let it ride
               Fmaj7   C       G         C  
Let it rock me in the arms of strangers angels
Fmaj7
Until it brings me home
Fmaj7 			          Am
Let it ride. Let it roll, Let it go

Am7    Am7    Am7   Fmaj7  C   (x2)

Am
Loaded like a sailor tumbling off a ferryboat
Fmaj7                  C  
I was at the bar till three, Oh Lord
    Fmaj7     C        G
and I wasn't ready to go
Fmaj7      C        G
I'm never ready to go

Am
Tennessee's a brother to my sister Carolina
      Fmaj7                 C  
Where they were gonna bury me
    Fmaj7    C        G
and I ain't ready to go
Fmaj7      C        G
I'm never ready to go

       Am
Let it ride
            Fmaj7  C        G
Let it ride easy  down the road
       Am
Let it ride
            Fmaj7     C      G
Let it take away all of the darkness
       Am
Let it ride
               Fmaj7   C       G         C  
Let it rock me in the arms of strangers angels
Fmaj7
Until it brings me home
Fmaj7 			          Am
Let it ride. Let it roll, Let it go

Am7    Am7    Am7   Fmaj7  C  (x2)

Fmaj7
I wanna see you tonight
Fmaj7
Dancing in the endless moonlight
C                       G
In a parking lot in the headlights of cars
Fmaj7
Some place on the moon
Fmaj7
Where they moved the drive-in theatre
C  
Where I left the car that I can't find
    G
but I still got the keys to

       Am
Let it ride
            Fmaj7  C        G
Let it ride easy  down the road
       Am
Let it ride
            Fmaj7     C      G
Let it take away all of the darkness
       Am
Let it ride
               Fmaj7   C       G         C  
Let it rock me in the arms of strangers angels
Fmaj7
Until it brings me home
Fmaj7 			          Am
Let it ride. Let it roll, Let it go

Am7    Am7    Am7   Fmaj7  C   (x2)


# (Here's the lead)
A|--0------0--------0--|-----------|--0------0--------3--|--2-------|
E|------------0--3-----|-----------|------------0--3-----|-------3--|
C|---------------------|--4---2----|---------------------|----------|
G|---------------------|-----------|---------------------|----------|


A|--0------0--------0--|-----------|--3------3----------|------3---2---0---|
E|------------0--3-----|-----------|--------------------|------------------|
C|---------------------|--4---2----|------------0----2--|--0---------------|
G|---------------------|-----------|--------------------|------------------|

Let It Ride 

A|---------0------|
E|-----2/3-3h5----|
C|----------------|      x2
G|----------------|


A|---------0---------0------------|
E|-----2/3-3h5------3h5/8--7------|
C|--------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------|


A|---------0---------0---------------------------------|
E|-----2/3-3h5------3h5-8--7---8p7--5-3--3p2-----------|
C|----------------------------------------------2------|
G|-----------------------------------------------------|


A|---------0---------0------------------------------------|
E|-----2s3-3h5------3h5-8--7---8p7--5-3--3p2--------------|
C|----------------------------------------------2--0------|
G|--------------------------------------------------------|



A               Em              A             Em
Let's take a ride to the easy plateau
                 A              Em                                   G
Where the cold don't come and the wind don't blow
A              Em                  A               Em
Moonlight flickers on the water below
A                         Em                                         G
The orange grove blossoms in the orange grove

(Pre-CHORUS  and CHORUS)

D                                         G (hit twice)
Bad nights lead to better days
D                                                  (pause in guitar)
It doesn't matter but I think about it anyway
A              G            D                                      A    G    D
I want an easy plateau, Some place to rest my head
A              G            D                                      A    G    D
I want an easy plateau, Some place to rest my head
A
For awhile, for awhile, for awhile, for a little while

Plateau

Cold Roses

Intro
F C G x2

  | Hammeron 0 to 2 on the G-string --- F chord  |
  | Hammeron 0 to 2 on the D-string --- C chord  |
  | Hammeron 0 to 2 on the B-string --- G chord  |

F  C               G
My love for you is real 
F  C                     G
It moves like the summer breeze
F  C               G
My love for you is strong
F       C               G
Lord it brings me to my knees


                   Am     C/B   C
It was born in the wild
F              C
It's river long 
F       C
Rock strong 
C        C/B     Am      G
True and wild as hell 
      Am       C        G     F
Honey now, my love for you is real 


F  C               G
My love for you is calm
F     C                 G
Candy sweet and thunder strength
F   C              G
My love for you is wide
F  C                  C
It breaks a lock and chain


F   C              G
My love for you is long
F   C                      G
It crossed the oceans on a sail
F   C              G
My love for you is true
F         C                 G
Meanings change but not the tale



                   Am     C/B   C
It was born in the wild
F              C
It's river long 
F         C
Rock strong 
C        C/B     Am      G
True and never sick(?) 
      Am       C        G     F
Honey now, my love for you is real

My Love For You Is Real

Follow The Lights

Intro - C - G - C - G

Well [C] night time let her through
Yeah [C] I'm talking to you
I wanna [G] see her

[C] Precious little thing
With eyes that dance around without their [G] clothes

So [Am] buy a pretty dress [Bm] Wear it out tonight
For [C] anyone you think could out do [D] me  

Or [C] better [G] still 
[C] be [C/B] my [Am] winding [G] wheel

cause I [C] feel just like a map,
[C] Without a single place to go of [G] interest,
And I'm [C] further North than South,
If [C] I could shut my mouth she'd probably [G] like this

So [Am] buy a pretty dress [Bm] Wear it out tonight
For [C] all the boys you think could out do [D7] me   
Or [C] better [G] still [C] be [C/B] my [Am] winding [G] wheel
[C] be [C/B] my [Am] winding [G] wheel

Break  -  [Am] [G] [Am] [G]

Well the [C] children laugh and sing 
a [C] song that ushers in her driving [G] rain
And I'm [C] standing in the station 
like [C] some old record waiting on a [G] train 

So [Am] buy a pretty dress, [Bm] Wear it out tonight
For [C] anyone you think could out do [D] me   

Or [C] better [G] still [C] be [C/B] my [Am] winding [G] wheel
[C] be [C/B] my [Am] winding [G] wheel

[C] be  my [C] winding [G] wheel [C] [G]

My Winding Wheel

Heartbreaker

Verse:

Am                 C       G        D
Dancing where the stars go blue,
Am                 C       G        D
Dancing where the evening fell,
Am                 C       G        D     Am       C       G        D
Dancing in your wooden shoes,         are you happy now

Dancing out on 7th street,
Dancing through the underground,
Dancing with a marianette, are you happy now


Pre Chorus:
C  G  D
" Where do you go when you're lonely "


Chorus:
G  D A
" Where the stars go blue "
At the beginning of this verse he picks out the chords and then he
strums

Verse:
Laughing with your pretty mouth,
Laughing with your broken eyes,
Laughing with your lovers talk, in a lullabye

When The Stars Go Blue

Gold

D  A  E F#m (x2)


D     A

Hey,  have to do this?
E                   F#m

I was thinking that you could be trusted
D       A            E              F#m

Did you have to ruin what was shiny now it's all rusted
D       A               E                F#m

Did you have to hit me where I'm weak baby I couldn't breathe
     D      A

And rub it in so deep
E                            F#m

Salt in the wound like you're laughing right at me


 

D      A         E      F#m              D

it's so sad to think about the good times
A      E
 
You and I



             D               A
 
Cause baby now we got bad blood
             E               F#m
 
You know it used to be mad love
             D                  A
 
So take a look at what you've done
             E               F#m
 
Cause baby now we got bad blood,
  D              A
 
Now we got problems
           E                 F#m
 
I don't think we can solve them
              D          A
 
You made a really deep cut
           E               
 
And baby now we got bad blood,



  D        A
 
Did you think we'd be fine?
  E              F#m
 
Got scars on my back from your knife
  D           A
 
Don't think it's in the past
  E                    F#m
 
These kinds of wounds they always last
D        A
 
Did you think it all through?
E                F#m
 
All these things will catch up to you
D        A
 
Time can heal but this won't
   E                 
 
So if you're coming my way, just don't



D      A         E      F#m              D
        
        it's so sad to think about the good times
  A      E
 
You and I



            D               A
 
Cause baby now we got bad blood
            E               F#m
 
You know it used to be mad love
            D                  A
 
So take a look at what you've done
            E               F#m
 
Cause baby now we got bad blood,
 D              A
 
Now we got problems
          E                 F#m
 
I don't think we can solve them
             D          A
 
You made a really deep cut
          E               
 
And baby now we got bad blood,



 D                   A
 
Band-aids don't fix bullet holes
 E             F#m
 
You say sorry just for show
        D                   A                E      
 
If you live like that, you live with ghosts
       D              A          E

If you love like that blood runs cold



            D               A
 
Cause baby now we got bad blood
            E               F#m
 
You know it used to be mad love
            D                  A
 
So take a look at what you've done
            E               F#m
 
Cause baby now we got bad blood,
 D              A
 
Now we got problems
          E                 F#m
 
I don't think we can solve them
             D          A
 
You made a really deep cut
          E               
 
And baby now we got bad blood,



D  A  E  F#m

Bad Blood

1989

C   G        Am
Orange sky don't go
                     F         C 
Manhattan looks like someplace else
                F      C
Cloudy with a low fog shelf

C                G        Am
Into the crowded streets I go
                 F           C
Eventually they lead me back home
                        F               C         
Where we used to live, I live along and into bed I go


Am             G
I wish I could tell you
     F     C    C/B
Just how I felt
Am             G    
I don't pray I shower
         F           C      C/B
And say goodnight to myself
           F        C
And when I close my eyes
        F       C
I feel like a page
       C       G   F
With a crossed out name
       C       G   F  
With a crossed out name


C          G           Am
I kiss her mouth and I know
                F         C
For everything there is a word
          F
For everything but this
  C        G                           Am
I like the dresses, the shoes, And the clothes
                   F          C
And everything you know that goes, 
              F       
With loving a girl I supposed


Am             G
I Wish I could tell you
     F       C   C/B
Just how I'm hurt
Am             G
pinpoint the location
               F      C  C/B
it's in another  universe
           F        C
And when I close my eyes
        F       C
I see a fire so plain
       C       G   F
And my crossed out name
C       G   F
Crossed-out names
                    C    G  F
I see a crossed out name
                    C    G  F
I see a crossed out name

Crossed Out Name

Cardinology

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

(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

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: 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]
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A  E  D  A

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[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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