Counting Crows is an American rock band originating from Berkeley, California, formed in 1991. They gained fame in 1993 following the release of their debut album &quot;August and Everything After&quot; featuring the hit song Mr. Jones.  The band is formed by singer Adam Duritz (previously of The Himalayans and Sordid Humor) and guitarist David Bryson (Local producer and former member of the band Mr. Dog) in San Francisco, California in 1990.

Le chanteur Adam Duritz et le guitariste David Bryson (tout deux membres du groupe The Himalayans) forment Counting Crows à San Francisco en 1991.  Leur premier album, August and Everything After sort en 1993. Le groupe devient mondialement connu avec la chanson &quot;Mr. Jones&quot; dont les paroles sont inspirées de l'enfance d'un ami d'Adam et bassiste dans les Himalayans Marty Jones.  C'est en 1996 que sort Recovering the Satellites, leur second album.

Counting Crows ist eine 1991 in San Francisco gegründete Rockband, die vor allem nach dem Erscheinen ihres Debütalbums August and Everything After mit dem Hit &quot;Mr. Jones&quot; 1994 gro

Counting Crows es una banda de rock estadounidense que se hizo muy popular en 1993 después del debut del álbum August and Everything After, caracterizado por el tema Mr. Jones.  La banda se forma por el cantante Adam Duritz (integrante de The Himalayans) y el guitarrista David Bryson en San Francisco durante 1991.  Actuales Miembros  Jim Bogios (Batería)  David Bryson (Guitarra)  Adam Duritz (Voz, Piano)  Charles Gillingham (Teclado)  David Immerglück (Guitarra)  Dan Vickrey (Guitarra)   Antiguos Miembros 

The song was featured in the opening sequence of the second Shrek movie. 


Intro Chords:
G   G/F#   G   D
G   G/F#   Em  A   G/F#(hold)      E-0-0-2-3


Verse:
G                                G/F#
So she said whats the problem baby
G                               
Whats the problem I don't know
                              Em
Well maybe im in love (love)
                        A
Think about it everytime I think about it
G/F#
Cant stop thinking bout it


G                                     G/F#
How much longer will it take to cure this
G                                G/F#                   Em
Just to cure it cause I cant ignore it if its love (love)
D                           A
Makes me wanna turn around and face me but I don't know
                 G/F#
Nothing bout love

Ahhhh

Chorus:
G             Am
Come on, come on
G/F#                D
Turn a little faster
G             Am
Come on, come on
    G/F#                 D
The world will follow after
G             Am
Come on, come on
G/F#                 D     Em---A----G/F#
Cause everybody's after love


Verse 2:
G              G/F#
So i said im a snowball running
G                     G/F#                           Em
Running down into the spring thats coming all this love
              A                      G/F#
Melting under blue skies belting out sunlight
           G
shimmering love
          G/F#                  G
Well baby i surrender to the strawberry ice cream
G/F#                         Em
never ever end of all this love
       A
Well i didnt mean to do it
                            G/F#
But theres no escaping your love



Bridge:
Em            G/F#
These line of lightning mean we're
G            Am
never alone, never alone
(stop)
no no


Chorus:
G             Am
Come on, come on
G/F#             D
Move a little closer
G             Am
Come on, come on
    G/F#              D
I want to hear you whisper
G             Am
Come on, come on
G/F#           D         Em---D
Settle down inside my love


G             Am
Come on, come on
G/F#             D
Jump a little higher
G             Am
Come on, come on
       G/F#            D
If you feel a little lighter
G             Am
Come on, come on
   G/F#                D       Em---A----G/F#
We were once upon a time in love

Accidentally In Love

D         A                  E          Fm#
A long December and there's reason to believe
      D                 A               E
Maybe this year will be better than the last
D         A                  E          Fm#               D
I can't remember the last thing that you said as you were leavin'
        A             Fm#
Now the days go by so fast
         D               G          E   
And it's one more day up in the canyons
         D                 G        E    
And it's one more night in Hollywood
       D                  G         Em                   D
If you think that I could be forgiven...I wish you would
  G    Em  G 
nanananananananana..


(solo)

D           A              E              Fm#
Drove up to Hillside Manor sometime after 2:Am
      D           A               E
And talk a little while about the year...

Again Chorus



A Long December

intro: F Bb Gm Bb F Bb Gm

Bb       F                  C            Gm
A long December and there's reason to believe
      Bb                F               Bb
Maybe this year will be better than the last
  Gm      Bb         F                   C  
I can't remember the last thing that you said
            Gm  
as you were leavin'
        F             Bb
Now the days go by so fast
         F               Bb         Gm    Bb
And it's one more day up in the canyons
         F                 Bb       Gm    Bb
And it's one more night in Hollywood
       F                  Bb        Gm -stop-           F  
If you think that I could be forgiven...I wish you would
  Bb   Gm  Bb ....
nanananananananana..

The smell of hospitals in winter
And the feeling that it's all a lot of oysters, but no pearls
All at once you look across a crowded room
To see the way that light attaches to a girl

And it's one more day up in the conyons
And it's one more night in Hollywood
If you think you might come to California...I think you should

Drove up to the Hillside Manor sometime after two a.m.
And talked a little while about the year
I guess the winter makes you laugh a little slower
Makes you talk a little lower about
the things you could not show her

And it's been a long December and there's reason to believe
Maybe this year will be better than the last
I can't remember all the times I tried to tell myself
To hold on to these moments as they pass

And it's been one more day up in the canyon
And it's one more night in Hollywood
It's been so long since I've seen the ocean...I guess I should

Long December

&quot;Big Yellow Taxi&quot; is a song written and originally performed by Joni Mitchell in 1970. It was a big hit in her native Canada (#14) as well as Australia (#6) and the UK (#11). It only reached #67 in the US in 1970, but was later a bigger hit there for her in a live version released in 1975, which peaked at #24.  Charting versions have also been recorded by The Neighborhood (who had the original top US 40 hit with the track in 1970, peaking at #29), Maire Brennan, Amy Grant, and Counting Crows.   

Chords:

G      
Cadd9     
D     


Intro

Cadd9    G

     Cadd9               D                G
They paved paradise and put up a parking lot

       Cadd9          D                        G
With a pink hotel, a boutique, and a swingin' hot spot

G                D   
Don't it always seem to go

         Cadd9                              G
That you don't know what you got 'til it's gone

     Cadd9               D               G
They paved paradise and put up a parking lot

G
Ooooh, bop bop bop

Cadd9
Ooooh, bop bop bop

     Cadd9     D          G
They took all the trees, and put 'em in a tree museum

         Cadd9                  D                       G 
And they charged the people a dollar and a half to see them

No, no, no

G                D   
Don't it always seem to go

         Cadd9                               G
That you don't know what you got 'til it's gone

     Cadd9               D                 G
They paved paradise and put up a parking lot

G
Ooooh, bop bop bop

Cadd9
Ooooh, bop bop bop

    Cadd9            D               G
Hey farmer, farmer, put away your DDT

                   Cadd9
I don't care about spots on my apples

D                          G
Leave me the birds and the bees

Please

G                D
Don't it always seem to go

         Cadd9                              G
That you don't know what you got 'til it's gone

     Cadd9                D               G
They paved paradise and put up a parking lot

                     Cadd9        D               G
Hey now, they paved paradise to put up a parking lot

Why not?

G
Ooooh, bop bop bop

Cadd9
Ooooh, bop bop bop

Solo
[Cadd9 - G] x3  Cadd9   D     Cadd9 (let ring)

                                                  G
Listen, late last night, I heard the screen door slam

      Cadd9             D           G
And a big yellow taxi took my girl away

     G               D   
Now don't it always seem to go

          Cadd9                             G
That you don't know what you got 'til it's gone

     Cadd9                D               G
They paved paradise and put up a parking lot

Hey, now, now

G               D   
Don't it always seem to go

         Cadd9                             G
That you don't know what you got 'til it's gone

     Cadd9                D               G
They paved paradise and put up a parking lot

Why not?

     Cadd9               D                G
They paved paradise and put up a parking lot

Hey hey hey

Cadd9                D               G
Paved paradise and put up a parking lot

G
Ooooh, bop bop bop

Cadd9
Ooooh, bop bop bop

Cadd9
I don't wanna give it

Why you wanna give it

                G
Why you wanna giving it all away

Hey, hey, hey

Cadd9
Now you wanna give it

I should wanna give it

          G
Just to giving it all away

Now, now

Cadd9
I don't wanna give it

Why you wanna give it

                G
Why you wanna giving it all away

     Cadd9
Girl, you're giving it all,

D                 G         Cadd9
giving it all....away

           GCadd9
Why do you want me?

            G               Cadd9           
Why do you want me?

G
la la la la la la la la la la la la

     Cadd9              D                G
They paved paradise to put up a parking lot


Cadd9 - G (fade out)

Big Yellow Taxi

Films About Ghosts: The Best Of...

Verse

bm
A Russian Jew American Impersonating African
   g
Jamaican what I want to be's and Indian
            em
Im gonna be a cowboy, in the end I guess I bought a gun
                      bm
Cause it impresses all the little girls I see

And then they all want to sleep with me


Chorus
D
Oh, where do we dissapear

Into the silence that surrounds us
          D                 G
		  And then drowns us in the end
D               E                       G
Who are these people who impersonate our friends
           D          E            G
Saying come again, come again, come again

Back to verse


-Andrew Fickley

1492

Saturday Nights & Sunday Mornings

INTRO:  G D C x2 

D        G         C 
Staring out of his window as the world rushes by 
D         G        C  
Arthur Robinson closes the glass and replies 
D           G         C 
"I dream of ballerinas and I don't know why 
D        G           C 
but I see Cadillacs  sailing" 

(same for verse 2) 

(Chorus) 

        G        D        C 
And the comet is coming between 
           G              D           C 
Me and the girl who could make it all clean 
                 G              D         C 
Out there in the shadow of the modern machine 
         G     D    C 
Walks St. Robinson in his Cadillac dream 


[The rest of the song follows the same pattern, quite simple really]

St Robinson In His Cadillac Dream

Em7              Em7/F           C               C/F
A|-----------5-----------------------3-------3---------------3-------|
E|--0----------------1-------0-----------------------1---------------|
C|--4----4-------4---4---4-------4---4---4-------4---4---4-------4---|
G|-----0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0-|


Intro : Main riff x2



1st verse :
Em7     Em7/F    C   C/F
 I am colorblind 
Em7      Em7/F            C   C/F
 Coffee black and egg white 
Em7       Em7/F      C    C/F
 Pull me out from inside 



Chorus :
Em7   Em7/F       C           C/F
 I am ready, I am ready, I am ready, I am



2nd verse:
Em7     Em7/F            C   C/F
 taffy stuck, tongue tied 
Em7           Em7/F        C   C/F
 Stuttered shook and uptight 
Em7       Em7/F      C    C/F
 Pull me out from inside 



Chorus :
Em7   Em7/F       C           C/F
 I am ready, I am ready, I am ready, I am
C    C/F     C    C/F>let ring
 fine 

3rd verse :
Em7     Em7/F      C   C/F
 I am covered in skin 
Em7       Em7/F       C   C/F
 No one gets to come in 
Em7       Em7/F      C   C/F
 Pull me out from inside 


Bridge :
Em7     Em7/F       C             C/F
 I am folded, and unfolded, and unfolding 
Em7   Em7/F   C   C/F
 I am colorblind 



4th verse:
Em7      Em7/F            C   C/F
 Coffee black and egg white 
Em7       Em7/F      C    C/F
 Pull me out from inside 



Chorus :
Em7   Em7/F       C           C/F
 I am ready, I am ready, I am ready, I am
C    C/F     C    C/F
 fine 
    C    C/F     C    C/F
I am fine 
     C>let ring
I am fine

Colorblind

This Desert Life

1st verse :
Am                    Am
 My friend assures me, "It's all or nothing."
G                 G
 I am not worried, I am not overly concerned
Am                     Am
 My friend implores me, "For one time only,
G                   G
 Make an exception", I am not worried
Am                               Am
 Wrap her up in a package of lies, Send her off to a coconut island
G                 G
 I am not worried, I am not overly concerned
Am                                 Am
 With the status of my emotions "Oh," she says, "you're changing."
          G              G
But we're always changing It does not bother me to



Pre-chorus :
Em
Say this isn't love
C                           D
'Cause if you don't want to talk about it
   Em                    C                          D
Then it isn't love and I guess I'm going to have to live with that
       Em
But I'm sure there's something in a shade of grey
C               D        
 Something in between and
 Em                       C                  D
I can always change my name, if that's what you mean



2nd Verse :
Am                    Am
 My friend assures me, "It's all or nothing."
        G                   G
But I am not really worried, I am not overly concerned
Am                                              Am
 You try to tell yourself the things you try to tell yourself
To make yourself forget
G                        G
 To make yourself forget, I am not worried



Pre-chorus :
         Em                    C                    
"If it's love," she said, "then we're going to have to
D                  Em
Think about the consequences." She can't stop shaking
C             D
 I can't stop touching her and



Chorus :
     G         C               Am
This time when kindness falls like rain
   D           G       C        Em    D             G
It washes her away and Anna begins to change her mind
         C                     Am        D                  G          C
"These seconds when I'm shaking leave me shuddering for days," she says
      Em            D
And I'm not ready for this sort of thing



3rd Verse :
Am                         Am
 But I'm not going to break and I'm not going to
    G                 G
Worry about it anymore, I'm not going to bend
Am                         Am
 But I'm not going to break and I'm not going to
    G               G
Worry about it anymore, no no no
Am                                 Am
 No, no, it seems like I should say, "As long as this is love..."
G                          G
 But it's not all that easy so maybe I should
Am                              Am
 Snap her up in a butterfly net, pin her down on a photograph album
G                 G
 I am not worried, I've done this sort of thing before



Pre-chorus :
Em    C                     D                  Em
        But then I start to think about the consequences
               C                D
I don't get no sleeping a quiet room and...



Chorus :
     G         C                   Am
This time when kindness falls like rain
   D             G    C          Em  D             G
It washes me away and Anna begins to change my mind
    C               Am              D           
And every time she sneezes I believe it's love and
G       C    Em        D                   
Oh Lord, I'm not ready for this sort of thing





Ending :
G      C                   Am     D               G
 She's talking in her sleep, it's keeping me awake and
C         Em   D            G
Anna begins to toss and turn
    C             Am             D
And every word is nonsense but I understand and
G       C    Em        D                   
Oh Lord, I'm not ready for this sort of thing
G   C                Am         D              G
Her kindness bangs a gong, it's moving me along
    C        Em    D         G
And Anna begins to fade away
        C           Am    Cx
It's chasing me away, she disappears and
G  C     Em            D                G>let ring
Oh Lord, I'm not ready for this sort of thing

Anna Begins

Intro :
Am  F  Dm  G                Am     F   G  G
            sha la la la la la la


1st verse :
Am                     F        Dm               G 
 I was down at the New Amsterdam staring at this yellow haired girl
    Am                          F                 G               G
Mr. Jones strikes up this conversation whith this black haired flamenco dancer
Am                   F                Dm                  G 
She dances while his father playes guitar, she's suddenly beautiful
   Am                 F        G                 G
We all want something beautiful and I wish I was beautiful



2nd Verse :
        Am                 F                        Dm       G 
So come dance this silence down through the morning,  sha la la la la la
Am      F  G        G
   Yeah,     Uh huh...yeah
Am        F   Dm                     G    
 Cut up Maria! Show me some of them spanish dances.
Am          F          G         G
  Pass me a bottle, Mr. Jones
Am           F  Dm                  G 
  Believe in me, help me believe in anything
      Am           F                   G          G
Cause I want to be someone who believes, yeah !



Chorus :
C  F            G                G
 Mr Jones and me tell each other fairy tales
Am                      F            G                 G
 Stare at the beautiful women, She's looking at you,Ah no,no she's looking at me
Am              F             G                   G
 Smiling in the bright lights, comming through in sterio
     Am            F     G                 G
When everybody loves you, you can never be lonely



3rd Verse :
        Am              F       Dm                G 
 Oh and I will paint my picture, paint my self in blue and red and black & grey
Am                      F                 G        G
   All of the beautiful colors are very very meaninful
                   Am                  F      Dm          G 
Yeah well you know grey is my favorite color I felt so symbolic yesterday
Am           F             G            G
 If I knew Picasso I would buy myself a grey guitar and play

Chorus :
C   F            G              G
 Mr. Jones and me look into the future
Am                      F            G                   G
 Stare at the beautiful women, “she's looking at you, Uh, I don't think so, she's looking at me."
Am               F        G                G
 Standing in the spotlight I bought myself a grey guitar
     Am           F     G                  
When everybody loves me, I will never be lone....(ly)



Bridge :
         Am                  F
(lone)...ly, I will never be lonely
              Am           G
So I’ll never gonna be lonely
Am                    F
 I want to be a lion, hey, everybody wants to pass as cats
Am                                   G
 We all want to be big big stars, but we got diffrent reasons for that.
Am                        F
  Believe in me because I don't believe in anything
     Am                             G
and I want to be someone to believe, to believe, to believe.



Chorus :
C   F            G                      G
 Mr. Jones and me stumbling through the barrio
       Am                      F             G                             G
Yeah we stare at the beautiful women, "She's perfect for you, Man, there's got to be Somebody for me."
Am                F         G                          G
 I want to be Bob Dylan, Mr Jones wishes he was someone just a little more funky
Am               F            G                     G
When everybody loves you, son, that's just about as funky as you can be.



Chorus :
C   F            G               G
 Mr. Jones and me staring at the video
       Am              F                 G      G
When I look at the television, I want to see me staring right back at me.
Am                 F                 G                      G
 We all want to be big stars, but we don't know why, and we don't know how.
         Am          F           G                         G
But when everybody loves me, I'm going to be just about as happy as I can be.



Ending :
C         F      G>let ring
Mr. Jones and me, we're gonna be big stars.....


Mr Jones

Intro: [D][G] x 4


1st verse :
D                 G                   D               G
 Take the way home that leads back to Sullivan Street
D               G                D          G
 Cross the water and home through the town
D                G                   D            G
 Past the shadows that fall down wherever we meet
D             G          D          G
 Pretty soon I won't come around



Chorus:
G           A               Em
 I'm almost drowning in her sea 
             G             D
She's nearly fallen to her knees
                G               D       G
Take the way home  ba, ba, ba, ba



2nd verse :
D                 G                   D                 G
 Take the way home that leads back to Sullivan Street
D                    G            D      G
 Where all the bodies hang in the air
D                 G              D                G
 If she remembers, she hides it whenever we meet
D               G              D     G
 Either way now, I don't really care, cause I'm gone from there



Chorus:
G              A            Em
 I'm almost drowning in her sea 
             G               D      G   D
She's nearly crawling on her knees
G               D    G                D
 I'm down on my knees, I'm down on my knees
G               D     G               D   
 I'm down on my knees, I'm down on my knees
G          D
 Down on my knees



3rd Verse :
D                 G                   D                 G
 Take the way home that leads back to Sullivan Street
         D            G              D      G
I'm just another rider burned to the ground, come tumbling down




Chorus:
G           A               Em
 I'm almost drowning in her sea 
             G               Em
She's nearly crawling on her knees
            G            D        G    D    
It's almost everything I need
G            D        G            D
 I'm down on my knees, I'm down on my knees
G            D        G            D       G
 I'm down on my knees, I'm down on my knees
G          D>let ring
 Down on my knees

Sullivan Street

-----0-----------0---------------
---------3-----------3-------3---
-0-----------0-----------0-------
---------------------------------
# Intro at beginning.  Play until chorus.



# Chorus:

      C      D                  Em     G
Round xxxx xx xxxxxx xxxxx xx straight
      C    D             Em    G
xxxxx here xxxxxxxxx radiates


# Second Chorus:

      C          D                Em    G
Round xxxx xx'xx carving xxx xxx xxxxx 
      C    D                Em   G
xxxxx here xx xxx xxxx xxx same
      C                       D
Round xxxx xx xxxx xxxx like xxxxx
        Em             G
xxx xx sacrifice xxxx xxxxx
    C             D                  Em     G
xxxxx here xxx'x slipping xxxxxxx xx hands


# Bridge:

A
 Sleeping xxxxxxxx xxxxxx xxx xxxx the xxxx
Am7         D7            A   G A
Out xx xxx lightning xxxxx
  Am7              D7/A              A     
A
Mama's xxxxxx xxxx xxxxxx xxx xxxxxxx xx
 C          D
xxx xx xxx lightning


# End:

          C        D            Em    G
Round xxxx she's xxxxxx xx xx xxxx
     C     D              Em     G
xxxxx here x xxx xxxx xx time
          C                           D
xxxxx xxxx we're xxxxx xxxx xx xxx early
       Em               G
Man, xxxxxx xxxxx xx xxxx
          C           D           Em           G
xxxxx xxxx xx xxxx xx very, very, very, very xxxx.
              C          D
x can't xxx xxxxxx', xxxxxx'
         Em
xxxxxx xxxx
 G                     C
  xxx xxxxx xx xx i'm falling,
                     D
xxx catch me xx x'x xxxxxxx,
                             Em
xxxx xxx xxxxx xx xxxxx i'm falling xxxx xx xxx

G            Cadd9        D
 x xxxx i'm xxxxx xxx gun

 Em7      G
xxxxxx xxxx
                   Cadd9       D
xx, xxx x said i'm xxxxx the gun
        Em7
xxxxxx xxxx
G                          Cadd9
  And I can't see nothin',nothin'
          Em
Round  here.

Round Here

Am  F  Dm    G     Am F  G
sha la la la la la la uh huh?
Am                      F          Dm                          G
I was down at the New Amsterdam staring at this yellow-haired girl
Am                                             F                   G
Mr. Jones strikes up a conversation with this black-haired flamenco dancer
Am                   F                  Dm                  G
She dances while his father plays guitar. Shes suddenly beautiful
Am                         F                         G
We all want something beautiful I wish I was beautiful

Am                                             F
So come dance this silence down through the morning
Dm           G        Am      F         G
sha la la la la la la la yeah uh huh?
Am          F  Dm                    G
Cut up, Maria! Show me some of them Spanish dances
Am          F      G
Pass me a bottle, Mr. Jones
Am         F   Dm                  G
Believe in me Help me believe in anything
Am                   F                G
(cause) I want to be someone who believes

C              F                          G
Mr. Jones and me tell each other fairy tales
C                        F
Stare at the beautiful women
G                              G
Shes looking at you. Ah, no, no, shes looking at me?
C                     F                            G
Smiling in the bright lights Coming through in stereo
C                    F                          G
When everybody loves you, you can never be lonely

Am               F       Dm                                        G
I will paint my picture Paint myself in blue and red and black and gray
Am                     F                          G
All of the beautiful colors are very very meaningful
Am         F                       Dm                      G
(you know) Gray is my favorite color I felt so symbolic yesterday
Am             F                                      G
If I knew Picasso I would buy myself a gray guitar and play

C              F                  G
Mr. Jones and me look into the future
C                        F
Stare at the beautiful women
G                           G
Shes looking at you. Uh, I dont think so. Shes looking at me?
C                        F                            G
Standing in the spotlight I bought myself a gray guitar
C                    F   G                 Am
When everybody loves me, I will never be lonely

Am
I will never be lonely
G
I will never be lonely
Am                      F
I want to be a lion Everybody wants to pass as cats
Am                                G
We all want to be big big stars, but we got different reasons for that.
Am                   F
Believe in me because I don?t believe in anything
Am                                  G
and I want to be someone to believe, to believe,

C                F                    G
Mr. Jones and me stumbling through the barrio
C                             F
Yeah we stare at the beautiful women
G                            G
Shes perfect for you, Man, theres got to be somebody for me?
C                F
I want to be Bob Dylan
G                      G
Mr. Jones wishes he was someone just a little more funky
C                        F                                       G
When everybody loves you, son, thats just about as funky as you can be.

C              F                    G
Mr. Jones and me staring at the video
C                             F                                      G
When I look at the television, I want to see me staring right back at me.
C                            F                                 G
We all want to be big stars, but we dont know why, and we dont know how.
C                          F                                    G
But when everybody loves me, Im going to be just about as happy as I can be.
C             F                      G
Mr. Jones and me, were gonna be big stars.

Mr. Jones

F#m          E           F#m          D      


F#m                    C#m
     Start tearing the old man down

    E                    Bm                    F#m
Run past the heather and down to the old road

                  C#m                    D
Start turning the grain into the ground

                      F#m
Roll a new leaf over  

       C#m                            E
In the middle of the night there's an old man 

          Bm                          
Treading around in the gathered rain  

F#m                       C#m            E
Hey mister if you want to walk on water

                         A
Would you drop a line my way



    E        F#m
 Omaha

             D               
Somewhere in middle America  

A                E                 D
Get right to the heart of matters

                            A         E
It's the heart that matters more

                     F#m              B              D
I think you'd better turn your ticket in

                                  A                  D
And leave your money right at the door

A            D



F#m                    C#m
Start threading the needle

    E                    Bm                    F#m
Brush past the shuttle that slides through the cold room

                  C#m                    D
Start turning the wool across the wire

                      F#m
Roll the new life over

       C#m                            E
In the middle of the night there's an old man

          Bm                          
Threading his toes through a bucket of rain

F#m                       C#m            E
Hey mister if you want to walk on water 

                         A
You're only going to walk all over me



    E        F#m
 Omaha

             D               
Somewhere in middle America  

A                E                 D
Get right to the heart of matters

                            A         E
It's the heart that matters more

                     F#m              B              D
I think you'd better turn your ticket in

                                  A                  D
And leave your money right at the door

A            D

A            D

A            D

A            D


F#m                    C#m
Start running the banner down

    E                    Bm                    F#m
Drop past the color come up through the summer rain

                  C#m                    D
Start turning the girl into the ground

                      F#m
Roll a new life over

       C#m                            E
In the middle of the night there's a young man

          Bm                          
Rolling around in the earth and rain

F#m                       C#m            E
Hey mister if you're going to walk on water, you know

                         A
You're only going to walk all over me



    E        F#m
 Omaha

             D               
Somewhere in middle America  

A                E                 D
Get right to the heart of matters

                            A         E
It's the heart that matters more

                     F#m              B              D
I think you'd better turn your ticket in

                               
And leave your money back at the door

   E        F#m
 Omaha

             D               
Somewhere in middle America  

A                E                 D
Get right to the heart of matters

                            A         E
It's the heart that matters more

                     F#m              B              D
I think you'd better turn your ticket in

                               
And leave your money back at the door

Omaha

August And Everything After

C   
Jaja, okay okay
                  F
Ya sé qué pasa aquí
   A#                            C
Encuentras la grandeza frente a ti
             C
Y no sabes bien qué sentir
       F            A#                      C
Es adorable, que jamás los humanitos cambiarán
           C       F
Despierta ya, oye bien, 
           A#                   C
este como ves es Maui, de verdad
             C                F
Sé que como yo no encuentras dos
        A#          C
Lo que miras es un semi Dios

[Coro 1]
Am         F           C
  Yo solo sé decir de nada
        E7               Am
Por el mar, el cielo, el sol
                F            C
No hay de que agradecer, de nada
     E7                    C
Soy sólo un ordinario semi yo

[Estrofa 2]
C                                F  
Hey, ¿qué fortachón el cielo elevó?
                        A#
Cuando eras de esta altura, éste
C                  C
  Si la noche enfrió, 
                  F
¿quién fue quien fuego te llevó?
       A#          
¿Qué, alguien me nombró? 
C              C       F
  Oh, yo sólo lazo el sol
          A#                    C
De nada, para estirar tu diversión
          C       F
Brisa yo hago soplar, de nada, 
   A#           C
y así tus velas elevar

[Coro 2]
Am        F            C
  Yo sólo sé decir de nada, 
        E7                  Am
por las islas que traje del mar
              F                  C
No ruegues jamás, nunca más, de nada
         E7                     Am
¡Ha! Genial es mi manera de servir, 
    F
de nada, 
    C
de nada

[Parte Rap]
C
De nada dudes ya
Hey, honestamente te explicaré 
de natural modo cada fenómeno
El mar, el sol, el gas, 
oh, ese es Maui hablando de más
Anguilas que, yo las enterré, 
de la palmera los cocos creé
Un consejo, una lección te doy
No me molestes si en mi descanso estoy
Am
  El tapiz que en mi piel se ve, 
F
  es el mapa de lo que gané
C
  Por donde fui provoqué mil sucesos
E7
  Ve al pequeñín mini Maui nomás zapateando,
Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ¡Hey!

[Coro 3]
Am          F              C
  Yo sólo puedo decir, de nada (de nada)
           E7              Am
Por el mundo especial que doy
                 F           C
No hay de que agradecer, de nada (de nada)
    E7                     Am
De nada hablaré, que ya me voy
          F            C
Te toca a ti decir de nada (de nada)
       E7             Am
Pues quiero esa barca ya
             F          C
Muy lejos navegaré, de nada (de nada)
       E7               Am
Pues Maui nada sabe de nadar
              F                 C  F C
(De nada) De nada (De nada) de nada
         C
Y gracias

De Nada

G      Em
I found a love for me
               C                         D
Darling just dive right in, and follow my lead
                G                 Em
Well I found a girl beautiful and sweet
          C                                  D
I never knew you were the someone waiting for me

                                 G
Cause we were just kids when we fell in love
              Em                     C               G  D
Not knowing what it was, I will not give you up this ti-ime
                   G                         Em
But darling just kiss me slow, your heart is all I own
             C                  D
And in your eyes you’re holding mine

       Em   C            G          D              Em
Baby, I’m dancing in the dark, with you between my arms
C                G     D                Em
Barefoot on the grass, listening to our favorite song
          C                G                 D              Em
When you said you looked a mess, I whispered underneath my breath
         C                G        D             
But you heard it, darling you look perfect tonight

               G                    Em
Well I found a woman, stronger than anyone I know
                C                                        D
She shares my dreams, I hope that someday I’ll share her home
           G             Em
I found a love, to carry more than just my secrets
         C                              D
To carry love, to carry children of our own

                              G                     Em 
We are still kids, but we’re so in love, fighting against all odds
                  C               G  D
I know that we’ll be alright this ti-ime
               G                            Em 
Darling just hold my hand, be my girl, I’ll be your man
          C              D
I see my future in your eyes



       Em   C            G          D              Em
Baby, I’m dancing in the dark, with you between my arms
C                G     D                Em
Barefoot on the grass, listening to our favorite song
          C                G                 D               Em
When you said you looked a mess, I whispered underneath my breath
         C                G        D             
But you heard it, darling you look perfect tonight

G Em C D 


       Em     C            G          D              Em
Baby, I’m dancing in the dark, with you between my arms
C                G     D                Em
Barefoot on the grass, listening to our favorite song
          C                G                 D               Em
When you said you looked a mess, I whispered underneath my breath
         C                G        D             
But you heard it, darling you look perfect tonight


Perfect

BAA BAA BLACK SHEEP


C         G
Baa, baa, black sheep,
F            C
Have you any wool?

F        C
Yes sir, yes sir,
G          C
Three bags full.

C           G
One for the master,
F           C
One for the dame,

F               C
And one for the little boy
G                  C
Who lives down the lane.

Baa Baa Black Sheep

Intro (2X):
Am	G	F	C

Verse 1:
                C	               Am		
There's so much craziness surrounding me
                F	 	             G		            
There's so much going on it gets hard to breathe
     Am     F		                          C
When all my faith has gone you bring it back to me
Am	         G	       F   C
You make it real for me

             C	             Am		
When I'm not sure of my priorities
               F	 	             G		
When I've lost sight of where I meant to be
     Am   F		            C
Like holy water washing over me 
Am	         G	       F   C
You make it real for me

Chorus:
    G	    Am	   F	             C
And IIIIIIIII'm running to you baby
G    Am	              F	           C
  Youuuuuuuuu are the only one who saved me
       G     Am	         F	               C
That's    whyyyyyyy I've been missing you lately
      Am	         G	       F   C
Cause you make it real for me 

Verse 2:
          C	                   Am		
When my head is strong but my heart is weak
              F	 	          G		
I'm full of arrogance and uncertainty
     Am      F				                          C
When I can't find the words you teach my heart to speak
Am	         G	       F   C
You make it real for me yeah

Chorus:
    G	    Am	   F	             C
And IIIIIIIII'm running to you baby
G    Am	              F	           C
  Youuuuuuuuu are the only one who saved me
       G     Am	         F	               C
That's    whyyyyyyy I've been missing you lately
      Am	         G	       F   C
Cause you make it real for me 

Bridge:
G                           F                 C
    Everybody’s talking in words I don't understand
G                                    F              C
    You got to be the only one who knows just who I am
Em                                    F	
    You’re shining in the distance I hope I can make it through
           D	                              G                                    
Cause the only place that I want to be is right back home with you 


Verse 3:
                 C	             Am		
I guess there's so much more I have to learn
               F	 	                       G		
But if you're here with me, I know which way to turn
        Am         F		                   C
You always give me somewhere, somewhere I can run
Am	            G	       F   C
   You make it real for me 

Chorus:
    G	    Am	   F	             C
And IIIIIIIII'm running to you baby
G    Am	              F	           C
  Youuuuuuuuu are the only one who saved me
       G     Am	         F	               C
That's    whyyyyyyy I've been missing you lately
      Am	         G	       F   C
Cause you make it real for me 
Am	         G	       F   C
You make it real for me

You Make It Real

G         Em		  
1) Almost heaven,   West Virginia,
2) All my mem'ries, gather round her, 

   D			 C                G
1) Blue Ridge Mountains, Shenandoah       River.
2) miner's lady,         stranger to blue water.

                      Em  
1) Life is old there, older than the trees, 
2) Dark and dusty,    painted on the sky, 

   D
1) younger than the mountains
2) misty taste of moonshine

   C			G
1) growin' like a breeze.
2) teardrop in my eye.

              G              D            Em        C
       Country roads, take me home, to the place I belong.
	      G               D              C            G
     West Virginia, Mountain momma, take me home Country roads


           Em       D            G 
 	I hear her voice in the morning hour she calls me,
            C        G              D 
        the radio reminds her of my home far away
            Em               D            C
        and driving down the road I get a feeling 
 	       G                     D          D7    G
        that I should have been home yesterday, yesterday.

Country Roads

Am      C              F              C
I had a dream, we were sipping whisky neat
        F              C                 G
Highest floor, the Bowery, and nowhere’s high enough
    Am              C                F             C
Somewhere along the lines, we stopped seeing eye to eye
         F               C           G
You were staying out all night and I had enough


      F           Am             F                    C       
No, I don't wanna know where you been or where you're goin’
      F               Am                 G
But I know I won't be home and you'll be on your own


            F                    C                G
Who's gonna walk you through the dark side of the morning?
            F                 C                 G
Who's gonna rock you when the sun won't let you sleep?
             F                C               G         E7   Am
Who's waking up to drive you home when you're drunk and all alone?
             F                    C                G
Who's gonna walk you through the dark side of the morning, it ain’t me


Am        C              G         F   
Ow-ow, ah-ah the Bowery, ow-ow, ah-ah whiskey neat
Am          C       G         G
Where y’go, I’m so, grateful, I (it ain’t me)

F         C              Am        G
Ow-ow, ah-ah the Bowery, ow-ow, ah-ah whiskey neat
F           C       G
Where y’go, I’m so, grateful, I (it ain’t me)

Am     C           G      F   
Ow-ow, the Bowery, ow-ow, the whiskey neat
Am          C       G         G
Where y’go, I’m so, grateful, I (it ain’t me)

F      C           Am     G
Ow-ow, the Bowery, ow-ow, the whiskey neat
F           C       G         G
Where y’go, I’m so, grateful, I (it ain’t me)


Am  C  Am       C              F           C
       I had a dream, we were back to seventeen
       F                   C            G
Summer nights and the Libertines, never growing up
Am             C          F                 C
I'll take with me the polaroids and the memories
        F              C                G
But you know I'm gonna leave behind the worst of us


             F                    C                G
Who's gonna walk you through the dark side of the morning?
             F                 C                 G
Who's gonna rock you when the sun won't let you sleep?
             F                C               G         E7   Am
Who's waking up to drive you home when you're drunk and all alone?
             F                    C                G               
Who's gonna walk you through the dark side of the morning

         F      C     G
It ain’t me, no-o, no-o
         F      C     G
It ain’t me, no-o, no-o
         F      C     G  E7  Am
It ain’t me, no-o, no-o
             F                    C                G                
Who's gonna walk you through the dark side of the morning, it ain’t me


Am     C           G      F   
Ow-ow, the Bowery, ow-ow, the whiskey neat
Am          C       G         G
Where y’go, I’m so, grateful, I (it ain’t me)

F      C           Am     G
Ow-ow, the Bowery, ow-ow, the whiskey neat
F           C       G         G
Where y’go, I’m so, grateful, I (it ain’t me)

Am     C           G      F   
Ow-ow, the Bowery, ow-ow, the whiskey neat
Am          C       G         G
Where y’go, I’m so, grateful, I (it ain’t me)

F      C           Am     G
Ow-ow, the Bowery, ow-ow, the whiskey neat
F           C       G         G
Where y’go, I’m so, grateful, I (it ain’t me)

Am     C           G      F   
Ow-ow, the Bowery, ow-ow, the whiskey neat
Am          C       G         G
Where y’go, I’m so, grateful, I (it ain’t me)

F            C           Am           G
No no, no no no, Bowery, no no, no no no, whiskey neat
F           C       G                     Am
Where y’go, I’m so, grateful, I, it ain’t me

It Ain't Me

Intro/Verse
A|--4--1--3--6---------------------------------------------------|
E|--------1--4---------------------------------------------------|
C|--8--5---------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------|

Chorus
A|--1--4--4--4--6------------------------------------------------|
E|--------2-----4------------------------------------------------|
C|--5--8-----8---------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------|

Solo
A|--8-8-8-8-8-9-6-6-8-9-I----------8-------------------------------|
E|-------------------------9-9-9-9---4-4-4-------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------|

A|--8-8-8-8-8-9-6-6-8-9-I------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------9-9-9-9-------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------|

School Friends

Verse 1:
G                                    Em        G        Em
There was a girl who lived in London town.
G                                 Em                   G      Em
The scenes and sounds, they would only bring her down
C                                   D
She had polkadots and rubies in her dreams,
C                   D
French fantasies on cinema screens...
        C             G/B    Am     G
And she knew from the finish to the start
C      G/B      Am   G
It was bound to fall apart
C         G/B     Am   Em
Thanks to Cupid's lazy dart.
Em                                D
Wouldn't it be sweet if she could die from a broken heart?

G     Em      G      Em

Verse 2: (the same chords)
There was a boy who lived inside his head.
He couldn't face the world, so he turned his back instead.
He couldn't see in front of his eyes;
His fantasies of outlaws had him hypnotised...

And he knew from the finish to the start
It was bound to fall apart
Thanks to Cupid's lazy dart.                        F
Wouldn't it be sweet if he could die from a broken heart?

   C              G           F
Behold his golden wings
       C              G         F
And behold his bronze bow.
                 C             G         F
Can you hear his silver arrows sing?
       C               G     
As his gaylied favours glow.

(then go back to the normal verse bit)

There was a boy and girl who fell in love:
They both were in love with the stars and sky above,
Cinderella, cigarettes and scenes from the past
Were chasing them too fast for this love to ever last...

And they knew from the finish to the start
It was bound to fall apart
Thanks to Cupid's lazy dart.                         F
Wouldn't it be sweet if they could die from a broken heart? 

C   G    F    C    G

Repeat F  C  G until the end. End on G.

Arrows Of Eros

Am
There's a sadness all around us
          F                         C
There are words we're too afraid to say
                                        Am
The things that I thought would last forever
    F              G
Are changing every day

          Am
There's a hunger can't be satisfied
        F                       C
And the streets are filled with rage
C                       Am
It's time to dig deep inside ourselves
F                       G
And face the life we've made

Am
It's gonna take two of us
C                           Am
Ijust can't do it all on my own
F				  C
I see the day gettin' brighter
G                    F
Hold me a little bit tighter

C                      Am      F
Out of the darkness in hand in hand
     Am               F        G
Baby together we will make our stand
C                             Am      F
Reach out and touch me we can win somehow
       Am              F                G
I know there's nothing that can stop us now
F              Am                 G   C
Oh, baby, come with me out of the darkness

...

Out Of The Darkness

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


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