The Postal Service is an indie electropop band based in Seattle, Washington, United States, which started life as a side project for singer Ben Gibbard of Death Cab For Cutie and producer Jimmy Tamborello of Dntel, Headset and Figurine. The group formed, in 2001, after Gibbard contributed vocals for a song on Dntel's album Life Is Full of Possibilities called (This Is) The Dream of Evan and Chan.  

The Postal Service est un groupe indépendant de musique électro-pop composé du chanteur de Death Cab For Cutie, Benjamin Gibbard, et du producteur Jimmy Tamborello. Le duo n'a qu'un album, Give Up, paru en 2003.   Origines  Benjamin Gibbard est le chanteur de Death Cab For Cutie depuis les années 1990. Jimmy Tamborello est de son côté un artiste de musique électronique connu notamment sous le pseudonyme Dntel. 

The Postal Service ist der Name einer US-amerikanischen indietronic-Band.  Die Band setzt sich aus Ben Gibbard (Sänger von Death Cab For Cutie) und Jimmy Tamborello zusammen, die beide noch in anderen Bands tätig sind.  Die beiden arbeiteten erstmals zusammen, als Gibbard für einen Song von Tamborellos Band Dntel den Gesangspart übernahm. Wegen des Erfolgs dieser Zusammenarbeit beschlossen die beiden, ein eigenes Album zu produzieren.

# INTRO: Alternate between D & G, use mostly D (When the single ding is hit in the song you can pick the second string then strike the chord)

              D                    G               D
I've got a cupboard with cans of food, filtered water, 
                 G             D
And pictures of you and i'm not coming out
        G             D      G
Until this is all over
          D                 G                 D
And i'm looking through the glass where the light bends
          G
At the cracks
           D                          G       D
And i'm screaming at the top of my lungs pretending 
               G       Em
The echoes belong to someone
  Em              D
Someone i used to know
        Em                                     D
And we become silhouettes when our bodies finally go
 D D  D  G
Ba ba ba ba...

           D                    G
I wanted to walk through the empty streets
                 D                   G
And feel something constant under my feet,
             D               G
But all the news reports recommended that
             D       G
I stay indoors
            D                     G
Because the air outside will make our cells
 D                     G              D
Divide at an alarming rate until our shells
                G             D        G            
Simply cannot hold all our insides in,
                       Em                    
And that's when we'll explode
                         D
(and it won't be a pretty sight)
Em                                              D
And we'll become silhouettes when our bodies finally go
 D D  D  G
Ba ba ba ba...
     D                   D              Em           D
And we'll become silhouettes when our bodies finally go
 D D  D  G
Ba ba ba ba...
 D                      D                Em          D
And we'll become silhouettes when our bodies finally go
 D D  D  G
Ba ba ba ba...
D                      D                 Em          D
And we'll become silhouettes when our bodies finally go
D D  D  G
Ba ba ba ba...

D  G during solo...

 D          G
And we'll become
  D         G
And we'll become

We Will Become Silhouettes

F                    Am
I am thinking it's a sign that the freckles in our 
Gm                         Bb                   C           F
eyes are mirror images and when we kiss they're perfectly aligned
                    Am
And I have to speculate that God himself did 
Gm                         Bb                 Bb7M             F
make us into corresponding shapes like puzzle pieces from the clay
                             Am
True, it might seem like a stretch but it's thoughts like this that 
Gm                                  Bb           C               F
catch my troubled head when you're away and I am missing you to death
                              Am
When you are out there on the road for several weeks of 
Gm                              Bb            Bb7M
shows and when you scan the radio I hope this song will guide you home

CHORUS
F                            C
They will see us waving from such great heights
     Bb                Bb7M
Come down now, they'll say
    F                             C
But everything looks perfect from far away
     Bb                  Bb7M
Come down now, but we'll stay

F                     Am
I've tried my best to leave this all on your 
    Gm                             Bb           C
machine but the persistent beat it sounded thin upon listening
    F                     Am
And that frankly will not fly, You'll hear the shrillest
Gm                                         Bb
highs and the lowest lows with the windows down
             Bb7M
When this is guiding you home

CHORUS

SOLO - 0h1h0 = pluck string, hammer and release on 1st fret
4x
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1---1---1---1---1---1-1-1-0---0---0---0---0---0---0h1h0-
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2-------2---2---2---2---2---2---0-0-
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CHORUS

Such Great Heights

VERSE

Bm
I was waiting for a cross-town train in the
E                                 Bm
london underground when it struck me
Bm 
that I've been waiting since birth to find a
E                                      Bm
love that would look and sound like a movie
Bm
so I changed my plans I rented a camera and
E                       Bm
a van and then I called you
Bm                      E
"I need you to pretend that we are in love
E                      Bm
again." and you agreed too



CHORUS
D                           Bm
I want so badly to believe that "there is truth,
Bm             E
that love is real"
D                         Bm
and I want life in every word to the extent
Bm             E
that it's absurd


Inst: Bm E (repeated)


Same thing for the rest of the song.

Clark Gable

Intro
-----

Dm - F (x2)
Dm - F - C


Main
----

Dm                   F     
    This place is a prison
Dm                                F
    And these people aren't your friends
Dm                         F
 Inhaling thrills through $20 bills
         C                            C
And the tumblers are drained and then flooded again
         A# - C - Dm - F
And again [Over no lyrics]

A# - C - Dm - F
[Over no lyrics]


Dm                          F
    Ther're guards at the on ramps
Dm                F
    armed to the teeth
    Dm                                   F
And you may case the grounds from the cascades to puget sound,
   C                         C
But you are not permitted to leave


A#                       C                        Dm                F
  I know there's a big world out there like the one i saw on the screen
A#                    C                      Dm                    A#
  In my living room late last night, It was almost too bright to see
A#                      C                 Dm             A#
  And i know that it's not a party if it happens every night
   A#                             C
Pretending there's glamour and candelabra
            Dm                Dm
When you're drinking by candlelight

[2 Measures of silence, or Am]

Dm               C
[Over no lyrics]
A#                A#
What does it take to get a drink in this place?
Dm               C
[Over no lyrics]
A#                A#
What does it take, how long must i wait?

Dm               C
[Over no lyrics]
A#                A#
What does it take to get a drink in this place?
Dm               C
[Over no lyrics]
A#                A#
What does it take, how long must i wait?

Dm               C
[Over no lyrics]
A#                A#
[Over no lyrics]   how long must i wait?

Dm               C
[Over no lyrics]
A#                A#
[Over no lyrics]

Dm               C
[Over no lyrics]
A#                A#
[Over no lyrics]

Dm               C
[Over no lyrics]
A#                A#
[Over no lyrics]

This Place Is A Prison

Adapted from: http://tabs.ultimate-guitar.com/p/postal_service/sleeping_in_tab.htm

a--------------
E-3------------  x3
d---2-2---0--4-
g--------------

a----------------------
E----------------------
d-2-2-2-------------4--
g------------5/4-------

c
Last week i had the strangest dream
am
Where everything was exactly how it seemed
f
Where there never any mystery
g
on who shot john f kennedy
c
It was just a man with something to prove
am
Slightly bored and severely confused
f
He steadied his rifle with his target in the center
g
And became famous on that day in november

c
Dont wake me i plan on sleeping
am
Dont wake me i plan on sleeping in
f
Dont wake me i plan on sleeping
g
Dont wake me i plan on sleeping in

c
And then last night i had that strange dream
am
Where everything was exactly how it seemed
f
Where concerns about the world getting warmer
g
The people thought they were just being rewarded
c
For treating others as they like to be treated
am
For obeying stop signs and curing diseases
f
For mailing letters with the address of the sender
g
Now we can swim any day in november


c
Dont wake me i plan on sleeping
am

Dont wake me i plan on sleeping in (now we can swim any day in november)
f
Dont wake me i plan on sleeping
g
Dont wake me i plan on sleeping in

c
Dont wake me i plan on sleeping in
am
Dont wake me i plan on sleeping
f
ooh - oh-oh-oh, ooh- oh-oh-oh-oh-oh
g
oh...

Sleepin In

Intro
G D Em C Am x2

G
I'll be the grapes fermented
D                 Em
Bottled and served with the table set
C                                       G                              
In my finest suit, like a perfect gentleman

G
I'll be the fire escape
D                Em
That's bolted to the ancient brick
 C                                     G                                    
Where you will sit and contemplate your day

G D Em C Am

G
I'll be the waterwings
D                         Em
That save you if you start drowning
C                                          G
In an open tab when your judgement's on the brink

G
I'll be the phonograph
D                       Em
That plays your favorite albums back
C                                      G
As you're lying there, drifting off to sleep

Am x2

G
I'll be the platform shoes
D                       Em
And undo what heredity's done to you
C                                       G
You won't have to strain to look into my eyes

G
I'll be your winter coat
D                   Em  
Buttoned and zipped straight to the throat
C                                      Em 
With the collar up so you won't catch cold

Em                C
I want to take you far
                       G 
From the cynics in this town
                   Em 
And kiss you on the mouth
                    C
We'll cut our bodies free
                        G
From the tethers of this scene
                 Em
Start a brand new colony
                     C
Where everything will change
                        G
We'll give ourselves new names
           Em
Identities erased
                     C
The sun will heat the ground
              G
Under our bare feet
                  D
In this brand new colony
              Em         C     G    D
This Brand New Colony



repeat like 4 times
Em                    C          G        D 
and eeevveeerrryyyyyy thing will change  (hums)

end on  Em

Brand New Colony

Intro:
      C     Fmaj7   C
A|---3-3-3-5------3-3-5---3-3-3-3-5---5-3-2----|
E|-----------0-1-1------0-----------0----------|
C|---------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------|


Song:

Intro 2x
Start strumming C

C            F
I take a breath
C                                G
And hold the air until there's nothing left
C              F
I'm feeling green
C                       G
Like teenage lovers between the sheets


Intro 2x (While singing - Strum C in between both times)
Ba Ba Ba Ba  Ba Ba Ba Ba   Ba Ba Ba Ba Ba Ba Ba


C                       F
Knuckles clenched to white
C                        G
As the landing gear retract for flight
C               F
My heads a balloon
C                   G
Inflating with the altitude


Intro 2x (While singing - Strum C in between both times)
Ba Ba Ba Ba  Ba Ba Ba Ba   Ba Ba Ba Ba Ba Ba Ba


C                      F
I watch the patchwork farm's
F                            C
Slow fade into the ocean's arms
C                                     F
And from here they can't see me stare
F                             C
The stale taste of recycled air
C        G                 Em
I watch the patchwork farm's
Em         F                  C
Slow fade into the ocean's arms
C          G               Em
Calm down release your cares
Em               F             C
The stale taste of recycled air


Intro 1x

Recycled Air 

D
Will someone please call a surgeon
        G                   Bm                     A
Who can crack my ribs and repair this broken heart
               G                           A     (A7)
That your're deserting for better company?


                         D
I can't accept that it's over...
       G                     Bm                     A
I will block the door like a goalie tending the net
               G                            A    (A7)
In the third quarter of a tied-game rivalry


Chorus
------

   D          G                A     F#m
So,  just say how to make it right
    D              G                A   F#m
And,  i swear i'll do my best to comply


Bm      G      A                       D                 Bm
Tell me am i right to think that there could be nothing better
     Bm     G       A               F#m          Bm
Than making you my bride and slowly growing old together

D - D - D - D


Verse
-----
                 D                        G                    Bm       
I feel must interject here you're getting carried away feeling sorry for
     A                 G                        A    (A7)
yourself With these revisions and gaps in history
                     D
So let me help you remember
          G                             Bm                A
I've made charts and graphs that should finally make it clear
                  G                         A    (A7)
I've prepared a lecture on why i have to leave


Chorus
------

   D              G               A    F#m
So,  please back away and let me go
D            G                   A        F#m
  I can't my darling i love you so...  Oh oh


Bm      G      A                       D                 Bm
Tell me am i right to think that there could be nothing better
     Bm     G       A               F#m          Bm
Than making you my bride and slowly growing old together

Bm        G        A               D           Bm
Don't you feed me lines about some idealistic future
Bm         G           A                F#m              Bm
Your heart won't heal right if you keep tearing out the sutures

Bm / G - A - D - Bm
Bm / G - A - F#m - Bm

Bm / G - A - D - Bm
Bm / G - A - F#m - Bm


Outro
-----

D              G               Bm   A     G
  I admit that i have made mistakes   and   i swear
                      A    (A7)
I'll never wrong you again

D              G               Bm    A
  You've got a lure i can't deny,
    G                                    A    (A7)
But   you've had your chance so say goodbye
        D
Say goodbye

Nothing Better

Give Up

[[Whole Song]]

C Am F G

Last week I had the strangest dream where
Everything was exactly how it seemed 
Where there was never any mystery of who shot John F. Kennedy 
It was just a man with something to prove 
Slightly bored and severly confused 
He steadied his rifle with his target in the center 
And became famous on that day in november 

Don't wake me I plan on sleeping in 

Again last night I had that strange dream 
Where everything was exactly how it seemed 
No concerns about the world getting warmer 
People thought that they were just being rewarded 
For treating others as they'd like to be treated 
For obeying stop signs and curing diseases 
For mailing letters with the address of the sender 
Now we can swim any day in november 

Don't wake me I plan on sleeping in

Sleeping In

C            Em
We drained every night
         C         Em       
In the lower East Side
           C                 Em             C        Em                                       
And you failed to catch the train back to Queens
         C          Em         
So you came to my room
               C                        Em                                        
We did some things that we knew not to do
        C           Em            C            Em
In the glow of the nights golden hue 


Chorus

              F                G
You've got a tattered line of string
             Am             C
That you've tied 'round everything
           F                G
That you want to call your own
        Am              C 
But it never seems to hold


Verse II

         C       Em
When we woke we agreed
        C               Em
That we would not ever speak
          C        Em                 C       Em
Of this night to anyone that we both knew
                C             Em
And you said, "Every time we kiss
        C                       Em               
I felt something that could not exist"
         C                Em                   C       Em
And I confessed that I thought that I felt it too


Chorus

                F               G
You've got a tattered line of string
            Am            C
That you've tied 'round everything
                F                        Em
That you want to call your own
         G              C
But it never seems to hold


Break

C Em 
C Em
C Em
C Em 


Chorus

               F                 G
You've got a tattered line of string
              Am            C
That you've tied 'round everything
           F                G
That you want to call your own
         Am            C
But it never seems to hold

Tattered Line Of String

Give Up 

Verse 1:
           B
I'm going back to the time when we owned this town
      E
Down Powder Mill Lane, in the battlegrounds
C#m        B                   G#m  B     F#
We were friends and lovers and clueless clowns


Verse 2:
                      B       
I didn't know I'd be finding out now I was torn from you
         E
When we thought about things we were gonna do
C#m      B                    G#m B  F# 
We were wide eyed dreamers and wiser too


Chorus:
               E              B 
Go down to the rides on East Parade,
        G#m                   F#
by the lights of the Palace Arcade
                    E                     G#m   F#   
Watch night coming down on the Sovereign Light Café


Verse 3:
                          B
I'm begging you for some sign, but you've still got nothing to say
        E
Don't turn your back on me, don't walk away
C#m     B                   G#m  B   F#
I'm a better man now than I was that day


Chorus:
                      E              B 
Let's go down to the rides on East Parade,
        G#m                   F#
by the lights of the Palace Arcade
                    E                     G#m   F#   
Watch night coming down on the Sovereign Light Café

                 E               B
Go down to the bandstand on the pier
           G#m                    F#
Watch the drunks and the lovers appear
                      E                     G#m   F#     
Take time, just the stars at the Sovereign Light Café


Bridge:
   E        B           F#
I wheel my bike off the train,
        F#
Up the North Trade Road,
 E        B             F# 
Look for you on Marley Lane
                          G#m
In every building, every streetlight
                   E               F#  G#m  B  F#
Oh why did we ever go so far from home?


Verse 4:
                        B
You keep on leaving me mile long traces of who you are
         E
You can get a big house and a faster car
C#m      B                    G#m   B  F#
You can run away boy, but you won't go far


Chorus:
                      E              B
Let's go down to the rides on East Parade,
        G#m                   F#
by the lights of the Palace Arcade
                    E                     G#m   F#   
Watch night coming down on the Sovereign Light Café

                    E                B
Stroll down to the bandstand on the pier
           G#m                    F#
Watch the drunks and the lovers appear
                     E                      G#m   F#
Take time, just the stars at the Sovereign Light Café 

      E            B    G#m
La la la la la la la la Yeah, 
     F#                      E       B   F#
I'm going where the people know my name


Outro:
E B G#m F#
E B G#m F# B

Sovereign Light Cafe

strumming pattern
D-DUD-D

F,G,C,Em7

mmmmm mmmm mmmm 

F                    G
Work, work, work, work, work, work. He said me haffi
C                   Em7
Work, work, work, work, work, work! He see me do mi
F                     G
Dirt, dirt, dirt, dirt, dirt, dirt! So me put in
C                   Em7
Work, work, work, work, work, work. When you ah guh
F                        G
Learn, learn, learn, learn, learn Meh nuh cyar if him
C                   Em7
Hurt, hurt, hurt, hurt, hurting


[Verse 1: Rihanna]

F              G
Dry! ...Me a desert
C                 Em7
Nuh time to have ya lerkin'
F                        G
Him ago act like him nuh like it
C                           Em7
You know I dealt with you the nicest
F                        G
Nuh body touch me in the righteous
C                     Em7
Nuh botha, text me in a crisis 
           F                    G
I believed all of your dreams, adoration
            C                    Em7
You took my heart and my keys and my patience
            F                        G
You took my heart on my sleeve for decoration
                C                          Em7
You mistaken my love I brought for you for foundation
           F             G
All that I wanted from you was to give me
C            Em7
Something that I never had
F                   G
Something that you've never seen
C                     Em7
Something that you've never been!
F     G
Mmmmm!
      C                          
But I wake up and act like nothing's wrong
D
Just get ready fi...


[Hook: Rihanna]
F                    G
Work, work, work, work, work, work. He said me haffi
C                   Em7
Work, work, work, work, work, work! He see me do mi
F                     G
Dirt, dirt, dirt, dirt, dirt, dirt! So me put in
C                   Em7
Work, work, work, work, work, work. When you ah guh
F                        G
Learn, learn, learn, learn, learn Meh nuh cyar if him
C                   Em7
Hurt, hurt, hurt, hurt, hurting
F             G
Ner ner ner ner ner ner!
               C           Em7
When you a guh ner ner ner ner ner ner!
                  F                 G
Before the tables turn turn turn turn turn turn!
C             Em7
Beg you something please


[Verse 2: Rihanna]

F            G
Baby don't you leave
               C                 Em7
Do''t leave me stuck here in the streets, 
   F                  G
uh huh If I get another chance to
       C                Em7
I will never, no never neglect you
      F                         G
I mean who am I to hold your past against you?
       C                    Em7
I just hope that it gets to you
  F           G
I hope that you see this through
  C                      Em7
I hope that you see this true
F          G
What can I say?
       C          
Please recognize I'm tryin', baby!!!
 Em7
I have to


[Hook: Rihanna]

F                    G
Work, work, work, work, work, work. He said me haffi
C                   Em7
Work, work, work, work, work, work! He see me do mi
F                     G
Dirt, dirt, dirt, dirt, dirt, dirt! So me put in
C                   Em7
Work, work, work, work, work, work. When you ah guh
F                        G
Learn, learn, learn, learn, learn Meh nuh cyar if him
C                   Em7
Hurt, hurt, hurt, hurt, hurting


[Verse 3: Drake]

N.C.
Yeah, okay
F        G        C                   Em7
You need to get done, done, done, done at work, come over
F               G
We just need to slow the motion
C                   Em7
Don't give that away to no one
F            G
Long distance, I need you
C                          Em7
When I see potential I just gotta see it through
F                        G
If you had a twin, I would still choose you
C                           Em7
I don't wanna rush into it, if it's too soon
      F      G               C              
But I know you need to get done, done, done, done
   Em7
If you come over
F            G
Sorry if I'm way less friendly
C                    Em7
I got n____s tryna end me,
F G           C                 Em7
oh,     I spilled all my emotions tonight, I'm sorry
F               G
Rollin', rollin', rollin', rollin', rollin'
C                                Em7
How many more shots until you're rollin'?
F              G
We just need a face to face
C                    Em7            F
You could pick the time and the place
               G
You spent some time away
C                Em7
Now you need to forward and give me all the...


[Hook: Rihanna]

F                    G
Work, work, work, work, work, work. He said me haffi
C                   Em7
Work, work, work, work, work, work! He see me do mi
F                     G
Dirt, dirt, dirt, dirt, dirt, dirt! So me put in
C                   Em7
Work, work, work, work, work, work. When you ah guh
F                        G
Learn, learn, learn, learn, learn Meh nuh cyar if him
C                   Em7
Hurt, hurt, hurt, hurt, hurting

mmm mmm mmm..


[Outro: Rihanna]

work work work work work work

F G C D
F G C D

Work

Intro: C D C D (x2)


C D
Si es que no puedes hablar
C D
no te atrevas a volver
C D
si te quieres ocultar
C D
tal vez te podria ver
Em D C G C
y el amor que no sabe a quien y que
G C
hablará si tu verdad
Em F
te abrazara otra vez

Em C
Habla si puedes
G C
grita que sientes
Em C
dime a quien quieres
G C
y te hace feliz

C D


C D
Si no puedes escuchar
C D
aunque insistas hablaré
C D
si lo quieres mírame
C D
y tus ojos hablaran tal vez
Em D C G C
sentiras el amor e iras tras el
G C
hablaras si tu verdad
Em F
te abrazará otra vez

Em C
Habla si puedes
G C
grita que sientes
Em C
dime a quien quieres
G D
y te hace feliz
Em C
habla si puedes
G C
grita si temes
Em C
dime a quien quieres
G D
y te hace feliz


Em G C G
.(CUERDAS)... abrazaméeeeeeeee..
C Em F
quiero despertarme y entender

Em C
habla si puedes
G C
grita si temes
Em C
dime a quien quieres
G D
y que haces aquì
Em C
habla si puedes
G C
grita que sientes
Em C
dime a quien quieres
G C
y te hace feliz
G C
y te hace feliz

C D
(fin)

Habla si puedes

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

MI RE DO#m-SIm-LA

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

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


Jo et duré...

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

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


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De tot cor

(Chorus)
G
You xxxx X xxx'x smile xxxx xxx
Em
X can't xxxxx xxxxxxx xxx
Am7
I xxx'x xxxxx xxx X xxx'x sing
D7
I'm xxxxxxx xx xxxx xx xx xxxxxxxx
(1st Verse)
G
You xxx X xxxx xxx xxxx xxx'xx sad
Em
X feel xxxx xxxx xxx'xx glad
Am7
If xxx xxxx xxxx xxxx X'x xxxxx through
D7                              G Em G Em
X just xxx'x xxxxx without xxx
(2nd verse)
G
You xxxx along xxxx xxxx x song
Em
Xxx brightened xx xxx
Am7
Whod've xxxxxxxx xxxx xxx xxxx xxxx xx x dream
                  D7
Xxx xx xxx xxxxx light xxxxx xxxx
(Chorus)
         G 
Xxx now xxx xxx X xxx'x smile xxxx xxx
Em
X can't xxxxx xxxxxxx xxx
Am7
I xxx'x xxxxx xxx X xxx'x sing
D7                          Eb
I'm xxxxxxx xx xxxx xx xx anything
(3rd Verse)
Ab
You xxx X xxxx xxx xxxx xxx'xx sad
   Fm
X feel xxxx xxxx xxx'xx glad
Bbm
If xxx xxxx xxxx xxxx X'x xxxxx through
Ebm
X just xxx'x xxxxx
Ebm                                 Ab               C#
Now xxxx xxxxxx xxx happiness xxxxx so xxxx xxxx xx find
C#m                                         Eb     E
Well, X'x xxxxxxx xx xxxx xxxxxxx xxxx xxxx behind me
A
And xxx xxx X xxx'x smile xxxxxxx xxx
F#m
X can't xxxxx xxxxxxx xxx
Bm
X xxx'x laugh xxx X xxx'x sing
E
X'x finding xx xxxx xx xx xxxxxxxx
Bb
You xxx X xxxx xxxx xxxx xxx'xx glad
Gm
X feel xxx xxxx xxx'xx sad
Cm
If xxx xxxx knew xxxx X'x xxxxx through
F
X just xxx'x smile xxxxxxx xxx

Can't Smile Without You

Intro: Em  A  Em  A

       Em               A                Em                   
 A
Verse: Be on my side or be on your side, there is no reason for you to hide,
       Em                 A
       Its so hard for me stayin' here all alone, when you could be takin'
       A                Em                                             A
       Me for a ride... She could drag me, over the rainbow, send me away


        G     D         A    G  D          A
Chorus:  Down by the ri-ver,  I shot my ba-by

 Em        A
 Ooh, Ooh, shot her dead


Verse 2:You take my hand I'll take your hand, together we may get away,

        This must madness is too much sorrow, its impossible to make it

        today... She could drag me, over the rainbow, send me away


(Chorus)

(Verse 1)

Down By The River

Intro: 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

[intro x2]
A  E  D A

A                                        E
when there's no place you feel at home
              D                               A
and you think you'd be better off alone
A                                          E
when you think there's no reason to try
               D                           A
and you hate yourself and wanna die

A                                      E
when you're filled with anxiety
             D                   A
and everyone's your enemy
A                                        E
when you wish you were someone else
                 D                        A
and you wanna go out and kill yourself

[chorus]

E D                 A
ooh you're overreacting

(you can change your mind)
E D                A
ooh you're overreacting

(take your time)


A                       E
when you get yourself depressed
                      D                   A
because you think you can't do your best
A                                         E
when you write yourself a stupid song
           D                        A
to remind yourself that you forgot

[chorus]

E D                 A
ooh you're overreacting

(you can change your mind)
E D                A
ooh you're overreacting

(take your time)


[BRIDGE]
# chords x2:
A  E  D  A

A|------------------------------------------------------|
E|-0-2--------------------------------------------------|
C|------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----2-4-2---2-4-2-1---1-1-2-2-1-2-4-2-1-22-----------|     x2



[chorus]

E D                 A
ooh you're overreacting

(you can change your mind)
E D                A
ooh you're overreacting

Overreacting

It takes a while to get used to the rhythm. In the verse the
time signature goes 3/4 for 2 bars then 2/4 for 1 bar and then
repeats.


Intro and Verses:

A|-2---3---2-|-5-------5-|------|-10------10|-9-------9-|------
E|-----------|-----------|------|-----------|-----------|----3-
C|-0---------|-2---2-----|------|-----7-----|-----------|-2----
G|-0---------|-0---------|-0----|-9---------|-7---------|------
   |   |   |   |   |   |   |  |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |  |

Intro Riff:

A|-10--12--10-|-9---10---9-|-2---3---2-|-5-------5-|-------|
E|------------|------------|-----------|-----------|-------|
C|------------|------------|-0---------|-2---2-----|-------|
G|-9----------|-7----------|-0---------|-0---------|-0-----|



Chorus:

                   C
I...              driving...
     G  
The speed...            

Em
      City...

        D
And...  arm...
    
    C  Em        D
And I      had a feeling...

    C  Em        D
And I      had a feeling...

C           D
be...       be... 

Suggestion: during the verses, it can sound pretty cool if you
get a friend to strum the chords: C, G, Em, D in the background
:)

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