Gregory Alan Isakov (born in 1979 in Johannesburg, South Africa) is a South Africa-born American singer-songwriter. He released his first album, rust colored stones, in 2003.  Isakov has been described by Boulder Weekly, &quot;Strong, subtle, a lyrical genius&quot; and has been compared to his influences; Bruce Springsteen, Kelly Joe Phelps, Iron &amp; Wine and Gillian Welch. Isakov's humble presence and his overwhelming voice and guitar style has been treasured by an ever-growing and captivated fan base.   

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Riff
 Am           
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Am                      Em
cursed your captain and stow me below
F                        C
hold me amongst all your cards.
Am                        Em
oh we were sea bound, and aimless at best,
F                                C
clutching to the wheel and those charts..
         G                         Am 
but that sea was just a gambler at heart.

(Riff)

Am                    Em
oh there we were, the sun hit the starboard
F                         C
and we were as free as we could be.
Am                        Em
we waited for land, oh we waited for thee,
F                         C
we aimed to stay calm and cool.
         G                       Am 
but that sea was just a gambling fool.

(Riff)

F               C         Am                 Em
come to me mary come, you know you once were queen.
    F     C   G              Am
the ocean is holding all the kings,
F   C      G         Am
and tossed aside the weary.

(Riff)

F                                             C
how i'd love to steer you straight into those waters
            Am                             Em
while those daunting clouds above began to pour
    F          C            Am        Em
and when we're found, we'll kiss that ground
    F    C              G      Am
and roll around on that lovers floor

(Riff)

F               C         Am                 Em
come to me mary come, you know you once were queen.
    F     C   G              Am
the ocean is holding all the kings,
F   C      G         Am
and tossed aside the weary.
    F     C  G       Am
the ocean is holding everything
F   C      G         Am
and tossed aside the weary.
F       C         G        Am
aw that dreadful, gambling sea.

That Sea, The Gambler

Gregory Alan Isakov with the Colorado Symphony

Am         G          F        C  Cmaj7/G
You were a phonograph, I was a kid
  Am          G               F        C Cmaj7/G
I sat with an ear close, just listening
      Am             G               F             C Cmaj7/G
I was there when the rain tapped her way down your face
           Am      G          F           C Cmaj7/G
You were a miracle I was just holdin your space


     Am         G                  F           C Cmaj7/G
Well time has a way of throwing it all in your face
    Am           G            F         C Cmaj7/G
The past, she is haunted, the future is laced
Am             G              F         C Cmaj7/G
Heartbreak, ya know, drives a big black car
     Am            G               F          C Cmaj7/G
Swear i was in the back seat, just minding my own


Chorus:

    G                                               C
And through the glass, the corn crows come like rain
           G                Am
They wont stay, they wont stay for 
G           C
Too long now
              G           Am
This could be all that we know..
    D 
Of love and all.


Am              G       F       C Cmaj7/G
Well you were a dancer, I was a rag
    Am         G              F          C Cmaj7/G
The song in my head, well was all that I had
Am         G          Fm        C Cmaj7/G
Hope was a letter I never could send
Am         G          F          C Cmaj7/G
Love was a country we couldn't defend


G                      Am                 C          G
And through the carnival we watch them go round and round
               Am              C                G    
All we knew of home was just a sunset and some clowns  ohhhhhhh


     Am         G         F             C Cmaj7/G
Well you were a magazine, I was a plane Jane
     Am          G             F          C Cmaj7/G
Just walking the sidewalks all covered in rain
Am           G        F           C Cmaj7/G
love to just get into one of your stories
     Am         G     F          C Cmaj7/G
Just me and all of my plain Jane glory


Fade out gradually, continuing the chords from the verse

Big Black Car

Intro: C - F - C - F - Am - F - C

C
This house
F              C
She's holding secrets
F         Am       F       C
I got my change behind the bed


C
In a coffee can,
F           C
I throw my nickels in
F       Am     F       C
Just in case I have to leave


           F           C
And I will go if you ask me to
        F          G
I will stay if you dare
       C         Em7   Am
And if I go I'm goin shameless
             F              C
I'll let my hunger take me there


C
This house
F               C
She's quite the talker
F              Am          F       C
She creeks and moans, she keeps me up


C
And the photographs
F           C
Know I'm a liar
F          Am         F       C
They just laugh as I burn her down


           F            C
And I will go if you ask me to
        F           G
I will stay if you dare
         C       Em7    Am
And if I go I'm goin on fire
        F              C
Let my anger take me there


G                 
The shingles man they're shaking
C                        F
The back door's burning through
C                 Em7        Am
This house she's quite the keeper
           F         C
Quite the keeper of you


           F           C
And I will go if you ask me to
        F           G
I will stay if you dare
         C       Em7    Am
And if I go, I'm goin crazy
             F               C
I'll let my darlin take me there
         C       Em7    Am
And if I go, I'm goin crazy
             F              C
I'll let my darlin take me there

If I Go I'm Goin'

This Empty Northern Hemisphere

C                   F       C          Am              G
the night fell with bicycle bells, the dark had wooden teeth
      F              C                 Am               G
oh we broke on up to hill country, the air was thin and sweet
          F                C
lord, the air was thin and sweet


C                F         C             Am              G
she held onto my coat that night, like a kid lost in her sleeves
      F                     C
oh we warmed the ground, we hushed our sound
   Am               G
we slept on walking feet
         F                 C
lord, we slept on walking feet

   F              C
oh Darlin, pardon me
        Am        G
can you help me remember
     F                  C
when we were all flying free
        Am            G
we were dust from our bodies
    F                   C              Am              G
and we were flicker and flame, yeah we burned till the morning
F              C
Darlin, pardon me


C                         F        C
off in the night, you can hear 'em bright,
    Am            G
the Sirens of the Sea
       Am             G                 F                 C
oh and city birds and alley girls, they all just sing for free
        F                 C
oh they all just sing for free


   F              C
oh Darlin, pardon me
       Am       G
but do I look familiar
     F                         C
when we were just larkspur and leaves
        Am                 G
we were strung through the tether
    F                      C
and we were all silver and stone
            Am          G
we were the lust of the miners
F              C
Darlin, pardon me



Am  E   F   G
Am  E   F   G


C                   F   C       Am              G
that sky glowed all calico like phosphor in the sea
       Am                  G
to the ground we fall, she owns us all
F                  C
kings and boys and beast
F                  C
kings and boys and beast


   F              C
oh Darlin, pardon me
       Am       G
but do I look familiar
     F                   C
when we were just flying free
       Am            G
and we burned from a freight train
    F                       C            Am         G
and we were some flicker of truth in the smile of a salesman
    F           C                        Am           G
and we were all buried jewels 'neath the grass in the suburbs
    F                  C     Am   G
and we were all living proof
   F              C
oh Darlin, pardon me

Living Proof

Intro:

C   G   Am   G    (x4)

C                      G
Travelling through the graveyard
       Am               G
With a suitcase full of sparks
       F                   G              C   G
Honey, I'm still trying to find my way to you


C            G
Lit up every campfire
Am               G
Found out in the dark
      F                G          C
Oh, I cut down all the cottonwoods


C   G    Am   G   (x2)


C                 G
Picked up all the arrow heads
    Am                    G
Off buffalo trails of the Indians
    F        G               C       G
The Oklahoma sky was cutting through


C                         G
Along the tracks with the runaway kid
   Am                  G
He talks and talks and talks
       F                  G              C
Honey, I'm just trying to find my way to you


    C      E        Am         F
And I quit counting stars that night
       C            F         E
In the cold, by the satellite field
    Am     G       C             F
And I quit panning gold, running holes
      C                  G              C 
Yeah, I'm just trying to find my way to you


C   G   Am   G   (x4)


C             G
Swam across Sapancha
       Am           G
Took a train to Cataloo
  C            G
I opened up my guitar case
    Am                 G
And all the songs were blue


  C               G
I haunted all the alleys
       Am                 G
Lord I drifted 'cross the valleys
       F                  G              C
Honey, I'm just trying to find my way to you


    C      E       Am
And I quit casting hooks
F           C               F       E
Off the California coast we held so dear
    Am     G        C                   F
And I quit flashing smiles, and running wild
      C                  G              C
Yeah, I'm just trying to find my way to you


C   G   Am   G   (x4)

         C             G
Threw my bottle in the ocean
    Am             G
She never wrote me back
        F               G                C    G
All the countless days across the sea of blue


            C               G
Learned the language of the mocking bird
Am               G
Took and twisted all my words
       F                  G              C
Honey, I'm just trying to find my way to you


         E               F
And I'll meet you in the graveyard
         F                   G      G7
With the weathered trees and stars
           F            G                C
And we can open up that suitcase full of sparks


C   G   Am   G   (x4)

Suitcase Full Of Sparks

***Note: C/G is a C chord modified with a G replacing the E. Ergo:

C/G
A|3|
E|3|
C|0|
G|0|

(Intro) C C/G x 4

C       C/G    Am    G
turning in the grain again
F         C        G
the bells begin to chime

Am     C    C/G
time, she says,
       C            F
theres no turning back,
          C           G
keep your eyes on the tracks
Am          C                         F
through the fields, somewhere theres blue
    Am        G            F      C
oh, time will tell, shell see us through

(Banjo)

Am C F C G
Am C F
Am G F C C/G C C/G  

Am      C    C/G
howling out,
    Am    G
the windy hills
    F       C       G
and all the time we took
Am         C  C/G C         F
you should know just how it steals
          C          G
keep your hand on the wheel
    Am         C    C/G 
and through it all,
C            F
somewhere we knew
Am        G            F      C
time will tell, shell see us through

    Am           G      F          G
and all fire and flames took all we trust
                 G
we're kicking up dust
Am       F                   G
stations fade just like they do
    Am        G     F         C
oh, time will tell, we always knew

(whistle)

Am C F C G

Am C F


    Am        G     F         C
oh, time will tell, we always knew

Time Will Tell

The Weatherman

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

Sovereign Light Cafe

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

Work

Intro: C D C D (x2)


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

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

C D


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

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


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

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

C D
(fin)

Habla si puedes

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

MI RE DO#m-SIm-LA

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

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


Jo et duré...

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

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


Jo et duré... ( bis )

De tot cor

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

Can't Smile Without You

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

Down By The River

Intro: 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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