Shawn Peter Raul Mendes (born August 8, 1998 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada) is a Canadian singer-songwriter. Since the release of his self-titled &quot;The Shawn Mendes EP&quot; and his debut single &quot;Life of the Party&quot;, he has been gaining mainstream success as a singer-songwriter and touring artist.  Mendes was born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada and was raised in Pickering, a suburb of the city. He is the son of Karen, a real estate agent, and Manuel Mendes, a businessman. His father is of Portuguese descent (from a family from Lagos), while his mother is English.  

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[Intro]

 Am - F - C - G

[Verse 1]

                    Am                          F
Oh, there she goes again, every morning it's the same,
             C                    G
You walk on by my house, I wanna call out your name.
Am                      F                             C
I wanna tell you how beautiful you are from where I'm standing,
             G
You got me thinking what we could be 'cause


[Pre-Chorus]

Am
I keep craving, craving you,
F
You don't know it but it's true,
C                         G
I can't get my mouth to say the words they wanna say to you.
Am                   F
This is typical of love,
                           C                                      G                             
Can't wait anymore, I won't wait I need to tell ya how I feel when I see us together forever.


[Chorus]
        C                 G
In my dreams, you're with me,
         Am                        G
We'll be everything I want us to be.
         C               G
And from there, who knows,
        Am                            G
Maybe this will be the night that we kiss,
For the first time.
        F               G
Or is that just me and my imagination?


[Verse 2]

Am                                   F                            
We walked, we laughed, we spent our time, walking by the ocean side,
C                        G
My hands are gently intertwined, a feeling I just can't describe.
Am                        F                              C
All this time we spent alone, thinking we could not belong,
                         G                   Am
To something so damn beautiful, so damn beautiful.


[Pre-Chorus]

Am                      F
I keep craving, craving you,
                       C
Don't know it but it's true,
                         G                              Am
I can't get my mouth to say the words they wanna say to you.
                   F
This is typical of love,
                           C                                                G                             
Can't wait anymore, I won't wait I need to tell ya how I feel when I see us together forever.


[Chorus]
        C                 G
In my dreams, you're with me,
         Am                      G
We'll be everything I want us to be.
         C               G
And from there, who knows,
        Am                           G
Maybe this will be the night that we kiss,
For the first time.
        F               G
Or is that just me and my imagination?


[Bridge]

(Just keep playing Am - F - C - G)
Oooohhh...
Imagination, imagination
Oooohhh...
Ohhh...


[Chorus]

        C                 G
In my dreams, you're with me,
          Am                     G
We'll be everything I want us to be.
         C               G
And from there, who knows,
        F                             G
Maybe this will be the night that we kiss,
For the first time.
        F               G
Or is that just me and my imagination?


[Pre-Chorus] 

Am                      F
I keep craving, craving you,
                       C
Don't know it but it's true,
                         G                               C
I can't get my mouth to say the words they wanna say to you.

Imagination

Em                  D
Takin' it slow
                       A
Isn't easy if as far as you go
                             Em                     D
Is only half as far as you and I both know
A
Yeah

          Em                      D
Comin' out from above
A little something
             A
And it's only because
                              Em            D
I don't ever wanna see you in love
                   A
But I know
 
That you've been
Em
Coming off strong lately
                 D
And I can feel it that
                 A
You been thinking that maybe
You got a, another shot at me
Em           
Thinking possibly
D                         A
Somehow, but not now

And it's been spinning around like a hurricane
And the sound of the thunder
That's beatin' my head to the ground
But I
I know

                       Em
That I can't go back,
     D
To this,
    A
To her,
                                Em
To what we used to have
     D                   A
It's black and burnt,
                         Em
My God this is so sad
      D                      A
It'll only make things worse,
                  Em
If we bring it back
D          A
Whoa, yeah, yeah, oh

Bring It Back

Handwritten

C                             G
I love it when you just don't care
Am                                            F
I love it when you dance like there's nobody there
C               G
So when it gets hard, don't be afraid
Am                      F
We don't care what them people say
C                             G
I love it when you don't take no
Am                 F
I love it when you do what you want cause you just said so
C                            G
Let them all go home, we out late
Am                             G
We don't care what them people say


C                   G
We don't have to be ordinary
Am             F
Make your best mistakes
C                                   G
'Cause we don't have the time to be sorry
Am                         F
So baby be the life of the party
C                                    G        Am
I'm telling you to take your shot it might be scary
                 F
Hearts are gonna break
C                                   G
'Cause we don't have the time to be sorry
Am                         F
So baby be the life of the party


C                        G
Together we can just let go
Am                                               F
Pretending like there's no one else here that we know
C                                         G
Slow dance fall in love as the club track plays
Am                             F
We don't care what them people say



C                   G
We don't have to be ordinary
Am             F
Make your best mistakes
C                                   G
'Cause we don't have the time to be sorry
Am                         F
So baby be the life of the party
C                                    G        Am
I'm telling you to take your shot it might be scary
                 F
Hearts are gonna break
C                                   G
'Cause we don't have the time to be sorry
Am                         F
So baby be the life of the party

C                 G
Come out tonight, come out tonight
Am                              F
There's no one standing in your way
C                 G
Come out tonight, come out tonight
Am                             F
We don't care what them people say
Am                             F
We don't care what them people say



C                   G
We don't have to be ordinary
Am             F
Make your best mistakes
C                                   G
'Cause we don't have the time to be sorry
Am                         F
So baby be the life of the party
C                                    G        Am
I'm telling you to take your shot it might be scary
                 F
Hearts are gonna break
C                                   G
'Cause we don't have the time to be sorry
Am                         F
So baby be the life of the party


C     G     Am 
Yeah, yeah, yeah
C              G
Life of the party
C                          G
So don't let them keep you down
C                          G
Oh you know you can't give up
C                                   G
'Cause we don't have the time to be sorry
Am                         F
So baby be the life of the party

Life Of The Party

Intro: Am, G, C, F 

 Am             G              C     F
 I thought that I've been hurt before
     Am                 G             C    F  
 But no one's ever left me quite this sore
 Am             G             C     F
 Your words cut deeper than a knife
       Am              G                  F
 Now I need someone to breathe me back to life
 Am                     G
 Got a feeling that I'm going under
 C                    F
 But I know that I'll make it out alive
 Am                G 
 If I quit calling you my lover
 C      F
 Move on
              Am                         G
 You watch me bleed until I can't breathe
              C                    F
 I'm shaking, falling onto my knees
              Am               G
 And now that I'm without your kisses
 C               F
 I'll be needing stitches
     Am                   G
 I'm tripping over myself,
            C                       F
 I'm aching begging you to come help
              Am               G
 And now that I'm without your kisses
 C               F
 I'll be needing stitches
 Am          G               C    F
 Just like a moth drawn to a flame
         Am             G                  C   F  
 Oh, you lured me in, I couldn't sense the pain
 Am          G                 C    F 
 Your bitter heart cold to the touch
               Am             G
 Now I'm gonna reap what I sow
                 C            F
 I'm left seeing red on my own

 Am                     G
 Got a feeling that I'm going under
 C                    F
 But I know that I'll make it out alive
 Am                G 
 If I quit calling you my lover
 C      F
 Move on
              Am                         G
 You watch me bleed until I can't breathe
              C                    F
 I'm shaking, falling onto my knees
              Am               G
 And now that I'm without your kisses
 C               F
 I'll be needing stitches
     Am                   G
 I'm tripping over myself,
            C                       F
 I'm aching begging you to come help
              Am               G
 And now that I'm without your kisses
 C               F
 I'll be needing stitches

[Am,G,C,F]
 
[3x]
 Am
 Needle and the thread,
       G
 Gotta get you out of my head
 C
 Needle and the thread,
       F
 Gonna wind up dead

(4th time)
 Am
 Needle and the thread,
       C                       F    
 Gotta get you out of my head, get you out of my head
              Am                         G
 You watch me bleed until I can't breathe
              C                    F
 I'm shaking, falling onto my knees
              Am               G
 And now that I'm without your kisses
 C               F
 I'll be needing stitches
     Am                   G
 I'm tripping over myself,
            C                       F
 I'm aching begging you to come help
              Am               G
 And now that I'm without your kisses
 C               F
 I'll be needing stitches
 
 (And now that)
 Am               G
 I'm without your kisses
 C               F       
 I'll be needing stitches

 (And now that)
 Am               G
 I'm without your kisses
 C               F
 I'll be needing stitches

Stitches

Intro: Gm Eb Bb
 
Verse:
    Gm                           Eb
I promise that one day I'll be around
                                    Bb
I'll keep you safe, I'll keep you sound
          Gm
Right now it's pretty crazy
              Eb                         Bb
And I don't know how to stop or slow it down
 
Pre-Chorus:
 Eb                                            Gm
Hey, I know there are some things we need to talk about
             Eb                                      F
And I can't stay.  So let me hold you for a little longer now
 
Chorus:
  Bb                  Eb
Take a piece of my heart
                      Bb
And make it all your own
                 F
So when we are apart
       F          Gm      
You'll never be alone 
 Eb               Bb
You'll never be alone 
 
Interlude -x2-: Gm Eb Bb
 
Verse:
 
You'll never be alone
  Gm                         Eb
When you miss me close your eyes
                        Bb
I may be far but never gone
          Gm                       Eb                             Bb
When you fall sleep tonight just remember that we lay under the same stars
 
Pre-Chorus:
  Eb                                           Gm              
Hey, I know there are some things we need to talk about
             Eb                                        F
And I can't stay, Just let me hold you for a little longer now
 
Chorus:
  Bb                  Eb
Take a piece of my heart
                      Bb
And make it all your own
                 F
So when we are apart
       F          Gm      
You'll never be alone 
 Eb               Bb
You'll never be alone 
 
Outro: Gm Eb Bb

Never Be Alone

Intro: C G Am 2x


  C                                G                  Am
I watch your troubled eyes as you rest,

          F                        G                 C
And I fall in love with every breath

  C                                G              Am
Wonder if those eyes are really shut

             F                       G                    C
And am I the one you're dreaming of



             F                        G
'Cause underneath the darkness

                 C                          G                     Am
There's a light that's trying so hard to be seen.

         F                                 G
And I know this 'cause I've noticed

    C           G                              Am
A little bit shining through the seams.



           C        Dm       Am
And if this is what it takes,

         G                     C        Dm          Am       G
Then let me be the one to bare the pain.

           C        Dm       Am
Ooh if this is what it takes

C                                 Dm                 C        F
I'll break down these walls that are in our way,

   G
If this is what it takes.



C                              G                       Am
You keep on telling me I'm wasting time

           F                      G                        C
But to call it wasting time oh that's a crime

C                                     G                            Am
And you think it's crazy what I'm trying to do

        F                 G             C
Well baby, I'm a fool for you.



            F                        G
'Cause underneath the darkness

                C                          G                     Am
There's a light that's trying so hard to be seen

         F                        G
And I know this 'cause I've noticed

   C                          G                     Am
A little bit shining through the seams, yeah



           C        Dm       Am
And if this is what it takes

          G                     C        Dm          Am       G
Then let me be the one to bare the pain

            C        Dm       Am
Ooh if this is what it takes

C                                 Dm                 C        F
I'll break down these walls that are in our way



                       F
'Cause if you don't understand yet

               G
Then I'll never let you forget

         Am                                                  C
That you don't have to do this on your own


                  F
I'll be your shoulder to lean on

                  G
I'll be your right when you feel wrong

      Am                                                         C
So come on, take my hand, we're moving on



           C        Dm       Am
And if this is what it takes

         G                     C        Dm          Am       G
Then let me be the one to bare the pain

                  C        Dm       Am
Ooh and if this is what it takes

 C                                 Dm
Then I'll break down these walls

           Am                              F
These walls that are in our way

    G                    C
If this is what it takes.

This Is What It Takes

Em            
O-whoa-wa-ah-oh-o
D 
O-whaa-uh-uh-oh-o-oh
Bm 
O-whoa-wa-ah-oh-o
C 
O-whaa-uh-uh-oh-o-oh    

Em 
Play the lotto, you might win it
          D 
It's like 25 to life see you bust out of prison
Am                                  C 
Something's in the air, something's in the air
Em 
It's like that feeling when you're just about to kill it
D 
Take your last shot, you know you're gonna hit it
Am                                  C 
Something's in the air, something's in the air
             Am 
Wa-ah-ah-oo-oh


[Chorus]
Em 
Something big I feel it happening
D 
Out of my control
Bm 
Push and pulling, and it's grabbing me
C 
Feel it in my bones
      Em       D                  Bm 
Like, o-wo-ah-o, wa-ah-ah-o-o-oh, o-wo-ah
C 
Something big I feel it happening
Em        D                 Bm 
O-wo-ah-o, wa-ah-ah-o-o-oh, o-wo-ah
C 
Something big


               Em 
It's like that feeling when you're 'bout to win the medal
        D 
And you worked so hard that you knew you wouldn't settle
Bm                              C 
Hands are in the air, hands are in the air
          Em 
When they hear you when you thought they wouldn't listening
             D 
It's like an anthem that the whole world's singing
Bm                              C 
Hands are in the air, hands are in the air

             Am 
Wa-ah-ah-oo-oh


Chorus


| Em  G  Am  C |


[Bridge]
      Em 
If we stomp our feet the ground will shake
      G 
If we clap our hands the walls will break
Am 
Yell so loud, won't forget our names
      C 
Cause something big is happening
Em 
Take this rock and start a fire
G 
Raise this up, we're feeling high
Am 
They can't tell us anything
C 
Something big is happening


Em 
Something big I feel it happening
D 
Out of my control
Bm 
Push and pulling, and it's grabbing me
C 
Feel it in my bones
      Em       D                  Bm 
Like, o-wo-ah-o, wa-ah-ah-o-o-oh, o-wo-ah
C 
Something big is happening wah-oh
Em        D                 Bm 
O-wo-ah-o, wa-ah-ah-o-o-oh, o-wo-ah
C 
Something big I feel it happening
Em 
Oh

Something Big

Handwritten 

A   
You can't walk the streets at night
                                    Bm
You're way too short to get on this ride
       G
No I'm not, no I'm not, you tryna tell me that I
  D                                    A  
I gotta be home when the street lights glow?
                        Bm
You can't watch your TV show
       G           
I will watch what I wanna watch
A                        G
No, I won't listen to you, do what I wanna do

D                         A
And I will walk this road ahead
                        Bm   
One hundred miles on my hands
             G
Do I need to show you?
              G
Guess I gotta show you
    D                       A
And if you don't believe me now
                                 Bm
I'll flip the whole world upside down
             G
Do I need to show you?
              G
Guess I gotta show you

D A Bm G

D                         A
Watch me swim across this lake
                                   Bm
Fly through the sky in my Superman cape
                         G
Watch me walk across this wire
                                       D
Tip toe through the coals of a blazing fire
                              A
Watch me fly this kite in the rain
                                Bm
I'll jump rope with my ball and chain
                                 G
Come by and knock on my house of cards
                                     A
If it falls I'll rebuild it from the start
                       G          
I won't listen to you, do what I wanna do

D                         A
And I will walk this road ahead
                        Bm
One hundred miles on my hands
             G
Do I need to show you?
              G
Guess I gotta show you
    D                       A
And if you don't believe me now
                                 Bm
I'll flip the whole world upside down
             G
Do I need to show you?
              G
Guess I gotta show you

D    
Do I really gotta show you now? Really, really, really, gotta show you now?
A
Do I really gotta spell it out? I-T, I spell it out
D                               Bm            G          A
Do you really wanna see me now? Watch me walk across the clouds
                                   A            G
I don't know what you heard about, listen to me really loud
D    
Do I really gotta show you now? Really, really, really, gotta show you now?
A
Do I really gotta spell it out? I-T, I spell it out
D                                               
Do you really wanna see me now? Watch me walk across the clouds
G
I don't know what you heard about, seems like they all knock it down

D                         A
And I will walk this road ahead
                        Bm
One hundred miles on my hands
             G
Do I need to show you?
              G
Guess I gotta show you
    D                       A
And if you don't believe me now
                                 Bm
I'll flip the whole world upside down
             G
Do I need to show you?
              G
Guess I gotta show you

D    
Do I really gotta show you now? Really, really, really, gotta show you now?
A
Do I really gotta spell it out? I-T, I spell it out
D                                               
Do you really wanna see me now? Watch me walk across the clouds
             G
Do I need to show you?
              G
Guess I gotta show you


A|----------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------|
C|----------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------|

Show You

Verse:
  Em
I know that we just met
  D
Maybe this is dumb
  C
But it feels like there was something
  G
From the moment that we touched
          Em               D
Cause, I'ts alright, it's alright
 C              G
I wanna make you mine
       Em
Baby lightin' up the room
   D 
Caught the corner of my eye
   C
We can both sneak out the back door
   G
We don't have to say goodbye
       Em           D
Cause, I'ts alright, it's alright
C                G
I wanna make you mine
 
Chorus:
  Em        D
Maybe I'm just a kid in love
       C                 G
Maybe I'm just a kid in love
 
Oh, baby
 D               Em
If this is what it's like falling in love
     C                    G
Then I don't ever wanna grow up
  Em        D 
Maybe I'm just a kid in love
       C                G
Maybe I'm just a kid in love
 
Oh, baby
 D           Em
It'd be cool if this two of us
      C                    G
But I don't ever wanna grow up
 
 
     Em     D     C     G
Cause I got it all
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
Yeah
   Em        D
And I got it all
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
Yeah
    C                    G
And I don't ever wanna grow up
 
Verse:
      Em 
Your place is kinda cozy
  D
Your parents are out of town
 C
Baby, there's no pressure
     G
But if you're down, I'm down
       Em           D
Cause, I'ts alright, it's alright
  C           G
Just start tonight
           Em
If you're feeling kinda crazy
  D
Turn down the lights
 C
We can take our time
 G
Do whatever you like
 Em          D
I'ts alright, it's alright
   C              G
I wanna make you mine
 
Chorus:
  Em        D
Maybe I'm just a kid in love
       C                 G
Maybe I'm just a kid in love
 
Oh, baby
 D               Em
If this is what it's like falling in love
     C                    G
Then I don't ever wanna grow up
  Em        D 
Maybe I'm just a kid in love
       C                G
Maybe I'm just a kid in love
 
Oh, baby
 D           Em
It'd be cool if this two of us
      C                    G
But I don't ever wanna grow up
 
-x2-
     Em     D     C     G
Cause I got it all
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
Yeah
   Em        D
And I got it all
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
Yeah
    C                    G
And I don't ever wanna grow up 
 
Bridge:
                   Em  D
Cause you make me feel
                C     G
Like I got it all, yeah
                   Em    D
Cause you make me feel
                C     G
Like I'm just a kid in love
                  Em    D
Cause you make me feel
                C     G
Like I got it all, yeah
                 D        Em
And you make me feel, yeah
     C                    G
Like I don't ever wanna grow up
 
Chorus:
 Em          D
Maybe we're just kids in love
       C                  G
Maybe we're just kids in love
 
Oh baby
    D                 Em
If this is what it's like falling in love
      C                       G
Then I don't ever wanna grow up
 Em          D
Maybe we're just kids in love
      C                 G
Maybe we're just kids in love
 
Oh baby
    D                        Em
When we're alone and it's the two of us
 C             G
I can't get enough.

Kid In Love

Intro: Am  C  F    
 
Verse:
Am            C               F    
She would not show that she was afraid
Am              C                         F    
But being and feeling alone was too much to face
Am                C                 F    
Though everyone said that she was so strong
Am                                     C          F    
What they didn't know was that she could barely carry on
 
Pre-Chorus:
                      Am   C  F    
But she knew that she would be okay
                          Am  C  F    
So she didn't let it get in her way
 
Chorus:
C            G                 Am         F    
Sometimes it all gets a little too much
                C          G                    Am    F    
But you gotta realize that soon the fog will clear up
                   C       G            Am        F    
And you don't have to be afraid because we're all the same
                  C            G                   Am      F    
And we know that sometimes it all gets a little too much
 
Verse::
Am                   C               F           C
She would always tell herself she could do this
Am                   C               F         C
She would use no help it would be just fine
Am                      C               F         C
But when it got hard she would lose her focus
Am         C                   F    
So take my hand and it will be alright
 
Pre-Chorus:
                        Am   C  F    
And she knew that she would be okay
                     Am    C  F    
So she didn't let it get in her way
 
Chorus:
C            G                    Am      F    
Sometimes it all gets a little too much
             C             G                  Am     F    
But you gotta realize that soon the fog will clear up
                   C       G               Am        F    
And you don't have to be afraid because we're all the same
                 C            G                     Am      F    
And we know that sometimes it all gets a little too much

A Little Too Much

Am          F                           C
Re-rewind Friday night, never forget it, how you let me go
Am           F                                   C
No more lies I'll be fine, know where I'm headed, probably should've known

Am                         F                     C
And now you're gonna say pretty, please forgive me
Am             F                             G
Fool me once, told you twice gonna regret it, now you're all alone yeah

Am          G                 F    C
Turns out that no one can replace me
Am      G                  F    C
I'm permanent, you can't erase me
                 Am     G                   F       C
I'll help you remember me, one more kiss is all it takes
                         Am  G          F     C
I'll leave you with the memory, and the aftertaste

Am                F                               C
Close your eyes, you can't hide, try to forget me, but I'm everywhere
Am            F                                C
I'm the smell on your sheets you weren't ready, when you left me there

Am                         F                     C
And now you're gonna say pretty, please forgive me, yeah
Am            F                              G
Bet it hurts, it gets worse, you know nobody, said it would be fair oh

Am          G                 F    C
Turns out that no one can replace me
Am      G                  F    C
I'm permanent, you can't erase me
                 Am     G                   F       C
I'll help you remember me, one more kiss is all it takes
                         Am  G          F     C
I'll leave you with the memory, and the aftertaste

Dm                             Am G Dm                        Am G
Now there's something in your way, cause you threw it all to waste
Dm                                Am                     G
And you wonder if you could take back what you did that day, and it hurts cause

Am          G                 F    C
Turns out that no one can replace me
Am      G                  F    C
I'm permanent, you can't erase me
                 Am     G                  F        C
I'll help you remember me, one more kiss is all it takes
                         Am  G          F     C
I'll leave you with the memory, and the aftertaste

                             F    C
Truth is that no one can replace me
Am      G                  F    C
I'm permanent, you can't erase me
                 Am     G                   F       C
I'll help you remember me, one more kiss is all it takes
                         Am  G          F     C   Am G
I'll leave you with the memory, and the aftertaste
        F     C
And the aftertaste

Aftertaste

G                 AM
Darling i want all the strings attached
             EM                    D
love it when you look at me like that
                G                        AM
and you're the only girl that brings me back
                  EM                 D
cause baby i want all the strings attached
            G          AM
it's like always and forever
        EM              D
i won't let the moment pass
              G               AM
and when i'm with you i feel better
        C                D                     G
i want all the strings, all the strings attached

Strings

Intro: C, Em, F

C        Em     F 

I won't lie to you

            C         Em       F

I know he's just not right for you

                     C        

And you can tell me if I'm off

        Em    

But I see it on your face

                  F

When you say that he's the one that you want

                   C

And you're spending all your time

           Em

In this wrong situation

                                            F

And anytime you want it to stop

                    C              Em

I know I can treat you better

F

Than he can

                           C         Em          F  

And any girl like you deserves a gentleman

                                C 

Tell me why are we wasting time

                   Em

On all your wasted crime

                              F

When you should be with me instead

                    C              Em           F   

I know I can treat you better


Better than he can

C           Em         F

I'll stop time for you

                    C                      Em       F

The second you say you'd like me too

C                                       Em    

I just wanna give you the loving that you're missing

F

Baby, just to wake up with you

                 C                                Em

Would be everything I need and this could be so different

F

Tell me what you want to do

                                C             Em

Cause I know I can treat you better

F

Than he can

                           C         Em          F  

And any girl like you deserves a gentleman

                                C 

Tell me why are we wasting time

                   Em

On all your wasted crime

                              F

When you should be with me instead

                    C              Em           F   

I know I can treat you better


Better than he can   C         Em           F 


Better than he can   C         Em           F 

C               G

Give me a sign

              Am                   F

Take my hand, we'll be fine

C              G                Am         F      

Promise I won't let you down

     C                        G

Just know that you don't

             Am          F

Have to do this alone

C                G            Am              F

Promise I'll never let you down


                                C             Em

Cause I know I can treat you better

F

Than he can

                           C         Em          F  

And any girl like you deserves a gentleman

                                C 

Tell me why are we wasting time

                   Em

On all your wasted crime

                              F

When you should be with me instead

                    C              Em           F   

I know I can treat you better


Better than he can   C         Em           F 


Better than he can   C         Em           F 


Better than he can   C         Em           F           C

Treat You Better

[Intro]

Em G Bm A (x2)


[Verse 1]

Em          G
  You've got a hold of me
Bm             A
  Don't even know your power
Em       G
  I stand a hundred feet
Bm                A
  But I fall when I'm around you


[Pre-Chorus]

Em       G
  Show me an open door
Bm                  A
  Then you go and slam it on me
Em      G
 I can't take anymore
Bm           A
 I'm saying baby


[Chorus]

             Em         G
Please have mercy on me
        Bm          A
Take it easy on my heart
                       Em             G
Even though you don't mean to hurt me
          Bm          A
You keep tearing me apart
                     Em     G     Bm      A
Would you please have mercy, mercy on my heart
                     Em     G     Bm      A
Would you please have mercy, mercy on my heart


[Verse 2]

Em      G
 I'd run through the night
Bm           A
 Just to be near you baby
Em        G
 Heart old and testified
Bm            A  
 Tell me that I'm not crazy


[Pre-Chorus]

Em             G
 I'm not asking for a lot
Bm                 A
 Just that you're honest with me
Em       G
 My pride is all I got
Bm           A
 I'm saying baby


[Chorus]

             Em         G
Please have mercy on me
        Bm          A
Take it easy on my heart
                       Em             G
Even though you don't mean to hurt me
          Bm          A
You keep tearing me apart
                       Em         G
Would you please have mercy on me
       Bm               A
I'm a puppet on your string
                         Em              G   
And even though you got good intentions
       Bm             A
I need you to set me free
                     Em     G     Bm      A
Would you please have mercy, mercy on my heart
                     Em     G     Bm      A
Would you please have mercy, mercy on my heart


[Bridge]

    G              Bm7
Consuming all the air inside my lungs
 D                A
Ripping all the skin from off my bones
G                Bm7
I'm prepared to sacrifice my life
          D            A
I would gladly do it twice
    G              Bm7
Consuming all the air inside my lungs
 D                A
Ripping all the skin from off my bones
G                Bm7
I'm prepared to sacrifice my life
          D            A
I would gladly do it twice


[Chorus]

             Em         G
Please have mercy on me
        Bm          A
Take it easy on my heart
                       Em             G
Even though you don't mean to hurt me
          Bm          A
You keep tearing me apart
                       Em         G
Would you please have mercy on me
       Bm               A
I'm a puppet on your string
                         Em              G   
And even though you got good intentions
       Bm             A
I need you to set me free
                   Em     G     Bm      A
I'm begging you for mercy, mercy on my heart
                   Em     G     Bm      A
I'm begging you for mercy, mercy on my heart


[Outro]

Em G Bm A

Mercy

Illuminate

INTRO: A (x4)

A

Damn you look so good with your clothes on

A

And I'm not trying to come off too strong

                       Bm        E

But you know that I can't help it

                         A

Cause girl you're beautiful


A

And I can't deny I want your body

A

But I'm a gentleman so I'll be

                Bm        E

The one who takes it slowly

                           A

Cause girl you're so beautiful


                             D   A

I wanna love you with the lights on

                  F#m     E

Keep you up all night long

        D            A

Darling, I wanna see every inch of you

         F#m              E

I get lost in the way you move


                             D   A

I wanna love you with the lights on

                  F#m     E

Hold you 'til the night's gone

        D            A

Darling, I wanna see every inch of you

         F#m              E

I get lost in the way you move

                            A

I wanna love you with the lights on


( A ) x4


A

I like the vibe in this hotel room

A

I'd really like to get to know you

                Bm        E

Start discovering your secrets

                        A

Underneath these very sheets


A

Your skin's so perfect up against me

A

Your lips are talking when we don't speak

                Bm        E

And I never wanna leave this

                               A

'Cause there's so much left to see


                             D   A

I wanna love you with the lights on

                  F#m     E

Keep you up all night long

        D            A

Darling, I wanna see every inch of you

         F#m              E

I get lost in the way you move

                             D   A

I wanna love you with the lights on

                   F#m     E

Hold you 'til the night's gone

        D            A

Darling, I wanna see every inch of you

         F#m              E

I get lost in the way you move


                             D   A

I wanna love you with the lights on, 

                  F#m     E

Keep you up all night long

        D            A

Darling, I wanna see every inch of you

         F#m              E

I get lost in the way you move

                             D   A

I wanna love you with the lights on

                  F#m     E

Hold you 'til the night's gone

        D            A

Darling, I wanna see every inch of you

         F#m              E

I get lost in the way you move


                             D   A

I wanna love you with the lights on

                  F#m     E

Keep you up all night long

        D            A

Darling, I wanna see every inch of you

         F#m              E

I get lost in the way you move

                             D   A

I wanna love you with the lights on

                  F#m     E

Hold you 'til the night's gone

        D            A

Darling, I wanna see every inch of you

         F#m              E

I get lost in the way you move


                             D   A

I wanna love you with the lights on

                    D    A

Love you with the lights on

                    D    A

Love you with the lights on

Lights On

C          Em                 F                     G
I'm not try'na start a fire, with this flame
C          Em                           F                            G             
But I'm worried that your heart might feel the same
                            C                          G
And I have to be honest with you baby
                        F                               G
Tell me If I'm wrong, and this is crazy
                              C
But I got you this rose
                        G
And I need to know
                                                    Am F
Will you let it die or let it grow?

Die or let it grow?

Roses

Illuminate 

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

Sovereign Light Cafe

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

Work

Intro: C D C D (x2)


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

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

C D


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

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


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

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

C D
(fin)

Habla si puedes

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

Can't Smile Without You

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

MI RE DO#m-SIm-LA

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

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


Jo et duré...

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

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


Jo et duré... ( bis )

De tot cor

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

Down By The River

Intro: 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 

[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

G Bm Em A
Well everybody's lookin' for something they can't find,
Walking straight ahead blind-folded production line,
Only taking time for one type of shoe-shine.
Don't look left/right now you got a street fine.
Everybody lookin' for just a little more.
Working late-nights trying to fight off the day glow.
Waiting for the come-around but it is a no show.
Driving in the fast lane lookin' for the slow-mo...

C D A
Oh whats in store I don't know anymore.
Oh what's inside 'cos I can't hide from it no more.
Oh what you see well it's not me anymore.
Oh I don't know well I don't know man anymore because 

G Bm Em A
I tell you once I tell you twice, gonna be a long time
But you don't take no one's advice, gonna be a long time you,
Where were you, you weren't listenin', gonna be a long time
Gonna be a long time.

G Bm Em A
So now you're face down, face lookin like a frying pan.
Hitting up the clubs trying to feel like a real man.
Beating your chest just like you're King Kong but you're just a gui-tar no-string no-song.
Feeling free like ya don't even know it, man you're towing the line hoping you just don't blow it.
Man ya stuck in the mainframe trying to win the big game so much potential it even makes it more of a shame, shame, shame...
Here we go again, same old shit just another name.
Looking at the destiny there in your palm,
But now you got your strings but you got no song.
So sing, sing, sing - shake it like a chicken wing.
It's not what you get it's about what you bring-bring-bring.
So bring it, bring it to the table, not because you have to 'cos you're willing and you're able!

C D A
Oh what's in store I don't know anymore.
Oh what's inside 'cos I can't hide from it no more.
Oh what you see well it's not me anymore.
Oh I don't know, I don't know anymore because 

G Bm Em A
I tell you once I tell you twice, gonna be a long time.
But you don't take no one's advice, gonna be a long time.
You, where were you, you weren't listening, gonna be a long time.
Gonna be a long time.

Gonna Be A Long Time

C#
There's a portrait
     Ab
In a back room
           F#
Which I'll keep for days upon
          C#
Which I relent 
              B
And gaze for hours on
    Bbm                  F#
The muscle, skin and bone
         Ab
Of some imaginary friend

F# Ab F#

        C#
So how about it 
        Ab
Show me please 
           F#
How I will look in twenty years
           C#
And let me please 
          B
Interpret history 
       Bbm        F#
In every line and scar 
               Ab                  
That's painted there in front of me

F# Ab F# Ab F# Ab

           C#
It doesn't matter
         Ab
What I'm thinking
       F#
What I tell myself to do
         C#      F#
I end up calling

       C#
I stay in to
                   Ab
Defrost the fridge
        F#
Now the kid has gone to bed
             C#
A feeling of dread
              B         
At least when she's around
    Bbm
The trouble's there
     F#                        Ab
It's worse to wake up with her falling 'round the room

F# Ab F# Ab F# Ab

       C#
Listen Johnny
              F#
You're like a mother
       C#                     F#
To the girl you've fallen for
                 C#
And you're still falling

       C#
Listen Johnny
              Ab
You're like a mother
       F#
To the girl you've fallen for
                 C#
And you're still falling

            B
And if they come tonight
       Bbm
You'll roll up tight
     F#             Ab
And take whatever's coming to you next (oh, oh oh oh)

 F# Ab to end.

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