Jimmy Eat World formed in Mesa, Arizona, United States in 1993. They are associated with an array of genres including emo, alternative rock, indie rock and pop punk. Singer/guitarist Jim Adkins and drummer Zach Lind, who had been friends since kindergarten, joined forces with co-vocalist/guitarist Tom Linton and bass player Mitch Porter to try their hand at music. In its early years the band emulated the style of their punk rock influences, and they eventually recorded and released three singles and a full-length, self-titled album on local label Wooden Blue Records. 

Jimmy Eat World est un groupe de rock alternatif/emo Americain originaire de Mesa (Arizona), formé en 1993.  Le chanteur/guitariste Jim Adkins et le batteur Zach Lind, amis depuis le jardin d'enfants, ont rejoint le guitariste Tom Linton et le bassiste Mitch Porter pour s'essayer à la musique. 

Jimmy Eat World  sind eine amerikanische Alternative Rock-Band aus Mesa, Arizona.  1993 gründeten Jim Adkins, Zach Lind, Tom Linton und Mitch Porter die Band Jimmy Eat World, nachdem alle bereits in verschiedenen Band-Konstellationen an ihrer örtlichen Highschool gespielt hatten.  1994 nahm die Band ihr selbstfinanziertes Debütalbum Jimmy Eat World auf. Es erschien mit einer Auflage von nur 2000 Stück beim Independent-Label Wooden Blue und ist heute ein begehrtes Sammlerstück.

Jimmy Eat World es una banda estadounidense de rock alternativo formada en 1994 en Mesa, Arizona.  Jimmy Eat World lo formaron en sus inicios Jim Adkins, Zach Lind (amigos desde la guardería) Tom Linton y Mitch Porter. El nombre de la banda no hace referencia a Jim Adkins, sino a uno de los hermanos de Tom Linton. 

Jim Adkins said of the track: &quot;The song is about finding your individuality in a world where extremes are more and more presented as your only option.&quot;( My Best Theory Songfacts). 

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My Best Theory

Invented

                    \
Intro:  D   A Bm  A  \  repeat
        D   A Bm     /  2 times
                    /

Verse 1:
D                  A
  It's how the hustle goes:
Bm                  A        D  A  Bm
  See what the jukebox knows.
D                  A
  Put my last quarter on,
Bm              A        D  A  Bm
  I play "Authority Song". 


Chorus:
G           A
  Honesty or mystery?
           F#m                 Bm
  Tell me, I'm not scared anymore (aaha, aaha)
G
  I've got no secret purpose,
A                          D A Bm
  I don't seem obvious, do I?
     D A Bm
  Do I?
                           D A Bm
  I don't seem obvious, do I?
     D A Bm
  Do I?   (I don't seem obvious, do..)


Verse 2:
D           A
  The DJ never has it: 
Bm          A
  JAMC automatic.
                D  A  Bm
            (Do I?)
D                      A
  If those were Roy's headphones,
Bm                    A
  You bet he'd play "What Goes On".
                                  D A Bm
                              (Do I?)


Chorus:
G           A
  Honesty or mystery?
           F#m                 Bm
  Tell me, I'm not scared anymore (aaha, aaha)
G
  I've got no secret purpose, 
A                          D A Bm
  I don't seem obvious, do I?
     D A Bm
  Do I?
                           D A Bm
  I don't seem obvious, do I?
     D A Bm
  Do I?


Bridge:
                          Bm  G
 I don't seem obvious, do I?
    Bm  G
 Do I?
A                  Bm
 Uh huh, well I'm here,
                 G
 That means something, doesn't it?
A                   Bm              G
 Uh huh, won't you dance with me a little bit?
A                   Bm
 Uh huh, you don't notice
          G           A
'Cos the music's too loud...


   D   A Bm  A
   D   A Bm  F


Repeat Verse 1:
D                  A
  It's how the hustle goes: 
Bm                  A
  See what the jukebox knows.
                               D   A    Bm
                           (Do I...? Do I?...)
D                  A
  Put my last quarter on,
Bm              A
  I play "Authority Song".
                           D  A  Bm
                       (Do I?)


Chorus:
G           A
  Honesty or mystery?
           F#m                 Bm
  Tell me, I'm not scared anymore (aaha, aaha)
G           A
  Say anything you want, I'm ready,
  F#m                 Bm
  I'm not scared anymore (aaha, aaha)
G
  Honesty or mystery?
A
  Want something else? Just tell me,
  F#m                  Bm
  I'm not scared anymore (aaha, aaha)
G                             A
  I've got no secret purpose.


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  I don't seem obvious, do I?       \  repeat
                           D A Bm   /  4 times
  I don't seem obvious, do I?      /
                                  /


   G  A...

Authority Song

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Hear You Me

D 
If you listening, whohohohohoho
Fsus2                     D  
Sing it back, whohohohoho
                 Fsus2               D        
String from your tether unwinds, whoho, whoho
        Fsus2                        D
Up and outward but only to bind, whoho, whoho


      Bb                C          D   E
I was spinning free, whohohohohoho
       Bb               C              F   
with a little sweet and simple numbing me


        Fsus2                    D 
Are you listening, whohohohohoho
Fsus2                    D
Sing it back, whohohohoho
           Fsus2              D
So tell me what do I need, whoho, whoho
               Fsus2                  D
When the words lose their meaning, whoho, whoho

       Bb                C          D   E
Is was spinning free, whohohohohoho
       Bb               C              F   
with a little sweet and simple numbing me
          Bb                 C          D   E
Stumble until your crawl, whohohohohoho
Bb           C              F           
Sinking into sweet uncertainty


               G 
Oeh hoe hoe hoeoe
Bb             F
Oeh hoe hoe hoeoe
               G
Oeh hoe hoe hoeoe
Bb             F       
Oeh hoe hoe hoeoe

(x2)


Fsus2
Are you listening, are you listening 
         F               G   D
If you listening, whohohohohoho
F                    G    D
Sing it back, whohohohoho  
           F          G    D  
I'm still running away, whoho, whoho
                  F                 G    D          D
I won't play your hide and seek game, whoho, whoho


      Bb                C          D   E
I was spinning free, whohohohohoho
       Bb               C              F
with a little sweet and simple numbing me
       Bb              C         guitar1 plays: D   E
What a dizzy dance, whohohohohoho
     Bb                 C                 F   
this sweetness will not be concerned with me 


           Bb                 C                 F   
Yeah, this sweetness will not be concerned with me
           Bb                 C                 F   
Yeah, this sweetness will not be concerned with me

Sweetness

Bleed American

Intro: A   D   G

  A      D                 G
"Take advantage of these times", you said,
     G
You let me down,
    A      D        G
It hasn't been the first time.
 A      D              G
As I'm falling in the pit of fire, my mind's made up:
     A     D      G
I'm never coming back here.


Chorus:
D                        A       
  And how long would it take me
                       Bm                G
  To walk across the United States all alone?
D                           A
  The West coast has been traumatized,
                       Bm              G
  And I think I'm the only one still alive.


[Repeat Intro]


Is it just a coincidence
To see you by yourself with no direction?
Now it's time to move on, and then,
Don't you know that things aren't getting better?


[Chorus]


          Bm               D
When the world caves in, whatcha gonna do?
          G
When the world caves in, whatcha gonna do for me?
          Bm               D
When the world caves in, whatcha gonna do?
          G
When the world caves in, whatcha gonna do for me?
               Bm
Don't try and stop me,
             D          
Because I'm falling fast
           G
Into this pit of fire, which surrounds us all.
      Bm                
In a blanket of fear
                D
That I've been wrapped in for years.
               G    
Don't try and stop me, you can't stop me.


[Chorus (soft)]

[Chorus!!!]

Blister

Clarity 

Verse  
     A
You close your eyes and kiss your hand then you blow it.
      F#m
Why isn't it for me, and I noticed
      E
If the choice was ours alone,
Then why'd we both choose letting go?
      D
Does it end like this?

      A
Time never had a chance to heal your heart
      F#m     
Just remember always counting down to a new start
      E
You always knew the truth
And the world would spin around you
     D
Are you dizzy yet?

CHORUS
     F#m                                 D
Respectfully, so honestly I'm asking now
           A                                       E
Do you hear the conversation we talk around?
     F#m                                 D
Back away to the safety of a quiet house
            A                     
If there's half a chance in this moment
                   E
When your eyes meet mine, we show it off.

Verse
I'll talk and not a lot to think, we live in dreams
And she never quit close to our naked feet
If there's something left to lose,
Then don't let me wear out my shoes
That I still walk in.

I tried, but it rang and rang, I called all night
On a payphone, remember those from another life?
If everything I meant to you,
You can't lick and seal then fold in two
Then avenge so blind.

CHORUS

BRIDGE
F#m                      E    
Oh, oh take it all back, take the first, the last and only.
D
Oh, oh take it all back, take it all back,

Everything you showed me.
F#m                        E                   D
Oh, oh, this must be how it feels

I told you as I haven't, I never felt this way
I said I have this chocolate stocked my car
Baby it's okay
You said you never had regrets
She says "there's someone else"
Who got that wish, did you get your claim?

CHORUS

Dizzy

F                             Dm
  Could've been a night like any other:
             Bb
  One of us has to drive,
             Bb
  One of us gets to think.
F                                  Dm
  I'll force a laugh to break the silence,
                  Bb
  It's gonna get harder still
     Bb
  Before it gets easy.

# Pre-chorus 1:
C                         Dm        Bb
You can't keep safe what wants to break.


# Chorus:
F
   I'm alone in this,
Dm                  Bb
   I'm all as I've always been,
    Bb
   Right behind what's happening.
F
   She's all lost in this,
Dm                        Bb
   She's all like she'll always be,
      Bb
   A little far for me to reach.


# Verse 2:
F                            Dm
I was just a boy like every other,
                 Bb
I thought I was something fierce,
                 Bb
I thought I was ten times smarter.
 F                                    Dm
Love would be something that I just know,
                Bb
How you gonna know the feeling till you've lost it.


# Pre-chorus 2:
C                  Dm    Bb
I've been losing plenty since...


# Chorus:
F
   I'm alone in this,
Dm                  Bb
   I'm all as I've always been,
    Bb
   Right behind what's happening.
F
   She's all lost in this,
Dm                        Bb
   She's all like she'll always be,
      Bb
   A little far for me to reach.


# Bridge:
C                 Dm        Bb
  Maybe something else I'm missing;
C                     Dm         Bb
  Something good and you're the reason,
C                             Dm        Bb
  It's a dream but there's a real long wedding.


# Chorus:
F
   I'm alone in this,
Dm                 Bb
   I'm all as I've always been,
    Bb
   Right behind what's happening.
F
   She's all lost in this,
Dm                       Bb
   She's all like she'll always be,
      Bb
   A little far for me to reach.

Always Be

Chase This Light

Cm          Fm                G#
   I don't feel the way I've ever felt,
   G  Cm
   I know. 
              Fm                 G#
   I'm gonna smile and not get worried,
          G      Cm
   I try but it shows. 


      Fm                G#
   Anyone can make what I have built. 
         G    Cm
   And better now
      Fm                G#
   Anyone can find the same white pills. 
       G              Cm
   It takes my pain away. 


Chorus:
Cm                          Fm
   It's a lie. A kiss with opened eyes,
                            D#
   And she's not breathing back
                      G
   Anything but bother me.
                      Cm
   (It takes my pain away)
                          Fm
   Nevermind, these are horrid times. 
           D#
   Oh, oh, oh,
                        G
   I can't let it bother me.


        Cm  Fm  G#  G  Cm
Oh, oh, oh.


I never thought I'd walk away from you;
I did.
But it's a false sense of accomplishment
Everytime I quit.

Anyone can see my every flaw,
It isn't hard.
Anyone can say they're above this all.
It takes my pain away.


[Chorus]


G#   Fm                        G#  Fm  G
       ...I can't let it bother me...

Cm  G  G#  Fm
Cm  G  G#  Fm
Cm  G  G#    ...  Fm
          Oh, oh, oh
                   Cm
It takes my pain away. 


Chorus 2:
           G                G#
   It's a lie. A kiss with opened eyes,
       Fm                   Cm
   And she's not breathing back
   G                  G#
   Anything but bother me. 
        Fm             Cm
   (It takes my pain away) 
          G               G#
   Nevermind, these are horrid times,
   Fm      Cm
   Oh, oh, oh,
   G                    G#
   I can't let it bother me...
                   ... It takes my pain,
                       Takes my pain,
                       Fm
                       Takes my pain,
                           G              Cm
                       It takes my pain away). 

Pain

Futures

Intro:  Cm  A#

        Cm  A#  G#  D#  (2 times)


Verse 1:
Cm                           A#
  I'll say it straight and plain:
                       G#
  I know I've made mistakes,
                     D#
  I've always been afraid,
        D#6            Cm
  I've always been afraid.
                        A#
  A thousand nights or more
                        G#
  I travelled east and north,
                     D#
  Please answer the door.


D#
Can you tell me?


Chorus:
Cm              A#           G#
  You say that love goes anywhere,
           Cm        A#                      G#
  In your darkest time it's just enough to know it's there.
           Cm         A#     G#
  When you go, I'll let you be,
              Cm      A#            G#
  But you're killing everything in me.


Verse 2:
Get down on your knees,
Whisper what I need,
Something pretty,
Something pretty.
I feel that when I'm old,
I'll look at you and know
The world was beautiful.

Then you tell me...

[Repeat chorus]


Bridge:
Fm                                   G#
  I'm done, there's nothing left to show,
                        Cm
  I try but I can't let go.
                                       A#
  Are you happy where you're standing still?
                                Fm
  Do you really want the sugar pill?
                                  G#
  I'll wake up tomorrow and I'll start,
                          Cm
  To another it feels so hard.
                                 A#
  As a train approaches, getting on,
                                    Fm
  As I'm sure your kiss remains employed,
        G#
  Am I only dreaming?


[Repeat chorus]

         Cm        A#      G#
When you go, I'll let you be...
           Cm      A#             G#
But you're killing everything in me...


Polaris

[Intro]
Bm  A  D  G   (7 times)

[Verse 1]
   Bm                 A
I felt for sure last night
    D                G
That once we said "goodbye",
       Bm                  A
No one else will know these lonely dreams,
       D                  G
No one else will know that part of me.
     Bm              A
I'm still driving away,
         D           G
And I'm sorry everyday.
        Bm               A
I won't always love these selfish things,
        D            G
I won't always live not stopping...

Bm  A  D  G

[Verse 2]
    Bm                 A
It was my turn to decide,
    D                G
I knew this was our time.
   Bm                 A
No one else will have me like you do,
   D                G 
No one else will have me, only you.


[Chorus 1]
       Em           G                          D
You'll sit alone forever if you wait for the right time,
              A
What are you hoping for?
     Em                  G                D
I'm here, I'm now, I'm ready, holding on tight,
                    A                                Bm
Don't give away the end, the one thing that stays mine.

A  D  G
Bm  A  D  G

[Verse 3]
Bm                 A
Amazing still it seems
D                G
I'll be 23.
Bm                 A
I won't always love what I'll never have,
D                G
I won't always live in my regrets.


[Chorus 1]
       Em           G                          D
You'll sit alone forever if you wait for the right time,
              A
What are you hoping for?
     Em                  G                D
I'm here, I'm now, I'm ready, holding on tight,
                    A                                Em
Don't give away the end, the one thing that stays mine.


G  D  A
Em  G  D  A
G


[Chorus 2]
        D           A                         Bm
You'll sit alone forever if you wait for the right time,
              G
What are you hoping for?
     D                   A                Bm
I'm here, I'm now, I'm ready, holding on tight,
                     G                              D
Don't give away the end, the one thing that stays mine.


[Repeat chorus 2]


End with D

Futures 

Intro:

(D)(A)(G)(D)

Verse 1:

(D)                            (A)
Hey, don't write yourself off yet 
                            (G)                         (D)
It's only in your head you feel left out or looked down on.
                                       (A)
Just try your best, try everything you can.
                               (G)                          (D)     
And don't you worry what they tell themselves when you're away.

Chorus:

(D)                      (A)
It just takes some time, little girl you're in the middle of the ride.
                                     (G) 
Everything (everything) will be just fine,
                                 (D)
Everything (everything) will be alright (alright).

Verse 2:

(D)                            (A)
Hey, you know they're all the same.
                            (G)                         (D)
You know you're doing better on your own, so don't buy in.
                                  (A)
Live right now. Yeah, just be yourself.
                           (G)                    (D)
It doesn't matter if it's good enough for someone else.

Chorus x2:

(D)                      (A)
It just takes some time, little girl you're in the middle of the ride.
                                     (G) 
Everything (everything) will be just fine,
                                 (D)
Everything (everything) will be alright (alright).


Verse 3:

(D)                            (A)
Hey, don't write yourself off yet.
                            (G)                         (D)
It's only in your head you feel left out or looked down on.
                                     (A)
Just do your best, do everything you can.
                              (G)                     (D)     
And don't you worry what the bitter hearts are gonna say.

Chorus x2:

(D)                      (A)
It just takes some time, little girl you're in the middle of the ride.
                                     (G) 
Everything (everything) will be just fine,
                                 (D)
Everything (everything) will be alright (alright).

The Middle

#Intro
                                                                       
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Damage

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]
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A  E  D  A

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[chorus]

E D                 A
ooh you're overreacting

(you can change your mind)
E D                A
ooh you're overreacting

Overreacting

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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