John Prine (born October 10, 1946 in Maywood, Illinois) is an american country/folk singer-songwriter who has achieved widespread critical (and some commercial) success since the early 1970s.  The son of William Prine and Verna Hamm, his grandfather had played guitar with Merle Travis and he started playing guitar himself at 14 years old. He was a postman for 5 years and spent a couple of years in the army before starting his musical career in the Chicago area. He emerged in 1971 with a highly acclaimed debut album titled John Prine.

John Prine begann seine musikalische Laufbahn Ende der 1960er Jahre als Folksänger in Chicago. 

Intro:
(G) (C) (G) (C) (G) (C)

G             C    G              C
I am an old woman named after my mother
   G            C       D7                G  (C) (G)
My old man is another child that's grown old 
G                 C        G           C
If dreams were lightning thunder was desire
G                           C           D7        G  (C)
This old house would have burnt down a long time ago 

Chorus:
G           F          C            G
Make me an angel that flies from Montgomery
            F          D7     G  (C)
Make me a poster of an old rodeo 
G            F              C             G
Just give me one thing that I can hold on to 
                     C                   D7     G (C)(G)(C)(G)
To believe in this livin' is just a hard way to go 
G                   C         G            C
When I was a young girl well, I had me a cowboy
G                   C                          G  (C) (G)
He weren't much to look at, just free rambling man 
G               C         G                   C
But that was a long time and no matter how I try
G               C               D7         G  (C) (G)
The years just flow by like a broken down dam.

Repeat Chorus:

G                      C     G                 C
There's flies in the kitchen I can hear them buzzin'
G                  C             D7        G    (C) (G)
And I ain't done nothing since I woke up today.
G                   C     G                   C                
How the hell can a person go to work in the mornin'   (C) (G)
G                      C                 D7       G
And come home in the evening and have nothing to say.

Repeat Chorus:

Ending:
(G) (C) (G) (C) ( Repeat and fade)

Angel From Montgomery

C
Sam Stone came home,
       F
to his wife and family,
      G                           C
after serving in the conflict overseas.
        
And the time that he served,
    F
had shattered all his nerves,
    G                             C
and left a little shrapnel in his knee. 
        F
But the morphine eased the pain,

and the grass grew round his brain,
    D7                             G
and gave him all the confidence he lacked;
       D                  D7            G
with a Purple Heart and a monkey on his back.

          C                                 Dm
There's a hole in daddy's arm where all the money goes,
    F                                  G
and Jesus Christ died for nothin' I suppose.
       C
Little pitchers have big ears,
      Am
don't stop to count the years,
      D7                   D                  G   G Gsus4 G G
sweet songs never last too long on broken radios. Mmm....

    C
Sam Stone's welcome home,
       F
didn't last too long,
   G                                     C
he went to work when he'd spent his last dime
    
And Sammy took to stealing,
        F
when he got that empty feeling,
      G                                C
for a hundred dollar habit without overtime. 
        F
And the gold rolled through his veins,

like a thousand railroad trains,
    D7                                  G
and eased his mind in the hours that he chose;
          D               D7                     G
while the kids ran around wearin' other peoples' clothes...

          C                                 Dm
There's a hole in daddy's arm where all the money goes,
    F                                  G
and Jesus Christ died for nothin' I suppose.
       C
Little pitchers have big ears,
      Am
don't stop to count the years,
      D7                   D                  G   G Gsus4 G G
sweet songs never last too long on broken radios. Mmm....

    C
Sam Stone was alone,
        F
when he popped his last balloon,
G                                 C
climbing walls while sitting in a chair

Well, he played his last request,
          F
while the room smelled just like death,
        G                        C
with an overdose hovering in the air
    F
But life had lost its fun,

and there was nothing to be done,
    D7                                          G
but trade his house that he bought on the G, I. Bill;
      D                       D7            G
for a flag draped casket on a local heroes' hill

          C                                 Dm
There's a hole in daddy's arm where all the money goes,
    F                                  G
and Jesus Christ died for nothin' I suppose.
       C
Little pitchers have big ears,
      Am
don't stop to count the years,
      D7                   D                  G   G Gsus4 G G
sweet songs never last too long on broken radios. Mmm....

G Gsus4 G C
Mmm....

Sam Stone

G            Em   C                 G
Wanda had a baby in nineteen fifty one.
                 Em      C                     D7
The father was stranger and a stranger was the son.
C                      D7    C                   D7
Call that child James Lewis, call these rooms a home.
  G                 C       D7              G
Changing all them diapers polish all that chrome.
 C            D7                  G
C'mon, baby, spend the night with me

G                 Em        C               G
All around the schoolyard playing all the games
                   Em            C                       D7
Running, laughing back and forth the kid with two first names
C                 D7     C        D7
Stranger in the closet, lock the diary
G                     C     D7       G
The past is running faster singing harmony
  C           D7                  G
C'mon, baby, spend the night with me
G                 Em    C                     G
God bless this kitchen said the knick-knack shelf
                     Em   C              D7
The dinner's almost ready Go and wash yourself"
  C                D7  C                   D7
Jimmy's growing up now and Wanda's growing old
G                     C     D7                      G
The time is growin' shorter the nights are long and cold
  C           D7                  G
C'mon, baby, spend the night with me

G                 Em    C            G
Sneaking in the closet through the diary
                    Em         C                    D7
Now, don't you know all he saw was all there was to see
C                   D7   C                  D7
The whole town saw Jimmy on the six o'clock news
G                        C      D7                    G
His brains were on the sidewalk and blood was on his shoes
 C            D7                  G
C'mon, baby, spend the night with me
  C           D7                  G
C'mon, baby, spend the night with me (D7) (G)

Six O'clock News

C
 Well while digesting Reader's Digest
         C7                   F
 In the back of a dirty book store,

 A flag decal, with gum on the back,
                  C
 Fell out on the floor.

 So I picked it up and I ran outside
        C7                  F
 And I slapped on my windowshield,

 And if I could see old Betsy Ross now
    G                   C
 I tell her how good I feel.

                  F
 ch.  Oh but your flag decal won't get you
            C
      Into Heaven any more.
                 G
      They're already overcrowded
                 F            C
      From your dirty little wars.
           F
      Now Jesus he don't like killin'
                 C
      No matter what the reason if for,
                G
      And your flag decal won't get you
            G7         C
      Into Heaven any more.


 (Well) I went into the bank this morning
 and the teller she said to me,
 "If you join our Chrismas club
 we'll give you ten of those flags for free."
 So I didn't mess around a bit
 and I took her up on what she said.
 And I stuck those stickers all over my car
 And one on my wife's forehead.

 (Chorus)

 (Well) I got my car so stickered up
 That I couldn't see.
 Then I ran it right upside a curb
 And then right into a tree.
 By the time they called a doctor down
 I was already dead.
 And I'll never understand why the man
 Standing at the Pearly Gates said...


 Final Ch.  Oh but your flag decal won't get you
            Into Heaven any more.
            We're already overcrowded
            From your dirty little wars.
            Now Jesus he don't like killin'
            No matter what the reason is for,
            And your flag decal won't get you
            Into Heaven any more.

Flag Decal

G                   D        C                   G
When I woke up this morning, things were lookin' bad
C                G              D             G
seems like total silence is the only friend I have
D                 C                 G       C   G
a bowl of oatmeal tried to stare me down... and won
           D                       C                   G      C  G
and it was twelve o'clock before I realized that I was havin' no fun


      {chorus}
          D             G                 C      D  G
      but fortunately I have the key to escape reality
      step up to) C                      G
      and you may see me tonight with an illegal smile
               D                      G
      it don't cost very much, but it lasts a long while
   (step up to) C                            G
      won't you please tell the man I didn't kill anyone
               D              C            G
      no I was just tryin' to have me some fun


     G                 D              C              G
last time I checked my bankroll, well it was gettin' thin
    C                       G             D               G
sometimes it seems like the bottom is the only place I've been
D                C              G         C    G
chased a rainbow down a one-way street... dead end
    D                     C           G       C    G
and all my friends turned out to be insurance salesmen


      {repeat chorus}

  G              D           C          G
I sat down in my closet with all my overalls
     C              G                D                  G
just tryin' to get away from all the years inside these walls
D                  C                  G          C    G
dreamed the police heard everything I thought... what then?
       D                     C            G   C   G
well I went to court and the judge's name was Hoffman


      {repeat chorus}

Illegal Smile

G         Am               D7
We had an apartment in the city,
G        Am                 D7
Me and Loretta liked living there.
Bm                            C
Well its been years since the kids had grown,
       G                 D
A life of their own left us alone.

 
G        Am            D7
John and Linda live in Omaha,
G          Am               D7
And Joe is somewhere on the road.
Bm                  C
We lost Davy in the Korean war,
                  G                          D
And I still don't know what for don't matter anymore.



Chorus:

F                                G
Ya know that old trees just grow stronger,
        F                        G
And old rivers grow wilder every day.
    Bm               C
Old people just grow lonesome
            G              D               G
Waiting for someone to say Hello in there, hello.




G      Am               D7
Me and Loretta we don't talk much more,
G            Am                           D7
She sits and stares through the back door screen.
Bm                      C
And all the news just repeats itself
          G                    D
Like some forgotten dream that we've both seen.


G       Am                  D7
Someday I'll go and call up Rudy,
G           Am               D7
We worked together at the factory.
Bm                      C
But what could I say if asks What's new
         G                        D
Nothing, what's with you? Nothing much to do.


(Repeat Chorus)


G            Am               D7
So if you're walking down the street sometime
G             Am             D7
And spot some hollow ancient eyes,
Bm                          C
Please don't just pass them by and stare
          G                D               G
As if you didn't care, say Hello in there, hello

Hello In There

John Prine

Intro:
[C]

C                        F                C
Feelings are strange especially when they come true
                         G                C
And I had a feeling that you'd be leaving soon
                  F               C
So I tried to rearrange all my emotions
                           G           C
But it seems the same no matter what I do

Chorus:
C             F               C
Blue umbrella rest upon my shoulder
                        G                C
Hide the pain while the rain makes up my mind
                           F                   C
Well, my feet are wet from thinking this thing over
                              F                G
And it's been so long since I felt the warm sunshine
F         G             C
Just give me one good reason
      F               G          C
And I promise I won't ask you anymore
F         G              C
Just give me one extra season
                G             C
So I can figure out the other four

Instrumental:
[F] [G] [C]
[F] [G] [C]
[F] [G] [C]
[G] [C]

C                F              C   
Dayime makes me wonder why you left me
                     G           C
Nighttime makes me wonder what I said
                  F                  C
Next time are the words I'd like to plan on
                       G               C
But, last time was the only thing you said

Repeat Chorus:

Ending:
[G] [C]

Blue Umbrella

Intro:
(G) (C) (D) (G) (C) (D) (G)(Rest until next "C")
                           C
All the snow has turned to water
D                           G
Christmas day has come and gone
                      C
Broken toys and faded colors
D                        G
Are all that's left to linger on
(Restagain until "C")         C
I hate graveyards and old pawnshops
D                         G
For they always bring me tears
G                          C
Can't forgive the way they rob me
D                     G
Of my childhoood souvenirs

Chorus:
D                          G
Memories, they can't be boughten
     D                              G
They can't be won at carnivals for free
D                          G
Well, it took me years, to get those souvenirs
      C                                     D
And I don't know how they slipped away from me

(G) (C) (D) (G)
(G) (C) (D) (G)

(Rest until "C")         C
Broken hearts and dirty windows
D                      G
Make life difficult to see
                                 C
That's why last night and this morning
D                       G
Always look the same to me
(Again, the "C")           C
I hate reading old love letters
D                         G
For they always bring me tears
                                 C
I can't forgive the way they rob me
D                  G
Of my sweetheart souvenirs

Repeat Chorus:

Souvenirs

The Singing Mailman Delivers

Intro:
[G] [C]
[G] [Dm] [G]

G                                  C
It got so hot last night, I swear, you couldn't hardly breathe
        G                Dm          G
Heat lightning burnt the sky like alcohol
G
I sat on the porch without my shoes
        C
And I watched the cars roll by
         G                     Dm                    G
As the headlights raced to the corner of the kitchen wall

Chorus:
 Dm                        G
Mama dear you boy is here. Far across the sea
  A7                              D7
Waiting for that sacred core that burns inside of me
      G                                 C
And I feel a storm all wet and warm not ten miles away
     G         Dm      G
Approaching my Mexican home

Instrumental:
[G] [C]
[G] [Dm] [G]
[G] [C]
[G] [Dm] [G]

G                                             C
My God, I cried. It's so hot inside you could die in the living room
         G                            Dm               G
Take the fan from the window-prop the door open with a broom
G
Well, the cuckoo clock has died of shock
        C
And the windows feel no pane
    G                   Dm                      G
The air's as still as a throttle on a funeral train

Repeat Chorus:

Instrumental:
[G] [C]
[G] [Dm] [G]
[G] [C]
[G] [Dm] [G]

     G                                      C
My father died on the porch outside on an August afternoon
          G                         Dm                       G
I sipped bourbon and cried with a friend by the light of the moon
G
So it's hurry hurry! Step right up
       C
It's a matter of life or death  
          G                        Dm                         G
Well, the sun's going down and the moon is just holding it's breath

Repeat Chorus:

Ending:
     G         Dm      G
Approaching my Mexican home (x2)

Instrumental-Repeat and Fade:
[G] [C]
[G] [Dm] [G]
[G] [C]
[G] [Dm] [G]

Mexican Home

G                        C            G
Dear Abby, Dear Abby, my feet are too long
G                            A              D
My hair's falling out and my rights are all wrong
G                                    C             G
My friends they all tell me, they're no friends at all
G                                      D         G
Won't you write me a letter, won't you give me a call
C  D     G
Signed Bewildered

Bewildered, Bewildered you have no complaint
You are what you are and you ain't what you ain't
So listen up buster listen up good
Stop wishin' for bad luck and knockin' on wood

Dear Abby, Dear Abby, my fountain pen leaks
My wife hollers at me and my kids are all freaks
Every side I get up on is the wrong side of bed
If it weren't so expensive I'd wish I were dead
Signed Unhappy

Unhappy, Unhappy, you have no complaint ...
You are what you are and you ain't what you ain't
So listen up buster listen up good
Stop wishin' for bad luck and knockin' on wood

Dear Abby, Dear Abby, you won't believe this
But my stomache makes noises whenever I kiss
My girlfriend tells me it's all in my head
But my stomache tells me to write you instead
Signed Noisemaker.

Noisemaker, Noisemaker, you have no complaint ...
You are what you are and you ain't what you ain't
So listen up buster listen up good
Stop wishin' for bad luck and knockin' on wood

Dear Abby, Dear Abby, well I never thought
That me and my girlfriend would ever get caught
We were sittin' in the back seat just shootin' the breeze
With her hair up in curlers and her pants to her knees
Signed Just Married

Just Married, Just Married, you have no complaint ...
You are what you are and you ain't what you ain't
So listen up buster listen up good
Stop wishin' for bad luck and knockin' on wood

Dear Abby

Sweet Revenge

C
Well,I packed my bags and bought myself a ticket
C                             G
For the land of the tall palm tree
G                              C
Aloha Old Milwaukee, Hello Waikiki
C
I just stepped down from the airplane
C7               F
When I heard her say
                      C
Waka waka nuka licka, waka waka nuka licka
G                C    G
Would you like a lei? Eh?

Chorus
C
Let's talk dirty in Hawaiian
              G
Whisper in my ear
G
Kicka pooka mok a wa wahini
G                       C
Are the words I long to hear
C
Lay your coconut on my tiki
C                          F
What the hecka mooka mooka dear
                      C
Let's talk dirty in Hawaiian 
A       Dm      G       C
Say the words I long to hear

[F] [C] [A] [Dm] [G] [C]

C
It's a ukelele Honolulu sunset
C                          G
Listen to the grass skirts sway
G
Drinking rum from a pineapple
                C
Out on Honolulu Bay

The steel guitars all playing
             C7              F
While she's talking with her hands
                     C
Gimme gimme oka doka make a wish and wanta polka
G            C     G
Words I understand Hey!

Repeat Chorus

C
Well, I boughta lota junka with my moola
C                             G
And sent it to the folks back home
G
I never had the chance to dance the hula
                           C
Well,I guess I should have known
C
When you start talking to the sweet wahini
  C7                    F
Walking in the pale moonlight
                       C
Ohka noka whatta setta knocka-rocka-sis-boom-boccas
G              C     G
Hope I said it right Oh!

Repeat Chorus

Let's Talk Dirty In Hawaiian

German Afternoons

Intro:
(C) (G) (D) (G)

G                                          C             G
While out sailing on the ocean. While out sailing on the sea
                                  A7          D7
I bumped into the Saviour and He said "Pardon Me"
          G                                C           G
I said "Jesus, you look tired". He said "Jesus, so do you"
          C                    D                G
Won't ya sit down son 'cause I got some fat to chew

Chorus:
G                         C                 G
Everybody needs somebody that they can talk to
                                  A7                 D7
Someone to open up their ears and let that trouble through
     G                               C                 G
Now you don't have to sympathize or care what they may do
     C         G              D                 G
But everybody needs somebody that they can talk to.
(C) (G) (D) (G)

      G                               C                 G
Well, he spoke to me of morality, starvation, pain and sin
                                      A7                  D7
Matter of fact the whole dang time I only got a few words in
    G                                         C
But I won't squawk. Let 'em talk. Hell, it's been a long long 
 G
time
     C                 G
And any friend that's been turned down
    D                       G
Is bound to be a friend to mine.

Repeat Chorus:

    G                                     C                 G
Now we sat there for an hour or two just eatin' that Gospel pie
                                                A7
When around the bend come a terrible wind and lightning lit 
    D7
the sky
           G                           C
He said so long son I gotta run. I appreciate you listenin' to
G
me
        C                  G
And I believe I heard him sing these words
        D                     G
As he skipped out across the sea

Repeat Chorus:

Ending:
      C        G              D                 G
But everybody needs somebody that they can talk to.
(C) (D) (G)

Everybody

Intro:
D   G

 
   G
Oh I get drunk most every night
C
Seems like all we do is fight
    G
The more I drink
                D
The less I feel blue
    G
Sometimes I feel like an awful fool
C
Spendin' my life on an old bar stool
    G                D                         G
And yes I guess they oughta name a drink after you


Break:
D       C
D       G


G
If this date were to be our last
C
I'd never sit down this glass
     G
It'd take all the booze in the world
          D
To forget you
       G
You've left my heart a vacant lot
C
I'll fill it with another shot
    G                D                         G
And yes I guess they oughta name a drink after you


Break:
D       C
D       G


G
Looks like I had my fill
C
Guess I better pay my bill
       G                                  D
When I started out I only meant to have a few
    G
Someone just said that you left town
C
I better get a double round
    G                D                         G
And yes I guess they oughta name a drink after you
G                D                         G
Yes I guess they oughta name a drink after you

Yes I Guess They Oughta Name A Drink After You

Diamonds In The Rough

C              C       F         F
 Woke up this morning, put on my slippers
C              C           G    G
 Walked in the kitchen and died
    C         C               F                     F
And oh what a feeling when my soul went through the ceiling
    G           G            C    C
and on up in to heaven I did rise
       F                  F           C               
When I got there they did say John it happened this-a-way
    C                C                  G    G
you slipped upon the floor and hit your head
    C              C          F               C
And all the angels say just before you passed away
      C             G                   C   
these were the very last words that you said
 
 
CHORUS:
F                 F       C                 C
Please don't bury me down in that cold cold ground
    C               C             C            G     G
I'd rather have 'em cut me up and pass me all around
C                    C             F                 C
Throw my brains in a hurricane the blind can have my eyes
    F             C                  G                  C   
The deaf can take both of my ears if they don't mind the size
 
 
C               C               F               F
Give my stomach to Milwaukee if they run out of beer 
C                 C              G             G
Put my socks in a cedar box just get 'em out'a here 
C                 C                 F                  F
Venus de milo can have my arms Look out! I've got your nose
F                    C            G               C    
Sell my heart to the junk man and give my love to Rose
 
CHORUS
 
 
C                    C          F              F
 Give my feet to the foot-loose careless fancy free
C                    C                G                  G
Give my knees to the needy don't 'cha pull that stuff on me
C               C                    F             F
Hand me down my walkin' cane, it's a sin to tell a lie
F             C                  G                C   
Send my mouth way down south and kiss my ass good-bye
 
 
CHORUS
 
    F             C                  G                   C  
The deaf can take both of my ears if they don't mind the size

Please Don't Bury Me

C
a little girl who was almost a lady
      F                           C
had a way with all the men in her life
      G
every inch of her blosoms in beauty
        F                    C
she was born on the forth of july

and she lived in an aluminum house trailer
and she worked in a juke-box saloon
and she spent all the money i'd give her
just to see the ol' man in the moon

CHORUS:
          C
I used to sleep at the foot of old glory
   F                         C
and awake in the dawns early light
         F                     C
but much to my surprise when i opened my eyes
     G                      C
i was a victim of the great compromise

we used to go out on saturday evening
to the drive in on route fourty one
and it was there that I first discovered
she was doin' what she'd already done

she said 'johny would you get me some popcorn
and she knew i had to walk pretty far
and as soon as i walked through the moonlight
she'd hopped into a foreign sports car

CHORUS

and you know, i could'a beat up that fella
but it was her that hopped in to his car
as many times as i'd fought to protect her
well this time she'd gone too far

and some folks call me a coward
'cause i left her at the drive in that night
but i'd rather have names thrown at me
than to fight for a thing that aint right

CHORUS

now she writes all the fellas love letters
sayin' please come and see me real soon
and there's a growin' line up in the bar-room
to spend a night in that sick womans room

and sometimes i get awful lonesome
and i wish she were my girl instead
but she won't let me live with her
she makes me live in my head

CHORUS

Great Compromise

Prime Prine

G           D           B7      C
Well I once knew a man who was going insane
       G              E          A     D
He let love chase him right up a tree
            G            D
It took the police and a fire truck
        B7             C
Just to bring him back down
      G                 D          G
Oh, I hate it when that happens to me


            G                 D
It made the front page of the paper
    B7             C
The gossip tongues wagged
         G              E      A   D
Why they even showed it all on TV
       G                 D
Now if he should live forever
   B7            C
He won't live it down
      G                 D          G
Oh, I hate it when that happens to me


D
Dogs bites Man
G
Man loses girl
   A
Oh what did he ever do
D
Wrong in this world?


D
Dogs bites Man
G
Man loses girl
   A
Oh what did he ever do
D
Wrong in this world?

 
      G          D        B7       C
There once was a big buzz all over town
        G               E           A    D
About a movie where the killer goes free
          G      D        B7    C
Now, he's got every one's sympathy
      G                 D          G
Oh, I hate it when that happens to me
       G                 D          G
Yes, I hate it when that happens to me

I Hate It When That Happens To Me

Fair and Square

C F G C

C
She don't like her eggs all runny
C
She thinks crossin' her legs is funny
    F
She looks down her nose at money
    C 
She gets it on like the Easter Bunny
G      
She's my baby I'm her honey
                       C    G    C
I'm never gonna let her go
C
He ain't got laid in a month of Sundays
C
I caught him once and he was sniffin' my undies
   F
He ain't too sharp but he gets things done
C
Drinks his beer like it's oxygen
G
He's my baby
G
And I'm his honey
                    C   G   C
Never gonna let him go
             F
In spite of ourselves
                             C
We'll end up a'sittin' on a rainbow
             G
Against all odds
                          C
Honey, we're the big door prize
             F
We're gonna spite our noses
                 C
Right off of our faces
                                    G
There won't be nothin' but big old hearts
               C     G   C
Dancin' in our eyes.
C
She thinks all my jokes are corny
C
Convict movies make her horny
    F
She likes ketchup on her scrambled eggs
C
Swears like a sailor when shaves her legs
G
She takes a lickin'
G
And keeps on tickin'
                        C   G   C
I'm never gonna let her go.
C
He's got more balls than a big brass monkey

He's a whacked out weirdo and a lovebug junkie
F
Sly as a fox and crazy as a loon
C
Payday comes and he's howlin' at the moon
G
He's my baby I don't mean maybe
                    C   G   C
Never gonna let him go

              F
In spite of ourselves
                             C
We'll end up a'sittin' on a rainbow
             G
Against all odds
                          C
Honey, we're the big door prize
             F
We're gonna spite our noses
                 C
Right off of our faces
                                    G
There won't be nothin' but big old hearts
               C     G   C
Dancin' in our eyes.

[X2]

In Spite Of Ourselves

In Spite of Ourselves

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

Sovereign Light Cafe

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

Work

Intro: C D C D (x2)


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

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

C D


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

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


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

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

C D
(fin)

Habla si puedes

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

MI RE DO#m-SIm-LA

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

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


Jo et duré...

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

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


Jo et duré... ( bis )

De tot cor

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

Can't Smile Without You

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

Down By The River

[intro 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

Intro: D-A-Bm-Em-A  x4

         D                 A                          
I'll confess tonight your all thats on my mind
        Bm            A                   D
I know these roof top nights could last forever.
              A                            Bm
we watched the seasons change, we saw the distance pull us away,
           A
from all we shared together.

D                       A
Right now is all we have you better make this count
Bm                       A
these are the moments i wish i could forget you.

D                            A                                          Bm
I think back to the nights I looked into your bright green eyes and you said,
    Em    A
lets run away.
D                             A                             Bm
its 9am the sun wont rise for 3 more hours pacific time you said
    Em    A
lets run away.

play intro  x2

D                    A
I picked apart every word that you said
  Bm                              A
I dissected each sentence but kept coming up empty
D                         A
the way you are leaves me counting the days
        Bm                            A
till the next time this distance will be a memory


D                        A        
Right now is all we have you better make this count
Bm                     D
these are the moments i wish i could forget you.


D                            A                                          Bm
I think back to the nights I looked into your bright green eyes and you said,
     Em   A
lets run away.
D                            A                              Bm
its 9am the sun wont rise for 3 more hours pacific time you said
     Em   A
lets run away.

D-A-Bm-A

where have you been


                                                                        Bm
I think back to the nights I looked into your bright green eyes and you said,
     Em   A
lets run away.
D                            A                                          Bm
I think back to the nights I looked into your bright green eyes and you said,
     Em   A
lets run away.
D                            A                              Bm
its 9am the sun wont rise for 3 more hours pacific time you said
     Em   A
lets run away


American Dream 

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

Gonna Be A Long Time

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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