La Roux are an English electropop duo formed in 2008 in London, United Kingdom. The band consists of Elly Jackson (born 12 March 1988; singer and keyboardist) and Ben Langmaid (co-writer and co-producer). Their music is largely influenced by 80s pop music including Eurythmics, Depeche Mode, The Human League,  Heaven 17, Yazoo and Prince.  The name La Roux (pronounced lah-roo) is reported to be chosen when Elly found it in a book of baby names. La Roux comes from the mix of the French masculine word for &quot;redhead&quot; and the feminine article for &quot;the&quot;, referring to Jackson's distinctive hairstyle. 

La Roux est un duo anglais d'electropop fondé par Elly Jackson (chanteuse et clavieriste) et Ben Langmaid (co-auteur et co-producteur) en 2008 à Londres, Angleterre. Ils revendiquent des influences parmi les groupes des années 1980 comme Depeche Mode, Yazoo, Erasure, Tears For Fears, The Human League, Heaven 17, ou Blancmange.  Elly Jackson affirme avoir choisi le nom du duo La roux (en référence à ses cheveux roux) en trouvant dans une poubelle un livre contenant des noms de bébé.  

La Roux es un dúo de electro-pop de Brixton (Londres, Inglaterra) formado por la cantante y compositora Eleanor Jackson (más conocida como Elly Jackson) y Ben Langmaid, co-productor y co-escritor a la sombra, motivo por el cual Elly es conocida por el nombre del grupo.  Elly y Ben se conocieron en 2006 y su amistad les llevó a empezar a grabar cosas juntos bajo el nombre de &quot;Automan&quot;, aunque tenían un sonido más acústico. Dos años después lanzarían, respaldados por la discográfica francesa Kitsun&eacute;, su primer sencillo &quot;Quicksand&quot;.  

Intro:

Cm Bb F G 

Verse:

Cm                   Bb
Love, xxxx xx xxxx a xxxxxxxx xxxxx
F                     Gm
that xxx xxxxxx xxxx deny
Cm              Bb
Im xxxxxxx xx a xxxxxx xxxx
F                       Gm
while xx xxxxxxx xx the xxx

Chorus:

   Cm                  Bb
Its xxx false xxxx xxx affection
         F                          Gm
xxx xxxx want xx xxx xxxx xxxx xxx attention
         Cm                  Bb
xxx, Its xxx false xxxx xxx affection
         F                          Cm
xxx xxxx like xx xxx xxxx xxxx xxx attention

             Eb       Bb          F          Gm
xx xxx xxxx toy xxxx xxxx xxxxxxx girl xxxxx boy
            Eb  Bb                  F          Gm
xx xxx xxxx toy xxxx xxxx xxxxxxx girl xxxxx boy


Verse:

Love...
I...
Boy...
I...

Chorus: x2

I'm Not Your Toy

Tigerlily is the second song on the album La Roux, it was released in the UK on the 28th of June 2009.

Intro: F#m C#

F#m
Tonight out on the streets
I'm gonna follow you
Tell you all about a scene
That you would kill for

C#
You're gonna love what's
Burning right in front of you
But you won't see it
By the light of the sun

F#m
Come out Tigerlily
You're caressing me
I'll take you up
I'll turn you on
I'll take your apathy

C#
I wouldn't lie to you Blossom
Won't you let it go
I'm gonna give you all you want
And don't you know

A
That you
                       G#
I know you better than this
                         F#m
I could be here when you call
                         D
I'll make you top of the list
                        A
And in the crush of the dark
                          G#
I'll be your light in the mist
              F#m
I can see you burning with desire
      D
For a kiss
Bm                         C#
Psychobabble all upon your lips

That's pretty much it, I play barre chords for this to get the snappy kind of electro 
but it's up to you. The rest of the song continues like this:

[verse chords]
They can sell it all they want
But you cannot agree
I don't like the taste
Of their morality
You'll find your bread and your butter
Where you fake it
And put your face in the gutter
Of a snake pit

But our communication
Is telepathy
What you give is what you get
Out of us naturally
And we can wait til the shadow grows long
And turn the page of a story
That has long since found a home

[chorus chords]
I know you better than this
I could be here when you call
I'll make you top of the list
And in the crush of the dark
I'll be your light in the mist
I can see you burning with desire
For a kiss
Psychobabble all upon your lips

[verse chords]
Have you ever felt
Like you're being followed?
Or watched the ones that held your stare?
Turned around to see who's behind you
To find there's no one there?
Lurking in the dark
There's someone who breathes you night and day
There's a friend who wants so much more
And if they can't have you
They'll never let you walk away

[chorus chords]
And in the crush of the dark
I'll be your light in the mist
I can see you burning with desire
For a kiss

And in the crush of the dark
I'll be your light in the mist
I can see you burning with desire
For a kiss
Psychobabble all upon your lips

Tigerlily

Singer Elly Jackson told the London Paper about this Electro-Pop song of romantic yearning: &quot;It's about having an intense-moment with someone, when maybe you're watching a film or listening to music, and both of you are yearning for the other one, and it's almost painful to sit next to them.&quot; Watch the official video in the side.

Bbm       F#          Ab     Bbm
   ooooh, ooooh, ooooh, ooooh  (x2)

Verse:

Bbm          F#     
   I'm the obsessor,
G#               Bbm
   Holding your hand.
Bbm                              F#
   It seems you have forgotten,
G#                 Bbm
   About your man.
Bbm                             F#
   Alone in the darkness,
G#                                 Bbm
   My beds a different land,
Bbm                              F#
   Your touch intensifies,
G#                           Bbm                   
   And I'm in the quicksand!

Chorus:
Bbm F# G# Bbm
.....................
                                   Bbm  F# G# Bbm
   I'm in the quicksand
                                   Bbm F# G# Bbm
   I'm in the quicksand

(2nd verse chords same as the first)

Bridge:

Bbm           F#                             G#                    Bbm
   You, you moved into my mind again, oh-oh
Bbm                         F#                   G#                   Bbm
   You, walking around rent free again, oh-oh
Bbm  F#                                                        G#                     Bbm
   Oh, I could let you stay, but I'd be walking on broken ground again
Bbm              F#                                    G#                             Bbm
   When? Oh when will I learn, all you do is push me back in the dirt
N.C
oh oh oooh!

Return to chorus.

Quicksand

&quot;Bulletproof&quot; went to #1 in the UK, and also topped the U.S. Hot Dance Club Play charts in the Summer of 2009. Singer Elly Jackson explained this song to the BBC Newsbeat program: &quot;For me Bulletproof is just about looking at a situation that's usually a reoccurring one. It could be to do with anything in your life - whatever you want it to be about.&quot; (Source Bulletproof Songfacts).

D#m G# B D#m


D#m
Bin there done that messed around
    G#
I'm having fun dont put me down
     B
I'll never let you sweep me off my feet

I won't let you in again, the messages I've tried to send,
my informations' just not going in,
burnin' bridges shore to shore, I'll break away from something more,
I'm not to not to love until it's cheap,
been there, done that, messed around,
I'm having fun don't put me down,
I'll never let you sweep me off my feet,


F#
This time baby
G#m
I'll be
B         F#
Bullet....proof


I won't let you turn around,
and tell me now I'm much too proud,
to walk away from something when it's dead,
do do do your dirty words come out to play when you are heard?,
there's certain things that should be left unsaid,
tick tick tick on the watch and life's too short for me to stop,
Oh baby, your time is running out,
I won't let you turn around,
and tell me now I'm much too proud,
All you do is fill me up with doubt

Bulletproof

Emerging from my world Imagine living in a box And I won't come out Until I've broken all the locks  Slurring all my words Until something sticks But in this smoky universe My mind keeps playing tricks  And although You're the only home I know As if by Magic Thoughts of you are gone And now I'm keeping my head in the clouds And it's not so tragic If I don't look down  Submerging from your world And back into my bliss A day rolled into one Is burning on my lips 

VERSE:

 C
Emerging from my world
                    Bb
Imagine living in a box
                 F
And I won't come out
                          C
Until I've broken all the locks

C 
Slurring all my words
               Bb
Until something sticks
           F
But in this smoky universe
                   C 
My mind keeps playing tricks


CHORUS:

    C
And although
                     Bb
You're the only home I know
         F
As if by Magic
                  C
Thoughts of you are gone
   C                               Bb
And now I'm keeping my head in the clouds
                F
And it's not so tragic
               C
If I don't look down

    Am      G                  C
Ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ohohohohohohoo

    Am      G                  C
Ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ohohohohohohoo


VERSE:

   C
Submerging from your world
              Bb
And back into my bliss 
  F
A day rolled into one
              C
Is burning on my lips
  C
Blurring all your words
                  Bb
Until they don't exist
         F
And in a parallel universe
               C
It's me you can't resist


CHORUS:

    C
And although
                       Bb
You're the only home I'll ever know
         F
As if by Magic
                  C
Thoughts of you are gone
   C                               Bb
And now I'm keeping my head in the clouds
                F
And it's not so tragic
               C
If I don't look down

    Am      G                  C
Ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ohohohohohohoo

    Am      G                  C
Ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ohohohohohohoo

(Following part played alongside chorus)

C                                    Bb
You say I'm a rose tinted lover come on
                                F
You know I'll never love another
                                C
I won't stay a lonely lover for long

As If By Magic

No wonder I'm scared To look in your eyes You've turned me away  So many times You can take it away At any given moment It's hard to believe  While you're in this disguise   So would you hold me please I'm trying hard to breathe I'm just surviving  So would you hold me please I'm trying hard to breathe Stop me from crying   When I see you walking with her I have to cover my eyes (I have to cover my eyes) Every time you leave with her Something inside me dies 

Ebm           B
No wonder I'm scared
                 C#
To look in your eyes 
Ebm              B
You've turned me away
         C#
So many times 
Ebm             B
You can take it away 
             C#
At any given moment 
Ebm            B
It's hard to believe 
                     C#
While you're in this disguise 

—

 B                    Ebm
So would you hold me please 
                   C#
I'm trying hard to breathe 
         G#m
I'm just surviving 
B                    Ebm
So would you hold me please 
                   C#
I'm trying hard to breathe 
             G#m
Stop me from crying 

-

 C#             B
When I see you walking with her 
          F#       Ebm
I have to cover my eyes 
C#             B
Every time you leave with her 
F#                  Ebm
Something inside me dies 
                              C#
Something inside of me dies 

-

Ebm          B
No wonder it hurts 
               C#
To sit by your side  
Ebm                 B
There's a different song 
               C#
I can play you tonight 
Ebm              B
We can break the pattern 
                  C#
We can change the colour 
Ebm               B
You don't need to worry 
          C#
About the others 

- 

B                    Ebm
So would you hold me please 
                   C#
I'm trying hard to breathe 
         G#m
I'm just surviving 
B                    Ebm
So would you hold me please 
                   C#
I'm trying hard to breathe 
             G#m
Stop me from crying 

-

 C#             B
When I see you walking with her 
          F#       Ebm
I have to cover my eyes 
C#             B
Every time you leave with her 
F#                  Ebm
Something inside me dies 
                              C#
Something inside of me dies


(Repeat to end)

Cover My Eyes

You PULL on your Armour AND put up defences Why do you want to? Because I'm here to protect you   So take it easy I'll make it so easy You can lay your head down And we'll leave it til tomorrow   You seem to believe you belong to somebody else When you leave me alone in this world  You know that I'm in hell When you know what it's like To be lonely and by yourself   When your life is tangled You wear your disguises But why do you need to When I'm standing here beside you?   You can lay your head down 

Intro: | Bb Dm | Bb Dm | Bb Dm | G G |

Bb                  Dm
  You pull on your Armour
Bb             Dm
  You put up defences
Bb            Dm
  Why do you want to?
          G
  Because I'm here to protect you
 
  So take it easy
  I'll make it so easy
  You can lay your head down
  And we'll leave it til tomorrow
 
      D#                                     Bb
  You seem to believe you belong to somebody else
           D#                   
  When you leave me alone in this world 
                       Bb
  You know that I'm in hell
           D#
  When you know what it's like
                          Bb   F
  To be lonely and by yourse---elf
 
  When your life is tangled
  You wear your disguises
  But why do you need to
  When I'm standing here beside you?
 
  So take it easy
  I'll make it so easy
  You can lay your head down
  And we'll leave it til tomorrow
 
  You seem to believe you belong to somebody else
  When you leave me alone in this world 
  You know that I'm in hell
  When you know what it's like
  To be lonely and by yourself

Bridge  | D# | Dm | F | Cm | x2

D#                      Bb
  Slipping through my fingers
D#           Bb
  And into another's
D#                            Bb F
  Tell me why won't you turn baaack?
 
  You seem to believe you belong to somebody else
  (You know what it's like you shouldn't have to be told)
  When you leave me alone in this world 
  You know that I'm in hell
  (It's hard enough when you're alone in the world)
  When you know what it's like
  To be lonely and by yourself
  (x2)

Armour Love

This is La Roux's fourth single from their self-titled debut album. Elly Jackson explained later why it came out in the summer: &quot;I think sunny weather drives you towards certain tempos and melodies that work well booming out of open windows. It's about a boyfriend who's cruelly playing with a girl's heart was inspired by an actual long-term relationship that I was involved in.&quot; 

Intro:

Eb Bb F Cm x2

Verse:

Eb                    Gm
Love, love is like a stubborn youth
F                      Cm
that you rather just deny
Eb              Gm  
Im walking on a broken roof
F                       Cm
while im looking at the sky

Chorus:

    Eb                  Bb
Its all false love and affection
         F                          Cm
you dont want me you just like the attention
         Eb                  Bb
yes, Its all false love and affection
         F                          Cm
you dont like me you just want the attention

            Eb  Bb                  F          Cm
Im not your toy   this isnt another girl meets boy
            Eb  Bb                  F          Cm
Im not your toy   this isnt another girl meets boy


Verse:

Love, love hides in a smoky light
I can never find the truth
boy your touches leave memystified
I wish I could believe in you

Chorus: x2

La Roux

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In For The Kill

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

Sovereign Light Cafe

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

Work

Intro: C D C D (x2)


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

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

C D


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

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


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

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

C D
(fin)

Habla si puedes

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

MI RE DO#m-SIm-LA

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

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


Jo et duré...

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

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


Jo et duré... ( bis )

De tot cor

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

Can't Smile Without You

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

Down By The River

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


American Dream 

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

Gonna Be A Long Time

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

Overreacting

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

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