State Radio is an alternative rock group formed in Sherborn, Massachusetts, United States in 2002. They consist of former Dispatch vocalist Chad Stokes Urmston (vocals, guitar), Chuck Fay (bass) and Mike 

State Radio est un groupe de rock alternatif issu de Boston, formé en 2002, composé de Chad Stokes, (ancien chanteur et guitariste de Displatch) de Pete Halby à la guitare, de Chuck Fay à la basse et de Mike Greenfield à la batterie.

Banda del multifacetico Chad Urmston, ex-integrante de la banda Dispatch. Poseen un estilo único y potente, fusionando el rock, reggae, funk, folk e indie. www.stateradio.com

intro: D#

D#                       F#       C#
Heard of a land held by a troubled hand 
D#                  F#          C#
Where the whiskey runs the coal 
D#                 F#          C#
Don't you dare go ask the newsman 
             B                              D#
Cause he'll tell you everything He don't know 

D#                         F#         C#
She was the daughter of the second american revolution 
D#                F#   C#       D#
A tall girl with a stones constitution 
                                F#      C#
And when she looked into their eyes to see
     B                                            D# 
She know she ain't never going back to what she believe 
                    B  C#
To what you believe 

F#                             Bb
So go and riddle me over I'm a man got nothing to show for    
                D#                       C#
My work in the ground In this here londontown 
F#                             Bb
So go and riddle me over I'm a man got nothing to show for
                D#            C# 
My work in the ground Got my back to the fire 
                  B                Bb         D# 
But it ain't the bridges that are falling down 

They said they would never fight no more 
After the day she went away 
What in the world are we all fighting for 
If we don't give they're going to take 

So go and riddle me over I'm a man got nothing to show for
My work in the ground In this here londontown 
So go and riddle me over I'm a man got nothing to show for
My work in the ground 
        C#
Got my back to the fire and my feet on the ground 
                  B                Bb
But it ain't the bridges that are falling down 

(play verse chords over bridge)
It's just another 
It's just a 
Go and riddle me over 

Go and riddle me over 
I'm a man got nothing to show for 
My work in the ground 
Got my back to the fire 
But it ain't the bridges that are falling down 

(play verse chords over outro)
Say that again 
You say that again 
Oh what's left to hold in place

Riddle In Londontown

Live at The Brattle Theatre

Dm
Woke him up with a barrel to his head

His eyes shut tight bracing for the blow
G
Resigning his life to the metal held
                 Dm      Dsus2
In another man's hand

Dm              Bb
Twenty days in a concrete fallout
F                   C
What life have i to take your own
Dm            Bb
Oh my country won't you call out
F                          C
Doorbells are ringing with boxes of bones
Dm                         Bb
...And from another land's war torn corners
F                C
To a prison cell in my own
Dm                Bb
Punish me for not taking your orders
F                        C              Dsus2
But don't lock me up for not leavin' my home


Dm                       Bb
Your words just a bloody fallacy
F                          C
A house of cards you paint-ed white
Dm                    Bb
You tried to recreate normandy
          F           C
(But you) made up the reason to fight
            Dm              F
And now red oil is spillin' down on the street
         F                    C
And your eyes too big for the belly is weak
         Dm              F
Will you not refuse this currency
      C                         Dm
Or is blood money just money to you
   C                         Dm    Dsus2 Dm Dsus2
Is blood money just money to you

Dm              Bb
Twenty days in a concrete fallout
F                   C
What life have i to take your own
Dm            Bb
Oh my country won't you call out
F                          C
Doorbells are ringing with boxes of bones
Dm                         Bb
...And from another land's war torn corners
F                C
To a prison cell in my own
Dm                Bb
Punish me for not taking your orders
F                        C              G
But don't lock me up for not leavin' my home
(repeat previous chorus)
                             Dm     F       C       Bb
Second ending: ...leavin' my home      Camilo, Camilo

           Dm     F        C       Bb
Leavin' my home       Camilo, Camilo


Dm	F	C	Dm
(Repeat until solo)

(Solo)
(Outro)

Camilo

Am G (2x)

Am
The women in the valley forge 
G
They go day to day 
Am                          G
Don't let them raid my home and 

My home and place 
Am                         G
But the men they can't see beyond 
                Am
So they war and war 

They don't remember 
     G
What they came here for 

C                       Am
People to people are so unjust 
F                   C  
They Carry yourself well so 
G              Am
Carry yourself well 
                     C
People to people are so unjust 
F                       C  
They say Carry yourself well so 
G
Carry yourself well 


Am G (2x)

Am                         G
Women in the valley forged her 

The once home of the brave 
Am                          G
Don't let them raid me home and 

My home and place 
Am                         G
But the men they can't see beyond 
                         Am
So they become what they hate 
                                 G
They don't see that the moon has just 

Yeah the moon is just getting its legs 


C                       Am
People to people are so unjust 
F                   C  
They Carry yourself well so 
G              Am
Carry yourself well 
                     C
People to people are so unjust 
F                       C  
They say Carry yourself well so 
G
Carry yourself well 

Am G (2x)

                   C     G        F
And you don't even close the barn door 
C     G                   Am
After all the horses have scattered 
           C     G   F  
And no one knows anymore 
C     G                     Am
Where all the souls have gathered 
                 C       G               F
Though they will keep an eye on what you do 
C            G           Am
And when the people have spoken 
             C        G        F
We won't cry mercy on Mercy on you 
C                G          Am
Cause we will be alive just broken 


C                       Am
People to people are so unjust 
F                   C  
They Carry yourself well so 
G              Am
Carry yourself well 
                     C
People to people are so unjust 
F                       C  
They say Carry yourself well so 
G
Carry yourself well 

Am G (4x)

C Am F C G Am C F C G (2x)

People To People

Us Against The Crown

"The Diner Song"

Whoa a little love at caesar's 
Whoa you know i love to please her 
Whoa a little love at caesar's 
Goes so far 

Whoa a little love at caesar's 
Whoa whoa whoa you know i love to please her 
Whoa a little love at caesar's 
Goes so far 

Hope i get a little snack tonight 
Hope i get a little smack tonight 
I'll be starving 
Standing in the broad day light 
Just waitin' on the comin' of the night 
24-hour diner's almost closed 
All i need's a cup of joe 
Cause she's so nice 
She treats me like i tip her from my head to her toes b 
Brings me my water with her skirt so high 
I catch a little glimpse in the silverware shine 
I ain't a thief 
Cause that just ain't right 
But i ain't go no money 
And i intend to pay for my meal tonight 

Whoa a little love at caesar's 
Whoa you know I love to please her 
Whoa a little love at caesar's 
Goes so far 

Whoa a little love at caesar's 
Whoa whoa whoa you know i love to please her 
Whoa a little love at caesar's 
Goes so far 

She's got a tattooed tongue 
She loves to abuse 
You can tell she's good by the language that she use 
She says meet you in the bathroom at a quarter to two 
You know what you must do 
Cause the flood gate's open 
Your hips are getting loose 
You got a rocket in your pocket 
Cause you don't know what to do 
So go, whoa she says I betcha that i can take all of your soul 
You say put your money where your mouth is and let all be told 

Whoa a little love at caesar's 
Whoa you know i love to please her 
Whoa a little love at caesar's 
Goes so far 

Whoa a little love at caesar's 
Whoa whoa whoa you know i love to please her 
Whoa a little love at caesar's 
Goes so far 

They got crayons on the placemats 
Refried beans 
Don't give me half-and-half 
Just whip up my cream 
Gimme some flapjacks 
And slap on the butter 
Corned-beef-hash 
My mind is in the gutter 
Heavy with the syrup 
Heavy with the grease 
My foots in the stirrup 
Just do as you please 

Whoa a little love at caesar's 
Whoa you know i love to please her 
Whoa a little love at caesar's 
Goes so far 

Whoa a little love at caesar's 
Whoa whoa whoa you know i love to please her 
Whoa a little love at caesar's 
Goes so far

The Diner Song

Peace Between Nations - EP

[intro]
F Am Dm Am A# Dm Gm C

[Verse 1]
             F 
Baby really hurt me
                Am 
crying in the taxi
                Dm
He dont wanna know me
                         Am                     A#     Dm
says you make the big mistake of dancing in my store 
Gm                  C
   Says it was poison
                 F
So I guess I go home 
          Am                     Dm
into the arms of the girl that I love
                Am 
the only love I havent screwed up
A#                  Dm
   She's so hard to please
             Gm      C  
but shes a forest fire
        F               
I do my best to meet her demands
Am
play it romance
         Dm
we slow dance in the living room
    Am                      A#
but all that a stranger would see
        Dm           Gm               C     
is one girl swaying alone stroking her cheek

[Chorus]

      F         Am            Dm 
They say, "you're a little much for me
         Am     A# 
You're a liability
          Dm         Gm    C
You're a little much for me"
               F              Am 
So they pull back make other plans
       Dm 
I understand
     Am     A# 
I'm a liability
        Dm         Gm    
Get you wild, make you leave
       C            Dm            F    A#       
I'm a little much for eh oh-na-na-na everyone

[Verse 2]
            F 
The truth is, I am toy
                Dm
that people enjoy
                Am               A#
till all of the tricks dont work anymore
Dm              Gm       C
And then they are bored of me
             
                    F
I know that its exciting
                     Am
running through the night but
              Dm                Am
every perfect summer's eating me alive
            A#    Dm
unitl youre gone
Gm          C
Better on my own

[Chorus]

      F         Am            Dm 
They say, "you're a little much for me
         Am     A# 
You're a liability
          Dm         Gm    C
You're a little much for me"
               F              Am 
So they pull back make other plans
       Dm 
I understand
     Am     A# 
I'm a liability
        Dm         Gm    
Get you wild, make you leave
       C            Dm            F    A#       
I'm a little much for eh oh-na-na-na everyone

[Outro]
             Dm           F           A#
They're gonna watch me disappear into the sun
                 Dm        F           A#
You're all gonna watch me disappear into the sun

Liability

INTRO:

A |---------------------|
E |--7--7--7----------- -|
C |---------------------|
G |---------------------|

VERSE 1:   

C#m          E       B      A                     C#m   E    B   A 
I’m going away to be alone I’m coming back with answers
C#m           E            B    A            C#m   E   B   A
Don’t try to call my telephone it’s disconnected
C#m           E          B       A               C#m   E   B   A
And I don’t know where I’m going but can you guide me
C#m              E        B        A              C#m   E   B   A
But if I find love where I’m going will it survive me


PRE-CHORUS 1:

C#m            B   A                         C#m         A   B
‘Cause in your own space you’re disconnected and in your own mind you’re not affected
C#m         B   A                           C#m         A   B
And in your own time you’re still attracted but in your own life


CHORUS:

A                                 C#m            B
This heart attack I’ve gotta get away not coming back
A                                 C#m                     B
I want some downtime so call me when you can and I’ll be fine


VERSE 2: [same chords as VERSE1]
I’ve found the time to be alone I don’t know what you’re asking
I’m waiting by the telephone and you’re still barking
My heart stops it isn’t… going could you revive me
I think I’m lost without knowing so come and find me


PRE-CHORUS 2:  [same chords as PRE-CHORUS1]
‘Cause in the same space we’re disconnected and in your own mind you’re not attracted
But in your own life over reacted and in your own time


{CHORUS x2}


Sometimes if we don’t go sometimes you don’t know
You don’t go I don’t go I don’t go you don’t go

C#5  B5  A5                      C#5  A5  B5
            I’ve got your back              but you don’t got mine
C#5  E5  A5                    C#5  A5  B5
            This heart attack              then I’m feeling fine


CHORUS x2

C#m          E       B    A 
I’m going away to be alone
C#m          E       B    A 
I'm going away to be alone ...............

This Heart Attack

Intro:

Bb - F - A

F                 C
I've been feeling lonesome
F                            C
I'm down, don't know what to do
D
I let you lie to me
F
plant seeds inside
            E
to see them grow
                      F
only to leave them to die

  C
I learned my lesson
       E
I won't be forgetting
       F
I won't give my heart out
    A
with-out suspecting

Bb  F
why cry
Dm G
why cry
Bb  F
why cry
    A
for you

F                  C
I've been lost and finding
F                           C
out that I've been such a fool
D           
you thought you'd stick around
F
until the day you found
    E                    F
someone to make me obsolete

  C
I learned my lesson
       E
I won't be forgetting
       F
I won't give my heart out
    A
with-out suspecting

Bb  F
why cry
Dm G
why cry
Bb  F
why cry
Dm F
why cry
    Bb
for you... 


Guitar Solo:

Bb - F - A (2x)

  C     
I learned my lesson
       E
I won't be forgetting
       F
I won't give my heart out
    A
with-out suspecting

Bb  F
why cry
Dm G
why cry
Bb  F
why cry
Dm G
why cry
Bb  F
why cry
Dm G
why cry
Bb  F
why cry
Dm G
why cry
    A
for you

Why Cry

[Verse 1]
 G                              D
You like New York City in the daytime
 Bm                   A
I like New York City in the nighttime
 G                          D
You say you like sleeping with the air off
Bm                  A
I don't, I need it on
G                  D
You like the light coming through the windows
 Bm                      A
I sleep late, so I just keep 'em all closed
G                  D
You ignore the music on the radio
Bm                 A
I don't, I sing-a-long


[Pre-Chorus]
G               D        Bm             A
I don't ask for you to change, baby no no no
    G              D          Bm    A
And you don't ask for me to change


[Chorus]
N.C.                     D
Tell me how we're not alike
       Bm               A
But we work so well and we don't even know why
G              D
Funny how the stars crossed right
       Bm                   A
'Cause we work so well and we don't even know why
 G              D
You can call it fire and ice
    Bm                  A
But we work so well and we don't even know why
G              D
We don't even know why, no no
Bm                          A
We don't even know why, no no no


[Post-Chorus]
N.C.
No no no no
D
We like it in the daytime
Bm                 A
We like it in the end of time
N.C.
No no no no
D
We like it in the daytime
Bm                 A
We like it in the end of time


[Verse 2]
G                        D
Cold outside and you're just in a T-shirt
Bm                   A
I have cold blood even in a sweater
G                         D
You start your night sippin' by the Kilo
Bm                   A
I don't, I know you know


[Pre-Chorus]
G               D        Bm             A
I don't ask for you to change, baby no no no
    G              D          Bm    A
And you don't ask for me to change



[Chorus]
N.C.                     D
Tell me how we're not alike
       Bm               A
But we work so well and we don't even know why
G              D
Funny how the stars crossed right
       Bm                   A
'Cause we work so well and we don't even know why
 G              D
You can call it fire and ice
    Bm                  A
But we work so well and we don't even know why
G              D
We don't even know why, no no
Bm                          A
We don't even know why, no no no


[Post-Chorus]
N.C.
No no no no
D
We like it in the daytime (we don't even know)
Bm                 A
We like it in the end of time (we don't even know)
N.C.
No no no no
D
We like it in the daytime
Bm                   A
(We don't even know, know, know, know, know)




[Bridge]
G                          D
Somehow we end up on the same side
Bm                          A
And you wouldn't think that we'd be alright
G                      D            Bm             A
Even our eyes are different colors, but we see fine
G                         D
Somehow we end up on the same side (up on the same side)
Bm                            A
And you wouldn't think that we'd be alright

(Think that we'd be alright)

G                      D            Bm             A
Even our eyes are different colors, but we see fine


[Chorus]

 N.C.                     D
(Oh)Tell me how we're not alike
       Bm               A
But we work so well and we don't even know why

('Cause we work so well and we don't even know why, why)
G              D
Funny how the stars crossed right
       Bm                  A
'Cause we work so well and we don't even know why

(But we don't even know why)
G                D
You can call it fire and ice
    Bm                  A
But we work so well and we don't even know why

('Cause we work so well and we don't even know why, why)

G              D
We don't even know why, no no
Bm                          A
We don't even know why, no no no


[Post-Chorus]

N.C.
No no no no
D
We like it in the daytime (we don't even know)
Bm                 A
We like it in the end of time (we don't even know)
N.C.
No no no no
D
We like it in the daytime
Bm             A
We like it in the nighttime

A                                     E 
Roll into your town and I'm walking around
                                                Fm                        
Got some extra time think I'll throw some money down
                                                     D
And you follow me around, and you're asking for the time

Your asking what I found 
                         A
think I'm gonna rob you blind

maybe it's the tattoo on my arm
        E
that I drew while I was bored waiting tables in new york
Fm                                            D
 a  heart and two flowers intertwined with a vine

Up Here

Intro  D     Bm7   G     A     x2


Verse 1
    D                              Bm7
We never spoke a word, but every thought she had 
                         G     A Asus A
I heard from across the room 
             D                               Bm7
If we were standin' face to face I couldn't find the words 
               G               A Asus A
To say give me one more move 
        G              A             G                   A
I don't even know her name, I guess foolish pride's to blame


Chorus 
          D                        D7
Now, I'm fallin' in love as she's walkin' away
        Bm7                 F#              G                    A
And my heart won't tell my mind to tell my mouth what it should say
 D                                  D7
May have lost this battle, live to fight another day
        Bm7 A   G                              Gm
Now I'm fallin' in love as she's walkin' away


Interlude   D     Bm7   G     A     x2


Verse 2
          D                           Bm7
Wise man next to me did say 'bout the one that got away
        G                    A
Son, I missed my chance 
           D                            Bm7
Don't you let regret take place of the dreams you have to chase
     G               A
Ask her to dance, go on, son
           G                 A              G                  A
You might fall down on your face, roll the dice and have some faith


Chorus
          D                        D7
Don't be fallin' in love as she's walkin' away
           Bm7                   F#                G                    A
When your heart won't tell your mind to tell your mouth what it should say
 D                                  D7
May have lost this battle, live to fight another day
         Bm7 A   G                               Gm
Don't be fallin' in love as she's walkin' away 


Solo   D    Bm7  Bm  F#  G   A  D    D7    Bm  F# |A   D 


           G                 A              G                  A
You might fall down on your face, roll the dice and have some faith
 
          D                        D7
Don't be fallin' in love as she's walkin' away
           Bm7                   F#                G                    A
When your heart won't tell your mind to tell your mouth what it should say
 D                                  D7
May have lost this battle, live to fight another day
         Bm7 A    Bm7 A       Bm7 A       G                      G   
Don't be fallin', fallin' in, fallin' in love as she's walkin' away


Outro  (G)   Gm  Bm7  E G  Gm  D

As She's Walking Away

Riff:
|3-----------6-------------------|3-----------6---------------|
|3-------6/8-6-----------8-------|3-------6/8-6-----------8---|
|3-------5/7-7-----------7-------|3-------5/7-7-----------7---|
|0-------------------------------|0---------------------------|
Repeat 2x


| Cm - - - | Cm - - - | Cm - - - | Cm - - - |
Here come old flattop he come grooving up slowly
He got joo joo eyeball he one holy roller

| G7 - - - | G7 - - Gb7 | F7 - - - | - - - - |
He got hair down to his knee
Got to be a joker he just do what he please

| Cm - - - | Cm - - - | Cm - - - | Cm - - - |
He wear no shoe shine he got toe jam football
He got monkey finger he shoot Coca-Cola

| G7 - - - | G7 - - Gb7 | F7 - - - | - - - - |
He say,"I know you and you know me"
One thing I can tell you is you got to be free

| Am - - G7 | F7 - G7 - |
Come together right now over me



Repeat Riff



| Cm - - - | Cm - - - | Cm - - - | Cm - - - |
He bag production he got walrus gumboot
He got Ono sideboard he one spinal cracker

| G7 - - - | G7 - - Gb7 | F7 - - - | - - - - |
He got feet down below his knee
Hold you in his armchair you can feel his disease

| Am - - G7 | F7 - G7 - |
Come together right now over me


Repeat Riff

Come Together

D G D A D x 2

D
I been loved and I been alone
G
all my life I been a rolling stone
D
done everything a man can do
G	                       C	D
everything but get a hold on you
C			D
done everything a man can do
G	D 	A 	D
everything but get a hold on you

D
I've been blessed and I've been cursed
G
all my lies have been unrehearsed
D	
a wall of fire that I walked through
G			C	D
only trying to get a hold on you
C				D
a wall of fire that I walked through
G	D	A	D
only trying to get a hold on you

G	D	A	D

A
I saw you waiting at the gate
D
but I arrived a moment late 
A
I saw you shed a single tear
G	D	A	D
but still I can't get there from here

D
I been high and I been low
G
I been people that I don't know 
D
I been to China and to Peru

G			C    D
only trying to get a hold on you
C			D
I been to China and to Peru
G	D	A	D
only trying to get a hold on you

G	D	A	D
only trying to get a hold on you

Hold On You

Am                              E
There are children standing here,
                              G
Arms outstretched into the sky,
                          D
Tears drying on their face.
              Am
He has been here.
                          E
Brothers lie in shallow graves.
                           G
Fathers lost without a trace.
                           D
A nation blind to their disgrace,
                        Am
Since he's been here.
                    E
And I see no bravery,
 G                  D
No bravery in your eyes anymore.

Only sadness.

(Continue the same chord progression)

Houses burnt beyond repair.
The smell of death is in the air.
A woman weeping in despair says,
He has been here.
Tracer lighting up the sky.
It's another families' turn to die.
A child afraid to even cry out says,
He has been here.

And I see no bravery,
No bravery in your eyes anymore.
Only sadness.

There are children standing here,
Arms outstretched into the sky,
But no one asks the question why,
He has been here.
Old men kneel to accept their fate.
Wives and daughters cut and raped.
A generation drenched in hate.
Says, he has been here.

And I see no bravery,
No bravery in your eyes anymore.
Only sadness.

No Bravery

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 )

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