Death Cab for Cutie is an American indie rock band formed in Bellingham, Washington in 1997. The band consists of Ben Gibbard (vocals, guitar, piano), Chris Walla (guitar), Nicholas Harmer (bass), and Jason McGerr (drums).  Death Cab began as a solo project of Ben Gibbard, now the band's vocalist and guitarist. Gibbard took the band name from the satirical song Death Cab for Cutie, performed by The Bonzo Dog Band in The Beatles' 1967 experimental film Magical Mystery Tour.

Death Cab for Cutie est un groupe américain formé à Bellingham, Washington en 1997. Le groupe tire son nom d

Death Cab for Cutie ist eine US-amerikanische Indierock-Band, die 1997 in Bellingham gegründet wurde.  Der Bandname stammt von einem Lied der Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band. Die Geschichte von Death Cab for Cutie beginnt 1997 im amerikanischen Bellingham (Washington) mit All-Time Quarterback als Solo-Projekt von Ben Gibbard. Aufgrund der sehr positiven Resonanz auf das Tape 

Death Cab For Cutie es un grupo de indie-rock original de Bellingham, Washington. Se formó en 1997 y toma su nombre de una canción escrita por Vivian Stanshall, que forma parte del disco Gorilla (1967) de The Bonzo Dog Band y de la película experimental de The Beatles: Magical Mistery Tour.  Death Cab For Cutie comenzó como un proyecto en solitario de Ben Gibbard mientras era el guitarrista de Pinwheel.

Cm                   Ebm                 Bb
When the wind picked up, the fire spread      
                  Gm                  Cm
And the grapevine scene left for dead    
                 Ebm                              Bb
And the northern sky looked like the end of days    
                Gm
The end of days    

Cm           Ebm                    Bb
Your wake-up call to a rented room     
                  Gm                    Cm
Sounded like an alarm of impending doom    
                Ebm              Bb
To warn us it's only a matter of time
              Cm    Ebm    Bb   Gm
Before we all burn................
              Cm    Ebm    Bb   Gm
Before we all burn................
              Cm    Ebm    Bb   Gm
Before we all burn................
              Cm    Ebm    Bb
Before we all burn................

Cm             Ebm                      Bb
We bought some wine and some paper cups     
                     Gm                           Cm
Near your daughter's school when we picked her up   
               Ebm             Bb       Gm          
And drove to a cemetery on a hill, on a hill
Cm                 Ebm                       Bb
And we watched the plumes paint the sky gray
                   Gm                                 Cm
As she laughed and danced through the field of graves
            Ebm                  Bb
And there I knew it would be all right
          Gm
That everything
             Cm    Ebm    Bb   Gm
Would be all right...............
             Cm    Ebm    Bb   Gm
Would be all right...............
             Cm    Ebm    Bb   Gm
Would be all right...............
             Cm    Ebm    Bb
Would be all right...............

Dm
And the news reports
         Ebm             Bb            Cm
On the radio said it was getting worse
             Ebm            Gm
As the ocean air fanned the flames
Dm
But I couldn't think
   Ebm                 Bb          Cm
Of anywhere I would've rather been
            Ebm        Fadd9
To watch it all burn away
     Cm    Ebm    Bb   Gm
Burn away................

Cm    Ebm    Bb   Gm
# Ooooooooooohhhh..... (Repeated)

Cm              Ebm                     Bb
And the firemen worked in double shifts
                 Gm                 Cm
With prayers for rain on their lips
                Ebm                   Bb
And they knew it was only a matter of time

Grapevine Fires

Intro:
A----------------------------------0---3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-- 
E---3/5 5-5--1/0-------------------0---3-3-3-3-3-3-3-2-2-2--
C-----------------2...--2/4--4/5-- 0---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--    x 3
G----------------------------------0---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--

A---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-x-0---
E---5-5-5-5-5-5-3-3-x-2...
C---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-x-0---   ..let ring...
G---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-x-0---

Verse:
A---0-0-0-0-0-0-0--0--0--0--
E---5-5-5-5-5-5-0--0--0--0--
C---0-0-0-0-0-0-0--0--0--0--
G---5-5-5-5-5-5-0--0--0--0--

A---0-0-0-0-0-0-0--0--0--0--
E---5-5-5-5-5-5-x--x--x--x--
C---5-5-5-5-5-5-0--0--0--0--
G---0-0-0-0-0-0-0--0--0--0--

Chorus:
A---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-x-0---
E---5-5-5-5-5-5-3-3-x-2...
C---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-x-0---  
G---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-x-0---

Cath...

C      Em      F
Oh, xx talking bird
           C    G      F
xxxxxx xxx know so xxx words
           C   Em   F  
xxxxxxx xx infinite repeat
         C               G            F
xxx xxxx brain xxxx xxxx up xxxx xxxx beak

          C          Em   F
xxx xxxxx kept xx xx open cage
          C       G        F
xx xxxxxx free xx leave xx stay
        C         Em     F
xxx sometimes xxxx makes you xxxxxxxx
                C        G              F
xxx xxxxx xx xx hint xxx trying xx xxxx you

    Dm
xxx longer xxx xxxxx
    G                     C
xxx less xxx xxxx xxxx xx do

Em    F

C     G      F


     C       Em           F
xxxx hard xx see xxxx xxx out
         C         G          F
xxxx xxx live xx x house xx x house
           C     Em  F
xxxxx xxx don't realize
         C            G              F
xxxx xxx windows xxxx open xxx xxxxx time

    C      Em      F
xxx oh, xx talking bird
            C            G            F
xxxxxx xxxx feathers xxx tattered xxx curled
  C        Em       F
x love xxx all xxxx days
         C                  G       F
xxxx xxx breath xxxxxx xxxx fragile frame



     Dm
xxxx all xxxx xxx xxx
   G                     Am    G    F
xx long xx xxx xxxxxx xx stay
     Dm
xxxx all xxxx xxx xxx
   G                       C
xx long xx xxx xxxxx xxx away

Talking Bird

A|--0-----7--9-----------------3--------0-----7--5-----------------3--------------|
E|--------------------1--------------------------3--------1--------------------------|
C|--4--------------------------4--------4--------------------------------------------|
G|-----2--------------0--2--0--------------2--------------0--2--0--5--------------|
# This is the basic melody number one

A|--0-----7--9-----------------3--------0-----7--5-----------------5-----|
E|--------------------1--------------------------3--------1-----------------|
C|--4--------------------------4--------4-----------------------------------|
G|-----2--------------0--2--0--------------2--------------0--2--0--7-----|
# This is the 2nd part of the basic melody. You should be able to put these together once you recognize the sound

A|--------3--------3--------3--0-----4--5-----5--2-----2--------3--------3-----------5----|
E|--1--------0--------1--------0-----------------3-----------------1--------3----------------|
C|--5--------0--------5-----------------2-----------------0--------5-------------------------|
G|-----0--------0--------0--------2--------2--------0-----4-----------0-----0--------------|

A|--0-----7--5-----------------3------|
E|-----------3--------1-----------------|
C|--4-----------------------------------|
G|-----2--------------0--2--0--5------|

# [Solo]
A|-------------------------------------5-7-----7--5-----------------------|
E|5--------------------5--------3-----------3------------3-5-------------|
C|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---5--7--9--7--------------5--------------------------------------7----|

A|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|5-------------------b----------------------------------3-5-----5-------------------------|
C|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---5--7--9--12-----12--14-----12--9--7--10--9-----9--7-----------------5-----5--9--|

The Ice Is Getting Thinner

Intro
D F

Verse
D
How I wish you could see the potential
F
The potential of you and me
D
It's like a book elegantly bound
F
But in a language that you can't read just yet


Chorus
D
You gotta spend some time, love
F                         G
You gotta spend some time with me
D
And I know that you'll find, love
F                      G
I will possess your heart
(x2)

Verse 2
D
There are days when outside your window
F
I see my reflection as I slowly pass
D
And I longed for this mirrored perspective
F
When we'll be lovers, lovers at last

Chorus 2
D
You gotta spend some time, love
F                         G
You gotta spend some time with me
D 
And I know that you'll find, love
F                   G
I will possess your heart
(X2)
F                   G
I will possess your heart
F                   D
I will possess your heart

Bridge
F             G
You reject my advances
F             G
And desperate pleas
F               G
I won't let you let me down
F         G     F        G
So easily      So easily

Chorus 2
(x3)



Bridge

I Will Possess Your Heart

Narrow Stairs

Intro.
G   Cm7
G   Cm7

G                 Cm7
I don't mind the weather
         G                      Cm7
I've got scarves and caps and sweaters
          G                 Cm7                G      Cm7
I've got long johns under slacks for blustery days.
G                   Cm7
I think that it's brainless 
      G                Cm7
To assume that making changes 
         G                 Cm7            G          Cm7
To your window's view will give a new perspective.

Am7                     Dm      G     Cm7    
And the hardest part is yet to come

G   Cm7

G                  Cm7
I don't mind restrictions 
               G                Cm7
Or if you're blacking out the friction
          G                Cm7       G        Cm7
It's just an escape that's overrated anyways

    Am7             Dm      G    Cm7
The hardest part is yet to come
         Am7             Dm       G     Cm7
When you will cross the country alone.

G   Cm7 till end.

Blacking Out The Friction 

intro & verse (G and C)


A|--2-----2-----2-------3-----3--------|
E|------3-----3-------0-----0-----0----|
C|----0-----0-----0-1-----0-----0------|
G|--0-----0-----0----------------------| X 3

and then the last is

A|-----2----2-----2-3---3-2---3-5-------|
E|------3-----3-------0-----0-----0----|
C|-------------------------------------|
G|--0-----0-----0----------------------|


chorus:

Em             G               C
everything was closed at coney island
Em             G          C
and i could not help from smiling

second chorus:

Em             G               C
everything was closed at coney island
Em             G          C
and i could not help from smiling
Em                     G            C
brookyln will fill the beach eventually
Em                G         C
and everyone will go except me

Coney Island

The Photo Album

(Intro)
G  Em  C  Am     G  Em  C 
Am

G		     Em
I remember when the days were long
	C			        Am
and the nights when the living room was on the lawn.
G		         Em
Constant quarreling the childish fits
         C		        Am
and our clothes in a pile on the ottoman.
G		     Em
All the slander and double speak
	    C			       Am
Were only foolish attempts to show you did not mean,
G                 Em
Anything but the blatant proof
	  C                         Am
Was your lips touching mine in the photobooth.

(Chorus 1)

Am            C		  Em         D	         C
And as the summers ending the cold air rush your hard heart away.
Am	     C
You were so condescending,
(Chorus riff)
And this is all that's left
(Chorus riff)
Scraping paper to document.
(Chorus riff)
I've packed a change of clothes and it's time to move on.

G  Em  C  Am     G  Em  C Am

G		     Em
Cup your mouth to compress the sound,
        C			     Am
Skinny dipping with the kids from a nearby town.
G			Em
And everything that I said was true
         C 			  Am
As the flashes blinded us in the photobooth.
G			     Em
Well I lost track when those words were said,
	       C	              Am
You took the wheel and you steered us into my bed,
G		       Em
And soon we woke and I walked you home
	    C			      Am
And it was pretty clear that is was hardly love.

(Chorus 2)

Am            C		  Em         D	         C
And as the summers ending the cold air rush your hard heart away.
Am	      C
You were so condescending,
(Chorus riff)
And this is all that's left
(Chorus riff)
Scraping paper to document.
(Chorus riff)
I've packed a change of clothes and it's time to move on.

G  Em  C  Am     G  Em  C 
Am

Am            C		       Em         D	         C
And as the summers ending the cold air rush your hard heart away.
Am	      C           Em        D           C
You were so condescending as the alcohol drained the days.
Am            C		       Em         D	         C
And as the summers ending the cold air rush your hard heart away.
Am	      C
You were so condescending,
(Chorus riff)
And this is all that's left,
(Chorus riff)
The empty bottles spent cigarettes so pack a change of clothes
(Chorus riff)           Em
Cause its time to move on.


Photobooth 

The Death Cab For Cutie Forbidden Love EP

Gm-Bb-Eb-Bb
Gm-Bb-F
Gm-Bb-Eb-Bb
Gm-D-Gm

At the very end of the song play the Gm-D-Gm 2x

Someday You Will Be Loved

Dm                  F
I want to live where soul meets body
Dm                       F
And let the sun wrap its arms around me
Dm                   F    
And bathe my skin in water cool and cleansing
C
And feel, feel what its like to be new
Dm                         F
Cause in my head there's a greyhound station
Dm                          F
Where I send my thoughts to far off destinations
Dm                           F
So they may have a chance of finding a place
C
where they're far more suited than here
Dm                      F
And I cannot guess what we'll discover
Dm                             F
When we turn the dirt with our palms cupped like shovels
Dm                              F
But I know our filthy hands can wash one another's
C
And not one speck will remain
F                 C                         (they pick through chords now)
And I do believe it's true
Dm                                       C
That there are roads left in both of our shoes
Dm    
But if the silence takes you
F
Then I hope it takes me too
Dm                       F
So brown eyes I hold you near
Dm                                   F
Cause you're the only song I want to hear
Dm                                 F
A melody softly soaring through my atmosphere
Dm
Where soul meets body
Dm
Where soul meets body
Dm
Where soul meets body

Dm                       F
So brown eyes I hold you near
Dm                                   F
Cause you're the only song I want to hear
Dm                                 F
A melody softly soaring through my atmosphere
Dm


A melody softly soaring through my atmosphere
A melody softly soaring through my atmosphere
A melody softly soaring through my atmosphere

Soul Meets Body

(intro)
G C D2
G C D2
G2 D2 Em C2


G2                 C2   D2
Time for the final bow,
G2                C2       D2
Rows of deserted houses,
G2           D2                  Em        C2
All our stable mates highway bound.

G2                  C2      D2
Give us our measly sum,
G2              C2      D2        G2          D2
Getting the air inside my lungs is heavenly,
Em         C2    G2      D2              Em         C2
Starting out, with nothing but crippling doubt.

(bridge)
C2      D2  Em C2 D2 G2
C2      D2  Em C2 D2 G2
We'll rest easy justified.

G2              C2      D2
Suffered a swift defeat,
G2                C2              D2 
I'll endure countless repeats,
        G2         D2              Em     C2
The gift of memory's an awful curse,
G2     D2            Em              C2
With age it just gets much worse,

     D2           C2     G2
But I won't mind,
D2          C2     G2
I won't mind,
D2          C2     G2
I won't mind,
D2          C2     G2
I won't mind.

(out)
C2 D2 G2

Stable Song

Verse 1:

C        Em              Am         Em     Fmaj7
Burn it down till the embers smoke on the ground 
C         Em             Am         Em     Fmaj7
And start new when your heart is an empty room 
      Am            Em      Fmaj7
With walls of the deepest blue 
C        Em           Am       Em     Fmaj7
Home's face: how it ages when you're away 
C         Em           Am       Em        Fmaj7
Spring blooms and you find the love that's true 
         Am          Em        Fmaj7
But you don't know what now to do 
             Am     Em      Fmaj7
Cause the chase is all you know
          Am              Em   Fmaj7
And she stopped running months ago


Chorus:

C  Fmaj7     C      Fmaj7       C       Am       Em        Fmaj7
And all you see is where else you could be when you're at home
C  Fmaj7     C      Fmaj7       C       Am        Em        Fmaj7
Out on the street are so many possibilities to not be alone


Verse 2:

      C        Em             Am      Em     Fmaj7
The flames and smoke climbed out of every window 
    C        Em             Am      Em     Fmaj7
And disappeared with everything that you held dear
         Am          Em    Fmaj7
And you shed not a single tear 
          Am            Em      Fmaj7
for the things that you didn't need 
           Am              Em    Fmaj7
Cause you knew you were finally free 


Chorus:

C  Fmaj7     C      Fmaj7       C       Am        Em        Fmaj7
Cause all you see is where else you could be when you're at home
C  Fmaj7     C      Fmaj7       C       Am        Em        Fmaj7
Out on the street are so many possibilities to not be alone

Chorus:

Chorus:

C  Fmaj7     C      Fmaj7       C       Am        Em        Fmaj7
And all you see is where else you could be when you're at home
C  Fmaj7     C      Fmaj7       C       Am        Em        Fmaj7
Out on the street are so many possibilities to not be alone

Your Heart Is An Empty Room

F                     Dm
Love of mine some day you will die,
            A#
But I'll be close behind.
            F            C
I'll follow you into the dark.

   F                            Dm 
No blinding light or tunnels to gates of white.
               A#
Just our hands clasped so tight,
        F                 C
Waiting for the hint of a spark.

[Chorus]
   Dm               F
If heaven and hell decide
          A#            F
That they both are satisfied
   Dm           F             C       C7
Illuminate the "NO"s on their vacancy signs.
   Dm              F     
If there's no one beside you
          A7      Dm
When your soul embarks,
     A#          A#m          F
Then I'll follow you into the dark.


In Catholic school as vicious as Roman rule.
I got my knuckles brusied by a lady in black.
And I held my toungue as she told me
"Son fear is the heart of love."
So I never went back.

[Chorus]
If heaven and hell decide
That they both are satisfied
Illuminate the "NO"s on their vacancy signs.
If there's no one beside you
When your soul embarks,
Then I'll follow you into the dark.


You and me have seen everything to see,
From Bangkok to Calgary. And the soles of your shoes
Are all worn down.  The time for sleep is now.
It's nothing to cry about,
            F               C
Cause we'll hold each other soon
       A#
In the blackest of rooms.

[Chorus]
If heaven and hell decide
That they both are satisfied
Illuminate the no's on their vacancy signs.

If there's no one beside you
When your soul embarks,
Then I'll follow you into the dark.
     A#          C            F
Then I'll follow you into the dark.

By: Death Cab For Cutie.  <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HYF8cUlbs3I>Youtube Song</a>

I Will Follow You Into The Dark

Em7  A7          C                G           Em7    A7        C           G
    It was one hundred degrees as we sat beneath a willow tree, 
           Em7            A7                  C                G            Em7      A7       C    G 
Whose tears didn't care, they just hung in the air, and refused to fall, to fall. 
            Em7      A7    C           G         Em7               A7                    C           G
And I knew I'd made horrible call. And now the state line felt like the Berlin wall,
                Em7      A7                       C            G         Em7    A7      C        G
And there was no doubt about which side I was on. Hmmm.....
 
Em            Em(maj7)    Em7                 B7
    'Cause I built you a    home in my heart 
        Em      Em(maj7)     Em7                 A7
with rotten wood--it      decayed from the start
 
Chorus:
                   C            G            D         
'Cause you can't find nothing at all,
             C                  G           D         
If there was nothing there all along.
            C             G            D         
No you can't find nothing at all,
              C                 G            D              
If there was nothing there all along.   
 
Main Riff
 
Em7          A7  C                      G        Em7             A7    C                       G
       I braved treacherous streets, and kids strung out on homemade speed
              Em7      A7                 C                G      Em7      A7           C    G
And we shared a bed in which I could not sleep at all, woo-hoo, woo-hoo
Em7            A7           C           G                     Em7  A7           C            G
   'Cause at night the sun in retreat made the skyline look like crooked teeth, 
            Em7          A7                   C   G          Em7   A7    C     G
In the mouth of a man who was devouring us both
 
Em          Em(maj7)           Em7               B7
You're so cute when you're slurring your speech, 
                   Em           Em(maj7)    A7 (2)
But they're closing the bar and they want us to leave. 
 
 
A7 (hold 2)         B7 (hold 2)
I'm a war, of head versus heart, 
      Em7 (hold 2)        A7 (hold 2)
It's always this way. 
       A7 (hold 2)              B7 (hold 2)
My head is weak, my heart always speaks, 
     Em7 (hold 2)          A7 (2)
Before I know what it will say. 
 
Instrumental:
/ C - - - / G - - - / D - - - / x3
/ C - - - / G - - - / D - - - / - - - - /
 
 
Chorus:
               C            G            D         
And you can't find nothing at all,
             C                  G           D         
If there was nothing there all along.
            C             G            D         
No you can't find nothing at all,
              C                 G            D (2)
If there was nothing there all along.   
              C            G            D         
No, you can't find nothing at all,
             C                  G           D         
If there was nothing there all along.
                     C           G                               D         
There were churches, theme parks, and malls,
                  C           G            D (hold)    
There was nothing there all along

Crooked Teeth

VERSE 1
C                   G
If I could open my arms 
Dm                            Am
And span the length of the isle of Manhattan, 
C                          G
I'd bring it to where you are 
Dm                     Am
Making a lake of the East River and Hudson 
C                       G
And if I could open my mouth 
Dm                  Am
Wide enough for a marching band to march out of 
C                          G
They would make your name sing 
Dm                             Am
And bend through alleys and bounce off other buildings. 

C   Am   C   G   
C   Am   C   G

VERSE 2
C                         G
I wish we could open our eyes 
Dm                 Am
To see in all directions at the same time 
C                    G
Oh what a beautiful view 
Dm                  Am
If you were never aware of what was around you 
C                        G
And it is true what you said 
Dm                  Am
That I live like a hermit in my own head 
C                        G
But when the sun shines again 
Dm                            Am
I'll pull the curtains and blinds to let the light in. 

CHORUS
F                     Am               
Sorrow drips into your heart through a pinhole 
C                            G
Just like a faucet that leaks and there is comfort in the sound 
F                     Am
But while you debate half empty or half full 
C               G
It slowly rises, your love is gonna drown

F      Am      C      G
                         Your love is gonna drown
F      Am      C      G                       (F)
                         Your love is gonna...

Marching Bands Of Manhattan

Intro F, G, Am, C (pretty much repeats the whole song)

F                                                G                   Am                      C
And xx xxxx xx xx xxxx xxxx every xxxxx xx x xxxx xxxxxx xx xxxxxx xxxx
F                                        G            Am                       Em
As x xxxxxx xx xx xxxxx xx xxx xxx xxxx xxxxxx xx xxxx xxx 409
F                                             G                               Am
And x xxxxxxxx xx xxxxxxx xx x xxxx xx xxxxxx xxxx xx xxxxxxx xxxxx xxx
      C
much xxxxx

F                                          G                 Am                                                     Em
As xxxx xxxxxxxxxx xxxx xx xxx xxx Took xxx x xxxxxx xxxxxxx xxxx           
C
Away xxxx xx

Repeat intro twice

Second Verse uses same chords as first

Dm                                   F                                      Am     Em
'Cause xxxxxx xx comfort xx xxx xxxxxxx xxxx
Dm                                F                                       Am        Em
Just xxxxxxx pacers xxxxxxx xxx xxx xxxx
Dm                                                       F                                                 Am     Em
And xxxx xxx xxxxx xxxxx round xxx xxxxxxxx xxxx xxxx xxxxx xxxxx
Dm                              F                        Am                            Em
But xx xxxxxxxx xx xxxx xxxxx xxxx "Love xx xxxxxxxx xxxxxxx xxx"

F                                G         Am   C
So xxxx xxxxx xxxxx xxx xxx                 Repeat

What Sarah Said

Am C F G x2

Am
You xxx xxxx xx xx
C
As xxx xxxxxxxx xxx xx xxxxxxx
F                     G
Because xx xxx xxx x xxxx xx xx
Am
No xxxxxx xxxx xx xxx xxxx
C                                 F
But xxxxx xxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxx
                   G
xxx youthful xxx xxxxx


Chord structure repeats throughout

Brothers On A Hotel Bed

C                    Am
Love of mine someday you will die
              F
But I'll  be close behind
             C            G
I'll follow you into the dark


C                                Am
No blinding light or tunnels to gates of white
                  F
Just our hands clasp so tight 
         C                 G
Waiting for the hint of a spark


     Am              C
If heaven and hell decide
           F            C       G
That  they both are satisfied
    Am          C              G    C
Illuminate the NOs on their vacancy signs
Am                  C     
If theirs no one beside you
           Em     Am      G
When your soul embarks 
      F          Am            C
Then I'll follow you into the dark


      C                           Am
In Catholic school as vicious as Roman rule
            F                   C       G
I got my knuckles bruised by a lady in black 
       C                     Am
And i held my tongue as she told me
                   F
Son fear is the heart of love
       C         G
so i never went back


     Am              C
If heaven and hell decide
           F            C       G
That they both are satisfied
    Am          C              G    C
Illuminate the NOs on their vacancy signs
Am                  C     
If their no one beside you
           Em     Am      G
When your soul embarks 
      F          Am           C
Then I'll  follow you into the dark


 C                       Am   
You and me have seen everything to see 
                  F
From Bangkok to Calgary 
          C           G         C
And the soles of your shoes are all worn down
              Am
The time for sleep is now
                 F
It's nothing to cry about
              C               G
Cause we'll hold each other soon
         C          G
In the blackest of rooms


     Am              C
If heaven and hell decide
           F            C       G
That they both are satisfied
    Am          C              G    C
Illuminate the NOs on their vacancy signs
Am                  C     
If theirs no one beside you
           Em     Am      G
When your soul embarks 
      F          Am            C
Then I'll follow you into the  dark
      G           F            C 
Then I'll  follow you  into the  dark


A|----------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------|
C|----------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------|



A|----------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------|
C|----------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------|

Follow You Into The Dark

Plans

# The small tabbed part goes:

A-3--5-2-3-2-----
E-0--------------
C-0--------------
G-0----------2-0-

Em6                  G6                   Cadd9
The glove compartment, is'nt accurately named,
     C (tabbed bit)
And everybody knows it.
Em6             G6                   C
So I'm proposing, a swift orderly change. 

                  G                       Dsus4              C
Cause behind its door there's nothing to keep my fingers warm, 
             G           Dsus4                C
And all I find, are souvenirs from better times. 
            G              Dsus4                C
Before the gleam, of your taillights fading east, 
     G       Dsus4             C
To find, yourself a better life. 

Em6 G6 Cadd9C (or tabbed bit)

Em6            G6                    Cadd9
I was searching, for some legal document, 
C (tabbed bit)
As the rain beat down on the hood. 
Em6            G6                    Cadd9
When I stumbled upon, pictures I tried to forgeeeeeet,
Em6            G6                    Cadd9
And that's how this idea, was drilled into my head. 

(Tabbed bit)

Em6            G6                    C
Cause it's too important, to stay the way it's been. 

             G                Dsus4              C
There's no blame, for how our love did slowly fade, 
                   G                  Dsus4             C
And now that it's gone, it's like it wasn't there at all. 
             G                Dsus4             C
And here I rest, where disappointment and regret,
 G
collide
 Dsus4             C 
Lying awake at night. 

# (Last bit again, with louder COLLIDE, and this)

When I'm lying awake at night.

Title And Registration

A                      C#m                     D    F#m
the atlantic was born today and i'll tell you how:

A                      C#m              D    F#m
the clouds above opened up and let it out.

      A                             C#m                    
i was standing on the surface of a perforated sphere
          D                 F#m
when the water filled every hole.

    A                                C#m                       
and thousands upon thousands made an ocean, 
                     D                F#m
making islands where no island should go.

oh no.


#    D                                     D
# A|-0-------------------------------------0-
# E|-2-0-(1)-(2)-----2-(3)-(4)-------------2-
# C|-2----------------------------3-(4)----2-
# G|-2-------------------------------------2-


A                      C#m                     D           F#m
those people were overjoyed; they took to their boats.

A                         C#m                  D           F#m
i thought it less like a lake and more like a moat. 

    A                                                  
the rhythm of my footsteps crossing 

C#m   
flood lands to your door have been 

D                F#m
silenced forever more.

    A                                 C#m
the distance is quite simply much too far for me to row

         D                 F#m
it seems farther than ever before

oh no.

D           A            F#m          E
i need you so much closer (4x)


F#m        C#m            D           E  
i need you so much closer (4x)

Transatlanticism

#this is my first tab... hopefully you guys like it. :) #

A ----------------------------------6-6-6-6-6-6-1-1--------6-6-1-1-----
E -3-3-3-3-3-1-1-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-1-1-----------------4-4-4-4---------3--
C 3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3---
G -------------------------------------------------------------------

#(keep repeating)#

And...
I...
But...
It...
Turns...

If...
That...
Please...
It's...
Absorbing...
The...

This...
For...
And...
Can't...
          Bb
I'm...  phone

Bb          G                Cm
To xxxx xx 7:03 xxx xx xxxx machine
                           
x xxxx x xxxx xxx xxx xx come xxxx
Bb                    G
xxx x xxxx xx'x xxx late 
                Cm
x xxxxxx xxxx given xxx x xxxxxx xx xxxx
Cm            Bb       Cm
Given xxx x reason xx stay [x3]

#INSTRUMENTAL#
A --------------------------------6-6-6-6-6-6-1-1--------6-6-1-1-----
E -3-3-3-3-3-1-1-3-3-3-3-3-3-1-1-----------------4-4-4-4---------3--
C 3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3---
G -------------------------------------------------------------------


A ----------------------------------6-6-6-6-6-6-1-1--------6-6-1-1-----
E -3-3-3-3-3-1-1-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-1-1-----------------4-4-4-4----------3--
C 3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3---
G -------------------------------------------------------------------
This xx xxxx xxx xxxxxxx xxx xxx xxxxx xxxx xx years

Lack Of Color

A|------------------------------------------|
E|--4-4-4-4-4-4-4/0--0-0-0-4-4-4-4-4-4-2-2--|
C|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4----4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|
G|------------------------------------------|



A|--7-7-7-7-7-7-----0-0-0-0-7-7-------------|
E|--------------7-7-------------7-----------|
C|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1------------|
G|------------------------------------------|

A Lack Of Color

Capo 2nd Fret

Em          C/D             Em
This is the moment that you know
         Am                C/D               Em
That you told her that you loved her but you don't.
              G                 Em
You touch her skin and then you think
            C                 Am                    Em
That she is beautiful but she don't mean a thing to me.
            C                 Am                    Em
Yeah, she is beautiful but she don't mean a thing to me.


Em          C/D      Em
I spent two weeks in Silverlake
        Am                           Em
The California sun cascading down my face
             G                    Em
There was a girl with light brown streaks
             C                 Am                    Em
And she was beautiful but she didn't mean a thing to me.
             C                 Am                    Em
Yeah she was beautiful but she didn't mean a thing to me.


  Am        C                  A7               Am
I wanted to believe in all the words that i was speaking
      C              G      D
As we moved together in the dark
            Am                 Em
And all the friends that i was telling
            Am          C
And all the playful misspellings
          Em              C      D
And every bite i gave you left a mark


Am           C               A7
Tiny vessels oozed into your neck
               Am
And formed the bruises
         G               Em      D
That you said you didn't want to fade
         Am             Am     C    Em
But they did and so did i that day

      Em                C/D
All i see are dark grey clouds
       Am              C/D               Em
In the distance moving closer with every hour
            G                   Em
So when you ask "was something wrong?"
                          C     
That i think "you're damn right there is,
       Am                  Em
but we can't talk about it now.
       Am                  C
No, we can't talk about it now."


   Em       C/D                   Em
So one last touch and then you'll go
          Am                    C/D               Em
And we'll pretend that it meant something so much more
           Am               Em
But it was vile, and it was cheap
            C                 Am                    Em
And you are beautiful but you don't mean a thing to me
            C                 Am                    Em
Yeah you are beautiful but you don't me

Tiny Vessels

Intro:  F


Verse 1 chords:
F            C               G
  Lying in a field of glass,   underneath the overpass
F                C                         G
  Mangled in the shards of a mental frame,   woken from a dream by my own name
F                   C            G
  Well I was such a wretched man,   searching everywhere for a homeland
F              C                G
  Now we are under the same sun,   feel it through the leaves, let it heal us


Chorus 1 chords:
F               C                   Am
We are the same,   we are both sane 
                      G
Underneath the sycamore
F               C                   Am
We are the same,   we are both sane
                      G
Underneath the sycamore


Verse 2: use verse 1 chords
We were both broken in our own ways, sifting through the rubble for the wrong things
I know you've got a vengeful heart, I cannot be stopped soon as I start
But you have seen your darkest rooms, I have slept in makeshift tombs
This is where we find our peace, this is where we are released


Chorus 2: use chorus 1 chords
We are the same, we are both sane 
Underneath the sycamore
We are the same, we are both sane
Underneath the sycamore

[repeat chorus 2 more times]


Interlude: [Am - G] repeat several measures


Chorus 3: use chorus 1 chords
We are the same, we are both sane 
Underneath the sycamore
We are the same, we are both sane
Underneath the sycamore

Underneath The Sycamore

A-5-9-12-14-12-9-7-5-7-7-7-7-5-9-9-9-9-9-9---5-9-12-14-12-9-7-5-7-7-7-7-5-9-9-9-9-9-9-2-2-2- REPEAT!!! 
Thats it. 
I also have # the lyrics on the uke for this. if you want me to post them # please leave a comment. ENJOY, RATE, COMMENT!

You Are A Tourist

# Verses:

C
Life is sweet in the belly of the beast
F
In the belly of the beast
C
And with her song in your heart, it can never bring you down
F
It can never bring you down



# Chorus:
                Am             Em
'Cause when she sings I hear a symphony
        F                        C              G
And I'm swallowed in sound as it echoes through me
       Am             Em                F
I'm renewed, oh how I feel like through autumn's advancing
      C                 G
We'll stay young, go dancing



# Bridge:
G            F      G                Am
As the music plays, feel our bodies' sway
G               F         
When we move as one, we stay young (Go dancing)

Stay Young, Go Dancing

Verse 1 chords:
C    Am            Em  G  
  We won't get far, 
C  Am              Em          G       
  Flying in circles   inside a jar
C             Am         Em  G
  Because the air we breathe
C    Am                 Em           G
  Is thinning with the words that we speak


Chorus 1 chords:
        F              C      G
That we speak, you and me-e-e-e
        F              C      Am   F
That we speak, you and me-e-e-e


Verse 2: use verse 1 chords
You're on the floor
Fearful of what's outside your door
But the codes and keys
They can protect you 
From the pangs of jealousy


Chorus 2: use chorus 1 chords
         F                 C      G
When you scream, love you see-e-e-e
         F                            C      Am
Like a child, throwing stones at the sky-y-y-y
          F                            C               G
When they fall back to earth, as minor chords of major works
         F                            C           Am     F
Separate rooms of single life, we are one, we are alive


Outro: [use verse 1 chords]
We are alive
We are alive
We are alive
We are alive

Codes And Keys

Codes and Keys

A|-8--8-8--2-2-0--0-0--0-0-0--3-3-3-------|
E|-0--0-0--0-0-0--1-1--1-1-1--1-1-1-------|
C|-0--0-0--0-0-0--0-0--0-0-0--0-0-0-------|
G|-0--0-0--0-0-0--2-2--0-0-0--2-2-2-------|

Talking Bird-demo

The Open Door EP

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

Sovereign Light Cafe

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

Work

Intro: C D C D (x2)


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

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

C D


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

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


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

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

C D
(fin)

Habla si puedes

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

Can't Smile Without You

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

MI RE DO#m-SIm-LA

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

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


Jo et duré...

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

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


Jo et duré... ( bis )

De tot cor

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

Down By The River

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


American Dream 

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]
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A  E  D  A

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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

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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