Metric is an indie rock band formed in 1998 at Toronto, Canada and based at various times in Montreal, London, New York City and Los Angeles. The band members are Emily Haines (vocals, synthesizers), James Shaw (guitars), Josh Winstead (bass) and Joules Scott-Key (drums). Initially Metric was a duo made up by Haines and Shaw, then in 2001 Winstead and Scott-Key joined the band. They took the name &quot;Metric&quot; in 1999 after a synthesizer beat that Shaw used on his sampler and as a reference to their musical precision. The group's music encompasses elements of indie rock, new wave and dance music.  

Metric est un groupe canadien de rock indépendant. Il s'est formé en 1998 à New York, 

Metric ist eine kanadische Rockband. Sie wurde 1998 in New York City (USA) gegründet. Die Gruppenmitglieder haben im kanadischen Toronto ihren derzeitigen Hauptwohnsitz.  Die Band spielt seit der Gründung in derselben Formation. Mitglieder sind Emily Haines (Gesang), James Shaw (Gitarrist), Josh Winstead (Bass) und Joules Scott-Key (Schlagzeug).  Während die Gruppe in den USA und in Kanada sehr bekannt ist und vor einem entsprechend gro

All dressed down to catch a whiff of the buzz 
E                Em         E           Em
Smells like the death of the last great cause 
E                Em         E           Em
But you & I we've been through that and that is not our fate 
E                Em         E           Em

Give my face to the back of your head 
E                               Em         
Loyal in your shadow 
E                    C   B
Yeah yeah yeah 
B            B
Broken accidental stars 
E C  G
Do lawyers have lawyers?
C  
Do landlords have landlords? we're wondering 
      G                     B                           Em
One more cheap suit in the loop, more chlorine in the pool 
C                                                  G
The blonde dolls smiling behind us 
       G                  B           Em                
Says, one day you'll be just like us 
         C           B             Em
All dressed up to catch a glimpse of the list 
Em      C      G        B
We've seen some success, it looks like a camero 
Em      C      G        B                                 C  B
Yeah yeah yeah 
C             B
Broken accidental stars 
E    C     G

Do lawyers have lawyers?
C  
Do landlords have landlords? we're wondering 
      G                     B                           Em
One more cheap suit in the loop, more chlorine in the pool 
C                                                  G
The blonde dolls smiling behind us 
       G                  B           Em                
Says, one day you'll be just like us 
         C           B             Em

Calling from the next hotel - can you put me on the list? 
C                                             G
Who we are now we will always be- the best haircuts are taken 
C                                                         G
Calling from the next hotel - can you put me on the list? 
C                                             G
Who we are now we will always be- the best haircuts are taken 
C                                                         G
Calling from the next hotel - can you put me on the list? 
C                                             G
Who we are now we will always be- the best haircuts are taken 
C                                                         G
Calling from the next hotel - can you put me on the list? 
C                                             G
Who we are now we will always be 
C                                                         G

List

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Calculation Theme

verse 1
                  B      C#m    A                   B     C#m     E
we used to leave the blue lights on and there was a beat
                 B      C#m   A                  B    C#m    E 
ever since you have been gone it?s all caffeine-free, faux punk fatigues
              B     C#m     A
said it all before
                       B      C#m       E
they try to kick it, their feet fall asleep
             B      C#m       A
yet no harm done no
B           C#m            E
none of them want to fight me


chorus
E    B      C#m     B     E
combat baby come back baby
    G#m        C#m 
fight off the lethargy
    B     E
don?t go quietly
   G#m     C#m
combat baby
        B            E
said you would never give up easy
      G#m     C#m
combat baby come back

verse 2 (same chords as first)
get back in town I wanna paint it black
I wanna get around
easy living crowd so flat
said it all before
they try to kick it, their feet fall asleep
I want to be wrong but
B               C#m      A           E            
No one here wants to fight me like you do

chorus
combat baby come back baby
fight off the lethargy
don?t go quietly
combat baby
said you were never gonna give up easy
combat baby come back

bridge:
C#m       A
I try to be so nice
   Bb diminshed
Compromise
       A
Who gets it good?
     C#m                     A
Every mighty mild seventies child
Bb diminished                  A
Every mighty mild seventies child
E
Beats me


E          B      C#m             B   E
Do do doo do do doo do do doo doo do doo(x2)

(chords same as chorus)
Combat baby come back baby
Combat baby come back
Bye bye bye bye bye bye bye bye bye bye baby
Combat baby come back

B     C#m       A
how I miss your ranting
B       C#m         E
do you miss my all time lows

Combat Baby

B  B  B  B
(no vocal)

B                             G#m  F# 
   There's spring in the air

B                               G#m  F# 
   They're sweeping the streets

B            Esus4
 Wind is a breeze

     Bsus4           Bm       
 The sun becomes her, he agrees

       Bm                 Em/B
What's holding up her face

Em/B        D   
Nothing but blue skies

C#sus4          Dsus4 
Passageways to windows

Em/B        D
That  don't close


D                 Bm  A 
 Where do you live

D               Bm  A 
 Love is a place

D              F#
 Where are you from, she says

 Dsus4              Dm
 Ask yourself, ask anyone

       Dm                Gm
What's holding up her face

Gm          F/C  
Nothing but blue skies

Esus4           Fsus4
Passageways the mind's eye

Gm      F/C
Contemplates

Love Is A Place

Old World Underground, Where Are You Now?

Intro: Am

Verse:

C			Am
On the day we were supposed to leave
F			     G
You changed your mind at the station
Am
You had a nice apartment
F
There was a good bar downstairs
Dm
Your old friend worked there

C		Am
I'll go anyway, I'll go anyway
F		       G
They won't refund the ticket
G
It's a good story

Chorus:

Dm				G
But I don't want to live it alone
G		Am
Crash to take a chance
Am		C
I wanna live it out
C		   Dm
I know I'm already dead
Dm		    G
No concrete adversity
G		      Am
Only traps of our own actions
Am		    C (hammer on D string)
How we wanted it to be
C				Dm
Now I'm never gonna see you again
Dm	    G
You checked out

Verse:

Vertabrae by vertebrae
Roll your way out of a coma
Look up, the nurse is smiling
What luck, the nurse is me
Your old body is dead
Your body's dead, you're a word instead
In my sleep I repeat it
It's a good story

Chorus:

But I don't want to live it alone
Crash to take a chance
We were gonna live it out
Look at you, you're already dead
How will you remember me
Digging ditches out of boredom
Said you would never leave
Now you're never gonna be here again
You turned off

Outro: Use chorus chords

Dum dum dum dum dum
Sha la la la la
Dum dum dum dum dum

End on G or C

Live It Out 

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Too Little Too Late

Live It Out

               Am                E/G#
Sort of wonder why No one said a word
                         C/G
Don't you like it on the sly?
                          Ab
Don't you like it till it hurts?
     Bb             Am                             E/G#
Have I been on your mind? What's a voice without a song?
                  C/G                            Ab
Something in your head You've been fighting all along...

Bb              Am
I don't want to say it, The news is not so good
We'll never get away, And even if we could
We'd just play the tambourine Around an open flame
Oversleep and burn To be back in the game

       Bb           C                       E
'Cause summer never comes Nowhere near high noon
                 Am                    Ab
And winter never comes Nor the harvest moon


    C
Raw sugar
                                Bb
I don't want to die living in a high rise grave

My baby come home
Ab               Gm
(same black day, high rise grave)

No I'm not complaining, Yes it could be worse
Ferment on the wish bone, Match the lips to the purse
Neighborhood's a runway, Fry the ass and thighs
Dirty diamond dealers, pushed behind the ire's

'Cause summer never comes Nowhere near high noon
And winter never comes Nor the harvest moon

Raw sugar
I don't want to die living in a high rise grave
My baby come home
(same black day, high rise grave)


                 Am                           E7
Still I wear the red dress, Paint my toes and twirl
                C                             Ab
Take it back to old times, when I was still a girl
       Bb          Am                             E7
'Cause now I'm all baboon boys, Cootchie Cootchie Coo
               C                       Ab
Sort of wonder why I missed a kiss for you

       Bb
'Cause summer never comes (same black day, high rise grave)
Winter never comes (same black day, high rise grave)

Raw Sugar

Grow Up And Blow Away

A                        E
Get hot Get too close to the flame

               F#m				
Wild open space  
                  D   
Talk like an open book

        A	
Sign me up  
                       E
Got no time to take a picture

                 F#m	
I'll remember someday            

                    D
All the chances we took


	   D	
We're so close 

                           E
to something better left unknown

	  D
We're so close 

		           E
to something better left unknown


                    F#m
I can feel it in my bones

D
Gimme 

        A
sympathy

E			
After all 

         F#m
this is gone

D	
Who would you 

        A
rather be

     E	
The Beatles or 

            F#m
The Rolling Stones?

D
Oh 

        A
seriously

        E                         D
You're gonna make mistakes you're young

A		
Come on baby 

        E
play me something,

E                   D		
Like here comes the sun


A		
Come on baby 

        E
play me something,

E                    F#m
Like here comes the sun

(F#m)

      A
Don't go

                     E
Stay with the all unknown
                  
                   F#m
Stay away from the hooks
		
                    D
All the chances we took

          D                                  E
We're so close to something better left unknown

          D                                  E
We're so close to something better left unknown

 
                     F#m
I can feel it in my bones

D            A
Gimme sympathy

E                 F#m
After all this is gone

D                    A
Who would you rather be
   
    E                      F#m
The Beatles or The Rolling Stones?

D          A
Oh seriously

        E                          D
You're gonna make mistakes you're young

A                    E
Come on baby play me something,

                    
Like here comes the sun 


F#m    D        A
     Gimme sympathy

E                 F#m
After all this is gone

D                    A
Who would you rather be
   
    E                      F#m
The Beatles or The Rolling Stones?

D          A
Oh seriously

        E                          D
You're gonna make mistakes you're young

  A                    E
Come on baby play me something,

                       D                   
Like here comes the sun 


A                    E
Come on baby play me something,

                     F#m                   
Like here comes the sun 


Outro:

F#m
A
E

Gimme Sympathy

# Twilight Galaxy
# Metric

# Struming:
# (Cm-Gm-Cm-Gm-Cm-Gm-Cm-Gm)= One strum per chord



# Intro

B	Abm	F#	E	(x2)


B	   Abm		        F#
Did they tell you, you should grow up
           E         B
When you wanted to dream
           Abm		    F#
Did they warn you, better shape up
         E            B
If you want to succeed
               Abm                           F#
I don't know about you, who are they talking to?
              E	         (Cm-Gm-Cm-Gm-Cm-Gm-Cm-Gm)
They're not talking to me



    B              E                   G#m 
I'm higher than high, lower than deep
    B		   E                   Abm
I'm doing it wrong, singing along
    B              E                   Abm
Go higher than high, lower than deep
     B             E		       Abm
Keep doing it wrong, singing along

B      Abm            F#
Did I ask you for attention
          E	              B
When affection is what I need
	    Abm          F#
Thinking sorrow was perfection
           E	            B
I would wallow till he told me
              Abm          F#
There's no glitter in the gutter
              E          (Cm-Gm-Cm-Gm-Cm-Gm-Cm-Gm) 
There's no twilight galaxy


Go higher than high (ooo)
Lower than deep (ooo)
Keep doing it wrong (ooo)
Singing along (ooo)
I'm higher than high (ooo)
Lower than deep (ooo)
Doing it wrong (ooo)
Singing along (ooo)

B	  	        F#      B
I'm alright, come on baby
			 	     Abm
I've seen all the demons that you've got
	  B 			     F#
If you're not alright now, come on baby
	      B	               		          E
I'll pick you up and take, and take you where you want
             Abm
Anywhere you want
	      E
Anywhere you want
              F#
Anywhere you want
              Abm (chord pattern – 4x)
Anything you want

I'm higher than high
Lower than deep 
Doing it wrong 
Singing along 
Higher than high 
Lower than deep 
Doing it wrong 
Singing along

Twilight Galaxy

Intro: Ebm-C#-B--Ebm-C#-Abm-B-- x2


Verse 1:
Ebm       C#             B
   If the fire's out baby
Ebm     C#    Abm          B
How you gonna keep me warm?
Ebm   C#               B
   Supposing you let me
         Ebm
With the door wide 
C#      Abm     B
open no one can leave


Refrain:
Bbm              B
   I know it's a lie
             F#
I want it to be true
C#                 Ebm
   The rest of the ride 
             B
is riding on you
Bbm         B
   Over goodbyes we'll 
        F#
buy someplace for
C#/F
Wishing you could


Chorus:
Ebm
Keep me closer
      Ab
I'm a lazy dancer
         B
When you move
               F#
I move with you
C#/F
Wishing you could
Ebm
Keep me closer
      Ab
I'm a lazy dancer
         B
When you move
               F# C#/F
I move with you


Post Chorus:
Ebm-C#-B--Ebm-C#-Abm-B--


Verse 2:
Ebm    C#         B
If somebody's got soul
              Ebm
If somebody's got soul
   C#         B
If somebody's got soul
                   Ebm  C# B
You gotta make the move
         Ebm  C# B
Make the move ooh


(Repeat Refrain)
(Repeat Chorus twice)


Outro: Ebm--Ab--B--F#-C#/F- x2

Collect Call

(Intro/ Main Riff:)
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Em       Cmaj7
Send us a blindfold, send us a blade
Em6          Cmaj7                G
Tell the survivors help is on the way 

            D               Em
I was a blindfold, never complained
             Ebaug               G
All the survivors singing in the rain
              D                        Em
I was the one with the world at my feet

           Ebaug                  Em
Got us a battle, leave it up to me

              Cmaj7                Em6
Find us a trap door, find us a plane
              Cmaj7               G
Tell the survivors help is on the way

             D              Em
I was a blindfold never complained
              Ebaug              G
All the survivors singing in the rain
             D                            Em
I was the one with the world at my feet
            Ebaug               G
Got us a battle, leave it up to me

                        C          
What it is and where it stops nobody knows
              Em
You gave me a life I never chose

                      G
I wanna leave but the world won't let me go
                      G
I wanna leave but the world won't let me go

                        C
What it is and where it stops nobody knows
              Em
You gave me a life I never chose

                      G
I wanna leave but the world won't let me go
                    G
wanna leave but the world won't let me go

                        C
What it is and where it stops nobody knows
              Em
You gave me a life I never chose

                      G
I wanna leave but the world won't let me go
                    G
wanna leave but the world won't let me go

                        C
What it is and where it stops nobody knows
              Em
You gave me a life I never chose

G      D      Em     Ebaug      G   

             D                         Em
I was the one with the world at my feet
             Ebaug              G        D
Got us a battle, leave it up to me
               Em      Ebaug
Leave it up to me
               G
Leave it up to me

Blindness

A#  Csus2  Gm  D#
I tremble     
                          A#  Csus2  Gm  D#
They're gonna eat me alive
            A#  Csus2  Gm  D#
If I stumble
                          A#  Csus2  Gm  D#
They're gonna eat me alive
                      Em (listen to the song for this part)
Can you hear my heart beating like a hammer?
Beating like a hammer? Beating like a hammer? Beating like a hammer?
A#           D#         F         Gm
Help, I'm alive, my heart keeps beating like a hammer
A#          D#
Hard to be soft
F           Gm
Tough to be tender
     A#       D#          F            Gm
Come take my pulse, the pace is on a runaway train
A#           D#         F         Gm
Help, I'm alive, my heart keeps beating like a hammer
Beating like a hammer. Beating like a hammer. Beating like a hammer

A# F Csus2 
(The C kinda sneaks in, again listen to the song)
                D# A# F Csus2  
If you're still alive
           D#    A# F Csus2  
My regrets are few
           D#   A# F Csus2  
If my life is mine
               D#  A# F Csus2  
What shouldn't I do?
                  D# A#   F Csus2  
I get wherever I'm going
               D#  A# F Csus2  
I get whatever I need
                  D#      A#    F Csus2   
While my blood's still flowing
                     Gm
And my heart still beats...
Beating like a hammer
Beating like a hammer
Beating like a hammer
Beating like a hammer

A#           D#         F         Gm
Help, I'm alive, my heart keeps beating like a hammer
A#          D#
Hard to be soft
F           Gm
Tough to be tender
     A#       D#          F            Gm
Come take my pulse, the pace is on a runaway train
A#           D#           F       Gm
Help, I'm alive, my heart keeps beating like a hammer
Beating like a hammer. Beating like a hammer. Beating like a hammer.

A# F Csus2 
(The C kinda sneaks in, again listen to the song)
                D# A# F Csus2  
If you're still alive
           D#    A# F Csus2  
My regrets are few
           D#   A# F Csus2  
If my life is mine
               D#  A# F Csus2  
What shouldn't I do?
                  D# A#   F Csus2  
I get wherever I'm going
               D#  A# F Csus2  
I get whatever I need
                  D#      A#    F Csus2   
While my blood's still flowing
                     Gm
And my heart still beats...
Beating like a hammer
Beating like a hammer
Beating like a hammer
Beating like a hammer

A#  Csus2  Gm  D#

         A#  Csus2  Gm  D#
I tremble     
                          A#  Csus2  Gm  D#
They're gonna eat me alive
            A#  Csus2  Gm  D#
If I stumble
                          A#  Csus2  Gm  D#
They're gonna eat me alive
                      Gm (End)
Can you hear my heart beating like a hammer?

Help I'm Alive

Intro: F#m-D-E


F#m                  D
Hold it I'm about to drop off
E                  F#m
Let me tell you my last thought
             D
Drift into a deep fog 
E               F#m
lost where i forgot to
              D
Hold it I can feel you 
E
most when i'm alone


B
  Coming home cause i want to
D                  F#
Hang out with the starlet
Stare up at the ceiling
              B
Preview of a screening
Flashback of a feeling
      D          F#
Sixth sense of a call and
Heard you fuck 
through the wall
I heard you fuck 


         A
when i'm bored
       B
I send vibrations your 
  F#
direction from a 
satellite mind
         A
when i'm bored
         B
I send vibrations your 
  F#
direction from a 
satellite mind


F#m
I'm not suicidal
D      E
I just can't 
           F#m
get out of bed
               D
I drift into a deep fog 
E               F#m
lost where i forgot to
              D
hold it I can feel 
    E              F#m
you most when i'm alone
      D
I can feel your 
E
ghost when i'm alone


B
  Coming home cause i want to
D                  F#
Hang out with the starlet
Stare up at the ceiling
              B
Preview of a screening
Flashback of a feeling
      D          F#
Sixth sense of a call and
Heard you fuck 
through the wall
I heard you fuck 


         A
when i'm bored
       B
I send vibrations your 
  F#
direction from a 
satellite mind
         A
when i'm bored
         B
I send vibrations your 
  F#
direction from a 
satellite mind


                 A    B
From a satellite mind
                F#
It sounded like mine
                 A   B
From a satellite mind
                F#
It sounded like mine
                 A   B
From a satellite mind
                F#
It sounded like mine
                 A   B
From a satellite mind
                F#
It sounded like mine

Satellite Mind

Intro:   Am    F  G  Am
 
F              G
  All the gold,  and the guns
Am
  In the world,  couldn't get you off
F              G
  All the gold,  and the guns
Am
  And the girls, couldn't get you off
F              G         Am
  All the boys,  all the choices in the world
 
 
  F
  I remember when we were gambling to win
  G
  Everybody else said better luck next time
  F
  I don't wanna bend let the bad girls bend
         G                                          Am
  I just wanna be your friend, is it ever gonna be enough?
 
Chorus -x2-:
                      F
  Is it ever gonna be enough?
                      G
  Is it ever gonna be enough?
                      Am
  Is it ever gonna be enough?
 
 
F              G
  All the lace,  and the skin 
Am
  In the shop,   couldn't get you off
F              G
  All the toys,  and the tools
Am
  In the box,    couldn't get you off
F               G
  All the noise,  all the voices never stop
 
 
  F
  I remember when we were gambling to win
  G
  Everybody else said better luck next time
  F
  I don't wanna bend let the bad girls bend
         G
  I just wanna be your friend, while you're giving me a hard time
  F
  I remember when we were gambling to win
  G                                  Am
  Everybody else said ah-ah-ah-ah-ah
 
Chorus -x2-:
                      F
  Is it ever gonna be enough?
                      G
  Is it ever gonna be enough?
                      Am
  Is it ever gonna be enough?
 
 
F G   Am
  Ooh 
F G   Am
  Ooh more and more, more and more
 
More and more, more and more and
 
 
F
More and more, more and more
G
More and more and more and more and
Am
More and more, more and more and
 
Chorus -x2-:
                      F
  Is it ever gonna be enough?
                      G
  Is it ever gonna be enough?
                      Am
  Is it ever gonna be enough?

Gold Guns Girls

Fantasies

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Black Sheep

D                     A  
Don't say yes if you can't say no,
C#m                   F#m          E
Victim of the system, say it isn't so
D                         A
Squatted on the doorstep, swollen on the blow
C#m                  F#m       E
Leaving without you, can't say no

Halfway starts with happiness for me
Halfway house, lost kitten in the street
Hit me where it hurts, I'm coming home to lose
Kitten on the catwalk, high-heeled shoes

No more hard-headed Saturdays,
They got it, they want it, they give it away
Tell me one thing you would never do
I was looking for a hooker when I found you

You've got my eyes, you've got my eyes
You'll never be mine, ah, but you've got my eyes

When you lie, I'll cover it up
When you hide, I'll cover it up
When you cry, I'll cover it up
When you come undone, I'll cover it up

So pent up, I was coming home to you
Happy in the nighttime, howlin' at the moon
Sippin' on a cocktail, drinking in the loo
There's something about you I hold on to

You've got my eyes, you've got my eyes
You'll never be mine, ah, but you've got my eyes

When you lie, I'll cover it up
When you hide, I'll cover it up
When you cry, I'll cover it up
When you're blind, I'll cover it up

When you lie, I'll cover it up,
When you hide, I'll cover it up
When you cry, I'll cover it up
When you come undone, I'll cover it up

They got it, they want it, they give it away
They got it, they want it, they give it away
They got it, they want it, they give it away
They got it, they want it, they give it away

They got it, they want it, they give it away 
(When you lie, I'll cover it up)
They got it, they want it, they give it away 
(When you hide, I'll cover it up)
They got it, they want it, they give it away 
(When you cry, I'll cover it up)
They got it, they want it, they give it away 
(When you come undone, I'll cover it up)

Lost Kitten

SYNTHETICA DELUXE

The Shade - Metric


    Dm            Bb                       F
I'm following the sun light setting in the west.

We're floating on a bed of fading lights.
  Dm        Bb                         F
A canopy of trees bears witness to the breeze.
                                           Dm
I'm falling like a feather, soft and light

              Bb             F
Baby, there's no better time.
                               Dm
No better time, baby, we can't find.
        C             Bb
Oh-whoa-whoa, oh-whoa-whoa.


Chorus:
     C
With eternal love, the stars above.
Dm
All there is and ever was.
  Bb
I want it all, I want it all. (x2)
  C
A blade of grass, a grain of sand.
    Dm
The moonlit sea to hold your hand.
  Bb
I want it all, I want it all. (x2)


    Dm          Bb                         F
The embers of a fire still burning as they die.
                                    Dm
Stay bright to keep us side by side.

              Bb        F
Baby, there's no better time.
                               Dm
No better time, baby, we can't find.
        C             Bb
Oh-whoa-whoa, oh-whoa-whoa.


Chorus x2


                   G                 C
We got the sunshine, we got the shade.
                 Dm              Bb
We got temptation, we got it made.
               G               C    
We got rewarded, we got refused.
                Dm               Bb
We got distorted, we got confused.
                   G                 C
We got the sunshine, we got the shade.

I want it all, I want it all. (x2)


Chorus x2

The Shade

Pagans in Vegas

Dm             F                   Am
Some of us are wild ones, ever underwanted,
     F
I believe
 
Dm               F
Lining up in the background,
                 Am              F
Waiting for the crap shot to be seen
 
Dm                   F
In the shadow of the big screen,
          Am           F      G
Everybody begs to be redeemed
 
Am        C          F   Dm    G
Hey, I'm not Synthetica
Am             C              F    G
I'll keep the life that I've got
 
Dm             F                        Am
We were never meant to crawl in for the bait,
          F
We never will
 
Dm              F
I can think for myself,
                       Am              F    G
I've got something no pill could ever kill
 
Am          C                F    Dm   G
Hey, I'm not Synthetica, oh
Am          C                F    Dm   G
I'll keep the life that I've got, oh
Am          C                F    Dm    G
So hard, hard to resist Synthetica, oh
Am          C                F    Dm    G
No drug is stronger than me, Synthetica
 
      F                 E              Am
We're all the time confined to fit the mold
 
      F                 E              Am      F
But I won't ever let them make a loser of my soul
 
C G F E Am F C G F E Am
 
Am          C                F    Dm   G
Hey, I'm not Synthetica, oh
Am          C                F    Dm   G
I'll keep the life that I've got, oh
Am          C                F    Dm   G
I'll keep the life that I've got
Am          C                F    Dm   G
I'll keep the life that I've got
Am          C                F  
I'll keep the life that I've got

Synthetica

Intro: D  Gb  Bm  G
 
         D   Gb          Bm  G
I'm the blade, you're a knife
         D    Gb           Bm   G
I'm the weight, you're the kite
           D               Gb
They were right when they said
          Bm           G
We were breathing underwater
         D            Gb
Out of place all the time
      Bm                G           D  Gb  Bm  G
In a world that wasn't mine to take; 
     D    Gb  Bm  G
I'll wait
 
 
            G
Is this my life?
 Bm 
Ahhh
D     A             Bm
am I breathing underwater?
            G
Is this my life?
 Bm
Ahhh
D     A             Bm
am I breathing underwater?
 
Interlude: G  Bm  G  Bm
      
         D   Gb          Bm  G
I'm the blade, you're a knife
         D    Gb           Bm   G
I'm the weight, you're the kite
           D               Gb
They were right when they said
           Bm             G
We should never meet our heroes
           D              Gb
When they bowed at their feet
       Bm            G
In the end it wasn't me
 
 
            G
Is this my life?
 Bm 
Ahhh
D     A             Bm
am I breathing underwater?
            G
Is this my life?
 Bm
Ahhh
D     A             Bm
am I breathing underwater?
 
Interlude: G  Bm  G  Bm
 
 D         Gb
Nights are days
           Bm                        G
We beat a path through the mirrored maze
               D
I can see the end
   Gb
Ahhh
        Bm              G
But it hasn't happened yet
               D
I can see the end
   Gb
Ahhh
        Bm              G
But it hasn't happened yet
 
 
            G
Is this my life?
 Bm 
Ahhh
D     A             Bm
am I breathing underwater?
            G
Is this my life?
 Bm
Ahhh
D     A             Bm
am I breathing underwater?
      A             Bm
am I breathing underwater?
      A             Bm
am I breathing underwater?

Breathing Underwater

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

Sovereign Light Cafe

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

Work

Intro: C D C D (x2)


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

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

C D


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

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


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

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

C D
(fin)

Habla si puedes

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

Can't Smile Without You

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

MI RE DO#m-SIm-LA

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

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


Jo et duré...

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

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


Jo et duré... ( bis )

De tot cor

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

Down By The River

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


American Dream 

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

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

Gonna Be A Long Time

C#
There's a portrait
     Ab
In a back room
           F#
Which I'll keep for days upon
          C#
Which I relent 
              B
And gaze for hours on
    Bbm                  F#
The muscle, skin and bone
         Ab
Of some imaginary friend

F# Ab F#

        C#
So how about it 
        Ab
Show me please 
           F#
How I will look in twenty years
           C#
And let me please 
          B
Interpret history 
       Bbm        F#
In every line and scar 
               Ab                  
That's painted there in front of me

F# Ab F# Ab F# Ab

           C#
It doesn't matter
         Ab
What I'm thinking
       F#
What I tell myself to do
         C#      F#
I end up calling

       C#
I stay in to
                   Ab
Defrost the fridge
        F#
Now the kid has gone to bed
             C#
A feeling of dread
              B         
At least when she's around
    Bbm
The trouble's there
     F#                        Ab
It's worse to wake up with her falling 'round the room

F# Ab F# Ab F# Ab

       C#
Listen Johnny
              F#
You're like a mother
       C#                     F#
To the girl you've fallen for
                 C#
And you're still falling

       C#
Listen Johnny
              Ab
You're like a mother
       F#
To the girl you've fallen for
                 C#
And you're still falling

            B
And if they come tonight
       Bbm
You'll roll up tight
     F#             Ab
And take whatever's coming to you next (oh, oh oh oh)

 F# Ab to end.

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