Ben Kweller was born in San Francisco, CA in 1981. In 1982 his family relocated to Emory, TX where his father Howard Kweller became the town's first doctor. In 1986, The Kwellers moved to a much larger city, Greenville, TX. Ben was exposed to music at a very early age. Howard taught Ben how to play the drums when he was 7 years old. For the next year, the father and son would jam together almost every night after Howard got home from work.

Ben Kweller est un chanteur solo américain, depuis la séparation du groupe dont il était le leader ainsi que guitariste-chanteur, Radish, quand il était encore adolescent. Il a à son actif trois albums, dont le dernier, &quot;Ben Kweller&quot;, est sorti en octobre 2006. Récemment, il a collaboré avec Albert Hammond Jr, un des guitaristes des Strokes, sur Yours To Keep, l'album solo de ce dernier. Ils ont également enregistré une reprise des Beatles.

Ben Kweller (* 16. Juni 1981 in San Francisco, Kalifornien) ist ein US-amerikanischer Singer-Songwriter. Kweller wuchs in Texas auf und lernte bereits früh das Schreiben von Liedern und das Spielen von Instrumenten. Im Alter von sieben Jahren versuchte sein Vater, ihm das Schlagzeugspielen beizubringen, im Alter von acht Jahren spielte er sowohl Schlagzeug als auch Gitarre. Schon als Teenager spielte Kweller in Bands wie Green Eggs &amp; Ham sowie Foxglove.

Exquisita sensibilidad y habilidad para fabricar, con aparente sencillez, temas del más adherente pop-rock, con algún que otro toque folk. Una mezcla a categorizar entre Nick Lowe, Elvis Costello, George Harrison o Pete Case.

C#m             A         E
When you're hurt you heal others
C#m                     A
When you're in need you give
C#m           A      E
Because of you I am living
C#m                 A
The most that I can live

E    B     A        E
Oh oh sweet darling girl
E    B             A      E
I'm so glad that you found me
E    B      A       E
Oh oh sweet darling girl
E    B     A         E
Your power surrounds me

C#m         A        E
Remember me don't forget me
C#m              A
I have something true
C#m                A       E
My path is dark my steps uncertain
C#m               A
Unless I walk with you

E    B     A        E
Oh oh sweet darling girl
E    B             A      E
I'm so glad that you found me
E    B      A       E
Oh oh sweet darling girl
E    B     A         E
Your power surrounds me

B              B            B
 Your power..  your power.. your power..
B            A      E
Ohhhhhhhh surrounds me

C#m            A         E
You speak to me with out speaking
C#m                A
You touch so i can feel
C#m               A      E
With your strength I am stronger
C#m               A
At last I know im real
 
E    B     A        E
Oh oh sweet darling girl
E    B             A      E
I'm so glad that you found me
E    B      A       E
Oh oh sweet darling girl
E    B     A         E
Your power surrounds me

B             B            B
 Your power.. your power.. your power..
B             A      E
Ohhhhhhhhh surrounds me

E          B      A       E    
Woooooooooo sweet darling girl
E          B      A       E    
Woooooooooo sweet darling girl
E          B      A       E    
Woooooooooo sweet darling girl
E     B             A      E   
I'm so glad that you found me
E     B             A      E   
I'm so glad that you found me
E  B            A      E
So glad that you found me
E         B             A     E  
Ehhhhhhhh ohhhhhhhh you found me yeah you did

E    B     A        E
Your power surrounds me
        B
Come on oh your power baby oh any way you want

Believer

Intro:   G

Verse:   C G Am F C G
Bridge:  F C Cm D
Chorus:  C D C D C D G - Repeat as necessary

The song follows this pattern, altering on the final run of the chorus to:

         C D C D C D D# E C D G


Hospital Bed

G                D             G               D
I want to kill this man, but he turned around and ran
      C              D              C         D
I'll kill him with karate that I learned in Japan
      G              D         G               D
He wouldn't see my face, I wouldn't leave a trace.
     C              D               C            D
I wouldn't use a bullet, cause a bullet's a disgrace.

Em         Bm                Em                Bm
Aw, Mom I never thought that I was a murdering man
       C               G      C               G
But tonight I'm on my way, tonight I'm on my way

                G           D          G            D
There's this drawer that I know, in a house up the road
        C         D              C      D
That's full of things that are easily sold
           G         D           G               D
When they go out of town I could go and snoop around
      C          D              C             D
And make myself rich, off the things that I found

Em         Bm                Em               Bm
Aw, Mom I never thought that I was a stealing man
       C               G      C               G
But tonight I'm on my way, tonight I'm on my way

         G              D         G              D
I was sitting on the bleacher, staring at the speaker
  C           D           C            D
Reading his lips, but I could not understand
       G           D          G              D
So I opened up my ears and clearly I could hear
        C       D         C                D
This detailed story all about a grain of sand

Em          Bm              Em             Bm
Aw, Mom I always dreamt of being a good listener
      C               G      C               G
So tonight I'm on my way, tonight I'm on my way

              G             D         G                D
There's this kid you gotta meet, he lives across the street
          C          D           C          D
He’s got spirit and heart, we're ten years apart
       G         D             G            D
He is up for anything, he can hang with anyone
     C               D                  C         D
He still likes the things, we used to think were fun

Em         Bm                Em               Bm
Aw, mom I never thought that I could have a friend
      C               G      C               G
But tonight I'm on my way, tonight I'm on my way
      C                G    C   D
Oh tonight, I'm on my way

         G            D              G            D
I'm in love with someone, who's as pretty as a flower
      C             D             C            D
Her life gives me power, so I'm buying her a ring
            G            D      G                D
She makes hats with her hands, she is such an artist
 C               D              C            D
I'm her biggest fan and I'm teaching her to sing

Em         Bm                Em              Bm
Aw, Mom I never thought that I could love no one
       C               G      C               G
But tonight I'm on my way, tonight I'm on my way
         C               G       C     G
Ohhhh tonight I'm on my way.

On My Way

intro:

D C  F G  A G  AGF D


     F    G
i am empty
        Bb
and i'm tired
        F       G
and i'm homesick
    Bb
and inspired

* F         G
i can't know
                    Bb
everything that you know
          F       G
cause i'm learnin'
Bb
as i go

Bb
i wanna see your love
A
i wanna see your love

       F      G
when i wake up
        Bb
i'm the same
        F         G
cause i sleep well
       Bb
when i dream away

*    F        G
bluebird house
   Bb
on fire
        F   G
like an only
Bb
child

Bb
i wanna see your love
A
i wanna see your love

D                C
when i'm in your arms
F                    Bb
nothing can bring me down
Bb                   A
nothing can bring me down
A           G     F  D
nothing can bring me down

D                C
when i'm in your arms girl
F                    Bb
nothing can bring me down
Bb                   A
nothing can bring me down
A           G     F  D
nothing can bring me down

        F    G
all the fires
       Bb
on the ground
    F       G
are laughing
         Bb
with their cracking sound

*       F    G
i don't fight
     Bb
don't scream
        F     G
i don't listen
   Bb
to anything oh-ho

Bb
i wanna see your love
A
i wanna see your love

D                C
when i'm in your arms
F                    Bb
nothing can bring me down
Bb                   A
nothing can bring me down
A           G     F  D
nothing can bring me down

D                C
when i'm in your arms girl
F                    Bb
nothing can bring me down
Bb                   A
nothing can bring me down
A           G     F  D
nothing can bring me down

     F      G
i am selfish
        B
without you
    F   G
i'm over
           Bb
and you're always new

*    F    G
i'll never
        Bb
let you down
          F    G
from your tower
      Bb
take away your crown

D                C
when i'm in your arms
F                    Bb
nothing can bring me down
Bb                   A
nothing can bring me down
A           G     F  D
nothing can bring me down

D                C
when i'm in your arms girl
F                    Bb
nothing can bring me down
Bb                   A
nothing can bring me down
A           G     F  D
nothing can bring me down

Bb                   A
nothing can bring me down
A           G     F  D
nothing can bring me down
Bb                   A
nothing can bring me down
A           G     F  D
nothing can bring me down

D  C C# D

Down

piano intro 
C G F
ukulele intro (after one bar)
C F


C      G               F
lights on through the night 
G               C    G   F    Am  G
just to get it right ooh ooh 
C         G            F
a battle ground at my feet 
   G           C    G    F    Am   G
an unwinnable fight ooh ooh  
Am          
the words we say wont matter anyhow 
F                                      G  
so lets focus on  tomorrow instead of right now

chorus
C   G     F     G
nothings happening 
C       G   
its all illusion 
F       G 
its all illusion 

C     G   F    G 
nothings happening 
C        G 
its all confusion
F        G 
its all confusion


C F 

break 
Am 
if we want to keep this love we found
F                            G
we got to focus on tomorrow instead of right now

Nothing Happening

 D                       A
I'm just a penny on the train track
 G                        D
Waitin' for my judgement day

 D                       A
Come on baby girl let me see those legs
  G                     D
Before I get flattened away

Chorus:

 D
I wait
         A
Yeah, I wait
     G                            D
For something good, for something great

Penny On The Train Track

[Intro]
G

                  Em
We've been in the rain
                  C
We've been on the mountain
                     G
We've been round the fire


         Em
In fancy hotels
                 C
Drank water from farm wells
                 G
We sang with the choir

                  Em
I kissed your dry lips
                  C
We jumped off the high cliffs
                  G
And splashed down below


        Em
Skin to skin
             C
In the salty river
                 G       C
Made love in the shadow
       G
Woooah ooh


     Dsus4/F#      Em
Read books to each other
                     C
Read the mind of the other
                  G
Flew one thousand jets


                  Em
We laughed and we cried
                   C
At movies and real life
                  G
In our ridiculous beds


                 Em
We danced in the moonlight at midnight
                   C
We pressed against back doors and wooden floors
              G
And you never faked it


            Em
And frequently
               C
We ignored our love
                      G       C
But we could never mistake it
     G    Dsus4/F#
Oooh ooh


Solo x2

   Em       C        G



   Dsus4/F#   Em
We met on the front porch
                    C
Fell in love on the phone
                     G
Without the physical wreck


                Em
You gave me the necklace
             C
That used to hang
                    G
Around your mothers neck


                Em
We questioned religions
                 C
Fed bread to the pigeons
                  G
We learned how to pray


                Em
We stood by the ocean
                        C
Turned our hearts in to one
                   G    C
We laid in bed all day
      G
Heeey-ey


   Dsus4/F#       Em
We skipped on the sidewalk
                      C
Skipped stones on the water
           G
We skipped town


               Em
We've seen the sunrise with new eyes
                         C
We've seen the damage of gossip and true lies
                      G
We've seen the sun go down


               Em
Had passionate makeouts
               C
And passionate freakouts
                           G
We built this world of our own


                        Em
It was in the back of a taxi
                     C~
When you told me you loved me
                 G~      C~ G~
And that I wasnt alone

Thirteen

D           A           Bm             G
Everybody's trying to be the best
D              A             Bm        G
What about the girl with loneliness
D            A
I like your sundress
Bm           G  D
I like your sundress
D                A           Bm        G
What about the girl with loneliness

Bm          G            D
From the inside out
D          G
You're so beautiful
D         G              A
I want to hold you in my hand

D    A               Bm                G
I do everything you want me to
D    A               Bm                G     D     G
I do everything you want me to do

D                A           Bm            G
I want to start going on a morning walk
D                A           Bm            G
What about the days when we used to talk?
D                A  Bm            G
I don't need a smile from a mannequin
D               G             A
I just want to hold you in my hands

D    A               Bm                G
I do everything you want me to
D    A               Bm                G
I do everything you want me to
D    A               Bm          G   D  G
I do everything you want me to do

D   G   D   G   D  G  A  

Bm        G         D
From the inside out

You've changed, girl
G
You know you have
D              G
Don't make a good thing bad
D              G               A
Just let me hold you in my hands

D    A               Bm                G
I do everything you want me to
D    A               Bm                G
I do everything you want me to do
D    A               Bm                G
I do everything everything everything
D    A               Bm                G
I do everything you want me to
D    A               Bm                G
I do everything you want me to do
D    G    D   G    D
Do do for you

Sundress

G
I gotta move,
C           D              G
while the streets ahead are sunny
C          D           G
fall in love with some honey.
C    D     G             C D G
oohh mama, I gotta move.
 
Am
I just can't sit still,                         
Em
In this small town,                      
Am                       Em 
there's nothin more here I hit the ceiling,
Am                Em
So in the morning I'll hit the highway.
C      D 
ooohh, I just can't stay

I Gotta Move

Ben Kweller

Intro: A E D A E D A
A                             B
Sometimes I wonder if you're still here
E                                   D                   A
Lookin' out for anything that could fall and hit your head
A                                B        
Fluorescent lights burn out in time dear
E                              D                   A
We see the world in a different light did you give up?
D                               A    
Love ain't supposed to be this bad,
D                        A    
Make you cry mega ultra sad.
D                                A
If I told you you're all I ever had
           E                       D             E
Would you walk on me? Because I wouldn't walk on you
D             E     A                      F#m
If I was in your shoes I wouldn't walk all over you
     D               E               F#m
So please don't walk all over me
D             E    A                       F#m
If I was in your shoes I wouldn't walk all over you
     D            E            A   E  D
So please don't walk all over me
A                              B
Right now I feel like its all ending
E                                        
Spit me out sell me cheap you'll
       D                               A
Never ever ever ever ever teach me to fly
A                                 B
In the sky its early and still mornin'
E          
All those smiles you made wanted to
D                  A
Cry cause you gave up
D                               A    
Love ain't supposed to be this bad,
D                          A    
Make you cry stupid shady sad.
D                                A
If I told you you're all I ever had
            E                      D             E
Would you walk on me? Because I wouldn't walk on you
D             E      A                      F#m
If I was in your shoes I wouldn't walk all over you
     D           E           F#m
So please don't walk all over me
D             E     A                        F#m
If I was in your shoes I wouldn't walk all over you
     D           E            A  
So please don't walk all over me


*Comments: Acousticwonder@gmail.com

Walk On Me

Intro:

F Gm Bb
F Gm Am Bb

Verse 1:

 F        Bb                    Am         Bb                    F
Wind is cold alright back in Dallas the neon light from the building 
 Bb                    Bb-C Bb Am Gm 
lets you know you're home.                                        
 F        Bb                     Am      Bb  
You'd go way back when if you wanted to be my friend or 
        F                 Bb            Bb-C Bb Am Gm
you'd call me.  I'd understand, it's true.    

Chorus:

Bb        Gm             Am
I don't feel like I'm falling.
    Bb       Gm              Am        
No, I don't feel like I'm falling.
    Bb        Gm             Am      C
No, I don't feel like I'm falling down.
      C                  F
Just say hello to the ground.  

Bb       Am   Bb
Ba ba ba ba ba ba 
Bb       C# 
Ba ba ba ba ba

Verse 2:

F                Bb                        Am                 Bb
Wait there, I'll be right back.  Down in Times Square it's a heart 
  Bb              Am       Bb                Bb-C Bb Am Gm
attack. All the feeling makes you feel so new.                              
F               Bb               Am               Bb               Am
Trees fall and so do men.  Even the walls start cavin' in and you feel 
             Bb               Bb-C Bb Am Gm
like there's no pretend for you.

Chorus:

Bb       Gm             Am
I don't feel like I'm falling.
    Bb       Gm              Am
No, I don't feel like I'm falling.
    Bb       Gm             Am      C
No, I don't feel like I'm falling down.
      C                    Dm
Just say hello to the ground. 

Bridge:
Dm   
We could talk if days weren't so fast.
        C                        F
And mistakes just leave it so unsure.
F                             Bb
I wanna hold you like never before.
Bb            Am          C                Bb/F
Cuz we're falling and I love you more and more.


Bb      Am                 Gm     Bb
Do you feel like you're falling down?
Bb      Am           Gm      Bb
Do you feel like you're falling down?
Bb       Am             Gm       Bb            C
I don't feel like I'm falling-falling-falling down.

Chorus:
Bb        Gm             Am
I don't feel like I'm falling.
   Bb        Gm              Am
No, I don't feel like I'm falling.
    Bb       Gm              Am     C
No, I don't feel like I'm falling down.
      C                  F
Just say hello to the ground.  

Coda:
Bb       Am   Bb
Ba ba ba ba ba ba 
Bb       Am   Bb
Ba ba ba ba ba ba 
Bb       Am    Bb-C
Ba ba ba ba ba ba 

Bb       Am   Bb
Ba ba ba ba ba ba 
Bb       Am   Bb
Ba ba ba ba ba ba 
Bb       Am    Bb-C
Ba ba ba ba ba ba 

Bb      Am                 Gm     Bb
Do you feel like you're falling down?
Bb      Am           Gm      Bb
Do you feel like you're falling down?
Bb       Am             Gm       Bb            
I don't feel like I'm falling-falling-falling
      C                 F
Just say hello to the ground.

Falling

Em            D
Another night slips away
   C           G
In other words I should say
       C           G
There are no words he should say
       C            D
There are no words
Em            D
In his eyes I see the fear
     C               Am
That only time could disappear
   C               G
If only time could re-appear
C
Now's the time
D            C        G        C       G        C        D
Somethin' to take it away, to take it away, to take it..
C             G    C             G          C        Bm
Don't let it stay, don't let it stay, don't let it..
C            G   D             Am                       C               G
  The butterflies are passive aggressive and put their problems on the shelf,
               D
  but they're beautiful
C          G   D                      Am                     C
  He'll realize the only thing that's real are the kids that kid themselves
            G            D
  and the demise of the beautiful
           Em
  What is beautiful?
    Em             D
The multi-life is better than
    C                Am
The one we're in the one we knew
      C            G             C         D 
Cause everyone is seein' through everyone
         Em
They're steppin' on
     D
His gold terrain
      C             Am
He's movin' on with bold refrain
     C        G
His blatently old campaign
   C
Is movin' on
D            C        G      C        G       C       D
Somethin' to take it away to take it away to take it
C             G   C             G          C      B 
Don't let it stay don't let it stay don't let it
C        G                  Am                     C               G 
  Butterflies are passive aggresive and put their problems on the shelf,
D  
  but they're so beautiful
C          G    D                     Am                     C  
  He'll realize the only thing that's real are the kids that kid themselves
            G            D
  and the demise of the beautiful
           Em
  What is beautiful?
C           G   D
What can't stay goes away
C                       G                   D                   Am 
It starts stopping when it stops stopping (repeats)

In Other Words

Sha Sha

C   
Jaja, okay okay
                  F
Ya sé qué pasa aquí
   A#                            C
Encuentras la grandeza frente a ti
             C
Y no sabes bien qué sentir
       F            A#                      C
Es adorable, que jamás los humanitos cambiarán
           C       F
Despierta ya, oye bien, 
           A#                   C
este como ves es Maui, de verdad
             C                F
Sé que como yo no encuentras dos
        A#          C
Lo que miras es un semi Dios

[Coro 1]
Am         F           C
  Yo solo sé decir de nada
        E7               Am
Por el mar, el cielo, el sol
                F            C
No hay de que agradecer, de nada
     E7                    C
Soy sólo un ordinario semi yo

[Estrofa 2]
C                                F  
Hey, ¿qué fortachón el cielo elevó?
                        A#
Cuando eras de esta altura, éste
C                  C
  Si la noche enfrió, 
                  F
¿quién fue quien fuego te llevó?
       A#          
¿Qué, alguien me nombró? 
C              C       F
  Oh, yo sólo lazo el sol
          A#                    C
De nada, para estirar tu diversión
          C       F
Brisa yo hago soplar, de nada, 
   A#           C
y así tus velas elevar

[Coro 2]
Am        F            C
  Yo sólo sé decir de nada, 
        E7                  Am
por las islas que traje del mar
              F                  C
No ruegues jamás, nunca más, de nada
         E7                     Am
¡Ha! Genial es mi manera de servir, 
    F
de nada, 
    C
de nada

[Parte Rap]
C
De nada dudes ya
Hey, honestamente te explicaré 
de natural modo cada fenómeno
El mar, el sol, el gas, 
oh, ese es Maui hablando de más
Anguilas que, yo las enterré, 
de la palmera los cocos creé
Un consejo, una lección te doy
No me molestes si en mi descanso estoy
Am
  El tapiz que en mi piel se ve, 
F
  es el mapa de lo que gané
C
  Por donde fui provoqué mil sucesos
E7
  Ve al pequeñín mini Maui nomás zapateando,
Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ¡Hey!

[Coro 3]
Am          F              C
  Yo sólo puedo decir, de nada (de nada)
           E7              Am
Por el mundo especial que doy
                 F           C
No hay de que agradecer, de nada (de nada)
    E7                     Am
De nada hablaré, que ya me voy
          F            C
Te toca a ti decir de nada (de nada)
       E7             Am
Pues quiero esa barca ya
             F          C
Muy lejos navegaré, de nada (de nada)
       E7               Am
Pues Maui nada sabe de nadar
              F                 C  F C
(De nada) De nada (De nada) de nada
         C
Y gracias

De Nada

G      Em
I found a love for me
               C                         D
Darling just dive right in, and follow my lead
                G                 Em
Well I found a girl beautiful and sweet
          C                                  D
I never knew you were the someone waiting for me

                                 G
Cause we were just kids when we fell in love
              Em                     C               G  D
Not knowing what it was, I will not give you up this ti-ime
                   G                         Em
But darling just kiss me slow, your heart is all I own
             C                  D
And in your eyes you’re holding mine

       Em   C            G          D              Em
Baby, I’m dancing in the dark, with you between my arms
C                G     D                Em
Barefoot on the grass, listening to our favorite song
          C                G                 D              Em
When you said you looked a mess, I whispered underneath my breath
         C                G        D             
But you heard it, darling you look perfect tonight

               G                    Em
Well I found a woman, stronger than anyone I know
                C                                        D
She shares my dreams, I hope that someday I’ll share her home
           G             Em
I found a love, to carry more than just my secrets
         C                              D
To carry love, to carry children of our own

                              G                     Em 
We are still kids, but we’re so in love, fighting against all odds
                  C               G  D
I know that we’ll be alright this ti-ime
               G                            Em 
Darling just hold my hand, be my girl, I’ll be your man
          C              D
I see my future in your eyes



       Em   C            G          D              Em
Baby, I’m dancing in the dark, with you between my arms
C                G     D                Em
Barefoot on the grass, listening to our favorite song
          C                G                 D               Em
When you said you looked a mess, I whispered underneath my breath
         C                G        D             
But you heard it, darling you look perfect tonight

G Em C D 


       Em     C            G          D              Em
Baby, I’m dancing in the dark, with you between my arms
C                G     D                Em
Barefoot on the grass, listening to our favorite song
          C                G                 D               Em
When you said you looked a mess, I whispered underneath my breath
         C                G        D             
But you heard it, darling you look perfect tonight


Perfect

BAA BAA BLACK SHEEP


C         G
Baa, baa, black sheep,
F            C
Have you any wool?

F        C
Yes sir, yes sir,
G          C
Three bags full.

C           G
One for the master,
F           C
One for the dame,

F               C
And one for the little boy
G                  C
Who lives down the lane.

Baa Baa Black Sheep

Intro (2X):
Am	G	F	C

Verse 1:
                C	               Am		
There's so much craziness surrounding me
                F	 	             G		            
There's so much going on it gets hard to breathe
     Am     F		                          C
When all my faith has gone you bring it back to me
Am	         G	       F   C
You make it real for me

             C	             Am		
When I'm not sure of my priorities
               F	 	             G		
When I've lost sight of where I meant to be
     Am   F		            C
Like holy water washing over me 
Am	         G	       F   C
You make it real for me

Chorus:
    G	    Am	   F	             C
And IIIIIIIII'm running to you baby
G    Am	              F	           C
  Youuuuuuuuu are the only one who saved me
       G     Am	         F	               C
That's    whyyyyyyy I've been missing you lately
      Am	         G	       F   C
Cause you make it real for me 

Verse 2:
          C	                   Am		
When my head is strong but my heart is weak
              F	 	          G		
I'm full of arrogance and uncertainty
     Am      F				                          C
When I can't find the words you teach my heart to speak
Am	         G	       F   C
You make it real for me yeah

Chorus:
    G	    Am	   F	             C
And IIIIIIIII'm running to you baby
G    Am	              F	           C
  Youuuuuuuuu are the only one who saved me
       G     Am	         F	               C
That's    whyyyyyyy I've been missing you lately
      Am	         G	       F   C
Cause you make it real for me 

Bridge:
G                           F                 C
    Everybody’s talking in words I don't understand
G                                    F              C
    You got to be the only one who knows just who I am
Em                                    F	
    You’re shining in the distance I hope I can make it through
           D	                              G                                    
Cause the only place that I want to be is right back home with you 


Verse 3:
                 C	             Am		
I guess there's so much more I have to learn
               F	 	                       G		
But if you're here with me, I know which way to turn
        Am         F		                   C
You always give me somewhere, somewhere I can run
Am	            G	       F   C
   You make it real for me 

Chorus:
    G	    Am	   F	             C
And IIIIIIIII'm running to you baby
G    Am	              F	           C
  Youuuuuuuuu are the only one who saved me
       G     Am	         F	               C
That's    whyyyyyyy I've been missing you lately
      Am	         G	       F   C
Cause you make it real for me 
Am	         G	       F   C
You make it real for me

You Make It Real

G         Em		  
1) Almost heaven,   West Virginia,
2) All my mem'ries, gather round her, 

   D			 C                G
1) Blue Ridge Mountains, Shenandoah       River.
2) miner's lady,         stranger to blue water.

                      Em  
1) Life is old there, older than the trees, 
2) Dark and dusty,    painted on the sky, 

   D
1) younger than the mountains
2) misty taste of moonshine

   C			G
1) growin' like a breeze.
2) teardrop in my eye.

              G              D            Em        C
       Country roads, take me home, to the place I belong.
	      G               D              C            G
     West Virginia, Mountain momma, take me home Country roads


           Em       D            G 
 	I hear her voice in the morning hour she calls me,
            C        G              D 
        the radio reminds her of my home far away
            Em               D            C
        and driving down the road I get a feeling 
 	       G                     D          D7    G
        that I should have been home yesterday, yesterday.

Country Roads

Am      C              F              C
I had a dream, we were sipping whisky neat
        F              C                 G
Highest floor, the Bowery, and nowhere’s high enough
    Am              C                F             C
Somewhere along the lines, we stopped seeing eye to eye
         F               C           G
You were staying out all night and I had enough


      F           Am             F                    C       
No, I don't wanna know where you been or where you're goin’
      F               Am                 G
But I know I won't be home and you'll be on your own


            F                    C                G
Who's gonna walk you through the dark side of the morning?
            F                 C                 G
Who's gonna rock you when the sun won't let you sleep?
             F                C               G         E7   Am
Who's waking up to drive you home when you're drunk and all alone?
             F                    C                G
Who's gonna walk you through the dark side of the morning, it ain’t me


Am        C              G         F   
Ow-ow, ah-ah the Bowery, ow-ow, ah-ah whiskey neat
Am          C       G         G
Where y’go, I’m so, grateful, I (it ain’t me)

F         C              Am        G
Ow-ow, ah-ah the Bowery, ow-ow, ah-ah whiskey neat
F           C       G
Where y’go, I’m so, grateful, I (it ain’t me)

Am     C           G      F   
Ow-ow, the Bowery, ow-ow, the whiskey neat
Am          C       G         G
Where y’go, I’m so, grateful, I (it ain’t me)

F      C           Am     G
Ow-ow, the Bowery, ow-ow, the whiskey neat
F           C       G         G
Where y’go, I’m so, grateful, I (it ain’t me)


Am  C  Am       C              F           C
       I had a dream, we were back to seventeen
       F                   C            G
Summer nights and the Libertines, never growing up
Am             C          F                 C
I'll take with me the polaroids and the memories
        F              C                G
But you know I'm gonna leave behind the worst of us


             F                    C                G
Who's gonna walk you through the dark side of the morning?
             F                 C                 G
Who's gonna rock you when the sun won't let you sleep?
             F                C               G         E7   Am
Who's waking up to drive you home when you're drunk and all alone?
             F                    C                G               
Who's gonna walk you through the dark side of the morning

         F      C     G
It ain’t me, no-o, no-o
         F      C     G
It ain’t me, no-o, no-o
         F      C     G  E7  Am
It ain’t me, no-o, no-o
             F                    C                G                
Who's gonna walk you through the dark side of the morning, it ain’t me


Am     C           G      F   
Ow-ow, the Bowery, ow-ow, the whiskey neat
Am          C       G         G
Where y’go, I’m so, grateful, I (it ain’t me)

F      C           Am     G
Ow-ow, the Bowery, ow-ow, the whiskey neat
F           C       G         G
Where y’go, I’m so, grateful, I (it ain’t me)

Am     C           G      F   
Ow-ow, the Bowery, ow-ow, the whiskey neat
Am          C       G         G
Where y’go, I’m so, grateful, I (it ain’t me)

F      C           Am     G
Ow-ow, the Bowery, ow-ow, the whiskey neat
F           C       G         G
Where y’go, I’m so, grateful, I (it ain’t me)

Am     C           G      F   
Ow-ow, the Bowery, ow-ow, the whiskey neat
Am          C       G         G
Where y’go, I’m so, grateful, I (it ain’t me)

F            C           Am           G
No no, no no no, Bowery, no no, no no no, whiskey neat
F           C       G                     Am
Where y’go, I’m so, grateful, I, it ain’t me

It Ain't Me

Intro/Verse
A|--4--1--3--6---------------------------------------------------|
E|--------1--4---------------------------------------------------|
C|--8--5---------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------|

Chorus
A|--1--4--4--4--6------------------------------------------------|
E|--------2-----4------------------------------------------------|
C|--5--8-----8---------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------|

Solo
A|--8-8-8-8-8-9-6-6-8-9-I----------8-------------------------------|
E|-------------------------9-9-9-9---4-4-4-------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------|

A|--8-8-8-8-8-9-6-6-8-9-I------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------9-9-9-9-------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------|

School Friends

S                     S        
A|-------------------------------------| 
E|--6------6-6---3-------------------1-| 
C|-------------5---5-------------------| 
G|-------------------------------------| 
                                                              
A|----------------------------------------------------------| 
E|--1--1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1------------------------------| 
C|-----4-4-4-4-3-3-3-3-2-2-2-2------------------------------| 
G|----------------------------------------------------------| 

A|-----5--8--10--8--5--|--8-12--------12--|----5-8-10-8-5-------| 
E|--6------------------|------------------|--6------------------| 
C|---------------------|------------------|---------------------| 
G|---------------------|-------5--7-5-----|---------------------| 
     S      S      S      S            
A|----------------7------7-8----8---| 
E|--5-6----5-6------1----5-6----6---| 
C|--4-5------2------2-----------2---| 
G|---------6------6-----------------|

King Creole

Verse 1:
G                                    Em        G        Em
There was a girl who lived in London town.
G                                 Em                   G      Em
The scenes and sounds, they would only bring her down
C                                   D
She had polkadots and rubies in her dreams,
C                   D
French fantasies on cinema screens...
        C             G/B    Am     G
And she knew from the finish to the start
C      G/B      Am   G
It was bound to fall apart
C         G/B     Am   Em
Thanks to Cupid's lazy dart.
Em                                D
Wouldn't it be sweet if she could die from a broken heart?

G     Em      G      Em

Verse 2: (the same chords)
There was a boy who lived inside his head.
He couldn't face the world, so he turned his back instead.
He couldn't see in front of his eyes;
His fantasies of outlaws had him hypnotised...

And he knew from the finish to the start
It was bound to fall apart
Thanks to Cupid's lazy dart.                        F
Wouldn't it be sweet if he could die from a broken heart?

   C              G           F
Behold his golden wings
       C              G         F
And behold his bronze bow.
                 C             G         F
Can you hear his silver arrows sing?
       C               G     
As his gaylied favours glow.

(then go back to the normal verse bit)

There was a boy and girl who fell in love:
They both were in love with the stars and sky above,
Cinderella, cigarettes and scenes from the past
Were chasing them too fast for this love to ever last...

And they knew from the finish to the start
It was bound to fall apart
Thanks to Cupid's lazy dart.                         F
Wouldn't it be sweet if they could die from a broken heart? 

C   G    F    C    G

Repeat F  C  G until the end. End on G.

Arrows Of Eros

Am
There's a sadness all around us
          F                         C
There are words we're too afraid to say
                                        Am
The things that I thought would last forever
    F              G
Are changing every day

          Am
There's a hunger can't be satisfied
        F                       C
And the streets are filled with rage
C                       Am
It's time to dig deep inside ourselves
F                       G
And face the life we've made

Am
It's gonna take two of us
C                           Am
Ijust can't do it all on my own
F				  C
I see the day gettin' brighter
G                    F
Hold me a little bit tighter

C                      Am      F
Out of the darkness in hand in hand
     Am               F        G
Baby together we will make our stand
C                             Am      F
Reach out and touch me we can win somehow
       Am              F                G
I know there's nothing that can stop us now
F              Am                 G   C
Oh, baby, come with me out of the darkness

...

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