Against Me! is a punk rock band originally from Naples, Florida, and later relocated to Gainesville, Florida. They are known for their heavily folk-influenced sound and energetic live shows (Spin named them one of the 25 greatest live bands in 2006). Their first full-length album, released on No Idea Records in 2002, was the highly-acclaimed Reinventing Axl Rose. In December 2005, they signed to Sire Records, and released their major label debut, New Wave, on July 10, 2007. June 4, 2010 saw the release of their fifth studio album, White Crosses. 

Tom Gabel a tout d'abord fondé le groupe comme un projet solo, où il était au chant et à la guitare, tout en faisant parfois appel à des musiciens de son entourage, pour la batterie et la basse. Il organise un concert sauvage dans la laverie de son campus, en signe d'attachement aux valeurs punks et DIY qu'il désire véhiculer. Une première démo, intitulé « Against me! » sort en 1998, suivie la même année d'une deuxième, « Vivada Vis », avec un groupe plus complet.

Against Me! ist eine US-amerikanische Band aus Gainesville, Florida, die 1997 zunächst als Ein-Mann-Projekt von Tom Gabel gegründet wurde. Ihr Musikstil beinhaltet mehrere Einflüsse, unter anderem Punk, Country, Hardcore, Folk, sowie Blues.  Besetzung (aktuell)      * Tom Gabel (Gesang, Gitarre)     * Jay Weinberg (Schlagzeug)     * James Bowman (Gitarre, Gesang)     * Andrew Seward (Bass, Gesang)  

Against me! es una banda de folk punk surgida en Florida. Su primer álbum, grabado para No Idea Records en 2002, fue Reinventing Axl Rose. Su nuevo disco en 2007 será producido por una discográfica de primer orden.  Miembros:     * Tom Gabel - Guitarra y voz (1997 - presente)     * James Bowman - Guitarra y coros (2000 - presente)     * Andrew Seward - Bajo y coros (2002 - presente)     * George Rebelo - Batería (2009 - presente)   Antiguos miembros: 

F#m         

          F#m
We're all presidents, We're all congressmen,
          D
We're all cops in waiting.
          A
We're the workers of the world.
         E7
There is the elite and the dispossessed
         F#m
and it's only about survival,
        D
Who has skill to play the game
             A
for all it's worth,
                                    E7
and reach an obscure kind of perfection. Let's try and keep

                F#m B  D            F#m
as much emotion out of this as possible.
Let's try not to remember any names.

                    E
We'll do it for our country, for our people, for a moral vision.

F#m     B               D             F#m
United, we'll make them remember, Our history,
		     E7
Or how we like to be told...
		  D
How we like to be told,
       A
and we rock, because it's us against them.
We found our own reasons to sing,
and it's so much less confusing
When lines are drawn like that,
When people are either

F#m
consumers or revolutionaries,
D
enemies or friends hanging on the fringes
       A
Of the cogs in the system.
                E7
It's just about knowing where everyone stands.
all of a sudden, People start talking about guns,

        F#m  B       D        F#m
Talking like they're going to war
                                   E
'cause they found something to die for.
            F#m   B         D
Start taking back what they stole;
		       F#m
Sure beats every other option,
                                     E7
But does it make a difference how we get it?
				D
Well, do you really fucking get it?

E7                  D                   A                E7
No   No   No   No   No No No No   No No No No No No No   No        No No No No

F#m             E      A

Those Anarcho Punks Are Mysterious

D 
Dear mother

This is just survival
Bm A 
Cannot promise your children everything
Bm A 
But you would lie so they can sleep tonight
D 
Defeat tasted nothing like you said
Bm A 
Still days left till the end of the world
Bm A Em 
My legacy was making you a man
G 
For a justice I could not change
Em 
This is one voice not to forget
G 
Fight every fight like you can win
Em 
An iron fisted champion
G D 
An iron willed fuck up


G D 
Can anybody tell me why God won't speak to me
A Bm A 
Why Jesus never called on me to part the fucking seas
G D 
Why death is easier than living
A 
You can be almost anything
Bm A 
When you're on your fucking knees
G 
Not today
D 
Not my son
A 
Not my family
Bm A 
Not while walking is still honest
G D 
And you haven't given up on me

Bm A G Bm A 

D 
Dear shithead

This isn't happening
Bm A 
The sky is really falling
Bm A 
The paint's all made of lead
D  
There's asbestos in the walls

Hell's come over to rip off the doors
Bm A Bm A 
To the priveleged mansion
Em 
Do you want to love and feel it
G 
You can look but you can't taste it
Em 
You can reach but you'll never have it
G 
We are untouchable
D 
Untouchable is something to be


G D 
Can anybody tell me why God won't speak to me
A Bm A 
Why Jesus never called on me to part the fucking seas
G D 
Why death is easier than living
A 
You can be almost anything
Bm A 
When you're on your fucking knees
G 
Not today
D 
Not my son
A 
Not my family
Bm A 
Not while walking is still honest
G D 
And you haven't given up on me
Bm A G 
And you haven't given up on me
Bm A D 
And you haven't forgotten me

Walking Is Still Honest

G
It   ...   gift
 	             C
of...          Telecaster
 	               G
and from this ... along	 
 	 C
to ... records
 	G	       C
And there ...  spoken silently ... stereo
G
I'll ... mornings
 	C
and you can ... night

# chorus:
G	  C
Maaaaary, there ... us
 	       D
If ... don't make it
across the state line
 	   C
we ... as well ... die
G
Because ... us
C
we're ... us
D
Where ... from (yeah)
      C
will us

G
And ... on
 	C
to a handful ...  spoken
G
was a ... itself, ... doing
 	   C
was ... only ... mattered
Em	D
And ... felt
 	 C
to     memory ... spent
 	     Em
holding ... shirt ... smell
   D
I heard ... cry
 	 C
when ... love to ... but ... play on
 Em	        D
Because ... always done.
 C	            Em	D  C
And on and on and on...

# Chorus

We Laugh At Danger And Break All The Rules

Bass

A|--0--0-2-3---3--3-2-0---0--0-2---3/5-3-2-0-|
E|-----------3----------0--------3-----------|
C|-------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------|

Am  C  Am  G

Am  
Evelyn sits by the elevator doors 
          C                                          Am
It's been 37 years since James died on St. Patrick's day in 1964 
    G
She could not hold it against him 
           Am                                       C
There were times there was nothing she could do but lie in bed all day 
                         Am                     G                F
Beside a picture of them together, a picture of better days 


And just like James, I'll be drinking Irish tonight
        G
And the memory of his last work week will be gone forever
F              Am            G
Evelyn I'm not coming home tonight 
         F                      Am
If we're never together, if I'm never back again 
     G
Well I swear to god that I'll love you forever 
F              Am            G
Evelyn I'm not coming home tonight 

Am  C  Am  G

   Am                                        C
In all the years that went by she said she'd always love him 
             G                                F
And from the day that he died she never loved again 
       F                      Am
In his wallet she kept in her nightstand 
                   G           F
An A.A. card and a lock of red hair 
                    F                            Am     
She kept secrets of pride locked so tight in her heart 
                    G                       F
It killed a part of her before the rest was gone. 
              F                           Am
She said, "if I would have known just how things would have ended up 
  G                          F
I just would have let myself die."

    F                                 Am
And just like James, I'll be drinking Irish tonight
        G
And the memory of his last work week will be gone forever
F              Am            G
Evelyn I'm not coming home tonight 
         F                      Am
If we're never together, if I'm never back again 
     G
Well I swear to god that I'll love you forever 
F              Am            G
Evelyn I'm not coming home tonight 

F  Am  G

Pints Of Guinness Make You Strong

F#m
We're all presidents,
We're all congressmen,
             D
We're all cops
in waiting.
          A
We're the workers of the world.
        E
There is the elite and the dispossessed
        F#m
And it's only about survival,
       D
Who has skill to play the game
               A
For all it's worth,
                                     E
Reaching out for a scary kind of perfection.
Let's try to keep
               B      D
As much emotion out of this
            F#m
As possible.
Let's try not to remember any names.
                    E
We'll do it for our country,
For our people,
For a moral vision.
 B                         D
United, we'll make them remember
           F#m
Our history,
		    E
Or how we like to be told...
		 D
How we like to be told,
N.C.
And we rock,
Because it's us against them.
We found our own reasons to sing,
And it's so much less confusing
When lines are drawn like that,
When people are either

   F#m
Consumers or revolutionaries,
D
Enemies or friends hanging on the fringes
      A
Of the cogs in the system.
               E
It's just about knowing where everyone stands.
            F#m
All of a sudden,
People start talking about guns,
       B                     D
Talking like they're going to war
          F#m                     E
'Cause they found something to die for.
           F#m
Start taking back what they stole;
			   D
Sure beats every other option,
A                                   E
But does it make a difference how we get it?
				F#m
Well, do you really fucking get it?
Noooo noooo nooooo nooooo
A                                   E
Nooo noo no no  ahnah noo noo noo noo
                 F#m               E
Nooo no

G   Bm  C   Am

G                                                   Bm
We want a band that plays loud and hard every night
                                                     C
That doesn't care how many people are counted at the door
                                                             G
That would travel one million miles and ask for nothing more than a plate

of food and a place to rest
G
They'd strike chords that cut like a knife
                      Bm
It would mean so much more than t-shirts or a ticket stub
                                  C
They'd stop at nothing short of a massacre
                                                             G
Everyone would leave with the memory that there was no place else in the

world And this was where they always belonged
Am                             C
We would dance like no one was watching
     G
With one fist in the air
Am             C              G
Our arena just basements and bookstores across an underground America
G
With this fire we could light

GGGG


Just gimme a scene where the music is free
And the beer is not the life of the party
There's no need to shit talk or impress
'Cause honesty and emotion are not looked down upon
And every promise that's made and bragged
is meant if not kept
We'd do it all because we have to, not because we know why
Beyond a gender, race, and class, we could find what really holds us back
Let's make everybody sing
That they are the beginning and ending of everything
That we all are stronger than everything they taught us that we should fear

End On G

Reinventing Axl Rose

INTRO

B  C#  D  A    A  G  A  
A  G 
B  C#  D  A    A  B >>>>>>>>>>>> x2

     B                           D 
It's time for some real world politics,
   A                           B 
economics, history, math and English.

Born and raised and bred walking a thin line,
         D 
between lost and succeeding and don't ever care about.
      A 
The rules aren't changing it if you really tell it like it is
B                                               A   D  A 
Threats always been there, terror always happens.
G                        B             A       D 
For all the fights, for all the songs, all we said.
        A             G           B    A 
All we have is these pictures of us.
       D              A            G           B   A 
If it doesn't matter now then it never really did,
      D             A                 G     A 
And without this we might as well be dead.

INTRO

             B 
They're all black and white people,
             D 
and that doesn't have anything to do with us.
      A 
After all these years it's still an arms race,
B 
after all these years they still don't fucking get it.
                                               D 
Lives and cultures matter more than capitalist interest.
                        A                        B                 A   D  A 
It's the FBI; it's the CIA; it's the ATM, the IMF, NBC, CBS. Fuck you.
     G                  B              A           D 
For all the fights, for all the songs, all we said.
       A               G          B   A 
All we have is these pictures of us.
       D               A          G            B   A 
If it doesn't matter now then it never really did,
      D              A               G      B  A 
And without this we might as well be dead.
             D          A                   G        
A 
When you are so hungry that you'd believe anything.
              D               A           G          
A 
Well they're selling you the politics of starving.
     D                        A             B 
And what the fuck does that really mean to us?

Politics Of Starving

Intro
          C     Am    F   G (Strum)
a-0-2-0-3-3-3-0-0-----0---2--------
e---------0-----0---1-1-1-3--------    X2
c---------0-----0-----0---2--------
g---------0-----2-2---2---0--------

Verse 1

C                                      Am                                     
Through the best of times, through the worst of times

        F                 G
through Nixon and through Bush

                C                Am                            F
Do you remember '36? we went our seperate ways, you fought for Stalin

             G 
I fought for freedom

               C                       Am
you believe in authority, i believe in myself

      F                          G                  C 
i'm a moltov coctail, you're the dom perignon. baby whats that

         Am                         F                G                           
confused look in your eyes what i'm trying to say is that

               F                   G
i'll burn down buildings while you sit on a shelf

  C    G  Am G
inside of them

             F                       G
you call the cops on the looters and pie throwers

            C         G          Am             G
you call it class war i call you co-conspirators


Chorus:

       Em          F                  C                G
'cause baby i'm an anarchist you're a spineless liberal

             Em             F                        C                              G
we marched together for the eight hour days and held hands on the streets of seattle

                 Em                                F 
but when it came time to throw bricks through that starbucks window

    G       G   G
you left me all alone

         C (strum)
all alone


Play intro 1 time


Verse 2:

               C          Am       
you watched in awe at the red white and blue

       F             G
on the fourth of july

            C              Am
while those fireworks were exploding

      F(hit once then stop playing)                    (start again)
i was burning that fucker and waving my black flag high

C          Am               F            G
eating the peanuts that the parties have tossed you

       C                Am             
in the backseat of your fathers new ford

    F             
you believe in the ballot

    G
you believe in reform

         C                              Am
you have faith in the elephant and that jackass

       F                  G
and to you solidarity's a four letter word

          F                       G
we're all hypocrites but you're a patriot

            C     G    Am    G
you thought i was only joking

           F                              G
when i was screaming "kill whitey" at the top of my lungs

       C             G            Am           G
at the cops in their cars and the men in their suits

     F                   G
no i won't take your hand

              C (strum)
and marry the state


Chorus

Baby, I'm An Anarchist

Intro: C A5 F  2x

	    C       A5
When you sleep,
F
No one is homeless.
	   C        A5
When you sleep,
F
You can't feel the hunger.
 	   F
When you sleep,
	 C	      G
No one is lonely in a dream.

Without classes,
	F
Without nations...
	   C      A5
When you sleep,
       F
She's standing there with open arms,
     C	    A5		       F
And one night could last forever,

And if you asked her,
      C          G
She'd never let go...
		 F
And you'd stay forever...


	F
And the sun's always rising
       A5	     G
In the sky somewhere,
			     F
And if young hearts should explode

From all the lies they've been told...
	C	            G
Let the new night bring you peace
		     F
And the promise of tomorrow,


	     C A5 F
Where we can wake to a new beginning.
 C      A5     F
Tomorrow I'll all but have lost their faces;

My friends and family,
   C		      G
Memories of all we had
			     F
And the times we should have lived,
         C  A5        F
And tomorrow America just might fall apart.
C       A5
Tomorrow, tell me,
F
Where will you wake up?
				        C
Beyond title, beyond these careers and laws,
 	  G		         F
Something more than borders on a map...


	F
And the sun's always rising
       A5	    G
In the sky somewhere,
			     F
And if young hearts should explode

From all the lies they've been told...
   C 		     G
To live through one night like this,
		          C
I would trade it for the silence...

8 Full Hours Of Sleep

D riff                      
Dear mother,
                            
This is just survival.
                    B             A            
Cannot promise your children everything,
              B               A                    
But you would lie so they can sleep tonight.
D riff                                                   
Defeat tasted nothing like you said.
                   B                   A             
Still 22 days left till the end of the world.
   B          A            E                
My legacy was making you a man
                          G                   
For a justice I could not change.
                         E                
This is one voice not to forget;
                                G       
"Fight every fight like you can win;
                   E              
An iron fisted champion,
        G           D                    
An iron willed fuck up."


    G                   D                                         
Can anybody tell me why God won't speak to me?   
    A                           B                A                
Why Jesus never called on me to part the fucking seas?  
    G                    D                
Why death is easier than living? 
                  A               
You can be almost anything 
            B               A             
When you're on your fucking knees.
    G                    
Not today,
       D              
Not my son,
       A                 
Not my family,
          B                A                  
Not while walking is still honest,
        G                   D        
And you haven't given up on me.

B  A  G    B  A 

D riff                      
Dear shithead,
                                   
This isn't happening; 
    B             A               
The sky is really falling,
    B                   A            
The paint's all made of lead,
D riff                                         
There's asbestos in the walls,
                                                      
Hell's come over to rip off the doors
       B          A           B           A                 
To the priveleged mansion.
                        E              
Do you want to love and feel it?
                           G             
You can look but you can't taste it.
                               E           
You can reach but you'll never have it.
         G                    
We are untouchable;
                            D       
Untouchable is something to be.


    G                   D                                         
Can anybody tell me why God won't speak to me?   
    A                           B                A                
Why Jesus never called on me to part the fucking seas?  
    G                    D                
Why death is easier than living? 
                  A               
You can be almost anything 
            B               A             
When you're on your fucking knees.
    G                    
Not today,
       D              
Not my son,
       A                 
Not my family,
          B                A                  
Not while walking is still honest,
        G                   D        
And you haven't given up on me.
        B       A           G          
And you haven't given up on me,
        B       A         D              
And you haven't forgotten me...

Original tuning : 1.0 step up

Intro: G


G        C              G
girl i'm sorry but i'm leaving
                                  D
we're both at fault we're both to blame
       G                C                     G
and it wasn't the other men cause there other women
                    D                        G         E
this just isn't love it's just a remore of a loss of a feeling
     G          D                        G
even if i stayed it just wouldn't be the same

C                             G
double this drink up into the tallest glass you got
         Am                             D
you know i ain't used to sleeping all alone
                     C?                  Am
gonna make it to the moon tonight on a one way kamikaze flight
            C
if i could get so high i'll leave behind my problems
D
take 'em out with the empty bottles

    G        C              G
oh girl i'm sorry but i'm leaving
                                  D
we're both at fault we're both to blame
       G                C                     G
and it wasn't the other men cause there other women
                    D                        G         E
this just isn't love it's just a remore of a loss of a feeling
     G          D                        G
even if i stayed it just wouldn't be the same

C                             G
me and this guitar are going swinging blind into the unknown
            Am                             D
you know a song and a stage is all i ever needed of a home
        C?                  Am 
someday i will come from a payphone in a truckstop on the road
            C                                      D
and you'll tell me how much better off you've been on your own

    G        C              G
so girl i'm sorry but i'm leaving
                                  D
we're both at fault we're both to blame
       G                C                     G
and it wasn't the other men cause there other women
                    D                        G         E
this just isn't love it's just a remore of a loss of a feeling
     G          D                        G
even if i stayed it just wouldn't be the same



if you have any corrections or comments, send to travis.close@gmail.com

Cavalier Eternal

C		
Not one more word tonight
      Am	
between here and there
	    G
We'll put a distance the size of the ocean
           F
so now his heart can be a skipping rythem
As the cadence carries me
I almost drift away
far enough to forget
but when it comes you cannot hesitate
and when found I will write
on account and seal it in an envelope
addressed to your last known residence

Whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaoooooooooooooooo

and we sink and we drowned
and what is lost can never be found
well these arms did swim, 
until the lungs pulled in
panic was lost in a deep understanding
that you will see what is wrong with everything
what is wrong with you and me
they make all the right reasons to fuck it up
you gotta fuck it up

Whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaoooooooooooooooo

(That sounded pretty good to me)
(I thought it was pretty good)

Sink Florida, Sink

A|-2--------0----------------------2--2222-2222-22-222-2-22-2-22-2-22------|
E|----2-----0-2-0---0--2-0----0-0--3--3333-3333-33-333-3-33-3-33-3-33-2-0--|
C|---2-2-2--------2--------2-------2--2222-2222-22-222---22---22---22-----2|
G|-------2---------------------0-0-0--0000-0000-00-000---00---00---00------|

You Look Like I Need A Drink

As the Eternal Cowboy

Intro: Bm G D A

Bm
East and West could not agree
                                                         G
So their generals gave a call and gathered troops at the border
Bm
With guns ready, drawn and aimed

each side was praying to a God
                                G
to bless them with strength and courage


           A      D          G       D              A     
And it was in His name the artillery lit the sky on fire
                A       D        G                D         A  
The people sang protest songs to try and stop the soldier's gun.

Bm                             G   
Protest Songs in a response to Military Aggression
D                                 A
Protest songs to try and stop the soldier's gun
                     Bm (intro again)
But the battle raged on......

Bm
Sirens filled the air and the ground shook with war
                                                  G
Civilian casualties has been a cost that was predetermined
Bm
When interviewed for report victims pleaded in frustration
                                         G 
Their claim: That this was a war without reason

      A        D         G               D           A 
Bureaucrats engaged in debate to try and reach a resolution
                A       D        G                D         A 
The people sang protest songs to try and stop the soldier's gun.

Bm                             G
Protest Songs in a response to Military Aggression
D                                 A 
Protest songs to try and stop the soldier's gun
                     Bm (intro)
But the battle raged on......

    A                    D              G            D 
The Broadcast like their prayers went unanswered and ignored
A
God, like the rest of the world, just watched in silence
          A             D                  G              D 
There was purpose to be served, there were fortunes to be earned
   A 
before a peace could be called to stop the fighting.

          Bm                             G
They sang protest songs in a response to Military Aggression
D                                 A 
Protest songs to try and stop the soldier's gun
                     Bm
But the battle raged on......

White People For Peace

# Intro: F (p.m)

# Verse 1:
F                                                      Bb
If she wants to dance and drink all night then there?s no one that can stop her.
      D                                           Bb
She?s going until the house lights come up or her stomach spills onto the floor.
     F                                Bb
This night is going to end when we?re damn well ready for it to be over.
       D                                         Bb
Worked all week long now the music is playing on our time.
   C                    Bb
We do what we do to get by, and then we need a release

# Chorus:
F [high]
Bah Bah Bah Bah Bah Bah Bah Bah

Bb
Bah Bah Bah Bah Bah Bah Bah Bah

# Verse 2:
        F                                     Bb
You get mixed up with the wrong guys, you get messed up on the wrong drugs.
    D                                         Bb
Sometimes the party takes you places that you didn?t really plan on going.
     F                                          Bb
When people see the track marks on her arms she knows what they?re thinking.
             D                                 Bb
She keeps on working for that minimum, as if a high school eductaion offered any....
D                             Bb
They don?t know nothing about redemption.
F                             Bb
They don?t know nothing about recovery.
     C                                          Bb
Some people just aint the type for marriage and family.

# Chorus:
F [high]                                                                Bb
No mother ever dreams that her daughters going to grow up to be a junkie.

F [high]                                                                Bb
No mother ever dreams that her daugherers going to grow up to sleep alone.

# Verse 3:
             F [high]                            Bb
She?s out of step with the style, she don?t know where the actions happening.
             D                                        Bb
You know the downtown club scene aint nothing like it used to be.
             F                                                                  
                       Bb
You reach a point where there?s not a lie in the world that you could use to make...
D                                       Bb
   They keep getting younger don't they baby.
          D                                   Bb
She?s not waitng for someone to come over and ask for the privledge.
        F                                             Bb
She can still hear that Rebel Yell just as loud as it was in 1983.
C                                                        Bb
 There aint no Johnny coming home to share a bed with her and she doesn?t care.

# Chorus:
F [high]                                                                Bb
No mother ever dreams that her daughters going to grow up to be a junkie.
  
F [high]                                                                Bb
No mother ever dreams that her daugherers going to grow up to sleep alone.
  
F [high]                                                                Bb
No mother ever dreams that her daughters going to grow up to be a junkie.
  
       D                  C                       Bb              Bb
If she had to live it all over again you know she wouldn?t change anything 
             F
for the world.

Thrash Unreal

Intro:  F#m

   F#m
Beautiful to live in poverty
          Asus4 
Just to spite what they're selling
                     E
Take a thousand hits to prove the rest and I'll move in
                              D
Millimeters still won't mean shit against well-done subversion

             F#m
Fathers of invention will one day turn in their graves
            Asus4
When their own sons and daughters
                           E
Manifest destiny into a lesson to others
                                    D
Sent away my crippled, let the old ones categorize their deathcamps, they're all dead

 A
It'll burn burn burn      
             
Like they did to the Anarchists at their stakes
            E
And it'll burn burn burn

Like the histories they stole from us
       D
One day patriotic thugs will dance to songs of justice
       A                       E
And cringe, and rack guns of shame                          

 F#m
Well it may take a team of well-rounded hoodlums
     Asus4
In full riot gear to unrest objection
   E
A well-controlled media to pick out our terrorists
         D
When beaurocrats start dying from cancer

                       F#m
There are already businessmen who'll market bottled water
                Asus4
And purified aerosol solution, guess who's their target
  E
Seven approaching a measure off the map
            D
And you'll see me dance in the street once again

 A
It'll burn burn burn
                   
Like they did to the Anarchists at their stakes
            E
And it'll burn burn burn

Like the histories they stole from us
           D
One day patriotic thugs will dance to songs of justice
       A                       E
And cringe, and rack guns of shame                          

            
And it'll burn burn burn like they did to the Anarchists           
And it'll burn burn burn like the histories they stole from us
One day patriotic thugs will dance to songs of justice
And give apologies for immeasurably acted perfection

 A
It'll burn burn burn
                   
Like they did to the Anarchists at their stakes
            E
And it'll burn burn burn

Like the histories they stole from us
           D
One day patriotic thugs will dance to songs of justice
       A                      E       A
And cringe, and rack guns of shame

Animal

New Wave 

#        F       E        
# x xx xx so xxxxxxxxxx,
#            Am
# x xx xx xx entertained,
#               F               E
# xxxxxxxx here xxxx x xxxxxxxx,
#        Am       
# x repeat xxxx x xxxx, xxxxx xxx xxxxx xxx again
#           F                     E 
# xxxxx xxx xxxxxxx xxx become xx xxxxxxxxx xx xxxxxx,
#     Am
# xx impression xx xx xxxxxxxx xxxxxxx xxx fucking xxxxxxx.
#   F                        E
# x xxxxx xxxx xxxxx xxxx xx xxxxx,
#                  Am
# xxx xxxx looking xxxx xxx xxxx xxxx xxx xxxx place xxxxx xx xxxxxxx.
# 
# 
# G            Am          F
# xx xxxx xxx, holy shit, xxxxxx xx xx, xxx xx xxxx.
# G               Am                 F
# xxxx xxxxxxxxxx xx xx astronauts, police officers, xxx firemen.
# 
# 
# 
# 
# G            Am          F
# xx xxxx xxx, holy shit, xxxxxx xx xx, xxx xx xxxx.
# G               Am                 F
# xxxx xxxxxxxxxx xx xx astronauts, police officers, xxx firemen.
# 
# 
#     F                         E                         Am
# xxx everybody's xxxxxxxx xxx xxxx xxxxxx xx xxx xxxx.
#      F                     E         
# xxx xxxxxxx xxxxxxx xxxx x drumbeat xxxxxx xxxxxxx.
# Am                             (some harmonic)
# xxxx xxxxxx fucking xxxxxxx, xxxxx xx?
# F                              E 
# xxx xx xxx xxx xxxxxx we'd xxx,
# Am
# xx xxx xxx xxxx xxxx xxxx xxx xx xx xx,
# F                                 E
# xxxxxxxx xxxx drunken xxxxxxxxxxxxx,
# Am
# xxxx lyrics xxxx xx xxx xxx xx xxx xxxxx xx xxxxxxxxxxx.
# G                            Am
# x xxxxxxx xx x xxxxx xxxx xx xx xxx xx xxx people.
# G                        Am
# x believe xx xx xxx xxxx xxxxxx xx xxxxxxxxxxx.
# G                             Am
# x xxxxxxx xxxx x xxxx xxxxxx, xxx x xxxx overcome.
# G                              Am
# xxx x xxxx xxxx xx xxxxx x xx xxxxxx remember xxx xxxxxx.
# 
# 
# 
# G            Am          F
# xx xxxx xxx, holy shit, xxxxxx xx xx, xxx xx xxxx.
# G               Am                 F
# xxxx xxxxxxxxxx xx xx astronauts, police officers, xxx firemen.
# 
# 
# 
# G            Am          F
# xx xxxx xxx, holy shit, xxxxxx xx xx, xxx xx xxxx.
# G               Am                 F
# xxxx xxxxxxxxxx xx xx astronauts, police officers, xxx firemen.
#

Holy Shit

Total Clarity

Intro:
 D   A          G
Whoa oh  oh oh whoa
 D   A          G
whoa oh  oh oh whoa
 Bm  A          G
Whoa oh  oh oh whoa
D   A          G
Whoa oh  oh oh whoa
                 D                                 G
We used to get high together, instead of getting high alone.
           Bm
I can't remember the last time I saw you.
           A
I can't remember the last time we talked.
          D
You left home for a fresh start,
                              G
working as a waitress down in Bradenton.
         Bm       A              G
With my name tattoo'd into your skin.

                D        G
Because of the shame I associate with vulnerability
     Bm                  Bm/A
I am numbing myself completely.
          G
Can you hear me right now?
               D                           G                G/A
I watched your mother bury you today, with tears in her eyes.
         Bm                      A                     G
well, It wasn't her words that shook me, it was the resemblance you shared.

 D   A          G
Whoa oh  oh oh whoa X2

           D                                    G
Don't it seem so detached and unreal? Don't it seem so far away?
         Bm                             A
Like the past never happened, or like nothing's ever changed.
            D
With your casket open in front of me,
            G
your eyes closed and your lips silent.
         Bm      A               G
With my name tattoo'd into your skin.

                D        G
Because of the shame I associate with vulnerability
     Bm                  Bm/A
I am numbing myself completely.
          G
Can you hear me right now?
               D                           G                G/A
I watched your mother bury you today, with tears in her eyes.
         Bm                      A                     G
well, It wasn't her words that shook me, it was the resemblance you shared.

D   A          G
Whoa oh  oh oh whoa x2

           D
I didn't listen to the preacher.
                      G
I couldn't look your husband in the eyes.
        Bm
I'm not sure what I meant to you then,
            A
so I'm not sure what I owe you now.
         D
But if something I said hurt you
               G
I swear it was not my intention.
          Bm      A             G
With your name tattoo'd into my skin.
          Bm      A             G
With your name tattoo'd into my skin.

                D        G
Because of the shame I associate with vulnerability
     Bm                  Bm/A
I am numbing myself completely.
          G
Can you hear me right now?
               D                           G                G/A
I watched your mother bury you today, with tears in her eyes.
         Bm                      A                     G
well, It wasn't her words that shook me, it was the resemblance you shared.
         Bm                      A                     G
well, It wasn't her words that shook me, it was the resemblance you shared.

D   A          G
Whoa oh  oh oh whoa
 D   A          G
whoa oh  oh oh whoa
 Bm  A          G
Whoa oh  oh oh whoa
D   A         
Whoa oh 
          G               A
Can you hear me right now? 
          G               A D
Can you hear me right now?

Because Of The Shame

A|---------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------5------------------------------|
C|---------------------------------------------------|
G|-5-7-9-9-997-5--7-5---5--5-7-9-9-997-5-14-12-8-12--|


A|---------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------5----------------------5-------|
C|---------------------------------------------------|
G|-5-7-9-9-997-5--7-5---5--5-7-9-9-97-5--7-5---5-----|


C
I wake up in the morning and I drink from the fountain.
C
I wake up in the morning with the same unanswered questions.
         F                    G                C
I don't know what's going to cure my unsettled stomach.
C
Street kids collect spare change in a conch shell on the side walk;
C
Their teeth are yellow, their hair is tangled.
         F                    G                     C
Their minds are vapid and they laugh wild in their depravity.
 
 
Dm               G                    C               F
I'll make my way back home to you, head north on San Marco Avenue.
Dm                     G          C           F
White crosses on the church lawn, I want to smash them all.
C          F
I want to smash them all.
 
 
C
Pony tails swinging back and forth behind beach blonde college girls out for a jog.
       F                      G              C
Saint Augustine, shine your light down on me!
C
Pop hits from the 90's echo out of tourist filled bars.
                                 F                 G                        C
I am met with arms crossed under dirty looks, I am treated like a common thief.
 
Dm               G                    C               F
I'll make my way back home to you, head north on San Marco Avenue.
Dm                      G          C           F
White crosses on the church lawn, I want to smash them all.
C          F
I want to smash them all.
 
 
Eaves-dropping in on conversation, I wander aimless leering at strangers.
F                         G                       C
Strung out on the amphetamines that you gave to me.
 
Eye-balled with suspicion by a pencil skirt in high heels,
 
You realize that you're talking to yourself.
F               G
Cannon fire explodes out over the bay.
 
 
Dm              G                    C               F
I'll make my way back home to you, head north on San Marco Avenue.
Dm                     G          C           F
White crosses on the church lawn, I want to smash them all.
Dm                G                  C                 F                
Looking for context and perspective, looking for some kind of distraction.
Dm                     G           C          F        
White crosses on the church lawn, I want to smash them all.
C          F
I want to smash them all.

White Crosses

White Crosses/Black Crosses

E              Eb
If you follow
C#
    the jaw-line 
        F#      Ab     A
down over the heart, 

E                 Eb                   C#
the curves of your bone and muscle 
                    F#     Ab     A
that make up your head to toe...
E                 Eb             C#
it's just skin and thread, stitches and ligaments, 
F#                       Ab            A
words that we spoke only to regret. 

A

A - B - C#

A                                 B               C#              B
I know they're going to laugh at us when they see us 
                    A  Asus4
out together "holding hands" like this. 
A                                 B             
They wouldn't understand it if we told them all the reasons, 
  C#              B                                     A
not that I think this deserves any kind of explanation. 

E - F# - Ab 

F# - Ab  - A

E                                  F#                   Ab
We can make it up so we've got a smile painted on all the time, 
F#                                         Ab 
no matter what it's like on the inside. 
A
We'll keep this, keep us like a secret, 
E                                                                  F#                  
because if my family and friends ever found out 
Ab                                                                                     F# Ab   A  
about the things we could never be, haunts we'll always keep, so fucking bittersweet 

A - B - C#


A                                 B               C#              B
I know they're going to laugh at us when they see us 
                    A  Asus4
out together "holding hands" like this. 
A                                                 B             
They wouldn't understand it if we told them all the reasons, 
  C#              B                                     A
not that I think this deserves any kind of explanation.

The Disco Before The Breakdown

The Disco Before the Breakdown - EP

A               E
Please tell me why we couldn't stay

               A               D
Don't let this feeling ever go away
         A        E           
Let this memory forever be inside of me
        A                   D
Through every hour of every day
              A                E
It's with the company of these friends
        D 
That we drove on through the night
A               E                 D
we were carried by the wheels of Armageddon. 
F#m                  E                   D
         We're gonna force ourselves to live
                                  F#m 
         Thankful it's hurt more than we've ever felt
E                       D
          It's just our means to an end




 A               E
Please tell me why we couldn't stay

               A               D
Don't let this feeling ever go away
         A        E           
Let this memory forever be inside of me
        A                   D
Through every hour of every day
              A                E
It's with the company of these friends
        D 
That we drove on through the night
A               E                 D
we were carried by the wheels of Armageddon.
         F#m                               E
And honestly we were armed with our best intentions
             D
Maybe those intentions alone
      F#m                 E                D
are just enough to get us anywhere but here
       E          F#m
In the middle of America
  D                           E         F#m           D
Six cylinders will take us further than any president
                          E    F#m             D
The same promises that we forgot the last time
                                  E           F#m             D
There's no difference between staying and a bullet in the head

 
                   A               E
So Fuckin' tell me why we couldn't stay

               A               D
Don't let this feeling ever go away
         A        E           
Let this memory forever be inside of me
        A                   D
Through every hour of every day
              A                E
It's with the company of these friends
        D 
That we drove on through the night
A               E                 D
we were carried by the wheels of Armageddon. 
                 F#m
Maybe it's gonna come from the radio
       E
Or the next 8 hour day
D
Driving to the next town
                            F#m           E  
A collect call home to your best friend
                   D
We are the company we keep
                      E     F#m          D
We could live off of dumpsters if we have to
                       E   F#m             D
Sell our blood by the pint to make rent
                      E      F#m    D
This kind of dignity doesn't come easy
                 E    F#m      D
But you'll never find it for sale



       A               E
That's why we couldn't stay
               A               D
Don't let this feeling ever go away
                 A  E          
Cause it's a memory inside of us
                           A                   D
Through every hour through every day until we die
              A                E
It's with the company of these friends
        D 
That we drove on through the night
A               E                 D
we were carried by the wheels of Armageddon.

We Did It All For Don

The Acoustic E.P.

Against Me!
Two Coffins

Capo-3rd Fret


[Intro]

Cmaj7 Em G Em


[Verse]

Cmaj7 Em G Em x4

Two coffins for sleep.
One for you, one for me.
We'll get there eventually.
In the dark of our graves our bodies will decay.
I wish you'd never change.


[Chorus]

Cmaj7 G Em x2
Cmaj7 G Em G x2

How lucky I ever was to see
the way that you smiled at me.
Your little moon face shining bright at me.
One day soon there'll be nothing left of you and me.


[Interlude]

Cmaj7 Em G Em x2

Two coffins for sleep.
Two coffins for sleep.


[Verse]

Cmaj7 Em G Em x4

All the things I have yet to lose will someday be gone too.
Back into annihilation.
All things will fade, maybe it's better off that way.
I wish you'd stay with me.


[Chorus]

Cmaj7 G Em x2
Cmaj7 G Em G x2

How lucky I ever was to see
the way that you smiled at me.
Your little moon face shining bright at me.
One day soon there'll be nothing left of you and me.


[Interlude]

Cmaj7 Em G Em x2

Two coffins for sleep.
Two coffins for sleep.


[Chorus]

Cmaj7 G Em x2
Cmaj7 G Em G x2

How lucky I ever was to see
the way that you smiled at me.
Your little moon face shining bright at me.
One day soon there'll be nothing left of you and me.


[Outro]

Cmaj7 Em G Em x4

Two coffins for sleep.
Two coffins for sleep.
Two coffins for sleep.
Two coffins for sleep.

Two Coffins

E5 A (x2)


                  E5
Your tells are so obvious
                          A
Shoulders too broad for a girl
          E5
Keeps you reminded
                                  A
Helps you remember where you come from


                 F#m
You want them to notice
A
The ragged ends of your summer dress
E5                                     A
You want them to see you like they see every other girl
                    F#m
But they just see a faggot
A                                       B
They hold their breath not to catch the sick
E5
Washed up on the coast
                             A         Am
I wish we could've spent the whole day alone
E5
Washed up on the coast
                             A         Am
I wish we could've spent the whole day alone
E5
Washed up on the coast
                             A          C#5
I wish we could've spent the whole day alone
     A    Am
With you


              E5
You've got no cunt in your strut
                      A
You've got no hips to shake
                  E5
And you know it's obvious
                              A
But we can't choose how we're made


                 F#m
You want them to notice
A
The ragged ends of your summer dress
E5                                     A
You want them to see you like they see every other girl
                    F#m
But they just see a faggot
A                                       B
They hold their breath not to catch the sick
E5
Washed up on the coast
                             A         Am
I wish we could've spent the whole day alone
E5
Washed up on the coast
                             A         Am
I wish we could've spent the whole day alone
E5
Washed up on the coast
                             A          C#5
I wish we could've spent the whole day alone
     A    Am
With you

Transgender Dysphoria Blues

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

Work

Intro: C D C D (x2)


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

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

C D


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

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


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

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

C D
(fin)

Habla si puedes

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

MI RE DO#m-SIm-LA

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

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


Jo et duré...

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

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


Jo et duré... ( bis )

De tot cor

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

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

Can't Smile Without You

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


American Dream 

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

Gonna Be A Long Time

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

Fast Car

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.

Slow Graffiti

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)

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