Steven Patrick Morrissey, better known as Morrissey, is an English singer and lyricist born in Davyhulme, Lancashire, United Kingdom on May 22, 1959.  He was the lead singer of The Smiths, one of the most influential alternative bands in the 1980s. The group split up in 1987 and Morrissey started a successful solo career.  His first solo album, Viva Hate was released only six months after The Smiths split, in March 1988.

Steven Patrick Morrissey dit Morrissey est un chanteur britannique né le 22 mai 1959.  Il fut, avec Johnny Marr, une des figures des Smiths, dont il était chanteur et parolier. Quand le groupe se sépare en 1987 il commence une carrière en solo.  Le chanteur britannique a toujours porté la France, et en particulier le cinéma français, dans son c

Steven Patrick Morrissey nació el 22 de mayo de 1959 en Davyhulme, Manchester, Inglaterra. Desde muy temprana edad se sintió atraído por la escritura, dándole prioridad a la poesía. Sus principales influencias van desde Oscar Wilde a Goethe, además de ser fanático de la música pop y el cine.  En 1980, Morrissey conoce al guitarrista Johnny Marr, quien lo invitó a colaborar con él. Luego incluyeron a otros compañeros de Marr, el bajista Andy Rourke y el baterista Mike Joyce, y fundaron el grupo The Smiths generando un sonido propio con influencias de rock and roll clásico, country y punk. 

Am                    F
The youngest was the most loved
C                      G
The youngest was the shielded
Am                    F
We kept him from the world's glare
C                     G
And he turned into a killer
Am         F
Retrouss? nose
 C                 E
Turned up and mischievous
Am         F
Forget-me-not eyes
       C               G
that cried if we ever left his side

F         C        Am              E
There is no such thing in life as normal
F         C        Am              E
There is no such thing in life as normal

Am                    F
The youngest was the most loved
C                      G
The youngest was the cherub
Am                  F
A small boy from a poor house
C                  G
Who turned into a killer

Am           F
A blush, it rose
C             E
If he had to say 'hello'
Am       F
A lop-sided grin
   C                   G
Strained to keep the shyness in

F         C        Am              E
There is no such thing in life as normal
F         C        Am              E
There is no such thing in life as normal

Am                    F
The youngest was the most loved
C                      G
The youngest was the cherub
Am                  F
The luck was all before him
C                     G
With a lovely wife beside him

Am                    F
The youngest was the most loved
C                      G
The youngest was the cherub
Am                    F
We kept him from the world's glare
C                     G
And he turned into a killer

F         C        Am              E
There is no such thing in life as normal
F         C        Am              E
There is no such thing in life as normal

Youngest Was The Most Loved

Am           F
Pasolini is me
Am                F
'Accattone' you'll be
Dm            G                        C
I entered nothing and nothing entered me
                        E
'Til you came with the key
And you did your best but

Chorus:
Am              F
As I live and breathe
          C
You have killed me
          G
You have killed me
             Am        F               
Yes I walk around somehow
              C
But you have killed me
          G
You have killed me
Dm        G
Piazza Cavour, what's my life for?

short  interlude  Am    F     Am    F     

Am           F
Visconti is me
Am            F
Magnani you'll never be
Dm            G                        C
I entered nothing and nothing entered me
                        E
'Til you came with the key
And you did your best but

Chorus:
Am              F
As I live and breathe
          C
You have killed me
          G
You have killed me
             Am        F               
Yes I walk around somehow
              C
But you have killed me
          G
You have killed me
C             E             Am
Who am I that I come to be here...?

|F     |

Am              F
As I live and breathe
          C
You have killed me
          G
You have killed me
             Am        F               
Yes I walk around somehow
              C
But you have killed me
          G
You have killed me
              Am                    F
And there is no point saying this again
          C                     G
There is no point saying this again
          Am             F
But I forgive you, I forgive you
C      G        Am
Always I do forgive you

You Have Killed Me


Intro: C  Am  E  F  Fm  x1

        C
I am walking through Rome
          Am               E 
With my heart on a string
                 F         Fm
Dear God, please help me


         C
And I am so very tired
Am                         E
Of doing the right thing
                 F         Fm
Dear God, please help me


          C
There are explosive kegs
Am
Between my legs
     E           F         Fm
Dear God, please help me


Break: Dm  F  C  E  F  Dm  C  G

         C
Will you follow and know
Am                         
Know me more than you do
      E
Track me down
           F               Fm
And try to win me?


        C
Then he motions to me
Am
With his hand on my knee
     E                                     F        Fm
Dear God, did this kind of thing happen to you?


Break: Dm  F  C  E  F  Dm  C  E  Dm  F  C  G

        C
Now I'm spreading your legs
     Am
With mine in-between
     E                            F      Fm
Dear God, if I could I would help you


             C
And now I am walking through Rome
             Am
And there is no room to move
        E           F       Fm
But the heart feels free


                C
The heart feels free
                Am
The heart feels free
        E              F      
But the heart... feels free
Fm
The heart feels free


^^^^^^^^^

Play The Above 4 Times


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Dear God Please Help Me

Incredible. The greatest song ever written.

          F         Dm
It's the same old S.O.S.
           Am              E
But with brand new broken fortunes
           F           Dm
And once again I turn to you
       Am          E
Once again I do I turn to you
          F         Dm
It's the same old S.O.S.
           Am              E
But with brand new broken fortunes
         F         Dm
I'm the same underneath
          Am               E
But this you, you surely knew

 F         Am
Life is a pigsty
 C         E
Life is a pigsty
 F         Am
Life is a pigsty
 C         E
Life is a pigsty
 F               Am
Life, life is a pigsty
 C               E
Life, life is a pigsty
 F               Am
Life, life is a pigsty
 C         E
Life is a pigsty
                        F
And if you don't know this
                   Am
Then what do you know?
       C                  E
Every second of my life I only live for you
              F
And you can shoot me
                             Am
And you can throw me off a train
          C
I still maintain
          E
I still maintain
 F               Am
Life, life is a pigsty
 C         E
Life is a pigsty
               F                       Am
And I'd been shifting gears all of my life
                   C
But I'm still the same underneath
  E
This you surely knew
                 F
I can't reach you
I can't reach you
         Am
I can't reach you anymore

|C     |E     |

                 F
Can you please stop time?
                  Am
Can you stop the pain?
         C
I feel too cold
           E
And now I feel too warm again
                   F
Can you stop this pain?
                   Am
Can you stop this pain?
      C
Even now in the final hour of my life
     E                F
I'm falling in love again
  Am
Again
      C
Even now in the final hour of my life
     E                F
I'm falling in love again
  Am
Again
  C
Again
  E
Again
                   F
I'm falling in love again
  Am
Again
  C
Again
  E
Again

Life Is A Pigsty

Ringleader Of The Tormentors

G   Bm   Am   D


      G                        Em
	You have never been in love
                              Bm
	until you've seen the stars
                        D
	reflect in the reservoirs
      G                            Em
	and you have never been in love
                              Bm
	until you've seen the dawn rise
               D
	behind the Home For The Blind

Bridge:
                   Am           Em     Bm-Bbm-Am
	we are the Pretty Petty Thieves
    Am                             Em
	and you're standing on our streets


Chorus: (x2)
               D               G
	where Hector was the first of the gang with a gun in his hand
                Bm                                         Am       D
	and the first to do time, the first of the gang to die - oh my 
                                 

CHORUS (x2)

      	You have never been in love
       	until you've seen sunlight thrown
        over smashed human bone
BRIDGE:
        We are the Pretty Petty Thieves
 	and you're standing on our streets

CHORUS
                              G   
	where Hector was the first of the gang with a gun in his hand
                 Bm                                        Am         D
        and the first to do time the first of the gang to die such a silly boy
                        G         
	Hector was the first of the gang with a gun in his hand
               Bm                                     Am                D
  	and a bullet in his gullet and the first Lost Lad to go under the sod


BREAK:  F  Am  Bb  C   Bb

CHORUS:
                               G           
	And he stole from the rich and the poor and the not-very-rich
                Bm                               Am
	and the very poor and he stole all hearts away
                           D                     G
        Stole all hearts away, stole all hearts away ahay ahay ahay
         Bm                         Am       D
        Away-ahay stole all hearts away ... away

First Of The Gang

E         F                     E       Am
I was a good kid    I wouldn't do you no harm
        E         F                   E         Am 
I was a nice kid    with a nice paper-round
           E          F            G            Am
Forgive me   any pain  I may have brung to you
           E           F               G            F
With God's help I know   I'll always be near to you
                  G                     A
but Jesus hurt me   When He deserted me  but

Chorus:
          Dm          F                G
I have forgiven Jesus   for all the desire
                             C                          Cadd9    Am
He placed in me when there's nothing I can do with this desire

V2.

      E                         F           E                   Am
I was good kid through hail and snow I'd go   just to moon you 
             E                F                    G                      F
I carried my heart in my hand   do you understand?   do you understand?
                  G                     A
but Jesus hurt me   when He deserted me  but

Chorus:
          Dm          F                G
I have forgiven Jesus   for all of the love he placed in me
             C                            Cadd9
when there's no one I can turn to with this love

Bridge: 

Am                 E
Monday-humiliation  Tuesday-suffocation
F                       E
Wednesday-condescension  Thursday-is pathetic
   Am             E
by Friday-Life has killed me
   F              E
by Friday-Life has killed me


Dm         Am
Oh pretty world
Dm         E
Oh pretty world

End piece:
           Am                  E                  F
why did you give me so much desire? when there is nowhere I can go
   E                                   Am
to offload this desire? and why did you give me so much love
    E                             F
in a loveless world? when there's no one I can turn to
   E                                    Am
to unlock all this love and why did you stick me in
                 E                 F         E
self-deprecating bones and skin Jesus-do you hate me?
            Am                           E
why did you stick me in self-deprecating bones and skin
                       F                              
do you hate me? do you hate me? do you hate me?
        E                        Am  
do you hate me? do you hate me?

Outro:

E F E Am

I Have Forgiven Jesus

Am        E
There's a place in the sun
F                      G                      E
For anyone who has the will to chase one... and I
                   Am
I think I've found mine
       F          E            Am
Yes, I do believe I have found mine

G   C          E                 Am          G          F
So, close your eyes and think of someone you physically admire
           Dm        C      Dm      
And let me kiss you, let me kiss you

C E 

Am E F G
E Am F G

Am              E                    F               C      G
I've zig-zagged all over America and I cannot find a safety haven
E                     Am          F
Say, would you let me cry on your shoulder
     E                 Am  G        C 
I've heard that you'll try anything twice

C          E                 Am          G          F
Close your eyes and think of someone you physically admire
           Dm        C      Dm      
And let me kiss you, let me kiss you

C E 

Am Em F G
Em Am F G x2

    C                  E                Am               G          F
But then you open your eyes and you see someone that you physically despise
       Dm       C        Dm       C    E  Am
But my heart is open, my heart is open to you.

Am Em F G
Em Am F G

Let Me Kiss You

C                    Am
You have never been in love,
                     G
Until you've seen the stars,
                  F
reflect in the resevoirs

C                       Am
And you have never been in love,
                       G
Until you've seen the dawn rise,
               F
behind the home for the blind

G                        F
We are the pretty petty thieves,
G                        F
And you're standing on our street..

                      C
...where Hector was the first of the gang
with a gun in his hand 

G
and the first to do time
                       F
the first of the gang to die.

The First Of The Gang To Die

Morrissey Greatest Hits

Intro riff:

E / Esus4  (or something similar)

Verse:

E
Armed with wealth and
G#m
The best of health
F#m                 G#m     B
In the future when all's well

Intro riff

Verse:

E               G#m
I will lie down and be counted
F#m                G#m      B
In the future when all's well

Pre Chorus:

C#m
Oooh Oooh

A
I thank you
A                          E
I thank you with all of my heart
A
I thank you
A                          E
I thank you with all of my heart

Chorus:
E    F#m    G#m
Lee, please stand up and defend me
A                   B
In the future when all's well
E  F#m   G#m
Confront what you are afraid of
A              B
In the future when all's well

Verse:
Every day I play a sad game called
In the future when all's well
Living longer than I had intended
Something must have gone right

Pre Chorus:
I thank you
I thank you with all of my heart
I thank you
I thank you with all of my heart

Chorus:
Lee, please stand up and defend me
In the future when all's well
Confront what you are afraid of
In the future when all's well

-Solo-

Outro:

E       F#m     G#m
Hold me closely if your will allows it
A                  B
In the future when all's well
E
Paired-off
F#m        G#m
Pawed till I can barely stand it
A             B           E    F#m   G#m
The future is ended by a long, long sleep
A             B           E    F#m   G#m
The future is ended by a long, long sleep
A             B           B7      E
The future is ended by a long sleep

In The Future When Alls Well

[Intro]
    G        Bm       C  D
A|-----------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------|
C|--------------6--4-----2-h4--------------4-p2--| (x2)
G|--0--0--2--4-----------------0--2--2-p0--------|



G     Bm          C
  The more you ignore me
    D         G
The closer I get
       Bm           C    D
You're wasting your time
G     Bm          C
  The more you ignore me
    D         G
The closer I get
       Bm           C    D
You're wasting your time

[Verse]
       Am          D            Am              D
I will be   In the bar  With my head  On the bar
     Am              Bm            Em
I am now   A central part  Of your mind's landscape
        Am              D                            G
Whether you care  Or do not  Yeah, I've made up your mind

G     Bm          C
  The more you ignore me
    D         G
The closer I get
       Bm           C    D
You're wasting your time
G     Bm          C
  The more you ignore me
    D         G
The closer I get
       Bm           C    D
You're wasting your time

[Verse]
  Am            D                   Am                   D          
Beware!  I bear more grudges   Than lonely high court judges
         Am                         Bm                        Em
When you sleep  I will creep   Into your thoughts  Like a bad debt
               Am                         D                         G
That you can't pay  Take the easy way and give in  Yeah, and let me in

[Chorus] (G Bm C D)
Oh, let me in
Oh, let me
Oh, let me in

[Verse]
It's war
It's war
It's war
It's war
It's war war war war war
Let me in

[Chorus]
Oh, the closer I get
Oh, you musn't forget
Oh, the closer I get
Oh, the closer I

More You Ignore Me

INTRO
E - C - A
E - C - A - C

G                        D
    The sanest days are mad.
                               Am
Why don't you find out for yourself?
                     C
Then you'll see the price, very closely.

E - C - A
E - C - A - C

Bm       E         C
    Some men here,
            G               Bm       E
they have a special interest in your career.
            C          D
They wanna help you to grow,
    G                    D
and then syphon all your dough.

                              Am
Why don't you find out for yourself?
                 C                      G
Then you see the glass, hidden in the grass.
                         D
You'll never believe me, so
                               Am
why don't you find out for yourself?
                C
Sick down to my heart,
well that's just the way it goes.

E - C - A
E - C - A - C

Bm        E          C
     Some men here,
              G             Bm    E
they know the full extent of your distress.
     C         D             G
They kneel and pray and they say:
               D
Long may it last.
                               Am
Why don't you find out for yourself?
                    C                     G
Then you'll see the glass, hidden in the grass.
                    D
Bad scenes come and go,
                   Am
for which you must allow.
                C
Sick down to my heart,
well that's just the way it goes.

E - C - A
E - C - A - C
E - A - C - D

G                        D
     Don't rake up my mistakes.
                         Am
I know exactly what they are.
                   C
And what do you do?
                G
Well, you just sit there.
                         D
I've been stabbed in the back
                Am
so many, many times.
                 C
I don't have any skin,
but that's just the way it goes.

E - C - A
E - C - A - C - E - G

Why Don't You Find Out For Yourself

Vauxhall And I

Original tuning : 0.5 step up


VERSE

   C                            E

Ouija Board, ......., Would you.......?

     
      Am          G            F


I've got............, To an old........



CHORUS

  (F)         E               C          Am

She has now gone..., From this unhappy planet

              F               C        G

With all the ......., and the ..... on it

          E         Am             E     Am  B

Hear my voice, ........, Hear my voice, ....

Ouija Board Ouija Board

I think the CMaj7 might be wrong, but it works ok (it's as close as I could get!)


D D D Am Am Am Am (repeat 4X for intro)

D    Am       D      Am
dear hero imprisoned 
D            Am              D           Am
With all the new crimes that you are perfecting
G           CMaj7
   O I can't help quoting 
Am               C
you, 'cause everything that you said rings 
G          CMaj7
true o o o,   o o o 
Am         C

(and so on...)

verses:  D  Am  D  Am
choruses:  G   CMaj7  Am  C

The Last Of The Famous International Playboys

Intro: C  Am  E  F

       C              Am              E        F
Happy lovers, back together.  Oh, and I do feel proud.
       C          Am            E           F
Happy lovers, reunited.  Oh, and I do feel proud now.
     C           Am                               E                   F
I'm not the type to boost as you know, thou it was me who brought them back together.
F        E        Am         E
He is so kind, and she is so clever.
    F          E           Am       F                           
But they don't want me now, hanging around.
     C           Am      E           F
Happy lovers, at last, at last, united
     C           Am      E   F
Happy lovers at last, united.
     C            Am               E                       F
I rang to her to explain of how he really wants to see you again.
       C       Am                         E                F
I said more or less the same thing to him too, which wasn't true.
    C              Am                                     E           F
And now they walk, hand in hand, all is planned, with the silent glance I believe,
        C                         Am                        E         F
that only lovers share, and I'm proud to have done something good for once.
F            E              Am         E
'Cause she is so kind, and he's so clever.
F                  E       Am           F                           
But they don't need me now, hanging around.
   C           Am      E           F
Happy lovers, at last, at last united

Happy Lovers United

Intro: Bm    F#m     Am    G    F#m7

D                  F#m            A       
Here     is        London

               G
Giddy         London

      D           Am7
Is it home of the free 

   Bm
Or what?

G  A  D    F#m    A    G   D     Am7     Bm     A


Verse

D
Can you squeeze me into an empty page of your diary

                    Bm
and psychologically save me,

A                 D
I've got faith in you.

                       
I sense the power in your fingers,

                                      Bm
within an hour that power can totally destroy me,

   A                D
or it could save my life.

G    A

        Bm
Here is London,

                                  G
home of the brash, outrageous and free.

        A
You are repressed,

                      Em
but you're remarkably dressed, -is it real?

A                   D
and you're just too busy,

F#m   
busy, busy,

     A             G
busy clippers, oh,

               D
hairdresser on fire,

Am         Bm
all around Sloane Square.

A                   D
and you're just too busy,

   F#m
to see me,

A                G
"busy, busy" oh, oh,

               D
hairdresser on fire,

A    Bm        A
oh,  oh...

D
Was the client over-cautious, he made you nervous

                             Bm
and when he said: "I'm gonna sue you",

A                 D
I really felt for you. hmmm


so can you squeeze me into an empty page of your diary

                   Bm
and supernaturally change me,

A          D 
Change Me, change

G      A

        Bm
Here is London,

                    A             G
home of the brash, outrageous and free,

        A
you are repressed,

                      Em
but you're remarkably dressed, -is it real?

A
oh..

                    D
and you're just too busy,

     F#m
busy scissors,

      A    G
busy, busy oh, oh...

               D
Hairdresser on fire,

Am         Bm
all around Sloane Square.

                    D
and you're just too busy,

   F#m
to see me,

     A             G
busy clippers, oh, oh,

               D     Am    Bm
hairdresser on fire, oh..

Hairdresser On Fire

Bona Drag 

Verse Riff:

     G                        Bb         C 
A|------5-----------5------------10----------10--------|
E|---3-----1----3-------1-----5------6---8-------6-----|
C|-----------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------------|


Gm
             Sing your life
                                 G
Any fool can think of words that rhyme

Many others do
Bb       C
Why dont you ? 
       G
Do you want to ? 
Bb       C
Oh...

Bb6           A7
    Sing your life
Bb6                   C
Walk right up to the microphone

    Bb
And name
                   Gm
All the things you love
                        Eb
All the things that you loathe
              F
Oh, sing your life
                Bb
The things that you love
                    Gm
And the things you loathe
    Eb
Oh, sing your life 
              F
Oh, sing your life

Sing Your Life

Kill Uncle 

Morrissey - Im Throwing My arms Around Paris

A Bm G Bm

A Bm      G       Bm         A Bm G Bm 
In the absence of your love            
A Bm       G        Bm
and in the absence of human touch

A       G
I have decided

D   Bm         E7     G      F#7       
I'm throwing arms around, around paris
Bm        D         F#7       G
because only stone and steel accept my love.

In the absence of your smiling face
I traveled all over the place
and I have decided I?m throwing my arms around all of Paris because only stone and steel accept my love
I?m throwing my arms around all of Paris because only stone and steel accept my love.

I?m throwing my arms around Paris because nobody wants my love
Nobody wants my love
Nobody needs my love
Nobody wants my love
Yes you made yourself plain
Yes you made yourself very plain

I'm Throwing My Arms Around Paris

Intro:

Am F  Am  F Am  F  E


Verse:

      Am         F
I was wasting my time
Am                 F
Trying to fall in love
Am             F
Disappointment came to me and
C             E
Booted me and bruised and hurt me


Chorus:

F              G          C Am
But that's how people grow up
F              G       E 
That's how people grow up

      Am         F
I was wasting my time
Am          F
Looking for love
Am           F
Someone must look at me and
C                E
See their sunlit dream

      Am         F
I was wasting my time
Am          F
Praying for love
Am              F
For a love that never comes
C                     E
From someone who does not exist

Chorus:

F              G          C Am
But that's how people grow up
F              G       E 
That's how people grow up


Bridge:

G         F
Let me live
F 
Before I die
   Am
No not me
    E
Not I

      Am         F
I was wasting my life
Am                    F
Always thinking about myself
Am                    F
Someone on their deathbed said
C                       E
There are other sorrows too
      Am         F
I was driving my car
Am                     F
I crashed and broke my spine
Am                     F
So yes there are things worse in life than
C                     E
Never being someone's sweetie

F              G          C Am
That's how people grow up
F              G       E 
That's how people grow up

F              G          C Am
That's how people grow up
F              G       E 
That's how people grow up


G      F      Am
As for me I'm okay
        E
For now anyway

F  Am

That's How People Grow Up

Years Of Refusal

Intro:  E  G D    E  D A  (repeat)

E                                G D
First day with the jar, you find 
E             D A
everyone lies
E                                G D
First day with the jar, you find 
E                            D    A
everyone lies, nobody minds, everyone
 
A                          G
lies, Where is the man you resp-
A                            B
ect ? And where is the woman you
C 
love ? Where's the woman you 
F#
love ?

A|-2-3-4-5-6----------|
E|--------------------|
C|--------------------|  (couldn't find chords for scale up part, so tab it)
G|--------------------|

A|--------------------|
E|--------------------|
C|-----1-2-3----------|  (alternative - sounds better with dropped G tuning)
G|-4-5----------------|

Vamp:  E  G D    E  D A  (repeat)

E                                 G D
Third week with the jar, you find 
E               D A
everything dies
E                          G D
We won't vote conservative 
E                               D     A
because we never have, everyone lies, everyone

A                          G
lies, where is the man you resp-
A                            B
ect ? And where is the woman you 
C 
love ? Where's the woman you 
F#
love ?

(tab, then vamp)

C             B        A     A B
Everything of worth on earth
C  B        F#
Is there to share

(tab, then vamp)

E                                 G D
I used to dream and I used to vow
E                          D A
I wouldn't dream of it now
E                      G D
We look to Los Angeles 
E                               D  A
for the language we use, London is dead, 

A                                      G
London is dead, London is dead, London is
A                                     B
dead, London is dead, London is dead, now I'm 
C
too much in love, I'm 
F#
too much in love

(tab, then vamp)

E               G D
I know, I'll go 
E                        D A
empty hand from the land

(vamp, until...)

E D E D E D E D E D E D E D E D E (fade out on E)

Glamorous Glue

Your Arsenal

Into - G      Am      F      C      2 times

D                    C
         Why do you come here?

     D                   C
And why-y-y, why do you hang around?

Em    D      C
I'm    so    sorry

D           Em    D      C
Iaaaaaii    I'm    so    so-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh

G              Am                   F                    C
    Why do you come here, when you know it makes things hard for me?

          G        Am         F       C
When you know, oh why do you come?

D                 C
      Why do you telephone?
      D               C
And why-y-y, send me silly notes?


Em    D      C
I'm    so    sorry

D           Em    D      C
Iaaaaaii    I'm    so    so-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh


G              Am                   F                    C
    Why do you come here, when you know it makes things hard for me?

          G        Am         F       C
When you know, oh why do you come?

F       Em      F        C

D                          C
       You have to sneak into my room, just to read my diary

          D
It was a justicy, justicy

                                       C
all the things you knew I'd written about you


Oh so many illustrations oh but


Em    D        C        D  Em  D 
          C
I'm    so very sickened, I, I am so sickened now

          G             Am
It was a good lay, good lay,

          F              C
It was a good lay, good lay,

          G              Am       F
It was a good lay, good lay, oh oh


(Repeat till fade)

Suedehead

C, Cmaj7
Winter coming 
G
Winter push on
(push on) 
Oh, winter push on 

C,Cmaj7
Winter is so long 
G
Winter moves on

EmBm7
The last night on Maudlin Street
DEm
Goodbye house, goodbye stairs
EmBm7
I was born here and I was raised here
D6E G7,E
And I took some stick here

C, Cmaj7
Love at first sight
It may sound trite
G, G
But it's true, you know
C, Cmaj7
I could list the detail
Of everything you ever wore or said
G, G
Or how you stood the day
As we spent the 

EmBm7
last night On Maudlin Street
DEm
"Goodbye house, forever!"
EmBm7
I never stole a happy hour
D6E  G7, E 
Around here

C, CMaj7
Where the world's ugliest boy
G
Became what you see
C, Cmaj7G
Here I am - the ugliest man

Em          Bm7
Oh, the last night on Maudlin Street
D Em
Truly I do love you
Em  Bm7D6 E G7,E 
Oh, truly I do love you

C, CMaj7
When I sleep
 G
With that picture of you framed beside my bed
 C, Cmaj7
Oh, it's childish and it's silly
 G
But I think it's you in my room, by the bed
(...yes, I told you it was silly...)

EmBm7
And I know, I took strange pills
DEm
But I never meant to hurt you
EmBm7   D6E(G7,E)
Oh, truly I love you

C, CMaj7
Came home late one night
 G
Everyone had gone to bed
C,Cmaj7
But, you know, no-one stays up for you
I had sixteen stitches
 G
All around my head

EmBm7
Oh, the last bus I missed to Maudlin Street
DEm
So he drove me home in the Van
EmBm7D6E G7,E 
Complaining, "Women only like me for my mind..."

C,Camj7
Don't leave your torch behind
 G,G/F#
A power cut ahead; 1972, you know
 C, Cmaj7
And so we crept through the park
G
No, I cannot steal a pair of jeans off a clothesline
For you

Em       Bm7
But you ... without clothes
DEm
Oh, I could not keep a straight face
EmBm7
Me - without clothes ?
D6E(G7,E)
Well, a nation turns its back and gags...
E
I'm packed

C, Cmaj7
I am moving house
 G
A half-life disappears today
 C,Cmaj7
With "every hag waves me on"
 G
(secretly wishing me gone)
Well, I will be soon

DE
Ooh, I will be soon
DE
I will be soon
DE
I will be soon
DE
Will be soon, I will be soon
C, Cmaj7, G, bbb C, Cmaj7, G, 
Mmm ... I will be soon, I will be soon

EmBm7
There were bad times on Maudlin Street
DEm
They took you away in a police car
Em
Inspector - don't you know ?
    Bm7
Don't you care ?
 D6E(G7,E)
Don't you know - about Love ?

C  Cmaj7
Your gran died
And your mother died
 G
On Maudlin Street
 C, Cmaj7
In pain, and ashamed
With never time to say
 G
those special things ... oh 
  
EmBm7
I took the key from Maudlin Street
DEm
Well, it's only bricks and mortar !
EmBm7D6       E(G7,E)
Oh, oh, truly I love you

(E)
Oh, wherever you are
Wherever you are
C, Cmaj7
Wherever you are
 G
I hope you're singing now
C, Cmaj7
Oh, I do hope 
 G
I hope you're singing now
GmFC
Oh ...

Late Night Maudlin Street

Viva Hate 

Intro:
C Em F
Am G F


F                     C    Em (D#)
So the choice I have made
     Dm        F    Am
May seem strange to you
F                     C    Em (D#)
But who asked you, anyway ?
     Dm      Am
It's my life to wreck
    G
My own way


            C          Em       F
You see to someone, somewhere, oh yeah ...
                 Am            G
Alma matters in mind, body and soul
               F
In part, and in whole
            C          Em       F
Because to someone, somewhere, oh yeah ...
                Am            G
Alma matters in mind, body and soul
               F
In part, and in whole


F                     C    Em (D#)
So the life I have made
     Dm      F  Am
May seem wrong to you
F                     C    Em (D#)
But, I've never been surer
     Dm      Am
It's my life to ruin
   G
My own way


            C          Em       F
You see to someone, somewhere, oh yeah ...
                 Am            G
Alma matters in mind, body and soul
               F
In part, and in whole
            C          Em       F
Because to someone, somewhere, oh yeah ...
                Am            G
Alma matters in mind, body and soul
               F
In part, and in whole


Interlude1:
A# Dm Am
A# Dm Am G


            C          Em       F
To someone, somewhere, oh yeah ...
                 Am            G
Alma matters in mind, body and soul
               F
In part, and in whole
       C          Em       F
So to someone, somewhere, oh yeah ...
                Am            G
Alma matters in mind, body and soul
               F
In part, and in whole


Interlude2:
G# Cm C# 
(D#)Fm D# C# A#  G
A# Dm Am G


           C          Em       F
To someone, somewhere, oh yeah ...
    Am     G     F
Oh yeah, oh yeah oh yeah
    C      Em       F
Oh yeah (fade out)

Alma Matters

Maladjusted 

Verse:  C                  F       G    C                      F       
      There's gonna be some trouble, A whole house will need rebuilding
        G  Am                      G                        F
       and everyone I love, in the house will recline on an analyst's
                    C
       couch quite soon.
             Am                             G                    F
       Your father cracks a joke and in the usual way empties the room
             G
       Tell all of my...
Pre-
Chorus?    C                        Am             F
       ...friends, I don't have too many, just some raincoated lover's
            G
       puny brothers.
        C                              Am
       Dallow, Spicer, Pinkie, Cubitt, rush to danger wind up nowhere,
       F                              G
       Patric Doonan, raised to wait, I'm tired again, I tried again, 


Chorus:      C      C       Am G C     C       Am  G 
        And Now my heart is full, now my heart is full,    
               C           C       Am         G
        and I just can't explain so I won't even try to
 
Repeat chorus chords once more, then instrumental break of A.

Comes back in on pre-chorus, same chords, different lyrics:
      
       Dallow, Spicer, Pinkie, Cubitt, every jammy stressford poet,
       loafing oafs in all-night chemists,loafing oafs in all-night chemists
       underact, express depression, ahh but bunny I loved you,
       I was tired again, I tried again... 
repeat chorus

Now My Heart Is Full

Vauxhall And I 

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

Sovereign Light Cafe

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

Work

Intro: C D C D (x2)


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

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

C D


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

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


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

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

C D
(fin)

Habla si puedes

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

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

Down By The River

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


American Dream 

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

Gonna Be A Long Time

[intro x2]
A  E  D A

A                                        E
when there's no place you feel at home
              D                               A
and you think you'd be better off alone
A                                          E
when you think there's no reason to try
               D                           A
and you hate yourself and wanna die

A                                      E
when you're filled with anxiety
             D                   A
and everyone's your enemy
A                                        E
when you wish you were someone else
                 D                        A
and you wanna go out and kill yourself

[chorus]

E D                 A
ooh you're overreacting

(you can change your mind)
E D                A
ooh you're overreacting

(take your time)


A                       E
when you get yourself depressed
                      D                   A
because you think you can't do your best
A                                         E
when you write yourself a stupid song
           D                        A
to remind yourself that you forgot

[chorus]

E D                 A
ooh you're overreacting

(you can change your mind)
E D                A
ooh you're overreacting

(take your time)


[BRIDGE]
# chords x2:
A  E  D  A

A|------------------------------------------------------|
E|-0-2--------------------------------------------------|
C|------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----2-4-2---2-4-2-1---1-1-2-2-1-2-4-2-1-22-----------|     x2



[chorus]

E D                 A
ooh you're overreacting

(you can change your mind)
E D                A
ooh you're overreacting

Overreacting

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
:)

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