Jonathan Richman was born May 15th 1951 to a Jewish family in Natick, Massachusetts. He began playing music and writing his own songs in the mid-1960s. In 1969 he moved to New York City, where he spent time living on the couch of The Velvet Underground's manager and working odd jobs while trying to break in as a professional musician. Failing at this, he returned to Boston. Having moved back, he formed The Modern Lovers, a proto-punk garage rock band.

Jonathan Richman est un chanteur américain, né le 15 mai 1951. Initialement connu comme leader des Modern Lovers, groupe considéré comme l'une des meilleures influences de la scène punk-rock américaine, Jonathan Richman a poursuivi une longue carrière, atypique, discrète et extrêmement prolifique.  Excellent guitariste, chanteur délicat et sensible, d'une nature semblant exceptionnellement candide, Jonathan Richman est doté d'une voix particulièrement expressive et ses multiples changements de style ont fréquemment surpris ses admirateurs.

Jonathan Richman (* 15. Mai 1951 in Boston) ist ein US-amerikanischer Musiker. Er wurde in den 1970er Jahren als recht verschrobener Singer-Songwriter bekannt und gilt heute als Wegbereiter des Punk und auch des Anti-Folk.  Er begann schon als Teenager, eigene Songs zu schreiben und siedelte nach ersten Auftritten in seiner Heimatstadt Boston 1969 nach New York um, wo er in den Dunstkreis von The Velvet Underground geriet; seinen eigenen Kompositionen wollte dort jedoch niemand Gehör schenken. 1970 kehrte er nach Boston zurück und gründete die Band The Modern Lovers.

Eb
You see, Buzz buzz buzz goes the honey bee
   Bb                              Eb
and tweedily tweedily twee goes the bird

but the sound of your little voice darling
        Bb                      Eb
that??s the sweetest sound i??ve ever heard


      Eb        Cm   Ab       Bb
I say, Buzz buzz buzz goes the honey bee
     Eb                Cm   Ab       Bb
while tweedily tweedily twee goes the bird
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Buzz buzz buzz goes the honey bee
     Ab                              Eb
while tweedily tweedily twee goes the bird



let??s go out to the clover now

up in maine and the grass is growin


    E
and, Buzz buzz buzz goes the honey bee
   B                               E
and tweedily tweedily twee goes the bird

but the sound of your little voice is sweeter
        B                        E
it??s the sweetest sound i??ve ever heard


A
well I love to be out here, in the springtime
E
with the birds and the bees
B
the bees sing good

the birds sing good

but they??re not like you for me


E
Buzz buzz buzz goes the honey bee
   B                               E
and tweedily tweedily twee goes the bird

but the sound of your little voice darling
        B                       E
that??s the sweetest sound i??ve ever heard



tell them the modern lovers
E         Dbm     A B
(Buzz buzz buzz)

(that??s what the honey bee does)
E                Dbm     A B
tweedily tweedily twee

(you know the bird does that)
E        Dbm  A              B
buzz buzz buzz (goes the honey bee)
     A                                E
(and) tweedily tweedily twee (goes the bird)


E        Dbm    A B
Buzz buzz buzz

(goes the honey bee)
E                Dbm    A B
tweedily tweedily twee

(goes the bird)
E        Dbm   A                  B
buzz buzz buzz (goes nature??s honey bee)
     A                               E
while tweedily tweedily twee goes the bird

(but I love your voice even more!)

Buzz Buzz Buzz

A
Well, the day it has gone, the night it has come,

The woods are all dark, but you're still a bum.

The moose go "MOO!," the deers are there too,

And the monsters are cooking up a disgraceful soup for you


      D
At the party in the woods tonight,
      A
At the party in the pale moonlight,
           D                       E
So we gonna get on the floor, let's rock some more
       D            E        A
At this party in the woods tonight.


A
Well, the bears are all there, they're in the pink,

They brought their favorite records, too bad they stink.

Well, the birds go "TWEET!" and the elves look sweet,

And the monsters got these rock 'n' roll bells on their little feet.


      D
at the party in the woods tonight,
      A
At the party in the pale moonlight,
           D                       E
So we gonna get on the floor, let's rock some more
       D            E        A
At this party in the woods tonight.


D                                 A
Well, hey there, mister party man, please let all us horrible monsters come.
 D                                        E
I know we're gross, I know we're vile, but our green cheese soup is gonna make you smile.


      D
at the party in the woods tonight,
      A
At the party in the pale moonlight,
           D                       E
So we gonna get on the floor, let's rock some more
       D            E        A
At this party in the woods tonight.


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Well, all right, monsters, I suppose, just don't forget to blow your nose.
  D                                       E
Of course, kind sir, of course we will, we would not fill your woods with swill.


      D
At the party in the woods tonight,
      A
At the party in the pale moonlight,
           D                       E
So we gonna get on the floor, let's rock some more
       D            E        A
At this party in the woods tonight.
     D                               A
Well, what kind of party is this one? Us monsters are used to havin' fun.
     D                                         E
Well, easy now, monsters, don't be snide, can't you all tell we're just repressed inside?


      D
At the party in the woods tonight,
      A
At the party in the pale moonlight,
           D                          E
So we gonna get on the floor and let's rock some more
     D                       E
Gonna call up the birds cause they've been practicin' the words
D                          E
Invite the loons cause they remember all the tunes


      D            E        A
At the party in the woods tonight

At the party

At the party

At the party.

Party In The Woods Tonight

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It hurts me to hear, to see you got no faith in yourself.

It bothers me now to watch you, you got no faith in your own self.

You listen more to your friends than to your own heart inside.

Well, you listen to them, oh but you hide.

You don't got nothin' to be afraid of.

You're not as bad as you think.

And you're always puttin' yourself down,

But I'm just gonna tell you that I like you.

Darling, you always put yourself down, but I like you.

That's all I came to say.

Then there's no need to think that other people can do things better than

you can do 'em

'Cause you got the same power in you.

I got faith in you. Sometimes you don't have it in yourself,

But I got faith in you.


                     D                  E                  A
And our time is right now, now we can do anything we really want to.
           D                E              A
Our time is now, here in the morning of our lives.



And it ain't just me who thinks so, dear, I asked my friends.

Now, Leroy and Asa and D. Sharpe,

Tell her not to be afraid.

Tell her it's okay.

Tell her it's all right.


               D              E                  A
And our time is now, we can do anything we really believe in.
           D                E              A
Our time is now, here in the morning of our lives.



Dear, I asked Leroy and Asa and D. Sharpe, and they said,

Don't you love her too?

Then tell her she's okay.

Tell her she's all right.

You're okay, dear. There's nothing to feel inferior about. You can do it.


               D              E                   A
And our time is now, we can do anything you really believe in.

I know it.
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Our time is now, here in the morning of our lives.
                 D               E                     A
Our time is right now, you can do anything you set your heart on.
           D                E              A
Our time is now, here in the morning of our lives.



We're young now. Right now's when we can enjoy it.

Now's the time for us to have faith in what we can do.

No need to fear, cause now's the time to have faith in what we can do.

The Morning Of Our Lives

Ab                         Fm             Db Eb
Well now, little mosquito, there must be
         Ab                    Fm
Well some reason for you that I just can't see.
           Db              Eb
Well, there is, well you're right, sir
        Db                       Ab             Fm
You see, God put me here just the same as he put you, so
Db Eb       Ab
I'm nature's mosquito.
                           Ab       Fm
And that means I'm gonna go bite-bite-bitie-witie-wite-sir.
Db               Eb
Yes, I'm nature's mosquito.
            Ab        Fm
I'm gonna go bite-bite-bitie-witie-wite-sir.
Db                            Eb
That's what he even told me to do.
   Db                                Ab               Fm      
And God loved me when he made me, the same as he loves you, so
Db  Eb              Ab
I'm nature's little mosquito.


Ab                     Fm            Db Eb
Well now, Mr. Mosquito, is there not
    Ab                   Fm 
Some beauty in you that I simply can't spot.
          Db              Eb
Well there is, well you're right, sir.
        Db                  Ab                Fm
You see, God put me here, he made me just like you, so
Db Eb       Ab
I'm nature's mosquito.
                          Ab        Fm
And that means I better go bite-bite-bitie-witie-wite-sir.
Db               Eb
Yes, I'm nature's mosquito.
            Ab        Fm
I'm gonna go bite-bite-bitie-witie-wite-sir.
C                                D
That's what they even asked me to do.
   Db                                Ab               Fm      
And God loved me when he made me, the same as he loved you, so
Db  Eb       Ab
I'm nature's mosquito.

Oh, boys, let's rock it...


   Db                                Ab               Fm      
And God loved me when he made me, the same as he loved you, so 
Db  Eb       Ab
I'm nature's mosquito.
         Ab                    Fm                       Db Eb
Well now, little mosquito, come bite me on the hand now
   Ab                        Fm
And explain it to me so I can understand.
     Db             Eb
Well, okay, well all right, sir
        Db                        Ab        Fm
You see, I have my reason, sure as I have my season, well
Db Eb       Ab
I'm nature's mosquito.
Ab        Fm
Bite-wite-bitie-witie-wite-sir
Db Eb       Ab
I'm nature's mosquito
Ab
Bitie-witie-wite-sir
Db Eb         Ab 
I'm nature's--well I'm a rockin' mosquito now--I'm a rockin' mosquito now--
Db Eb       Db Ab
I'm nature's mosquito.

I'm Nature's Mosquito

C                  C7       F       C             C7     F
Well, I landed at a shoppin' center, in an unknown state
C              C7    F       C           C7     F
Unknown kind of architecture, atmospheric trait
C                C7      F C               C7      F
Unknown brand and labels,    unknown market chains
C                          C7        F
The strangest collection of buildings here
C               C7      F
Upon the fruited plain.
C               C7 F
And let's rock,
C             C7 F
And let's go.


C                                            C7        F
You see, you got the different labels and the different brands,
C                 C7         F
Each little region across the land
C                      C7        F
Different colors in the different states
C                          C7       F
Different labels, and let's tell 'em about
C                           C7                F
All the different states for all the different traits,
C                    C7      F
And as of this date I hate no state.
C               C7 F
And let's rock,
C             C7 F
And let's go.


C
Well, I walked through the mall and I walked up and down,

I done got tired so I done sat down.
                                     C7
I watched the people for a while, you always learn a little
                        F
De-doily doidy doit doit doit doit diddle


C           C7 F
Let's rock.
C         C7 F
Let's go.


C                        C7    F
Well, the giant sign says "Momo Plaza,"
C                     C7       F
These centers, I don't know, it has a
C                          C7      F
weirdo insignia they put on all the bags,
C                          C7           F
they wrote it on the walls, even paint a flag



If I were a shopping center, I'd sure be embarrassed.

I know I'd never get a date with some cute little building, like from Paris.


C           C7  F
Let's rock.
C         C7  F
Let's go.

Rockin' Shopping Center

F C Bb C
F C Bb C

F                   C                  Bb      C
Well take me way up north to meet your Mom and Dad,
F                       C          Bb       C
So they'll see that Jonathan ain't quite so bad.
           Bb           C
I wanna be back in your life
           Bb           F
I wanna be back in you life
C    Bb   C    F 
Baby baby baby 
C    Bb   C    F
Baby baby baby

F             C          Bb      C
Take me to the fields you used to roam
       F        C       Bb        C
So your pal Jonathan can call them home
        Bb           C
When I'm back in your life
          Bb           C
I wanna be back in your life
C   Bb   C     F
Baby baby baby
C   Bb   C     F
Baby baby baby

     F               C        Bb      C
Well, Take me to your favorite covered bridge,
       F               C    Bb       C
And the road that leads high o'er the ridge.
          Bb           C
I wanna be back in your life
          Bb           C
I wanna be back in your life
C   Bb   C     F
Baby baby baby
C   Bb    C F
Baby baby


C 
Gimme a break!  Bang Bang!

Gimme a break! Bang Bang!

Gimme a...

     F           C          Bb          C
Well, show me the saddle and show me the stirrup,
              F         C                  Bb            C
And then we'll help your daddy when he goes out for maple syrup
          Bb           C
I wanna be back in your life
          Bb           C
I wanna be back in your life
C   Bb   C     F
Baby baby baby
C    Bb C F
Baby

      F      C             Bb             C
I will wait a long time, if that's what it takes,
   F               C                               Bb         
But someday I wanna help your mamma when she brings out the
  C
pancakes
          Bb           C
I wanna be back in your life
          Bb           C
I wanna be back in your life
C   Bb
Baby baby
          C            F
I wanna be back in your life


F       C     Bb    C
                    And time's-a-wastin'
   F               C        Bb    C
Cuz what once was a puppy is now a dog
        F          C         Bb    C
And what once was a piglet is now a hog
          Bb           C
I wanna be back in your life
          C            F
I wanna be back in your life.

Back In Your Life

Bb
Well, I'm a little dinosaur
Eb          F
I'm a little dinosaur
Bb          Gm
I'm a little dinosaur
Eb                 F    Bb
But I'm planning to go away.



Now, I am real old, don't you know
Eb              F
Born ten billion years ago.
   Bb                      Gm         F
But they don't love me here enough and so
Eb             F    Bb
I'm planning to go away


Eb
Now the children upon their lawns
Bb
Will wake up and wonder where I've gone.
Eb
And the flies that buzz around where I now be
F
They're all gonna have to get along without me.


Bb
They'll say, Where's the little dinosaur?
Eb                F
Where's the little dinosaur?
Bb                 Gm
Where's that little dinosaur?
Eb          F      Bb
He must have gone away.


Bb
Oh no, please don't go
Eb    F
Oh no, please don't go
Bb              Gm
Don't go, little dinosaur,
Eb          F    Bb
Please don't go away.


Bb
Oh no, please don't go
Eb    F
Oh no, please don't go
Bb              Gm
Don't go, little dinosaur,
Eb          F    Bb
Please don't go away.


Bb
Okay, I'll come back
Eb          F
You know I'm back to stay
Bb                         Gm
'Cause I'm just your little dinosaur
Eb                      F
And I could never really go
Eb          F
Never really go
Eb          F   Eb Bb
Never really go away.

I'm A Little Dinosaur

A                              D      A
Oh well, oh well, I feel real good today,
D                                                 A
you see We touched ground on an international runway
        E                         A
Jet propelled back home, to the usa

New York, Los Angeles, you know that I yearned for you
and Detroit, Chicago, and Chattanooga, Baton Rouge
not to mention me at home in Boston Massastu-sus

(I'll tell you somethin)

now Did I miss the skyscrapers, and the long freeway?
From the coast of California to the shores of the Delaware Bay
oh yes I did, till I got back to the usa

(rock a while, let's go)

Well take me to a drive-in, take me to a corner café
Where hamburgers sizzle on an open griddle night and day
I wanna see a juke-box jump with records in the usa

(let's talk about it)

you see, I'm so glad I was brought up in the usa, oh yea
I'm so glad I'm livin' in the usa, its true
what you want, we got right back in the usa

look out

just take me to a drive-in, any little corner café
I wanna hear hamburgers sizzle on an open griddle night and day
I wanna see a juke-box jump with records in the usa

let's go

Well, I'm so glad I'm livin' in the usa, oh yea
well. I'm so glad I was brought up in the usa, I am
cause what you want, what you want, it's here in the usa

Back In The Usa

G     Em     C       D
My old Lydia, Oh Lydia
G     Em     C       D
My old Lydia, Oh Lydia
G     Em     C       D
My old Lydia, Oh Lydia
C D  G
Oh Oh Oh


G         Em        C       D
I saw this beautiful girl today
   G       Em      C       D
and yes she took my heart away
G     Em    C       D
my old Lyida Oh Lydia
C D  G
Oh Oh Oh


       G        Em             C        D
See she looks so pretty and she looks so gay
   G       Em      C       D
and yes she took my heart away
G     Em    C      D
my old Lyida Oh Lydia
C D  G
Oh Oh Oh


C
well I'm wanderin around in circles since I saw her
     G
and I don't know what to do
                 C
you see I've been cryin on my pillow, in the afternoon
    D
when Lydia that's not so fun I should be outside wanderin around, if I could meet ya


       G        Em             C        D
See she looks so pretty and she looks so fine
    G     Em        C        D
that yes I wish that she were mine and I wanted to meet
G     Em    C      D
my old Lyida Oh Lydia
C D  G
Oh Oh Oh


C
I've just been wanderin around in circles
    G
so I don't know what to do
             C
and I've been cryin on my pillow, in the afternoon
     D
and I should be outside but I'd only look for Lydia


           G        Em             C        D
You see she looks so pretty and she looks so fine
      G        Em        C                        D
that I just saw her and I wish that I was hangin around with her
G     Em    C      D
my old Lyida Oh Lydia
C D  G
Oh Oh Oh


G     Em     C       D
My old Lydia, Oh Lydia
G     Em     C       D
My old Lydia, Oh Lydia
G     Em     C       D
My old Lydia, Oh Lydia
C D  G
Oh Oh Oh

Lydia

Roadrunner: The Beserkley Collection

A Gbm D E

A Gbm D E

         A         Gbm             D            E

Well now, ice cream man, (ice cream man) upon my street
A           Gbm                       D                E
I heard your truck outside, (ice cream man) it's really neat
A        Gbm             D            E
Ice cream man, (ice cream man) upon my block
A          Gbm          D    E        A
Your little chimes, they reel and they rock


A        Gbm             D              E
Ice cream man, (ice cream man) ring your bell (ding ding)
A       Gbm                        D                    E
Play the music (ice cream ...) I've (... man) learned to love so well (ding ding)
A       Gbm              D              E
Ice cream man, (ice cream man) ring your chimes (ding ding)
A     Gbm   D   E  A
In the afternoon so fine.


D                        Dm
Ice cream man, (ice cream man) upon my street
A
I heard your truck today, it was a-neat, a-neat, a-neat
D                        Dm
Ice cream man, (ice cream man) upon my block now,
E
Your chimes, (your chimes they reel and rock)


A            Gbm              D            E
Now, ice cream man, (ice cream man) upon my street
A          Gbm                         D         E
Your little truck, you know, (ice cream man) is a-neat, neat
A            Gbm             D            E
And ice cream man, (ice cream man) upon my block,
A          Gbm                  D    E        A
I heard your chimes, I know they reel and they rock



A Gbm D E

A Gbm D E

A Gbm D E

A Gbm D E A

D                        Dm
Ice cream man, (ice cream man) on my street
A  
Your little truck, you know, is a-neat, a-neat, a-neat
D                        Dm
Ice cream man, (ice cream man) upon my block,
E
Your chimes, (your chimes, they reel and rock)


A        Gbm             D            E
Ice cream man, (ice cream man) upon my street,
A             Gbm                          D           E
You heard your truck today, it's (ice cream man ) neat, neat
A        Gbm             D              E
Ice cream man, (ice cream man) ring your chimes
Gbm     Dm           A Gbm D E A
  In the afternoon so fine.



One more time...


A        Gbm             D              E
Ice cream man, (ice cream man) ring your bell, (ding ding)
A       Gbm                   D               E
Play the music I've (ice cream man) learned to love (ding ding)
A        Gbm             D              E
Ice cream man, (ice cream man) ring your chimes (ding ding)
Gbm   Dm            A Gbm D E A
In the afternoon so fine

Ice Cream Man

Rock 'n' Roll With the Modern Lovers 

Gb Bbm B Db Gb Bbm Db Gb

        Gb        Bbm           B          Db
Well, my love is a flower just beginning to bloom
          Gb               Bbm         B               Db
Like those things from your garden that spring from the gloom.
  Gb        Bbm           B          Db
My love is a flower just beginning to bloom...
 B          Bbm       Gb
Beginning to bloom, to bloom.


  Gb        Bbm               B           Db
My love is a birdie who's just learning to trill.
Gb       Bbm              B        Db
I must be patient with her now so I will.
  Gb        Bbm           B          Db
My love is a flower just beginning to bloom...
  B         Bbm       Gb
Beginning to bloom, to bloom.


           B                   Bbm
She's still learning to love herself,
           B                      Bbm
She's still learning to let herself go,
               B                    Db
And she's still learning to trust herself,
                         B               Db
And Jonathan's gotta be patient because I know


       Gb        Bbm           B          Db
That my love is a flower just beginning to bloom
               Gb               Bbm         B               Db
Just like those things from your garden that spring from the gloom.
  Gb        Bbm            B         Db
My love is a flower just beginning to bloom...
            B          Bbm       Gb
She's just beginning to bloom, to bloom.


           B                   Bbm
She's still learning to love herself,
               B                       Bbm
And she's still learning to let herself go (and that's hard, you know)
           B                     Bbm
She's still learning to trust herself (I gotta give her a break)
             B                  Db
I gotta be so patient, because I know


       Gb                Bbm           B          Db
That my love she's like a flower just beginning to bloom
          Gb               Bbm         B               Db
Like those things from your garden that spring from the gloom.
  Gb        Bbm           B          Db
My love is a flower just beginning to bloom...
  B         Bbm       Gb
Beginning to bloom, to bloom.

My Love Is A Flower (just Beginning To Bloom)

Back In Your Life 

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

C
Working the village shop
E
Putting a poster up
Am
Dreaming of anything
C              Am               Em               Dm
Dreaming of the time when you're free from all the trouble you're in

C
In the mud, on your knees
E
Trying hard not to please
Am
Anyone, all the time
C              Am
Being a rebel's fine
           Em            C
But you go all the way to being brutal

Chorus:
G
You will have a boy tonight
You will have a boy tonight
F
On the first bus out of town
On the first bus out of town

Let's see your kit for games
All the girls look the same
You are challenging style for running miles
You're running miles in some boy's jumper

Boo to the business world!
You know a girl who's tax free on her back and making
Plenty cash
While you are working for the joy of giving

Chorus:
You will have a boy tonight
You will have a boy tonight
And you hope that she will see
And you hope that she will see

You are in two minds
Tossing a coin to decide whether you should tell your mum
About a dose of thrush you got while licking railings

But you read in a book
That you got free from Boots
There are lotions, there are potions
You can take to hide your shame from all those prying eyes

Lazy Jane, all the time
Painting lines
You sleeping at bus stops
Wondering how you got your name
And what you're going to do about it.

Chorus

Lazy Line Painter Jane

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

A|----------------------------------0-2-------2------------|
E|-----------0-2-0-2-2-------0---0------1-0----------------|
C|-----------------------2-2---2------------2---2----------|
G|-4-4-4-2-4-----------------------------------------------|
                                                             
A|-----5-4-2------------------------0-2-------2------------|
E|-----------0-2-0-2-2-------0---0------1-0----------------|
C|-----------------------2-2---2------------2---2----------|
G|-4-4-----------------------------------------------------|

Zebra

C                     G
Se a vida as vezes dá uns dias de segundos cinzas
           Am           F
E o tempo tic taca devagar
         Dm                   Am
Ponha o teu melhor vestido, brilha teu sorriso
      F              C
Vem pra cá, vem pra cá

                                     G
Se a vida muitas vezes só chuvisca, só garôa
        Am               F
E tudo não parece funcionar
         Dm                  Am
Deixe esse problema a toa, pra ficar na boa
      C
Vem pra cá

Refrão:
            Am              F
Do lado de cá, a vista é bonita
          C           G
A maré é boa de provar
            Am                 F
Do lado de cá, eu vivo tranquila
                  C          E7
E o meu corpo dança sem parar
            F                  C                 G
Do lado de cá, tem música, amigos e alguém para amar
            C G Am F
Do lado de cá
            C G Am F
Do lado de cá

refrão:
           Am            F
Do lado de cá, a vista é bonita
          C           G
A maré é boa de provar
            Am                 F
Do lado de cá, eu vivo tranquila
                  C          E7
E o meu corpo dança sem parar
            F                 C                 G
Do lado de cá, tem música, amigos e alguém para amar
            Am
Do lado de cá

             Am7M            Am7
A vida é agora, vê se não demora
  Dm            E7
Pra recomeçar
Am           Am7M          Am7
É so ter vontade de felicidade
  Dm     G
Pra pular

Refrão:
            Am              F
Do lado de cá, a vista é bonita
          C        G
A maré é boa de provar
            Am                 F
Do lado de cá, eu vivo tranquila
                  C         E7
E o meu corpo dança sem parar
              F                C                  G
Do lado de cá, tem música, amigos e alguém para amar
            C G Am F
Do lado de cá
            C G Am F
Do lado de cá
            ( C G Am F ) (2x)
Do lado de cá

Do Lado De Cá

C - Am - Fm - G     x2

VERSO:
C            Am
como quisiera ver
Fm
gritando otra vez
G
al grande Kurt Cobain
C         Am
incomprendido
Fm
vistiendo de mujer
G
al mundo vomito

PRE-CORO:

E                           Am
porque morir ya no es gran cosa

Coro
F
Si tienes un problema
Dm
Difícil de arreglar
C                G
comienza por hablar
           Dm
con la verdad

rompe el destino
        Am       G
no pares de soñar
                   F
que se puede triunfar ohohoho !!

VERSO:

C            Am
como quisiera ver
Fm
a Marley otra vez
G
cantando en un club
C           Am
archibrillante
Fm
supo combinar
G
La Música Y La Paz

PRE-CORO:

E                           Am
porque morir ya no es gran cosa
Coro

F
si tienes un problema
Dm
difícil de arreglar
C                 G
comienza por hablar
           Dm
con la verdad

rompe el destino
        Am      G
no pares de soñar
                   F
que se puede triunfar ohohoh !




C - Am - Fm - G
C - Am - Fm - G



Coro
F
si tienes un problema
Dm
difícil de arreglar
C                 G
comienza por hablar
           Dm
con la verdad

rompe el destino
        Am      G
no pares de soñar
                  F
que se puede triunfar

Dm
si tienes un problema
F
difícil de arreglar
C                 G
comienza por hablar
           Dm
con la verdad

rompe el destino
        Am      G
no pares de soñar
                 F
que se puede triunfar



FINAL:

C - Am - Fm - G

Rompe El Destino

Intro : E - G - F / G

     E - G - F
Otra Vez

Cambiaste Dinero Por Placer
      C  F              G
Ya Lo Sé    El Vino Es Mejor Que La Iditotez
      Bb     F     C
Nunca Más Voy A Engañar
      Bb     F     C
Nunca Más Voy A Engañar
      Bb     F     C          G
Nunca Más Voy A Pensar En Como Vivir Después
F
Siempre Quieren El Auto Del Año
C
El Perfume Más Rebuscado
F                            C
Yo Me Compro Ropa Una Vez Por Año
F
Siempre Pagan Mas De La Cuenta
C
Por Comer La Misma Mierda
F                                  G
Yo No Entiendo Que Vida Que Vida Es Esa

     C  F           G
Otra Vez Cambiaste Dinero Por Placer
      C  F          G
Ya Lo Sé   El Vino Es Mejor Ke La Idiotez
      Bb     F     C
Nunca Más Voy A Engañar
      Bb     F     C
Nunca Más Voy A Engañar
      Bb     F     C          G
Nunca Más Voy A Pensar En Como Vivir Después

F
Siempre Quieren El Auto Del Año
C
El Perfume Más Rebuscado
F                            C
Yo Me Compro Ropa Una Vez Por Año
F
Siempre Pagan Mas De La Cuenta
C
Por Comer La Misma Mierda
F
Yo No Entiendo Que Vida Que Vida Es

Otra Vez

INTRO:
D-A-Bm-G
D-A-E-G

A)
Bm            D
Anoche la vi pasar
A              E
su cara me hizo tiritar
Bm        D
jamas olvidare 
             E       F#    
lo que me hizo ayer

A)
Bm            D
Su cara se transformo
A        E
que diabolica actitud
Bm             D
su puño cerrado
       E                             F#
avanzo y me reventó la nariz

B)
          G
*Nac, nac 
                    D     Em          
quien toca la puerta
                 B9-Bm
es combo final
      D           E
no abra la puerta*

A)
No se si andar
escondiendome de ti
si se que mañana 
andaras por ahí

A)
Yo se lo que quieres tu
quieres mi beso final
amiga lo siento
pero a mi 
me gusta tu mamá

B)
          G
*Nac, nac 
                    D     Em          
quien toca la puerta
                 B9-Bm
es combo final
      D           E
no abra la puerta*

B)
...matar
si yo no sabia
fue casualidad
no abra la puerta*

C)
F#                   G
Si tengo que dejar 
                          D
si tengo que olvidar
                            C#m
las cosas que me gustan mas 
                       Bm
lo voy hacer igual
                           G
Si tengo que arrancar 
                         D
si tengo que patearte a ti
                          E
que no te quepa duda
              F#
lo haré igual

B)
          G
*Nac, nac 
                    D     Em          
quien toca la puerta
                 B9-Bm
es combo final
      D           E
no abra la puerta*

B)
... matar
si yo no sabia
fue casualidad
a mi me gustaba
pero apareció su...

B)
... mamá
no tengo la culpa
combo final
      D           E         -  D   -  E
lo siento... final.*

Combo Final

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

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