Frank Turner is a burgeoning solo artist based in the United Kingdom. He has toured all the Western world (and beyond!) extensively since the demise of his former band Million Dead.  Frank Turner started solo acoustic shows prior to Million Dead's break up. The first official performance was at the first Small Town America all dayer at 93 Feet East on September 18th 2004. The solo performances were, in a sense, a sideline to Million Dead.

Frank Turner (geboren am 28. Dezember, 1981) ist ein im Bahrain geborener englischer Folk-Musiker. Einen Teil seiner Kindheit lebte er in Winchester, ehe er nach London zog. Dank eines Stipendiums besuchte er das Eton College und studierte Geschichte an der London School of Economics.  Seitdem sich seine ehemalige Band Million Dead, die Hardcore Punk/Post Hardcore spielte, aufgelöst hat, ist er solo unterwegs. Dabei war er bereits in der ganzen Welt unterwegs.  

Frank Turner (nacido el 28 de Diciembre, de 1981) Es cantante y compositor ingles de folk.  Frank Turner fue el cantante de la banda punk inglesa llamada Millon Dead, la cual edito dos discos. En el 2005 la banda se separa y él empieza a hacer shows como solista.  Finalmente luego de algunos proyectos, edita su primer EP Campfire Punkrock en mayo del 2006. Su LP debut, Sleep is for the Week, fue lanzado a principios del 2007.  


Intro
G

Verse 'Demonstration got boring...'
G
Gsus4
Em7
Csus4

Bridge
Em
Fmaj7
D/F# 

Chorus 'Because I'm young enough to be...'
C/G
D
G
Em

Once We Were Anarchists

Sleep Is For The Week

VERSES

(G) I woke up on a sofa in an unfamiliar house, 
(C) Surrounded by sleeping folks I didn't (G) know
(D) On failing to find my friends
I (Am) decided that it was (C) clearly time to go
(G)(D)(G)

CHORUS 1

I (C) started the night with all my friends
and I (Am) ended up alone
OH yes, I (G) started out so (D) happy
now I'm (C) hung over and down
it was (D) about then that I realised 
(Am) I was halfway through
the (C) best years of my (G) life
(D)(G)

CHORUS 2 / MIDDLE

Same as Chorus 1 up to:

the (C) best years of my (D) life
I had to ask myself:
(G)(D) Is it really (C) worth it? 
(G) Is (D) any of this (C) worth it?
(G) Well the (D) whole thing's far from (C) perfect,
But I've (Am) yet to figure (C) out a better way to spend (D) my time.
(Cadd9)(Aadd9)

CHORUS 3 / OUTRO

Same as chorus one, but play the D-Am-C progression at the end twice.

Real Damage

Em
Ever since my childhood I've been scared I've been afraid

G
Of being trapped by circumstance and staying in one place

D
So I always keep a small bag full of clothes carefully stored

A
Somewhere secret somewhere safe

F
And somewhere close to the door

Em
Well I've traveled many countries I've washed my feet in many seas

G
I've drunk with drifters in Vienna and with punks in old dc

D
And I've driven across deserts driven by the irony

A                                                                                    F
That only being shackled to the the road could ever I be free


Em
To the east to the east

G
The road beneath my feet

D
To the west to the west

A                                      F
I haven't got there yet

Em
And to the north to the north

G
Never to be caught

D
To the south to the south

A                                    F
My time is running out







Continue on with the song like that :D 
(I'm unsure about the D chord, change it if you so desire).

The Road

A(muted strums)A(muted strums)A(muted strums)A(muted strums)
Continue the muted strum technique in the verses.

         A      
I was sipping on a Whiskey when I got the call
    F#m
Yeah my friend Lex was lying in the hospital
       Bm
She'd been pretty sick for about half a year
         E
But it seems liked this time the end was drawing near

      A
So dropped my plans and jumped the next London train
   F#m
I found her laid up and in a lot of pain
     Bm
Her eyes met mine and then I understood
            E                       E7
That the weather forecast wasn't looking too good
      A
So I sat and spun her stories for a little while
  F#m
Tried to raise her mood and tried to raise a smile
           Bm                            Bm
But she silenced all my rambling with a shake of her head
          E                       E7
Drew me close and listen this is what she said now

   A             F#m
"You'll live to dance another day, 
          Bm                   E            E7
it's just now you'll have to dance, for the two of us,
    A          F#m     
so stop looking so damn depressed 
     Bm
and sing with all your heart 
           E
that the Queen is dead"

          A
Yeah she told me she was sick of all the hospital food
        F#m
And of doctors, distant relatives, draining her blood
     Bm
She said "I know I'm dying, but I'm not finished just yet, 
       E                          E7
I am dying for a drink and for a cigarette"
        A
So we hatched a plan to book ourselves a cheap hotel
        F#m
In the centre of the City and to raise some Hell
       Bm                        Bm                 E 
They waste to all the clubs and then when everyone else is long asleep
    E7
We know we're good and done

   A             F#m
"You'll live to dance another day, 
          Bm                   E            E7
it's just now you'll have to dance, for the two of us,
    A          F#m     
so stop looking so damn depressed 
     Bm
and sing with all your heart 
           E       Bm
that the Queen is dead"
E                              Bm 
   And South London's not the same anymore
E               Bm   
   The Queen is dead,    
E                       Bm                        E
   and the last of the great has finally gone to bed

             A
Well I was working on some words when Sarah called me up
              F#m
She said that Lex had gone asleep and wasn't waking up
    Bm
And even though I knew that there was nothing to be done
        E                                     E7
I felt bad for not being there and now, well, she was gone
      A
So I tried to think what Lex would want me to do
    F#m
At times like this when I was feeling blue
       Bm
So I gathered up some friends to spread the sad sad news
                      E           E7
And we headed to the City for a drink or two

And we sang

A               F#m
   "We live to dance another day, 
          Bm              E    E7
it's just now we have to dance for one more of us, 
A                 F#m
   so stop looking so damn depressed, 
     Bm
and sing with all our hearts, 
 E              F#
long live the Queen"

Long Live The Queen

F#m                        D 
Everybody's got themselves a plan          

A                                         E 
And Everybody thinks they'll be the man, including the girls 

  F#m                                                    D 
The musicians that lack the friends to form a band, the singer song writers 

A                                        E 
The rest of us are dj's or official club photographers 

F#m                                    D 
Well tonight I'm playing another nambuka show 

A                                          E 
So im going through my phonebook texting everyone I know 

F#m                                                D 
And quite a few I don't who's numbers found their way onto my phone 

A                                   E 
They might come along anyway, you never really know 

A              E           F#m 
And none of this is going anywhere 

D                            E 
And Pretty soon we'll all be old 

A           E              F#m 
And noone left alive will really care 

D 
About our glory days when we sold our souls 

E (let chord ring)
But if you're all about the destination 

F#m                    D  
Then take a fucking flight 

  E 
We're going nowhere slowly but we're 

  F#m                E 
Seeing all the sights                             
       D                      E
and we're definitely going to hell                          
D                   E                A
but we'll have all the best stories to tell                   
         D                  E
Yes im definitely going to hell        
(once)        D         E            A            
But I'll have all the best stories to tell

The Ballad Of Me And My Friends

C                 Am
Hear xx, xxxx xx, xxxxxxx xxx xxxxxx xxxxxxxxxx
C                 Am
xxxx xx, xxxx xx, xxxxx xxx xxxxx xxx xxxxxxxxxx 
C                 G
xxxx xx, xxxx xx, xx xxxxxxx xxx xx xxxxxxxxx
F           G
xxx xxxx xx coming xxxx
C                 Am
Come xx, xxxx xx, xx xxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxx xxxxxx xxxx
C                 Am
xxxx xx, xxxx xx, toilets xxxxxxx xxxxxxx xxxxx
C                 G
Come xx, xxxx xx, xxxxxxxx xxxx xxx xxxxxx squats
F            G
The xxxxx xx xxxxxxx xxxxx

CHORUS

                F                  G                 C
Now xxxx xxx xxxxxxx, xxxx xxxxx xxx, xxxxxxxxx xx simple xx xxxx x  
C/B                Am
roll xxxxx xxxx xx all
               F                   G
xxx xxxx xxxx xxxxxxx, xxxx xxxxx all, xx xxx xxxx x roll.

C                  Am                     C                Am


C                 Am
xxxx xx, xxxx xx, xxxxxxx xxxxx xxxx xxxx xxxxx
C                 Am
xxxx xx, xxxx xx, xxx xxxx xxxxxxxx xxx xxxxxxx wage
C                 G
Hear xx, xxxx xx, these xxxx xxxxx xxx xxx xxxxxx xxx
     F                      G
Wxxx hold xx xxxxx xx xxxx arms



C                      Am
Right xxxx, xxxx xxx, Elvis xxxxxx xxx xxxxxxx xxxx
C                      Am
Right xxxx, xxxxx xxx, You xxxxx xxxx xx xxxx xxxxx
C                      G
Right xxx, xxxxx xxx, Teenage xxxxx xxx Gramaphones
   F                 G
xx hold, xxxx xx xxx hearts

CHORUS
                F                  G                 C
Now xxxx xxx xxxxxxx, xxxx xxxxx xxx, xxxxxxxxx xx simple xx xxxx x  
C/B                Am
roll xxxxx xxxx xx all
               F                   G
xxx xxxx xxxx xxxxxxx, xxxx xxxxx all, xx xxx xxxx x roll.


C                 Am
x xxxxx Believe! (I xxxxx xxxxxxx!)
           Em               F                C                        Em
xx xxx xxx saints, xxxx xx Jerry xxx xxx xx Johnny xxx xxx xxx xxxxx
                  Am
x xxxxx Believe! (I xxxxx xxxxxxx!)
       Em                  F                                     C      Em
xx xxx sound, xxxx xxx xxx power xx xxxxx x xxxxxx xxx xxxx xx down
                 Am
x xxxxx Believe! (I xxxxx xxxxxxx!)
       Em        F                              C      Em
xx xxx xxxx, xxx Guitar xxx xxxxx xxx xxxxxxxxx poetry
                  Am
x xxxxx Believe! (I xxxxx xxxxxxx!)
             Em           F                                    D
That xxxxxxxx, xxx xxxx x song xxx xxxxx xxxx xxxxxx xxxx xxx everytime 

xxxxxx xxx
         G                                   Em                  Am
xx xxxx remember xxxxx xxxx xxx xxxx xxxxxx lives, xxxx xxxxxx souls xxx 
G            C                       Am
we're xxxxxx fun!!

C                     Am             C            Am            C         G

        F            G
x xxxxx Believe!

               F                  G                 C
Now xxxx xxx xxxxxxx, xxxx xxxxx xxx, xxxxxxxxx xx simple xx xxxx x  
C/B                Am
roll xxxxx xxxx xx all
               F                   G
xxx xxxx xxxx xxxxxxx, xxxx xxxxx all, xx xxx xxxx x roll.


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I Still Believe

INTRO
G


VERSE 1
G
You're not as messed up as you think you are

Your self-absorption makes you messier
                                                  Em
Just settle down and you will feel a whole lot better
                            C    D        G
Deep down you're just like everybody else


VERSE 2
G
She's not as pretty as she thinks she is

Just picture her after she's had kids
                                            Em
I bet she sits at home and listens to The Smiths
                            C   D       G
Deep down she's just like everybody else


CHORUS
Am                    D
So why are you sat at home?
                               G
You're not designed to be alone
                             Em
You just got used to saying "no"

So get up and get down and get outside
Am                        D
Cos it's a lovely sunny day
                        G
But you hide yourself away
                              Em
You've only got yourself to blame
                                   G
Get up and get down and get outside


VERSE 3
G
He's not as clever as he likes to think

He's just ambitious with his arguing
                                                  Em
He's crap at dancing, yeah and he can't hold his drink
                           C   D       G
Deep down he's just like everybody else


VERSE 4
G
I'm not as awesome as this song makes out

I'm angry, underweight and sketching out
                                            Em
I'm building bonfires on my vanities and doubts
                       C    D       G
To get warm just like everybody else

Repeat the CHORUS ^


MIDDLE 8
D                                   F
Amy thinks that life is lacking in drama
                                               C
So she fell for horoscopes, faith-healing and karma
                                       Am
She's so wrapped up in her invisible armour
                         D
She'll never grow into herself
                                                      F
And it's OK thinking me and all my friends are just wasters
                                                         C
But saying that I can still see through her heirs and graces
                                              Am
I bet she's scared her life won't leave any traces
                          D
Caught up like everyone else


BRIDGE
                      C
That's not the point anyway
  D                                       C
Oh darling, I felt compelled to call you up to say...


CHORUS (let first Am ring, then come in on the D with intro rhtyhm)
Am                        D
So why are you sat at home?
                               G
You're not designed to be alone
                             Em
You just got used to saying "no"

So get up and get down and get outside
Am                        D
Cos it's a lovely sunny day
                        G
But you hide yourself away
                              Em
You've only got yourself to blame
                                   G
Get up and get down and get outside


OUTRO
(no guitar)
Get up and get down and get outside

Get up and get down and get outside
C               D
Get up and get down and get outside
Em             A7
Get up and get down and get outside
C               D           A#     G
Get up and get down and get outside

Reasons Not To Be An Idiot

C                              Em
Me and my friend Dan are gonna get some beers and then
            F              G                   C
We're gonna go down to the park and drink them there
      C                            Em  
We'll bask out in the sun, bring a guitar and play some songs
            F              G               Am
Call up our friends and invite them out to share

           Em          F              C 
What might be the last weekend of the summer
         Dm                            Am
Cause September's getting colder as it goes
       F            G              C      Em      Am
And we haven't done enough of this simple kind of stuff
                F                   G            C
this year. It's clear we're getting older and it shows

C                  Em             F 
Work weeks make us weary now and school's a distant memory
     G                           C
It's easy to ask questions of ourselves,
C                       Em            F
Like: where it is we're going now and what we have to show
            G                         Am
For all the sunny days shut up in the shells

        Em             F        C 
Of expectations of our ultimate directions
        Dm                                      Am
And the stations that we should have reached by now
        F                G              C      Em        Am
When we haven't read the script and our tender wings are clipped
          F                  G               C
And we're scared we might be letting someone down

C  G  F  Dm
C  G  F  Em  Dm  Em  Dm

C                                      Em 
So we listen to these heartbreak songs when nothing's really wrong
       F                G                   C
And we smile when we're asked and say we're fine

C                                                  Em
But we're drifting through our middle days, we're creeping into middle age
F              G                    Am
Setting in our ways... But now it's time
   Em             F            C 
To decide now its time to draw a line
       Dm                                 Am
In the sand and ask what's more important than days like today
             F     G         C           Em      Am
So grab some beers call your friends and meet us here
       F               G                 C       G        C
In the summer park with me and my friend Dan

Dan's Song

Am                               D
The first girl that I fell for was a fair and faithful fighter
     G                                     Am
She smouldered with a will to save the world
   Am                              D
I did my best to help her, yeah I stood shoulder to shoulder
        G                               Am
On the front lines with my visionary girl
 
 
   Dm  
I wish that she had cared for me
            G
But in the end her ideologies
 C            C               Am
Occupied the fortress of her heart
            Dm                                G
I wrote her 15 songs, but still we had to part
 
 
        F             Fm
And if music was the food of love
         C     C     Am       G
Then I'd be a fat romantic slob
      F               Fm            C
Well music, it's my substitute for love
     Am                               D
The last girl that I loved she was a low and lusty liar
     G                                   Am
She set my heart on fire, but made me choke
     Am                                     D
Her beauty was a sight to see, but she didn't save it all for me
         G                            Am
I found other fires by following the smoke
 
 
   Dm                                G
I wish that she had either cared for me or
let be me
         C              C                Am
But she chased me from mind and from my home
             Dm                        G
I wrote her 16 songs, but I ended up alone
 
 
        F              Fm
And if love is really all that we need
      C            C         Am          G
Then even all my singing is never gonna save me
  F             Fm             C
Music it's my substitute for love
 
 
               Am             G               C
Well I've had many different girls inside my bed
     Am          G             F
But only one or two inside my head
               Dm         Cadd9        G
These days I cuddle up to my guitar instead
     F                Fm            C             C              Am
But oh, what I would give, not to stumble but to really fall in love
              F                            G       
And I could substitute my singing for the sound 
                            C
of someone sleeping next to me

Substitute

Last Minutes and Lost Evenings

Intro: Eb, Ab, Cm x2

Eb   Ab        Cm
     Smeared black ink
Eb   Ab
  Your palms are sweaty
Cm
I'm barely listening
   Eb  Ab Cm
To last demands
Eb                   Ab
  I'm staring at the asphalt wondering
Cm
What's buried underneath

Ab Eb     Bb
    Where I stand

Ab Eb    Bb

Eb  Ab      Cm
    Wear my badge
Eb                     Ab
Vinyl sticker with big block letters
Cm
Adherent to my chest
       Eb  Ab         Cm
And it tells me where I am
Eb        Ab
   I am a visitor here
Cm
I am not permanent and the
Eb  Ab  Cm
   Only thing
Eb  Ab       Cm        
   Keeping me dry is

Ab          Eb
You seem so out of context
Bb
In this gaudy apartment complex
Ab         Eb
A stranger with your door key
Bb
Explaining that I'm just visiting
Ab       Eb         Bb
And I am finally seeing
                                Ab    Eb
Why I was the one worth leaving
Bb
   I was the one worth leaving

Ab               Eb             Bb
And the district sleeps alone tonight
                                Ab
After the bars turn out their lights
             Eb      
And send the autos swerving
Bb
Into the loneliest evening
Ab       Eb         Bb
And I am finally seeing
                            Ab     Eb
Why I was the one worth leaving
Bb                         Ab Eb Bb
   I was the one worth leaving
Bb
I was the one worth leaving

Ab   Eb   Bb

District Sleeps Alone Tonight

The First Three Years

G/C  G/f#
-2----2-
-2----0-
-2----2-
-0----0-
Intro: G Gsus2 

G                       G/C   C
If I had been born 200 years ago
    G                           A           D
I would have been a sailor, a-Sailing I would go
          G                G/f#              G      G/F#        C
I'd sail around the capes across the seven seas and then back home
G                   D         G
If I had been born 200 years ago


G                                    G/C               C
and I would know the waters and the waters would know me
         G                               A            D
I would cut across the waves and be as happy as can be
        G             G/f#            G         G/F#   C
Id be landless Id be loveless Id be flight and fancy free
G                                    D              G
and would know the waters and the waters would know me


G                                          G/C         C
And when I think about the place and time were I was born
G                                          A                   D
well I wonder if the hands of fate have slipped and placed me wrong 
                G                 G/f#                G       G/F#     C
cos there are ships I could have sailed and sailors boots I could've worn
G                                 D               G
when I think about the place and time were I was born


G                                    G/C          C
But the ocean is still out there magnificent and wide
G                                A                D
With open arms to hold me, and endless space to hide,
          G               G/f#              G       G/F#   C
And the only things that hold me back are things I hold inside
     G                           D            G
The ocean is still out there magnificent and wide


 C   C/G  D
Oh, oh, oh
 G   G/C   C    
Oh, oh, oh
 C    C/G   D
Oh, oh, oh
D                  G
A-Sailing I should go

C C D G


Converter used from guitar tab.
Original chords from UG from Twheel.

Sailors Boots

The Second Three Years

Intro: D G A

VERSE CHORDS
(D)
Well a teacher of mine once told me
That life was just a list of 
(G)
disappoints and defeats
And you could 
(A) 
only do your best,
And I said 
(D)
"That's a fucking cop-out, you're just washed up and your tired, and when 
(G)
 I get to your age I 
(A)
won't be such a coward"
But these 
(Em) 
days I sit at home, known to 
(G) 
shout at my TVAnd 
(Bm) 
Punk Rock didn't live up to what I 
(A) 
hoped that it could be
And all the 
(Em)
things that I believed with all my 
(G)
heart when I was young
Are just 
(Bm)
 coasters for beers and clean 
(A)
surfaces for drugs
And I 
(G)
packed all my 
(Em)
pamflets with my 
(G)
 bibles at the 
(A)
back of the 
(D)
shelf

LINK: D G A 


VERSE 2 

(SAME CHORDS) 
EXCEPT FOR LAST LINE - 

(G)
Hung up my 
(Em) 
Banner in 
(G) 
Disgust and I 
(A) 
Head for the 
(G)
Door 
(A)


CHORUS
Oh but 
(D) 
once we were 
(A) 
young, and we were 
(Bm)crass enough to 
(G) care
But I guess you 
(Em)
 live and learn
(A), 
we won't make that 
(Em) 
mistake again, 
(A)
no
Oh but 
(D)
surely just for one 
(A)
day, we could 
(Bm)
fight and we could
(G)
 win
And if only for a 
(Em)little while,
(A) 
we could insist on the 
(Em)
impossible 
(A)


BRIDGE

Well we've 

(Bm) 
been a good few hours drinking so I'm going to 
(A)
say what everyone's thinkng If we're
(G)
Stuck on this ship and it's 
(D)
sinking then we 
(Em) 
Might as well 
(A) 
Have A 
(D) 
Parade 

Cos if it's 
(Bm)
Still going to hurt in the morning and a 
(A) 
Better plan's yet to get forming Then 
(G)
Wheres the harm in spending an 
(D) 
Evening in 
(Em) 
Manning the 
(A)
Old barri-
(G)
Cades

(A)


VERSE CHORDS. 

BRIDGE 2 

CHORUS CHORDS 

D G A

Love Ire And Song

INTRO: 
C, Csus2, C, Csus2    x4
One, Two, One, Two, three, Four)


VERSE 1:
       F
Well I guess I should confess that I am starting to get old. 
        C
All the latest music fads all passed me by and left me cold. 
        G                                 F
All the kids are talking slang I won't pretend to understand. 
       C                                  G               C
All my friends are getting married. Mortgages and pension plans.
          F
And it's obvious my angry adolescent days are done. 
        C
And I'm happy and I'm settled in the person I've become. 
         G                               F
But that doesn't mean I'm settled up and sitting out the game- 
A                               D                    (let chord ring)
Time may change a lot. But some things they stay the same.


CHORUS:
You could either sit this out as in the studio version the guitar 
stops playing, or you could play either the chords shown here or the 
bass line which is how i play it.

      Dm   F    G    C
G|----------------------------|
D|----------------------------|
A|--------------0----5--------|
E|----0----3------------------|

                D
And I won't sit down
F       G      C
  And I won't shut up
            D          F   G    C
And most of all i will not grow up.      x2


BRIDGE:
C, Csus2, C, Csus2


VERSE 2:
      F
Oh, Maturity's a wrapped-up package deal or so it seems. 
C
Ditching teenage fantasy means ditching all your dreams. 
         G                               F
All your friends and peers and family solemnly tell you you will 
        C              G               C
have to grow up, be an adult. Yeah, be bored and unfulfilled. 
    F
But no one's yet explained to me exactly what's so great 
      C
about slaving 50 years away on something that you hate. 
      G                                 F
About meekly shuffling down the path of mediocrity. 
        A                                      D     (Let chord ring)
Well if that's your road then take it but it's not the road for me.


CHORUS:
                D
And I won't sit down
F       G      C
  And I won't shut up
            D          F   G    C
And most of all i will not grow up.      x2


BRIDGE:
       Am                                     G          F
And if all you ever do with your life is Just photosynthesise, 
              F/E
then you'll deserve every hour of your sleepless nights 
         D               G                 C
that you waste wondering when you're gonna die.


VIOLIN SOLO (Follows the same chord pattern as the Verses)
 F,
 C,
 G,   F,
 G,   C,



BREAKDOWN (same as the chorus. i play the bassline)

 D, F, G, C   (x2)
           D
  And I'll Play
F     G       C
  And You Sing
            D           F       G    C
The perfect way for the evening to begin.  (x2)


FINAL CHORUS - play full chords: 
                  (pause) D
  And I won't sit down
F       G      C
  And I won't shut up
            D          F   G    C
And most of all i will not grow up. 
                  D
  And I won't sit down

F       G      C
  And I won't shut up
            D          F       G      C
And most of all i will not... grow... up...

Photosynthesis

Love Ire & Song

C                        G   
Blacking in and out in a strange flat in East London
C                       F    
Somebody I don't really know just gave me something
   C                          G                             C       F    
To help settle me down and to stop me from always thinking about you 
         C                               G    
And you know you're life is heading in a questionable direction
            C                                  F    
When you're up for days with strangers and you can't remember anything
 C                                  G                                     C F          
Except the way you sounded when you told me you didn't know what I should do
G                             F              G
     It's a long road up to recovery from here
                       F    C   
A long way back to the light
G                             F               G
     It's a long road up to recovery from here
                        F    C    
A long way to making it right
          C                            G    
And so I wake up in the morning just like every other day
               C                             F    
And just like every boring blues song I get swallowed by the pain
       C                           G                            C  F    
So I fumble for your figure in the darkness just to make it go away
               C                            G    
But you're not lying there any longer and I know that that's my fault
             C                                   F    
So I've been pounding on the floor and I've been crawling up the walls
                  C                      G      
And I've been dipping in my darkness for serotonin 
          C                      F    
boosters, cider and some kind of smelling salts
G                             F               G
     It's a long road up to recovery from here
                       F    C     
A long way back to the light
G                             F               G
     It's a long road up to recovery from here
                        F    C    
A long way to making it right
           Am                               F                    C
So on the first night we met, you said well darling let's make a deal
   Am                    F                                   C   
If anybody ever asks us, let's just tell them that we met in jail
               Am                                F    
And that's the story that I'm sticking to like a stony-faced accomplice
    C                                        G    
But tonight I need to hear some truth if I'm ever getting through this
          Am                               F    
Yeah, you once sent me a letter that said "If you're lost at sea
           C                                   G    
Close your eyes and catch the tide my dear and only think of me"
      Bb                                 F    
Well, darling now I'm was sinking I'm as lost as lost can be
           G                                                      C
And I was hoping you could drag me up from down here towards my recovery
 
G  C  F        
 
             C                           G    
If you could just give me a sign, just a subtle little glimmer
       C                                      F    
Some suggestion that you'd have me if I could only make me better
              C                           G                    C           F    
Then I would stand a little stronger as I walk a little taller all the time
           C                         G   
Because I know you are a cynic but I think I can convince you
             C                           F    
Yeah, cause broken people can get better if they really want to
       C                                 G                    C        F    
Or at least that's what I have to tell myself if I am hoping to survive
G                             F               G
     It's a long road up to recovery from here
                       F    C    
A long way back to the light
G                             F               G
     It's a long road up to recovery from here
                        F    C   
A long way to making it right
G
So, darling, sweet lover, won't you help me to recover
F    
Darling, sweet lover, won't you help me to recover
G   
Darling, sweet lover, won't you help me to recover
F                                       C
Darling, sweet lover, one day this will all be over

Recovery

INTRO  x4
C  G  A  F 

VERSE
F                       C
Some mornings I pray for evening,
G                 F
For the day to be done.
F                  C
Some summer days I hide away
G                    F 
And pray for rain to come.
F                      C
It turns out hell will not be found
G                F
Within the fires below,
F                     C
But in making do and muddling through
G                        F   A     G    G
When you've nowhere else to go.

CHORUS
F             C     G 
But then I remember you,
        F             C                     G
And the way you shine like truth in all you do.
    F           C     G
And if you remembered me,
          F                C             G
You could save me from the way I tend to be.


INTRO x2
C  G  A  F 


VERSE (same as verse 1)
Some days I wake up dazed my dear,
And I don't know where I am.
I've been running now so long I'm scared
I've forgotten how to stand.
I stand alone in airport bars
And gather thoughts to think:
That if all I had was one long road
It could drive a man to drink.


CHORUS
But then I remember you,
And the way you shine like truth in all you do.
And if you remembered me,
You could save me from the way I tend to be.


 
BRIDGE  (play muted and fast)
Am7          G/B   C        F             G        Am7         G/B 
Because I've said I love you so many times that the words kinda die in my
C
Mouth.
Am7            G/B      C         F         G         Am7        G/B
And I meant it each time with each beautiful woman but somehow it never
      C
Works out.
Am7       G/B       C          F              G             Am7    G/B
You stood apart in my calloused heart, and you taught me and here's what I
C
Learned:
Am7          C         F                   G        Am7 G/B       
That love is about the all the changes you make and not just three small 
C
words.


CHORUS
And then I catch myself
Catching your scent on someone else
In a crowded space
And it takes me somewhere I cannot quite place.

But then I remember you,
And the way you shine like truth in all you do.
And if you remembered me,
You could save me from the way I tend to be.

OUTRO 
C  G  A  F

The Way I Tend To Be

Intro/Chorus

             Am              F
Just give me one fine day of plain sailing weather
    C                       
And I can fuck up anything, anything.
         Am                  F
It was a wonderful life when we were together,
    C                                       G
And now I've fucked up every little goddamn thing.


Verse 1

       Am          F                         C     G
Amelie lied to me,   this was supposed to be easy.
            Am                 F                          C      G
I found the one damn person to help me fall asleep in the night.
                  Am      F                        C      G
But sleeping gets tiring,   and dark reminds me of dying,
       Am                  F
And as long as this feeble heart is still beating,
         C                                                        G
You will find me rushing through every room, switching on all the lights.


Pre-Chorus

    E                     Am
The problem with falling in love in latenight bars
                 F
Is that there's always more nights, there's always more bars.
    E                        Am
The problem with showing your lover your scars
        F
Is that everybody's lover is covered in scars.


Chorus

             Am              F
Just give me one fine day of plain sailing weather
    C                       
And I can fuck up anything, anything.
         Am                  F
It was a wonderful life when we were together,
    C
And now I've fucked up every


Verse 2
           Am        F            C          G
Things got fractious,  and I felt faithless,
        Am                     F                          C      G
At that moment just before the dawn when everything falls apart.
                  Am      F                   C          G
But baby I didn't mean it,  for things to get desperate.
     Am                  F
I let slip my guard, let go of the rudder,
          C                          G
Now we're drifting in the current away from one another.


Chorus

             Am              F
Just give me one fine day of plain sailing weather
    C                       
And I can fuck up anything, anything.
         Am                  F
It was a wonderful life when we were together,
    C                  
And now I've fucked up every thing.
        Am              F
Give me one fine day of plain sailing weather
    C                       
And I can fuck up anything, anything.
         Am                  F
It was a wonderful life when we were together,
    C                                       G
And now I've fucked up every little goddamn thing.


Bridge
                     F
every little goddamn thing
                     G
every little goddamn thing
                     F       Am (let ring)
every little goddamn thing 
                             C
I've been skirting round the rim of doing something
F                   Em                       Am
Brave, and not just standing, but jumping in,
                       C
Of making circles into squares, of laying down
    F                 Em                   Am
The bare facts like a burden I can't bear.
                          C
And I can almost find the words, but I can see the way you'd
F                      Em            F               Em
Fold your hands, speak my name like a curse upon your pretty lips,
    F                 Em
the pressured white behind your fingertips.

C Am G Fm C

Outro
             Am                    G
And when you see me for all that I am
                    Fm                            C
I couldn't make mistakes to make a difference any more.
                 Am                        G
I'd throw myself down on my knees, at your hands,
                   Fm                             C
And beg you for forgiveness for my fuckups and my faults.
                Am                              G
And maybe you'd relent, release my hope for our forever,
                      Fm                                   C         Am
Lift up your precious hands, and then bring yours and mine together,
                G               Fm                     C Am
So just give me one fine day of plain sailing weather.
             G               Fm
Just give me one fine day of plain sailing weather.

Plain Sailing Weather

Tape Deck Heart

A#                        C                       A#
No not everyone grows up to be an astronaut,

         Dm                   C                  A#
not everyone was born to be a king,

        C                          A#            A7        Dm
not everyone can be Freddie Mercu-ry,

           A#                                                       C
but everyone can raise their glass and sing.




     A#                       C                        A#
I may not be the perfect kind of person,

    Dm                       C                        A#
I may not do what mum and dad dreamed,

      C                                             A#         A7         Dm   
but on the day I die, I'll say at least I fucking tried.

A#                                       C
That's the only eulogy I need,

C7                     A#           A#
thats the only eulogy I need.

Eulogy

Intro
F       C          G


G    Am    F    C
Peggy came to me in my sleep
G    Am    F    C
In the middle of the night on a Friday night last week
G    Am    F    C
She whispered hush child but don't be scared
G    Am    F    C
I've got a few words of wisdom that I've come back to share

Chorus

        F          C                         G
and she said, doesn't matter where you come from
F   C                         G
It matters where you go
F   C                         G        F   C                         
no one gets remembered, for the things they didn't do



G    Am    F    C
I said Peggy won't you stay here for a while
G    Am    F    C
We can drink whiskey, we can play cards and we can get wild
G    Am    F    C
She said we'll play poker and we'll play for keeps
G    Am    F    C
I only played angels lately and they never let me cheat


F          C                   G
doesn't matter where you come from
F   C                G
It matters where you go
F   C        G                                 F     C             G
no one gets remembered, in this listless life, for the things they didn't do

E                          Am                        C
You could say I had a good time, you could say I had class
E                         Am               F               C
You could say that I was born beneath this ceiling made of glass
E                    Am                               C
But I always kept an open house and always did right by my friends
E                   Am                   F               C        
When I get to Saint Peter's gate I'll tell the keeper I'm not the one who 
              G
needs to make amends.

F            C         G       F      C      G
Cause better times are coming, better times ahead
F      C    G                               F            C       G
No one gets remembered, my deathless child, and soon you will be dead.

And Peggy said.


F          C                   G
doesn't matter where you come from
F   C                G
It matters where you go
F   C        G                                 F     C             G
no one gets remembered, in this listless life, for the things they didn't do

F          C                   G
Peggy sang the blues, as I drifted off well
F          C                   G
Peggy sang the blues, as I drifted off well
F          C                   G
Peggy sang the blues, as I drifted off well
F          C                   G
Peggy sang the blues, as I drifted off well
F          C                   G
Peggy sang the blues, peggy sang the blues

Peggy Sang The Blues

Capo II

A#                              C
Brothers and sisters, have you heard the news?
    A#                            A#7
The storm has lifted and there's nothing to lose,
    A#                              C
So swap your confirmation for your dancing shoes,
              A#      C     A#
Because there never was no God.

A#                            C
Step out of the darkness and onto the streets,
A#                                   A#7
Forget about the fast, let's have a carnival feast,
A#                                      C
Raise up your lowered head to hear the liberation beat,
              A#      C     A#
Because there never was no God.

         A#   A#
There is no God,
    C              A#
So clap your hands together,
         A#   A#
There is no God,
   C             Gm   
No heaven and no hell.
C        A#   A#
There is no God,
              C    Gm
We're all in this together,
C        A#   A#
There is no God,
    C                  A#-A#add9-A# x 4
So ring that victory bell.

No cowering in the dark before these overbearing priests,
Not waiting until we die until we restitute the meek,
No blaming all our failings on imaginary beasts,
Because there never was no God.

No fighting over land your distant fathers told you of,
Not spilling blood for those who have never spread a drop of blood,
No finger pointing justified by fairies up above,
Because there never was no God.

There is no God,
So clap your hands together,
There is no God,
No heaven and no hell.
There is no God,
We're all in this together,
There is no God,
So ring that victory bell.

      Gm                                   A11
And I know you're scared of dieing man and I am too,
         C                                   G7
But just pretending it's not happening isn't gonna see us through,
   Gm                                          A11
So just accept that there's an end game and we haven't got much time,
         C                          G7
And then in the here and now we can try and do things right.
  A#                                  A#
Forget about the crazy things that people have believed,
    A#add9                          C
And think of wondrous things that normal people have achieved.


'Cos I've known beauty in the stillness of cathedrals in the day,
I sang Glory Hallelujah! Won't you wash my sins away?
But now I'm singing my refrain and this is what I say,
I say there never was no God.

There is no God,
So clap your hands together,
There is no God,
No heaven and no hell.
There is no God,
We're all in this together,
There is no God,
So ring that victory bell.

Last Chorus
          
         A#   A#
There is no God,
    C              A#
So clap your hands together,
         A#   A#
There is no God,
   C             Gm   
No heaven and no hell.
C        A#   A#
There is no God,
              C    Gm
We're all in this together,
C        A#   A#
There is no God,
    C                  A#  A#
So ring that victory bell.

Glory Hallelujah

England Keep My Bones

- Verse 1 -
           G  
I got me a shovel
                  Em
And I'm digging a ditch
                 C                          G                   Em                D
And I'm going to fight for this four square feet of land like a mean old son of a bitch
           G
I got me a future
                     Em
I'm not stuck on the past
             C                      G                    Em                         D
I got no new tricks, yeah I'm up on bricks but me, I'm a machine and I was built to last


- Chorus -
    C                              D               G
I'm trying to get better because I haven't been my best
           C                           D             Em
She took a plain black marker, started writing on my chest
           C                            D
She drew a line across the middle of my broken heart,
           G                           Em
And said: "Come on now, let's fix this mess"
             C       D
We could get better
                       G
Because we're not dead yet

(same chord pattern)

- Verse 2 -
They threw me a whirlwind
And I spat back the sea
I took a battering but I've got thicker skin and the best people I know looking out for me
So I'm taking the high road
My engines running high and fine
May I always see the road rising up to meet me and my enemies defeated in the mirror behind

- Chorus -
I'm trying to get better because I haven't been my best
She took a plain black marker, started writing on my chest
She drew a line across the middle of my broken heart,
And said: "Come on now, let's fix this mess"
We could get better
Because we're not dead yet

- Bridge -
            G                          Em
It's just a knock in the small of your back
                G             Em
You can work it out with your fingers
            G                           Em
It's just a tune that got stuck in your head
                G             Em
You can work it out with your fingers
               G                          Em
It's just some numbers tangled up in your sums
                  G             Em
You could work it out with your fingers
            G                               Em                   G               
It's just a simple braille missing from the person you miss, a reminder you could always be
  C                      D
A little bit better than this

- Chorus -
So try and get better and don't ever accept less
Take a plain black marker and write this on your chest
Draw a line underneath all of this unhappiness
Come on now, let's fix this mess
We could get better
Because we're not dead yet
We could get better
Because we're not dead yet

Get Better

Positive Songs For Negative People

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

Sovereign Light Cafe

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

Work

Intro: C D C D (x2)


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

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

C D


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

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


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

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

C D
(fin)

Habla si puedes

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

Can't Smile Without You

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

MI RE DO#m-SIm-LA

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

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


Jo et duré...

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

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


Jo et duré... ( bis )

De tot cor

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

Down By The River

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


American Dream 

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

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

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