Tim Minchin (born 1975) is an Australian comedian, actor, composer, songwriter, pianist, musical director and a self proclaimed rock 'n' roll megastar.  He was born in Northampton, England, and grew up in Perth, Western Australia. He attended UWA (University of Western Australia) before launching onto the world stage at the 2005 Edinburgh Fringe Festival by winning the Best Newcomer Perrier Comedy Award.  

Timothy David Minchin (geboren am 7. Oktober 1975 in Northampton, UK) ist ein australischer Kabarettist, Schauspieler, Musiker und Skeptiker. Bekannt geworden ist er durch seine Musikkabarettprogramme, die mittlerweile in drei CDs, drei DVDs und mehreren internationalen TV-Auftritten festgehalten wurden.   Er selbst beschreibt seine Auftritte als &quot;lustige Kabarett Shows&quot; und sieht sich selbst eher als Musiker und Liedermacher als als Kabarettist.

F#                 F            A#m
I've been having a little problem recently
         D#m               F         A#m
Which is quite disturbing musicalicly
            F#     F             A#m
Involving a semi-tonal discrepancy
D#m                       F
Vocally and Instrumentally

        F#           F              A#m
You see musicians of different varieties
       D#m         F          A#m
Prefer playing in particular keys
    F#                F             A#m
And singers too treat preferentially
      D#m                                F
Those notes they tackle more proficiently


                F#           F         A#m
Now, you, don't have to be a member of MENSA
   D#m                         F
To understand the depth of my dilemma
        F#          F         A#m
The two elements of me favour two different keys
         D#m              F              A#m
Thus the rift betwixt my fingers and my Tenor


F#                               C#
I like nothing more than playing instruments in F
   D#m                           F
It warms the very cockles of my heart
    F#                             C#
The trouble is that F can leave me vocally bereft, you see
       D#m           F7
I like playing in F Major, but I like singing in...
A#m
FSharp.... FSharp.... FSharp...


F#                            C#
I refuse to be beholden to my hands
  D#m                             F
I don't see why my Larynx should give in to their demands
F#                                  C#
I'll not be forced to compromise my art
    D#m                        F7
And so I'll keep playing in F Major, and singing in
A#m
F Sharp... F Sharp... F Sharp...F Sharp...Fsharp

          D#m                G#7                           C#
I'll keep playing in F Major, but I'll keep singing in F Sharp!

F Sharp

A		
This is my Earth
E	
And I live in it
D	
It's one third dirt
Dm
And two thirds water
A
And it rotates and revolves through space
A7
At rather an impressive pace
D			Dm
And never even messes up my hair
F#m
And here's the really weird thing
B		B7
The force created by its spin
D			A	E
Is the force that stops the chaos flooding in

F#m
This is my Earth
D
And it's fine
E			           C#	  F#m
It's where I spend the vast majority of my time
D
It's not perfect
A
But it's mine
E
It's not perfect

(...)

Not Perfect

An 'emotional' tune that has fun lyrics. Tim Minchin is Australian, but you can't really tell. Trying to show that he can send out a serious message, Minchin explains how plastic is the bane of the universe and that we can only save our planet by eliminating it and &quot;taking our canvas bags to the supermarket&quot;. Of course, this message is punctuated by the usual splashes of humour that Minchin has made his trademark.

Intro:
C
F         Fm                   C
Take your canvas bags when you go
G           Am      G
To the supermarket
F       Fm                        C
Why use plastic bags when you know
    G                    Am       C
You know the world can't take it

F         Fm                   C
Take your canvas bags when you go
G           Am      G
To the supermarket-market-market
F       Fm                        C
Don't use those plastic bags when you know
    G                Am           C
You know you'll feel better for it

Chorus:
Am                 F
Take your canvas bags
                   C
Take your canvas bags
                 G
Take your canvas bags

To the supermarket
Am                 F
Take your canvas bags
                   C
Take your canvas bags
                 G
Take your canvas bags

To the supermarket

Canvas Bags

Verse:
C
We don't eat pigs
G
You don't eat pigs
   Am                          F G
It seems it's been that way forever
      C
So if we don't eat pigs
    G
And you don't eat pigs
F            G            C
Why not, not eat pigs, together?


Instrumental:
Am, Ddim7, C, Am, F, Am x2, G7 
Am, Ddim7, C, Am, F, Am x3
Am x2, G, [G,Am,G]

Peace Anthem For Palestine

So Fucking Rock 

Intro: D

D         A      D                  G
Your love is like finger nails on a chalkboard
D         A       D               G    
Your love is like throwing myself overboard
D                A
A breakdown on a motorway
Bm               G
A heart attack on Christmas day
E
Like scaling a cliff then falling off
G
Like trying not to cough

G                                         F# 
And I didn&#8217;t see this one coming, now I&#8217;m in too deep
G                                     F#
I didn&#8217;t see this one coming, now I&#8217;m in too deep
G                               D
I think I&#8217;ll just keep swimming down, down, down
G                             D 
There&#8217;s no point in trying to turn back now

G           D
I&#8217;m drowned
G           A
I&#8217;m drowned

D         A       D             G
Your love is like sand inside a bathing suit
D         A       D             G
Your love is a symphony with the sound on mute
D               A  
A letter to the wrong address
Bm               G
Or red wine on a wedding dress
E
Like broken bones in my playing hand
G
Like trying to swallow sand


G                                         F# 
And I didn&#8217;t see this one coming, now I&#8217;m in too deep
G                                     F#
I didn&#8217;t see this one coming, now I&#8217;m in too deep
G                               D
I think I&#8217;ll just keep swimming down, down, down
G                             D 
There&#8217;s no point in trying to reach dry ground

G           D
I&#8217;m drowned
G           A
I&#8217;m drowned

D         A        D                 G            
Your love is like one last breath of salty air
D         A        D                 G
Your love is like a map that leads to nowhere
D                  A  
A wine glass on a concrete floor
Bm             G
The overuse of metaphor
E
The straight ahead in a sideways glance
G
Like the misstep in a dance


G                                         F# 
And I didn&#8217;t see this one coming, now I&#8217;m in too deep
G                                     F#
I didn&#8217;t see this one coming, now I&#8217;m in too deep
G                               D
I think I&#8217;ll just keep swimming down
G                        D 
There&#8217;s no point in turning 'round

G           D
I&#8217;m drowned
G           D
I&#8217;m drowned

Drowned

Am
In our modern free spoken society
            G
There is a word that we still hold taboo
   F                                     E
A word with a terrible history of being used to abuse oppress and subdue
Am                                     G
Just six seemingly harmless letters arranged in a way that will form a word
            F                                       E
With more power than the pieces of metal that are forged to make swords
            F               G            Am
A couple of G's an R and an E an I and an N

                  F                    G                   E
Just six little letters all jumbled together have caused damage that we may never mend
Am                                          G  
And it's important that we all respect that if these people should happen to choose to 
F                                         E
Reclaim the word as their own it doesn't mean the rest of you have a right to it's use
Am                           G
So never under estimate the power that language imparts
F                                           E
Sticks and stones may break your bones but words can break hearts
                 F                                                    G
A couple of G's; geez unless you have had to live it, an R and an E; even I am careful with it
            Am                      G                 F
An I and an N in the end it will only offend don't want to have to spell 
        E
it out again

Am G F E G Am x2

Yeah

Am            G                         F     E  G
Only a ginger can call another ginger ginger
Am            G                         F     E  G             
Only a ginger can call another ginger ginger
     F
So listen to me if you care for your health
     G                              E
You wont call me ginger less your ginger yourself
Am            G                         F     E  G
Only a ginger can call another ginger ginger

Am                              G
When you are a ginger life is pretty hard
F                                 E
Years of ritual bullying in the school yard
Am                          G
Kids calling you ranga and fanta pants
F                     E
No invitation to the high school dance
         Am                            G
But you get up and learn to hold your head up
     F                                 E
You try to keep your cool and not get het up
     Am                                G
But until the feeling of ill is truly let up
         F                      E
Then the word is ours and ours alone don't you know

Prejudice

Ready For This ?

C                                G
Sleep little baby, sleep now my love

                                 F
The milky way's shining high up above.

                            F   F/E  F/C   C/G
When you grow up you will learn all   that  stuff

         G        
But for now close your eyes

            Aaug5
Close your eyes


  C                             G
Sleep little baby try not to squawk

                                          F
Tomorrow and tomorrow you'll learn how to walk

                    F   F/E F/C  C/G
To love and laugh, to totter and talk

         G
But for now beddie byes


       F                                    Fm
Your blanket's hand knitted with pure angora wool

       C                                           
Your nappy is dry and your tummy is full

     G                                 
Of enough antihistamine to chill out a bull

      F   F/E  F/C  Csus2    C
Yet still all   this gringing


C/D  C/E  F                                  Fm
What more could you want for? I just can not guess

     C  
You constantly complain to me  you should feel blessed

            G
There are children in Africa starving to death

          F  F/E F/C  Csus2     C
And you don't hear them whinging


      C               C/E C/F  C/G  C
What more can I do to put   a   stop to

      G                           C
This mind numbing noise you are making?

 E                         Am
Where is the line between patting and hitting?

 D                           G
When is rocking rocking and when is it shaking?


   F                                       Fm
I don't know what else I can do to try and hush you

    C                                              
My heart says I love you but my brain's thinking fuck you

      G
And hoping a child trafficker will abduct you

    F                      G  G/C  G/D   C
At least then I'd get a few hours   in    bed


      F                                         Fm
I've shushed and I've cooed and I've even tried to sing 

      C                                     
Ob-La-Di Ob-La-Da in the exact voice of Ringo
 
     G
Now all I have left is to hope that a dingo 

       F                        G            C
Will sneak in and rip off your fat bitching head


[Break]
C - G - C - E - Am - D - G


    C                             G
Oh hush little baby, don't say a word

                                F
Papa's gonna buy you a mocking bird

                             C
In the hope you'll get Avian Flu 

     G                                      C
The nice folk in A and E will take care of you


[Break]

C - G - C - E - Am - D - G

C - G - C - E - Am - D - G


      C                                              
That's it, close your eyes, shhh not a sound

       G                          C
I can barely see your tiny belly moving up and down

     E                                      Am
One thing they don't mention in the parenting book

      D                        G                           C
Your love for them grows the closer to dead they look

Lullaby

INTRO:  F x4

F
I'm looking forward to Christmas
           Bb                               F
It's sentimental I know, but I just really like it
F
I am hardly religious
                   Bb                                        F       
I'd rather break bread with Dawkins than Desmond Tutu to be honest
               C                                  C7
And yes I have all of the usual objections to consumerism
                                       Bb
The commercialisation of an ancient religion

And the westernisation of a dead Palestinian
                                             F
Press-ganged into selling PlayStations and beer
                            C
But I still really like it.


F
I'm looking forward to Christmas
               Bb                      F
Though I'm not expecting a visit from Jesus
                   C     
I'll be seeing my dad
     C7                    A            Dm
My brother and sisters, my gran and my mum
           Dm/C                        Bb
They'll be drinking white wine in the sun
                   C
I'll be seeing my dad
    C7                     A           Dm
My brother and sisters, my gran and my mum
         Dm/C                        Bb
We'll be drinking white wine in the sun.



F
I don't go for ancient wisdom
           Bb                                                          F
I don't believe just 'cause ideas are tenacious it means that they're worthy
F
I get freaked out by churches
             Bb                                                       F
Some of the hymns that they sing have nice chords but the lyrics are dodgy
               C                                       
And yes I have all of the usual objections 
               C7                                        Bb
To the miseducation of children who in tax-exempt institutions

And taught to externalise blame

And to feel ashamed
                                        F
And to judge things as plain right and wrong
                      C
But I quite like the songs.


F
I'm not expecting big presents
             Bb                                                   F
The old combination of socks, jocks and chocolate is just fine by me.
                          C
'Cause I'll be seeing my dad
    C7                     A           Dm
My brother and sisters, my gran and my mum
           Dm/C                            Bb
They'll be drinking white wine in the sun
                   C
I'll be seeing my dad
   C7                      A           Dm
My brother and sisters, my gran and my mum
           Dm/C                           Bb
They'll be drinking white wine in the sun.


    Bb
And you my baby girl
    F/A
My jetlagged infant daughter
           Gm7
You'll be handed round the room
        C         Csus4   C
Like a puppy at a primary school
    Bb
And you don't understand
     F/A            
But you will learn yourself one day
      Gm7
That wherever you are and whatever you face
C                           C7              A            Dm
These are the people who'll make you feel safe in this world
Dm/C                 Bb
  My sweet blue-eyed girl


    Bb
And if my baby girl
            F/A
When you're twenty-one or thirty-one
    Gm7
And Christmas comes around
         C                          Csus4      C
And you find yourself nine thousand miles from home
Bb     F/A  Gm7          C   
You'll know whatever comes
       C7                    A            Dm
Your brother and sister, and me and your mum
        Dm/C                       Bb
Will be waiting for you in the sun
                C     Csus4  C
Whenever you come
C7                                                            
Your brothers and sisters, your aunts and your uncles
       C7                       A            Dm
Your grandparents, cousins, and me and your mum
         Dm/C                     Bb    
We'll be waiting for you in the sun
F/A                    Gm7
Drinking white wine in the sun
C                  Bb
Darling, when Christmas comes
F/A                             Gm7
We'll be waiting for you in the sun
F/A                          Bb   
Drinking white wine in the sun
F/A                    Gm7
Waiting for you in the sun
C                    Bb
Waiting for you 
Gm7  C7
Waiting


F
I really like Christmas
           Bb            F
It's sentimental I know

White Wine In The Sun

Tim Minchin and the Heritage Orchestra

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]
F Am Dm Am A# Dm Gm C

[Verse 1]
             F 
Baby really hurt me
                Am 
crying in the taxi
                Dm
He dont wanna know me
                         Am                     A#     Dm
says you make the big mistake of dancing in my store 
Gm                  C
   Says it was poison
                 F
So I guess I go home 
          Am                     Dm
into the arms of the girl that I love
                Am 
the only love I havent screwed up
A#                  Dm
   She's so hard to please
             Gm      C  
but shes a forest fire
        F               
I do my best to meet her demands
Am
play it romance
         Dm
we slow dance in the living room
    Am                      A#
but all that a stranger would see
        Dm           Gm               C     
is one girl swaying alone stroking her cheek

[Chorus]

      F         Am            Dm 
They say, "you're a little much for me
         Am     A# 
You're a liability
          Dm         Gm    C
You're a little much for me"
               F              Am 
So they pull back make other plans
       Dm 
I understand
     Am     A# 
I'm a liability
        Dm         Gm    
Get you wild, make you leave
       C            Dm            F    A#       
I'm a little much for eh oh-na-na-na everyone

[Verse 2]
            F 
The truth is, I am toy
                Dm
that people enjoy
                Am               A#
till all of the tricks dont work anymore
Dm              Gm       C
And then they are bored of me
             
                    F
I know that its exciting
                     Am
running through the night but
              Dm                Am
every perfect summer's eating me alive
            A#    Dm
unitl youre gone
Gm          C
Better on my own

[Chorus]

      F         Am            Dm 
They say, "you're a little much for me
         Am     A# 
You're a liability
          Dm         Gm    C
You're a little much for me"
               F              Am 
So they pull back make other plans
       Dm 
I understand
     Am     A# 
I'm a liability
        Dm         Gm    
Get you wild, make you leave
       C            Dm            F    A#       
I'm a little much for eh oh-na-na-na everyone

[Outro]
             Dm           F           A#
They're gonna watch me disappear into the sun
                 Dm        F           A#
You're all gonna watch me disappear into the sun

Liability

A                                     E 
Roll into your town and I'm walking around
                                                Fm                        
Got some extra time think I'll throw some money down
                                                     D
And you follow me around, and you're asking for the time

Your asking what I found 
                         A
think I'm gonna rob you blind

maybe it's the tattoo on my arm
        E
that I drew while I was bored waiting tables in new york
Fm                                            D
 a  heart and two flowers intertwined with a vine

Up Here

INTRO:

A |---------------------|
E |--7--7--7----------- -|
C |---------------------|
G |---------------------|

VERSE 1:   

C#m          E       B      A                     C#m   E    B   A 
I’m going away to be alone I’m coming back with answers
C#m           E            B    A            C#m   E   B   A
Don’t try to call my telephone it’s disconnected
C#m           E          B       A               C#m   E   B   A
And I don’t know where I’m going but can you guide me
C#m              E        B        A              C#m   E   B   A
But if I find love where I’m going will it survive me


PRE-CHORUS 1:

C#m            B   A                         C#m         A   B
‘Cause in your own space you’re disconnected and in your own mind you’re not affected
C#m         B   A                           C#m         A   B
And in your own time you’re still attracted but in your own life


CHORUS:

A                                 C#m            B
This heart attack I’ve gotta get away not coming back
A                                 C#m                     B
I want some downtime so call me when you can and I’ll be fine


VERSE 2: [same chords as VERSE1]
I’ve found the time to be alone I don’t know what you’re asking
I’m waiting by the telephone and you’re still barking
My heart stops it isn’t… going could you revive me
I think I’m lost without knowing so come and find me


PRE-CHORUS 2:  [same chords as PRE-CHORUS1]
‘Cause in the same space we’re disconnected and in your own mind you’re not attracted
But in your own life over reacted and in your own time


{CHORUS x2}


Sometimes if we don’t go sometimes you don’t know
You don’t go I don’t go I don’t go you don’t go

C#5  B5  A5                      C#5  A5  B5
            I’ve got your back              but you don’t got mine
C#5  E5  A5                    C#5  A5  B5
            This heart attack              then I’m feeling fine


CHORUS x2

C#m          E       B    A 
I’m going away to be alone
C#m          E       B    A 
I'm going away to be alone ...............

This Heart Attack

Intro:

Bb - F - A

F                 C
I've been feeling lonesome
F                            C
I'm down, don't know what to do
D
I let you lie to me
F
plant seeds inside
            E
to see them grow
                      F
only to leave them to die

  C
I learned my lesson
       E
I won't be forgetting
       F
I won't give my heart out
    A
with-out suspecting

Bb  F
why cry
Dm G
why cry
Bb  F
why cry
    A
for you

F                  C
I've been lost and finding
F                           C
out that I've been such a fool
D           
you thought you'd stick around
F
until the day you found
    E                    F
someone to make me obsolete

  C
I learned my lesson
       E
I won't be forgetting
       F
I won't give my heart out
    A
with-out suspecting

Bb  F
why cry
Dm G
why cry
Bb  F
why cry
Dm F
why cry
    Bb
for you... 


Guitar Solo:

Bb - F - A (2x)

  C     
I learned my lesson
       E
I won't be forgetting
       F
I won't give my heart out
    A
with-out suspecting

Bb  F
why cry
Dm G
why cry
Bb  F
why cry
Dm G
why cry
Bb  F
why cry
Dm G
why cry
Bb  F
why cry
Dm G
why cry
    A
for you

Why Cry

[Verse 1]
 G                              D
You like New York City in the daytime
 Bm                   A
I like New York City in the nighttime
 G                          D
You say you like sleeping with the air off
Bm                  A
I don't, I need it on
G                  D
You like the light coming through the windows
 Bm                      A
I sleep late, so I just keep 'em all closed
G                  D
You ignore the music on the radio
Bm                 A
I don't, I sing-a-long


[Pre-Chorus]
G               D        Bm             A
I don't ask for you to change, baby no no no
    G              D          Bm    A
And you don't ask for me to change


[Chorus]
N.C.                     D
Tell me how we're not alike
       Bm               A
But we work so well and we don't even know why
G              D
Funny how the stars crossed right
       Bm                   A
'Cause we work so well and we don't even know why
 G              D
You can call it fire and ice
    Bm                  A
But we work so well and we don't even know why
G              D
We don't even know why, no no
Bm                          A
We don't even know why, no no no


[Post-Chorus]
N.C.
No no no no
D
We like it in the daytime
Bm                 A
We like it in the end of time
N.C.
No no no no
D
We like it in the daytime
Bm                 A
We like it in the end of time


[Verse 2]
G                        D
Cold outside and you're just in a T-shirt
Bm                   A
I have cold blood even in a sweater
G                         D
You start your night sippin' by the Kilo
Bm                   A
I don't, I know you know


[Pre-Chorus]
G               D        Bm             A
I don't ask for you to change, baby no no no
    G              D          Bm    A
And you don't ask for me to change



[Chorus]
N.C.                     D
Tell me how we're not alike
       Bm               A
But we work so well and we don't even know why
G              D
Funny how the stars crossed right
       Bm                   A
'Cause we work so well and we don't even know why
 G              D
You can call it fire and ice
    Bm                  A
But we work so well and we don't even know why
G              D
We don't even know why, no no
Bm                          A
We don't even know why, no no no


[Post-Chorus]
N.C.
No no no no
D
We like it in the daytime (we don't even know)
Bm                 A
We like it in the end of time (we don't even know)
N.C.
No no no no
D
We like it in the daytime
Bm                   A
(We don't even know, know, know, know, know)




[Bridge]
G                          D
Somehow we end up on the same side
Bm                          A
And you wouldn't think that we'd be alright
G                      D            Bm             A
Even our eyes are different colors, but we see fine
G                         D
Somehow we end up on the same side (up on the same side)
Bm                            A
And you wouldn't think that we'd be alright

(Think that we'd be alright)

G                      D            Bm             A
Even our eyes are different colors, but we see fine


[Chorus]

 N.C.                     D
(Oh)Tell me how we're not alike
       Bm               A
But we work so well and we don't even know why

('Cause we work so well and we don't even know why, why)
G              D
Funny how the stars crossed right
       Bm                  A
'Cause we work so well and we don't even know why

(But we don't even know why)
G                D
You can call it fire and ice
    Bm                  A
But we work so well and we don't even know why

('Cause we work so well and we don't even know why, why)

G              D
We don't even know why, no no
Bm                          A
We don't even know why, no no no


[Post-Chorus]

N.C.
No no no no
D
We like it in the daytime (we don't even know)
Bm                 A
We like it in the end of time (we don't even know)
N.C.
No no no no
D
We like it in the daytime
Bm             A
We like it in the nighttime

F Am Dm C

    F              Am            Bb          C
The skirts go up, before the wall  among the madding crowds, 
    
     F                      Am                    Dm     C
They ruin, Like the rest of ruin, the rest of us ruin
          F                      Am           Bb           C
You are a living doll riding the circle tracks  behind the walls of clocks, 
        F                      Am                   Dm     C
In your ruin, Like the rest of ruin, the rest of us ruin     

 Bb                        F         C
Traffic will slow for the crash years
 Bb                             F         C      Dm     C
There's no other show like it 'round here, as a ru-u-ule
 Bb                        F            C
Windows will roll for the crash years 
        Bb                       F         C      Dm    C
There's no other show like it 'round here, as a ru-u-ule

F Ab F Ab
# (Whistlng part)

F Am Dm C

        F                     Am               Bb            C     
Now the candle's end, you are a light turned low  and like the rest of us,
                 F            Am               Dm     C
You've got those old, eternity blues, eternity blues
      F                              Am         Bb                C
Your fingers raised, you're looking for the word, what you want is accident
            F                 Am                 Dm    C
And not the drag, spectacular view, what you can lose

 Bb                         F         C
Traffic will slow for the crash years
 Bb                            F         C      Dm     C
There's no other show like it 'round here, as a ruuuule
 Bb                         F         C
Windows will close in the crash years 

Bb                          F        C      Dm     C
    Honey child, you're not safe here, as a ru-u-ule

F Ab F Ab
# (whistling part)

Bb 

F Am Dm C

 Bb                        F         C
Traffic will slow for the crash years
 Bb                             F         C      Dm     C
There's no other show like it 'round here, as a ru-u-ule
 Bb                        F            C
Windows will roll for the crash years 
        Bb                       F         C      Dm    C
There's no other show like it 'round here, as a ru-u-ule

F Ab F Ab
# (Whistling part)

        F                   Am            Dm                  C
And the ruins the wild, the ruins the wild, tonight will be an open mic.

# (Repeat six times and end on an F)

Crash Years

Intro  D     Bm7   G     A     x2


Verse 1
    D                              Bm7
We never spoke a word, but every thought she had 
                         G     A Asus A
I heard from across the room 
             D                               Bm7
If we were standin' face to face I couldn't find the words 
               G               A Asus A
To say give me one more move 
        G              A             G                   A
I don't even know her name, I guess foolish pride's to blame


Chorus 
          D                        D7
Now, I'm fallin' in love as she's walkin' away
        Bm7                 F#              G                    A
And my heart won't tell my mind to tell my mouth what it should say
 D                                  D7
May have lost this battle, live to fight another day
        Bm7 A   G                              Gm
Now I'm fallin' in love as she's walkin' away


Interlude   D     Bm7   G     A     x2


Verse 2
          D                           Bm7
Wise man next to me did say 'bout the one that got away
        G                    A
Son, I missed my chance 
           D                            Bm7
Don't you let regret take place of the dreams you have to chase
     G               A
Ask her to dance, go on, son
           G                 A              G                  A
You might fall down on your face, roll the dice and have some faith


Chorus
          D                        D7
Don't be fallin' in love as she's walkin' away
           Bm7                   F#                G                    A
When your heart won't tell your mind to tell your mouth what it should say
 D                                  D7
May have lost this battle, live to fight another day
         Bm7 A   G                               Gm
Don't be fallin' in love as she's walkin' away 


Solo   D    Bm7  Bm  F#  G   A  D    D7    Bm  F# |A   D 


           G                 A              G                  A
You might fall down on your face, roll the dice and have some faith
 
          D                        D7
Don't be fallin' in love as she's walkin' away
           Bm7                   F#                G                    A
When your heart won't tell your mind to tell your mouth what it should say
 D                                  D7
May have lost this battle, live to fight another day
         Bm7 A    Bm7 A       Bm7 A       G                      G   
Don't be fallin', fallin' in, fallin' in love as she's walkin' away


Outro  (G)   Gm  Bm7  E G  Gm  D

As She's Walking Away

B  B  E  F# E (2x)

B
Situation Number one
B
Its the one that's just begun
    E                 F#   E
But evidently its too late
B
Situation Number two
B
Its the only chance for you
     E                         F#   E
It's controlled by denizens of hate
B
Situation Number three
B
It's the one that no one sees
E                          F#   E
All too often dismissed as fate
B
Situation Number four
B
The one that left you wanting more
E                       F#   E
Tantalized you with its bait

B  B  E  F# E (2x)

Situations

Am                              E
There are children standing here,
                              G
Arms outstretched into the sky,
                          D
Tears drying on their face.
              Am
He has been here.
                          E
Brothers lie in shallow graves.
                           G
Fathers lost without a trace.
                           D
A nation blind to their disgrace,
                        Am
Since he's been here.
                    E
And I see no bravery,
 G                  D
No bravery in your eyes anymore.

Only sadness.

(Continue the same chord progression)

Houses burnt beyond repair.
The smell of death is in the air.
A woman weeping in despair says,
He has been here.
Tracer lighting up the sky.
It's another families' turn to die.
A child afraid to even cry out says,
He has been here.

And I see no bravery,
No bravery in your eyes anymore.
Only sadness.

There are children standing here,
Arms outstretched into the sky,
But no one asks the question why,
He has been here.
Old men kneel to accept their fate.
Wives and daughters cut and raped.
A generation drenched in hate.
Says, he has been here.

And I see no bravery,
No bravery in your eyes anymore.
Only sadness.

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