Animal Collective is a New York City/Washington, D.C/Lisbon based music collective of avant-garde musicians from Baltimore, Maryland. Animal Collective consists of Avey Tare (David Portner), Panda Bear (Noah Lennox), Deakin (Josh Dibb), and Geologist (Brian Weitz). Records released under the name Animal Collective may include contributions from any or all of these members; the lineup is not uniform.

C'est au départ une joyeuse bande de quatre étudiants américains originaires de Baltimore (Maryland) qui se rencontrent autour de leur intérêt pour la musique. Avey Tare (né David Portner) et Panda Bear (Noah Lennox) collaborent pour un premier album (Spirit They're Gone, Spirit They've Vanished en 1999) avant de migrer pour New York où ils sont rejoints par Geologist (Brian Weitz), au début 2000, pour Danse Manatee (2001).  

D alot until...
E B7 E B7
E G#m B C#m
E B7 E E
then..
E G#m B C#m
A B7 E E(or B7 depending on what part of the words you are at)

I love this light in winter time,
The frost cakes in the carpet
in winter time we'll have our ways
tombstones the mean belong in
No falls snowfalls that ruin my day
It's masked up from the street wire
and winter's glow where could she be
She's warm underneath my pocket
Just a calm and modern day
In early, early morning
Rush to her, and rush to him,
Am I a better person?
even in the whole take on
the loss is better said
I pulled the boy out of above
She made that boy a man

E B7 E B7 over and over for the outro

Winters Love

Em
Na na na na x12
Em
This house is sad
Bm
Because he's not
Am
Tidy, Oh

Em
Na na na na x12
Em
Good dogs go by
Bm
When someone comes
Am
To go gone, gone, gone

Em
Aah x4

G                A
There is no one, no one
C                D
There is no one, no one
G                A
There is no one, no one
C                D
There is no one, no one

G
Kitties kitties kitties
A
Kitties kitties kitties
C
kitties kitties kitties
D
kitties kitties kitties
G
Kitties kitties kitties
A
kitties kitties kitties
C
kitties kitties kitties
D
kitties kitties kitties

Em
Meow, kitties...


WOW that was hard to figure out. Comments for improvement 
would be sick. Cheers.

Leaf House

"Who Could Win A Rabbit"
Animal Collective


The intro is played with barre C and F chords up on the 8th fret, and slides down 
to open chords on "hustle".


C
C F

C                       F
Hungry bread and butter hustle
          C     F    C      F      C    F
You'll be doing it a while, livers only fail
Where's your relaxation?
Where's the time required for your health?
Been hating on my new perspective
Been hurrying along, no meal is ever done
You could win a rabbit
You can have a rabbit or a rib
The fast child is gonna have a dead hand
We can get him started, yeah

    G            F           
Bad mind, let me put on good habits
Been working and put on good habits
Sometimes I can't find my good habits.

F  F  G  F
Doodoodooo...


C                         F
Spanish bands use all the echo
C       F     C      F        C      F
Persian kitty better stay out of the train
Glad you brought your food on
Eat it like it's gonna get away
Your coffee sure is getting colder
And seats are getting fewer space is losing place
You could win a rabbit
You could blow an island through the rib

C           F
Rabbit or a habit?
C           F
Habit or a rib?


F  F  G  F
Doodoodooo...

Who Could Win A Rabbit

Sung Tongs

Original tuning : 0.5 step up


C  Bm  Am G  (repeat pattern through verse)

Now it's eight, I've been trying to get that taste off my tongue
I was dreaming of just you, now our cereal, it is warm
Attractive day in the rubble of the night from before
Now I can't walk in a vacuum, I feel ugly, I feel my pores
It's the trees of this day that I do battle with for the light
Then I start to feel tragic, people greet me, I'm polite
"What's the day?"
"What's you doin'?"
"How's your mood?"
"How's that song?"
Man it passes right by me, it's behind me, now it's gone
And I can't lift you up, my mind is tired
It's family beaches that I desire
A sacred night, we'll watch the fireworks
The frightened babies poo
They've got two flashing eyes and they're colored why
They make me feel that I'm only all I see sometimes

(repeat C Bm Am G several times, then stay on G until the next part)

C
I've been eatin' with a good friend who said
     G
"A genie made me out of the earth's skin"
           Am
But in spite of her she is my birth kin
       G
She spits me out in her surly blood rivers
All the people I'm lurkin'
Are dominions of the hot Turk dish
If the elephants be reaching for our purses
Then meet me after the world with the shivers

(repeat that part 3 times)


"What's the day?"
"What are you doing?"
"How's your food?" "How's that song?"
Man it passes right by me
it's behind me now it's gone
I can't lift you up cause my mind is tired
It's family beaches that I desire
That sacred night where we watched the fireworks
They frightened the babies and you know
They've got two flashing eyes and
If they are color blind, they make me feel
That you're only what I see sometimes

Fireworks

Intro: G (6x)
 then G A G D G... let it ring a couple of seconds

Verse:
  G                A
 Oh look at me that sweet? boy speak...
  G                  D
His mother cried..My child's tied..
  G
..something something (again can't really determine it)


Pre-Chorus/Hook thing:
Em              G
waaaa meeeee    da da da da
Em                  G
When you look at me with your one eye?

and then it goes back to the verse again.


Unsolved Mysteries

Strawberry Jam

Intro:
A#

Verse:
A#                           Dm                     A#
  i was walking on feet just like my fathers and my knees were tried to
          Dm                       A#                                  D#
reach you at your mothers cause my nose was screaming that you smelled like
               A#                            Dm
a lover but my hands were happy to treat you like a brother then

A
we do the dance up on the plains
G
then i shake your shoulders
F
you push me down into the grains
who rubs our noses in the night? we do we do
Gm        Dm         F
pow pow now now pow pow now now

A#                           Dm
ive been into the plants and simple treasures
      A#                       Dm
and i sew patches on pants and i get pleasure
      A#                               Dm
and i dont make particular plans cause they dont matter
       A#                            Dm
if you keep on foolin in bed with my sleeping patterns

A
we do the dance up on the plains
G
then i shake your shoulders
F
you push me down into the grains
who rubs our noses in the night? we do we do

F                                                     Gm
Whats with all the changes since the time i was aware its like the apple

eating people that we once were arent there
C
Did they empty out their pockets and debase their younger faces and you
A#
must make sure your happy when you leave your summer places
F                                                   Gm
pretty little femur sitting in my cherry dream boat id be sad if your
                           C
rejected from my hip bone and my knee if i sailed away from continents and
A#
touched my lovers hair then youd be very happy if i touched her there

A#
Youd be very happy if i touched her there, i was very nervous how i felt in

there i was very cautious whatd you say hey there

would you like to see me often though you dont need to see me often

cause id like to see you often though i dont need to see you often

Grass

E
I've gotta big big big big heart beat, yeah
                               B
I think you are the sweetest thing

I wear a coat of feelings and they are loud
A
I've been having good days

Think we are the right age
     F#m
To start out own peculiar ways
E
With good friendly homes?

verse 2 & 3

Pre chorus #1:
G#m                         F#m                     E
Sometimes you're quiet and sometimes I'm quiet. Hallelujah!
G#m                         F#m                             E
Sometimes I'm talkative and sometimes you're not talkative, I know....

verses 4-6 and pre chorus
       C#m               F#m             E
Can I tell you that you are the purple in me?
       C#m               F#m             E
Can I call you just to hear you, would you care?
       C#m               F#m             E
When I saw you put your purple finger on me
       C#m               F#m
There's a feelin' in your bottle
             E
Found your bottle, found your heart
       C#m               F#m
Gives a feeling from your bottled little part
E
Gotta crush high
             B
Thought I crushed all I could
                            E
Crushed all I can then I touched your hand
                 B
Crush high dont want it to stop
                                        E
Cause stories of your brother make my crush high pop
                                   B
And you couldnt really know cause its in my toes
                                     E
And sometimes i wonder whered that crush high go
                  B
Crush high then i go and take some pills
                                    E
Cause i cant do all of my dos and still feel ill
You get that whooooooo (x8)

Purple Bottle

Feels

Cadd9              C
There isn't much I feel I need
Cadd9                C
A solid soul and the blood I bleed
Cadd9                  C
With a little girl, and by my spouse
Cadd9         C
I only want a proper house

F                C   
I don't care for fancy things
F                C  
Or to take part in a precious race
F                C  
And children cry for the one who has
F                C  
A real big heart and a father's grace

C               Em          Am
I don't mean to seem like I care about 
         Em                        C
material things like a social status
           Em             Am                  Em
I just want four walls and adobe slabs for my girls

My Girls

D	       A	        Em
I'm getting lost in your curls
G				    Em	       A
I'm drawing pictures on your skin, so soft it twirls
D	       A		       Em
I like your looks when you get mean
  G		
I know I shouldn't say so but when you
Em		    A
Claw me like a cat, I'm beaming
D	    A		       Em
I like the way you squeeze my hand
G                         Em
Pulling me into another dream,
  A
A lucid dream.

D	       A	    Em
I'm getting lost in your curls
G				      Em
I'm getting crushed out on the things
	    A
that only I should see

Pre-Chorus:
Em			A
not for boys, they're just for me
    D		          G
Hurry to talk, from far away
F            Bb	        	C	         		A
I can see you, you curl your fists and you pull your hair
D	 	          G
When we're alone, I wanna say
F   	     Bb	             C	               A 		
Let's just stay in, no one's here in our apartment babe

Chorus:
D			    Bm
Put on the dress that I like
 G				       A
It makes me so crazy, though I can't say why
D				    Bm
Keep on your stockings for a while
G				A
Some kind of magic in the way you're lying there


A	       D
Blue eyeshadow
A	       D
It's not exactly blue no
A	       
If you're to call it
G	     A	         D	DM7	Em	G	Em
Anything but your blue..

Bluish

Merriweather Post Pavilion

Main Riff:

A|- 5 5 - - 5 5 - - 5 5 - - 5 5 - - 3 3 - - 3 3 - - 5 5 |
E|3 - - 3 3 - - 3 2 - - 2 2 - - 2 0 - - 0 0 - - 0 2 - - |
C|- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - |
G|- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - |

Awake in the mornin'
I wonder often
The lights are bright in the day
She decided to stay
I took her gently
Leap long and often
And she's pale 
but her parade will end at the train
She said, 'come on baby
open your eyes' 
Got to stop all that ringing 
Essplode
Come on baby
Give us a rise
Not to get all that smiling
Essplode

And the air smells like wine
But when i'm fucking you lately
         C  C  C  C
And you *TOUCH OF THE TIGER INSIDE*
Kissing your wall
But your mouth was okay
But if you wait for a minute
You'll swallow your words
So just gently descent on a day
and a blanket may lay
Then finally you will open your eyes
When the pillows are piling
Esspolde

And the air smells like honey
But when i'm fucking you lately
          C  C  C  C
and you *TOUCH OF THE TIGER INSIDE*
Kisses your wall
But your mouth was okay

(?And i only seek ya?)
Down by the river
with a blank on my mind
I dropped the ball and i'm singing
this song like a teacher could say,
"Your lessons are long,
but you grow and remain."
(Half a shadow you'll be)
Walkin' in the sunshine


Yeaaaaah, thats about it, well what I gathered from it at least... AC are hard to tab to an acoustic instrument, so
nothings going to sound as good as they do....
Same as always, if you want anything changed just give me a
shout and I'll consider it

Essplode

Danse Manatee

P        P                                        
A|----7---------7-5------7-5-------5---------------------------- |
E|---------3------------------------------------1----------------|
C|0--------------------------------------------2----------------|
G|------4-------------5---------5--------5--------------------|

Monkey Riches

Centipede Hz

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]
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[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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