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).  

"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

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

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

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

[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

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

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

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

[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

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

Riff:
|3-----------6-------------------|3-----------6---------------|
|3-------6/8-6-----------8-------|3-------6/8-6-----------8---|
|3-------5/7-7-----------7-------|3-------5/7-7-----------7---|
|0-------------------------------|0---------------------------|
Repeat 2x


| Cm - - - | Cm - - - | Cm - - - | Cm - - - |
Here come old flattop he come grooving up slowly
He got joo joo eyeball he one holy roller

| G7 - - - | G7 - - Gb7 | F7 - - - | - - - - |
He got hair down to his knee
Got to be a joker he just do what he please

| Cm - - - | Cm - - - | Cm - - - | Cm - - - |
He wear no shoe shine he got toe jam football
He got monkey finger he shoot Coca-Cola

| G7 - - - | G7 - - Gb7 | F7 - - - | - - - - |
He say,"I know you and you know me"
One thing I can tell you is you got to be free

| Am - - G7 | F7 - G7 - |
Come together right now over me



Repeat Riff



| Cm - - - | Cm - - - | Cm - - - | Cm - - - |
He bag production he got walrus gumboot
He got Ono sideboard he one spinal cracker

| G7 - - - | G7 - - Gb7 | F7 - - - | - - - - |
He got feet down below his knee
Hold you in his armchair you can feel his disease

| Am - - G7 | F7 - G7 - |
Come together right now over me


Repeat Riff

Come Together

D G D A D x 2

D
I been loved and I been alone
G
all my life I been a rolling stone
D
done everything a man can do
G	                       C	D
everything but get a hold on you
C			D
done everything a man can do
G	D 	A 	D
everything but get a hold on you

D
I've been blessed and I've been cursed
G
all my lies have been unrehearsed
D	
a wall of fire that I walked through
G			C	D
only trying to get a hold on you
C				D
a wall of fire that I walked through
G	D	A	D
only trying to get a hold on you

G	D	A	D

A
I saw you waiting at the gate
D
but I arrived a moment late 
A
I saw you shed a single tear
G	D	A	D
but still I can't get there from here

D
I been high and I been low
G
I been people that I don't know 
D
I been to China and to Peru

G			C    D
only trying to get a hold on you
C			D
I been to China and to Peru
G	D	A	D
only trying to get a hold on you

G	D	A	D
only trying to get a hold on you

Hold On You

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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