        The Spill Canvas started in 2002 in Sioux Falls, South Dakota as a side project for lead singer, Nick Thomas, who at the time, was guitarist and backup vocalist for metalcore outfit Nodes Of Ranvier. As time passed, Thomas resigned from Nodes and went full-time with The Spill Canvas. While growing up in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, Thomas recorded his first songs at age 15, funded by his father who strongly encouraged his son's evident musical talent.

        Read more about The Spill Canvas on Last.fm.
    

I have only written the root chords used. The actual
song has plenty of Suspended and Extended chords added
but this should be a good start for anyone wanting to
tab a more in depth version.


Intro
E G#m C#m  A  B x2

            E                   G#m          C#m
How does it feel to know you're everything I need
    A 
The butterflies in my stomach 
           B
They could bring me to my knees 
            E                   G#m           C#m
How does it feel to know you're everything I want
           A 
I've got a hard time saying this 
        B
So I'll sing it in a song 

     C#m               E         A     
Oh I adore the way you carry yourself 
         C#m                 E          A
With the grace of a thousand angels overhead
           C#m         E            A 
I love the way the galaxy starts to melt 
     C#m       E
When we become one
     B         A   
When we become one
     C#m       E 
When we become one
     B         A      B
When we become one 
            E
How does it feel

G#m C#m   A    B
E G#m C#m A    B

            E                G#m           C#m
How does it feel when we get locked into a stare?
       A 
Please don't come looking for me 
           B
When I get lost in the mess of your hair 
           E              G#m          C#m
How do you feel when everything you've known Gets thrown aside 
      A
Never fear, my dear, 
               B
'cause we have nothing left to hide 

     C#m               E         A
Oh I adore the way you carry yourself
         C#m                 E          A 
With the grace of a thousand angels overhead
           C#m            E         A 
I love the way the galaxy starts to melt 

E          C#m
Hold on to me girl
       B 
If you feel your grip getting loose
     C#m       E         A             E
Just know that I'm right next to you 
           C#m
Hold on to me girl
       B 
If you feel your grip getting loose 
     C#m       E       A           B
Just know that I won't let you down 
 
C#m         A
Well, I'm ready
C#m         A 
Well, I'm ready
C#m    A 
I am ready
       B 
To run away with you
C#m       A 
Are you ready?
C#m       A 
Are you ready?
C#m       A 
Are you ready?
       B 
To run away with me 

A                               B
Pack your things we can leave today
A                               B 
Pack your things we can leave today
A                               B
Say our goodbyes and get on the train
A               B 
Say goodbye 
C#m                   A
Just you and I in the sweet unknown
C#m                   A         B 
We can just call each other our home
C#m          A 
If I had to choose
C#m      A                B
a way to die it'd be with you 
 
     E           C#m      B
In a goosebump infested embrace
        A                 B
With my overanxious hands cupping your face
     E           C#m      B 
In a goosebump infested embrace
        A                 B
With my overanxious hands cupping your cherub face 
            E
How does it feel?

So Much

Em                        
And there's three, count 'em 
D      C
three, children playing on the 
Em                                              
beach. They were eager to learn, 
      D              C
To be taught, and to teach 
Em
There's Veronica. She's biting her lip as she 
D                      C
watches the waves turn white at the tip. 
            Em
And there's Vada, radiating with joy, 
     D                                             C
and, luckily, she still can't stand the sight of a boy. 
                     Em
And, lastly, there's Dade. His hair dances in the wind 
         D              C
And he's wondering what love is 
    Em         D  C
And why it has to end. 



       D                  
And he can't understand 
    C
How everyone goes on 
G                        C
breathing when true love ends. 
    B                           
His mother whispers quietly, 
Em
"Heaven's not a place that you go when you die. 
          C
It's that moment in life when 
    G             C
you actually feel alive. 
   B                      
So live for the moment 
    Em                                        
And take this advice, live by every word, 
C
Love is just a hoax, so 
G                             C    
forget anything that you have heard 
    B                        
And live for the moment now." 



            Em                        
And there's three, count 'em 
D      C
three, children growing on the 
Em                                              
beach. They were eager to learn, 
      D              C
To be taught, and to teach. 
        Em
There's Veronica. She's licking her lips 
       D                         C
As she waits for her real, first passionate kiss. 
            Em
And there's Vada. She can't admit her jealousy 
       D                                             C
Of her sister, Veronica, and how she's so pretty (and how she's so pretty). 
                     Em
And, lastly, there's Dade. Still sitting on the dock,
D                        C
Ponders his life, and he skips his rocks. 
       Em         
And he wonders when his father will return, 
         D          C
But he's not coming back. 



       D                  
And he can't understand 
    C
How everyone goes on 
G                        C
breathing when true love ends. 
    B                           
His mother whispers quietly, 
Em
"Heaven's not a place that you go when you die. 
          C
It's that moment in life when 
    G             C
you actually feel alive. 
   B                      
So live for the moment 
    Em                                        
And take this advice, live by every word, 
C
Love is just a hoax, so 
G                             C    
forget anything that you have heard 
    B                        
And live for the moment now." 



            Em                        
And there's three, count 'em 
D      C
three, children missing from the 
Em                                              
beach. They were eager to learn, 
      D              C
To be taught, and to teach 
        Em
But the sad thing Is that they never lived passed the 
       D              C                      
age of fifteen Due to    neglect 
           Em
from their mother  Who was bed ridden by 
       D            C                    
her ex-lover, their father 
    Em                                   
She didn't even notice, or pay much attention 
       D                                         C
As the tide came in and swept her three into the ocean 
    Em              
Now all her advice, 
   D     C
It seems   useless 



Em
No, Heaven's not a place that you go when you die. 
          C
It's that moment in life when 
    G                   C
you touch your edge and you feel alive. 
   B                      
So live for the moment 
    Em                                        
And take this advice, live by every word 
C
Love completely real, so 
G                             C    
Forget anything that you have heard 
    B                        
And live for the moment now.

The Tide

Sunsets & Car Crashes

Cm                       G#
  If your feet hurt from walking too much,
     Cm                  A#
then I will tend to them,  with a velvet touch
Cm                               G#
  If your lungs just don't want to work today,
      Cm                            A#
then I'll perform you mouth to mouth  until your okay


Chorus:

G#                A#                     Cm
  Don't you just love the feeling of my fingertips,
circling your lips

G#                A#                     Cm
  Don't you just love the desire taking hold of you
I can tell you do.
       G#                              A#                         Cm
I know all your favorites spots and tonight we will connect the dots

If your muscles are wound up and tight
then I will loosen up the knots until it feels right.
If your ears just ache from listening,
then I'll suply the remedy in the melodies I sing


Chorus x2

Connect The Dots

F              G   
I gathered you here to say my last peace
F                C        C/B
A few final words before I am deceased
F                    G
Don't change your plans this won't take long
F                C        C/B
I packed it up nice into this little song

F G F C C/B

F                      G                       F
If I could have your attention, observe this fuse
                  C               C/B
It leads to these explosives that I'm about to use
F                     G
Before you freak out just let me explain
F                 C        C/B      F
This bomb is the answer to all my pain


Chorus:
Am                         F
If there's one thing I've learned
             C                                C/B
It's that we never feel the heat until we get burned
       Am                   F     
But we tried so hard not to die
              C  
Sometimes we forget to appreciate life
C/B     F
Oh no


Verse
F                       G
When the spark reaches powder
            F
I will blow up
                C                C/B        F
I'll become the mist you breathe into your lungs
          G                        F
All of my love will then turn into yours
                  C             C/B            F
And you will feel hope bleeding out from your pores


Chorus
Am                         F
If there's one thing I've learned
             C                                C/B
It's that we never feel the heat until we get burned
       Am                   F     
But we tried so hard not to die
              C  
Sometimes we forget to appreciate life
C/B     F
Oh no


Bridge:
F              C          C/B   F
Dad you were there when nobody was
                C
I followed your lead
        C/B                F
Now i'm proud of what i've become
             C     C/B       F
Brittany you never ceased to amaze me
           C              C/B               F
Maybe some day you'll get another chance to be
      C              C/B          F  
Mom i wish you would try a little harder
              C
Maybe catch a show or two
      C/B            F
Would that be such a bother
          C       C/B        F
To all my friends where do i start
              C            C/B          Am
I know i'd be dead without you in my heart


Chorus:
Am                         F
If there's one thing I've learned
             C                                C/B
It's that we never feel the heat until we get burned
       Am                   F     
But we tried so hard not to die
              C                   C/B
Sometimes we forget to appreciate life

F G F  C C/B (2x)

F

Appreciation And The Bomb

C
What if I led a different life?
                 Am
Would you stay, stay?
C
What if you could only speak the truth?
               Am
What would you say, say?


Refrain:
F                     G
Time doesn't wait for anyone


Chorus:
Am        C       G
There is a part in every day
       F        C                 G
When I lie to myself and say that it's OK
           Am                C    G
Cause if I don't I think I'll go insane
        F                G
But the truth is, I only have myself to blame


(Repeat Intro)


Verse 2:
  C
Explain to me how you're so damn naive
              Am
Think I don't see, see
   C
Forget what I said you're only good in bed
           Am
Or on your knees, knees


(Repeat Refrain and Chorus)


Repeat intro


(Repeat Refrain and Chorus)


Outro:
Am        C       G
There is a part in every day
       F        C                 G
When I lie to myself and say that it's OK

The Truth

verse:
Am
Yeah, he's a looker,
                        F
But I really think it's guts that matter most
  C
I displayed them for you
       F
Strewn out about from coast to coast

Am
I am easily make believe
F
Just dress me up in what you want me to be
C                   F
I'll take back what I've been saying

For quite some time now


Chorus:
G                Am            F
I gotta feel you in my bones again

I'm all over you

I'm not over you
G                 Am             F
I wanna taste you one more time again

I'm all over you
                 Am
I'm not over you

  Am


Verse:
Am
In my daydreams, in my sleep
F
Infatuation turning into disease
C
You could cure me
F                                    Am
See all you have to do now is please try

                           F
Give it your best shot and try
                      C
All I'm asking for is love
                      F
But you never seem to have enough


Chorus:
G                Am            F
I gotta feel you in my bones again

I'm all over you
F
I'm not over you
G                 Am             F
I wanna taste you one more time again

I'm all over you
F
I'm not over you

G            Am
This life is way too short
     F
To get caught up in all this stuff
     G                  Am         F
When i just want you to love me back
                           Am
Why can't you just love me back


Am - Am - C

F                  Am
Why can't you just love me back?
                C                F
(Why can't you?, why can't you?)
                   Am
Why can't you just love me back?
                C                F
(Why can't you?, why can't you?)
                   Am
Why can't you just love me back?
                C              F (break)
(Why can't you?, why can't you just love?)



Chorus/Outro:
G                   Am           F
I've gotta feel you in my bones again

I'm all over you

I'm not over you
G                 Am             F
I wanna taste you one more time again

(Just one more time)

G            Am
This life is way too short
     F
To get caught up and all mixed up
     G                  Am         F
When I just want you to love me back
                           Am
Why can't you just love me back?


F                          Am
Why won't you just love me back?
F                          Am
Why can't you just love me back?

All Over You

No Really, I'm Fine 

F#m             D                      A
     Fate is an elegant cold hearted whore
A                     E                             F#m
She loves salting my wounds, yes she enjoys nothing more
F#m            D                             A
I bleed confidence from deep within my guts now
A                          E                               F#m
I'm the king of this pity party with my jewel-encrusted crown

F#m (listen to the song to get the strumming pattern)

F#m                      D                              A
I wanna tear apart your room to see if what you say is true
E                           F#m
Darling don't you lie lie to me
F#m                       D                             A
I wanna break into your heart to see why you want us apart
A                                 E                     F#m
Ooooh Im scared to death to find out what you think of me


F#m             D                      A
     Fate is an elegant cold hearted whore
A                     E                             F#m
She loves salting my wounds, yes she enjoys nothing more
F#m            D                             A
I bleed confidence from deep within my guts now
A                          E                               F#m
I'm the king of this pity party with my jewel-encrusted crown

F#m                         D                                  A
According to you we don't click, thats a blatent lie and you know it
A                   E          F#m
Angel what are you hiding from me
F#m                 D                                         A
If there is truly another secret lunch break workling late lover
A                                E              F#m
Oooh, then I would die, but at least then I'd be free

F#m             D                      A
     Fate is an elegant cold hearted whore
A                     E                             F#m
She loves salting my wounds, yes she enjoys nothing more
F#m            D                             A
I bleed confidence from deep within my guts now
A                          E                               F#m
I'm the king of this pity party with my jewel-encrusted crown

(solo, just strum F#m, D, A, and E)

F#m             D                      A
     Fate is an elegant cold hearted whore
A                     E                             F#m
She loves salting my wounds, yes she enjoys nothing more
F#m            D                             A
I bleed confidence from deep within my guts now
A                          E                               F#m
I'm the king of this pity party with my jewel-encrusted crown

F#m             D                      A
     Fate is an elegant cold hearted whore
A                     E                             F#m
She loves salting my wounds, yes she enjoys nothing more
F#m            D                             A
I bleed confidence from deep within my guts now
A                          E                               F#m
I'm the king of this pity party with my jewel-encrusted crown

end with one strum of F#m

Polygraph Right Now

One Fell Swoop

Intro:
  Am, F x2


verse:
Am
Yeah, he's a looker,
                        F
But I really think it's guts that matter most
  C
I displayed them for you
       F
Strewn out about from coast to coast

Am
I am easily make believe
F
Just dress me up in what you want me to be
C                   F
I'll take back what I've been saying

For quite some time now


Chorus:
G                Am            F
I gotta feel you in my bones again

I'm all over you

I'm not over you
G                 Am             F
I wanna taste you one more time again

I'm all over you
                 Am
I'm not over you


Verse:
Am
In my daydreams, in my sleep
F
Infatuation turning into disease
C
You could cure me
F                                    Am
See all you have to do now is please try

                           F
Give it your best shot and try
                      C
All I'm asking for is love
                      F
But you never seem to have enough


Chorus:
G                Am            F
I gotta feel you in my bones again

I'm all over you
F
I'm not over you
G                 Am             F
I wanna taste you one more time again

I'm all over you
F
I'm not over you

G            Am
This life is way too short
     F
To get caught up in all this stuff
     G                  Am         F
When i just want you to love me back
                           Am
Why can't you just love me back


# Bridge: (its a little tricky here, basically the bridge goes Am - Am - C - F,
         just count 8 beats each if u cant get the timing right)

Am - Am - C

F                  Am
Why can't you just love me back?
                C                F
(Why can't you?, why can't you?)
                   Am
Why can't you just love me back?
                C                F
(Why can't you?, why can't you?)
                   Am
Why can't you just love me back?
                C              F (break)
(Why can't you?, why can't you just love?)



# Chorus/Outro:
G                   Am           F
I've gotta feel you in my bones again

I'm all over you

I'm not over you
G                 Am             F
I wanna taste you one more time again

(Just one more time)

G            Am
This life is way too short
     F
To get caught up and all mixed up
     G                  Am         F
When I just want you to love me back
                           Am
Why can't you just love me back?

(intro riff x2)

F                          Am
Why won't you just love me back?
F                          Am
Why can't you just love me back?


# End on Am

All Over You (acoustic)

Honestly, I'm Doing Okay

C                G          F           F
Be kind when you rewind the story of the two of us
C                G          F           F
Sometimes you wish it was a little more mysterious
C                G          F           F
When you look at me with your cinematic eyes
C                G          F           F
I wanna play the part but I forget the lines

C    G      F       F
            I do it all the time
C    G      F       F
            I never get it right

C                G           F            F
One day when you replay the slide-show we know
C                G           F            F
Pictures won't show villains and heroes
C                G           F        
It's just me keeping time with you
C                G           F          F
Butter knife's dull but it still cuts through

Am
We never were
F
We'll never be

C
Strangers kissing in the pouring rain
G
Chasing after your leaving train
Am          F
But we know that's not how our song goes
Ohh
C
You're a waitress in a cocktail bar
G
And I'll save you cause I'm a big rock star
Am          F
But we know that's not how our song goes
C   G    F    F
It goes like this

C                G           F          F
You didn't like my friends and your mom didn't trust me
C                G           F          F
I thought I was slick but my moves were rusty
C                G           F        F
Bought you a 12-pack promised you sushi
C                G           F        F
Sorry if I wasn't straight out of a movie

Am
We never were
F
We'll never be

C
Strangers kissing in the pouring rain
G
Chasing after your leaving train
Am          F
But we know that's not how our song goes
Ohh
C
You're a waitress in a cocktail bar
G
And I'll save you cause I'm a big rock star
Am          F
But we know that's not how our song goes

C                G           F           F
Be kind when you rewind the story of the two of us
C                G           F           F
Sometimes you wish it was a little more mysterious
C                G           F           F
When you look at me with your cinematic eyes
C                G           F           C
I wanna play the part but I'm messing up the lines

Am
We never were
F
We'll never be

C
Strangers kissing in the pouring rain
G
Chasing after your leaving train
Am          F
But we know that's not how our song goes
Ohh
C
You're a waitress in a cocktail bar
G
And I'll save you cause I'm a big rock star
Am          F
But we know that's not how our song goes
C  G     F   F
It goes like this
C  G     F   F
It goes like this

Our Song

Formalities

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

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

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

(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

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

It takes a while to get used to the rhythm. In the verse the
time signature goes 3/4 for 2 bars then 2/4 for 1 bar and then
repeats.


Intro and Verses:

A|-2---3---2-|-5-------5-|------|-10------10|-9-------9-|------
E|-----------|-----------|------|-----------|-----------|----3-
C|-0---------|-2---2-----|------|-----7-----|-----------|-2----
G|-0---------|-0---------|-0----|-9---------|-7---------|------
   |   |   |   |   |   |   |  |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |  |

Intro Riff:

A|-10--12--10-|-9---10---9-|-2---3---2-|-5-------5-|-------|
E|------------|------------|-----------|-----------|-------|
C|------------|------------|-0---------|-2---2-----|-------|
G|-9----------|-7----------|-0---------|-0---------|-0-----|



Chorus:

                   C
I...              driving...
     G  
The speed...            

Em
      City...

        D
And...  arm...
    
    C  Em        D
And I      had a feeling...

    C  Em        D
And I      had a feeling...

C           D
be...       be... 

Suggestion: during the verses, it can sound pretty cool if you
get a friend to strum the chords: C, G, Em, D in the background
:)

Fast Car

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.

Slow Graffiti

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)

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