Combining elements of punk, gypsy music, and Brechtian cabaret, Gogol Bordello  tells the story of New York's immigrant diaspora through debauchery, humor, and surreal costumes. Leader and singer Eugene H&uuml;tz's taste in music was spun out of black-market tapes of the The Birthday Party and Einst&uuml;rzende Neubauten in his native Ukraine.  After being evacuated to Western Ukraine in 1986 following the Chernobyl disaster, Hütz became enamored of the mystical, outsider qualities of gypsy music.

Bienvenue dans le monde sauvage de Gogol Bordello. Avec cette troupe new-yorkaise multiculturelle, c

Gogol Bordello sind eine Band aus New York City, die 1999 gegründet wurde. Der Sound der Band wurde von der traditionellen Musik der Sinti und Roma inspiriert und verbindet diese mit Punk und Dub. Die Songs enthalten hauptsächlich englische, aber auch russische, ukrainische oder serbische Texte. Zur klassischen Punkband-Besetzung (Gesang, Drums, E-Gitarre, Bass) wurden Akkordeon und Geige hinzugefügt, des Weiteren sind für die Liveshows ein Percussionist und zwei Tänzerinnen, die ebenfalls zur Percussion beitragen, Teil der Band.

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Alcohol

Am                        G
My strange uncles from abroad 
Am                    G
yes I never met them 
Am                          G
but I took everything they wrote 
Am                          G
and I'll never forget them 
Am                      Dm
Through the mystical communication 
G              E
deep within it all comes true 
Am            Dm
forming underground railroad
G           E 
for our ultimate break through! 

Fill: Am/Dm/G/E

Am                       G
My strange nephews from abroad 
Am                                   G
I'll meet them on the cosmos streets 
Am                                G
and we will drink to how we never told you 
Am                      G
to trust a plastic beat 
Am                        Dm
Through the mystical communication 
G               E
deep within it all comes true 
Am            Dm
forming underground railroad
G            E 
for our ultimate break through! 

Fill: Am/Dm/G/E

Dm     E     Am    Dm
Bright open eyes. They are still looking 
      E         Am
they are still finding 
Dm       E        Am
a few unpoisoned hearts 
Dm                  E     Am
no matter where you are exiled. 
Dm                  E     Am
no matter where you are exiled!

My Strange Uncles From Abroad

This track by Gogol Bordello, ' through the roof..(and underground)  was featured in the film 'Wristcutters: a Love Story' and it well matched the film.

Intro.
Am,E,Dm


Am               E
First time I had read the Bible
Dm               Am
It had struck me as unwitty
Am             E
I think it may start a rumor
Dm                  Am
That the Lord ain't got no humor
(Verse)
Am  E  Dm     Am
Put me inside SSC
Am    E        Dm      Am
Let's test superstring theory
Am       E  Dm            Am
Oh yoi yoi accelerate the protons
Am      E     Dm                  Am
stir it twice and then just add me, 'cause

(Chorus)
Am               E
I don't read the Bible
Dm            Am
I don't trust disciple
Am              E
Even if they're made of marble
Dm              Am
Or Canal Street bling

(verse)
From the maelstrom of the knowledge
Into the labyrinth of doubt
Frozed underground ocean
melting - nuking on my mind

(verse)
Give me Everything Theory
Without Nazi uniformity
My brothers are protons
My sisters are neurons
Stir it twice, it's instant family!

(chorus)
I don't read the Bible
I don't trust disciple
Even if they're made of marble
Or Canal Street bling

My brothers are protons
My sisters are neurons
Stir it twice dlja prekrastnih dam...


(breakdown)
(for the breakdown dont begin until after "family")
Do you have sex maniacs
Or schizophrenics
Or astrophysicists in your family
Was my grandma anti anti
Was my grandpa bounty bounty
Hek-o-hek-o-hej-o
They ask me in embassy!

'Cause I don't read the Bible
I don't trust disciple
Even if they're made of marble
Or Canal Street bling

And my grandma she was anti!
And my grandpa he was bounty!
And stir it twice
And then just add me!
Partypartypartypartypartyparty
now afterparty...

Supertheory Of Supereverything

Super Taranta!

Am
Start wearing purple wearing purple
                            E7
Start wearing purple for me now
E7                                    
All your sanity and wits they will all vanish
                                 Am
I promise, it's just a matter of time

So yeah
Am                                      
Start wearing purple wearing purple 
                            E7
Start wearing purple for me now

All your sanity and wits they will all vanish
                                 Am
I promise, it's just a matter of time
                          Am
I met you when you were a twenty, and I was twenty
                                 E7
and thought that some years from now
E7
a purple little little lady will be perfect
                          Am
for dirty old and useless clown

So yeah
Am
Start wearing purple wearing purple 
                            E7
Start wearing purple for me now
E7
All your sanity and wits they will all vanish
                                 Am
I promise, it's just a matter of time
                   Am
So yeah, I know it all from Diogenes to the Foucault
                           E7
from Lozgechkin to Passepartout
E7
I ja kljanus obostzav dva paltza
                                         Am
schto ti ha schto muzika poshla a zvuk gavno

Am
Start wearing purple wearing purple
                            E7 
Start wearing purple for me now

Start wearing purple for me now
E7
All your sanity and wits they will all vanish
                                 Am
I promise, it's just a matter of time
              Am                                E7
So Vio-Vio-Violetta Etta Va-va-va-vaja dama ti moja
                                                  Am
Eh podayte nam karetu, vot etu, i mi poedem k ebenjam
Am
So yeah, ah start wearing purple wearing purple
                            E7
Start wearing purple for me now
E7
All your sanity and wits, they will all vanish
                                 Am
I promise, it's just a matter of time

Start Wearing Purple

Starts with strumming Em...

Em                              B
Sometimes when facing common trouble
                      Em
When whole town is screwed
                    B
We become actually human
                     Em 
Act like Prometheus would
                        A 
Suddenly there is more humor
                    G
And a party tabor style
                     B
People ringing one another
                           Em
"Yo man, how was your blackout?"
                        B 
Suddenly there is more music
                              Em 
Made with the buckets in the park
                             B
Girls are dancing with the flashlights
                   Em
I got only one guitar!
                          A 
And you see brothers and sisters
                         G
All engaged in sport of help
                     B    
Making merry out of nothing
                 Em 
Like in refugee camp

Em  
           B                         Em 
Oh yeah Oh no, it doesn't have to be so
                    B
It is possible any time anywhere
                  Em 
Even without any dope
           B                         Em
Oh yeah Oh no, it doesn't have to be so
                 B                     Em        
Forces of the creative mind are unstoppable!

and so on...

Oh No

Gypsy Punks: Underdog World Strike

Dm                      G
When there is trap set up for you,
   C                    F
In every corner of this town,
    F                G           C          Am
And so you learn the only way to go is underground.
Dm                       G
When there is a trap set up for you,
   C                    F
In every corner of your room,
    F                G           C                 Am
And so you learn the only way to go is through the roof.

F     G                C           Am
Ooohooooh, through the roof, underground.
F     G                C           Am
Ooohooooh, through the roof, underground.


Dm              G
And we crossing border after border,
   C                         F
We realise the difference is none.
     F                  G
It's underdogs who, and if you want it,
    C                            Am
You always have to make your own fun.

    Dm              G
And as the upperdog leisurely sighing,
    C                  F
The local cultures are dying and dying.
    F                     G
The programmed robots are buying and buying,
  C                            Am
Secluded freaks they are still trying trying.


F     G                C           Am
Ooohooooh, through the roof, underground.
F     G                C           Am
Ooohooooh, through the roof, underground.


    Dm                         G
And as the boy scouts learn to read between the lines,
    C                                F
The silver rabbits hop between their fathers' lies.
    F                       G
And boy scouts ask, "Where? Where do they go?"
     C                          Am
They go to the country that they only know.

Dm                            G
Just like their meanings they lay between the lines,
  C                            F
Between the borders their real countries hide,
      F                G
Their strategies, they advertise,
      C                           Am
Their strategy of being is one of in-your-face disguise.


F     G                C           Am
Ooohooooh, through the roof, underground.
F     G                C           Am
Ooohooooh, through the roof, underground.


    Dm                        G
And when their own walls they will a-crumble,
    C                       F
And all the systems will be discumbumbled,
F                   G
Around the stump of bigotry, our own,
C              Am                      
Silver rabbits dance the round dance.  

F     G                C           Am
Ooohooooh, through the roof, underground.
F     G                C              Am
Ooohooooh, through the roof, and underground.
F     G                C           Am
Ooohooooh, through the roof, underground.
F     G                C           Am
Ooohooooh, through the roof, underground!

Through The Roof N Underground.

Multi Kontra Culti Vs. Irony

Em        G
Immigrada immigraniada
D          Am
Immigrada immigraniada-da
Em        G
Immigrada immigraniada
D          Am
We're coming rougher every time
(chorus)
Em
We're coming rougher
C
We're coming rougher
G                 D
We're coming rougher every time
Em         C    
HEY!HEY! HEY!HEY!
G                 D
We're coming rougher every time
Em       C
Immigrada immigraniada
G        D
Immigrada immigraniada-da
Em       C
Immigrada immigraniada
G           D
We're coming rougher every time
Em G D Am x2

(verse) Em G D Am
Em        G
In corridors full of tear gas
D          Am
Our destinies jammed every day
Em        G
Like deleted scenes from Kafka
D          Am
Flushed down the bureaucratic drain
Em        G
But if you give me the invitation
D          Am
To hear the bells of freedom chime
Em        G
To hell with your double standards
D          Am
We're coming rougher every time

*(chorus) Em C G D
We're coming rougher
We're coming rougher
We're coming rougher every time

Immigrada immigraniada
Immigrada immigraniada-da
Immigrada immigraniada
We're coming rougher every time

(verse) Em G D Am 
All those who made it and quickly jaded
To them we got nothing to say
Our immigrada, immigraniada
For them it's Don Quixote's kind of way
But if you give me the invitation
To hear the bells of freedom chime
To hell with your double standards
We're coming rougher every time

*(chorus) Em C G D
We're coming rougher
We're coming rougher
We're coming rougher every time

Immigrada immigraniada
Immigrada immigraniada-da
Immigrada immigraniada
We're coming rougher every time
Em      D D C
(verse) Em G D Am
Frozen eyes, sweaty back
My family's sleeping on a railroad track
All my life I pack/unpack
But man I got to earn this buck
I gotta pay representation
To be accepted in a nation
Where after efforts of a hero
Welcome start again from zero
It's a book of our true stories
True stories that can't be denied
It's more than true it actually happened
It's more than true it actually happened
Em        G
It's more than true it actually happened
D          Am            Em
We're coming rougher every time
               Em
Rougher every time
G            F#m Fm
We're coming rougher every time

* (chorus) Em C G D

Immigraniada

Divergent Spectrum

Immigraniada (we Comin' Rougher)

Am
Just because I come from Roma camp on the hill
G                  F                 E   
They put me in a school for mentally ill
Am       Dm
Opa, opa deedeeda
E                  Am
All their lies about Roma

Am           
Just because I do refuse to take your pill
G                   F            E
Any road I take leads to the Bastille
Am       Dm
Opa, opa deedeeda
E                      Am
And all their lies about Roma

F                  G                C
You love our music but you hate our guts
Dm                                 E
And I know you still want me to ride the back of the bus
Am
Yeah yeah yeah yeah
F                  G                C 
Opportunities for me is a red carpet to hell
Dm                   E                Am    
But I'm a Roma wunderkind I'm gonna break the

Am
Break the spell (break the spell)
Break the spell (break the spell)
Break the spell (break the spell)
I'm gonna break the spell (break the spell)

Am
Like a pro I pack your dance floor
G                   F                     E
But you want me to come in and exit through back door
Am        Dm
Opa, opa deedeeda
E                    Am
All their lies about Roma

You love our music but you hate our guts
And I know you still want me to ride the back of the bus
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Opportunities for me is a red carpet to hell
But I'm a Roma wunderkind I'm gonna break the

Break the spell (break the spell)
Break the spell (break the spell)
Break the spell (break the spell)
I'm gonna break the spell (break the spell)


[??????]
One thing about them gypsys, they never bored nobody


You love our music but you hate our guts
We know all about you, you know nothing about us
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Opportunities for me is a red carpet to hell
But I am Roma wunderkind I'm gonna break the

Break the spell (break the spell)
Break the spell (break the spell)
Break the spell (break the spell)
Break the spell (break the spell)

Break the spell, I'm gonna break the spell, gonna
Break the spell, I'm gonna break the spell
I'm gonna break the spell, You gotta break the spell
I'm gonna break the spell, You gotta break the spell
I'm gonna BREAK the spell
I'm gonna BREAK the spell
I'm gonna BREAK the spell
I'm gonna break the spell
Break the spell
Break the spell
Break the spell

Break The Spell

A			   Gm			 A
Caravan is coming, old guitars are strumming
A			   	     	Gm          A
Chief is sitting high with gold across the chest
    A						Gm	A
I'm just a little chavo; I don't even own a guitar
    A			    Gm			A
But mama they got girl, that I love the best

Dm			      Gm
Lela lela lela, lela pala tute
Gm				 A
Jascana mares, maravo pala late
Dm			      Gm
Lela lela lela, lela pala tute
Gm	A
Ah

#Instrumental: Repeat A

Dm			      Gm
Lela lela lela, lela pala tute
Gm				 A
Jascana mares, maravo pala late
Dm			      Gm
Lela lela lela, lela pala tute
Gm				 A
Jascala mares, maravo pala late

#Instrumental: Repeat A

A			   Gm			 A
Caravan is coming, old guitars are strumming
A				Gm	A
????????????????????????????????
A			    Gm		     A
Here is a guitarra, for you my little chavo
A				  Gm		   A
If you slave to kissing, you can obey this thing

Dm			      Gm
Lela lela lela, lela pala tute
Gm				 A
Jascana mares, maravo pala late
Dm			      Gm
Lela lela lela, lela pala tute
Gm	A
Ah

#Instrumental: Repeat A

#Instrumental Chorus: Dm Gm A Dm Gm A

#Instrumental: Repeat A

Dm					     Gm
Caravan is leaving, and her breast is heaving
Gm					  A
Lord this kind of love cannot be untrue
Dm				  Gm
???????????, but I learned a-one thing
Gm						  A
Girls they like the kissing as much as we do

Dm			      Gm
Lela lela lela, lela pala tute
    Gm					 A
I'm dying, I'm dying, dying after you
Dm			      Gm
Lela lela lela, lela pala tute
Gm						  A
Girls they like the kissing as much as we do

Dm			      Gm
Lela lela lela, lela pala tute
Gm				 A
Jascana mares, maravo pala late
Dm			      Gm
Lela lela lela, lela pala tute
Gm				 A
Jascala mares, maravo pala late

#Instrumental Chorus: Dm Gm A Dm Gm A

Dm			      Gm
Lela lela lela, lela pala tute
Gm				 A
Jascana mares, maravo pala late
Dm			      Gm
Lela lela lela, lela pala tute
Gm	A
Ah

#Instrumental: Repeat A

Pala Tute

C                   G
Why didn't you come when I beat my drum
                    Bm7               Em
And screamed off my head out into the night
              C                    G
Scared of the slums, afraid of the guns
            Bm7              Em
Don't wanna see the hoodlums fight

        C             G 
Hey hey hey, na na na na
            Bm7              Em
Don't wanna see the hoodlums fight
        C             G
Hey hey hey, na na na na
            Bm7              Em
Don't wanna see the hoodlums fight

(enter accordion)
            C                      G
I was gonna come when I heard your drum
                      Bm7               Em
And you screamed your head off into the night
            C                      G
I grew up around different part of town
             Bm7          Em
But even the universes collide

(queue drums)
        C             G
Hey hey hey, na na na na
         Bm7          Em
Even the universes collide
        C             G
Hey hey hey, na na na na
         Bm7          Em
Even the universes collide

(number of instruments increasing further)
             C                G
There was no letter No family matter
           Bm7                Em
And by the castas we don't divide
                      C                 G
It's just father told me tonight authorities
          Bm7             Em
Preparing ethno-cleansing ride
        C             G
Hey hey hey, na na na na
          Bm7             Em
Preparing ethno-cleansing ride
        C             G
Hey hey hey, na na na na
          Bm7             Em
Preparing ethno-cleansing ride

        C                    G
Two helicopters with machine guns
         Bm7                Em
Over the slums proudly will glide
            C             G
So when the universes collide
           Bm7                     Em
Son, don't get caught on the wrong side!


        C             G
Hey hey hey, na na na na
         Bm7          Em
When the universes collide
        C             G
Hey hey hey, na na na na
           Bm7                     Em
Son, don't get caught on the wrong side

        C             G
Hey hey hey, na na na na
         Bm7          Em
When the universes collide
        C             G
Hey hey hey, na na na na
           Bm7                     Em
Son, don't get caught on the wrong side

        C             G
Hey hey hey, na na na na
         Bm7          Em
When the universes collide
        C             G
Hey hey hey, na na na na
           Bm7                     Em
Son, don't get caught on the wrong side

interlude
C G Bm7 Em (x4)

               C                   G
Why didn't you come When I beat my drum
                    Bm7                Em
And screamed off my head Out after the raid
                 C
Your mother told you
                  G
Or father stopped you
          Bm7                 Em
Or of the hospitals you are afraid 

(repeat this next part twice)
        C             G
Hey hey hey, na na na na
      Bm7              Em
When universe will collide
        C             G
Hey hey hey, na na na na
          Bm7                 Em
Don't get caught on the wrong side

C G Bm7 Em (x2)

When Universes Collide

Trans-Continental Hustle

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

C
Working the village shop
E
Putting a poster up
Am
Dreaming of anything
C              Am               Em               Dm
Dreaming of the time when you're free from all the trouble you're in

C
In the mud, on your knees
E
Trying hard not to please
Am
Anyone, all the time
C              Am
Being a rebel's fine
           Em            C
But you go all the way to being brutal

Chorus:
G
You will have a boy tonight
You will have a boy tonight
F
On the first bus out of town
On the first bus out of town

Let's see your kit for games
All the girls look the same
You are challenging style for running miles
You're running miles in some boy's jumper

Boo to the business world!
You know a girl who's tax free on her back and making
Plenty cash
While you are working for the joy of giving

Chorus:
You will have a boy tonight
You will have a boy tonight
And you hope that she will see
And you hope that she will see

You are in two minds
Tossing a coin to decide whether you should tell your mum
About a dose of thrush you got while licking railings

But you read in a book
That you got free from Boots
There are lotions, there are potions
You can take to hide your shame from all those prying eyes

Lazy Jane, all the time
Painting lines
You sleeping at bus stops
Wondering how you got your name
And what you're going to do about it.

Chorus

Lazy Line Painter Jane

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E|-----------0-2-0-2-2-------0---0------1-0----------------|
C|-----------------------2-2---2------------2---2----------|
G|-4-4-----------------------------------------------------|

Zebra

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

C                     G
Se a vida as vezes dá uns dias de segundos cinzas
           Am           F
E o tempo tic taca devagar
         Dm                   Am
Ponha o teu melhor vestido, brilha teu sorriso
      F              C
Vem pra cá, vem pra cá

                                     G
Se a vida muitas vezes só chuvisca, só garôa
        Am               F
E tudo não parece funcionar
         Dm                  Am
Deixe esse problema a toa, pra ficar na boa
      C
Vem pra cá

Refrão:
            Am              F
Do lado de cá, a vista é bonita
          C           G
A maré é boa de provar
            Am                 F
Do lado de cá, eu vivo tranquila
                  C          E7
E o meu corpo dança sem parar
            F                  C                 G
Do lado de cá, tem música, amigos e alguém para amar
            C G Am F
Do lado de cá
            C G Am F
Do lado de cá

refrão:
           Am            F
Do lado de cá, a vista é bonita
          C           G
A maré é boa de provar
            Am                 F
Do lado de cá, eu vivo tranquila
                  C          E7
E o meu corpo dança sem parar
            F                 C                 G
Do lado de cá, tem música, amigos e alguém para amar
            Am
Do lado de cá

             Am7M            Am7
A vida é agora, vê se não demora
  Dm            E7
Pra recomeçar
Am           Am7M          Am7
É so ter vontade de felicidade
  Dm     G
Pra pular

Refrão:
            Am              F
Do lado de cá, a vista é bonita
          C        G
A maré é boa de provar
            Am                 F
Do lado de cá, eu vivo tranquila
                  C         E7
E o meu corpo dança sem parar
              F                C                  G
Do lado de cá, tem música, amigos e alguém para amar
            C G Am F
Do lado de cá
            C G Am F
Do lado de cá
            ( C G Am F ) (2x)
Do lado de cá

Do Lado De Cá

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

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

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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