Everclear is a rock band formed in Portland, Oregon, USA, in 1992. For most of its existence, Everclear consisted of Art Alexakis (b. 12 April 1962, Los Angeles, California, USA; vocals, guitar), Craig Montoya (b. 14 September 1970; bass, vocals) and Greg Eklund (b. 18 April 1970; drums). Eklund replaced original drummer Scott Cuthbert in 1994. Montoya and Eklund departed the band in 2003, but Alexakis has continued performing as Everclear with a new lineup.  

Everclear est un groupe de rock alternatif qui naît en 1992 à Portland, Oregon. Il se compose du leader Art Alexakis (chant/guitare), de Craig Montoya (chant/basse) et de greg Eklund (chant/batterie). Ce dernier a remplacé le batteur Scott Cuthbert en 1994. Montoya et Eklund ont quitté le groupe en 2003 mais Alexakis a continué.  Les nouveaux membres sont Davey French (guitare), Sam Hudson (basse), Josh Crawley (claviers) et Brett Snyder (batterie).

Everclear ist eine Rock-Band, welche 1992 von ihrem Frontmann und Sänger Art Alexakis gegründet wurde.  Everclear formierte sich in Portland, USA im Jahre 1992. Den grö

Everclear es una banda de rock formada en Portland, Oregón, EE.UU. en 1992. Durante casi toda su existencia consistió en Art Alexakis en las voces, Craig Montoya al bajo y Greg Eklund a la batería. Eklund sustituyó al primer batería, Scott Cuthberg, en 1994. Montoya y Eklund dejaron la banda en 2003 pero Alexakis ha continuado actuando como Everclear con una nueva formación.

G

G             Bm
Here is the money that I owe you
G               Bm
Yes you can pay the bills
G                Bm
I will give you more
C                 Em
When I get paid again 

G               Bm
I hate those people who love to tell you
G                 Bm
Money is the root of all that kills
G                Bm
They have never been poor
C                           C
They have never had the joy of a welfare christmas

G
I know we will never look back

G              Bm
You say you wake up crying
G         Bm
Yes and you don't know why
G           Bm
You get up and you go lay down
C          Em
Inside my baby's room

G            Bm
Yeah, I guess I'm doing ok
G            Bm
I moved in with the strangest guy
G                Bm
Can you believe he actually thinks
C             C
That I am really alive

G       B7          Em
I will buy you a garden
        C
Where your flowers can bloom
G      B7         Em
I will buy you a new car
          C
Perfect shiny and new
G       B7          Em
I will buy you that big house
          C
Way up in the west hills
G        B7            C
I will buy you a new life
C
Yes I will

G            Bm
Yes, I know all about that other guy
G              Bm
The handsome man with athletic thighs
G              Bm
I know about all the time before
C                   Em
With that obsessive little rich boy

G                 Bm
They might make you think you're happy
G               Bm
Yeah maybe for a minute or two
G               Bm
They can't make you laugh
C                      C
No they can't make you feel the way that I do

G       B7        Em
I will buy you a garden
            C
Where your flowers can bloom
G      B7          Em
I will buy you a new car
         C
Perfect shiny and new
G         B7            Em
I will buy you that big house
         C
Way up in the west hills
G         B7            C
I will buy you a new life
G           B7            C
I will buy you a new life

G
I know we can never look back

G
Will you please let me stay the night
Will you please let me stay the night
No one will ever know

G        B7          Em
I will buy you a garden
      C
Where your flowers can bloom
G       B7         Em
I will buy you a new car
C
Perfect shiny and new
G      B7           Em
I will buy you that big house
      C
Way up in the west hills
G         B7        C
I will buy you a new life

G         B7        Em
I will buy you a garden
     C
Where your flowers can bloom
G       B7        Em
I will buy you a new car
         C
Perfect shiny and new
G         B7         Em
I will buy you that big house
     C
Way up in the west hills
G        B7        Em
I will buy you a new life

G       B7      Em
I will buy you a new life
G      B7       Em
I will buy you a new life

I Will Buy You A New Life

Ten Years Gone The Best Of Everclear 1994-2004

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Learning How To Smile

1-2-3 2-2-3

C C7 F Fm C G C

C C7 F Fm C G C

    F      G        C
You know I love you baby
      F        G       C
And I know you love me too
        F        G          C       F      F           G   C
But the fun that day didn't start until we left on our honeymoon.

C7 F Fm C G C

    C               C7           F         Fm
We stepped off the plane into a warm sunny day
     C       G     C
Then we got leid together
     C         C7         F      Fm
The sun shines down on a lonely town
           C        G                 C
Where the fish all smile 'cause they know us
     F       G      C
Our wedding day was warm and sunny
     F           G                C
Our friends and family came from out of town
    F      G       C        F
We said I do then ate some food
      F              G         C
Then smiled 'til the sun went down

C7 F Fm C G C

                C           C7
We'll take the Zodiac, the Cadillac
    F                      Fm           C
Around the north shore then we'll head back
         G               C
The sea turtles come to greet us
             C      C7            F            Fm
So lets get loaded tonight we'll drink on the flight
      C        G            C
Back home the honeymoon is over

C C7 F Fm C G C

     F      G        C
You know I love you baby
       F        G       C
And I know you love me too
         F        G          C      F
But the fun that day didn't start until
    F           G    C
We left on our honeymoon
       F      G    C
We're on our honeymoon
       F      G    C
We're on our honeymoon
     F        G          C      F
The fun that day didn't start until
    F          G    C
We left on our honeymoon

The Honeymoon Song

Songs From An American Movie, Vol. One: Learning How To Smile

My Sexual Life - Everclear




Intro: D A D A



D) People you know try to tell you things

A) Bad things that you don't wanna hear about

D) Tell you tomorrow what you did today

A) Just remember, it's a small town

D) It's a real small 

A) town

D) She gets tired of all the stupid boys

A) She can't wait until they're done

D) She wants a man who can take his time

A) She wants someone who can make her 

D) Come   Yeah, can you make me 

A) come?

D) You always say you want a simple life

A) You and me both know that you are a liar

D) You always say you want a simple life

A) Hearin' you talk just makes me tired



G                 A
Swim in the heavy water buried in the 

D                 Bm

sand Happy hearts fall from my shaking hands

G                 F#      E     
 I can't hide my sexual life

D) 

A)

D) He always says he wants a special one

A) But you watch his head go spinnin' around

D) He really wants anyone who'll give it up

A) He seems to forget he's in a small town

D) You always say you never fuck around

A) You say this town is just plain full of liars

D) Yeah, you always say you never fuck around

A) Hey, hearin' you talk just makes me tired



G                 A

Swimminâ in the heavy water buried in the 

D                 Bm

sand Happy hearts fall from my shaking hands

G                 F#      E      D

I can't hide my sexual life     No no no no 

G                 A

No no no no       no no no no 

D                 Bm

No no no no       no no no no 

G                 F#      E      D

No    I can't hide my sexual life     yeah yeah

G                 A

Swimminâ in the heavy water buried in

D                 Bm

sand Happy hearts fall from my stupid hands

G                 F#      E      D

I can't hide my sexual life     

D

My sexual life, my sexual life

My sexual life, my sexual life

My Sexual Life

Sparkle And Fade

C   
Jaja, okay okay
                  F
Ya sé qué pasa aquí
   A#                            C
Encuentras la grandeza frente a ti
             C
Y no sabes bien qué sentir
       F            A#                      C
Es adorable, que jamás los humanitos cambiarán
           C       F
Despierta ya, oye bien, 
           A#                   C
este como ves es Maui, de verdad
             C                F
Sé que como yo no encuentras dos
        A#          C
Lo que miras es un semi Dios

[Coro 1]
Am         F           C
  Yo solo sé decir de nada
        E7               Am
Por el mar, el cielo, el sol
                F            C
No hay de que agradecer, de nada
     E7                    C
Soy sólo un ordinario semi yo

[Estrofa 2]
C                                F  
Hey, ¿qué fortachón el cielo elevó?
                        A#
Cuando eras de esta altura, éste
C                  C
  Si la noche enfrió, 
                  F
¿quién fue quien fuego te llevó?
       A#          
¿Qué, alguien me nombró? 
C              C       F
  Oh, yo sólo lazo el sol
          A#                    C
De nada, para estirar tu diversión
          C       F
Brisa yo hago soplar, de nada, 
   A#           C
y así tus velas elevar

[Coro 2]
Am        F            C
  Yo sólo sé decir de nada, 
        E7                  Am
por las islas que traje del mar
              F                  C
No ruegues jamás, nunca más, de nada
         E7                     Am
¡Ha! Genial es mi manera de servir, 
    F
de nada, 
    C
de nada

[Parte Rap]
C
De nada dudes ya
Hey, honestamente te explicaré 
de natural modo cada fenómeno
El mar, el sol, el gas, 
oh, ese es Maui hablando de más
Anguilas que, yo las enterré, 
de la palmera los cocos creé
Un consejo, una lección te doy
No me molestes si en mi descanso estoy
Am
  El tapiz que en mi piel se ve, 
F
  es el mapa de lo que gané
C
  Por donde fui provoqué mil sucesos
E7
  Ve al pequeñín mini Maui nomás zapateando,
Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ¡Hey!

[Coro 3]
Am          F              C
  Yo sólo puedo decir, de nada (de nada)
           E7              Am
Por el mundo especial que doy
                 F           C
No hay de que agradecer, de nada (de nada)
    E7                     Am
De nada hablaré, que ya me voy
          F            C
Te toca a ti decir de nada (de nada)
       E7             Am
Pues quiero esa barca ya
             F          C
Muy lejos navegaré, de nada (de nada)
       E7               Am
Pues Maui nada sabe de nadar
              F                 C  F C
(De nada) De nada (De nada) de nada
         C
Y gracias

De Nada

G      Em
I found a love for me
               C                         D
Darling just dive right in, and follow my lead
                G                 Em
Well I found a girl beautiful and sweet
          C                                  D
I never knew you were the someone waiting for me

                                 G
Cause we were just kids when we fell in love
              Em                     C               G  D
Not knowing what it was, I will not give you up this ti-ime
                   G                         Em
But darling just kiss me slow, your heart is all I own
             C                  D
And in your eyes you’re holding mine

       Em   C            G          D              Em
Baby, I’m dancing in the dark, with you between my arms
C                G     D                Em
Barefoot on the grass, listening to our favorite song
          C                G                 D              Em
When you said you looked a mess, I whispered underneath my breath
         C                G        D             
But you heard it, darling you look perfect tonight

               G                    Em
Well I found a woman, stronger than anyone I know
                C                                        D
She shares my dreams, I hope that someday I’ll share her home
           G             Em
I found a love, to carry more than just my secrets
         C                              D
To carry love, to carry children of our own

                              G                     Em 
We are still kids, but we’re so in love, fighting against all odds
                  C               G  D
I know that we’ll be alright this ti-ime
               G                            Em 
Darling just hold my hand, be my girl, I’ll be your man
          C              D
I see my future in your eyes



       Em   C            G          D              Em
Baby, I’m dancing in the dark, with you between my arms
C                G     D                Em
Barefoot on the grass, listening to our favorite song
          C                G                 D               Em
When you said you looked a mess, I whispered underneath my breath
         C                G        D             
But you heard it, darling you look perfect tonight

G Em C D 


       Em     C            G          D              Em
Baby, I’m dancing in the dark, with you between my arms
C                G     D                Em
Barefoot on the grass, listening to our favorite song
          C                G                 D               Em
When you said you looked a mess, I whispered underneath my breath
         C                G        D             
But you heard it, darling you look perfect tonight


Perfect

BAA BAA BLACK SHEEP


C         G
Baa, baa, black sheep,
F            C
Have you any wool?

F        C
Yes sir, yes sir,
G          C
Three bags full.

C           G
One for the master,
F           C
One for the dame,

F               C
And one for the little boy
G                  C
Who lives down the lane.

Baa Baa Black Sheep

Intro (2X):
Am	G	F	C

Verse 1:
                C	               Am		
There's so much craziness surrounding me
                F	 	             G		            
There's so much going on it gets hard to breathe
     Am     F		                          C
When all my faith has gone you bring it back to me
Am	         G	       F   C
You make it real for me

             C	             Am		
When I'm not sure of my priorities
               F	 	             G		
When I've lost sight of where I meant to be
     Am   F		            C
Like holy water washing over me 
Am	         G	       F   C
You make it real for me

Chorus:
    G	    Am	   F	             C
And IIIIIIIII'm running to you baby
G    Am	              F	           C
  Youuuuuuuuu are the only one who saved me
       G     Am	         F	               C
That's    whyyyyyyy I've been missing you lately
      Am	         G	       F   C
Cause you make it real for me 

Verse 2:
          C	                   Am		
When my head is strong but my heart is weak
              F	 	          G		
I'm full of arrogance and uncertainty
     Am      F				                          C
When I can't find the words you teach my heart to speak
Am	         G	       F   C
You make it real for me yeah

Chorus:
    G	    Am	   F	             C
And IIIIIIIII'm running to you baby
G    Am	              F	           C
  Youuuuuuuuu are the only one who saved me
       G     Am	         F	               C
That's    whyyyyyyy I've been missing you lately
      Am	         G	       F   C
Cause you make it real for me 

Bridge:
G                           F                 C
    Everybody’s talking in words I don't understand
G                                    F              C
    You got to be the only one who knows just who I am
Em                                    F	
    You’re shining in the distance I hope I can make it through
           D	                              G                                    
Cause the only place that I want to be is right back home with you 


Verse 3:
                 C	             Am		
I guess there's so much more I have to learn
               F	 	                       G		
But if you're here with me, I know which way to turn
        Am         F		                   C
You always give me somewhere, somewhere I can run
Am	            G	       F   C
   You make it real for me 

Chorus:
    G	    Am	   F	             C
And IIIIIIIII'm running to you baby
G    Am	              F	           C
  Youuuuuuuuu are the only one who saved me
       G     Am	         F	               C
That's    whyyyyyyy I've been missing you lately
      Am	         G	       F   C
Cause you make it real for me 
Am	         G	       F   C
You make it real for me

You Make It Real

G         Em		  
1) Almost heaven,   West Virginia,
2) All my mem'ries, gather round her, 

   D			 C                G
1) Blue Ridge Mountains, Shenandoah       River.
2) miner's lady,         stranger to blue water.

                      Em  
1) Life is old there, older than the trees, 
2) Dark and dusty,    painted on the sky, 

   D
1) younger than the mountains
2) misty taste of moonshine

   C			G
1) growin' like a breeze.
2) teardrop in my eye.

              G              D            Em        C
       Country roads, take me home, to the place I belong.
	      G               D              C            G
     West Virginia, Mountain momma, take me home Country roads


           Em       D            G 
 	I hear her voice in the morning hour she calls me,
            C        G              D 
        the radio reminds her of my home far away
            Em               D            C
        and driving down the road I get a feeling 
 	       G                     D          D7    G
        that I should have been home yesterday, yesterday.

Country Roads

Am      C              F              C
I had a dream, we were sipping whisky neat
        F              C                 G
Highest floor, the Bowery, and nowhere’s high enough
    Am              C                F             C
Somewhere along the lines, we stopped seeing eye to eye
         F               C           G
You were staying out all night and I had enough


      F           Am             F                    C       
No, I don't wanna know where you been or where you're goin’
      F               Am                 G
But I know I won't be home and you'll be on your own


            F                    C                G
Who's gonna walk you through the dark side of the morning?
            F                 C                 G
Who's gonna rock you when the sun won't let you sleep?
             F                C               G         E7   Am
Who's waking up to drive you home when you're drunk and all alone?
             F                    C                G
Who's gonna walk you through the dark side of the morning, it ain’t me


Am        C              G         F   
Ow-ow, ah-ah the Bowery, ow-ow, ah-ah whiskey neat
Am          C       G         G
Where y’go, I’m so, grateful, I (it ain’t me)

F         C              Am        G
Ow-ow, ah-ah the Bowery, ow-ow, ah-ah whiskey neat
F           C       G
Where y’go, I’m so, grateful, I (it ain’t me)

Am     C           G      F   
Ow-ow, the Bowery, ow-ow, the whiskey neat
Am          C       G         G
Where y’go, I’m so, grateful, I (it ain’t me)

F      C           Am     G
Ow-ow, the Bowery, ow-ow, the whiskey neat
F           C       G         G
Where y’go, I’m so, grateful, I (it ain’t me)


Am  C  Am       C              F           C
       I had a dream, we were back to seventeen
       F                   C            G
Summer nights and the Libertines, never growing up
Am             C          F                 C
I'll take with me the polaroids and the memories
        F              C                G
But you know I'm gonna leave behind the worst of us


             F                    C                G
Who's gonna walk you through the dark side of the morning?
             F                 C                 G
Who's gonna rock you when the sun won't let you sleep?
             F                C               G         E7   Am
Who's waking up to drive you home when you're drunk and all alone?
             F                    C                G               
Who's gonna walk you through the dark side of the morning

         F      C     G
It ain’t me, no-o, no-o
         F      C     G
It ain’t me, no-o, no-o
         F      C     G  E7  Am
It ain’t me, no-o, no-o
             F                    C                G                
Who's gonna walk you through the dark side of the morning, it ain’t me


Am     C           G      F   
Ow-ow, the Bowery, ow-ow, the whiskey neat
Am          C       G         G
Where y’go, I’m so, grateful, I (it ain’t me)

F      C           Am     G
Ow-ow, the Bowery, ow-ow, the whiskey neat
F           C       G         G
Where y’go, I’m so, grateful, I (it ain’t me)

Am     C           G      F   
Ow-ow, the Bowery, ow-ow, the whiskey neat
Am          C       G         G
Where y’go, I’m so, grateful, I (it ain’t me)

F      C           Am     G
Ow-ow, the Bowery, ow-ow, the whiskey neat
F           C       G         G
Where y’go, I’m so, grateful, I (it ain’t me)

Am     C           G      F   
Ow-ow, the Bowery, ow-ow, the whiskey neat
Am          C       G         G
Where y’go, I’m so, grateful, I (it ain’t me)

F            C           Am           G
No no, no no no, Bowery, no no, no no no, whiskey neat
F           C       G                     Am
Where y’go, I’m so, grateful, I, it ain’t me

It Ain't Me

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E|--------1--4---------------------------------------------------|
C|--8--5---------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------|

Chorus
A|--1--4--4--4--6------------------------------------------------|
E|--------2-----4------------------------------------------------|
C|--5--8-----8---------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------|

Solo
A|--8-8-8-8-8-9-6-6-8-9-I----------8-------------------------------|
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G|-----------------------------------------------------------------|

A|--8-8-8-8-8-9-6-6-8-9-I------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------9-9-9-9-------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------|

School Friends

S                     S        
A|-------------------------------------| 
E|--6------6-6---3-------------------1-| 
C|-------------5---5-------------------| 
G|-------------------------------------| 
                                                              
A|----------------------------------------------------------| 
E|--1--1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1------------------------------| 
C|-----4-4-4-4-3-3-3-3-2-2-2-2------------------------------| 
G|----------------------------------------------------------| 

A|-----5--8--10--8--5--|--8-12--------12--|----5-8-10-8-5-------| 
E|--6------------------|------------------|--6------------------| 
C|---------------------|------------------|---------------------| 
G|---------------------|-------5--7-5-----|---------------------| 
     S      S      S      S            
A|----------------7------7-8----8---| 
E|--5-6----5-6------1----5-6----6---| 
C|--4-5------2------2-----------2---| 
G|---------6------6-----------------|

King Creole

Verse 1:
G                                    Em        G        Em
There was a girl who lived in London town.
G                                 Em                   G      Em
The scenes and sounds, they would only bring her down
C                                   D
She had polkadots and rubies in her dreams,
C                   D
French fantasies on cinema screens...
        C             G/B    Am     G
And she knew from the finish to the start
C      G/B      Am   G
It was bound to fall apart
C         G/B     Am   Em
Thanks to Cupid's lazy dart.
Em                                D
Wouldn't it be sweet if she could die from a broken heart?

G     Em      G      Em

Verse 2: (the same chords)
There was a boy who lived inside his head.
He couldn't face the world, so he turned his back instead.
He couldn't see in front of his eyes;
His fantasies of outlaws had him hypnotised...

And he knew from the finish to the start
It was bound to fall apart
Thanks to Cupid's lazy dart.                        F
Wouldn't it be sweet if he could die from a broken heart?

   C              G           F
Behold his golden wings
       C              G         F
And behold his bronze bow.
                 C             G         F
Can you hear his silver arrows sing?
       C               G     
As his gaylied favours glow.

(then go back to the normal verse bit)

There was a boy and girl who fell in love:
They both were in love with the stars and sky above,
Cinderella, cigarettes and scenes from the past
Were chasing them too fast for this love to ever last...

And they knew from the finish to the start
It was bound to fall apart
Thanks to Cupid's lazy dart.                         F
Wouldn't it be sweet if they could die from a broken heart? 

C   G    F    C    G

Repeat F  C  G until the end. End on G.

Arrows Of Eros

Am
There's a sadness all around us
          F                         C
There are words we're too afraid to say
                                        Am
The things that I thought would last forever
    F              G
Are changing every day

          Am
There's a hunger can't be satisfied
        F                       C
And the streets are filled with rage
C                       Am
It's time to dig deep inside ourselves
F                       G
And face the life we've made

Am
It's gonna take two of us
C                           Am
Ijust can't do it all on my own
F				  C
I see the day gettin' brighter
G                    F
Hold me a little bit tighter

C                      Am      F
Out of the darkness in hand in hand
     Am               F        G
Baby together we will make our stand
C                             Am      F
Reach out and touch me we can win somehow
       Am              F                G
I know there's nothing that can stop us now
F              Am                 G   C
Oh, baby, come with me out of the darkness

...

Ten Years Gone The Best Of Everclear 1994-2004

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