Sir Thomas Jones Woodward, KBE (born 7 June 1940), best known by his stage name, Tom Jones, is a Welsh pop singer particularly noted for his powerful voice. He was born in Treforest, near Pontypridd in South Wales. He rose to fame in the mid-1960s, with an exuberant live act which included wearing tight breeches and billowing shirts, in an Edwardian style popular amongst his peers at the time. He was known for his overt sexuality, before this was as common as it became in subsequent years.  

 Biographie   Tom Jones naît le 7 juin 1940 à Pontypridd (comté de Trefforest), village minier du sud du Pays de Galles. Marié à 17 ans avec une amie d'enfance, Linda Trenchard, il a un fils, Mark, devenu son producteur à la fin des années 1980.  Subvenant aux besoins de sa famille à travers différents emplois, il chante le soir dans les pubs avant d'apparaître avec son groupe dans des clubs privés.

Tom Jones, nombre artístico de Sir Thomas John Woodward, es un cantante, actor y Caballero de la Corona Británica nacido en Treforest, Pontypridd, una localidad cerca de Cardiff, Gales el 7 de junio de 1940 y ha vendido cerca de 70 millones de discos en todo el mundo.  Jones se hizo conocido en la década de 1960 por su extravagante estilo y por su sensualidad, elementos que han sido claves en su imagen como artista.  

She's A Lady
Tom Jones

            Em
Well, she's all you'd ever want,

She's the kind they'd like to flaunt,
            D
And take to dinner.
          Em
Well, she always knows her place.

She's got style, she's got grace,
        D
She's a winner.

        Em
She's a lady. Whoa,
                    D
Whoa, whoa, she's a lady.
                           Em
Talking about, that little lady,
                Bm
And the lady is mine.

            Em
Well, she's never in the way,

Always something always nice to say,
          D
Oh what a blessing.
      Em
I can leave her on her own,

Knowing she's okay alone,
               D
And there's no messing.

        Em
She's a lady.
                          D
Whoa, whoa, whoa, she's a lady
                           Em
Talking about, that little lady,
                Bm
And the lady is mine.

         Bb          F
Well she never asks, very much,
G#            Bb
and I don't refuse her.
                 F
Always treat her with respect,
F#             Bb
I never would abuse her.
                  F
What she's got is hard to find,
      G#            Bb
And I don't want to lose her.
                F
Help me build a mountain
       G#             D             E
From a little pile of clay,hey, hey,hey

         Em
Well she knows what I'm about,

She can take what I dish out,
               D
And that's not easy.
         Em
Well she knows me through and through,

And she knows just what to do,
           D
And how to please me.

        Em
She's a lady.
                          D
Whoa, whoa, whoa, she's a lady.
                          Em
Talking about that little lady,
                Bm
And the lady is mine.

                          Em
Yeah, yeah, yeah, she's a lady,
                          D
Whoa, whoa, whoa, she's a lady.
                             Em
Listen to me people, she's a lady.
                          D
Yeah, yeah, yeah, she's a lady
                          Em
Whoa, whoa, whoa, she's a lady.
                          D
Talking about this little lady.
                          Em
Yeah, yeah, yeah, she's a lady,
                Bm
And the lady is mine.

She's A Lady

According to the it's Not Unusual Songfacts, this was written by the classical music arranger and conductor Les Reed along with Tom Jones' manager Gordon Mills. They wrote it for the British singer Sandie Shaw, but she turned it down. Tom Jones saw the song's potential, recorded it, and it became his first hit single. 

Intro: C Dm C Dm

[C]It's not unusual to be lo[Dm]ved by an[G]yone
[C]It's not unusual to have [Dm]fun with anyone
[Em]but when I see you hanging a[Dm]bout with anyone
[G]It's not unusual to s[C]ee me cry and I [Dm]wanna d[G]ie

[C]It's not unusual to go o[Dm]ut at any tim[G]e
[C]But when I see you out and a[Dm]bout it's such a crime
[Em]If you should ever want to be lo[Dm]ved by anyone
[G]It's not unusual it ha[C]ppens every day
[Dm]No matter what you say
[G]You'll find it happens all the [C]time
[C]Love will never do
[Dm]What you want it to
G               Dm          Em-Dis aug-Dm-G
Why can't this crazy love be mine

Solo: Em Dm G Em Dm G

[C]It's not unusual to be [Dm]mad with an[G]yone
[C]It's not unusual to be [Dm]sad with anyone
[Em]but if I ever find that you've c[Dm]hanged at any time
G                    C               Dm           Em Dm Em...
It's not unusual to find out I'm in love with you
Em Dm Em Dm Em ...  Fade out
whoa whoa whoa whoa

It's Not Unusual

INTRO:/CHORUS:
D          G         A
What's new pussycat? Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.
D          G         A                     D E
What's new pussycat? Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.

#1.
A                   C
Pussycat, Pussycat, I've got flowers,
                     Bb
And lots of hours to spend with you.
Bb
So, go and powder your cute little pussycat nose!
A                   D      C#m  Bm   D  C#m
Pussycat, Pussycat, I love you. Yes, I  do!
Bm           E        A
You and your pussycat nose!

CHORUS:
D          G         A
What's new pussycat? Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.
D          G         A                     D E
What's new pussycat? Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.

#2.
A                   C
Pussycat, Pussycat, you're so thrilling,
                       Bb
and I'm so willing, to care for you.
Bb
So, go and make up your cute little pussycat face!
A                   D      C#m  Bm   D  C#m
Pussycat, Pussycat, I love you. Yes, I  do!
Bm           E        A
You and your pussycat eyes!

CHORUS:
D          G         A
What's new pussycat? Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.
D          G         A                     D E
What's new pussycat? Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.

#3.
A                   C
Pussycat, Pussycat, you're delicious,
                     Bb
And if my wishes can all come true.
Bb
I'll soon be kissing your sweet little pussycat lips!
A                   D      C#m  Bm   D  C#m
Pussycat, Pussycat, I love you. Yes, I  do!
Bm           E        A           F#m
You and your pussycat lips! Whoa, whoa!
Bm           E        A           F#m
You and your pussycat eyes! Whoa, whoa!
Bm             E         A
You..and your..pussycat..no..se!

Whats New Pussycat

According to the Delilah Songfacts, a little known fact about this recording is that a then unknown Elton John provided backing vocals on the chorus. 

Am                                                E7
I saw the light on the night that I passed by her window

Am                                          E7
I saw the flickering shadows of love on her blind

A*  A7*    Dm
She was my woman

Am                   E7                          Am    G7
As she deceived me I watched, and went out of my mind


C             G
My, my, my, Delilah

G              B C
Why, why, why, Delilah

C       C7       F                    Dm
I could see that girl was no good for me

C                     G                       C    E7
But I was lost like a slave that no one could free


Am                                             E7
At break of day when that man drove away I was waiting

Am                                                   E7
I crossed the street to her house and she opened the door

A   A7          Dm
She stood there laughing

Am                     E7                       Am     G7
I felt the knife in my hand, and she laughed no more


C             G
My, my, my, Delilah

G              B C
Why, why, why, Delilah

C    C7        F                      Dm
So before they come to break down the door

C                      G                      C      E7
Forgive me, Delilah, I just couldn't take any more


Am E7
Am E7


A   A7          Dm
She stood there laughing

Am                     E7                       Am     G7
I felt the knife in my hand, and she laughed no more

C             G
My, my, my, Delilah

G              B C
Why, why, why, Delilah

C    C7        F                      Dm
So before they come to break down the door

C                      G                      C      E7
Forgive me, Delilah, I just couldn't take any more

Am                     E7                     Am  E7  Am     E7~Am
Forgive me, Delilah, I just couldn't take any mo--oo--ore

Delilah

Intro: G,D7,Am7,D7,C,G,Am7,G

G                              G7
The old home town looks the same,
      C                  G
as I step down from the train,
                                    D
and there to meet me is my mama and papa,
D7        G               G7
down the road I look and there runs Mary,
C       Adim      C        Hm  Am
hair of gold and lips like cherries,
      G                 D7          Am7  D7 G    G C G
it's good to touch the green green grass of home.


G                           G7
Yes they all come to meet me,
      C                        Am7
out reaching, smileying sweetly,
     G                  D7          Am7  D7 G    G C G
it's good to touch the green green grass of home.

Green Green Grass Of Home

The Best Of Tom Jones 20th Century Masters The Millennium Collection

Verse
A, B, C#m

If you could see me here this way
Looking backwards from today
Would you do it all again...?
If I could roll it back to you
Just like lovers always do

Bridge
A, E, B

I am stoned in love but not with you

Chorus
C#m, A, E, B

Good luck...
Because we are not feeling stoned in love
It is how I am feeling now
I feel the love is made of stone
We are not feeling stoned in love
Good luck...
It's when I feel stoned in love
It's how I am feeling now
I feel the love is made of stone
Wait and feel the stoned in love

Verse

Quick and watch the past away
But we go upset with blames
I do it all again..as if I care...
Is this the way you to meant to be
Stoned in love but not with me
Oooooooo.....

Chorus.. and so on!

Stoned In Love

Twenty

Help Yourself

Capo 1st fret

#1.
G                       D
Love is like candy on a shelf.
G                              C
You want to taste and help yourself.
C                                 G
The sweetest things are there for you,
         D            G
help yourself, take a few,
            D             G
that's what I want you to do.

#2.
G                          D
We're always told, repeatedly.
G                        C
The very best in life is free.
C                             G
And if you want to prove it's true,
      D           G
Baby, I'm telling you,
        D               G
this is what you should do.

CHORUS: 
              G
Just help yourself to my lips,
                                            D
to my arms, just say the word, and they are yours.

Just help yourself to the love, in my heart, 
               D7            G
your smile has opened up the door.

The greatest wealth that exists, in the world,
                           D
could never buy what I can give.

Just help yourself to my lips,
                           D7              G
to my arms, and then let's really start to live.

#3.
G                            D
My heart has love enough for two.
G                           C
More than enough for me and you.
                             G
I'm rich with love, a millionaire,
        D            G
I've so much, it's unfair,
          D          G
why don't you take a share.

CHORUS: 
              G
Just help yourself to my lips,
                                            D
to my arms, just say the word, and they are yours.

Just help yourself to the love, in my heart, 
               D7            G
your smile has opened up the door.

The greatest wealth that exists, in the world,
                           D
could never buy what I can give.

Just help yourself to my lips,
                           D7              G
to my arms, and then let's really start to live.

CHORUS: 
              G
Just help yourself to my lips,
                                            D
to my arms, just say the word, and they are yours.

Just help yourself to the love, in my heart, 
               D7            G
your smile has opened up the door.

The greatest wealth that exists, in the world,
                           D
could never buy what I can give.

Just help yourself to my lips,
                           D7              G
to my arms, and then let's really start to live.

OUTRO:
              G
Just help yourself to my lips, to my arms,
                                D
just say the word, and they are yours.

Just help yourself to the love, in my heart,
               D7            G
your smile has opened up the door...(Fade.)

Help Yourself

I'm Coming Home

capo 2nd fret

#1.
D                         Em           G A
I'm coming home, to your, loving heart,
       D                Bm             G      A   A7
to the one that I once, threw away and broke apart. 
  D           B7          Em
I want you, I need you..a chance is all, I'm asking now.
  A
I must get back, to you, somehow.

CHORUS:
   D                   G
So I am coming home to you.
    E                    A
For I am nothing without you.
     D                      G
May..be, you found somebody new.
    E                        A  A7
But I'm still coming home to you...

#2.
              D            Em            G A
Please let me stay, and forget your pride.
       D                Bm
Now my world is falling round me..
        Em           G A
I got nowhere to hide.
  D           B7
I want you, I need you,
  Em
I know it's true, I made you cry,
A
Then like a fool I say goodbye.

#3.
     D                   G
Now, I am coming home to you.
     E                          A
This life means nothing without you.
      D                     G
May...be you found somebody new.
     E                         D
But, I'm still coming home, to you.

Im Coming Home

Gold 

Verse 1:
           B
I'm going back to the time when we owned this town
      E
Down Powder Mill Lane, in the battlegrounds
C#m        B                   G#m  B     F#
We were friends and lovers and clueless clowns


Verse 2:
                      B       
I didn't know I'd be finding out now I was torn from you
         E
When we thought about things we were gonna do
C#m      B                    G#m B  F# 
We were wide eyed dreamers and wiser too


Chorus:
               E              B 
Go down to the rides on East Parade,
        G#m                   F#
by the lights of the Palace Arcade
                    E                     G#m   F#   
Watch night coming down on the Sovereign Light Café


Verse 3:
                          B
I'm begging you for some sign, but you've still got nothing to say
        E
Don't turn your back on me, don't walk away
C#m     B                   G#m  B   F#
I'm a better man now than I was that day


Chorus:
                      E              B 
Let's go down to the rides on East Parade,
        G#m                   F#
by the lights of the Palace Arcade
                    E                     G#m   F#   
Watch night coming down on the Sovereign Light Café

                 E               B
Go down to the bandstand on the pier
           G#m                    F#
Watch the drunks and the lovers appear
                      E                     G#m   F#     
Take time, just the stars at the Sovereign Light Café


Bridge:
   E        B           F#
I wheel my bike off the train,
        F#
Up the North Trade Road,
 E        B             F# 
Look for you on Marley Lane
                          G#m
In every building, every streetlight
                   E               F#  G#m  B  F#
Oh why did we ever go so far from home?


Verse 4:
                        B
You keep on leaving me mile long traces of who you are
         E
You can get a big house and a faster car
C#m      B                    G#m   B  F#
You can run away boy, but you won't go far


Chorus:
                      E              B
Let's go down to the rides on East Parade,
        G#m                   F#
by the lights of the Palace Arcade
                    E                     G#m   F#   
Watch night coming down on the Sovereign Light Café

                    E                B
Stroll down to the bandstand on the pier
           G#m                    F#
Watch the drunks and the lovers appear
                     E                      G#m   F#
Take time, just the stars at the Sovereign Light Café 

      E            B    G#m
La la la la la la la la Yeah, 
     F#                      E       B   F#
I'm going where the people know my name


Outro:
E B G#m F#
E B G#m F# B

Sovereign Light Cafe

strumming pattern
D-DUD-D

F,G,C,Em7

mmmmm mmmm mmmm 

F                    G
Work, work, work, work, work, work. He said me haffi
C                   Em7
Work, work, work, work, work, work! He see me do mi
F                     G
Dirt, dirt, dirt, dirt, dirt, dirt! So me put in
C                   Em7
Work, work, work, work, work, work. When you ah guh
F                        G
Learn, learn, learn, learn, learn Meh nuh cyar if him
C                   Em7
Hurt, hurt, hurt, hurt, hurting


[Verse 1: Rihanna]

F              G
Dry! ...Me a desert
C                 Em7
Nuh time to have ya lerkin'
F                        G
Him ago act like him nuh like it
C                           Em7
You know I dealt with you the nicest
F                        G
Nuh body touch me in the righteous
C                     Em7
Nuh botha, text me in a crisis 
           F                    G
I believed all of your dreams, adoration
            C                    Em7
You took my heart and my keys and my patience
            F                        G
You took my heart on my sleeve for decoration
                C                          Em7
You mistaken my love I brought for you for foundation
           F             G
All that I wanted from you was to give me
C            Em7
Something that I never had
F                   G
Something that you've never seen
C                     Em7
Something that you've never been!
F     G
Mmmmm!
      C                          
But I wake up and act like nothing's wrong
D
Just get ready fi...


[Hook: Rihanna]
F                    G
Work, work, work, work, work, work. He said me haffi
C                   Em7
Work, work, work, work, work, work! He see me do mi
F                     G
Dirt, dirt, dirt, dirt, dirt, dirt! So me put in
C                   Em7
Work, work, work, work, work, work. When you ah guh
F                        G
Learn, learn, learn, learn, learn Meh nuh cyar if him
C                   Em7
Hurt, hurt, hurt, hurt, hurting
F             G
Ner ner ner ner ner ner!
               C           Em7
When you a guh ner ner ner ner ner ner!
                  F                 G
Before the tables turn turn turn turn turn turn!
C             Em7
Beg you something please


[Verse 2: Rihanna]

F            G
Baby don't you leave
               C                 Em7
Do''t leave me stuck here in the streets, 
   F                  G
uh huh If I get another chance to
       C                Em7
I will never, no never neglect you
      F                         G
I mean who am I to hold your past against you?
       C                    Em7
I just hope that it gets to you
  F           G
I hope that you see this through
  C                      Em7
I hope that you see this true
F          G
What can I say?
       C          
Please recognize I'm tryin', baby!!!
 Em7
I have to


[Hook: Rihanna]

F                    G
Work, work, work, work, work, work. He said me haffi
C                   Em7
Work, work, work, work, work, work! He see me do mi
F                     G
Dirt, dirt, dirt, dirt, dirt, dirt! So me put in
C                   Em7
Work, work, work, work, work, work. When you ah guh
F                        G
Learn, learn, learn, learn, learn Meh nuh cyar if him
C                   Em7
Hurt, hurt, hurt, hurt, hurting


[Verse 3: Drake]

N.C.
Yeah, okay
F        G        C                   Em7
You need to get done, done, done, done at work, come over
F               G
We just need to slow the motion
C                   Em7
Don't give that away to no one
F            G
Long distance, I need you
C                          Em7
When I see potential I just gotta see it through
F                        G
If you had a twin, I would still choose you
C                           Em7
I don't wanna rush into it, if it's too soon
      F      G               C              
But I know you need to get done, done, done, done
   Em7
If you come over
F            G
Sorry if I'm way less friendly
C                    Em7
I got n____s tryna end me,
F G           C                 Em7
oh,     I spilled all my emotions tonight, I'm sorry
F               G
Rollin', rollin', rollin', rollin', rollin'
C                                Em7
How many more shots until you're rollin'?
F              G
We just need a face to face
C                    Em7            F
You could pick the time and the place
               G
You spent some time away
C                Em7
Now you need to forward and give me all the...


[Hook: Rihanna]

F                    G
Work, work, work, work, work, work. He said me haffi
C                   Em7
Work, work, work, work, work, work! He see me do mi
F                     G
Dirt, dirt, dirt, dirt, dirt, dirt! So me put in
C                   Em7
Work, work, work, work, work, work. When you ah guh
F                        G
Learn, learn, learn, learn, learn Meh nuh cyar if him
C                   Em7
Hurt, hurt, hurt, hurt, hurting

mmm mmm mmm..


[Outro: Rihanna]

work work work work work work

F G C D
F G C D

Work

Intro: C D C D (x2)


C D
Si es que no puedes hablar
C D
no te atrevas a volver
C D
si te quieres ocultar
C D
tal vez te podria ver
Em D C G C
y el amor que no sabe a quien y que
G C
hablará si tu verdad
Em F
te abrazara otra vez

Em C
Habla si puedes
G C
grita que sientes
Em C
dime a quien quieres
G C
y te hace feliz

C D


C D
Si no puedes escuchar
C D
aunque insistas hablaré
C D
si lo quieres mírame
C D
y tus ojos hablaran tal vez
Em D C G C
sentiras el amor e iras tras el
G C
hablaras si tu verdad
Em F
te abrazará otra vez

Em C
Habla si puedes
G C
grita que sientes
Em C
dime a quien quieres
G D
y te hace feliz
Em C
habla si puedes
G C
grita si temes
Em C
dime a quien quieres
G D
y te hace feliz


Em G C G
.(CUERDAS)... abrazaméeeeeeeee..
C Em F
quiero despertarme y entender

Em C
habla si puedes
G C
grita si temes
Em C
dime a quien quieres
G D
y que haces aquì
Em C
habla si puedes
G C
grita que sientes
Em C
dime a quien quieres
G C
y te hace feliz
G C
y te hace feliz

C D
(fin)

Habla si puedes

(Chorus)
G
You xxxx X xxx'x smile xxxx xxx
Em
X can't xxxxx xxxxxxx xxx
Am7
I xxx'x xxxxx xxx X xxx'x sing
D7
I'm xxxxxxx xx xxxx xx xx xxxxxxxx
(1st Verse)
G
You xxx X xxxx xxx xxxx xxx'xx sad
Em
X feel xxxx xxxx xxx'xx glad
Am7
If xxx xxxx xxxx xxxx X'x xxxxx through
D7                              G Em G Em
X just xxx'x xxxxx without xxx
(2nd verse)
G
You xxxx along xxxx xxxx x song
Em
Xxx brightened xx xxx
Am7
Whod've xxxxxxxx xxxx xxx xxxx xxxx xx x dream
                  D7
Xxx xx xxx xxxxx light xxxxx xxxx
(Chorus)
         G 
Xxx now xxx xxx X xxx'x smile xxxx xxx
Em
X can't xxxxx xxxxxxx xxx
Am7
I xxx'x xxxxx xxx X xxx'x sing
D7                          Eb
I'm xxxxxxx xx xxxx xx xx anything
(3rd Verse)
Ab
You xxx X xxxx xxx xxxx xxx'xx sad
   Fm
X feel xxxx xxxx xxx'xx glad
Bbm
If xxx xxxx xxxx xxxx X'x xxxxx through
Ebm
X just xxx'x xxxxx
Ebm                                 Ab               C#
Now xxxx xxxxxx xxx happiness xxxxx so xxxx xxxx xx find
C#m                                         Eb     E
Well, X'x xxxxxxx xx xxxx xxxxxxx xxxx xxxx behind me
A
And xxx xxx X xxx'x smile xxxxxxx xxx
F#m
X can't xxxxx xxxxxxx xxx
Bm
X xxx'x laugh xxx X xxx'x sing
E
X'x finding xx xxxx xx xx xxxxxxxx
Bb
You xxx X xxxx xxxx xxxx xxx'xx glad
Gm
X feel xxx xxxx xxx'xx sad
Cm
If xxx xxxx knew xxxx X'x xxxxx through
F
X just xxx'x smile xxxxxxx xxx

Can't Smile Without You

LA RE
Jo et duré a casa si fa mal temps
MI FA#m
Jo t’empararé si un cas tens por
SIm MI
Jo te cuidaré si estàs malalta
RE LA
De tot cor, de tot cor
RE REm LA
De tot cor

MI RE DO#m-SIm-LA

FA#m DO#m
Estic a punt d’anar-me’n
RE LA RE
Mes abans de partir et diré
REm LA
Que et duc dins es pensament

FA#m DO#m
No deix de recordar-te
RE LA RE
I alen els teus alens tot calents
REm SIm MI
De lluny i de prop me tens


Jo et duré...

FA#m DO#m
I a dalt de s’escenari
RE LA RE
Quan estic concentrat cantant
REm MI
Jo sempre te tenc present

FA#m DO#m
Perquè m’ets necessari
RE LA
Com s’aire que respir
RE REm SIm MI
Necessit estar amb tu en tot moment


Jo et duré... ( bis )

De tot cor

Intro: Em  A  Em  A

       Em               A                Em                   
 A
Verse: Be on my side or be on your side, there is no reason for you to hide,
       Em                 A
       Its so hard for me stayin' here all alone, when you could be takin'
       A                Em                                             A
       Me for a ride... She could drag me, over the rainbow, send me away


        G     D         A    G  D          A
Chorus:  Down by the ri-ver,  I shot my ba-by

 Em        A
 Ooh, Ooh, shot her dead


Verse 2:You take my hand I'll take your hand, together we may get away,

        This must madness is too much sorrow, its impossible to make it

        today... She could drag me, over the rainbow, send me away


(Chorus)

(Verse 1)

Down By The River

Intro: D-A-Bm-Em-A  x4

         D                 A                          
I'll confess tonight your all thats on my mind
        Bm            A                   D
I know these roof top nights could last forever.
              A                            Bm
we watched the seasons change, we saw the distance pull us away,
           A
from all we shared together.

D                       A
Right now is all we have you better make this count
Bm                       A
these are the moments i wish i could forget you.

D                            A                                          Bm
I think back to the nights I looked into your bright green eyes and you said,
    Em    A
lets run away.
D                             A                             Bm
its 9am the sun wont rise for 3 more hours pacific time you said
    Em    A
lets run away.

play intro  x2

D                    A
I picked apart every word that you said
  Bm                              A
I dissected each sentence but kept coming up empty
D                         A
the way you are leaves me counting the days
        Bm                            A
till the next time this distance will be a memory


D                        A        
Right now is all we have you better make this count
Bm                     D
these are the moments i wish i could forget you.


D                            A                                          Bm
I think back to the nights I looked into your bright green eyes and you said,
     Em   A
lets run away.
D                            A                              Bm
its 9am the sun wont rise for 3 more hours pacific time you said
     Em   A
lets run away.

D-A-Bm-A

where have you been


                                                                        Bm
I think back to the nights I looked into your bright green eyes and you said,
     Em   A
lets run away.
D                            A                                          Bm
I think back to the nights I looked into your bright green eyes and you said,
     Em   A
lets run away.
D                            A                              Bm
its 9am the sun wont rise for 3 more hours pacific time you said
     Em   A
lets run away


American Dream 

G Bm Em A
Well everybody's lookin' for something they can't find,
Walking straight ahead blind-folded production line,
Only taking time for one type of shoe-shine.
Don't look left/right now you got a street fine.
Everybody lookin' for just a little more.
Working late-nights trying to fight off the day glow.
Waiting for the come-around but it is a no show.
Driving in the fast lane lookin' for the slow-mo...

C D A
Oh whats in store I don't know anymore.
Oh what's inside 'cos I can't hide from it no more.
Oh what you see well it's not me anymore.
Oh I don't know well I don't know man anymore because 

G Bm Em A
I tell you once I tell you twice, gonna be a long time
But you don't take no one's advice, gonna be a long time you,
Where were you, you weren't listenin', gonna be a long time
Gonna be a long time.

G Bm Em A
So now you're face down, face lookin like a frying pan.
Hitting up the clubs trying to feel like a real man.
Beating your chest just like you're King Kong but you're just a gui-tar no-string no-song.
Feeling free like ya don't even know it, man you're towing the line hoping you just don't blow it.
Man ya stuck in the mainframe trying to win the big game so much potential it even makes it more of a shame, shame, shame...
Here we go again, same old shit just another name.
Looking at the destiny there in your palm,
But now you got your strings but you got no song.
So sing, sing, sing - shake it like a chicken wing.
It's not what you get it's about what you bring-bring-bring.
So bring it, bring it to the table, not because you have to 'cos you're willing and you're able!

C D A
Oh what's in store I don't know anymore.
Oh what's inside 'cos I can't hide from it no more.
Oh what you see well it's not me anymore.
Oh I don't know, I don't know anymore because 

G Bm Em A
I tell you once I tell you twice, gonna be a long time.
But you don't take no one's advice, gonna be a long time.
You, where were you, you weren't listening, gonna be a long time.
Gonna be a long time.

Gonna Be A Long Time

[intro x2]
A  E  D A

A                                        E
when there's no place you feel at home
              D                               A
and you think you'd be better off alone
A                                          E
when you think there's no reason to try
               D                           A
and you hate yourself and wanna die

A                                      E
when you're filled with anxiety
             D                   A
and everyone's your enemy
A                                        E
when you wish you were someone else
                 D                        A
and you wanna go out and kill yourself

[chorus]

E D                 A
ooh you're overreacting

(you can change your mind)
E D                A
ooh you're overreacting

(take your time)


A                       E
when you get yourself depressed
                      D                   A
because you think you can't do your best
A                                         E
when you write yourself a stupid song
           D                        A
to remind yourself that you forgot

[chorus]

E D                 A
ooh you're overreacting

(you can change your mind)
E D                A
ooh you're overreacting

(take your time)


[BRIDGE]
# chords x2:
A  E  D  A

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[chorus]

E D                 A
ooh you're overreacting

(you can change your mind)
E D                A
ooh you're overreacting

Overreacting

C#
There's a portrait
     Ab
In a back room
           F#
Which I'll keep for days upon
          C#
Which I relent 
              B
And gaze for hours on
    Bbm                  F#
The muscle, skin and bone
         Ab
Of some imaginary friend

F# Ab F#

        C#
So how about it 
        Ab
Show me please 
           F#
How I will look in twenty years
           C#
And let me please 
          B
Interpret history 
       Bbm        F#
In every line and scar 
               Ab                  
That's painted there in front of me

F# Ab F# Ab F# Ab

           C#
It doesn't matter
         Ab
What I'm thinking
       F#
What I tell myself to do
         C#      F#
I end up calling

       C#
I stay in to
                   Ab
Defrost the fridge
        F#
Now the kid has gone to bed
             C#
A feeling of dread
              B         
At least when she's around
    Bbm
The trouble's there
     F#                        Ab
It's worse to wake up with her falling 'round the room

F# Ab F# Ab F# Ab

       C#
Listen Johnny
              F#
You're like a mother
       C#                     F#
To the girl you've fallen for
                 C#
And you're still falling

       C#
Listen Johnny
              Ab
You're like a mother
       F#
To the girl you've fallen for
                 C#
And you're still falling

            B
And if they come tonight
       Bbm
You'll roll up tight
     F#             Ab
And take whatever's coming to you next (oh, oh oh oh)

 F# Ab to end.

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