The Civil Wars consists of the fantastic John Paul White, hailing from Florence, AL and the lovely Joy Williams, originally from Santa Cruz, CA, but now residing in East Nashville. The duo

The Civil Wars est un duo indie folk qui réunit les auteurs-compositeurs-interprètes Joy Williams et John Paul White. Le duo s

The Civil Wars ist ein US-amerikanisches Country-Folk-Duo aus Nashville.  Civil Wars besteht aus dem aus Alabama stammenden Sänger und Gitarristen John Paul White und der Sängerin Joy Williams. Die Kalifornierin hatte Mitte der 2000er im Bereich der christlichen Popmusik bereits einige Erfolge mit mehreren Soloalben. Sie lernten sich 2008 in Nashville bei gemeinsamen Songwriting-Arbeiten für andere Künstler kennen.

The Civil Wars es un grupo compuesto por los canta-autores Joy Williams y John Paul White. Los dos se conocieron en Nashville, Tennessee en el 2008. Después de grabar un EP de cuatro canciones, su album completo &quot;Barton Hollow&quot; fue lanzado en el 2011. La banda fue ganadora de dos Grammys: Best Country Duo/Group Performance y Best Folk Album en la ceremonia realizada en el 2012.

G

G  
Oh, the desert dreams of a river
          D               C
that will run down to the sea
G           
like my heart longs for an ocean
    D             G   
to wash down over me. 

C                       G
Oh, won't you take me from this valley
C                     D  
to that mountain high above? 
G                  D
I will pray, pray, pray 
Em                       C
until I see your smiling face. 
G                  D
I will pray, pray, pray 
             G 
to the one I love. 


Oh, the outcast dreams of acceptance,
just to find pure love's embrace
like an orphan longs for his mother. 
May you hold me in your grace. 

Won't you take me from this valley
to that mountain high above? 
I will pray, pray, pray 
until I see your smiling face. 
I will pray, pray, pray 
to the one I love. 

Oh, the caged bird dreams of a strong wind 
that will flow 'neath her wings. 
Like a voice longs for a melody, 
oh, Jesus carry me. 

Won't you take me from this valley
to that mountain high above? 
I will pray, pray, pray 
until I see your smiling face. 
I will pray, pray, pray 
to the one I love.

I will pray, pray, pray 
until I see your smiling face. 
I will pray, pray, pray 
to the one I love.

From This Valley

Intro Chords:

Am F C Gsus4 x2

Verse:
Am                F
Disarm you with a smile
    C                Gsus4
And cut you like you want me to
Am            F
   Cut that little child
  C               Gsus4         Am
Inside of me and such a part of you
Am  F          C       Gsus4  
O--oh, the years burn 
Am  F          C       Gsus4
O--oh, the years burn 

Chorus:
F              G      Am
I used to be a little boy
   G         F
So old in my shoes
F                 G     Am
And what I choose is my choice
         G               F
What's a boy supposed to do?
G             Am                  F
The killer in me is the killer in you
   G                 Am            F
My love, I send this smile over to you

Am F C Gsus4 x1

Am                F
Disarm you with a smile
    C                   Gsus4
And leave you like they left me here
Am           F
   To wither in denial
    C             Gsus4          Am
The bitterness of one who's left alone
Am  F          C       Gsus4 
O--oh, the years burn 
Am  F          C       Gsus4
O--oh, the years burn 

Chorus:
F              G      Am
I used to be a little boy
   G         F
So old in my shoes
F                 G     Am
And what I choose is my voice
         G               F
What's a boy supposed to do?
G             Am                  F
The killer in me is the killer in you
   G                 Am            F
My love, I send this smile over to you

G             Am                  F
The killer in me is the killer in you
   G                 Am            F
My love, I send this smile over to you

Am F C Gsus4 x1

Am               F                   C         Gsus4
   The killer in me is the killer in you
Am            F            C      Gsus4      Am
   Send this smile over to you

Disarm

C      
It's not your eyes
         G        C
It's not what you say
              Am
It's not your laughter that gives you away
            F
You're just lonely
            G           C
You've been lonely, too long



C                    G    C
All your acting your thin disguise
         Am
All your perfectly delivered lines
           F
They don't fool me
            G           C
You've been lonely, too long


              F
Let me in the wall
             C
You've built around
               G
We can light a match
            Am
And burn it down
                 F
Let me hold your hand
                                C
And dance 'round and 'round the flames
           G
In front of us ... Dust to dust


C
You've held your head up
       G          C
You've fought the fight
             Am
You bear the scars you've done your time
       F
Listen to me 
            G           C
You've been lonely, too long


              F
Let me in the wall
              C
You've built around
               G
We can light a match
            Am
And burn it down
                 F
Let me hold your hand
                                C
And dance 'round and 'round the flames
            G
In front of us ... Dust to dust


Am F C G x2


C                     G          C
You're like a mirror, reflecting me
             Am
Takes one to know one, take it from me
            F
You've been lonely
            G           C
You've been lonely, too long
G        F
We've been lonely
           G           C
We've been lonely, too long

Dust To Dust

[Verse]

Em
I had me a girl
                    B
Who taught me those things
                   Em
A young man should know

Em               
Down, down on my knees
                    B
I’d beg and I’d plead
                      Em
To learn a little bit more


[PreChorus]

A                         Em
Oh that woman taught me to pray
A                  B
I saw Heaven every day

Lord, she could,


[Chorus]

Em
Ooooooooh oooh oooh ooh
                    
ooooooooh oooh oooh ooh
B                       
ooooooooh oooh oooh ooh 
Em
ooooooooh


[Verse]

Em
I had me a boy
                B
who buttoned me down
           Em
Drew me a line

Em
He, he washed me as clean
                  B
As a sinner could be
              Em
Showed me the light

A                           Em
Oh that boy, he taught me to pray
A                              B
But for all of his spit-shinin’ ways

Lord, he could, 


[Chorus]

Em
Ooooooooh oooh oooh ooh
                    
ooooooooh oooh oooh ooh
B                       
ooooooooh oooh oooh ooh 
Em
ooooooooh


[Instrumental part]

G  G/F#   Em    x3
G  A     B 

Em        B Em x2

(in the original song this part is (almost) a capella, but I'm adding chords anyway for convenience)

Em
I had me a girl
                B
Like cigarette smoke
                 Em
She came and she went
Em
I slipped through his hands
                B
To my back door man
Em
Under his chin

A                         Em
Oh that woman taught me to pray
A                        B
But for all her wandering ways

She could,


[Chorus] x2

Em
Ooooooooh oooh oooh ooh
                    
ooooooooh oooh oooh ooh
B                       
ooooooooh oooh oooh ooh 
Em
ooooooooh

B Em

I Had Me A Girl

[Verse]

    Am
Oh Lord, Oh Lord, what have I done?

I've fallen in love with a man on the run
    Am
Oh Lord, Oh Lord, I'm begging you please
       Dm                   Am
Don't take that sinner from me
         Dm                   Am
Oh don't take that sinner from me


    Am
Oh Lord, Oh Lord, what do I do?
       G                                   Am
I've fallen for someone who's nothing like you
       Am
He's raised on the edge of the devil's backbone
     Dm                     Am
Oh I just want to take him home
     Dm                     Am
Oh I just want to take him home


[Chorus]

Am   G  Dm  Am
Oooooooooh
Am   G  Dm  Am
Oooooooooh


[Verse]

    Am
Oh Lord, Oh Lord, he's somewhere between
     G                                 Am
A hangman's knot, and three mouths to feed
        Am
There wasn't a wrong or a right he could choose
   Dm                 Am
He did what he had to do
   Dm                 Am
He did what he had to do


[Chorus]

Am   G  Dm  Am
Oooooooooh
Am   G  Dm  Am
Oooooooooh


[Verse]

Am                  G
Give me the burden, give me the blame
      Dm                          F
I'll shoulder the load, and I'll swallow the shame
Am                   G
Give me the burden, give me the blame
     Dm                   F
How many, how many Hail Mary's is it gonna take?


       Am
Don't care if he's guilty, don't care if he's not
       G                                        Am
He's good and he's bad, and he's all that I've got
    Am
Oh Lord, Oh Lord, I'm begging you please
      Dm                    Am
Don't take that sinner from me
         Dm                   Am
Oh don't take that sinner from me

Devils Backbone

The Civil Wars

Riff:

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Intro: (Riff 4x)
          Bm                  D
There's a note underneath the front door
         Bm                D     F#m
that I wrote twenty years ago
         Bm               D
Yellow paper and a faded picture
       Em                 (Riff)
And a secret in an envelope



           Bm          D
There's no reasons No excuses
           Bm          D    F#m
There's no secondhand alibis
          Bm                D
Just some black ink on some blue lines
       Em                     (Riff)
and a shadow you won't recognize

Instrumental Verse

       Bm                D
In the mean time I'll be waiting
            Bm              D    F#m
for twenty years and twenty more
        Bm          D
I'll be praying for redemption
         Em                 Bm   F#m
and your note underneath my door
         Em                  (Riff)
And your note underneath my door

20 Years

Intro: C#  G#/C  F#add9

 [Verse 1]

     C#               G#/C        F#add9
 You only know what I want you to, 
         C#                   G#/C      F#add9
 I know everything you don't want me to.
         C#                     G#/C       F#add9
 Oh your mouth is poison, your mouth is wine...
        C#                         G#/C      F#add9
 Oh you think your dreams are the same as mine...

 [Chorus]

    C#                       G#/C 
 oh I don't love you, but I always will, 
  F#add9                            G#/C
 oh I don't love you, but I always will.
 C#                       G#/C
 I don't love you, but I always will, 
   F#add9
 I always, will..

 [Verse 2]

   C#                         G#/C       F#add9
 I wish you'd hold me when I turn my back,
         C#                G#/C          F#add9
 ooh the less I give, the more I get back...
         C#                    G#/C         F#add9
 Oh your hands can heal, your hands can bruise,
         C#                  G#/C           F#add9
 I don't have a choice, but I still choose you...

 [Chorus]

    C#                       G#/C
 Oh I don't love you, but I always will,
   F#add9                          G#/C
 oh I don't love you, but I always will...
 C#                       G#/C
 I don't love you, but I always will, 
   F#add9                          G#/C 
 oh I don't love you, but I always will.
 C#                       G#/C        F#add9                           G#/C
 I don't love you, but I always will, I don't love you, but I always will.
 C#                       G#/C           F#add9
 I don't love you, but I always will, I always, will.
   C#           G#/C
 I always, will...
   F#add9        
 I always, will...
   C#           G#/C
 I always, will...
   F#add9
 I always, will...

Poison And Wine

Intro:
D F G D 
D F G D
D...


D                    F
Where she walks, no flowers bloom
G               D
He's the one I see right through
D                  F
She's the absinthe on my lips
G                  D 
The splinter in my fingertip


Chorus:
F             C      G    D
But who could do without you?
F             C      G   A   D
And who could do without    you?

Intro


D                  F
She's the sea I'm sinkin' in
G               D
He's the ink under my skin
D                    F
Sometimes I can't tell where I am
G                     D
Where I leave off and he begins

Chorus

Break:
D C F
F A
D C F
F A

Bridge:
D   			 C              F          F   A
Oh, aren?t we a pretty, pretty pair. Yes, we are
D                   C                      F
All, all the king's horses, And all of his men
         F    G  F   C 
Couldn't tear us apart, 
F  G   F    C   G     A
Ooooh? aaaaah?  ooooooh

Intro

D              F               G       D
Dancing with a ball and chain?
D                  F             G     D    
Through it all we still remain?
D             F              G     D
Butterflies around a flame?
     F      G         F    A  D    
Till ashes, ashes, we fade a?way

Birds Of A Feather

Em

Am                             Em
Dance me to your beauty with a burning violin 
Am                                  Em
Dance me through the panic 'til I'm gathered safely in 
Am                               Em
Lift me like an olive branch and be my homeward dove 
B7                   Em
Dance me to the end of love 
B7                   Em
Dance me to the end of love 
Am                                 Em
Oh let me see your beauty when the witnesses are gone 
Am                          Em
Let me feel you moving like they do in Babylon 
Am                         Em
Show me slowly what I only know the limits of 
B7                     Em
Dance me to the end of love 
B7                     Em
Dance me to the end of love 

Am                           Em
Dance me to the wedding now, dance me on and on 
Am                         Em
Dance me very tenderly and dance me very long 
Am                                       Em
We're both of us beneath our love, we're both of us above 
B7                   Em
Dance me to the end of love 
B7                   Em
Dance me to the end of love

Dance Me To The End Of Love

INTRO
dm - am - gm
dm - am - gm

VERSE 1
dm          am            gm
Haven't you seen me sleep walking     
dm               am         gm
Cause I've been holding your hand
dm          am          gm
Haven't you noticed me drifting
A#                   gm
Oh, let me tell you I am

PRE-CHORUS
dm  am        gm
Tell me it's nothing
dm am      gm
Try to convince me
gm  am        gm
That I'm not drowning
A#                  C
Oh, let me tell you I am

CHORUS
F       C                  dm
Please, please tell me you know
     am             G
I've got to let you go
   A#
I can't help falling
A#               
Out of love with

INTRO
dm  am  gm
You
dm  am  gm

VERSE 2
dm       am         gm
Why am I feeling so guilty
dm       am         gm
Why am I holding my breath
    dm           am       gm
I'm worried bout everyone but me
    A#                 gm
and I just keep losing myself

PRE-CHORUS
dm  am       gm
Tell me it's nothing
dm am     gm
Try to convince me
dm  am        gm
That I'm not drowning
A#                 C
Oh let me tell you I am

CHORUS
F       C                  dm
Please, please tell me you know
     am             G
I've got to let you go
  A#
I can't help falling
C               
Out of love with

INTERLUDE
F     C
You
dm    am
G     A# C

CHORUS
F   C                 dm
Oh, won't you read my mind
am                G
Don't you make me like you
    A# C
and I hear
    F       C                  dm
Oh, please, please tell me you know
     am             G
I've got to let you go
  A#
I can't help falling
A#
Out of love with 

OUTRO
dm   am   gm
You
     dm   am   gm
With you
dm          am       gm
Haven't you noticed
   dm am gm
I'm sleepwalking

Falling

D               A
Swan dive down eleven stories high
D                  A
Hold your breath until you see the light
D                    A
You can sink to the bottom of the sea
     G
Just don't go without me

D                 A
Go get lost where no one can be found
D                 A
Drink so long and deep until you drown
D                      A
Say your goodbyes but darlin' if you please,
G
Don't go without me.

F#       G (walk down to E)
C'est la vie,
E        A (walk down to F#)
c'est la mort.
F#      G (walk down to E)
You and me,
E       A  E  A  E
Forever more, oh oh.

D                    A
Let's walk down the road that has no end
D                      A
Steal away where only angels tread
D                    A
Heaven or hell or somewhere in between
D                     A
Cross your heart to take me when you leave
G
Don't go

Please don't go
G           A    D
Don't go without me

Cest La Mort

Intro: 
Am  E  Am  E   x4

VERSE:
Am      E   Am          E         Am    E    Am E  Am C/B  (Walk Up)
There's a   pub on the  South side of   town
C    G       Dm                 E          Am
Time stands still while there's still wine around
Am    E   Am         E   Am  E  Am  C/B
She's the one in the calico
    C   G     Dm         E     Am
The one who's always and never alone


CHORUS:
F                        C                                 B7
Oooh  -  Did she let him go or did the four winds blow him away
                       E
Oooh  -  Does she even know
          E             E        
She's the girl with the red balloon

REPEAT INTRO:

VERSE:
Am   E   Am            E         Am   E  Am C/B
Keep her glass full of cheap champagne
C   G    Dm        E          Am
She will tell of a man with no name
Am    E   Am           E      Am E  Am  C/B
Smoke and mirrors have done her in
C     G  Dm           E        Am
She's in love and she won't be again

CHORUS:
F                        C                                 B7
Oooh  -  Did she let him go or did the four winds blow him away
                       E
Oooh  -  Does she even know
          E             E        
She's the girl with the red balloon

REPEAT INTRO:

Am E Am E
So lovely
Am E Am E
So lonely
Am       E
Floating away

CHORUS:
F                        C                                 B7
Oooh  -  Did she let him go or did the four winds blow him away
                       E
Oooh  -  Does she even know
          E             E        
She's the girl with the red balloon                                 x2
          E                E           
She's the girl -  with the red - balloon

REPEAT INTRO:

Girl With The Red Balloon

INTRO:
E E6 E
E B7 E

VERSE:
E                          E6
I've been awaiting for you
     B7                      E
And you've been awaiting for me
E
Tell me that you'll always be true
           B7                  E    E7
And you'll be the only one for me

CHORUS:
A                E
Forget me not my dear, my darling
A                B7
Forget me not my love

VERSE 2

CHORUS

INTERLUDE: 

F#m                    G#m       B

-9-9-------9-9---------9--11----9--11---
-------9----------9---------------------     
----------------------------------------
-----9---9------9----9--------9---------

F#m               G#m        B

-9-9-------9-9-------------
-------9----------9--7----
--------------------------
-----9---9------9----------


F#m                    G#m       B

-9-9-------9-9---------9--11----9--11---
-------9----------9---------------------     
----------------------------------------
-----9---9------9----9--------9---------

A F#m. . . 


VERSE 3

CHORUS

# For the strum of E6 you just press and release "C sharp" (4th fret on the 1st 
# string)twice.

Forget Me Not

D
I've got this friend
I don't think you know him
He's not much for words
He's hidden his heart away

Oh I've got this friend
A loveless romantic
All that he really wants
Is someone to want him back

G  B         G     
Ohhh, if the right one came
         B              A
If the right one came along
G  B          A                D
Ohhh, if the right one came, along

D
I've got this friend
I don't think you know her
She sings a simple song
It sounds a lot like his
Oh I've got this friend
Holding onto her heart
Like it's a little secret
Like it's all she's got to give


G  B         G     
Ohhh, if the right one came
         B              A
If the right one came along
G  B          A                Em     B7   Em   B7
Ohhh, if the right one came, along


         Em                    B7
It'd be such a shame (If they never meet)
            Em                B7
She sounds lovely (He sounds right out of a dream)
   C        B7
If only (If only)
A
If only

G   B   B9   B
Ohhh
G  B          G  
Ohhh, if the right one came
        B               A
If the right one came along
G                      B             G
Ohhh, (I've got this friend) if the right one came
        B               A
If the right one came along
G                      B             A                D
Ohhh, (I've got this friend) if the right one came, along

I've Got This Friend

D
Ooh, ooh 
Ooh, ooh

D
I'm a dead man walking here 
That's the least of all my fears
Ooh, underneath the water

It's not Alabama clay
 Gives my trembling hands away
 Ooh, please forgive me, father

Dm
Ain't going back to Barton Hollow
 Devil gonna follow me ev'r I go 
Won't do me no good, washing in the river 
                                D
Can't no preacher man save my...soul

D
Did that full moon force my hand? 
Or that unmarked hundred grand?
Ooh, underneath the water
 Ooh, please forgive me, father

Bb
Miles and miles in my bare feet 
Dm
Still can't lay me down to sleep
Bb
 If I die before I wake 
  A                              D
I know the Lord, my soul won't...take 
Ooh, ooh

D
I'm a dead man walking 
I'm a dead man walking

         D        Dm       G           Dm
You keep walking, running, running for miles 
     D        Dm       G           Dm
Keep walking, running, running for miles 
     D        F        G           Bb
Keep walking, running, running for miles

A
Ooh

D
Ain't going back to Barton Hollow
 Devil gonna follow me ev'r I go
 Won't do me no good, washing in the river
 Can't no preacher man save my soul

Barton Hollow

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To Whom It May Concern

Riff
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Verse
 C         Em             F      Am    Dm   Em                                             
Time stands still while there's still wine around
The one who's    always and never alone
She      will            tell of a man with no name
She's     in            love and she won't be again



Chorus 
F                              C     
Oh, did she let him go
                                                   Dm            
Or did the four winds blow him away?
                                   Em        
Ooh, does she even know
                                                        
She's the girl with the red balloon?


Bridge
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So lovely
So lonely
                 Em  
Floating away

The Girl With The Red Balloon

Intro/Verse chords:

Dm, Am, Dm, Am, Dm, Am, E7


         Dm   Am    Dm         Am
You're a red string tied to my finger
  Dm          Am       E7
A little love letter I carry with me
       Dm Am
You're sunlight
Dm              Am
Smoke rings and cigarettes
Dm           Am                E7    Am
Outlines and kisses for silverscreens

Dm  Am   E             Am 
Oh, Dear never saw you coming
Dm  Am  E
Oh, My, Look what you have done
Dm     Am E         Am
You're my favourite song
Dm Am  E                Dm Am Dm Am Dm Am E7
Always on the tip of my tongue

         Dm  Am        
Well you own me 
     Dm            Am
with whispers like poetry
     Dm         Am      E7
Your mouth is a melody i memorize
    Dm Am
Mmm so sweet
Dm        Am   Dm        Am
I hear it echo everwhere I go
E7      Am
Day and night

Dm  Am   E             Am
Oh, Dear never saw you coming
Dm  Am  E
Oh, My, Look what you have done
Dm     Am E         Am
You're my favourite song

Dm Am E                 Dm                    Am      Dm Am E7 
Always on the tip of my tongue, The tip of my tongue               

Ohh

Dm  Am      E             Am
Oh, Dear, I never saw you coming
Dm  Am  E
Oh, My, Look what you have done
Dm     Am E         Am
You're my favourite song
Dm Am  E
Always on

Ohh

Dm  Am      E             Am
Oh, Dear, I never saw you coming
Dm  Am  E
Oh, My, Look what you have done
    Dm     Am E         Am
Oh, You're my favourite song
Dm Am  E                Dm Am Dm Am Dm Am E7  
Always on the tip of my tongue


Ooh
Dm      Am       Dm
Ooh Hoo Hoo Hoo
Am  Dm      Am     E7 Am
Ooh Hoo Hoo Hoo

Tip Of My Tongue

Poison & Wine

verse:   Am

If I didn't know better I'd hang my hat right there
   E                       Am
If I didn't know better I'd follow you up the stairs
 
Stop saying those sweet things you know I like to hear
     E                            Am
The horns are blowing louder and they're destroying me
 
    
    chours:
  Dm         Am    
    Why do I keep drinking
   Dm              Am
    Wasting my time on you
       Dm       E
    If I didn't know better
    But damnit
      Am
    I do
 

    verse:

There's a hole in what you're saying
 I can plainly see
 You have a lover that's waiting but baby you're right here with me
 
Ooh
 You might as well be the devil
 Oh
 Keeping me out past three
 Oh
 You're the one with that apple so baby you can't blame me
 

   chour:
Why don't you keep drinking
 Get me one night with you
 If I didn't know better
 But damnit
 I do
 
do intro bit one more time here:


You know that I do
 
Oh
 Baby you're right here with me
 Oh
 Baby you know

If I Didn't Know Better

Live At Eddie's Attic

INTRO:
Ab Cm Bb
|---------|
|-------3-|
|-3--2----|
|---------|

VERSE:
Cm                              Eb
To pretend no one can find The fallacies of morning rose
Cm                             Eb                       Cm
Forbidden fruit, hidden eyes, Courtesies that I despise in me
         Eb
Take a ride, take a shot now


CHORUS:
Ab      Cm      Bb            Ab   Cm   Bb
'Cause nobody loves me. It's true,        Not like you do


Ab Cm Bb


VERSE 2

CHORUS 


BRIDGE:
Cm         Eb         
Who am I, what and why?
Cm                           Eb
'Cause all I have left is my memories of yesterday
Cm   Eb      
Oh, these sour times


CHORUS

VERSE 3

CHORUS (2x)

Sour Times

Intro: Am7 – Am7
 

Verse:
Am7
Drink up baby
F
Stay up all night
C
With the things you could do
    G6
You won't but you might
Am7
The potential you'll be
     F
That you'll never see
    C        E7          F
The promises you'll only make


Am7
Drink up with me now
    F
And forget all about
    C
The pressure of days
G6
Do what I say
         Am7
And I'll make you okay
    F
And drive them away
    C      E7            F
The images stuck in your head


Chorus:
F  G   Am7 -----> C
People you've been before
         F     G     Am7
That you don't want around anymore
F             G               Am7 -----> C
They push and shove and won't bend to your will
F              Fm
 I'll keep them still


Verse:
Am7
Drink up baby
F
Look at the stars
     C
I'll kiss you again
G6
Between the bars
          Am7
Where I'm seeing you there
          F
With your hands in the air
C          E7         F
Waiting to finally be caught


Am7
Drink up one more time
    F
And I'll make you mine
C
Keep you apart
G6
Deep in my heart
    Am7
Separate from the rest
        F
Where I like you the best
    C        E7            F
And keep the things you forgot


Chorus:
F  G   Am7 -----> C
People you've been before
         F     G     Am7
That you don't want around anymore
F             G               Am7 -----> C
They push and shove and won't bend to your will
F              Fm
 I'll keep them still

Between The Bars

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

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

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

Intro/Verse
A|--4--1--3--6---------------------------------------------------|
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-------------------------------|
E|-------------------------9-9-9-9---4-4-4-------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
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.

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